Febkuaky 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



853 



Table Piece Arraog^ed With Carnatioa Wiosor and Sprengeri. 



2 V^ -inch pots, if they are not already 

 potted. A light, sandy loam, with a lit- 

 tle fine charcoal is an excellent compost. 

 Keep them on a bench well up to the 

 light, spray on light days, water care- 

 fully, give them a temperature of 50 to 

 55 degrees at night and they will grow 

 along nicely. While it is possible to 

 have small plants in 4-inch or 5-inch 

 pots for flowering next winter, from seed 

 sown now, the proper time to sow is on 

 or about October 1. Then excellent 6- 

 inch or 7-inch stock can be had. 



Shrubs for Easter. 



Azalea mollis sold well last Easter. 

 Well-budded dormant plants, if started 

 now, kept well syringed and given 55 de- 

 grees at night, will be in flower by the 

 end of March. Usually 8-inch pots are 

 needed for forcing stock. If there are 

 thirty or forty buds per plant they will 

 make handsome specimens. Rhododen- 

 drons given similar treatment will re- 

 quire about the same time to flower. 

 Deutzia gracilis and D. Lemoinei make 

 extremely pretty Easter plants. If they 

 have been pot-grown they will be much 

 more satisfactory than nursery-grown 

 stock potted up. Sixty degrees at night 

 now, with cooler treatment as the flow- 

 ers open, should bring them in within 

 six weeks. Lilacs will come in a week 

 earlier, and may, therefore, be allowed a 

 slightly cooler house. Prunus triloba 

 and Cydonia Japonica need about five 

 weeks. It is best to force all these in 

 the early rather than the late stages of 

 growth. 



Bulbous Stock. 



We are now getting a little more sun- 

 shine and bulDous stock comes along 

 more quickly. All stock grown for cut- 

 ting should be kept in a darkened case 



until the shoots are of good length. From 

 now on there will be no trouble about 

 lack of stem. Tulips, hyacinths and 

 narcissi grown in pans for store or retail 

 trade will need less drawing up, as they 

 should be as stocky as possible. Bulbs 

 in flower should have a little shade on 

 the glass. We place newspapers over 

 tulips during the sunniest part of the 

 day. A batch of the various bulbs will 

 need placing in heat at least once a 

 week, to keep up a steady supply of flow- 

 ers. In addition to La Reine tulip, 

 Keizerskroon, Yellow Prince, Proserpine 

 and other sorts are now very good. Von 

 Sion narcissus is excellent, and that 

 splendid trumpet variety. Golden Spur, 

 is at its best. Victoria forces well and 

 when cheaper will be in great request. 

 If bench room is at a premium the daffo- 

 dils will flower well below the benches 

 next the path, only they lack a little stiff- 

 ness in the stem. 



Acacia Armata. 



Of the several acacias grown this is of 

 the easiest culture and most in evidence 

 at Easter. It should never be forced 

 into flower, but allowed to come along in 

 an ordinary greenhouse temperature. If 

 your plants have been kept cold, bring 

 them now into a house where the tem- 

 perature does not exceed 50 degrees at 

 night. This plant is beautiful when its 

 flowers are all fresh. When, they as- 

 sume a brownish hue, however, much of 

 the beauty is gone. Be sure not to syringe 

 after the flower opens, and do not force 

 it hard or it will be ruined. Like all 

 hard-Avooded plants, it must be care- 

 fully watered. Be certain it docs not 

 suffer from dryness at the root. The 

 graceful A. pubescens is scarce and high- 

 priced. Too bad it is not procurable in 

 quantity. What a fine Easter seller 



plants in 6-inch and 8-inch pots would 

 prove. This variety, also A. Drummon- 

 di, A. Riceana, A. cultriformis and 

 other less-known varieties flower about 

 the end of March naturally in a cool 

 greenhouse. 



Tersely Told. 



Poinsettias should be laid under a 

 bench or in some dry, out-of-the-way-of- 

 frost place until needed. 



Do not allow bedding geraniums to re- 

 main crowded on the benches. Ease 

 them out, if only a little at a time; it 

 will pay. 



If you want strong Primula obconica 

 for next Christmas, sow now. Buy the 

 best grandiflora strain, rather than 

 cheaper seed. 



Fumigate freely. Aphis and other 

 pests increase with alarming rapidity 

 these days. If stems are used be care- 

 ful not to burn the foliage on delicate 

 plants. 



When freesias are all cut, if you keep 

 your old bulbs see to it that they are not 

 allowed to become too dry until the new 

 bulbs are matured. It is a mistake to 

 withhold all water after flowers are cut. 

 Give them as light a place as possible 

 until the bulbs are ripe. 



Watch your lilies carefully. Hake the 

 more backward ones into your warmest 

 and sunniest house. You should see the 

 bu<ls before Lent conies in. Then you 

 are reasonably sure of having them in 

 bloom for Easter. C. W. 



Madison. N. J. — A new firm, O. de Nave 

 & Co., will start in orchids this spring. 



PiEBLO, Colo. — G. Fleischer has pur- 

 cliased ten lots adjoining his present 

 property, on wliioh will be built ten 

 greenhouses, making a total of twenty 

 greenhouses to his plant. 



