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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



OCTOBBS 24, ld07. 



supplying it when specified in an order, 

 charging the same price in both in- 

 stances, would seem to be an inclina- 

 tion toward the false principle that two 

 wrongs make a right. Either charge ex- 

 tra for green when furnished or make 

 the price per dozen high enough to in- 

 clude it; the latter plan is the better. 

 And, most important of all, when once 

 the course is decided upon, keep in the 



straight and narrow path; don't deviate, 

 or you are lost again. 



Stevia is a most pleasing accompani- 

 ment to carnations and can be grown 

 in various ways. Our plan is to lift 

 clumps from the open in early Septem- 

 ber, benching where young carnation 

 stock will stand later. 



More on this subject soon. 



Geo. S. Osboen. 



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Azaleas. 



llie importations of Belgian grown 

 azaleas are coming to hand once more 

 and, in spite of earlier pessimistic prog- 

 nostications, are extremely well budded. 

 These plants, it must be remembered, 

 have a tolerably long journey before we 

 receive theih and are in not a few cases 

 stored too near boilers. As a conse- 

 quence the balls become dry and there 

 is a lamentable loss of foliage. As you 

 unpack your plants, note carefully 

 whether the balls are dry and soak any 

 dry ones in tubs of water. If other 

 work is pressing, these azaleas can be 

 stored quite close together in a cool, 

 light shed or greenhouse until you have 

 time to pot them. In potting, be sure 

 that you press the soil firmly around the 

 sides of the pots and leave a good space 

 for water. It is impossible to properly 

 water any hard-wooded plant where the 

 soil comes nearly to the top of the pot. 

 Yet how often do we see plants potted 

 in this way! 



Nicely bloomed azaleas are always in 

 demand at Christmas and it is not too 

 early to start a good batch of them. 

 Bright colors arc in special demand at 

 the holidays and there is no finer variety 

 than the orange-scarlet, Apollo. A 



food, very early white is Deutsche 

 'erle. Simon Mardner, silvery rose in 

 color, is always popular. Other desir- 

 able sorts are Yervseneana and Hexe or 

 rirefly. The last named, which is rosy 

 red in color, makes an ideal Christmas 

 plant. It can be flowered as early as 

 Deutsche Perle and no grower will go 

 wrong in forcing a good number of it. 

 Oive the early azaleas a night temper- 

 ature of 55 to 60 degrees and syringe 

 freely. Better do a little forcing now 

 than nearer Christmas. 



RhocUxIeodroot. 



Ehododendrona are becoming quite 

 popular as pot plants. They cannot be 

 had in flower at Christmas, but usually 

 take well at Easter. You will probably 

 receive a supply of these with your 

 azaleas. There need be no hurry about 

 potting them, for, unless wanted as early 

 as March, they may as well be heeled in 

 a deep coldpit until a few weeks before 

 being required in flower. We cannot 

 advise hard forcing of these in an ef- 

 fort to get them in for Christmas. They 

 will sell much better in the spring and 

 are good subjects to use even as late 

 as Memorial day. A few good sorts to 

 grow are: Lady Clermont, rosy red; 

 Michael Waterer, bright red; Cunning- 

 ham's Whitp. fine for early .forcing; 



John Walter, crimson; Mme. Masson, 

 white; fastuosum flore pleno, lavender, 

 and Sir H. Havelock, crimson. The 

 large-flowered and beautiful Pink Pearl 

 is still high in price. It is a great 

 seller with the bon-ton florists. 



Rambler Roses. 



The long spell of clear, sunny weather 

 has been splendid for ripening the canes 

 on rambler roses. We presume many 

 florists will lift and pot their plants 

 early in November. We hope any plants 

 intended for forcing have had their 

 shoots tied up in order to secure proper 

 hardening of the wood. Pot-grown plants 

 are always preferable to fall-lifted ones, 

 but nevertheless good results may be had 

 from fall-potted stock, especially if the 

 canes have not been allowed to ramble 

 over the ground all summer. The Crim- 

 son Bambler has a more erect habit than 

 the pink varieties and generally ripens 

 its wood earlier. 



The canes of plants which have been 



forms, such as Lady Gay and Dorothy 

 Perkins, have. It is a great pity that 

 Crimson Bambler has such unattractive 

 foliage. This drawback has caused 

 many to plant the pink forms in their 

 piazzas and arbors in preference to the 

 crimson variety. 



Prepare for Winter. 



It may be somewhat premature to talk 

 of winter while we enjoy such ideal 

 climatic conditions, but we often see 

 some snow in October and sometimes 

 heavy snowstorms occur early in No- 

 vember. We must therefore be up and 

 doing if we would be fully prepared for 

 winter's arrival. We suppose there are 

 few of us who have not had some work 

 we had hoped to do before freezing-up 

 weather, which we have had to postpone. 

 The same occurs every year. We hope 

 that all cracked and broken panes of 

 glass have been replaced in greenhouses 

 and frames, and any necessary painting 

 and puttying should be completed with- 

 out delay. This work can be done com- 

 fortably now, but it is a different prop- 

 osition if you wait for snow and ice 

 and then try, with benumbed fingers, to 

 do necessary repairs. An abundant 

 coal supply should be in your cellars, 

 and if heaters and piping are O. K. you 

 can then heave a sigh of contentment. 



LiUes. 



There is still abundant time in which 

 to pot a good batch of Japanese longi- 

 florum lilies for Easter. Bear in mind 

 that this great festival comes late next 

 year and that there are still six months 

 to grow your plants in. Your earliest 

 Harrisii will probably now be showing 

 buds in sdme instances. You can prob- 

 ably get a number of these in for 

 Thanksgiving by forcing hard. Give 

 them 70 to 75 degrees at night to hurry 

 them along. Those intended for Christ- 

 mas may be kept 10 degrees cooier, but 

 be sure that you can count the buds 



Azalea Hexe, or Firefly^ as a Christmas Plant. 



kept on the dry side lately should now 

 be pretty well ripened, but the pink sorts 

 grow much later and need more time to 

 plump up their wood. Give the plants 

 all possible sunshine and allow pot- 

 grown stock to become quite dry before 

 watering. You will probably notice 

 what beantiful, shiny leaves all the pink 



forty days before you want them m 

 bloom. Remember that forcing for 

 Christmas and forcing for Easter are 

 two very different propositions. You 

 have a diminishing supply of sunlight 

 prior to the first event, with steadily 

 falling temperature, whereas the reverse 

 is the case with the latter. 



