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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Makcii 2.'!, 1005. 



rondy U> t(ijyi\o and loij^ct jiiiv oiio \vLo 

 injured liin. Tloo-lloo. 



SWEET PEAS DYING. 



For sever.-il years my swed and vejri.f- 

 ahle peas liave died more or less in sjtots 

 after liaviiit( adained some growth, fre- 

 ifuiMitly just ahoiit tlie time tliey are be- 

 ginning to bloom or later. Snmetimes 

 it may be eaiised by tlioir being too dry, 

 Init not always, as tliey sometimes die 

 <hiring wet wi-atlicr or wiien watered 

 artifieially. J try to rli;mge tlicir loca 

 tion as Tiiiir-li as 1 can. but tliis is <lif- 

 fic-uit. as gi'ound is soniewliat limited. 

 1 •() yon tliii'k tlie (|uality or quantity of 

 manure in tlH> snil minljt liave anything 

 to d(t witli it .' is it ;, ^riiod plan to 

 mulcli \\itli manure oi- straw during JK.t 

 weather.' If so please stale kind. i|u:in- 

 1ity ;ii!d time besl ter appliraliou. 1 

 shall be Liiatefiil lui' aMy in t'oiniat ion 

 vnu ran ui\e nie. s. I' S 



We lie net liiink it lia'- aii\thing te 

 do with the \\ealher. If ii h.ad. the 



t folll'le Weuhi l;ol \u' ii; "-iniIv. || |v mere 



]ik(-ly a ciil woiiii l'e,,iiii^ ..\, tlie rndt^ 

 or the ]ar\,-e of some neilii <ir inse.-l 

 liroiighf. there with the niainire. The 

 LiroWei's of the L'rallde^l vw,,-! |,e:is -we 

 e\er saw ]u-ep;ir'' the treiuhe^ in the f.-ill, 



Wdlkillg in to the depth nf a feet ;i 



very liberal allowaiii-i' ,.|' aiiinial manure. 

 Then in Uio spring the ■-eed is miwh just 

 .as Soon as the surfare et' ihi' --..il in the 

 trench is dry etinuuli It vim w.ant a 

 large' ami (-(uuimious pii-king ..f the de- 



licious green i)eas with your sjiring lamb, 

 the grouiul is always well manured. 



.\boiit the mulehing, it is a great help 

 to the sweet pea grower to sjiread two or 

 three imdies of straw litter from tin' 

 stable o\(>i' the whole surfar-e between 

 the i-ows of jieas, not that there is much 

 benefit from it as a fertilizer, but it is 

 a mulch, keeps the griuind moist and 

 preveids it being troililen into a hard 

 ptin when picking the tlowcrs. There is 

 no neeij ij.f jmtting this mulch on utitil 

 just before tiie first flowers appear. 



It' it is a cut woini av grubs that e;it 

 the roots, then a hea\y dressing of 

 slaked lime just after digging may kill 

 them or m:ike thr'ui \acale. W. S. 



MOVING LARGE PALMS. 



The cduservatories a( Lincoln pai'k. 

 < hicago. ha\(' for many years been th«' 

 \le'(a t'or \isit(ii> fi-din all over the 

 "erhl. The collect ion of jdants is (uif 

 "f t!ie largest and best in this country. 

 l-.speci;illy alli'.acli\e i.^ the natural ei'- 

 lei t ill llie Inrgi' palm limine, where a 

 ie|iii-( ntation (it' a tinphal I'orest ex 

 'ite^ mii'-h iiiterevt. 



Many o|' the l.argi' palms in lliis house, 

 planted thirteen ye.-iis .ago, ha\e grown 

 te enorineiiv si/c ami are graml speci- 

 mens. They hail so a|i|iroached the glass 

 and liecenie '^i i thick tli.at their (|n;irters 

 \\ere entirely in:olei|nate ;iml gave I'ise 

 I" the cnii'^iderat il n ot' nn'ans by \\ liich 

 the li\e< el' \aluable specimens might In- 

 prolonged. Some were removed ami oth- 



Moving a Gigantic Phoenix. 



