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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 5, 1906. 



' CANTERBURY BELLS. 



To get the strongest possible plants 

 for blooming next year the seed should 

 have been sown about the middle of 

 May, which means a year's growth be- 

 fore the plants come into flower. Bbt 

 it is not yet too late to sow. Few 

 biennials can compare with Canterbury 

 bells for a floral display in the 

 herbaceous border during the month of 

 June, the cup and saucer varieties being 

 by far the most attractive, the colors 

 varying from white to rose and blue and 

 mauve. 



The seed is best sown in shallow boxes, 

 such as are used for rooting pelar- 

 goniums in; the soil should be light, and 

 the seed but sparingly covered. Stand 

 the boxes in a cool frame, and shade 

 from the sun until germination has 

 taken place; then stand them in the 

 open, and see that the soil is kept moist. 

 As all seedlings quickly become drawn 

 up unless sown thinly, lose no time, as 

 soon as they are fit to handle, in dib- 

 bling them out, six inches apart, into 

 nursery lines, the rows to be double that 

 distance apart, so that a flat hoe can 

 be conveniently plied between to keep 

 down weeds, and promote growth. 



In the month of October sturdy 

 plants should be forthcoming, ready to 

 set out in herbaceous borders, and along 

 the margins of beds devoted to flower- 

 ing shrubs, etc. I Uke to keep the 

 colors separate, placing three or five 

 plants in a group, and allowing a good 

 space between each plant. Early in 

 April place a stake to each plant, and 

 keep the leading stem frequently tied. 

 In dry seasons it repays to well water 

 while the plants are in flower. 



These campanulas are also most serv- 

 iceable in 6-inch and 8-inch pots, if 

 potted up in the autumn, and given 

 quite cool treatment, plunging the pots 

 in coal ashes, and covering them with 

 glass lights during wet or frosty 

 weather; quite early in June these make 

 a good display arranged with other sub- 

 jects in the greenhouse or conservatory. 

 — Gardeners' Magazine. 



RED SPIDER. 



In view of the complete knowledge we 

 now possess upon most garden matters, 

 it is rather remarkable that we still know 

 BO little of the habits, life history, and 

 proclivities of the troublesome little 

 mite called red spider. Not a season 

 passes but we see the results of its rav- 

 ages, either indoors or outdoors, says 

 the Gardeners' Magazine, and yet we 

 seem to get no nearer to the solution 

 of the problem of its prevention and 

 eradication. 



Excessive heat is a common cause of 

 its development, acording to some au- 

 thorities, but I have a note of a very 

 bad attack in a quite cold vinery. A dry 

 atmosphere is, again, advanced as the 

 cause of its appearance; and yet in a 

 house of which I had charge for four 

 years the only vine in the house attacked 

 grew nearer to the water tank than any 

 of the others. Placing plants in un- 

 natural conditions has been held respon- 

 sible by some practitioners for the ad- 

 vent of the red spider, but most obser- 

 vant persons must have seen common 

 wayside weeds, such as the red dead net- 

 tle, moundwort, and ground ivy, with 

 foliage devoured almost to blanching 

 point by the tiny pests. 



That it should suddenly be present in 

 a house which has never harbored it 

 before is a puzzle to many, but its pres- 



ence is easily accounted for in many 

 such cases by the custom of summering 

 plants outdoors, and wintering them un- 

 dqr glass. New stock also will bring 

 the pest at times, and all new plants 

 should spend a short time in quarantine 

 before being allowed to share the so- 

 ciety of their fellows. 



As a preventive measure, I do not 

 know of anything better than keeping 

 plants constantly moist at the roots, 

 maintaining a moist atmosphere, and 

 syringing once or twice a week. Nico- 

 tine will do the work, but it has a very 

 abiding smell and cannot be used on 

 stock just ready for market. 



Taking everything into consideration, 

 I do not think that the old plan of 

 sulphuring the hot-water pipes can be 

 beaten. Sulphur is a deadly enemy to 

 red spider, and pot plants can be kept 

 clean by using flowers of sulphur freely 

 through a dredger. A bellows apparatus 

 will apply sulphur efficiently, or the 

 pipes can be heated; then a good plan 

 is to pour water over the pipes with , a 

 can, and smear on the dry sulphur with 

 the hand. 



SCOTTISH PANSY SOCIETY. 



It is interesting to find that an effort 

 is being made to re-establish the old 

 Scottish Pansy Society. A meeting of 

 pansy and viola lovers was recently held 

 in Edinburgh, Scotland, when James 

 Grieve was elected chairman; Messrs. 

 Dick, McKenzie, A. Sutherland, James 

 Stewart and C. Cockbum members of 

 committee, and J. C. Grieve, assistant 

 secretary. It is proposed to hold an 

 exhibition in Edinburgh about June 20, 

 1907. 



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