Dkcembeu 20, 1907. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Table Decoration by Charles Henry Fox, Philadelphia. 



better. While in bloom they can be 

 placed in a house kept at 50 degrees at 

 night if required. Keep the plants on 

 the dry side and do not play the hose on 

 them unless absolutely necessary. All 

 cattleyas prefer a cooler and drier at- 

 mosphere when flowering, while in the 

 growing season thoy will relish abundant 

 water supplies. 



Cypripedium Leeanum. 



As a successional variety to C. insigne, 

 nothing is better than C. Leeanum. The 

 plant is a splendid grower. The flowers 

 are produced with great freedom, and 

 while the stems are less rigid than in the 

 case of C. insigne and ('. viilosum, they 

 stand up nicely. The dorsal sepals of 

 the better forms of C. Leeanum are 

 broad and bold, the colorings being very 

 attractive. A temperature of 60 degrees 

 at night will proiluce good C. Leeanums. 

 The individual blooms will last thre^ 

 months, or just as well as in the case of 

 C. insigne. As a commercial variety, this 

 is one of the very finest cypripediums 

 known, 



Adiantums. 



As you cut down your maidenhair ferns 

 from time to time, remember that they 

 like a little rest before being started into 

 active growth again. We are referring 

 more especially now to A. cuneatum, 

 more grown probably than all other sorts 

 combined, commercially at any rate. A 

 repotting may be necessary in some 

 rases; in otliers a top dressing may suf- 

 fice for a season, if the plants are af- 

 forded occasional liquid stimulants. 



Brief Reminders. 



Save i. few berries of sohuuims for 

 seed before disposing of all your plants. 



A large proportion of your Lorraine 

 begonias will now be sold. Keep a sutfi- 

 cient number for stock purposes and do 

 not let these be mere odds and ends. 



Do you remember the weekly fumiga- 

 tion? Don't wait until you see plants 

 alive with aphis. Prevention is better 

 than cure. 



Give your chrysanthemum stock plants 

 a light bench in a cool house. Keep the 

 soil scratched among them. 



Spanish iris, sweet scented jonquils. 



La Reine tulips and Golden Spur narcissi 

 may. all be started at once. Grow the 

 first two varieties cool. 



The present is a good time to propa- 

 gate crotons and dracsenas by ringing the 

 shoots.. Be sure to keep the moss moist. 

 Ficus elastica roots readily in the' same 

 way. 



Keep early schizanthus staked and se- 

 curely tied. 



Throw away any sickly or weak lilies 

 as they show the'r character. Drop a 

 Uttle tobacco dust on the tops of any 

 plants first showing flower buds, which 

 aphis will otherwise infest. 



Don't forget to save a batch of po'.u- 

 settia plants for stock for 1908. 



STRAY NOTES FROM ENGLAND. 



State of Trade. 



There is still an abumlaut supply of 

 chrysanthemums at (Movent (ilarden mar- 

 ket, but prices show an improvement. 

 First quality carnations realize good 

 prices, but common grades are cleared 

 cheap. Roses are bringing better money, 

 some good Richmond bringing tlie high- 

 est figures. English, French and Parnux 

 violets are of good quality. Orchids 

 are in good supply. Eucharis, gardenias, 

 pancratinms and other choice flowers are 

 selling better. In pot plants Gloire de 

 Lorraine begonias, poinsettias, sp ra>as, 

 zonal pelargoniums, ericas, cyclamens, 

 azaleas and bouvardias are abundant and 

 of excellent quality. Trade in both 

 plants and flowers shows an improve- 

 ment. 



Adiantum elegans is to a considerable 

 extent displacing the old A. cuneatum at 

 Covent Garden. Points in favor of the 

 new-comer are larger fronds, longer 

 stems, a more delicate color and fine 

 keeping qualities. 



Winter Flowering Guiiation Society. 



The third exhibition of the recently 

 organized British Winter Flowering Car- 

 nation Society was held in the conserva- 

 tories of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Re- 

 gents Park, December 11. Points are 

 awarded as follows : Color 5 points, size 

 5, fragrance 5, substance 5, calyx 5, gen- 

 eral appearance 5, length and substance 



of stem 5, habit of plant 5; total pos- 

 sible points 40. Certificates of merit of 

 the first class are awarded only to varie- 

 ties scoring at least 30 points, and 

 awards of merit to those scoring 25 or 

 more points. 



The membership of the society grows 

 steadily and the larger number of com- 

 petitive classes early assured the commit- 

 tee of the finest jBxhibition of the divilie 

 flower yet seen in London. 



National Chrysanthemum Society. 



The annual banquet and meeting of 

 the National Chrysanthemum Society of 

 England was held at the Holborn res- 

 taurant, London, November 26, when 

 Charles E. Shea presided over a goodly 

 company. The annual report showed that 

 seventy-seven new members had joined 

 the society and that seven additional so- 

 cieties had become affiliated. The total 

 membership was 430 and the number of 

 affiliated societies 109. The reserve funH 

 exceeded £100. During the present sea- 

 son 194 novelties had been set up for 

 certificates, of which twenty-five re- 

 ceived some form of award. The entries 

 at the annual national show at the Crys- 

 tal palace were one-third greater than 

 in 1906. 



Several new chrysanthemums received 

 certificates at the hands of the National 

 Chrysanthemum Society November 19. 

 Among them were: Gretchen, a pure 

 white, single, narrow petaled variety from 

 Wells & Co.; the same exhibitors had M. 

 Ellis, a bright yellow decorative variety, 

 reflexed, promising as a market variety; 

 Norman .Davis had Mrs. .1. Hygate, an 

 immense true incurved white; ~R. Searle 

 received a certificate for "Marquis of 

 Northampton, a fine bronzy yellow sport 

 from W. R. Etherington. 



The National Chrysanthemum Society 

 held its winter exhibition December 4 

 and a market show December 11, at Co- 

 vent Garden Market. 



Royal Horticultural Society. 



At the exhibition of the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, November 26, Norman 

 Davis secured an award of merit for a 

 laYge mauve pink Japanese chrysahthe- 

 numi named Edith Jameson. James 

 A'eitch & Sons had a beautiful group of 



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