1778 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 10, lOOG. 



Tile ^rcat iiicr(^;is(> in iIh' cmII I'nr 

 lioWCl'S III I >rr(i|;it ion (lay ll.'lS cnlMc I'l'diri 

 the L)in:iili'iii ml; nl' ilic i-iistoiii nt' liiTdial 

 iTi<j; snliliiTs' L;ia\i'< so llial nuw prar 

 tically all tin' ^I'axcs in llir rciiirtcry, air 

 (l('('in-at."i : this with lln' fart that tlic 

 c'liiiilry I-- s(i I iiii^i iriciiiv ilial |ii'(>|ili' 

 (Ml \A\ liiTi' lia\i the iialt (ii.llar l'u\- ihc 



' ' 1 p ilii |!i': ' ' I.I' t lie ' ■ li \ I ' ' I III :i w rr;i I h 



1 o tal.i' w il ii I iiciii Mil I li 1^ i|a;. w licii a I 

 iiiosl i\ii\iiiii wliii \\;{< iiiiiiil- tlicii' 

 \'isits lin --lie 111 I iiy. Will 11 yna -liip in 

 think ' !ia' i n a ^i h m) ma ii\ nMcr n im 

 nmiiitiis ;iiiii' -iii innii il^aW |ic(i|ilr in 

 the ( I iiic! I ; IC-- tliaii tlici'' aic li'>c niics in 



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tile tiiwii it is easy io soo that there is 

 sine t(p lie a iPictfy fair (loiiiand. even if 

 (iiililixii- lldwcis arc fairly ]ik'iitifiil. 



r>iit 1 >(((iiai idii ijay is no time for hijih 

 piiics. Ddii'i try it. If yon uant tiie 

 I »icdral idii (lay Inisincss to keep on grow- 

 ing, sid hdw iinn-li yd\i can ^ive for the 

 indiidv , imi lidu nincli iiKiiicy yon can ^d 

 idi Ihr vid-k. rcdpld will nof yet buy 

 ai liii^ii inicdv. 'I'lic married niillionairc 

 mdiikcxini; with llic real li\(' actress is 

 ilid diic ydii diiMht Id ley your fancy 

 liuiiic^ (ill; llic I'clldw iidin;^' to his lii'st 

 \\i !'(■'■< ^ra\d <aii'i stand fdi' it. Don't 

 Ih'lji Id disc(nira;^c liiiii. 



PLANTING YOUNG STOCK. 



Many ;^i(i\\( is by this time ai'c ^etliin: 

 tjieir jilaiitx iiiid jicrmancnl (juartcrs, 

 citljor in the IumicIil's. boxes or ])o1.s. 

 While bench j'laiits are h^ss trouble in 

 haiidiiiit;. the liut remains that some 

 \von«!( rt'iil llia\ers lia\f been iirodiiced 

 from jidts. .-iml more exhibitors excry 

 year seem to lie ;^()ing back to pot cnl- 

 tnro. 



J am tic(|ii'iif ly asked if there are not 

 some sjKM iai sdils or mixtures of soils 

 that will iiiMii'e sjiecial i-esults. There 

 are im sik h --dils. Tlie (dirysanlhemnni 

 will (Id betler ill a moderately light free 

 Joam than in heaw black soil, it is true, 

 when L;r(0\ii under averajie conditions, 

 but the iniellij^eiit cultivator who studies 

 his soil ami I M-al cdnditioiis will liaxc 

 his measure dt success anywhere. 



The usual ( (>a;p(i-;t heap of sod. |uit up 

 in the fall, with (uu fiuirth of its bulk 

 of Cow manure, ami chopped (lowii in the 

 spring, i^ ju'^t as good soil as anyone 

 necib. I Wdidd much i-a11ier ha\(' my soil 

 a litt!'- p'Mii al planlilii^ lime than 1 do 

 rich, iiecause a\ hdi the plants iia\e te 



hunt ardiind t'nr 1 1 they make iiidre 



rodt^ an I ki"|i ihe xdl in letter ciuiili 

 tioii nu cl,a iili-a 1 1\ . ap(| 1 he <(ul (|(ies lint 

 get sdii tid'ii II III I i iiiicil \", a Icriiigs. 



Jli jilaniin;.; nil 1 lie liciiches <el Vdiir 

 plaiil^ at ica^i ^\|0 i lie he.-., nnd, i (' yen 

 think \iiM .III iiTdid ihc --iiai-i . 1i'\1l' e- 



lieliei. It looks wide Just now, but one 

 must think of the fall, when the plants 

 lia\c made si.v feet, <>y moi'(^ of growth 

 and Ihe space given will be little enough. 



