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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Sbptkmbbr 28, 1908. 



growth next season. Peonies are best 

 moved in the fall, in September or Octo- 

 ber, the earlier the better. If carefully 

 removed these will flower well next sea- 

 son, although the stems may be a little 

 shorter than they were this year. The 

 - Crimson -Bambler can be moved late in 

 October, but here again we think a 

 strong young plant would give more sat- 

 isfaction. The spiraea and lilacs could 

 be moved on or after October 1. Care 

 should be taken to have large holes to 

 plant them in and that they are given 

 good compost. Particular care in firm- 

 ing the soil about the roots is also very 

 necessary. 



If the Spiraea Van Houttei is very 

 large it woiild hardly pay to remove it; 

 much better purchase a young plant, as 

 this shrub makes very rapid growth. If 

 it is deemed wise to move the older shrub 

 and lilacs, open a trench three to five 

 feet away from the stems. Go down as 

 deep as the roots penetrate, taking care 

 not to cut or bruise these any more than 

 can be helped. Then use a digging fork 

 or pick and gradually loosen the soil, 

 toward the plant to the depth the 

 trench has been opened and saving all 

 roots possible. If the plants are very 

 large it wiU be difficult without some 

 skiUed aid to secure a ball of earth and 

 remove the plants to a new location. A 

 crowbar placed under the bottom of tho 

 mass of roots and given a few upward 

 pulls will help to loosen the balls, also 

 a gentle swaying by the stem from side 

 to side. • W. N. Craig. 



wide, and the other eighty-five feet 

 long, seven feet deep and thirty-three 

 feet wide. All the rainwater falling on 

 the roofs of the houses drains into these 

 cisterns through 6-inch flows, connected 

 to the iron gutters. Connections are 

 also made so water can be pumped di- 

 rectly from wells should occasion re- 

 quire, but iihroughout the past summer 

 there was sufficient rain to keep a good 

 supply in the cisterns. There are many 

 advantages in this system. It keeps 

 an even temperature of water, will not 

 scale in boilers and is more beneficial to 

 plants. Two large tanks are also in- 

 stalled for the sterilizing of fertilizers 

 and for feeding with liquid manure 

 under pressure. 



There are sixteen houses in the iiew 

 range, 28x260 feet, almost even-span, 

 with a slight slope to the south. Both 

 hot water and steam are used for heat- 

 ing the plant. Garland gutters, Evans' 

 ventilators and Dietch's Washington 

 red cedar used in the entire construc- 

 tion. The range is planted with the best 

 commercial varieties of roses and car- 

 nations. 



The old range of twenty-two houses is 

 devoted almost entirely to the growing 

 of palms, ferns, asparagus, lilies, bulb 

 and bedding stock. The entire cut is 

 handled through their down-town store, 

 in addition to the products of many 

 other local growers. 



POLLVORTITS PLANT. 



Milwaukee is no inconsiderable cen- 

 ter when one comes to count up the im- 

 portant flower producing points. Indeed, 

 there are those who consider Milwaukee 

 the best distributing point in the coun- 

 try for all horticultural supplies, and it 

 is certain that glass area is rapidly on 

 the increase there. The C. C. Pollworth 

 Co.'s range now comprises over 200,000 

 square feet. The rose and carnation 

 houses are built on modern lines and 

 no details were overlooked in making 

 them thoroughly up-to-date. A feature 

 of the place is the two large cisterns, 

 built of concrete, one being 120 feet 

 long, seven 'feet deep and thirty feet 



PLANTS FOR WINTER BLOOM. 



[An abstract of a paper read before the 

 Canadian Hortlcaltural Society, at Montreal, by 

 Xbomas McHagb.] 



It would be useless to attempt to 

 enumerate all the plants that coidd be 

 grown for winter decoration, so I will 

 simply mention those that I have found 

 most satisfactory. 



Tydeeas are capital plants for fall and 

 early winter flowering. Gesneras are 

 also very showy and useful; their richly 

 marked foliage contrasts admirably with 

 the orange and scarlet flowers. We have 

 had great success with gloxinias for win- 

 ter blooming. A batch of two or three- 

 year-old bulbs started in the fall will 

 flower for months. The flowers last much 

 longer than in summer and are perfectly 

 free from the rust that sometimes at- 

 tacks them in the warm weather. Gloxi- 



nias are one of the most satisfactory 

 plants for table decoration. We grow 

 them in winter in a temperature > of 60 

 to 65 degrees and remove them to the 

 conservatory when they begin to flower. 



The first flower to i^er in the season 

 proper is the chrysanthemum, a fitting 

 leader to the brilliant procession. In 

 addition to the large exhibition flowers, 

 some of the pompons, which are again 

 coming into favor, should . be grown. 

 Also some of the. dwarf singles, such as 

 Mispah, Zeno, etc. Besides makfng an 

 effective edging to t^e taller plaints, they 

 are very useful for room or table decora- 

 tion. 



By the time the chrysanthemums are 

 over, a host of other things w'ill be 

 ready to take their places. Baby prim- 

 rose grown in 5-inch pots and placed on 

 a shelf where the flower stems can hang 

 down, will be a mass of delicate flowers 

 all winter. 



Begonia incamata is tiseful for De- 

 cember flowering. Where there is a 

 back wall in the conservatory the old 

 B. nitida grown to single stem six or 

 seven feet high, and spurred in the prun- 

 ing like a grape vine, wiU be a sheet of 

 bloom from December to May. All the 

 fibrous-rooted begonias are good. Gloire 

 de Lorraine is of course the queen of 

 begonias at present; whether in pots, 

 pans or baskets it is beautiful and al- 

 ways admired. The new race of begonias 

 sent out by Yeitch & Sons rival Lorraine 

 in their season, which is fall and early 

 winter. They originated from crossing 

 B. Socotrana, with late tuberous varie- 

 ties. The flowers are about three inches 

 across, single and semi-double and, unlike 

 other begonias, are very persistent, last- 

 ing two or three weeks. Varieties I 

 have tried and can recommend are : Win- 

 ter Cheer, rose carmine, semi-double; 

 Ensign, carmine, semi-double; Winter 

 Perfection, rose pink, semi-double, and 

 Mrs. Heal, carmine and scarlet, single, 

 the finest of all. 



Poinsettias are indispensable for win- 

 ter decoration. Plants grown to single 

 stem in 6-inch pots will, w.xh liberal 

 treatment, give bracts eighteen inches 

 across and last for three or four months. 

 Cuttings struck in August and grown 

 four or five together in pans are much 

 sought after for table decoration, espe- 



Nrwr Cot Flower Range of the C C. Pollworth Cc, Milwaukee, Wis. 



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