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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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ICabch 16, 1905. 



We offer first«elaia 



■tock of the 



finest ▼arietlea. 



CARNATIONS 



Varieaated LaWSOn This variety wWch we are introducing: 

 >,« »K» »"•'*'*■ ■-"▼▼<'"" thU Beason we are sure will prove to 

 ™i„- 1 '®f? *'*** yarlejated sort. Pure Ivory white with delicate car- 

 JS?? '^°£!."°5!- '*'■• ^- ^'^ Cralsr. an authority on everything pertain- 

 ing to horticulture, says that he knows that this variety will out-bloom 

 the favorite. Mrs. M. A. Patten, three to one. It has the Lawson habit 

 and stem, and Is bound to give satisfaction. $12 per 100; $100 per 1000. 

 Red Lawson ^ bright red sport of Lawson that Is bound to be 

 „i-. «.A^ ,Z: P°P"1»''. «n<l wUl be grown where Lawson is pop- 

 ular. $10.00 per 100; $76 per 1000. 



Cardinal B^KW; cardinal, or crimson-scarlet. Won first prize for 

 „„i„ fl ! }^'i ^^ scarlet, first prise for best 60 carnations any 

 «ifl? ^"^ ® *°' '***' * scarlet seedUngs. Chicago. $12.00 per 100: 



vXlAJ P6F XUUU* 



Fiancee ^.^® queen of pink carnations; In a class by Itself. Mag- 



perl0O;$l0O.(»^?°10OO.*"'"'' "'''""^ *'«'•=' '" ^^^^ '^sPeo*- W2.00 



White Lawson ^® consider this variety, which we Introduced 

 „„ "-"^^f^" last season, the most profitable white carna- 



tion ever sent out. We think It wUl outbloom any other white two to 

 one. It has given great satisfaction. When the flowers are left on the 

 Plants untU fuUy developed they are much larger than Mrs. Thos. W. 

 Lawson. We believe this will occupy among white carnations the 

 same place that Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson does among pink carnations. 

 Kemember that we are headquarters for It. Splendid stock ready for 

 immediate delivery. $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per lOOO. 



Strong Rooted Cuttings 



Fred RnrLi recommended as an extra free-blooming white 

 100; «00 00 per lOOO * *" ' claimant for popular favor. $12.00 per 



LadV Bountiful « """^yi^S*"* ^•'"« "f last season's Introduc- 

 LUU7 ^ a^wMiiwiui tion. $6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



Daheim ^"^ crimson. Grand stiff stem. Calyx never bursts. 

 ^"" Free and abundant bloomer, developing very quickly. 

 We consider this the best all-round crimson carnation. $6.00 per 100: 

 $o0.00 per 1000. 



Mrs. M. A. Patten '^'^'* *'"*.°^ variegated carnation han 

 100; WOOO plrSw. ''''° "''''''''''' satisfaction. $6.00 per 



Enchantress f^-'a^as?: ^'^pfr^i'^^Wp^/ASSi':- 



Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson $3.00 per lOO; $20.00 per 1000. 



Prosperity ^ ?iooo^^*'^°* '*"'*'^ camatlon. $3.00 per lOO; $20.00 



H«»Yi-**" %°,y prepared to book orders for 1906 for tha Coming 

 S^S^iv<». Victory ^^'? ^\ " '■^»1 '"■«»<J and butter variety. An 

 Si^ ^^ J,« yy ®*''y' 5"®*'u?°'* abundant bloomer, with good 

 S!frif„5?**^l^*'®°* ^^SFV V^^ shipper: flowers of the largest size, 

 commanding the very highest price. This Is going to be a money- 

 maker. Orders will be filled In rotation, as received Delivery begin- 

 ning December next. $12.00 per 100; $100.00 per 1000 """""^^ "^^'^ 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-on-Hudson. N. Y. 



Mptitton Thp RpTlcw when yon write. 



SWEET PEAS, 



After my sveeet peas were planted 

 from pots I was taken sick and, not 

 being able to look after them as they 

 ought to have been, they have made a 

 very strong growth from the bottom. 

 I have read in the Eeview that Mr. 

 Scott says to keep that bottom growth 

 pinched off. Will my peas bloom f If 

 they will, about what time? They are 

 about three and one-half feet high. 

 Now, in speaking about that bottom 

 growth, why would it not be good to 

 plant them deep enough to cover the 

 two lower eyes, or joints, as that is 

 where that growth sprouts from. If 

 those eyes were under the soil would 

 they be apt to sprout? We often read 

 about planting peas outside in a deep 

 trench and as they grew up to hoe the 

 earth up around them. Why not do 

 the same thing inside? I would like 

 to hear what Mr. Scott has to say 

 about it. G. A. E. 



