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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Jolt 27, 1005. 



moist. All the cuttings will root, but it 

 takes a month for the hardest cuttings to 

 do so. Pot into 2-inch and keep in a 

 temperature of 45 to 50 degrees until 

 February. Then shift into 3-ineh or, if 

 luuking a strong growth, into S^^-inch 



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liemembcr the growth that is useful, 

 that makes the "vine," starts from the 

 cyts beneath the soil. The top of the cut- 

 tiiig you put in the sand in October will 

 make a feeble growth, but it will never 

 amount to anything. If given strong, 

 rich soil and firmly potted into the 3-inch 

 pots they will soon be sending up four or 

 live strong shoots that by the middle of 

 May should be fifteen to eighteen inches 

 J(tng and many be longer. 

 . The object desired in growing all 

 ])lants for vases or window boxes is to 

 obtain as big a plant as you can with as 

 small a pot as possible. You could lift 

 these vinca plants from the garden in 

 October and put into 5 or 6-inch pots and, 

 when the tops become shabby, say in Jan- 

 uary, cut them oflf close to the pot. A 

 large lot of young growth would soon 

 start and by May would make a fine plant, 

 but the ball of roots would be too large 

 for use except in \ery large vases or 

 boxes. 



Another plan to obtain fine plants in 

 spring is to late in June plant out some 

 spring propagated plants from 2-inch 

 )>ots. (The vinca roots very readily in 

 February and March with a slight bottom 

 lieat.) In September lift these plants 

 and squeeze tlir'm into .'J-infli ]>ots. cut- 



THE WESTERN FAIR. 



One of the first things which impress 

 eastern visitors to the Lewis and Clark 

 exposition at Portland, Ore., is the natu- 

 ral beauty of the grounds, enhanced 

 largely by the landscape architects' 

 work. The site is on a " bench ' ' of roll- 

 ing land, back of which rise the foothills 

 of the Coast mountains and in front of 

 which lies the water of a 200-acre lake. 



Entering at the main entrance, the 

 visitor first encounters Columbia court, 

 consisting of two wide avenues between 

 which are spacious sunken gardens, with 

 fountains and beds of summer flowering 

 plants. Beyond Columbia court is the 

 Grand Stairway, leading down Lake- 

 side Terrace to the shore of the lake. 

 Off to the left is Centennial park, a grove 

 of dogwood trees which were left undis- 

 turbed when the grounds were being 

 improved and which provide rest and 

 shade for many foot-weary sight-seers. 



One of the features of the exposition 

 is the immense planting of roses. There 

 are upwards of 15,000 of them, including 

 many sorts too tender for cultivation in 

 the east. During the past two months 

 several large beds of Mme. Caroline Test- 

 out which flank each side of the Grand 

 Stairway have made a grand display. 

 Pruned severely last winter, they have 

 made a growth of four to five feet and 

 will flower all summer. This variety is 

 without an equal for cultivation on the 

 Pacific Coast. It has superseded that 

 famous old sort. I^a France, which was 

 very ])()]nilar for more than a score of 



Lakeside Terrace, the Agriculture and European Buildings at the Portland Fair. 



years. Other varieties which are showing 

 up well at the exposition are Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, Ulrich Brunner, Lib- 

 erty, Maman Cochet, Marie Van Houtte 

 and Viscountess Folkestone. 



There are no trade exhibits of beddinji 

 plants on the grounds, the administration 

 having provided everything in that line. 

 Several Portland florists made quite a 

 "clean-up" by disposing of large lots 

 of bedding plants for that ]»urpose. In 

 fact, there was an unprecedented demand 

 from all quarters for bedding plants dur- 

 ing the past season, and it was with dif- 

 ficulty that late planters were supplied. 



We expect to be favored with the vis- 

 its of a large number of members of 

 the craft during the exposition season. 

 Among those who made their presence 

 knQwn during the past week were 

 Charles Malmo, Seattle; C. N. Sandahl, 

 Seattle; S. L. Harper, Tacoma; W. L. 

 Porter, Ogden. Utah; C. W. Howard, 

 of the Chase Rose Co., Riverside, Cal. 



A. J. Clarke. 



VARIOUS QUERIES. 



1. Can Shasta daisies be forced for 

 winter blooming and at what tempera- 

 ture? 



2. Will lime water used to kill angle 

 worms in soil injure begonias and ferns? 



3. What white flowers, aside from car- 

 nations, that are profuse bloomers can 

 be raised in a house piped for 55 de- 

 grees ? 



4. From reports received, do you think 

 acetylene gas adapted to greenhouse use 

 and would you advise its use all night or 

 only part of the night? E. L. K. 



1. From observation of a large lot of 

 Shasta daisies lifted from the open 

 ground last fall and put on a light 

 bench, just as we do carnations, they did 

 not flower the whole winter or until late 

 in the spring and that certainly did pay. 

 The night temperature was about 50 de- 

 grees and hence I do think this beautiful 

 daisy a profitable winter crop. 



2. Lime water will do no harm to the 

 ferns nor to the begonias in the quan- 

 tity you need to apply to get rid of the 

 angleworms. 



3. This is a large question. There is 

 nothing that will equal carnations for 

 jjcrsistent blooming in the winter. That 

 is why carnations are so universally 

 grown. If this were the day of short- 

 stemmed flowers several things could be 



ting off all the tops, and keep the plants 

 cool, say 40 degrees at night. In Feb- 

 ruary wash off the soil and re-pot again 

 in 3% -inch and give more heat. These 

 will make very fine plants for spring use. 

 The Vinca major is an almost hardy 

 plant; therefore a very cool temperature 

 will do for it in the dark days of wiriter. 

 With the increased light of spring give 

 it more heat and then it is that the use- 

 ful, strong growth is made. We find 

 Vinca Harrisonii almost as useful as the 

 variegated variety and rather easier to 

 get to make a strong growth inside. Give 

 the vinca the fullest light when in active 

 growth. If stood on a bench, as we do 

 geraniums or coleus, the plants would 

 smother each other in April and May, so 

 after the shift from a 2-inch to a 3-inch 

 we set a single row along the edge of the 

 benches, where they can droop over and 

 fully develop their growths. W. S. 



Fort Dodge, Ia.— P. L. Larson is pre- 

 paring to build a violet house 12x150. 



Flower Vases are Made Good Use of at the Portland Fair. 



