1854 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 17, 190G. 



,1 III lirliililli> ; ihc uMi tjirnl ilis;ii|\ ;i iiliiyr 

 ill ^liii\\iii;4 till I II nil liili;^ >tilii.s willi 

 I'iili;iyc i> lli;il llii' tliiwcis >\n iiol kct-p 



,-n Idll^. 



s Willi .\'^|p;i r.'iyiis |iliiiiiusii> iiiiiiiis I 



li;i\ I- I iMiii'l 1 li;it w iicTi' ;iii\ nt' t lie 

 t'liliii^c '_;iM^ ilitu tilt' water it simii lit' 

 ciililc'.-; nil i'll--l\ f, |-'.\i'll when |inckilin I'nr- 

 lliaikrt till' tnlia^c liiiisl hr kf|it i|uit(' 

 i|r\. 111 it will Snnll yn slllllV ail'l I !(_• USO- 



li<--: lull if pac-ki'il ill hoxrs wliicji are 

 wril liiH'il wiili ]ia|irr. it \\iH kcfp ^x(nu\ 



J luii^ tiiiif witluuit aiiv mdisliiic. With 

 iiiaMv lliiwi IS iiic.\|i('rioii(H'il pac-kiTs use 

 Inn iiMhli iiinistiiic, witli the rt'sult tliat 

 if >lnit ii|i i-lnsi' for (IMC (l;iy tliey <f(i 

 winim. Ill the waiiii wcatlicr llif llouiTs 

 iiia\ lir put iiitii water (oi' i-a1lier liie 

 llnwir stems), and alldWi'd to stand sonic 

 till!" Iielnfe |iaekin<i tlioiH, luit allMooiiis 

 sliniild lie kept quite dry; and when 

 paekiii<; 111 lioxes a good papci' lining 

 should lie eiveu, the boxes to be made 

 as nearly air-tight as possible. 



Antirrhinums. 



\'n|l will lia\i llnticrd the | in pi i la li t y 



and call for the snapdragnu (antii' 

 riiimuu) this spring. If the price it 

 brings dees not make it as jimlitable ;is 

 Aineiii-an I'.eauty mses. it is iie\erllie 

 less a \fiy i |ecni-;it i\ e sulijec-t aiid makes 



a prett\' centerpiece nr linU(|Uet asso 



ciateil witli other spring llnwers. 



Ant iirhiimiii^ are. 1 think. nmstly 

 gio\\ii from send siiwii in .Inly nr 

 August and then planted nii benches in 

 four or li\ e inches i<\' snil. The trouble 

 witli this method is that as the dark 

 days of autumn cniue on tliey m.ake little 

 proi;ress and do not llower till the ic- 

 lui'iiing sun of sjn'ing. 



A better plan is to propagate at the 

 end of .May from cuttings. The strong 

 growths, from which you have cntblctoins 

 last monlli. will send o>it side ?;hoots. 

 which will iddt readily, and must then 

 lie carried o\er .summer in jxtts plunged 

 in a frame in tlie full sun. 'hiis is a bet- 

 tei- [iieparation to make early flowering 

 plants tlian c.-nrying in the shaded 

 giceiilioiise. When juit on the bencdies 

 in September or October they will soon 

 nive a cinji of jlowcrs. and onee they 

 begin to bloom you may expect to cut 

 right along until late spring. 



P>v cuttings you can also jterpetuate 

 tjic most desirable fmins and colors, 

 wliicii ficiin seed ynu are not sure of 

 doing. The white :ind yellf)w shades are 

 the most in demand. Sidl that will 

 Lirnw carnatiniis will grow ant irrliinunis. 

 and. as thev ate free-growing ]ilants. 

 o|\,. iheiii inniii tn llourisli. Twclve t<i 

 tifteen iriches apart each ^^ay is little 

 eiinu:^h. They ale alinn^t har<ly in nur 

 iMU-theiii A\ inter-, -n .'o ,i,.o,-pos at night 

 will 'j.i>'\y them freely, and give tiietn all 

 tin- cliicct -uiilight yniir Im-ation is 

 ta\nr,d with. 



Marguerite Queen Alexandra. 



A plant that \\\\\ 1"' nini-e iiopular 

 I,, \r l-'.a-iei- ili.-ui it ^^as thi- spring i- 

 < 1,1 \ -~aiit!ieniiiiii t rut' -cin-. c,,iiniinnly 

 K iinw II a> )na i ::iiii itc n| | 'ai i- dais\ . 



