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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1499 



The Store of an Enterprising Concern at Milwaukee. 



i|ili:ir.'iil I V liiii;^ sciisuii nnilrf ^^lass fan 

 !i. ri'iliic 111 In .■-i\ iiKiiitlis (if wintrr aihl 

 :!iiic ;iii'iitli.- lit' siiiiiiiiri- all tuld. 



Dormant Ramblers. 



I'.iir thi- lirst \\iiiti'i-'< yi-n\Mli 1,1 iPi'd 

 •iiirr iiii>' ■■aiK's is lint iicM-rssarv ; it can 

 'i. ili^-pcnsi'il with. \'on can start now. 

 ^^itll .liiiinaul jil.ants t'nuii the (icjil. It 

 i> all in ilif liisl six weok.s' niana^cini'iit. 

 <'nt tliiin >l(i\\n Inw, M'ry low. ami |ilai-i' 

 111 a iiKij iioiisi' (.)■ |iit tilt' first two wrcks. 

 >^lia<lr sli^iitly .and svriii^e (»ft'Mi if tlic 

 weathtr is luiylit. A diirmant plant that 

 *vill ;^ii iiitii a <;ini'h ]iot is iar^i- ami 

 strmij^ iMiiiui;!!. 



Ill twn wi'fks tlii'V will lia\i' Inukcii at 



manv cvts. umrf than you ol)s<!r\i''l. ami 



It othiT a'lvfiit itioii.s eyes. Kul) otV all 



btit li\ e ur si.\ hreuks or growths. The 



next thiif weeks is the critienl time. 



l>on't take them from the pot or frame 



'ti'l slam them in a cuol. ili'aiijihty hnnsc. 



•:?pei-ially mar an open door. (iivf 



fhoni Iti dej;rees hitfher temperatnrf. full 



'is'it and frei|iient syrinfjin^ or liylit 



■prayin;;. When the younff growths arc 



•wo or three inches long, rub oil" the two 



veakcst. fur three canes i.s all yon want 



"'■ make the licst furnished pliint. .\s 



'if Vdung growths lengthen there is also 



dcniy cit' runt actidn. and six ucck^ from 



'i'- tiiM' nf starting they will cniliirc and 



'■joy ttic maximum tcmjicrature. That 



nic with thcin will corrcs])omt with the 



•lonili lit' .liuic with iinr dccidunns trees 



■'id ^Iiiuli>- nutdoiiis, which are then 



■'iking tiieii- iiidst vigorous gro\\th. 



Tiy midsummer they haxf made all the 

 ^rowlli ile>~iiatile. Imt future iieatnient 



liope t.. talk aliiuit later on; only dun "t 

 'Tgei that a se\ere drying mit or ex 

 reiiio ,,t' iem|ieraluie when ilie\ aie 



akil;;^ tlieif Mlost \igii|'oUs ^i^nwtli. and 

 lis. ,j|i,.||l|\ -ofte-t. *■- likely I', lie t'l d 



Inwed liy mildew, which greatU weakens 

 t heir \ igor. 



All this Sounds like a good deal ot' 

 care, liut it' y(ni love your plants it is 

 only a lalior of lo\e. Without any ad 

 vice. Iiiit with sim|de earthly inspiration, 

 we tried this plant soim^ seven nr eigh! 

 Ni'Ms ;igo and it was ,a gre;it success. s,i 

 wi are n.it guessing. 



Hybrid Roses. 



Ilyliiid peipetuals deser\e a long. 

 cli;i|>ter, i'Ut thiM'e is nothing: \ery sea 

 soiialdi to say nhout them except that 

 an;.' good \;irieties that have made ,i 

 strong growth, with few flowers, are well 

 worth keeping. The strong canes tiiey 

 lia\e made this sjiring, if i'i|ietied this 

 fall, will he .sure to flower next s[uing. 

 ,1 niiKSt say a word aliout them now. The 

 H. P. roses and the ramblers are totally 

 flifferent in luibit ami manner of flower- 

 ing. The II. ]'. can be lifted in N'ovem 

 ber, !iut before starting to force c;in 

 and must be cut down to within a few 

 eyes. Witii this small .amount of top. 

 the roots, as soon as they become active, 

 are able to support and maintain the few 

 \ igorou.s breaks that eventually flower. 



We are com|>e|lei| sometimes to illus 

 fratc our arguments by our own expe'ri 

 ciice, therefore will say that last fall 

 we puitdiased l.lKKl <l(U-mant plants from 

 Siorrs (.^ Harrison < o.. treated them as 

 describeil in these |iages last .\o\ember 

 and again in .lanuary, lost none and all 

 broke finely and the ;/reat majority tlow 

 eieil W(dl; that is. t'our tn six blooms on 

 each ]daiil. 



^'et it is ;i t'act that the tlnweis are 

 thill and not lasting, which is mily wh.at 

 must be expi'cted in a plant that lias si > 

 little root f'ouml.at ioii. 



It' ! Were giiing til L;riiw livbrid roses 



as ;i specialtv I .slimild pursue ;| dilVerellt 

 ■lletliod. -liehtiv l!;n|c cNpellsive. Imt it 



would pay. iHilain strung plants in tiie 

 tall and tieai jiist ;is \iiu would if going 

 111 lurce tiieiil t'ur lluwer the fulluwitlg 



spring, instead ut' bringing iiitu lie.at in 

 .l.'inuary, yuu iiiiglil dcfei- this till l-'eb- 

 lu.ary, then start tliein sjdw ly and sa\e 

 uiily live ur six ut' the strongest breaks, 

 and with piuper care and rj[iened o(V in 

 ihe tall yuu would have a plant tli.'it 

 wicild da//l»' the eyes ut' the "get rich 

 cjuick'" tlurist. L.abur and thought would 

 lie a bigger factor than the space, they 

 occupied in the expense lit' growing by 

 this metiiod. 



Pansies. 



.lust abiiiit nuw have ;i Iouk at your 



pansy t'lames .and press into the ground 



all those heaved out by the lati' heavy 



t'rost.s. I lull 't be distippointed at the 



lirst blooms uii yilants from seed for 



which you ga\ e .•fin [ler ounce. Ivemem- 



ber the gIori(nis Miltmi. who, with all 



his wonderful religious poems, dictated 



to a daughter, his own eyes darkened by 



blindness, must have remembered the 



sight of nature when iiis vision was fier 



feid. for he says: 



Aliiii-livf lil<f tlic lirst liniii tl.iucrs ul '-iiiiii;.- 

 \ilil>ci| ti> the liii;.'ci-in;r ri';ir nf uinlcr's fr.is'. 



WiiJ.i.vM Scriir. 



MANURE FOR ASTERS. 



l'le;ise tell me what fertilizer is pri ' 

 t'erred fur astiTs besi.lcs nuinure.' W'unlii 

 bone meal be all right .' What part ut' 

 the fertili/.er do they like h.-st, aiimiuaia, 

 lime, buiie, ]iliospliate or |iot;lsh/ 



K. .\. M. 



\\ I have not experiiiienlt d largely 

 with ilie difVereiit ciieinical inaniu'e.s lui- 

 asters. W,. iiiice put nil a guud di'i-.ssi iiu 

 ol' wli;it is known i u nun icially as super- 



phospliate. with n,„,.| Irslllls. At other 



times wr .h^tii'inli d nil bainvard iiiainiri 



