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TheWeckly Horists' Review. 



July 20, 1905. 



We. Bronze the strings and set some 

 tall flowers in behind them to show from 

 the back through the strings. 



GiaiTRUDE Blaik. 



A FLORIFEROUS BULB. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of. a freak lily flowered 

 this season by Wm. HoUinsworth gar- 

 dener to A. E. Austin, Esq., Pawtuxet, 

 K I The bulb was a 7-9 Japanese 



longifloriun and produced three stems, the 

 center one having so many buds that 

 the flower bead was like that of a big, 

 white coxcomb. The plant made fifty- 

 three buds, of which forty-two developed, 

 thirty-four on the center stem and tour 

 on each of the side stems. The foliage 

 on the center stem was almost as badly 

 crowded as were the flowers, for it hail 

 also multiplied in the same ratio as the 

 flowers. The photograph was taken on 

 the Friday before Easter. 



MISCELLANEOUS 

 SEASONABLE HINTS. 



Work of the Day. 



Outside of our two principal products, 

 ■there is not much to sow or to reap for 

 the next month or so, but there is al- 

 ways work for the industrious florist 

 There is no excuse for weeds in the held 

 or garden. Plants in pots plunged out of 

 doors want faithful watering. 



Azaleas that were put out m early 

 June will have grown considerably by 

 this time. Do not let them get crowded 

 and while shifting them about is a good 

 time to give them an inch of mulch, 

 which can be almost all cow manure, pot 

 too much decayed. If the plants «re 

 healthv and vigorous they will relish the 

 manure. The same with any of the 

 acacias or metrosideros or any hard- 

 wooded plants that you are keeping oyer 

 in pots. They need lots of water and a 

 mulch is of much benefit. 



Rambler Roses. 

 If your ramblers that you started from 

 dormant plants in April have made a 

 long, stout growth they can, at the end 

 of the month, be put outside. Do not set 

 them on any material that they can root 

 into or they will keep on growing, which 

 you do not want. You want them to 

 nicely ripen the canes they have made, so 

 set them on boards, but surround the 

 pots with leaves or litter, or some ma- 

 terial to keep the sun from drying them 

 out continuously, for the pots are very 

 full of roots. Don't shift them either; 

 reserve that until you begin to start 

 them into growth next January, when 

 they need something for their new, ac- 

 tive roots. Keep them watered for a 

 lone time yet, as the buds they are now 

 anaking are what will give you the 

 trusses of bloom for next Easter. 



Gdia Lilies. 



Richardias that you grow in pots 



should be started at once. We treat 



this old favorite often as an herbaceous 



plant, mostly for economy's sake, to 



make room for bedding plants on our 



benches, and lay the callas under the 



benches after Easter. Get them up, 



shake off all the old soil and put into 



5-inch or 6-inch pots and start them 



crowing plunged outdoors. They ♦/lU 



make a stout, robust growth in the broad 



sun if given a copious supply of water 



and I think you will get more flowers 



from plants in pots than from those 



planted out. A bright, warm house is 



what they need if you expect them to 



flower. They are tropical and in a 



house where it is only 45 degrees at night 

 the calla will only linger along and be 

 no source of profit. 



Strinc the Smilax. 



If you planted a new bed of smilax 

 about July 1, don't delay putting 

 strings to it. It is a terrible waste of 

 time to let it grow and get tangled up ; 

 not only a waste of time but an injury 

 to the first crop. 



Euphorbias. 



We all grow some Euphorbia Poinset- 

 tiana but few grow the beautiful Eu- 

 phorbia Jacquinia;flora. Euphorbia 

 splendens is of no use to the florist, a 

 thorny bush of no value,, but E. Jaequi- 

 nia'flora is a lovely plant and easy to 

 grow. It is seldom grown as a pot 

 plant and grows much more freely plant- 

 ed out on a side bench in a warm house., 

 If you have any plants propagated last 

 spring (thev root either from the old 

 wood or the' young, green growth) plant 



them at once in five inches of soil and 

 with one pinching of the leading shoots 

 they will reward you with a number of 

 their slender, drooping sprays studded 

 with numerous orange-scarlet bracts. It 

 was once an indispensable winter flower- 

 ing plant, but has been neglected. The 

 correct name is E. fulgens Jacquinise- 

 flora. 



Poinsettias. 



There is so much written about the 

 popular poinsettia (which is also a eu- 

 phorbia) that you are not likely to ne- 

 glect them. If you grow any for cutting 

 I would remind you that they are much 

 easier to manage if grown planted on 

 a bed or bench, for when they have 

 plenty of root room they will endure a 

 lower temperature. Let the soil be firm, 

 five or six inches deep and plant young 

 stuff from 2Vj.-inch or 3-inch pots. You 

 can plant now or for another month. Old 

 stumps you have been propagating from 

 all summer are difficult to make much of 

 in pots. If planted out in a bed you 

 will get a number of good bracts from 

 them. If this is done in September they 

 will make' a useful growth. 



Hydrangeas. 



Don't neglect your young Hydrangea 

 Otaksa that are intended for next spring 

 sales. Don't shift to larger pots unless 

 their roots are cramped for room, but let 

 each plant have light and air around it 

 and never let them wilt for want of 

 water. Plants of these are now im- 

 ported every fall for forcing. What we 

 have seen of them are well furnished 

 with flowers, but not as compact, bushy 

 plants as we can raise at home. 



William Scott. 



ASTER DISEASE. 



Will you kindly give me information 

 on the nature of the disease the enclosed 

 aster leaves are affected with? As you 

 will see, the lower side of the leaves are 



Lilium Longiflorum with Forty-two Blooms. 



