Dkckmbbk 14, 1905. 



TheWcckly Rorists' Review. 



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Basket of Poinsettias, Hyacinths, Pandanus and Farleyensc with Green Ribbon 



witli aiivtiiiny like it. It i^ il.mlitloss ;i 

 t'uii,mis .'iikI i-;iiis(m| liy tini close :unl 

 (liini]> ;iii Mt inosplii'ic. W (^ iln not liolie\o 

 the gci'iiiiium is sulijcit to ,iiiy cliseiiso 

 if pr()|)('r (■(iiiditioiis ai't' oIiscinoiI, -wlucli 

 (luriiiy- winter nre ;is fullows: A iiij^lit 

 tem|i('i;itm'e ot' 45 de^iiecs, room for eir- 

 ci'.iiitinii of nir :iiiioii<i tin' plants, venti- 

 lation nn all ]iossil>lr oci-.isions and, as 

 tlie ]dants are almost I'cstinji', keep them 

 nn the drv side. In utiier words, let the 



soil in tlie nots l)e deri<ledly dry iirfori' 

 you yive tlieni water. 



l'"or iin:ni'diate relief I would rt'i-om 

 mend mixing conunoii suljiluir with lin 

 seed oil iiidil it is the eoiisistenry of tliiek 

 paste and with an old paint lirnsii siiear 

 on for a few in<-hes alioni every ten t'eei 

 (HI your heatiiiL; jupes. It' ^team pijiev. 

 use less of the sulphnr; if in't watiT 

 vou ean use more without harm. 



W. S. 



Forcing Dahlias. 



If you are thinkiiiy ot' forrinsjj any 

 dahlias it will be lime to make prepara- 

 tions. In a nieht temperature of ;")() to 

 (!(• deerees, ;ind ^tarline thi'iii the mid- 

 dle ot January. 1 found they were imt 

 llowerine fi-eely until the end id' April. 

 so to have thi'Mi at Mastei- they should 

 he in the oro'.md liy .lannary 1. I think 

 the other conilitioiis \\r provided were 

 .aliout iii,dit: Six indies of soil on the 

 lloor of a liyht house. They may do 

 very well on a raised liem-h, Imt the 

 heijiht tliev ;,now aiul en(dness (d' the 



l)Ccl for their roots makes the low he. Is 

 prid'er.able. The sin;;le and jiompons are 

 the liest for foreiuL;. As with almost all 

 our el-ops. ilon't look for a \ariety. 

 Kind out from a reli.alile soure(> half a 

 dozen of the best foreiuix varieties and 

 yrow lots ot' them. They like jilenty of 

 water ;it the ro.)ts and a daily syrin;;inL; 

 with L^ood force for their f(di;iL;e. to 

 ke(>p away icd spider. 



Xow, don't think these dahlias are 

 greatly profitable, althonyh we found our 

 customers bought them freely. There are 

 frecjueidly lieds or benc|ie>; th.at t'i'oni 



one can^e nV dlhel' \oll wdl tilld UUSUc- 



cesstjd, and here is wheir the .lahlia will 

 be t'ouml u'^cd'nl. 



Propagating. 



This is a t ime of the yc,-i|- ! ha' n.it nue 

 t'liiit of your propa;^at i !!'4 lieii.-li >li.iuld 

 be \acant. If you are iie_;h;^iiii abiuit 

 this now you will be o\ > r rmw .led latei-. 

 Ml'. llaiirV \ei-y |iiactir:il iiinark^ on 

 the pidpa^at ill"' house in l.-i^i w.ik'v b'l;. 

 \ !!■ W should be I'ead by .-ill. Siiii|i|e as 

 i- propa^.'it iie^ nmst thin-- t.. .ihl iiaiids, 

 ii is (it'teii mysiit'yiiiL; t" l'e'_;iiiiicrs. 

 I'rolii the middle ot' \o\c'iiiiiei. m|- e\en 

 the first lit' .\o\ e'llliej-, lill 111-' eiej .if 

 \\:>\. th.'re sli.iiil.l bi' .•iiii'-Iai.t .hill a lid 

 .11! v.iiir lU'opa^at iiiu; l.i'ii.-li.-. \'. Iiether 

 'h.'V be i.leally t.a'Mi.'.l .>i- -imply three 

 Ml' I'liiir imdirs III' s;iiii| ,,i -111.'. I ii-hi's 

 -pii\-i.i .01 a siilc biihli li.'ii.alli v\hi.-li are 

 a t'.w liealiiiL;' pip.s. Alih.'Uu:!. "...id is 

 I ih- p. ...rest .-..iidii.-lor .'I i;. ai . a ikI the 

 -Miall amc'iiiil tlial will t-;!-- ihr.niLih a 

 I iih-h boaiil is s.-ar.-. ly p.-r.-. | .1 ibli\ yet 

 (\.' Iia\e found in pia.-ln. a . l.'.-i. IimI ;i.1. 

 >antaL;e ii\.r the luai.-h thai iia- i;.. pipos 

 b.aieath. 



Carnations and Roses. 



I 'i rst t her.' all' t li.' . a raat h ni rui i inos 

 '.>hi.'h .-an b. st.-irt.'.l as .■;iil\ as the 

 iiibhll.' of < ).-t..b.T .an. I all r...il.'.i bcf.ne 

 New ^'ear's. This j^ .-m a.l\ a lUa;^''. for 



it is ;jeni'l';illy brli.'V.'.l ih.il tailtill^S 

 tak.ii fi'.iin the plants li.'i.'i.' llie\ h.'ivo 

 ii.i'ii siib Jccti'.l t.i lire ||.:ii ..r any t'.u'.'- 

 in^. then i;i\inL; ili.'in a .-...il h.iiisii i',,\- 



