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llie Weekly Rorists' Review. 



NOVBMBBB 7, 1007. 



Moss, either from the woods or that 

 from swamps, commonly known as sphag- 

 num, is useful for bottoms of pots for 

 covering drainage or for packing plants 

 you may have to ship away. 



It is possible that we may have open 

 weather for some weeks yet, but it is 

 better to be on the safe side and get the 

 necessary constituents for your compost 

 together now, rather than when snow and 

 ice have covered them. 



Chrysanthemum* for Stock. 



Many of the mums will be cut now 

 and you will have much needed space for 

 other crops. Be sure to reserve an am- 

 ple supply of stock plants of kinds you 

 intend to keep. Do not put these in 

 pots or boxes under the benches, or in 

 any out of the way place. If possible, 

 plant them in a bench in a cool house; 

 one just clear of freezing is ideal. 

 Treated in this way, you are certain to 

 have an abundant supply of sturdy cut- 

 tings when you want to propagate. If 

 you cannot spare a bench, put them in 

 flats in a cold house or pit; if you have 

 frost-proof frames, plant in them, as 

 many do. A little frost at times will 

 not hurt them if they are allowed to 

 thaw out in the dark. Select vigorous 

 plants for stock and throw away kinds 

 which have become superseded. 



Marsueritet. 



With the passing of the early and 



".';; '■•■>,: Cineraria», 



Those spring blooming plants, the 

 cinerarias, make rapid growth now that 

 the weather is cooler and soon fill their 

 pots with roots. As a rule, 6-inch pots 

 are large enovigh for commercial stock, 

 but if specimens of good size will sell, it 

 will pay to shift them into 8-inch. Give 

 them a tolerably rich compost for their 

 final potting. Fibrous loam, dry cow 

 manure, sand and a little fine bone grows 

 good plants. Press the soil quite firmly 

 and continue to grow as cool as possible; 

 40 to 45 degrees at night is better than 

 10 degrees higher. Keep some fresh 

 tobacco stems scattered among the pots 

 to hold green aphis in control. 



Hardy Lilies. 



It is usually November before the sup- 

 plies of such lilies as auratum and spe- 

 cioBum come to hand. Each of the two 

 varieties named has some commercial 

 value, speciosum album being especially 

 useful. If you want some of these to 

 bloom next summer inside, get them into 

 the soil right away. Better not use too 

 small pots. Those seven and eight inches 

 in diameter and holding three or more 

 bulbs each answer well. Boxes six inches 

 deep also answer well for a large num- 

 ber and- where the flowers are all cut 

 this is good enough to grow them. After 

 potting, give one good watering and 

 then keep somewhat on the dry side until 



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the roots are running freely around the 

 sides of the pots. 



To follow the pot plants, which cab 

 be stood in any cellar or shed just clear 

 of freezing, a good batch can be planted 

 outdoors. Place the bulbs nine to twelve 

 inches below the surface, bedding them 

 in sand, and give a winter mi^ch of 

 strawy manure or leaves after the 

 ground is hard frozen. 



The present is also a suitable time to 

 plant nearly all hardy lilies. Do not 

 make a mistake and put them in the soil 

 as shallow as tulips or daffodils. Even 

 the smaller-bulbed sorts do better eight 

 to ten inches below the surface, and 

 none of the larger ones should be set 

 less than ten to twelve inches deep. In 

 Japan many are found growing luxu- 

 riantly at double these depths, and many 

 failures in growing hardy lilies are due 

 to too sallow planting. A little shade, 

 a summer mulch and deep planting in 

 ground well drained are essentials to 

 success with hardy lilies. 



Brief Reminders. 



Move lilies on to the benches as soon 

 as they are nicely above ground. Guard 

 against overwatering, which is a cause 

 of failure and diseased plants. 



Keep mignonette disbudded and sup- 

 ported; 45 degrees at night is sufficient- 

 ly warm. Give plenty of ventilation and 

 feed the cut coming along for Christ- 

 mas. 



Allow flowers to develop on Lorraine 

 begonias wanted for Thanksgiving sales. 

 If not needed until Christmas, pinch off 

 flower buds until the middle of Novem- 

 ber. Afford the plants full sunshine. 



Plant out any antirrhinums, left over 

 in pots, in benches from which mums 

 have been cleared. 



Finish up planting of Dutch bulbs as 

 soon as possible. Weather for this week 

 has been ideal, but can hardly last much 

 longer. 



Keep gloxinia bulbs in a temperature 

 of 50 to 55 degrees and be sure water 

 does not reach them, to excite premature 

 growth or cause rot. Keep fancy-leaved 

 caladiums in a temperature of 60 to 65 

 degrees. 



Spread out the little geraniums as you 

 have space to spare. Keep them on the 

 dry side for some time. 



Practically all shading can now be re- 

 moved from foliage plants. Adiantums 

 will be of better color if shaded, but 

 nephrolepises do not now need it. 



On warm evenings do not shut off all 



midseason mums you will be able to give 

 marguerites more room. They are rapid 

 growers and need frequent repotting, 

 compared to the majority of flowering 

 plants. The earliest and largest plants 

 propagated last spring should now be 

 large and bushy and if well matted with 

 roots will be benefited by manure water 

 every few days; but, as with all stock, 

 use it weak at first. 



These plants are valuable at Christ- 

 mas and are always in demand. To 

 flower for the holidays, old plants are 

 the best. If in a light, airy house these 

 should now be commencing to flower. 

 Keep succession batches potted on as 

 they require it. You can still secure 

 nice Easter stock by inserting cuttings 

 now. For Memorial day you can pro- 

 pagate even later. Plants in benches or 

 in pots allowed to root through into the 

 benches are less liable to give you a 

 Christmas crop than those closely re- 

 stricted to their pots. 



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