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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



JUNB 21, 1906. 



Field of Peony Festiva Maxima at G. H. Wild's, Sarcoxie, Mo. 



least shade the house to the north. Don't 

 make the bars of unequal length, but 

 make them of equal span. The prin- 

 cipal thing to observe is to have a very 

 substantial and water tight gutter be- 

 tween the houses. W. S. 



BONE MEAL. 



How much bone flour should I use in 

 a solid bed for carnations, 6x80 feet 

 in size, and one foot deep, in soil that 

 was one-third cow manure last year? 



M. M. W. 



If you use bone flour, i. e., finely 

 ground steamed animal bone, it will be 

 safe to use 100 pounds on the bench 

 6x80. If the bone is superphosphate, 

 i. e., bone treated with sulphuric acid to 

 make the phosphoric acid more available, 

 fifty pounds is probably as heavy an 

 application as would be safe. 



L. C. C. 



ECHEVEEIAS. 



I intend growing some echeverias for 

 next spring and would like to know the 

 best way to get a start. How can they 

 be propagated and would it be best to 

 get plants now and propagate in fallf 

 Which are the best kinds to growt 



W. A. S. 



"With the exception of the variety E. 

 eecunda glauca the echeverias are not so 

 generally grown as they were ten years 

 ago, but for the florist the above kind is 

 indispensable for carpet bedding. The 

 taller growing sorts are increased by cut- 

 tings. Metallica makes a fine plant for 

 the conservattory or the center of a car- 

 pet bed and retusa is a pretty flowering 

 {)lant for early winter. They should be 

 ifted before severe frost. After flow- 

 ering the tops should be cut off and the 

 old plants kept in a warm, dry place, 

 •when small growths will start from the 

 stems. These, when large enough, can 

 be removed and put into flats of dry 

 sand and when they have made a few 

 roots potted into 2-inch or 2 1^ -inch pots. 

 The low growing, stemless species, 

 such as secunda glauca, Californica, Pea- 

 cockii, rosea and others, if planted out 

 make a number of shoots, little minia- 

 ture plants, often called hen and chick- 

 ens, and in lifting in the fall these are 

 removed and planted in shallow flats of 

 sandy soil and placed in some cool, dry 



house. Very little if any water is need- 

 ed during winter and any drip on the 

 plants should be avoided. 



In lifting them in October it is well 

 to sort them into different sizes, placing 

 the old plants in one flat and the next 

 size in another flat and so on. This is 

 economy of space. We notice that our 

 park department wintered many thou- 

 sands of secunda glauca in deep cold 

 frames, protected with mats. They re- 

 ceived no water at all during winter 

 and came through in fine shape. 



To get up a stock of these bedding 

 echeverias buy what strong plants you 

 can and plant out at once. You will get 

 a lot of shoots in the fall, and, if de- 

 sirous of getting up a large stock, you 

 can propagate by the leaves. Lift the 

 plants in October and box in dry, sandy 

 soil. A month or two later carefully 

 twist the leaves from the stems, a few 

 from each. There is a latent bud at the 

 axil of the leaf anu if that is not re- 



moved with the leaf you will get no 

 plant. Put two inches of sand in a 4- 

 inch pot and place the leaves around the 

 edge of the pot, each with the base only 

 deep enough to keep it upright. Give 

 no water until the roots appear. When 

 the little plants are formed and large 

 enough to handle, place them in flats of 

 sandy soil and be careful not to over- 

 water. These little plants can be kept 

 warmer during winter than the larger 

 and older plants, because you want them 

 to increase in size, while with the older 

 bedding size you only want to keep them 

 dormant. W. S. 



KEEP A GOIN*. 



If you strike a thorn or rose, 



Keep a-goln'. 

 If It bailR or If It snows, 



Keep a-goln'. 

 "Taln't no use to sit and whine 

 When the flsh ain't on your line: 

 Bait your hook and keep on tryln' — 



Keep a-gola'. 



When the weather kills your crop, 

 Keep a-goin'. 



When you tumble from the top, 

 Keep a-goln". 



S'pose you're out o' every dime! 



Gettln' broke ain't any crime; 



Tell the world you're feeling prime- 

 Keep a-goln'. 



When It looks like all Is up, 



Keep a-goln'. 

 Drain the sweetnessf from the cup, 



Keep a-goln'. 

 See the wild bird on the wing, 

 Hear the bells that sweetly ring, 

 When you feel like slghin', sing. 



Keep a-goln'. 



— F. L. STANTON. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



While conditions are a little better 

 than a week ago, the market remains 

 erratic. School graduations this week 

 are taking considerable material and 

 the fact that indoor roses are becoming 

 scarce and that some carnation growers 

 are now throwing out their plants will 

 relieve the congestion. Indoor roses are 

 moderately scarce. Beauties are not in 

 much request, the best make $15 to $20 

 per hundred. Some nice Kaiserin and 

 Carnot came in, making $2 to $8. Bride 



Peter Brown's Field of Paiuies, Lancaster, Fa. 



