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The Weekly Florists^ Review 







Januabt 31, 1907. 



need copious supplies of water and when 

 the pots are well filled with roots there 

 is little danger of an oversupply. As 

 they grow spread them out to give them 

 a chance to develop. In fumigating use 

 great care, as they are very easily in- 

 jured. 



Marguerites. 



Nicely grown marguerites make very 

 serviceable Easter plants. Both the 

 white and yellow varieties flower freely 

 and are excellent for house or church 

 decoration. Do not pinch plants any 

 more which are wanted by March 31. 

 If any are in 6-inch pots and becoming 

 potbound give them a shift to 8-inch. 

 Use rich compost and press it firmly 

 around the edges of the pots. A light, 

 sunny house, about 50 degrees at night, 

 will suit them. Feed liberally when well 

 matted with roots and on no considera- 

 tion allow them to become dry. The 

 new white variety. Queen Alexandra, 

 makes an excellent pot plant and has 

 jumped into great favor. 



Cut flowers of marguerites meet with 

 an excellent sale in many of the mar- 

 kets. A piece of bench into which some 

 old plants headed back were set late in 



so scarce as at present a nice crop of 

 these flowers is proving profitable. That 

 grand early tulip, La Eeine, is now com- 

 ing with a good length of stem. It re- 

 mains as popular as ever. Batches of 

 most of the other early varieties can 

 now be brought in at intervals of a few 

 days when they are well started. Be 

 sure to remove them to a cool house 

 when well opened. On such a place they 

 will last well. Narcissus Golden Spur is 

 now extra good and it is one of the 

 finest of all the yellow daffodils. Such 

 varieties as Emperor, Empress, Sir 

 Watkin, Victoria and Horsfieldii brought 

 in the middle of January are pushing 

 up their spikes. These easily can be 

 held in check by removal to a north 

 house. N. pojticus ornatus has already 

 appeared in the market. It remains one 

 of the most popular of the narcissi. The 

 old N. poeticus is a good Easter sort. 

 It dislikes hard forcing, but if placed 

 now in a carnation house temperature 

 it will be in season. 



Azaleas. 



If not already placed in heat, lose no 

 time in placing azaleas wanted for 

 Easter in a warm house. Apollo remains 



Upper Vase Alma Ward, Exhibited by Cottage Gardens G). 

 Lower Vase No. 348, Exhibited by Dailledouze Bros. 



August are now giving a wealth of flow- 

 ers on fine stems. They are popular 

 with the most critical flower buyers. 



Bulbous Stock. 



It is too early yet to start tulips or 

 narcissi for Easter, but while flowers are 



one of the best scarlets. Mme. Van der 

 Cruyssen, Simon Mardner, Vervaeneana, 

 Empereur de Bresil, Niobe and Sigis- 

 mund Eucker are all excellent varieties. 

 A warm, moist house will suit these' 



Indian azaleas, 

 day, or four 



Syringe them twice a 

 times in very bright 



weather. If growth starts ahead of the 

 flowers, pull it out. Withhold syringinp 

 as the flowers show color. Azalea mollis 

 if well budded, makes a fine pot plant' 

 It will stand quite hard forcing and 

 can be had in flower in six weeks in a, 

 warm house. Started about February 

 15, they should be in season for Easter 

 They need a thorough freezing before 

 being forced. 



Gloxinias. 



Dormant tubers of gloxinias may bo 

 started now in flats of leaf -mold or 

 moss in a warm house. Water well at 

 first and then keep on the dry side un- 

 til they are started sufficiently to bo 

 potted off. The gloxinia is not, per- 

 haps, of as much value to florists us 

 many other plants. A nicely flowero(l 

 plant will always attract a retail cus- 

 tomer, and they are fine for the stoie 

 window. The flowers are also useful at 

 Memorial day for the choicer bouquets, 

 for which holiday roots started at one;? 

 will give a nice lot of flowers. Seed 

 sown now in pans of light compost (if 

 sterilized, aU the better) will give gooil 

 flowering plants for late summer. As 

 the seeds are extremely fine, the com- 

 post in the pan should be made perfectly 

 level, watered and the seed evenly scat- 

 tered on the surface. Do not cover ex- 

 cept with a sheet of paper. Water 

 through a fine sprinkler and the seed 

 should germinate in three weeks in a 

 warm and moist house. 



Seed Sowing. 



It is too early to sow asters for out- 

 doors. If a bench will be at disposal 

 after Easter try the experiment of plant- 

 ing it with Queen of the Earlies. They 

 succeed well under glass in a cool house 

 in four to five inches of compost and 

 for any who need flowers for funeral 

 work they will come in very useful be- 

 fore the outdoor crop is in season. Plant 

 six inches apart between the plants and 

 nine inches between the rows. 



Stocks to flower for Memorial day may 

 still be sown. A good selection of ten 

 weeks' is the best. If verbenas are not 

 sown, start them as soon as possible. 

 Salvia splendens you can keep in the 

 packets a month yet, but ageratum can 

 be sown at any time. Petunias and 

 pentstemons ought to be started during 

 February, and do not forget a packet 

 of the excellent and free-flowering 

 Primula obconica, of which there are 

 now some fine strains. Sown thus early, 

 excellent plants may be had for Christ- 

 mas sales. 



Cannas and Dahlias. 



It is altogether too early to start 

 either cannas or dahlias. Examine the 

 canna roots and if they are becoming 

 dry, water moderately. Too dry condi- 

 tions are as harmful as too much water. 

 Dahlias should be examined and any de- 

 caying roots removed. Unless it is de- 

 sired to work vp stock of some novelty, 

 we would not advise ■ starting for two 

 months yet. C. W. 



East Palestine, O. — J. N. Spanable 

 is growing carnations and bedding plants 

 in the two 100-foot houses he built last 

 autumn. 



LoGANSPORT, Ind. — January 19 water 

 backed up in the boiler-pit at John A. 

 Newby's greenhouses and put out the 

 fire. For two days every effort was 

 made to keep out the frost, but in the 

 end much stock was ruined. The loss 

 is estimated from $6,000 to $7,000. . 



