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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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iiiiii-- tijidr iiilo otlicr cIkiiihoI.s. Tlic 

 iiKiii \\]in i>l;ii-is l',;i'«li'i nil :i |K'(U'.st;il 

 :iliW I'Mik-; Id liolliiliy rise liiicis llilllSt'lt' 



niiiiii> his iHiilit. Stc.-hU mips fur e\erv- 



'l;iy iii;irk('Is mic f'lir iiioro jirodtablo tluiii 

 ;^i<;il Mi|»i>lit's .if (i\cr-ri|it( lluwors uc- 

 ( iiimil.ili'il fcir lliiNlcr at the ('Xjit'iiso iif 



weeks lidtll |il(ceililiu aiii| fi i| Inwillg. 



(•anyiiif>' over. Tlicy boc-cune white ole 

 |(liaiits uii your liaiuls. 



Unless you are in a neighborhood 

 where rhododendrons do well, do uoi 

 liotlier with tlieni one minute unless you 

 lia\e a neiglibor against whom you want 

 t(i liave a joke; then present them to 

 him. Hut best of all, we hope you hav' 

 link' or notliing left over. 



WiM.i\M Scott. 



THE CALLA LILY. 



Shift the Spring Stock. 



It was must ]}leasant iv walk iiiln llic 

 ^leeiihiiuses nil Mninhiv UKiruiug at '.• 

 .1. 111. Mild licit ice that what last week 

 \\as a lirillianl beiirli nf liioum is 

 ■hanged tn a bar. beiicli, I'eady fur ntlier 

 • r.ips- an.l right welcnme .'ire these ii.are 

 ii.'iii-he.s. 



lie' zniial gel aiiiuiii.s ynii siiifte.l into 



I MhI; |iii1^ thre.' el l'"lll Weeks a^.i will 

 '■e liuich JU IU'ed III s|iarllli^. \\ hi'll 

 miiii: 'Ills i- tlie lime t.^ -raller suiue 

 -|"iii li'ipv, d.'i-ay.'.i leaves ,,| smih.' s^.-h 

 material ln'tween the pi-t-. We will 

 liaidly rail it {iluiigiiig. Imt it it is only 

 'w.i iuelie.s dei'p it will saM- iiiiicli o\"a|i- 

 •■latioii and ilryiiig mit. Its ad\aiitages 

 :ir.- many ami as fur expense nf lime 

 ■iiid Jab. 11 ymi will more tli.au save th.at 

 lA the leSs fret[uent watering the plants 

 will need. They Avill unt burn with the 

 hnt sun of May .ami will need no shad- 

 ing. The plants will be nl mu"h lu'tter 

 ■|naliiy and bett.'r titled tn e.i mit. loot's 

 111 ill.' sun and wimi. 



Sfedliiin annuals, paiiii-ularly asters. 

 ..ill need tn Ik,. tiansjilaiite<l from the 

 seed pans nr llats into other llat.s, one 

 iii'jh ajiait. .-iiid ^\]lell lining this do not, 

 I'.rg.'t In insert the little ]il;iiits dmxn In 

 Ml' s.'.'i Jeat" ill till.' new sitii. 15,' siir.' 

 ''■ liiiii ill.' SI il amiind their r.mts. not 

 niiii.li at the .stu-jaci.'. Imi .lec p d.iwn 

 ■ \ !i.'ie ihe routs are. 



'i'Lt.- .annas which ynii starieii in ilai- 

 I ! •.• ij''W ti\'e ni six in.hi^s liinh. Tlu y 

 miiM il.- Jit'ted and putle.l at nii.:e. A 

 1 ui.li p. it is large eimugh t.i make a 

 un.Hi iitdding )ilanl. I'.e sure to give 

 them a light, bright lieucdi. A canna 

 urowu in a warm, shaded Inmso is in 

 ucier order to plant in a llower garden, 

 'i'iie big C'aladium eseulentum was al- 

 sn .startetl in llats three weeks ago .and 

 Is .already wanting a .">-incli jiot. I'ut 

 'liese ,i]s,i ill the fullest light. If grown 

 s(iit iliey are blown to ]iiec..s by the 

 lirst I'ig wind .and h.nk like the b.attle- 

 -carred liai;s snen in a parade nf the •'.. 

