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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 3, 1907. 



Public Gardens last aeason initiatod the 

 plan of having large solid be^ of one 

 variety and this method of '}>lantiiig 

 proved very effective. Some of these 

 b^ds are pictured in this issue of the 

 Review and the practice is worthy of 

 more general adoption. The beds of such 

 standard sorts as Pink* Beauty, Prince 

 of Austria, Joost Van Vondel, White 

 Swan, Couleur Cardinal, Keizerskroon 

 and others were extremely telling. To 

 cover the ground, such plants as violas 

 in several colors, daisies and forget-me- 

 nots are used. Where the flowers are 



pots throughout, says a writer in an 

 English trade paper. 



TULIPS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



What are the best tulips for outdoor 

 blooming for Memorial day ? I. E. L. 



For late May-flowering tulips we pre- 

 fer the Darwins. They are perfectly 

 hardy and produce large flowers of fine 

 substance, that stand well when cut. The 

 varieties embrace a fine assortment of 

 colors, so that one has no trouble in get- 



Tulip Prince of Austriat Orange-red. 



dark, the groundwork should be light, 

 and vice versa. 



A pretty circular bed may be had by 

 planting a broad cross of a red, like 

 Couleur Cardinal, and filling the inter- 

 vening spaces with White Swan. Care 

 should always be taken in planting sev- 

 eral colors in a bed not to use white with 

 yellow or scarlet with crimson. Flowers 

 with mixed colors should be planted by 

 themselves. Keizerskroon makes a superb 

 bed by-; itself, but a band or cross of 

 white rUtterly spoils it. The decadence 

 of carpet bedding has helped to kill the 

 design style of planting tulips and the 

 change is truly a wholesome one. The 

 ribbon border style is still popular with 

 some, but mass planting of solid colors 

 is rapidly displacing it. 



Where there are a number of beds to 

 be planted, the high colors, like red and 

 crimson, if used, should be nearest the 

 outside of the garden and farthest from 

 the observation points. Soft colors 

 should always predominate. Some rather 

 harsh bulbous effects can l)e tolerated 

 by reason of the fact that we are glad 

 to see these harbingers of spring after 

 the long winter, and they do not stay 

 sufficiently long in bloom to pall upon 

 us, as summer bedding might do. 



W. N. Craio. 



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POTTING VAN THOL TULIPS. 



Tlie most generally useful way of grow- 

 ing the small, but early, bright-colored 

 Van Thol tulips is to place six good 

 bulbs in a o-inch pot, one bulb in the 

 middle, and five around the sides. But 

 some pretty little plants may be obtained 

 by placing one good bulb in a thumb pot, 

 using fairly good loam, and feeding well 

 when the foliage commences to expand. 

 These small pots are exceedingly useful 

 for table decoration, or for filling the 

 small fancy dishes found on many tables. 

 If preferred, the bulbs can be grown in 

 boxes, and placed in small pots when 

 ;ibou< to commence flowering. Person- 

 ally, however, I prefer growing them in 



ting just the shade he wants. Most of 

 the trade catalogues describe and give 

 colors of the varieties, which makes it a 

 simple matter to make a selection, or you 

 will find a fine article, with numerous il- 

 lustrations, in the Review of June 13, 

 1907. Wm. Scott. 



that region under the supervision of 

 the department. The climatic conditions 

 of the I*uget Sound region are especially 

 favorable to the development of tulip 

 and narcissus bulbs, and it is probable 

 that the corner stone of the American 

 bulb industry will soon be laid in that 

 region. We are cooperating with com- 

 mercial men who are endeavoring to 

 develop the industry, and plans are al- 

 ready under way for a considerable ex- 

 tension of the work." 



RETARDED VALLEY. 



We hear much of catch crops in the 

 garden, but catch crops in the green- 

 house scarcely seem to have such a vogue. 

 And yet most growers know that there 

 are times when such a greenhouse catch 

 crop would be extremely useful, notably 

 in early autumn. A useful catch crop at 

 this season may be found in lilies of the 

 valley. Retarded crowns are of course 

 to be used, and they may be either pot- 

 ted or boxed; I have found 5-inch pots 

 most generally useful. Planting should 

 be done somewhat thickly. Flowers 

 should be produced in from three weeks 

 to a month from the time of potting, if 

 kept nicely moist in a spare corner of a 

 greenhouse. 



BULBS ON PUGET SOUND. 



In his address before the Congress of 

 Horticulture at the Jamestown exposi- 

 tion last week Prof. B. T. Galloway, 

 chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 related what the government is doing to 

 assist the trade and, referring to bulb 

 culture, he spoke as follows: 



* * Investigations are being carried on 

 in the encouragement of the production 

 of tulips, narcissi and hyacinths on the 

 Pacific coast. At the present timi^ 

 three gardens are being maintained in 



VARIETIES OF NARCISSUS. 



I am located in a district in Califor- 

 nia where narcissi do finely and I can 

 produce good bulbs on a commercial ba- 

 sis. But I have too many varieties and 

 too few of each. Will you kindly tell 

 me which ones are the leading trade sorts 

 and about the proportion in which they 

 are called for? Any suggestions relat- 

 ing to the growing of narcissus bulbs in 

 California for the eastern trade will bf 

 more than welcome. L. B. ('. 



I give below a list of the leading va 

 rieties of narcissus in the order of their 

 importance for forcing and planting out 

 in the eastern states: Narcissus Paper 

 White grandiflora, for forcing only; Von 

 Sion, double; Golden Spur, Empress, Em- 

 peror, Horsfieldii, poeticus ornatus, and 

 poeticus. There are thirty or forty other 

 varieties of narcissus more or less in 

 demand, a list of which can be obtained 

 by consulting the catalogue of any first- 

 class seed house. I know nothing of the 



Tulip Royal Standard, Red and Yellow. 



