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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Makch 22, 1»0«. 



NOTICE 



Because of the new wage scale which 

 the Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing to suffer 

 interruption of their business, especially 

 because of that part of the scale which 

 makes overtime practically prohibitive, 

 it is of first importance that the Review . 

 obtain its advertising **copy earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 that all advertisers mail their "copy" 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 morning, instead of Wednesday morn- 

 ing, as maiiyhave done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



To I*rote<'t Owner's of Ilorticulturul N'dvcI- 



tles 1199 



Miscellaneous Seasiiniible Hints 121)0 



— .Shifting tlie Cieraniuuis 12<M) 



— Acaela Arinata 120<) 



— Alternanthera 1200 



— Tuberous-rooted Begonias 120;> 



— (iloxinlas 1201 



— Cypsophlla Panlculata 1201 



A Thankful Winter Bloouier dllus.t 12;)1 



Kaster Plants 12. )1 



— The Lily First 1201 



— Azalea Indiea 12i)2 



— Crimson Rambler 1202 



— The Geranium 1202 



J. B. lielss (portrait) 1202 



S. A. h\ Executive Board (jKirtraitsl 120:{ 



Notes from England 120;{ 



Carnations — Packing tot Shipment 1204 



— A Wletor Seedling (illus.) 1204 



— Growing the Carnation 1205 



— House of Fine Lawson ( illns. i i2l)6 



Vegetable Forcing — Vegetable Markets i20(i 



Greenhouse Heating — Piping 1207 



— Should Have Larger Boiler 1208 



— Perfect Heating System 1208 



Coleus Thyrsloideus 120,S 



Roses — Kokomo's Kaiserins 12OS 



— Number of Blooms per Plant 120S 



— Dorothy Perkins Rose 12IK> 



The Retail Florist — Seasonable Suggestions. 12(n» 



— Preparing for Easter 120!» 



Goldfish and Gas 121<» 



A New Jersey View ( illus. ) ] . . 121 1 



With the Advertising Man.... 1211 



Leaved^o a Cutting 12i;{ 



Chicago ' lort 



Twin OJtles '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 1214 



St. Louis 1214 



Buffalo 1 21 5 



Boston • ......■..: 1216 



Cleveland 121.S 



Madison. N. J 121S 



New • York j 2'>0 



Philadelphia 1 221 



Cincinnati 1222 



Obituar.v 122.'? 



National Council of Horticulture ! ! 1023 



Denver 1 220 



Seed Trade Notes ^ 1227 



— Everybody Works \ ...... . 1 227 



— Notes from Holland 122s 



— European Seed Notes 1228 



— Railroad Seed Specials ' ' 1220 



Davenport, la ' ]2.'?i> 



Pittsburg ' ■ ■ ' 1 2h<) 



Pacific Coast— San Francisco ] ] ]24i> 



— Soil Variations 124o 



Canna Seed 1 241 



Nursery News 1242 



— Diseases of the Apple (illus. )........'.'. 1242 



— Park Reports ^04.^ 



Baltimore ......' ]2.">2 



Gerbera Jameson! 1254 



Northern Texas ' ' ' ' i2rtC> 



Washington 1208 



A New Toledo Concern ' 1270 



Glen Cove, N. Y ' ' ' ]27'> 



THE BEST PHLOXES. 



William A. I'pforsoii notes a rapidly in- 

 creasing do:nan<l for phloxes, and names 

 the foUowinor as the best varieties: Inde- 

 pendence, tall white; La Cvfrnt', pure 

 white, large jtetals; Miss Lingard, white 

 with rose center; Beranger, blush pink, 

 very large i)etais; Le Soleil, clear soft 

 pink; Pantheon, (dear light rose, solid 

 color, very large ; Amabilis, solid rose 

 red; Coquelicot, brilliant brick red; 

 Ball of Fire, red with darker center; 

 Eclareur, early purplish crinuson, verv 

 large; King of Purples, rich shade of 

 dark maroon. 



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The Annual Special 



SPRING NIMBER 



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For Easter, 1906 



WILL BE ISSUED ON APRIL 5 



It will be in keeping with the best previous special issues of 

 the REVIEW, and that's "enough said." 



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 of this opportunity for putting their 

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YOU CAN HELP. 



Every tlorist .should take enough in- 

 terest in * ' the square deal ' ' and in the 

 seed trade to be glad of the chance to 

 help along a long delayed reform. Right 

 now write a letter to your congressmen 

 at Washington. A few .words will do. 

 Tell him that you want him to support 

 the etfort to end the free seed distribu- 

 tion by the gover.iment. The matter 

 will be acted on in a very few days, so 

 write at once. 



LEAVES TO A CUTTING. 



Will you kindly give nie information 

 as to how to make geranium cuttings 

 frnm the top shoots of young plants? 

 I had an argument with a ])arty who 

 (daims that one leaf and heart are sutti- 

 cient to a i)lant, while I claim that at 

 least two leaves vith the heart are neces- 

 sarv. K. .1. 



You are decidedly riglit ; one fully de- 

 veloped leaf and "one almost fully de- 

 veloped are nuudi better than (Mie leaf; 

 that is. the geranium cutting will root 

 more surely and quickly witii the two 

 leaves than witii only one, although 

 we will not say that we have not rooted 

 many thousands with only one leaf. 

 We remember once seeing a lot of cut- 

 tings of zonal geraniums that had been 

 entirely denuded of all leaves, although 

 they were strong cuttings. The ignor- 

 amus who ])erformed the operation lost 

 the entire lot. They turneil black, which 

 was the first stage of rotting. 



I am aware that many gardeners will 

 say there is nothing gained by cutting 



at a joint. With some plants it is not 

 necessary. Salvia or verbena or a tea 

 rose, and many others, will root readily 

 if cut an inch below a joint, but with 

 the succulent geranium it. is of conse- 

 quence. It is much safer and, as it 

 should take no longer to cut immediately 

 below a joint, why not do it? 



The principle of this artificial method 

 of propagation, for by seed is the nat- 

 ural j)lan. is this, without any scientific 

 terms: The cutting without roots is sup- 

 ported by moisture, which it absorbs 

 from the medium into which it is in- 

 serted, the same as our cut flowers are 

 kept fresh and beautiful by the water 

 their stems absorb. But very few will 

 send out roots in water alone. Now, in 

 the case of the geranium, the leaves of 

 the cutting collect material from the at- 

 mosj)here and it descend.s through the 

 structure of the plant to the roots, in a 

 growing plant. It appears that at a 

 joint the descending material is arrested 

 and excites and forms what we technic- 

 ally call a callous and from this callous 

 springs the root, so without the leaves 

 gathering the essential elements no roots 

 will start. 



Hy a wonderful provision of nature, 

 those plants that are very slow to root 

 fro;h a section of the growth will root 

 from a piece of root, as the bouvardia, 

 or a dormant eye of the stem, as the 

 dracaena. In these cases a different 

 process must go on from that in th© 

 leafy cutting of a geranium, if 1 say 

 any more I shall get out of my depth, 

 but E. J., you are right. Tiie only 

 object in pulling off any leaves is that 

 you can get more in a given space with- 

 out crowding. W. S. 



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