 \. E. 



The 1 libel nils begiiiii.as intemle.i fur 

 lie.ldiiin will now want putting intr* 

 bineli jHits ami the s.^oner ynu get them 

 iriT.. a mild hotbed the lietter. 



If you are in the bed. linn pj.ant luisi- 



!|e-- then.' \\ill b.' Iln eml nt' t II i II :;s W j | icll 



»\ant. tlieir last shift ami lln- ii.\t i w .. 



■>\eeks will be ;i busy till!''. 



Starting Poinsettias. 



^'u^I . ;in take fmm beneath the bi'iich 

 your nhl I'lants of ]>oinsettia that have 

 iK/en resting there since >>'ew Year's 

 perfc.-tly dry. Shake olf all the old 

 soil, slmitcii liack the stem only when or 

 where it i.s still green or dectiyed and re- 

 pot 111 a si/.e sni.allei'. St.art growing 

 in a t.iiipi'i'.ature nf (in degi'ees. with 

 frf.jii.nt syiiiioiii;;>. They will soon 

 start aii'i break int.. n.'W er.iwth. wliich 

 ^^ill ::ive ynii pleiii\- ..f materi.-il fnr 



cuttings. Although this is the right time 

 to start, yet there is plenty nf time fur 

 cuttings, for the very early struek cut- 

 tings become quite tall and often inueh 

 pot bound and then lose their fo}iage. 

 Those jiropagated in July make line 

 plants, cither for pots or planting out 

 for cutting, and as late as August and 

 even September will ilo well for pans. 

 We found at Last Christmas that the 

 siiiglo plant in a o inch m- (! inch pot is 

 no longer the thing. Nearly e\eryone 

 Avaiited a l>aii with li\.' tn eighi |ilaiits. 

 1 tlnli 't blame them. 



Care of Left-over Plants. 



There is very little left-over stock 

 tli.at is worth bnthering about. Azaleas 

 are an e.\ce|itioii. I'ii'k off all llowers. 

 especially old seed pnds. and put them 

 in a temperature of ">•") degrees In bii 

 degrees and ther.' they will make a 

 good gi'owth until it is time to plunge 

 I hem natilnnrs jn .-arly .iiiiie. 



Any liaiHl-wuoded plants, lik.' the 

 bottlebrush or Acaela armata, can b.' 

 cut back to within a few eyes nf last 

 vcar's growth and given heat and nmis- 

 ture ami they will mak(> growth fnr iie.xt 

 v.-'ar's blnomini;. i ytisus is not worth 



And Otlier Stories. 



The calla lily is not the popular plant 

 it was twenty-live years ago, when it 

 was in great demand, not only for fu 

 neral designs, but u.sed in bunches, and 

 in those days the iiuestion was often 

 asked, " IIow are your eallas, " not 

 ''How are your lilies," as it is today, 

 meaning li. longitioruin. 



<'alla.s are grown singly in pots or 

 idanted out on a bench. Of late a dis 

 ease has appeared which has destroyed 

 many roots. Here is a bed of eallas 

 which has evidently escaped all disease, 

 grown by Win. I']liinanii. of Corfu, N. Y., 

 the little rural \illage of (ieuesee county 

 wlindi has gr.adually grown to be quite 

 a .arnation center, w iiere the writer has 

 spi-nt jmuiy innocent and virtuous days, 

 cnnsequcntly happy ones. 



Something has occurred of late in the 

 town of Pembroke that has brought out 

 sonu.> ruminating tiioughts. It has taken 

 ;i vote w hether the town should or should 

 ii.it liave licensed iudels. While the vil- 

 lage of f'orfu sai<l ''Let's Iiave two or 

 three hotels,'' (he lown, which com- 

 ] irises several villages, said no license. 

 A strange coim-idence is that Corfu, 

 whic-h has six or seven liorists, voted for 

 licfiise. The \illages th.at have no llo- 

 ri.sts \nfeil "no." This is merely a co- 

 iiici.li-nl. finin which nothing is to be m- 

 fi'rre.l. 



A Hoosicr Florist's Easter Greeting. 



