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such a furor among horticulturistB and 

 the wide newspaper publicity given 

 placed this carnation on the highest 

 pedestal and did much toward increas- 

 ing the popularity of the divine flower. 



A large proportion of the big and im- 

 portant social functions which have oc- 

 curred in Boston during the last quarter 

 of a century have been supplied with 

 floral decorations from T. F. Galvin's, 

 including such affairs as the entertain- 

 ment by the city of Boston of Queen 

 Kapiolam and Prince Henry of Prussia, 

 and the recent magnjflcent banquet of the 

 Ancient and Honorable Artillery. Co. to 

 their London visitors. During the par- 

 ticular seasons when flowers seem to 

 crowd out other things and take the lead 

 in popularity, such as Christmas, Easter, 

 Memorial day, Valentine's day, etc., a 

 visit to the Galvin stores will convince 

 anyone of the great business done. 



The artistic and beautiful Back Bay 

 conservatory is the Mecca for society 

 people who want the very best the floral 

 market can supply. This conservatory is 

 conceded to be the ne plus ultra of floral 

 palaces in this country. It is always at- 

 tractive, but on festal occasions espe- 

 cially so. 



Mr. Galvin, during his recent European 

 trip, visited all the leading flower mar- 

 kets and prominent growers for the pur- 

 pose of making selections of the best 

 things in sight for the coming season. 



W. N. Craig. 



STEAMER SAILINGa 



Those wha wish to post steamer sail- 

 ings in the show window as a means of 

 securing orders for telegraphic transfer 

 to a New York correspondent, or one 

 of the firms represented on the Re- 

 view's page of Leading Retail Florists, 

 will find here the principal sailings for 

 the next two weeks: 



Date. Steamer. Destination. 



Sept. 2— Konlg Albert Naples. 



Sept. 2 — Pennsylvania Hamburg. 



Sept. 2 — Minneapolis London. 



Sept. 2 — Finland Antwerp. 



Sept. 2 — Dmbrla Llyerpool. 



Sept. 2 — Louisiana Havre. 



Sept. 5 — Caronia Liverpool. 



Sept. B — Kaiser Wllhelm Bremen. 



Sept. 6 — Rotterdam Rotterdam 



Sept. 6 — Oceanic Liverpool. 



Sept. 6 — Germania Marseilles. 



Sept. 7 — Main Bremen. 



Sept. 7 — Bluoher Hamburg. 



Sept. 7 — La Lorraine Havre. 



Sept. — Konigln Louise Naples. 



Sept. 9 — Vaderland Antwerp. 



Sept. 9 — Lucania Liverpool. 



Sept. 9 — Napolitan Prince. .. Naples. 



Sept. 9 — New York Southampton. 



Sept. 9 — Furst Bismarck Hamburg. 



Sept. 12 — Kaiser Wllhelm II. Bremen. 



Sept. 12— Cevlc .Liverpool. 



Sept. 13 — Majestic Liverpool. 



Sept. 13— Helllg Olav Copenhagen. 



Sept. 13 — Potsdam Rotterdam. 



Sept. 14 — La Bretagne Havre. 



Sept. 14 — Bremen Bremen. 



Sept. 14 — Moltke Hamburg. * 



Sept. IB — Cedric Liverpool. 



Sept. 16— British Empire Antwerp. 



Sept. 16— Patricia Hamburg. 



Sept. 15 — Etrurla Liverpool. 



Sept. 16 — Kroonland Antwerp. 



Sept. 16— St. Louis Southampton. 



SWEET PEAS. 



As the time for planting sweet peas 

 for Christmas blooming is near, I would 

 aak what are the best varieties in red, 

 white, pink and purple! Should they 

 be planted in solid or raised benches! 

 What soil is best! "What treatment 

 should they receive during blooming 

 periods! H. C. H. 



Yes, it will soon be time to sow the 

 sweet peas for Christmas, either in the 

 bed where they are to flower, or in 3- 

 inch pots to be later transferred to the 



Thomas F. Galvin. 



bed. The writer once had some sorry 

 experience in planting them in a solid 

 bed. They grew all of twelve feet if 

 straightened out and were very late, 

 but I was assured only last week by 

 the best grower in iNew England that 

 he grows them in a solid bed about one 

 foot deep. It was the variety and not 

 the bed that caused the failure. Many 

 beautiful peas are useless for forcing. 

 Here are four good varieties: Earliest 

 of All, Blanche Ferry type, splendid for 

 forcing, just "what its name implies; 

 Mont Blanc, finest wnite for forcing; 

 Countess of Radnor, lavender; Coccinea, 

 scarlet. 



Keep at a night temperature of 45 

 to 50 degrees. 'Do not crowd the plants 

 and keep moderately moist. "Ventilate 

 whenever the weather will permit. 



W. S. 



METHODS TO GAIN SUCCESS. 



[An essay by F. L. Glrdwood, Montreal, read 

 before the Canadian Horticultural Association, 

 August 9, 1906.] 



Close attention and specializing in the 

 culture of violets is the only key to suc- 

 cess; neglect, carelessness or forgetful- 

 ness are absolutely fatal. It is one of 

 those crops which, when scientifically 

 grown, should yield a fair margin of 

 profit, especially if the grower has rea- 

 sonable facilities for transportation and 

 is not too far away from his market. 



The uncertainty of a violet crop, the 

 innumerable obstacles encountered, the 



unforeseen difficulties to be contended 

 with, the prejudices to overcome, give a 

 decided zest to the work and a pleasure 

 to the grower, especially when he reaches 

 the goal he wished to attain and his ef- 

 forts have been crowned with success. 



It is my intention to make a very 

 short summary of the selection, ways, 

 means and methods of cultivating violets 

 commercially and incidentally touching 

 upon transplanting, fertilization, care of 

 the house, its heating, lighting, ventila- 

 tion and drainage. Then planting, syr- 

 inging and propagation and finally dis- 

 eases, pests, picking, packing and mar- 

 keting. 



No matter how good your stock is, 

 there is always room for improvement. 

 The best growers never sell the choicest 

 of their stock, so the grower commencing 

 in a small way is rather handicapped, 

 having to put up with possibly second 

 rate plants. The first season a grower 

 has his house filled with plants is the 

 time to make careful selection for next 

 year's stock, and I may say that it is 

 imperative to keep the best. By contin- 

 uing to do this for several years, the 

 flower bearing possibilities of your 

 plants will very materially increase, not 

 only in number but very probably in size 

 of flowers. 



Propagation. 



There are four ways of propagation: 



(1) By cuttings three or four inches 

 long, made from carefully selected, well- 

 formed and well-developed runners and 

 rooted in clean, sharp sand. 



(2) By divisions made by taking up 

 the old plants and separating them, the 

 old roots, woody, fibrous stems and dead 

 leaves being discarded and burned. The 

 young, weU-rooted divisions should be 

 transplanted and placed two or three 

 inches apart each way. They must be 

 well watered and placed in the shade for 

 several days, until such time as they are 

 well established, and in about three 

 weeks they can be carefully lifted with a 



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