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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Florists' Club of Scranton, Pa., on its Annual Outing at Moosic Lake, August 14. 



tlie fOJlS of till' It'IKlilty sllunts lo ]]];\ko 



tho plants biisliy. also iciiinviiij; all Mow- 

 ers. A lifjlit shade only is iicf<lr(|. 



While Lorrainos are best in a cool 

 house when floweriiiy, they ijo iiiiich bet- 

 ter in a teni|)oratiirc of (in licyrees at 

 iiiyht until the biooiniiio- season starts. 

 Place in iar^fcr |)ans before tiie roots 

 ixH'ome niatteil. H' ]>laii1s ;ire small, it 

 is best to use scneral in a |iaii. Six-inch 

 pans will {ijrow fine ]il;ints of a useful 

 size for retail trmie, \\iiile s-im-li ones 

 make handsome specimens. Lorraines 

 like <'i liKbt compost. One containinir 

 plenty of }j;ood leaf-mnld and spent hot- 

 lied manure s<'eins ex:iciiy in their 

 likinjj. 



Cyclamens. 



Cycdainens. like many nllier plants, 

 take on additional viyor as the heated 

 sununer jiericxl wanes. Tiie lirst jdace 

 for them y<'t ;i while is in ciddt lames, 

 where they can obtain an abundance of 

 jiure air am! be sliadrd from the heat 

 of the noonday sun. Sashes are better 

 left off at ni<;lit. unless heavy rain 

 threatens. They can also be left ofl" ad- 

 vantajjeously dnriny the daytime when 

 there is but little s\in. l)ci not jdace the 

 shadinj^s over the frame tdu early in 

 the nnirninji^ and remo\c them nut latei- 



than 4 o'clock in the aftern i. A little 



sun hel|)s cyclamens and many other 

 phints. It warms the jiots and )'romotes 

 root action. Many plants aie half ruined 

 bv overshadiny. cyclamens beine one of 

 them. 



Anv plants nni yet ^iven their linal 

 shift should be attende(| to at once. From 

 tinch they can yo into fi inch .and from 

 .")-incli into 7 inch. Some eruwers tlower 

 their stock in as small sizes as 1 inch 

 and ."i-inch jiots. but smdi |ilants cannot 

 hohl a cainlle to the lar;;-er oin's. ini mat 

 ter how carefully they may be fed. 



Seed sown a feu weeks ayo is yermi- 

 natinj; nicely and paper covers have been 

 removed. The tl.ats will need some shade 

 .>u iIk^ glass o\er thent. but slmuld be 

 t>la( ed well u]< to the li^dit. Tiiese will 

 dn liettcr i" .i ^re^nhouse than a frame 

 and if a leiii|>ci ;ii nre of ").') dej,'rees at 

 iii<;ht cap !>.■ kept up they will eniw well. 

 Mignonette. 



iM iy;rione1 te liein<^ yrovv n iii p'M^ will 



need a few small jueces of brush placed 



so as to kee[i the shoots (>rect. Pinch out 



t the. tops of the shoots ami <rro\\ the 



I plants as cool and airy as possibh>. They 



I need full sunli},dit and must b(> looked 



! over carefully for the <j;reen worms which 



, love to eat their foliage. Plants in beds 



1 and benches are startin<j to <(row (piite 



fast, l-'lowers are not needed for sonn^ 



tim'e yet and it is best to pinch .back all 



leading shoots. >Su|)ports should bi' given 



i the plants before they are grown too far. 



Scuno use Ijrush stuck in at intervals. We 



really prefer this to strings. It docs not 



look so artistic, but we think answers 



well foi' the grower who has only a 



bein-li or two of mign()nett<'. Scrat<h 



o\cr the soil frequently and keep all 



weeds picked luit. 



Chrysanthemums. 



The season of early (dirysantliemiims is 

 (dose at hand ami for some time nnims 

 will call for a good deal of our attention. 

