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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.Makch 1, l',M((>. 



ami irili.r iiii|ih:il ilnwn^; mii ilir l;i!ili' 

 '.|(.\si;4iri li .1 ••\iiilli A iiii'i li-:i. ' ■ lux'S 

 aiul r;nii.-i I I' 111- will' I ili'llli 111 III . A drli 

 • •all' ami -111 iciiiiiL: -li:i'li' "1' liLllil w.'is 



sll('(l (i\rr all li\ llimii'l nil-- tilllril rlrdrii- 



-loll,'-;. 



WHEN TO PLANT PANSIES. 



W !;. II -111. III. I I |.l:i in |.:i ii-ir- -n a- 1 1. 

 ■_;i.I llhili i.i|l ;i- -....|] :i- waiiM wialhrl 

 -(M> in .' \\ ..111.! \ . II -lai I I iii'iii III -■ami 



.11- M'll.' Al-.. Wii.llil likr l:i kllilW it' lliric 



i-; any niria llnwri nl' tin- lI'I.t. liiv-iilff- 

 ' lie i.ni' mini iiini'.i an. I -v\ii'l |ii'a-, llial 

 I riMiM l;1"*\ iiiii--i.il' iliiiiiiL; lln' -inmnirr 

 nu.lil li- .' 'I'lial I- 111 >.i> llir lliiwcl' lias 

 1.1 l.c :i pii't I V !:ii I -I'llii III 1 111' i-niiimi> 

 ,-iiiii Inm-r. a- liin-i iiniil inm'. I ai'r. 



S. S. S. 



i'aii-ii'- air ^I'li.'i'a lly -..wn in .Inly ami 

 AiiL;n--i :'nil n:iii>|ila ni nj mti. licils nC 

 ._;i'(.i:, rii-li >iiil wliiii laiL^r .•iinii^li 111 lian 

 •llo. (1 llinl llii'v l;i'I wi'll i'-~lalilism'i| lir 

 'lire si'\rii' wiiiti'i' -''is in. TIha' ran lir 

 -nwii -lill laliT il inlriii|i-.| 111 111' |irii 

 'ri'tcd (liirinu winti'T wilii iilas- .sa-li. .\ll 

 aL' the aliiiNc -Innilii In' linr l|i i\\ la'i ni; 

 jilaiits al llii' i;iilii'-l ii|ii'iiini^ nf --iiniii: 

 ami :^liiinli| hr lil'ii'il tiiin t!ir winti'i 



IHhIs ami |ilari'il wlnar llir\ nil' tn IIhWiT 



as sunn as llic L;iiiuml is dry. j-'or sum- 

 niiT III 'w I'll Ml; ymi i-iiii lai-i' innsl satis- 

 laitiirv )ilaiils liy snwiiiL; the seeds 

 al iiiiri'. Siiw in tial-- Iwn iir llirce 

 iml:i'>- iK'i'|i in line -il'ti'd snil, thinly, 

 iiiily |ii-t ■•iimtiiil; lli' -i rds. W'Ik u the 

 lillli' sl•l•lllill^s air Inrur riiinij^h to 

 lia Mi'lr. 1 1 'in-]. la ni i nlo nl lirr llrds ol' 

 ri. Il -lid two iiiilir- aii.'iil and wiini w i n - 



I r ^ i- 1 1\ r I rrlmiN r 1 he llal s to a cold 



I'lainr niid |ilanl oiil in ii|)rn ^rouml 

 railv ill May. 'riirsc winlrrsovsn |ian- 

 -ir^ will mil iiiakr iniirh show dnr- 

 i m; llir aionlli ot .May. luil from .luno 

 on ;!iry will llowcr inorr xi^oinusiy ami 

 roiil i mioiisly Ihaii I hosr I'aisnl tin' ].!'<'- 

 \ I ' is l;ill. Thr licst summer beds of 

 |iaii-ii'- \> r r\rr Li'ew wei'e sown in J''el>- 

 niai'v. Ilesidi's |iansies and sswel peas 

 1 iii'ir i.s n Ioiil; list of aiuiuals and [lereii- 

 ninls thai ran he raised onlsirle and liml 

 a modnate s;i!r in all Ijir^r cities. A 

 \i-il 111 yoiii' loiiimissioii hoiisrsx would 

 ra-ily riili!.ilileii you on \\li;it is in de- 

 ma n d . 



