16 The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Nu.VKMBKU 21, 1007. 



buy if. she only gets a chance, and the 

 grower who slavishly follows the other 

 fellow 's load, with his Appletons and 

 BonnaflFons, is. only standing in his 

 own light. Mary Mason is rosy red in 

 color, and the flower is extra large. Jt 

 will be very j)rominent in the any other 

 classes next year. 



Dorothy Goldsmitb. 



Dorothy (ioldsniith was not finished 

 in time for nie to exhibit this year. Ha<l 

 it been a week earlier, it woui<l have been 

 talked abont. One admirer called it a 

 bronze F. S. Vailis, and 1 think this 

 descri])tion fits it very well. The petals 

 are just as long and tiie flower shonld 

 come as large. I have liad petals on it 

 this year eleven inches long and hang- 

 ing straight down. It is necky and most 

 suitable for short-vase classes, l)nt if it 

 lives nj) to the jiromise of its youth we 

 may look for a big fellow next year. It 

 is one of the English seedlings, and what 

 we have to look for first with them is 

 fullness. This (ioldsniith has to perfec- 

 tion, and so I do not fear Imt that it 

 will come out all right. 



Kitty Lawrei ce. 



Kitty Lawrence is a delicate fawn 

 color, and I think will become a great 

 favorite witii exhibitors becau'-e of it? 



Kitty will make her in«»rk in her partic- 

 ular color. 



Lynnwocd Hall. 



Lynnwood Hall is highly thought of 

 in the neighborhood of Philadelpliia, 

 where it originated, and it has scored 

 to a certificate on the commercial scale. 

 It is a tJapanese incurved white and 

 reminds me of Convention Hall in its 

 contour and habits. J am unable to 

 say anything as to its growth, only that 

 it has a stiff stem and carries the foliage 

 u}) to the flower. 



• , Mrs. Norman Davis t' 



One of the best of the novelties of the 

 year that* I failed to get a picture of 

 is Mrs. Norman Davis. The plate, unfor- 

 tunately, went wrong and the picture 

 was spoiled. This variety is a splendid 

 white, entirely different from Moir in 

 its make-up. It is a true Jap, and the 

 flower meets the foliage even when early 

 crown buds are taken. Mrs. Norman 

 Davis will be very welcome, because our 

 list of exhibition whites is none too 

 long at present. C'hakles H. Totty. 





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Lily of Ihe Valley. 



The imported pips of lily of the 

 valley are now coming to hand; It is 

 not advisable to force any of these be- 

 fore the new year. Our experience has 

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Cbrytanthemum Mary Donoellan. 



kind, free habit and perfectly shaped 

 flower. Stock was limited and I did 

 not have enough to stage before the 

 committee, but every exhibitor who saw 

 it was very pleasetl, and I am sure that 



not pay for the labor expended upon 

 them. Soak the bunches of pips well 

 after they are unpacked and place in a 

 cool frame until needed. Let them have 

 some frost; it will not hurt them and 



they will force all the better for it. It 

 is best to rely on cold storage pips until 

 Christmas, after which time the new crop 

 can be used. Lily of the valley, to be 

 forced successfully, should have a brisk 

 bottom heat of from 75 to 90 degrees, 

 which can be steadily maintained, and 

 a toj) heat 25 to 30 degrees lower. It 

 shouM be kept in the dark until the 

 spikes are well drawn up, then more 

 light should be given. 



The small grower, who only needs a 

 few hundred pips a week at most, should 

 select a place over the steam or hot 

 water pipes. Box it in, making a case 

 not less than a foot deep over the pipes; 

 eighteen inches will be better. Place a 

 layer of moss over the bottom boards; 

 cover with six or eight inches of sand 

 and plant your pips as wanted. Glasa 

 washes may cover the frame. These can 

 be darkened by cloths. Keep the sand 

 moist, but avoid much overhead damp- 

 ening after the spikes are well advanced. 

 Soil is not needed for lily of the val- 

 ley. The pips make no roots while be- 

 ing forced. As you will need batches 

 coming on at regular intervals, it will 

 be advisable to divide your case by par- 

 titions. One may need light and air 

 ^vlliIe others will need a close, dark at- 

 mosphere. 



Lilacs. 



The largest portion of forcing lilacs 

 which are pot grown are import^l from 

 Kurope. Now is a good time to secure 

 a stock if you have not already obtained 

 them. No variety beats the ever popular 

 white Marie Legraye for forcing, but 

 Charles X, Souvenir de Ludwig Spaeth, 

 Mme. Lemoine and several other sorts 

 are grown to a lesser extent. Plants 

 <lug up and potted now will not force 

 satisfactorily. They should have been 

 pot-grown since last spring or early sum- 

 mer, at latest. In starting lilacs, 55 to 

 (50 degrees at night is ample. This may 

 be increased' in a few days to 75 to 

 SO degrees, gradually lowering the tem- 

 perature as the flowers open. If de- 

 sired, the plants may be kept in the 

 dark until the flowers are about to open, 

 when they should be gradually inured 

 to light. Forced in this way, the col- 

 ored sorts come practically white. Fre- 

 quent spraying overhead is very bene- 

 ficial until the flowers commence to open, 

 when it should be discontinued. Towards 

 spring, of course, much less forcing is 

 needed. 



