JuXE 6, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



llioro was notliiii<>' in tli(^ wlicile lot slio 

 thought so iiuicli of as the llnwers. You 

 will hoar t'lnm mo a year t'loiu now if 

 nothing happens. ' 



THE PEONY DECORATION. 



Tiiis is the pooiiy scasdu ami the ac- 

 •ompanyin}!- illustration of u peony 

 weddini;- will be of sjx'uial interest. The 

 iircunistan(_-(>s which surrounded the ex- 

 '■cution of this order were ehronieled at 

 I lie time of its execution, ■when W. J. 

 >^n)yth and his force were sent from 

 < hicago with a sjiecial train to decorate 

 'he Catholic church at ^Mackinac Island, 

 •Mich., for the wedding of ow of the 



laughters of one of tlic Ciidaliys, the 

 'iiicago j)ackers. Mr. Sniytli t'n>k fruni 

 " liicago everything reipiired for the Job. 

 ^vhich was one of the most elaborate of 

 tlie season. Peonies were used in prob- 

 •ilily greater nuudier tlian in any other 

 ^■•fdding decoratidu since tli-' piony at- 

 'ained its jirescnt jiopularity, and it 

 niay safely be said that there is no 

 il'iwor now so extensively used t'or dune 

 •biddings as is the peony. Any mis- 

 'irtunc wliicli may hn\c umi taken the 

 I'eony crops 1lii< yeai' will be n\' serious 

 'iii|iortanee to the trac|(<. The season is 

 'at(% but tlie weddings are not, aucl llie 



all fur peonies is insistent. 

 I'he ('udahy weiUling jiiclure also 



-li'iws liuw lavishly Mr. Smyth used 

 'ibboii. < 'onsiderable (juautities of As- 



I'^iragns ])luniosus strings were em|»loyed 



'"d a somewhat novel feature is the 



""'■ of e\ergreen boughs. 



<'Ii;m;|), (). William iliike uejcomi'd 

 ■ I'.div daiitilitcr to his lionie .lime 1. 



A Peony Decoration by W. J. Smyth, Chicago. 



NEPHROLEPIS SIEBRECHTII. 



Siel)recht ik Son, Xmv Rochelle. \. Y., 

 have a sport frcuu the Pierson fern to 

 which they have gi\en the name Sie- 

 brechtii. Describing it. they say: 

 ''This is a sport i-n whicli the ]duuiy 

 pecidiarity of the original form is e\en 

 more distinctly (k'\(do|ii'd than in tiie 

 original; the side jdumi' lieing ayain 

 subdivided and standing at right angles 

 to tlu^ direction of the midrib, making; 

 both sides of the froiul e<(ually beaut ifni. 

 while, at the same time, the plant is (tf 

 nnu-h more compact Imbit, growing only 

 onedialf as tall. Itut with the finmN 

 nearly twice as widi', making it a mueh 

 mor<> desii'able jdaut for all purjioses. '' 



I PELARGONIUMS. 



Kindly descriln' tlu^ ticatmeiil pilar 

 ] gonium geraiuums should le.-eive after 

 ! i! ey are through flowering. .My gera- 

 I uiums are in .'>-ineli jiots and are in 

 ! flower at present. 



T. D. 



We jiresiimr tJiat the show jielargo- 

 niums. commonly ealled 1/oly Washing 

 ton geraniums, an' refiMiccI to. .After 

 tilt? floweiing season is over, stanil tie 

 plants outdoors and graclually withhold 

 water. Our [daiits are laid (ui their 

 sides and kept (piite dry during August. 

 Towaid the end of that month they ai<' 

 shaken out of the pots, all soil remo\ed, 

 tops ctit back ipiite se\er(dy and the 

 ends of the longest roots also remo\eil. 

 They are then jiotted in as small pois 

 as they can be roii\ enient ly S(|liee/.ed 

 into. Presuming yoiir plants are now 



in .T-inch or (l-iiieh pots, they should go 

 into 4-inch. (iive a ;;o(.i(l soaking of 

 water after jiotting, then keeji a little 

 dry until growth commences, after which 

 time a gradually increasing sup|)ly may 

 be given. 



The plants prefer a cool and airy 

 liouse, and 1.") degrees at night is warm 

 enough ill winter. Cuttings taken oft" 

 an<l inserted in s.aiid early in .\ugust will 

 make fine stock in (liiicli or 7-in(di pots 

 the following seas<in. T>e sure to shift 

 the plants befoie they <'an become )X)t- 

 bound. C. W. 



SMILAX AND ASPARAGUS. 



Smilax and Asparagus |ilimiosus are 

 abiuit th ■ tiisl c-idps to ;;o in, and for 



liiese llieie ale llo lie»iclies to huild. Botli 



I t' lliem should go light into the soliil 

 ground. This is |iart icnlnly true of as- 

 pai'agii-. 



If the soil of the surfa<-e of the green- 

 house is md suitable, all yon have to 

 do is to ]iiii up a pl;nik 'J.\s inches. 

 iu'M ill jilacc b\ s(inic picrc< ot' 

 1-incli I'ipe, and tlicn fill in willi soil 

 that i> oiU' toiirtli cow iiiaiuire. l)on't 

 put boards or any olher materitil at the 

 liottoih ol' the lic<i. ,\s ilic a>paragus will 

 clo in tlie same soil for three or four 

 years, with an annual t op dressing, it 

 should lia\e a bed at le;ist eight inches 

 di'ep, ,'iiid it' it weie twehe indies deep, 

 llolii' tlie worse. 



The smilax J'ays be-^t when jilanted 

 annually .-nid. theretme. six inrdies of 

 soil will oi-iiu it well t'or one year. To 



Ui't t'lle best rctllllis tlolll ~lllil:iX it 



