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The Weekly Florists^ Re view* 



JuM 8. 1905. 



For the florist who is expecting to 

 build up a local business, my advice would 

 be to plant mainly Campbell. This va- 

 riety well grown can always he handled 

 to advantage locally and will bring as 

 good prices as either Marie Louise or 

 Farquhar. The New York City market 

 is about the only one that really de- 

 mands the Marie Louise type, for the 

 reason that it is about the only one seen 

 there, owing to the large quantities sent 

 in from the Poughkeepsie and Ehinabeck 

 sections. Other cities, such as Boston, 

 Philadelphia, "Washington, Pittsburg, 

 Eochester, Buffalo, Chicago and St. 

 Louis, and the territory adjacent thereto, 

 will take good Campbell violets almost 

 as quickly as any other. 



Of recent years there has been an in- 

 creasing interest in the growing of sin- 

 gle violets, and there is no reason why 

 this interest should not be developed. 



The single violets are more easily grown 

 than the double ones and properly 

 handled might be made nearly as profit- 

 able. About the only single violets 

 worthy of growing commercially are the 

 Princess of Wales, the La France and 

 the Dorsett. The Princess of Wales is 

 undoubtedly one of the best single va- 

 rieties now grown and 4s valuable not 

 only for its large, handsome, sweet flow- 

 ers, but for the foliage, which may be 

 used for bunching the doubles. Our ex- 

 perience has shown that it is desirable 

 always to have some of the single vio- 

 lets, for the reason that the foliage can 

 be used for bunching and the flowers 

 will more than pay for the space occu- 

 pied. By saving the foliage of the 

 double sorts, better flowers are secured 

 from them. The removal of the foliage 

 from the single violets does not seem to 

 have any serious effect on their flowers. 



(To be Continued.) 



Azaleas in Suoimer. 



We all have some azaleas that did 

 not sell this spring and with good care 

 they make the best of plants for next 

 Easter, but not to force for Christmas, 

 as you may suppose. They should now 

 have made a good deal of their growth. 

 Choose a piece of ground that water will 

 not stand on, no matter how much it 

 rains, but let it be in the broad sun. 

 No shade of any kind is needed. The 

 plants will increase in size considerably 

 during the summer, so unless you in- 

 tend to give them a move about the mid- 

 dle of July you must give them room 

 to spread out. They must be plunged 

 in some material that will keep the sun 

 from parching the roots, like strawy ma- 

 nure, tanbark, refuse hops or ashes. Now 

 the principal thing to bear in mind in the 

 summer care of these valuable plants is 

 never to let them suffer for want of 

 water. 



If imported last fall they will have 

 made few roots up to this spring, but 

 with a strong growth they will be mak- 

 ing roots this summer and a severe dry- 

 ing-out will be a serious injury. In a 

 few weeks they will need watering, not 

 only every evening but again the fol- 

 lowing noon. Don't entertain that fal- 

 lacy that you must not water a plant if 

 the sun is shining on it. 



A good, hard syringing once a day to 

 keep down red spider and thrips is of 

 the greatest benefit. Mulching is not 

 necessary for two or three weeks, but 

 by July 1 an inch of broken up cow ma- 

 nure will not only be a fertilizer, but 

 will keep the plants from drying out 

 so quickly. Any pruning should have 

 l)een done just after they flowered and 

 all that is necessary in that line now 

 is to cut back a few extra strong shoots 

 that frequently take on extra vigor. 



Now, these azaleas are well worth faith- 

 ful attention, as everything is that is 

 worth growing at all. Let air and light 

 get between them. Faithfully water 

 them and give a daily syringing and you 

 will have fine plants for next winter an'l 

 spring. 



Those who have a piece of good, deep 

 loam or peaty soil may take these azaleas 

 out of pots and remove any soil that 

 has no trace of roots in it and plant 

 them out with a light mulching over 

 the surface and soil kept moist. They 

 will do well during summer and lift with- 

 out feeling it before danger of frost. 

 We know the azaleas endure the trans- 

 planting perfectly, because the splendid 



plants we receive every fall have been 

 lifted from the open beds in Belgiun , 

 yet the safest for most growers is lo 

 keep them in pots. 



Other Plants. 



The Acacia armata and the bottie 

 brush should also be plunged out of 

 doors and receive the same treatment js 

 the azaleas. 



Any two or three-year-old plants of 

 Cytisus racemosus can also be out of 

 doors, but young plants struck last win- 

 ter I prefer to keep in the greenhouse. 



Araucaria excelsa loses its color if 

 put out in the bright sun and small 

 plants are as well if kept in a light, 

 airy house. Large plants may as well 

 be plunged out. Unless large plants of 

 these are perfect they are of very little 

 use and spending time over them is a 

 waste of money. The rubbish pile is the 

 best place for them. 



Palms. 



Small palms of all kinds are much bet- 

 ter if kept under gMss and for the next 

 few months you can give them room to 

 grow and make fine plants. If you were 

 manufacturing them by the tens of thou- 

 sands you might force them with great 

 heat and shade, but that would not make 

 the kind of plants you want for your cus- 

 tomers. A robust, strong plant is what 

 you want and that you can get with 

 plenty of room, ventilation and syring- 

 ing. 



We all possess some palms that are as 

 large as we desire and all we want is to 

 keep them in good order. These are bet- 

 ter if placed outside until the end of 

 September. They will not burn unless 

 neglected for water and, therefore, their 

 pots and tubs should be protected from 

 the sun. Latanias, kentias and phoenix 



The Dorsett VioIet« a Little Known but Good Single Variety. 



