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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mahch 28, 1907. 



The New Perpetual D D IT A lil lil I A 



Flowering Carnation Dlfl I /llllllll/\ 



The most profitable carnation in cultivation, and one that never Splits* Color, clear scarlet ; blooms 

 of good size on long, stiff stems. Strong plants, in pots, £6 per 100. Strong rooted cuttings, £3 

 per 100; £25 per 1000. Cash with order. Please remit by International Postoflfice Order. 



A. Smith, The Nursery, Enfield flighway, Middlesex, England 



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BEST VARIETY OF MUSA. 



Will you please tell me the best kind 

 of Musa Ensete, or Abyssinian banana 

 plant, to grow outdoors f Can they be 

 taken out of the tub or pot and planted 

 in the open ground? How shall we treat 

 them to make fast growth? Is it good 

 to take off all the soil and repot in 

 new, rich soil now? Would it be all 

 right to store them in the cellar over 

 winter at about 40 degrees? How soon 

 had they better be started? We have 

 had them in large wooden tubs for 

 years and there is nothing doing with 

 them. A. B. 



The Abyssinian banana, Musa Ensete, 

 is much the best of the genus for dec- 

 orative purposes. Plants taken from 

 tubs and pots and planted outdoors in 

 well enriched ground will make splen- 

 did growth. They should be given a sit- 

 uation protected as much as possible, 

 free from high winds, which soon lacer- 

 ate the handsome leaves. Plants car- 

 ried over winter, if repotted or re- 

 tubbed now in rich compost and placed 

 in a warm greenhouse, will grow away 

 quickly. The plants are best wintered 

 in a house which does not fall below 50 

 to, 55 degrees at night. They can, how- 

 ever, be kept in any frost-proof cellar, 

 but in such a location would inevitably 

 lose all their foliage. Some growers 

 also aaopt the plan of storing the thick, 

 fleshy roots in dry sand over winter and 

 t^e tops of plants cut back. If placed 

 in a genial heat in spring and given 

 moisture they will soon start to grow. 

 Such plants, however, cannot be ex- 

 pected to fruit. 



The easiest to grow and hardiest of 

 the fruiting bananas is Musa Caven- 

 dishii, commonly known as the dwarf 

 Chinese banana. If, however, fruiting 

 is desired, the plants should be lifted 

 before frosts come, placed in large tubs 

 and kept in a warm greenhouse until 

 planting out time comes around again. 



C. W. 



TROUBLE VITH SWEET PEAS. 



I mail you a few roots of sweet peas. 

 The plants in the house, 22x100, grow 

 up to about two feet. Then I notice 

 that they do not do as well. They are 

 starting to turn yellow a little on the 

 bottom now. The house has been kept 

 at 45 to 48 degrees at night, 50 degrees 

 in daytime. As you will notice, there 

 are little white bugs on the roots some- 

 thing like the miller bug. Could you 

 please tell me what I can do to improve 

 them? I have been growing sweet peas 

 in the same house for four seasons with 

 good results. For feeding I use rotted 

 horse manure, and after the chrysanthe- 



LILY OF 

 THE VALLEY 



Extra fine pips from Odd Storage 

 for shipment any time desired. 



Japsjiese and Btrxnnda £lly Bnlbs, 



Antnoarlas, Asaleas, Bay Trees 

 Palms, Peonies, Bhododendrons, 



Boses, Boxwood, Bvergreens, etc. 

 BAPPIA BAPPIA 



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BELGIAN PLANTS! 



/ksaleas, Araucarias, Sweet Baya, 

 Palms, Begonias, Gloxinias, etc. 



LOUIS VAN HOUTTE PERE 



GHENT, Belfrium. 



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mums were cut I spread some bone dust 

 in the bed. A. V. B. 



From the appearance of the shoots 

 enclosed we think the vines have been 

 too thick in the rows. For best results 

 they should be in a narrow row and two 

 or three inches between each plant. This 

 will cause stronger haulms and the 

 flower stalks will have greater vigor and 

 carry an average of three flowers each. 

 The manuring and other details appear 

 to have been carried out all right and 

 sweet peas ought to do well under just 

 such soil conditions. A temperature of 

 50 degrees at night should be main- 

 tained after the flowers appear, with a 

 rise of 10 or 15 degrees during the day. 



We failed to note any of the "bugs" 

 on the roots. Probably, however, it is 

 the same pest which frequently attacks 

 China asters in the fields. We would 

 advise mulching the rows well with fresh 

 tobacco stems. The juice washed down 

 during watering is distasteful' to the 



MRS.H.BURNEn 



New Salmon-Pink Carnation for 1907 



A Seedlingr from Mrs. Lawson and an Bngrlish 

 variety. Awarded two first-class certificates and 

 an Award of Merit. A lovely warm salmon-plnlc 

 flower. Petals of g-ood shape and substamce. 

 Calyx perfect. Delightful clove fragrrance. 2J< to 

 'Aii inches in diameter according to season. Sterna 

 18 10 36 inches. A rapid and easy grower. Very 

 productive. Many shades deeper than Bnchaat- 

 ress and keeps its color better. Keeps for a long 

 time after being cut and travels splendidly. Just 

 the shade that everybody wants and one not 

 yet produced in America. Price, £6 per 100, 

 established in 2-inch pots. 



H. BURNETT 



St. Margarets. GUBRN8XT, KNGLAND 



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The Royal Tottenham 

 Nurseries, Ltd.^'i'Vlft** 



Managing Director, A. M. C. VAN DER ELST 



Dedemsvaart, Holland 



.Headquarters for Hardy Perennials, among 

 which are the latest and choiceBt. 13 acres de- 

 voted to Rrowing this line, including Anemone, 

 Aster. Campanula, Delphinium, Funkias, Hem- 

 erocalUs. Hepatica, Incarvillea, Iris, Peonies, 

 Phlox decussata and BufTruticosa, Primtila, 

 Pyrethnim.Tritoma. Hardy Heath. Hardy Fema. 

 Also 5 acres of Daffodils, 12 acres of Oonifers, 

 specially younx choice varieties to be grown on; 

 8 acres Rbododendrons, including the best Ame^ 

 lean and Alpine varieties; 2 acres Hydrangeas. 

 We make it a point to grow all the latest novel- 

 ties ID these lines. Ask for Catalog. 



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H. B. MAY 4 SONS 



FERN SPECIALISTS 



The finest xotieetionoiTeina is. EatoBai^. 

 Lists on application. 



Upper Edmonton, England 



Mpntton TTie Review wh»n v<wi writ* 



pest. If quicker relief is desired, soak 

 a quantity of stems and water with the 

 juice, or, better still, procure some one 

 of the tobacco extracts and, after water- 

 ing the plants with the clear water, go 

 over them with a watering pot with 

 the diluted tobacco mixture,, using a 

 barrel or barrels to mix it in. If the 

 pest continues bad we would advise ster- 

 ilizing the soil before sowing peas anoth- 

 er season. C. W. 



Terre Haute, Ind. — Owing to the 

 death of her husband, Mrs. Lawrence 

 Heinl will close out the business. 



Davenport, Ia. — Otto Klingbiel, who 

 sustained severe injuries from a fall last 

 summer, is now suffering from a derange- 

 ment of his mental faculties. He has 

 been taken to the Mount Pleasant hos- 

 pital for the insane. 



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