It is a simple matter to plant a house 

 if one merely takes the tirst jdants to 

 liami and sticks them in. The proper 

 way is to pick out the tall-growing kinds 

 f(U' the center, where they have the most 

 heall-room, and use the dwarf growers 

 tor the SiUe?; and in the case of particu- 

 larly talf ,Dncs» it is better to pinch the 

 plants back, '"Vthich wilj take oif from 

 (Uie to t\\q feeiif4tom their height at tiow - 

 ering Uny^ j^ " ,; 



A list*.jSf f^ kinds l^ill run about as 

 fdlldws: iMrs.-D. Vi-fSi'est, Chrysanthe- 

 miste .M(Uitigny. (Ieii^;i-al lliittdii, \'i(da, 

 |)(dly elide, <'arnot>';,^y. A. litherington, 

 ♦he Matons. LjMla Filkins, 1". S. Valiis, 

 lien Wells amf'Mrs. Thirkell. 



.\|e(|ium heights will line up about as 

 I'dllows: W. Duckham, Xellie I'ockett. 

 < heltiMii. (iiiy Hamilton, (Vdoiud Apple- 

 idii, .Mcrstham K'ed, Valerie (Ireeidiam, 

 <i. II. Silsbnrv. I'.ridht huisl and .Miuhui 

 I-. Plant. 



Tile dwail dins ar(^: Mer/a. d. 11. 

 |!(.yl(, Mr<. W. DiKkham. Donald .\lc 

 Lcdd. I.ady lld|icf()un and 1'. .\. I'dli 

 lidhl in Ihe .d ler kiiids, vvith lieatrice 

 Ma\. .\lrv. Cartridge, .Mary Ann I'ockelt, 

 ( )li| (idhl. May Seddon and M i>. liei-keil 



ii; ihe lldN clt ic--'. Tllc^e lalter all Llivi 1|K 



an id(\'il haliit aiul can all be flowered 

 Avith four feet of head-room from the 

 soil. 



Kinds that 1 think should be cut down 

 in May unless one has over six feet of 

 head-room are (leiu'ral Ilutton, Bessie 

 Codfrey, :\lrs. D. Y. We.st and W. A. 

 MtlKM'ington. 8ome other kinds that need 

 Io be lilt down in May are the varieties 

 I hat jiersist in jnoducing buds instead 

 of good, (dean growth. W. R. Church is 

 perhaps the worst offender in this re- 

 spect, and 1 suggest with varieties of 

 tliis type to keep the buds picked otf 

 (dosely, and eventuallj', when a sucker is 

 liroduced, cut away the former plant and 

 take up the sucker shoot for flowering. 

 The old Yiviand-Morel used to cause us 

 much trmible with its habit of jiroducing 

 liiids, but either Lady Ilopetoun, Filkins 

 or (Jobbold are so great imjtrovements on 

 it that one never sees Morel any more. 



Propagating from now on is not so 

 easy as it was and calls for more care. 

 as the sun is getting warm and unless 

 the cuttings are kept sprayed they quick- 

 ly wilt, and once they get hard it is 

 difficult to root them. Spray the foliage 

 smeral times a day on bright days and 

 do not let a current of air from the 

 ventilators or doors strike full on the 

 (Mittings. A shading is very necessary, 

 and never forget lliat the chief cause of 

 failure to root cuttings at this time of 

 year is to allow them to get hard and 

 div. Charles H. Totty. 



STRAIGHT STEMS. 



Please tell us how to keep the stems 

 straight on the chrysanthemums. Last 

 year crown buds came out too early and 

 Avhon i jiinched the bud out the stem 

 would take a crook before going up 

 again, thus spoiling the stem of many a 

 fine plant, while the flowers were very 

 large aiul tine. I i>ropagated them in 

 .Mai'ch and planted out in the field about 

 t iie last of May out of ;5-inch pots. Am 

 located in southern California. F. S. 



The besi way. ill fact, the only way, to 

 keep the stems straight is to have a 

 nddd slake ivy each shoot. After a plant 

 has thrown a luid the growth shoot that 

 is retained to run on up is tied to the 

 ^lake while it is still soft and tiMider, 

 and when this is attended to promptly 

 and the bud ■- jirojierly pinched out 

 rigid down io ihe lirst eye, one can 

 iiardly lell at the end (d' tlu^ season where 

 the lirst break had occurred (ui the stem. 

 I. est I". S. sIkuiIiI be in ignoi'ani(> of 

 whai i-- meanl bx llie lir--I break 1 wouhl 



Old Establishment of W. Wells & Co.. Red Hill, England. From Which Many Chrysanthemum Novelties Have Been Sent Out. 



