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August 31, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



815 



Conservatory of Back Bay Store of Tfios. F. Galvin, Boston. 



market and, besides, you need some for 

 yourself. 



Don't let weeds accumulate; burn 

 them. 



Don't let red spiders get the best of 

 you ; soak them. 



Don't let everybody plant plants; let 

 somebody plant plants, and the somebody 

 who plants plants must be yourself. 



LILIES AND TUBEROSES. 



Will you kindly let me know when 

 to plant the St. Joseph's lily for late 

 forcing and how to take care of it, 

 also the auratum lily, and how you grow 

 tuberoses for winter forcing and for 

 summer! L. A, G. 



ASPARAGUS COMORENSIS. 



I have been growing Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus seed for several years 

 and found among my siiedling plants 

 one very beautiful plant which I kept 

 and grew with success. I^ast year it 

 bore very large seeds of a bluish white 

 color. 1 planted them and they caine 

 up at once and look exactly like their 

 parent plant. I send two of the little 

 plants and two small fronds of the 

 parent. Can you tell me anything about 

 them, or are they something new? 



S. B. ElTTER. 



Owing to the warm weather and 

 some delay in transit the specimens of 

 this asparagus were not in very good 

 condition on their arrival, but it seems 

 probable that the variety in question is 

 Asparagus comorensis. This is not a 

 new variety, having been in cultivation 

 around New York for at least fifteen 

 years, and is considered superior to the 

 ordinary A. plumosus by some growers. 

 A. comorensis is usually darker in 

 foliage than A. plumosus or plumosus 

 nanus, and the foliage is said to be 

 somewhat softer to the touch, but it ia 

 merely a variation from A. plumosus, 

 of which there are several seedling 

 variations in cultivation. 



W. H. Taplin. 



I am not sure what is meant by St. 

 Joseph's lily but have heard Lilium 

 eandidum called by that name. Lilium 

 candidum bulbs are received in Septem- 

 ber and October and can be put into 6- 

 inch pots as soon as received and placed 

 in a frame outdoors. They are nearly 

 hardy in western New York, but should 

 not be exposed tb very hard frost when 

 in pots. Bring them in by December 

 1 and if you do not want them for Eas- 

 ter, put them in a cool house. In a 

 night temperature of 40 degrees during 

 mid-winter, with the natural increase of 

 heat during March and April, they 

 would flower in. May, but when we grew 

 this lily we had no difficulty in getting 

 it in flower in early April. Since the 

 introduction of Ldlium Harrisii and 

 later the Japanese longiflorum very few 

 L. eandidum are forced. 



Tuberose flowers are very difficult to 

 produce from New Year's on to April. 

 For late fall the bulbs are held in some 

 cool, dry place and started in September 

 and will flower in December. For March 

 and April flowers the new crop bulbs can 

 be started in early January. Put them 

 three inches apart in flats three inches 

 deep and place over the hot-water pipes. 

 The compost to start them in can be 

 sand and chopped sphagnum. When 

 well started and rooted pot into 4%- 

 inch or 5-inch pots and keep them in a 



temperature of not less than 70 degrees. 

 For May and on during summer they 

 can be started in February and March. 

 It is well to start them in flats, in some 

 light material, as you save bench room. 

 If you wish a constant supply then 

 start a batch every two weeks and for 

 the later crops, instead of putting them 

 in pots, you can plant from the flats 

 onto a bench, six inches apart in four 

 inches of light, rich soil. Animal ma- 

 nure is said to induce strong leaf 

 growth at the expense of flowers, but 

 when the spike is well developed liquid 

 manure will greatly improve the quality 

 of the flowers. ' W. S. 



RATES FOR WATER. 



Is it customary to pay for city water 

 by meter or contract where a person is 

 to use city water for greenhouse work. 

 I have two houses, each 20x143 feet, 

 and will heat by hot; water. In my 

 case would you advise using the water 

 by meter or contract? F. W. S. 



Send the Review 25 cents for Mont- 

 gomery on Grafted Roses. 



In some cities water is metered, in 

 others sold at a fixed yearly rental, 

 while in this case it appears, from the 

 wording of the question, that both 

 methods are in vogue and the city 

 officials are so magnanimous as to give 

 the consumer his choice. The prefer- 

 ence will naturally depend on the rates 

 charged, which are not stated. 



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