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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Ai'UiL 5, 1906. 



OSCAR F. KOSCHE. Prop. 



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NOTES FROM ENGLAND. 



The last two weeks the weather has 

 been characterized by a regular winter 

 period, the coldest and sharpest we have 

 liad this winter; some 12 to 18 degrees 

 of frost has been experienced in eastern 

 counties and eight inches of snow has 

 fallen in some parts. Much damage will 

 result to many crops coming, as it has, 

 after the recent mild and open weather. 



The South Lincolnshire bulb fields are 

 looking green and vigorous and will soon 

 be covered with millions of narcissus 

 blooms. The season for Lincolnshire cut 

 flower trade will be somewhat earlier 

 than usual this year and already grow- 

 ers are in full swing with the earliest 

 sorts, such as Talemonius plenus, Obvol- 

 laris, etc. Lincolnshire may well be de- 

 scribed as Holland in England, so far as 

 daffodils and narcissi are concerned. The 

 Lincolnshire growers, however, do not 

 seem to have made much progress in 

 tulip cultivation, and although some 

 growers have prophesied that within a 

 few years they would be able to compete 

 with Holland, they do not appear able 

 to do so, and fewer of the early forcing 

 sorts of tulips are grown each year. 

 Their cultivation is a losing business, 

 with the exception of some May flower- 

 ing sorts, notably the beautiful yellow 

 Bouton d'Or. This lovely tulip does 

 exceptionally well in Lincolnshire, prob- 

 ably better than in Holland, always 

 flowering well and increasing rapidly. 



The building boom (I think the im- 

 mense quantity of glass now in course of 

 erection can be called a boom) con- 

 tinues apace, and one wonders where all 

 the product of these extra houses is go- 



ing to in the future. The population of 

 the British Isles is not increasing at a 

 very rapid rate, but it will be an easy 

 matter to increase the demand if growers 

 will also cheapen the cost of production 

 of fruits, etc., so that the retail price of 

 grapes, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc., will 

 be sufficiently low to place them within 

 reach of the great masses of poor people 

 in the large manufacturing centers. 

 There will be no difficulty in doubling 

 the consumption of such goods in the 

 United Kingdom if prices go lower and, 

 as stated in some of my previous notes, 

 it is the aim of the English growers gen- 

 erally, not to obtain a Tiigher price, but 

 to cheapen production in all sections un- 

 der cultivation. 



Many people engaged in picking and 

 working in cut narcissi and daffodils 

 are complaining of the poisonous nature 

 of the sap contained in the stalks. After 

 a few days' work it causes the skin to 

 slough from the fingers with much smart- 

 ing and irritation. In extreme cases the 

 finger nails have been known to peel 

 away and it is often several weeks after 

 work in the blooms is discontinued be- 

 fore the disorder disappears. A good 

 coating of grease put on the hands 

 especially under and around the nails, 

 before commencing work each day, is 

 said to serve as a preventive. Glycerine, 

 also, is recommended. 



Traveling in Cheshire the other day 1 

 came across an immense quantity of 

 tulips and narcissi grown in cold frames. 

 They were perfection, both in quality of 

 bloom and in health and vigor of growth. 

 My past experience in this method of cul- 

 ture is that the blooms are usually too 

 weak and poorly colored to make them 



a success, but this lot was particularly 

 strong and deeply colored. 



The grower informed me the way to 

 grow them perfect was to have the 

 frames very shallow and not to put 

 over the lights until well after Christ- 

 mas. The bulbs, he said, should make 

 a full root action before covering. Plenty 

 of air was required during the slightest 

 sunshine, and particular care shoulcl be 

 taken to have very strong bulbs. No 

 artificial lieat was used, the only forc- 

 ing, if it could be called forcing, being 

 done by watering with tepid water. This 

 is a profitable and easy method of cul- 

 tivation to get bulb stock ten days ear- 

 lier than outdoor grown, and one also 

 that leaves the bulbs as healthy and 

 strong as when grown in the open. 



J. B. ' 



WASHINGTON. 



Comment. 



The cut flower trade is slow, excepting 

 spring flowers, which move freely. 

 Though the large entertainments of the 

 season are over, there is yet considerable 

 entertaining in official circles, which will 

 continue till Congress adjourns. As all 

 these events call for more or less decora- 

 tive work, it can be readily seen that the 

 florists are ''friendly" to Congress. 



Just now everybody is taking the 

 breathing spell necessary to get up pres- 

 sure for the strenuous work of Easter. 

 Though there has been considerable dark 

 weather, stock seems to be coming on 

 fast, some of it too fast, as it is coming 

 on the market now and has a depressing 

 effect. For good stock the following 

 prices rule, at retail: American Beauty 



