October 31, 1W7. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



View in the Store of William Kalisch & Sons, St. Louis, Mo. 



neceBsary. If a little protection is 

 aeeded, use some hay or straw scattered 

 lightly over the plants. Give ventilation 

 on all favorable days and, if you can. 

 move your plants to other quarters be- 

 fore it is warm enough to start the buds. 

 A dry cellar, of course, is f)referable tti 

 a moist one for storing anv such stock. 



C. W. 



USE FOR UNHEATED HOUSE. 



I have a greenhouse that I am not 

 heating this winter. There are benches 

 in the house. Is it too late to plant 

 pansy plants on them, and if I cover 

 well will they be all right? Would it be 

 satisfactory to place hyacinths under the 

 benches, in potsf Do you think the pots 

 would break? I have no good place out- 

 sidp for them. What would von advise? 



H. E. R. 



The pansies, if good plants outdoors, 

 <an still be planted. They should be 

 vovered witli meadow l>ay after the 

 bench is frozen quite hard, and left cov- 

 ered until March. I see no reason why 

 they will not give you a good and profit- 

 iible spring crop. 



As you have no suitable outdoor place 

 'or storing hyacinths, they can be placed 

 undor the benches. Cover with ashes and 

 atfi- ^ith a good thickness of meadow 

 "ay or straw. If you have a suitable 

 cellar it would be preferable to the un- 

 neated greenhouse, but the hyacinths 

 should do well under the benches. Tulips, 

 narcissi and other Dutch bulbs may be 

 ^'lmllarly stored. C. Vf. 



TODAY. 



(j'iKiu John Uiiskin's wrltiug deisk 



A slab of chalcedony la.v. 

 .\nd on It, out In careful script. 



The word "To<la.v." 



Honored of nil, a wondrou.x man. 



And held a prophet In his way. 

 He let "Tomorrow" bide Its time. 



And used "Today." 



I'pon the tablet of the will. 



How good to write, the nflfsHiiii' wu.v. 

 Putting tomorrow's uses by. 



The word "Today." 



— HaiTlet Prescott Spofford. 



1 quote the foregoing especially for 

 the violet grower, and yet, as I write it 

 down, I cannot help thinking how much 

 better much of our work every day, in all 

 lines, would be if we only would make 

 ' ' Today ' ' our motto. Many things will 

 stand the neglect of waiting for .tomor- 

 row better than will violets, as a little 

 delay in some needed care of them is 

 very often much more far-reaching than 

 it is with other plants. By this state- 

 ment I am by no means advocating the 

 neglect of other plants, but, for instance, 

 if' you see the least sign of spot, there 

 is no time to be lost if you hope to check 



it, and you may not be able to do so 

 even then, no matter Bow hard you try. 



Outside Temperature. 



From now on the temperature should 

 be much more suitable for violets, as the 

 last week has seen it go down to 23 

 degrees with us, although today — two 

 days later — as 1 sit on the steamship 

 deck, and on the shady side at tha^ 

 writing, it hardly seems possible. We 

 are having a delightful trip south and I 

 suppose that this is the coldest weather 

 thaW shall see this fall. I often wonder 

 how the violets do live and grow in 

 Florida ; it seems as if the summer would 

 kill them entirely. Yet we have all three 

 colors of the wild ones and they are 

 beauties. I also have double ones in our 

 yard that survive without any summer 

 care. But this is a digression and doea 

 not help the northern grower any, al- 

 though it may interest the writer. How- 

 ever, T think that I prefer to grow 

 vio!et.M in the north. 



Plenty of Ventilation. 



II you have not heretofore tried grow- 

 ing violets, do not get so careful of 

 them that you are afraid of giving them 

 jilenty of fresh, pure air, even if it is 

 l)retty cold. Remember that they will 

 stand a good deal, and do not make the 

 mistake of closing your ventilators and 

 l)eginning to fire early. Do not be 

 afraid to leave quite a crack on the 

 vents at night and follow it up for 

 some time, even after you start some 

 fires. A stagnant, damp, moisture-laden 