^Fronia ri.-islilitrln nlioiO(?r;ipli iikeii :it I.iiicnlu I'ark. Cliicapo ) 



era were successfully lowered, thereby 

 gaining headroom. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 the process of moving a groat Phoenix 

 reclinata of forty feet spread which 

 stood on a bank five feet above the 

 level of the walk and has been lowered 

 fifteen feet. It was a painstaking, yet 

 simple oi»eration. The first act was to 

 remove about fifty of the enormous 

 leaves, fifteen to twenty feet long from 

 the point where they were severed. A 

 heavy rope was then wound around the 

 great stem just below the leaves and a 

 rope and block atftichcd on each side, the 

 tackle being cari-icd to the heavy iron 

 girders of the roof, so^ as to partially 

 sujiport the jdant. At the other sides 

 two guide roi)es were attiiched. 



Then the excavation began. AH 

 arouml the plant a ditch was dug from 

 two to four I'eet wide, leaving a ball of 

 earth about ten feet in diameter. \Vlien 

 this work had progressed to a depth of 

 iibout eight foot flic i)lant was carefully 

 nmlermiiied. being allowed to settle inch, 

 by inch t'rom its own weigT.t, as support- 

 ing it by the tackle wruild have been an 

 unnece-;s;iiy strain on the house, for the 

 ball and idant weigheil fully ten tons. 

 The ropes wi'i'e necess.ary, however, to 

 avoid ;ill danger of the plant ftilling over 

 .u, any stage oi' the work. ITad it been 

 desired to mo\(> the plant any distance 

 this would li.'ivi^ been the stage of the 

 \\ork !it which to have introduced a truck 

 under the ball. In this case, however, 

 the excavation was continued, also the 

 undermining operation, until fifteen feet 

 below the starting ]ioint and the plant 

 A\aa in the desired position. 



The roots, which had, of course, beer, 

 severely cut b;uk by the operation, were 

 cleanly trimmed with .a shtirp pruning 

 shears ;ind as the soil w:is filled in 

 around the ball a hose was kejit running 

 to wash the soil well in around the roots. 

 Head gardener A. P. ]''rey, umler whose 

 supervision the work was done, s.-iys that 

 the plant showed very little sign of suf- 

 fering and that its life is assured for 

 intiny years to come. 



MASSACHUSETTS GARDENERS. 



Dr. C. G. Weld, Brookline. 



W. C. Uutft has some fine ranges of 

 glass on the Weld estate and his stock 

 is iii line condition. In carnations Law- 

 son, Patten and Enchantress are favor- 

 ites and look well. In tlie rose house 

 Cnldeii Giiti", P.ride, Bridesmaid and 

 Wooftiiii arc grown, lioth ('am])bell and 

 Princess of "Wales violets looked fine. A 

 hniise (if cinerarias tuid cyclamens ar 

 ranged for effect made a gorgeous show. 

 The plants showed excellent culture, 

 n.ird-wooded plants are grown in quan- 

 lity. Some fine specimen acacias ami 

 ericas were flowering. Others were be- 

 iii;j liold back for the coming show, 

 i^hiito ;i number of orchids are grown. 

 -V batch of 7)hala'nop-is looked especitdly 

 vonil and weie flowering well, especi.alb" 

 Schilleriana. 



Geo. F. Fabyan, Brookline. 



This is a comparatively new place, but 

 has already achieved some distinction, 

 owing to the remarkably fine cyclamens, 

 c;i|,-eol;ilias .and other plants shown at 

 the Boston exhibition by the gardener, 

 James Stuart. His stock this year is, 

 if anything, finer than ever. Cyclamens 

 r.re ct great excellence, specimens carry- 

 ing hundreds of flowers each. Giner- 



