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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1707 



I lilt just 

 \car 's wood 



notice which flower ou last 

 ami those which flower on 

 rlio jjrowtli made the present sunnner, 

 111] you will have learned a whole lot. 



Sweet Peas. 



With all our phenomenally mild win- 

 in we are not more advanced than 



,t'ler a severe winter. Winter not only 

 !ini,'ers in the lap of spring, but has 

 (..lie arm tightly around her waist, as 

 iiiiKh as to say, "I love you, dear 

 hpriug; do stop and coo with me a little 

 while." 



And this reminds me that I hope you 

 .■•uwed sweet peas just as soon as the 

 ;_'round was dry and workable. A little 

 j'rost does not hurt sweet peas. As 

 .'•oon as they are up put brush on both 

 .-ides of the row. There is nothing 



•qufil to brush. Spread two inches of 

 •jtable litter on the ground between the 

 :ows. It will not only be a fertilizer, but 

 it answers other purposes. You will not 

 tread the ground down to a hard sur- 

 face Avliile |)icking the flowers, and j-ou 

 can soak the ground without baking it, 

 ■iiid the two great essentials in making 

 ?wcet peas pay is to keep them well 

 watered and keep the flowers constantly 

 ].ickod. 



With all annual plants, including our 

 ;:reat cereals, flowering and fruit bear- 

 ing is the final function of existence, 

 ami when that is accumplishcd they per- 

 Ji'i-m the flnal duty of life, which i.s 

 •Uath. William Scott. 



MR. SIM'S CANDYTUFT. 



Ii'eferring to Mr. Scott's note on 

 lamlytuft in tiie April VI issue, I think 

 candytuft might be profitably grown in 

 winter in a house by itself, but not in 

 n iiouse where other plants are grown, 

 as there is no other plant, to my knowl- 

 edge, that requires the same treatment. 

 To have candytuft in bloom through 

 the winter, I think that the middle of 

 August Avould be the best time to sow 

 the seed. I have always fouml that 

 tne seed does best in a solid bed. 



1 liave had the best results by trans- 

 Iilanting the seedlings while very .small, 

 with just the seed leaves, into a solid 

 lied, and then potting into 2i-j-inch pots 

 liefore they get much headway, as they 

 are hard to transplant unless done at 

 just the right time, and they should 

 I'C grown as cool as pnssible^ at that 

 st;ige. When well filled with roots they 

 ■an be planted out on a bench or solid 

 bed. I would prefer a l)ench for winter. 

 They .stand quite a \\nrm temperature 

 v.hile making growth. When they show 

 t'olor tliev can be grown quite cool 

 a;.Min. They require a very light house. 

 Ihey will not do anything in a jioor 

 house. 



As far as variety goes, I have been 

 I "able to see any difference lietween 

 iio Empress, Giant White, hyacinth- 

 iluwered, etc., such as are offered by 

 ^--•:dsmen. Buy any of these varieties 

 'id grow them separate, and you will 

 i'"t find any ditl'erence between them. 



Jo get a good forcing candvtuft re- 



i^'ires very careful selection, and this 



•es not pay at the price the seed is 



'tered. You Avill fiud that some 



dl bloom quite early and others will 



": four months later "in blooming: but 



' "li carefully selected seed, almost 



^'•ly plant will come along about the 



■"•'■ae time. 



' have always grown a lot of candv- 

 ■'I't for Memorial day trade, and have 

 ''■^<^r found any trouble in selling an 



A Corner of the Store of Mrs. M, M. Ayres, St. Louis, at Easter. 



enormou^i lot d' it. 1 h.-iM- nexei' ;iiiv 

 trouble ill timing the whole crop to a 

 day. 



The vaiiety which I have grown 1 oli 

 tained originally in some se(>d of J-lmpress 



from a Boston s Isman. I have n<jt tried 



to sell the seed liecniise a d(dl;ir's worth 

 to another grower in any ciilicr \icinitv 

 would make it not worth while to grow. 

 In other words, I can sell nil I c;in 

 grow at ;i fair price. With coin|ieritioii 

 it would ha\e h. be ,iit alioiii halt', 

 making it uni>rolitalile all aroiin.l. At 

 the time T sent Mr. Scdti the jilnnt- 

 lu^ mentions in the issue ot' Apiil \1. 

 I had in mind the idea ot' scnilirii; it 

 out, and wanted the expres-ion ot' soni.' 

 growers as to it.s merits. 



Wii.i.i.v.\r Sim. 



FORCING ETHERIZED PLANTS. 



Huriiig the p.ast winter C. 1. I.i^wi- 

 auci J. !•;. llewett have been carrying on 

 experimenf.s in the horticultural depart- 

 ment at Cornell I'niversily to deterniinc 

 the efliciency of etlier as a forcing ;ii:eni. 

 Kther was tested l)y the < "onnocticut V.\ 

 periment Station in the forcing of rhu- 

 i)arb last year, and g;iv(> such prnmising 

 rt^sidts that it was decided to test many 

 other vaiieties of jilants. 



P.ulbs, shrubs and Inndiacoous plants 

 were tested. Some of the points to be 

 det<^rmined by these experiments were: 

 How long to ex|io.so tiie plants to the 

 action of the ether to fditain the best re- 

 sults; -what jilants can be -uccessfullv 

 et heiizeil, and the use of dher in the 



i-oinnicrcial foivin;: of Mic rhuba.rb and 

 a-parM'_;us for the eaily 'narkcts. 



Till plants for foi-cin:,^ --hiiuld lie ob- 

 tained in the fall. ;nid slioidd lie placed 

 in ;i room wheic the temperature i'-: as 

 iii'ar I'rec/iiiu a-^ possjl,!,'. .lust liefore 

 it i- !inie to ethcri/e them, tliev should 

 be taken out and |ilace(! jti a warm loom 

 tor ;t I'l^w iiours, in order that they may 

 be a< dry as jiossible. 



^la-ii bidbs as ii;ir.-issi. tulips, liya- 

 '■iiiih-. i'iastei- lilies and others, whi(di 

 arc III demand for cut tlouers in the 

 \\iiiti-i. wi're tested. It was foutid th.at 

 ilie l-laster lily blodin.'d three week.s be- 

 fiiie the plants which wcie imt treated 

 \\'\\\\ ether. Tiie ilaH'mlils were in full 



liiiii.ni iiet'oi-e the i tlieri/eij plauts 



-howcd the buds. 



Of the siiriibs. the lilac .^a\e the most 

 ra\oraii|e result-;, as tin' plants exposed 

 !o the (Mller bloomed a week or ten (lavs 

 li.'l'nre those which were untreated. TJie 

 .la|ian.-e qniiu-e am! the deiitzias did not 

 ui^e veiy miuked le-iilts in favor of the 

 . 'hcri/ation, showine- that there is a dif- 

 ference in the value ,,i' the tr.atment 

 according to the kind of plant, some 

 plants responding much more readily to 

 the treatment than otheis. 



Tlie Oolden (How and tin' aqiiilegias 

 were scarcely all'ecti'd by the treatment, 

 but the spiraas -Ikiw.iI a remarkable 

 etVect. Some of the s[iirM'a< exposed to 

 the ether came into bloom three weeks 

 before the tiiies i',,reei| by ordinary 

 methoil. 



It will be iif es|,erial interest to the 

 in:iik<'t t:ardeiier- in kimw that etherized 



