November 1, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



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View in the New Store of Alex. McG>naeII, New York City. 



a somewhat secondary place to lilacs at 

 Mr, Jannoch's, a large number of varie- 

 ties, both single and double, being 

 grown, but chiefly those introduced by 

 Lemoine. The mother plants are grown 

 in the ground in lines by the sides of 

 the walks, forming a magnificent display 

 when in bloom. The whole of the salable 

 stock is grown as potted plants fit for 

 forcing or for planting out. 



The largest pf these are in small tubs 

 and in 8 and 10-inch pots; the biggest 

 plants are furnished with from twenty- 

 five to thirty-five shoots, and strong, fat 

 buds that are sure to throw four flower 

 spikes on each shoot, giving a grand dis- 

 play when forced. All blind and weak 

 shoots are carefully removed several 

 times during the season of growth, so 

 that the strength of the plant is confined 

 to the main shoots, hence the great size 

 of the spikes and flowers, and the flow- 

 ering shoots in general measure from 

 one and one-half to two feet in length, 

 and are of great strength, furnished with 

 large, leathery leaves of a dark-green 

 tint, when the flowers are dark-colored, 

 and of a lighter tint in white and pale- 

 colored varieties. Many, and indeed 

 most, of the older plants are worked on 

 stems of seedling Syringa vulgaris, one 

 and one-half to two feet in height. 



It is of the greatest consequence that 

 a lilac plant for forcing purposes 

 should have the shoots well matured, and 

 this can only be assured by full expos- 

 ure to light and air, and with this intent 

 the plants are plunged to three-quarters 

 the depth of the pots, and are never 

 top-dressed with either soil or manure, 

 although during the season of growth 



manure water is occasionally afforded. 

 They are stood three feet apart in the 

 lines, with two feet between the lines, 

 there being three 'lines in a bed; smaller 

 plants are placed at two feet and two 

 and one-half feet apart. These plants 

 looked very promising for bloom, show- 

 ing from five to seven shoots per plant. 

 Their ages ranged from three to four 

 years. In every case the plants, after 

 having bloomed, have the last season's 

 growth cut back to within three to 

 four inches of the base. 



With the exception of two beds hold- 

 ing the largest plants, all the other 

 stock stands on the soil, and thus se- 

 cures perfect ripening, and there is com- 

 plete control over the Application of 

 water, each plant getting what it needs, 

 and that only. Continental cultivators 

 invariably sink the pots deeply and mold 

 them over, thlis inducing roots to grow 

 over the rim, which ^lave to be removed 

 on taking them out of the soil. 



Budding of stocks is an operation 

 which is preferred by Mr. Jannoch, al- 

 though at the start a year is lost as 

 compared with the results obtained by 

 gratting, but the ensuing growth is 

 much stronger, and at the first cutting 

 back a strong break of shoots is secured, 

 much more so than from grafted plants. 



Budding is commenced in July, and 

 continued throughout August. The 

 plants, according to the height at which 

 the stocks are budded as dwarf bush, 

 and to form quarter, half, and full 

 standards, and miniature plants. 



The best white lilac is considered to 

 be Frau B. Dammann; it is single 

 flowered, has very large spikes. Grand 



Duke Constantine has grayish-blue 

 flowers, and is one of the finest doubles; 

 the color is that of the Marie Louise 

 violet. Belonging to the same class 

 are Mme. Abel Chatenay, a beautiful, 

 white flower; Mme. Casimir Perier, a 

 quite new variety, white, and excellent 

 for forcing; Mme. Lemoine, white, a 

 large spike; Michel Buchner, pale lilac, 

 a dwarf -growing plant; President Grevy, 

 a very double, blue-tinted variety, with a 

 long spike; President (.'arnot, large pale 

 lilac spike, and free to flower; pyra- 

 midalis, large and dense spike of a fine 

 mauve color; Alphonse Lavall6e, with 

 large spikes of blue shaded violet; and 

 Charles Joly, a dark purple, one of the 

 finest of the dark-colored varieties. Those 

 mentioned force well whether retarded 

 or not, and are fine outdoor objects in 

 the garden. 



Equally excellent in the same way are 

 the following single varieties: Charles 

 X., a strong grower, in several shades 

 of lilac, and one of the best for forcing; 

 Claude Lorraine, large spikes of a deep 

 lilac tint; Mme. Francisque Morel; 

 Marie Legraye, large white spikes, forc- 

 ing well; Reaumur, carmine, flowers of 

 satiny texture, spike large; Bouge de 

 Marly, reddish-purple; Rouge de Tri- 

 anon, large spikes, the individual flowers 

 large, and of a reddish-blue color; 

 Souv. de Louis Spath, dark purple, flow- 

 ers large, the finest of its color ; Ville de 

 Troyes, dark pwrple, a fine variety. 



Pittsburg, Pa.— Sidney J. Gibbs, of 

 Carnegie, has filed a voluntary petition 

 in bankruptcy, liabilities .$2,714 and 

 assets $234. 



