46 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Januahx 30, 1908. 



time with nutriment which will enable 

 them to act so that exhaustion will not 

 be apparent in the meagerness of the re- 

 sulting verdure. 



Fertilizers in some form or other 

 should at frequent intervals be applied 

 to lawns, and there is probably no bet- 

 ter time for their application than the 

 winter or early spring. When stable 

 manure is applied it should be well 

 rotted before its application, not be- 

 cause there may be less nutriment in its 

 component parts when fresh, but because 

 a larger quantity of the rotted manure 

 finds a way to become available for use 

 and because there is less likelihood of its 

 being the means of causing objection- 

 able vegetation in the lawn. 



When a fertilizer is applied to a lawn 

 in the form of well rotted manure or 

 loam, with the addition of bone meal, 

 the grass is not only benefited directly 

 by means of the chemical properties thus 

 applied, but the matter, when simply con- 

 sidered as solid substances, aids the 

 roots of the grass in the material it 

 affords for their extension and preserva- 

 tion. The benefit thus obtained can be 

 increased by rolling the grass thoroughly 

 in the early spring. 



Wood ashes contain properties which 

 many people believe are capable of pro- 

 ducing grass of a ridher and darker color 

 than any other fertilizer. However that 

 may be, there is no question but wood 

 ashes are very helpful to grass, but great- 

 care is necessary in their application, 

 because, if heaps of the ashes are al- 

 lowed to remain here and there, burnt 

 patches will surely result. 



When lawns are in such a condition 

 that it becomes necessary to sow seed in 

 order to make them look presentable, 

 and when a thorough renovation is out 

 of the question, a good plan is to mix 

 bone meal, or whatever other fertilizer is 

 used, with screened loam and apply it in 

 the early spring, taking care to allow an 

 extra portion to fall where seed is 

 needed. Then sow the seed, raking it 

 well in and finishing with a rolling with 

 a heavy roller. M. 



CLIANTHUS DAMPIERL 



My only desire, in writing this for 

 publication in your esteemed paper, is 

 to make known the result of a few per- 

 sonal observations on the culture of Clian- 

 thus Dampieri. This plant is reputed to 

 be very capricious; yet I am convinced 

 that if its culture, which is by no means 

 diflScult, were a little better understood, 

 one more remunerative and splendid 

 plant would thus be supplied to our re- 

 tail trade, both for pot culture and for 

 planting out. 



The necessary material is not so very 

 considerable; a good propagating house, 

 with a warm propagating bed covered 

 with a sash, is sufficient. 



Sow at the end of February or first 

 days of March some Colutea arborescens 

 or Caragana arborescens, preferably the 

 latter, in a small flat or pan, and place 

 it in a warm propagating house. As soon 

 as the seedlings are large enough, prick 

 them out into 2-inch pots and plunge 

 these in a warm propagating bench that 

 has a steady bottom heat of 65 to 70 

 degrees. 



As soon as the cotyledons are well 

 developed you may sow out in the same 

 manner your Clianthus Dampieri seed, 

 which will be up in three to five days. 

 Now you are ready for grafting. Pull 

 out delicately your Clianthus Dampieri 

 seedlings, cutting them with a very sharp 

 knife, the same way as you do for cleft- 



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