 Tying, disbudding and the i'emo\al nf 

 weeds ami decaying foliagt' t.akes up con- 

 siderable time. l'!ach year many of us 

 a\er that we will grow less nniins. but 

 each succeeding fall we are found grow- 

 ing the usual (|Uota and tx^iug a tVw 

 niivelties. There is something of a chaini 

 in the cidture of the (juei'ii of antunin, 

 such as \\r canmtt derive from aii\- other 

 plant. 



.\ny plants which li.-tse been gmun iii 

 bush form outdoors nv on benches in 

 ddiiis slimdd ha\(' been potted befol'e 

 tlii<. If kept well w.atered and fre(piently 

 spi.-ived they will sikui fill the pets with 

 runts. We do imt con-;ii|er tli.-it such 

 plants will fur a UKUiU'Ut compaii- with 

 put grdwn iHies, but man\' >;till t'lillnw 

 this pr.-K'tice amL get fairly satisfadury 

 plants. There is a .growing teiidencs 

 Inwards single flowering \,irieties in V.w 

 rope, and this year thy pintnise tu in' 

 much ill e\iden<-(^ at t!.e fall ^liows. .Mu- 

 i-t' tiieiii ii'-it\e sph'i' lid pot |d.;nts aoo 

 w idi' a A ;;!ve growers W(Mi''i do W'''., tn 

 ni.ake a note of the better kind- at the 



season. This will bloom trnicli e.arlier 

 than spring-rooted cuttings. 



Iie<luce the shading on I'Utt leyas, c(ehi- 

 gynes and dendrobiums. Pl.ace any of 

 the latter whi(di have well m.atured their 

 growths in a cooler ami -airy ho\ise, witli 

 plenty of sun. 



Stake poinsettias on the benches Ik 

 for(! they become bent. (I row them cool 

 still. They nec^l heat when the bracts 

 ar<! being developed, but should not be 

 coddled now. 



Finish putting in cuttings ol any ten- 

 der plants as soon as jiossible. IVosts 

 usually ai'rive in Septeudier. 



1 )o in)t lea\(' I, ilium candidiim lying 

 aruiind unpotteil. lie sure to give theiii 

 a light, sunny place outdoors until No- 

 vember. 



Put in cuttings ot .Xnipelojisis Veitehii. 

 Fuotiymns railicans ami |]nglish ivy. .Ml 

 x\ill lout t're.l;, in an (U'cliiuiry propagat 

 ing bench. 



(iive hydrani;ea> au(| rambUi roses 

 pleutx ul' siiii ;itii| ;i redu<'e<l water suj) 

 piv. • 



l\'f|i gt'uistas Well pimdieil or clijipc'i; 

 inlu shape. Put a iiatcli nt' cuttings it 

 iiuw in .1 co(d house. 



exhihit nin> 



Brief Reminders. 



Sut't cuttings of |ierennial jiIiIcpnc- 

 place(l in flats of sandy -;oil in a culd 

 I'r.ame will nr '; ■ nice stuck for .anutlier 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



In the last few ye.irs the demamt fur 

 li.irijy pei-ennials has increased wouder- 

 tully, ami thi.s mit at all because of ;i 

 falling off in the denuind fur th(>, cdas- 

 ut plants counininly known a.s bedilin;. 

 plants, hut rather because of .a wiijer ami 

 Hiure extemlcil knowledge of the merit- 

 uf hardy plaut.s foi' jmrposes to which 

 the uthers were iiul put. In years gum 

 liv, hei baceuus phaut- were not gi\en 

 .inylhing like tlu' attention by gr()wers 

 tli.at they .are now i-ccei\ing. Nut so long 

 agu it was uncomimui lu muw^ these 

 id,: :ts in large inunbers ,■■ puts, but 

 nuv, tlieri' aic \ast numbers -u ;^i ,u-j jnnl 

 suld every year, in tli<' a iiiimn and 

 spring. 



Pot pl.ants ot' must kind- uf p<..r.- 

 ni.al- are the must satisfactur\ in ■..-.r; 

 (>4is way-; they ;irt easier to ship and 



ley ,;.\ariablv sm-cee,i better in the 

 li.-mds (it those w hu .ire intended iilti- 