Ti'r a-lrr is inlaiiiK' one of the most 

 i .r.'lit a I ilr. r-[irrially it' yoii ran 'j^i-i in 

 a r.iod rrii|' \rry rarly, ami UL'ain just 

 lirloir I'rosI lomrs, ns all llowirs aie 

 srarrr :il ilial limr. W. S. 



THE VALUE OF RECORDS. 



In all well re^ul.'iled and u|i lo-date es 

 tablislinieiits tlim- should lie a system 

 of roeord l\re|iinL:. It is not only essen- 

 tial to know while wr stand al llie eml 

 .if the season. Luit il is of yreal vallie 

 in pre]>nriii.L; our jdan fm ne.xt season's 

 '.liantini:. To kmi'>v r.xartlv Imw maiiv 

 lilooms earli \ariily |ir.H|iiri-. m .-i sra- 

 ^,,11. ami tin rrlnrn^ frmii -;imr when 

 •ompnred \\ilh otlin \arirlies. and also 

 the siiiiei-firial ni'ra orruiiir.l \<y earh \a- 

 iirt\. mu-I of iirrr-^-itv lie iif iiii|iorlau; 



a-r to e\rr\' rloWrr. I'.llt llii\\ useful 



;iiii| im|)orl;inl llii> i-. i^ known mily to 

 1 hr slower v.\\i) year a fin yrai make.s 

 it a lU'artiri' lo rnmidlt^ smli <tatisti.-s. 



To keep :l fnilllflll Irrold iif Ihe rut 



of each ^arie1y. a rard -honld In- pre- 

 paied ea.-h Wrrk. with -parr^ f,ir earh 



t\i\y. This should be pla 1 in 'he house 



and everv Idooni rut slioiild lie mternl 

 ,,n it under ils own heading' and at the 

 riid of e.irii Tiloiith tlii-^ slnuild he (aipie<l 

 into the ioiu'iKil for future refereiiee. 



In the ' sortinix room similar i-ards 

 should be used, whirh -liould shnw the 

 r.xart number of I'looms of earli crrade. 

 .Vote should iilso be made of those v:i- 

 j'ieties Mhi<-h nre in liesi deinand among 

 the eustoniers. 



By tills inenii< we e.an. ;it the end of 

 the season, with n little liiiuiiin^ arrive 



al a deliniw roiii liision as to wiiitdi of 

 llir \aiir';ies it is most piolitabh' to 

 plant. I'.y rigidly following thi.s plan 

 Mill' waste of -paee will be redured to a 

 miniaiuni. 



b'eiord keeping also embraces a sys- 

 tem of recordiiiix eaeli day's tem.pera- 

 1ur(\ with I'emarks coneernim; amount of 

 -unshiiie. moislnre. etc., all of which 

 should br rarefully noted in the journal. 

 The nirht and day temperature at 

 whirh each \;iriety was i^rowii shovild 

 iKo be iri-oldi'd, .'ill of whirh uiav lie of 

 -ome utility in tuture. In fact, from 

 the tiiiir tiir ruttiui; or sciou is taken 

 from ihr bn.sli until it has linished its 

 riiiirr sra-o|i '.. Work notliiuLT conrernin;.j 

 ils pi'."iniar\ value or rulti\ation slmuld 



be Ir I I mil rrol'ded. 



To ilerixr lull value from past e\- 

 pnieii.e ;i full desi-riptloii of the soils 

 used, the nature of the compost, ferti- 

 li/.eis and till' amount and (ju.ality of the 

 liijuid iiind applied with a note of the re- 



-lllts should also be I'erordrd. 



.\ll thi- Work ifijuiri's a certain 

 .amount of tinir. but it is time w<dl 

 -pent and will ;implv irjiny us by leavinor 

 no doubt in our minds a< to the merits 

 and di'imiit-; of rarh and every variety 

 under (Uir ratr. br-idis euli<;htening us 

 a< to whether mir s,,ii is -suitable ancl our 

 culture rijrlit or wrong. RiBES. 



