The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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plants grown, and the florist who has 

 need of white flowers in summer for de- 

 sign work, is badly off without it. Once 

 planted, it will take care of itself, as 

 it spreads with surprising rapidity. It 

 will be necessary to give it a bed where 

 it will not encroach on other plants, and 

 to replant every second or third year to 

 keep it in place. While double flowers 

 are produced on seedlings, a great many 

 are single and semi-double. B^ing so 



nized. There is, however, a ' prevalent 

 idea that they are not suitable for the 

 hardy garden, being somewhat tender. 

 I have always found them as ironclad as 

 the German or Japanese types, needing 

 only the lightest protection in winter. 

 For outdoor culture the bulbs should not 

 be planted before the beginning of No- 

 vember, to prevent growths appearing 

 above the ground before freezing-up 

 weather. I have, however, frequently seen 



Liliutn Candidunu 



inexpensive, it is best to buy some roots 

 and plant in September or October. 



GUdiolus Nanus Mathilda. 



Gladiolus nanus Mathilda is not strict- 

 ly a hardy plant, although it may be 

 treated as such. Better results are, 

 however, to be had by growing it in flats 

 and keeping quite cold, placing the flats 

 outdoors about the middle of April and 

 keeping them well supplied with water. 

 Boxes 12x24 inches and containing three 

 inches of soil will hold seventy-five bulbs 

 and these will average two spikes each. 



While all the forms of Gladiolus nanus 

 are excellent, this variety, which is pure 

 white with a faint suffusion of lavender, 

 is far superior to G. Colvillei The Bride, 

 usually grown by florists in quantity. 

 TTie spikes have a graceful droop and 

 the flowers are double the size of those 

 produced on The Bride. The flowers are 

 specially valuable at Memorial day and 

 can be kept back, if desired, until the 

 middle of July. The low price of this 

 fine gladiolus should cause more florists 

 to take it in hand. 



Delphinium Chinentis Alha. 



The Chinese larkspurs, both blue and 

 white, are well adapted for cutting. While 

 the deep blue form is usually seen, there 

 is a pure white variety well worth cul- 

 tivating. Propagation is easy, by seeds, 

 which may be sown any time from March 

 to September and, when suflBciently large 

 to handle, be transplanted into nursery 

 rows. Spring sown seedlings will flower 

 the same year and make strong plants 

 the succeeding year. In addition to be- 

 ing useful for cutting, the Chinese lark- 

 spurs can be dotted among the taller 

 growing delphiniums, or are telling in 

 masses by themselves. The flowering 

 season is from July until frost. 



Iris Hispanlca. 



The merits of the Spanish iris for 

 forcing are being more and more recog- 



shoots several inches high about Thanks- 

 giving, and the most severe frosts never 

 seemed to injure them. The bulbs make 

 beautiful effects in irregular mass plant- 

 ings, using several hundred bulbs in each. 

 For cutting they are splendid and, flow- 

 ering, as they do, during June in the 

 open, they are of special value for wed- 

 dings and graduation exercises. The 

 bulbs will flower for more than one year. 



attention from those who grow for their 

 own retail trade. 



Qematis RccU. i, 



Clernatis recta is one of the most de- 

 sirable hardy perennials blooming in 

 June and early July, attaining a height 

 of four feet and producing large panicles 

 of white, fragrant flowers similar to 

 those borne on the well-known Climbing 

 C. paniculata. There is also a double 

 form which produces erect umbels of 

 fine white flowers, excellent for floral 

 work. Propagation by division of the 

 roots in fall can be effected. The plants 

 resent frequent removals and flower but 

 sparsely the summer after being trans- 

 planted. A little support is needed be- 

 fore the flowers open, or high winds and 

 rains will break down the clumps. 



C. W. 



UP-TaDATE METHODS. 



FA paper by T. W. Duggan, of Brampton. 

 Ont., read before the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association, In convention at London, Ont., Au- 

 gust 28, 1907, continued from the Review of 

 September 12.] 



Promptncst. 



Another requisite that is exceedingly 

 important is promptness. The cut flower 

 business calls for quick action, and there 

 must be no loafing or dilatory conduct in 

 the way an order is handled. The trade 

 is always a quick one, and must be han- 

 dled with alacrity. An order that is ex- 

 pected tomorrow morning ought to arrive 

 then, so far as we are concerned. Our 

 driver, for instance, who has the impor- 

 tant position of taking our consignments 

 to every express train that leaves the 

 town, is paid so much per week and a 

 bonus every week that trains are not 

 missed, and I might say that i^ot more 

 than twice in a year is a bonus missed. 

 Our head shipper, too, who has charge of 

 the orders, and has to use a great deal of 

 head work in very quick time, is paid a 











Achillea Pjarmica The PearL 



In fact, I had this season one largo 

 clump which flowered finely for the 

 fourth season. 



Mont Blanc is a tall-growing, pure- 

 white variety. My favorite, however, is 

 Louise, a delicate blue color, which will 

 almost pass for white. The Spanish 

 irises are so inexpensive and so valuable 

 for cutting that they deserve increased 



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bonus for satisfactory and prompt han- 

 dling of orders. So rapid has the system 

 become that at times we have received a 

 telephone message, packed two boxes and 

 reached the railway station in time for 

 the express train, nearly half a mile 

 away, in so much less than five minutes 

 that if I were to tell you exactly you 

 might doubt the statement. 