The advice to keep the strong 

 growths which start from the base of 

 the plant pinched was meant for the 

 plants sown in September and expected 

 to flower at Christmas. It is not nec- 

 essary to do so aftor New Tear's. You 

 will be pretty sure to get a fine crop 

 of flowers for Easter and you can do 

 nothing now but keep them tied up and 

 supplied with water. We can not say 

 without trying how the deep planting 

 would result. It is true our garden 

 sweet peas can and are treated as you 

 say, but I scarcely think it prevents 

 a vigorous bottom growth which is all 

 with them. 



There seems a great difference of 

 opinion and method about these peas , 

 for a nice winter crop.- For nhriof- ' _ 

 mas cutting some growers sow in early 



August and get large growth before 

 the dull weather. They start to flow- 

 er in November or December and con- 

 tinue for two or three months, and 

 these had no pinching or thinning of 

 any kind. For several years we sowed 

 in September and planted on the edge 

 of a carnation bed at the iron supports 

 of the purlins, letting the first growth 

 be smothered by a vigorous growth 

 from the bottom of the plants. We 



never picked a pea till the middle of 

 April. This year we picked fine peas 

 at Christmas. I think also that too 

 much root room has something to do 

 M'ith flowering time. Sure it is that 

 we once sowed several rows of peas 

 in a very light house. They were sown 

 October 1 in nine or ten inches of good 

 soil placed on the greenhouse floor. 

 They grew and grew and went up 

 eleven or twelve ieet to the roof and 

 did not flower until May, and none 

 too good at that. So from that ex- 

 perience we don't want any more un- 

 limited root room. W. S. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



Santa Cruz, Cal. — J. P. Parker is 

 building another orchid house, 18x50, 

 and is rapidly adding to his stock of 

 orchids. He finds the San Francisco 

 market as eager as ever for good orchid 

 flowers. He has been quite successful in 

 preventing slugs from getting to the 

 plants by placing rock salt in small 

 shelves surrounding the bench supports 

 and on the sill at the back of the bench. 



HANDLING BEDDING STOCK. 



An abundance of bright sunshine and 

 high temperature makes the grower be- 

 gin to get ready to shift a considerable 

 portion of his young, soft-wooded stock 

 out into the open. There is a possibility, 

 of course, that we may yet have a few 

 nights of frost, although the chances are 

 against it in central and southern Cali- 

 fornia. At any rate we will have some 

 warning of it should it happen our way. 

 I h a v e ^ytfr-eutside aft my- achryanthes, 

 alternantheras, lobelias, salvias, gaillar- 

 dias, heliotropes, asters, cosmos and other 

 stock grown both from seed and cuttings. 

 There is no advantage in keeping them 

 under glass as soon as the warm weather 

 comes, as this class of stock grows so 

 tall and weak that it is not fit for sale. 

 As people in California and the Pacific 

 coast expect to have all such stock per- 

 manently planted by the first of April, 

 it is time to harden it for that purpose. 

 It is well to shade for a short time and 



be especially careful that the plants do 

 not get dry for the first few days at 

 least, as stock of this kind grown under 

 glass makes but a sm^ amount of root* 

 in proportion to the^op. 



Young carnations intended for retail- 

 ing should be shifted from the bench, 

 pinched back and planted into 4-inch 

 pots, as they are much easier handled in 

 this way than out of the ground, as we 

 did formerly. Many growers sell quan- 

 tities from thumb pots but there is no 

 advantage in this, as they can be handled 

 as readily in fiats and catr^e retailed 

 for the same price. 



In boxing almost all varieties of an- 

 nuals I have found the best plan is to fill 

 the flat with about an inch of well rotted 

 manure on the bottom and over this 

 place about on© and one-half inches of 

 light soil. This brings out a good, rich 

 color in a few weeks and furnishes a well 

 knitted ball that will cling to the roots 

 of each plant and go a long ways to- 

 ward giving them a start when replanted 

 in the garden. 



Roses that are intended for retailing 

 during the summer and spring should be 

 potted at this time and if they have 

 made any growth it is always well to 

 pinch them back and put in the shade 

 for a few days. The majority of gard- 

 eners plant their roses in pots that are 

 too small for the plant. The rose is a 

 heavy feeder and to keep them through 

 our rainless summer the pots should be 

 plunged in the ground deeply. It is 

 surprising how many people leave their » 

 garden planting until June or July and 

 it always pays to have a few hundred 

 well grown roses in pots for them to se- 

 lect from. 



Pelargoniums are now"^ r eadj^ to shift - 



into 4-lneh pols^ and it is perfectly safe 

 to put them in frames outside. Of late 

 years the demand for this beautiful 

 plant has decreased considerably, prob- 

 ably because they belong to the geranium 

 family, to which family Californians 

 have never taken very kindly. 



Speaking of shade houses, it is sur- 

 prising to me that growers do not build 

 more of them. In this climate, when 

 we often have from seven to eight * 

 months of dry weather and when it is 

 necessary to do so much artificial water- 