ROSE UNCLE JOHN. 



I he ginwers in the vicinity of Chieago 

 are steadily displacing tlie Golden Hate 

 lo-e with '1- sport, I'licle John. The 

 ili.r|Hi roloi i- the prinripal reason for 



the thange, but the productive quality 

 of the stock of Uncle John seems with 

 some growers to be better than with their 

 (iolden date. It is a rose which eau 

 be grown cheaper than Bride and Maid 

 and still brings more money. The ac- 

 companying illustration is from a plioto- 

 grajih maile at the I'eter Weinberg estab- 

 lishment on l)eceinber L'U and shows the 

 crop in sight for CJhristinas. The si)ort 

 oiiginated here several years ago and 

 Ihe plantings have liecn steadily in- 

 creased season after season. 



HARDY FLOWERS. 



'I here was a good audience present at 

 the regular .Saturday meeting of the 

 -Massachusetls Horticultural iSociety on 

 February 17, to hear K. O, Orpet sjieak 

 on "Hardy Flowers." He spoke of the 

 gradual advance of hardy iloweriug 

 plants into popular favor in place of 

 the overdone and tiresome carpet bed- 

 ding, which for some time was the 

 cra/.e. More credit is due William K'ob- 

 inson, late editor of the London har- 

 den, for bringing hardy plants into 

 f;ivor than any man living. His elforts 

 iia\e completely revolutionized Ibnver 

 gardening aiui have made available a 

 wealth ()f cxaadlent material which is 

 more satisfying, more varied and more 

 easily cared for than the beds of ten- 

 der j)!auts once almost exclusively de- 

 pended upon for lloral efl'ects. 



The j»roper j)reparation of the soil is 

 necessary to grow hardy perennials suc- 

 cessfully. The ground should be turned 

 over eighteen inches deep and plenty 

 of well rotted manure worked in. A 

 coiitijiiious eifeetive display of peren- 

 nials in flower borders is diilicult, but 

 by the use of annuals to lill up gaps 

 caused by plants dying down after Ilow- 

 eriug this may be easily overcome. For 

 winter j^rotectioM nothing is better than 

 leaves. The speaker ol)je(;ted to the 

 spreading of manure on the borders in 

 the f.all, owing to its unsightly appear- 

 ance. 



In afpiilegias the North American 

 sorts are best and the three best in his 

 estimation are idirysantha, Canadensis 

 and ca-rulea. For tje disease attacking 

 delphiniums and blasting the llower 

 stems II" reiaunmends sj>raying with 

 Ivory soajt. Ho thinks the trouble real- 

 1_\' is caused by a mite. I )el]iliiiiium 

 graiidillornm treated as an annual is 

 extremely usctul. the blue being espe- 

 cially valuable. lie likes siune of the 

 tlialictrums and has found their foliage 

 exrellcnt to use with swi'et ])eas for 

 oei-orat i\'e purposes. The demand for 

 peouii.s is nimarka Me. (Irowcrs in llol- 

 laml and Knglaml .-ire keenly alive to 

 the demand here. 



Perennial ])hlo\es i 1 riidi ground. 



If the llower heads are cut oiT just be- 

 tore the last llowers fade the stems 

 will branch out and yive a nice; iiew 

 crop in (Jctober. l,u|iiiius ])olyphyllus 

 ;iml variety albus .are perennial and in- 

 dispfMisable. liy saving some of the an- 

 nu.al sorts among them, a continuous 

 rrop of llowers may be had during the 

 season. Liliums dislike S(ul in which 

 in.anure is imajrporated. They like to 

 have the roots coid and moist. Except 

 for the small-bulbed sorts, ho recom- 

 mends planting them twadve inches 

 dee]). .\n ideal place for lilies is in 

 rhodo<lendron be<ls. The shade, h-af 

 muhdiing .and moist root condition* are 

 ideal for them. The best lilies which 

 may l)e depended upon not to run out 

 are: T.. auratum platyphylhim (this 