'I'l,. \ 11 !■ ' '. "I tnl 11; I alllldi 'n 1- called 

 ().,, ,.,, .\ |, N;i||.|| a hi- ntll nt' the bc-I 



,,V .-di imu- plan;- and the tlnWll I- 



iHaiitil'ni. Tie lii-t llnwii- tn npcii are 

 -ilijle. haxil'L: ntilv nhc wimll •<( pietaN. 

 >i,,-,-,'i diiiu l|n\\. r- m-c I lie \(llnw e\ . 



•,,;,! ill,, eehtei nt lie bin — nlll |- M In- Me 



,.l' .-|.,.rl. crnwiie.l pei;ib. iniicli resiiii 

 ),!ii|._, tile .l;,paiie>e aiieiiinni rji i\ -ant he 

 MiiiMi. Wi:!i niih a I'-w llnwei- ;liey are 

 ,i,,i -1 riieie.it |v att laei i\ .•. but uell l!o\', 

 , i, ,i plan'- et thediuMi -i/i 111 ■" iiicli nr 



I (i-iiK h pots or s-imdi pans are bmind to 

 be pojuilar. 



< iittings shoiihl be jiut in now, or a 

 little latei', and gi-ow ii on .with occa- 

 sional shifting through the iwmnier, and 

 should be plunged (Hitdoors in the full 

 sun. Or, if kejtt in not larger than 

 biiicli jMits through tlu^ summer, they 

 can be planteil out on a bench where 

 some of the earliest (dirysanthemums 

 ha\e been cut. Thi.s will jirexeiit them 

 becoming exhausted in the ]iots and they 

 will lift jierfectly. 



As pl;inting tliein out will have a 

 teinieiii-y to niaki^ sli'ong, roliust growth 

 rather than bloom, they must be lifted 

 .ind potted two months bc^forc you de- 

 sire them in full tlower. For pans take 

 luttings (d' the leading shoots about 

 New ^'ear's. They root most easily. 

 I'lant liv(^ nr six rooted cuttings in an 

 S-iindi ]ian. 



\s a cut tlower, the Queen Alexandra 

 marguerite is also most desirable. 

 Sprays cut will last two weeks in water. 

 the larger buds ojiening after being cut 

 a week. We have measured tlowers of 

 (^ueen Alexandra the past week that 

 were four intdies in ilianieter, almost 

 dniible till' size of the old type. 



Cape Jasmine. 



In the last issue of the TxK.viKW there 

 were interesting illnstraticms of the cul- 

 ture of gardenias in Texas, which is 

 good ]ir(»of of the immense demand there 

 i.s fr<ini the northern florists. The gar- 

 denia is :< native of trojiical Asia and 

 -nuthi'iii Africa, so o\ir warm southern 

 -talc- grow it to |i(>rfect ion, but from 

 the fact of their being native to the 

 I a]ie ot' ( lood Ibijie would lead iis to 

 believe that a tropical temperature is 

 not iieeessaix ill winter time. TTo\\i'\er 



plen'lfidlv tliey c;in be Jirnduced ill 



TeNa-. l.niii-iana or I'lorida. they are a 

 jniin- \s;i\ , , If 1 1(1 m our lafge northern 

 ciiie-. where the chi't' 'iiarki t lie-, and 



til, \ d t tra\e| Well, their -.^ft jn'tal- 



b, inn , ;i>|K bi-iii-e,l >.r -,,il. li by tin 

 pa,kinn iii:il,iial ;iiid the Innn ji,iirney. 

 -e li |v .!i.~ir:ib|, that thev -ii,.uld be 



l,|...|il,-, ,| 11, ar W here t l|e\ W ill be \\<i<\. 



It 1- iiitei ist iiig tn learn trnin Xidiol 

 -nti ■- liictioiiai\ of ( iaideniiiL.' that 

 t,:ii'iei,ia lloiida w;is name, I inr a Or. 

 i,:i:,|.ii. nt I li;ii lesl,,\\ 11. Sniiti: I'ai.'lina. 



