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OC'TOBEH 24, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Sweet Peas. 



The early sown sweet peas will now be 

 growing fast and need constant attention 

 in tying. Continue to grow them co^l 

 and airy. A night temperature of 45 

 degrees is better than one 5 to 10 de- 

 grees higher, although we have seen fair- 

 ly good sweet peas grown in carnation 

 temperatures. If you have not yet sown 

 any seed for a crop to follow chrysanthe- 

 mums, lose no time in doing so. Fumi- 

 gate once a week and spray to keep 

 down red spider, this being especially 

 necessary where the plants are near the 

 heating pipes. 



Geraniums. 



Cuttings put in late in August or 

 early in September will now be rooted. 

 Afford water sparingly, so as not to ex- 



cite too rapid growth. Where the 

 plants are in small pots and you are anx- 

 ious to propagate from them later, more 

 water may be applied. If the cuttings 

 perchance are in flats and are rooted, 

 keep the soil or sand quite dry and give 

 merely suflScient water to prevent the 

 stems from shriveling. You can still 

 root cuttings easily. Give them the full 

 sun at all times for best results. 



Brief Reminders. 



Keep watch on the mums as they 

 flower and be sure your plants are cor- 

 rectly named before you reserve them 

 for stock. Have courage to throw away 

 sorts which are becoming obsolete. 



Finish lifting cannas, dahlias, glad- 

 ioli and similar roots. 



Keep Cypripedium insigne in a co^.1 



house while in flower. You need not 

 be in a hurry to cut the flowers, as they 

 last three months on the plant. 



Sow shamrock seed now if you want 

 good plants for the anniversary of St. 

 Patrick's day. 



Give Moschosma riparium 45 to 50 

 degrees at night. It promises to be- 

 come a useful midwinter decorative 

 plant. 



Finish up potting Dutch bulbs in flats 

 and pans and be sure they are well 

 soaked with water. 



Give Euphorbia jacquiniseflora 60 de- 

 grees at night. It makes a nice Christ- 

 mas plant. 



Let the berried solanums have pienty 

 of sun and water. A little feeding will 

 also prove helpful now. 



BEATRICE MAY. 



The accompanying illustration shows a 

 bench of Beatrice May growing in a 

 house at Florham Farms, Madison, N. J., 

 where Arthur Herrington presides. I 

 have been watching chrysanthemums for 

 many years, but never before have I seen 

 such a magnificent sight as this bench 

 presented. The" reproduction of the 

 photograph gives an idea of the flowers, 

 but cannot show the exquisite coloring 

 or the absolute uniformity of the whole 

 lot of plants. The foliage of Beatrice 

 May generally is spotted and poor, but 

 these plants were shaded somewhat all 

 summer by the position of the house and 

 the foliage is very good. 



The bench is 100 feet long and has 

 four rows planted in it, the individual 

 plants being ten inches apart in the rows. 

 The plants were grown to single stem 

 and the loss of flowers is only one-half 

 of one per cent. 



Some growers have intimated that 

 Beatrice May is not a commercial 

 variety, but if I were at liberty to give 

 the price these flowers brought in open 

 market, many of my readers would not 

 believe me. Beatrice May is a slow 

 grower and should be propagated not 

 later than March, and then, given a fair 

 show in the bench, it will turn in moje 

 money than any other mid-October kind 

 !?Town. Chables H. Tottt. 



SOME OF THE NOVELTIES. 



This Year's NovelUes. 



Already the mail is getting heavy with 

 inquiries from the enthusiasts as to what 

 is to be expected in novelties this year, 

 how they are shaping and so on. By 

 present indications there will be at least 

 A dozen good things, some of which I 

 will mention below. 



The best thing to date that is fully 

 'jpen is Mary Donnellan. It is a beauty, 

 without a doubt. The color is a rich, 



deep yellow, which is a yellow in any 

 light, artificial or otherwise. The in- 

 curving petals, many of them, are an 

 inch wide, giving the flower a massive 

 appearance, a good deal like a well fin- 

 ished Duckham. It is a tall grower and 

 April propagation should be early 

 enough for it, but Mary Donnellan will 

 be on hand next year; that is certain. 



W. W. Moir is building up a monster 

 flower and, if I mistake not, will be the 

 king-pin of the season's novelties. The 

 stem and foliage are of the usual Wells- 

 Pockett dwarf grand type, while the 

 flower is on the Beatrice May style, but 

 has a stiflfer, heavier petal. W. Moir- 

 certainly has all the earmarks of a win- 

 ner. It is pure white in color. 



Cbrysanthemtim Beatrice May. 



