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Apbil 27, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



t377 



Single Blooms Showing Alos P. Prey's Work with the Gneraria. 



The larg-e flowers at the right are Cinerai'ia liybrida, the next two are seedlings of C. hybrlda crossed with C. stellata and the^two at the left C. stellata 



crossed with C. hybrida. The two small flowers are C. stellata. 



search of suitable quarters if he is dis- 

 turbed, hence the necessity of not leav- 

 ing him a suitable place in which to 

 start housekeeping. The hairy nature of 

 the leaf is apt to prevent the spraying 

 material from reaching the insects, so 

 that a very fine spray should be used 

 for doing the work to insure the thor- 

 ough coating of both the under and 

 upper surfaces of the foliage. The ma- 

 ture insects are pretty hard to kill, but 

 in the earlier stages of their develop- 

 ment they are not so hard to destroy, 

 hence, by starting when the plants are 

 smull and syringing or spraying fre- 

 quently, it is not such a hard matter to 

 prevent their accumulation, but if once 

 they get established, it is certainly a 

 hard matter to clean them out. 



W. S. Croydon. 



SOWING SEEDS. 



I have attempted on several occasions 

 to offer advice on the art of sowing seeds. 

 W. C. Egan, of Highland Park, 111., kind- 

 ly sends me directions "How to Sow 

 Seeds," by the horticultural editor of 

 the Chicago Evening Post. The method 

 is, perhaps, better adapted to cocoanuts 

 than calceoloria or begonia seeds, but is 

 so thorough and scientific that I will re- 

 print it here with the confidence that 

 nothing further will be asked from me 

 on this important and delicate operation 

 of gardening. W. S. 



I have my ground all ready for planting, but 

 the crust over It has become so hard that I 

 can't push the seeds through without breaking 

 or bending them. What would you advise me 

 to do? SIMPLEX. 



There are several methods of seeding through 

 a sun-baked crust in order to avoid the com- 

 mon practice of going over the dug ground a 

 second time with a rake. 



One rough and unskilled way is to place the 

 seeds the right distance apart on the surface 

 of the crust and then drive them through with 

 a uail punch and a hammer. The chief objec- 

 tion to this is that the sharp edges of the 

 punch are likely to scratch the seeds or cut 

 through their waterproof covering, and thus 

 permit moisture to rot them. 



The most approved method is planting with a 

 drill — every person has heard of a seed drill 

 —and it may be done after this fashion: 



Take a small breast drill stock and a number 

 of steel twist drills, varying In size according to 

 the outside dimensions uf the seeds to be 

 planted. Take the sizes of the seeds with a 

 small pair of calipers. 



Select a seed and the place where you wish 

 to plant It. Then with a small hammer and a 

 center punch indent the surface of the crust. 

 This mark will give the drill a start. Lean the 

 stock against your chest and turn the crank 

 briskly. Drill Into the earth two or three 

 inches. 



Into the hole drop the seed, pouring fine 

 earth on top of it through a small fnnnel. 

 When the hole is filled, tamp it hard with the 

 head of a tenpenny nail till the hole Is filled 

 within a quarter-Inch of the top. Close the 

 top of the hole with hot sealing wax. 



Seeds planted in this way have been known 

 to remain practically unimpaired (or several 

 years. 



The chiet point Is to keep the seeds from get- 

 ting wet. A wet seed soon swells and loses all 

 Its delicate symmetrical outlines. 



CLEMATIS. 



Having had no experience with clem- 

 atis, will you please tell me if two- 

 year-old Jackniani, Henryi or paniculata 

 will bloom? F. C. A. 



The clematis but two years old will 

 flower very little, if any, the year you 

 plant them out and would not even if 

 they were more than two years from 

 the graft or cutting. Do all you can 

 to get them to thrive and make good 

 roots the first year. Then you can ex- 

 pect they will send up shoots the follow- 

 ing year and bear some blossoms. The 

 Jackmani and Henryi, which are hy- 



brids, as well as the paniculata, which is 

 -»i species, are not deciduous, but in our 

 northern states are treated as such and 

 we depend on the strong growths from 

 roots each year. Have patience and 

 with good culture produce a strong 

 plant. W. S. 



EVERGREEN, ALA. 



Geo. W. Caldwell, the pioneer wild smi- 

 lax man, is shipping a new decorative 

 green to the northern markets. It is a 

 very pretty thing. Mr. Caldwell says 

 he thinks it much prettier than wild smi- 

 lax, but is afraid the trade will have to 

 call it by some other name than the one 

 which properly belongs to it, for it is a 

 huckleberry and he says he is afraid that 

 Mrs. Gotrocks will not consent to have 

 the church decorated for Goldie's wed- 

 ding with a green that is so vulgarly 

 suggestive of blueberry pie. If anyone 

 can suggest a good name for this very 

 handy green, he will confer a favbr by 

 sending Mr. Caldwell a postal card. 



LA FAYETTE, IND. 



Hail on the night of April 20 broke 

 considerable glass in the various green- 

 house establishments and did some dam- 

 age to Easter stock. H. Roth suffered 

 the heaviest loss. At his place 1,000 panes 

 of glass were broken and the broken 

 glass destroyed about $200 worth of 

 Easter plants. F. Dorner & Sons Co. was 

 not hit so hard, although several hun- 

 dred lights of glass were broken and 

 some injury done to stock. At J. Bald- 

 win's place, a damage of about $200 is 

 reported. 



Although the quantity of Easter stock 