',', lin V\;i- a i-nne-pondent ot' tllP i;re,'it 



I .iniiM .1-. \'.liieh prn\e- the anli('|iiit\' o I' 

 I hai I, -|nw 11 in Imi t i,-ultnre. t'nr I.in- 



l,;i li- wrnte abnllt ITL'". \ild|nls,,tl sa \ - 



i! I- • • :i niiiiiv ,-niiipii-iii:^ abfiiit sixty 

 M„ .1, ... ■ ■ ,,f .\ hieli II,' dniibt 1 ir. < laideu 



found one species in culti\ation in our 

 southern states and fnun whi(di h;i\e 

 ciune the double tiuiiis now known as 

 (i. jasmiiioides, or cape jasmine, and 

 that gi;(udillor;i is inendy a garden torn 

 of the latter. 



Gardenias Under Glass. 



We noticed Last August, during a 

 visit to one or two ot' the leading plant 

 establishments of Pliiladelphi;i, that 

 tlieie were several houses of gardenias 

 planted out on lienches, just as we grow 

 c;iriiati(Uis .and roses. Thoy were free 

 of insects, growing vigorously and must 

 have given splendid results. The natural 

 time of tlowt'iing is April and May and 

 the grower who can flower it freely in 

 midwinter leaps ;i good harvest. 



Most writers on the cultivation of 

 (lardenia llorida under gl.as.s recommend 

 growing it in pots, but that is no reason 

 why its cultuic planted out should not 

 be .-1 gre.at ad\ance in the right direction, 

 b'emember, brother florists, that if forty 

 years .ago the pl.antiiig out of roses, 

 carnations or (dirysantheniums had been 

 advocated to a good old gardener, he not 

 only would have been skeptical, but dubi- 

 ous as t(i youi' sanity.. They assuredly 

 can be grown in pots very successfull.v, 

 .and for i-onservtitory decor.ation that 

 would be the way, but, commercially, 

 |daiitiiig luit will be the method. 



Easy Plants to Grow. 



As they ]uo|)ag;ite e.asily from cut- 

 tings, vvlii(di is best done in early .Ian 

 nary, it is now too late to speak of that, 

 bul; |dants in li-inch pots can be jiro 

 cure(l in light condition for planting 

 out, now or a few weeks later, in aluuit 

 five iiudies of well (diop{)ed up turfy 

 lotini with a fourth or fifth of rotted 

 horse or cow manure. The bottom of 

 the lieiicJ! should afford ample drainage. 

 1 will say here that the gardenia is ;in 

 easy jilaiit to grow and llower. The 

 chief essentials are he.at and moisture, 

 with an aliuiulaiice of water at the roofs, 

 during the growing season, and, lastly, 

 freedom fidin insect pests, chief of 

 which is the mealy bug. 



.\fter they have started to grow free- 

 ly the leading shoots can be pinched 

 during the season tn jiroduce more 

 liranches, whi(di means more flower.s. 

 They inusi be .syringed ;it least twice a. 

 d.iy to keep down me.'ily bug and, if 

 that is not effectual, then a syringing of 

 kerosene emulsion will eradicate them. 

 The constant syringing they require 

 keeps the soil wet and ]irevents a rest- 

 ing of the jdants in the fall and no 

 cess;ition of' i^rowth .and conse()uent late 

 llowei ing. 



And now I am to iiuMitinn sometliing 

 incident to the jd.aiit ingnut system. On 

 telling this to b'obert Oraig last fall he 

 wrinkle, I uji his Soi-i ;ites-like lirow and 

 leinaike.l; -'l think that is a valii.ibh 

 jiniiit. ' ' 1 leic it is : 



As It Is Done at Frisco. 



Will. l',e|-eV. 'il thi- eitv, who N' a - 

 -.Xil.ai Veai- enn;iL'ed in tin ;_frnWlll;^ 

 1 nil ,'t llnliciill II 1 e in tiie city of' S.'ill 



I'r iini-eo. ,,11 his return to the e.-i-t 

 t,il i me nt' the e.'ise ;uid success w.ith 

 which the\ ojew gardenias under gl.ass. 

 It appear- that in place of jil.antinn "ii 



.1 lev, I -Illt'.acC 111' -nil nil a ben,-||, :i- 



w,' ijn in-.s ;nid c.'i n 1 a t ions, tliey spre.aij 

 abi.iit live inches r<f soil on the bemh 

 ami tln-n niniind it up in little liillm-k- 

 aiid pl.ant on top of tlie^e little niniin,!-. 

 I'm- inst.'iTice. the siiTumit of tiiese littl. 

 iiiniiihls \\nii|,l be >anht nr nine im-he- 



