Apbil 11, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1601 



many to the plant as the smaller flow- 

 ered varieties. This is the proper aim, 

 and should not be discouraged by a di- 

 vision into two classes at this time, when 

 it is less necessary than ever before. We 

 are getting larger, free flowering vari- 

 eties every year and the time is not far 

 distant when we will have as free bloom- 

 ers in all colors as our freest small flow- 

 ered ones, and in quality as good as En- 

 chantress. 



If it is desired that the medium size 

 varieties should get more chance at the 

 shows, then the best thing to do would 

 be to offer premiums for certain varie- 

 ties, instead of for certain colors, as is 

 mostly done nowadays. Probably that 

 would be a good plan, as it would give 

 the smaller growers an opportunity to 

 compete with some chance of winning 

 out. That would of course be a ques- 

 tion for the local premium committees 

 to consider. A. F. J. Baur. 



CARNATIONS REGISTERED. 



James D. Cockroft, Northport, L. I., 

 N. Y., registers Carnation Sensation, a 

 beautiful shade of bright cerise; a well 

 built flower of large size; calyx perfect, 

 does not burst; stem twenty-four to 

 thirty inches and over from September to 

 July; keeping qualities of the best; 

 early, free and continuous; strong, clean 

 growth, every shoot producing a flower. 

 Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



FISCHER GOES TO CALIFORNIA. 



For years the freesia has been occupy- 

 ing an increasing share of the attention 

 of Rudolph Fischer, at Great Neck, Long 

 Island, where he originated Purity, the 

 pure white freesia, an almost full size 

 photograph of which is reproduced in 

 this issue. A while ago Mr. Fischer 

 bought land in California, for the grow- 

 ing of freesias in the open, and sent his 

 family there for the winter just ended. 

 He has disposed of the greenhouses in 

 which Purity was originated and devel- 

 oped and will, before May 1, take up 

 his permanent residence in California, at 

 Santa Anita, in Los Angeles county. He 

 intends to go largely into freesia grow- 

 ing, but will confine himself to the one 

 variety, with a few choice seedlings of 

 which he has a number of bulbs and of 

 which he will work up stock. As stock 

 of Purity was planted last season he 

 will at once be able to do business and 

 next year will be in shape to greatly 

 increase the production. 



NUMBER OF PLANTS FOR BED. 



I should like to ask what is the sim- 

 plest way to measure a round bed to 

 find out how many plants it will hold. I 

 have four round beds, twenty-two feet 

 across, which I want to plant with gera- 

 niums, and I should like to know how 

 many plants each bed will require, plant- 

 ing them about fourteen inches apart 

 each way. I have also two canna beds, 

 each thirty-one feet across. How many 

 cannas will each bed require, planted 

 twenty inches apart each way? J. T. 



Take a sheet of paper; describe a- 

 series of circles. In calculating, figure 

 these circles as being at distances of 

 fourteen inches apart. Twice the dis- 

 tance from the center will give the diam- 

 eter of each circle. Multiply this by 

 three; this will give, approximately, the 

 circumference of each circle in feet. 

 Multiply again by twelve, to secure the 



Freesia Purity, Nearly Full Size of Flower. 



circumference in inches; then divide by 

 fourteen, to ascertain the number of 

 plants needed. Thus, for the geranium 

 beds the numbers will be 1, 6, 12, 18, 24, 

 30, 36, 42, 48, 54, or a total of 271 

 plants per bed. TTie outer ring would 

 be only six inches from the edge, which 

 would make it a little too close. In the 

 case of the canna beds, by following the 

 same plan it will be found that these 

 beds will also need the same number of 

 rows, containing the same number of 

 plants, namely, 271. In the latter case 

 the outer row will also be within six 

 inches of the edge. By doing away with 

 one ring in each bed and spacing the 

 others a trifle farther apart — an inch in 

 case of geraniums, and an inch and a 

 half in case of cannas — a considerable 

 saving in plants could be effected. C. 



COREOPSIS AND GAILLARDIA. 



If I planted coreopsis and paillardias 

 now, could I have them V9 bloom by 

 June 15 under glass? K. C. C. 



Coreopsis and gaillardlas, of tfic an- 

 nual varieties, if sown at once i^hould 

 be flowering in June at the time named. 

 The best coreopsis is grandiflora. It, 

 however, is a biennial; the Gaillardia 

 grandiflora, also, does not flower until 

 the second year from seed. C. W. 



MiSHAWAKA, Ind.— C. L. Powell has 

 been on the sick list. 



Newburyport, Mass. — E. W. Pearson 

 has opened a new store at 47 State 

 street, having it ready for Easter. 



*'WISE WORDS." 



A Talk on Fertilizers. 



A neatly printed booklet entitled 

 "Wise Words," just issued by E. H. 

 Hunt, and copyrighted, bears the allur- 

 ing sub-title, * * About the most profitable 

 thing on earth." It is a talk on fer- 

 tilizers, which belong "on earth," and 

 it will be profitable to many a grower, 

 for if there is any part of the business 

 about which exact knowledge is lacking 

 with the average grower, it is on fer- 

 tilizers. "No man who expects to get 

 a good living out of the ground questions 

 the need or value of fertilization," but 

 to be able to get good results from their 

 use exact knowledge is necessary. * * Dif- 

 ferences of soil, climate, location, busi- 

 ness conditions — all of these decide for 

 you what is the beM thing to do, and 

 the best time to do it. ' ' 



"While purity is the one virtue you 

 must have, it is not all. Nature may be 

 helped in forming fertilizers, just as you 

 help her by using them. But be sure 

 that help is scientific and practical. You 

 may buy and use almost any fertilizer 

 with excellent results under certain con- 

 ditions, but unless it is absolutely uni- 

 form you never know whether you can 

 produce the same result under the same 

 conditions next time. Purity, as we say, 

 is not everything in a fertilizer; but a 

 fertilizer is nothing if not pure. 



"It is impossible to prepare a fer- 

 tilizer that will be safe and at the same 

 time valuable for all soils. It is much 

 better to buy the different products, and 

 mix them to fit your requirements, or 



