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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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twine, and strips of rags, respectively, 

 wlule the fourth series of plants re- 

 mains unmarked. One kind is lifted at 

 a time and kept separate for future 

 propagation by division only, as it is 

 scarcely worth while to employ the te- 

 dious method of scale propagation. 



Preparation of the Soil. 



The preparation of the soil in the 

 field should be attended to much in ad- 

 vance of the time the seedlings are 

 ready to be planted out. If after a 

 very heavy manuring a crop of potatoes 

 or cabbage be taken from the ground, 

 it will be in good order for the recep- 

 tion of the seedlings. In well-com- 

 pacted soils a heavy crop of cowpeaa or 

 other legume deeply plowed under the 

 previous summer should bring about 

 good results. Immediately before plant- 

 ing, the soil should be worked by disk- 

 ing, rolling and harrowing to make it 

 smooth and easy to manipulate when 

 putting in the seedlings. 



Beds versus Rows. 



The question of growing the seed- 

 lings in prepared beds or in rows at 

 equal distances apart in the field is im- 

 portant. The bed system requires hand 

 work, while cultivation in rows two to 

 three feet apart can be done with a 

 horse machine. The beds have the fol- 

 lowing advantages: When the lilies 

 are planted moderately close together, 

 the foliage partly shades the ground and 

 the lilies protect each other so that they 

 are not likely to be whipped about by 

 the wind; moreover, by the bed system 

 more bulbs can be grown to the acre 

 than in rows wide apart. The foliage 

 of bed-grown plants is unquestionably 

 of a deeper green than that of plants 

 grown in rows. In irrigating, the 

 sunken spaces or alloys separating the 

 beds can be used to convey the water. 

 In Bermuda the lilies are all grown in 

 narrow beds and no irrigation is prac- 

 ticable, much to the detriment of the 

 <'rop at times. Growing lilies in beds 



with hand cultivation is necessarily more 

 expensive than in rows wide apart with 

 horse cultivation, but it is likely to be 

 found that the additional expense at- 

 tending bed culture will be more than 

 warranted by the returns, as this crop 

 must not be viewed in the same manner 

 as the ordinary field crops which yield 

 $20, $40 or $100 to the acre. It is con- 

 sidered in Bermuda that an acre of lilies 

 is not much of a success unless it yields 

 from $1,000 to $2,000. 



At Time of Planting. 



The seedlings at planting time are 

 necessarily very small, having only a 

 few very short and narrow leaves — in 

 fact, they seem anything but promising 

 — and to one who has not had experience 

 in this line of work the appearance of 

 the seedling plants would very naturally 

 tend to discouragement. The rows in 

 the bed should be about eight inches 

 apart, and the plants at least five 

 inches. If the soil is loose and easily 

 worked, they can be put in by hand; 

 otherwise a short trowel is the handiest 

 tool. Care should be taken not to have 

 the seedling bed too wet at the time of 

 transplanting, as this has a tendency to 

 make the plants flabby. Water should 

 be given as soon as they are put in the 

 ground. 



[To be continued.] 



HARDY PLANTS FOR CUTTING. 



I want to plant a half acre or more in 

 hardy plants for summer cut flowers. 

 Will some one please give me a list of 

 the best things, especially good novel- 

 ties! I am located in southern Ohio, one 

 hour from the market. C. P. 



The following hardy perennials will 

 winter in the latitude named and would 

 be valuable for cut flower purposes: Tri- 

 toma Pfitzeri; Dianthus barbatus, or 

 sweet William; Spiraea venusta, S. astil- 

 boides, S. Chinensis; Scabiosa Caucasica; 

 Pyrethrum hybridum, P. uHginosum; 

 Physostegia Virginiana. P. alba; phlox, 



including such good sorts as Miss Lin- 

 gard, CoqueUcot and Beranger. In peo- 

 nies the following are good: Festiva 

 maxima, Francois Ortegal, Marie Le- 

 moine. Lady Bramwell, Zoe Calot and 

 Whitleyi. Among liliums are L. specio- 

 sum, in variety, L. auratum, L. candidum, 

 L. tigrinum. Lychnis Viscaria splendens, 

 Liatris pycnostachya. Iris include Span- 

 ish, German and other classes, all good 

 for cutting. The Japanese varieties are 

 the most gorgeous. 



Heuchera sanguinea, Helenium autum- 

 nale superbum, Helianthus rigidus Miss 

 Mellish, H. multiflorus plenus, H, Max- 

 imiliani, Gypsophila paniculata, Eupato- 

 rium ageratoides and E. coelestinum, 

 Echinops Ruthenicus, Funkia subcordata 

 grandiflora, digitalis, all the delphiniums, 

 Coreopsis grandiflora, Cimicif uga simplex, 

 pompon chrysanthemums. Campanula Me- 

 dium and C. persicifolia grandiflora, any 

 of the better asters, Boltonia latisqyama 

 and B. asteroides, Aquilegia chrysantha 

 and A. glandulosa, Anemone Japonica, 

 Achillea Ptarmica The Pearl. 



A few plants, either novelties or re- 

 cently introduced in America, are: As- 

 tilbe Queen Alexandra, Astilbe Davidii, 

 Anthericum Liliastrum giganteum, In- 

 carvillea Delavayi, Stenanthiura robus- 

 tum, Stokesia Japonica, Gypsophila pani- 

 culata flore pleno, Dianthus Napoleon 

 III, Aster Sub-ccerulous, Trollius Japoni- 

 cus Excelsior. 



In bulbous plants the narcissi are all 

 valuable. For commercial purposes yel- 

 low Trumpet varieties are in best call, 

 followed by the poeticus and Leedsii sec- 

 tions. Montbretias are hardy on well 

 drained land. Lilv of the valley does 

 well under field culture if the soil is a 

 generous one. All hardy plants need some 

 fall protection, in the way of a mulch of 

 short strawy manure, to carry them 

 through safely^ W. N. Craig. 



NiLES, O. — John Dunston has added 

 this winter one greenhouse, 24x175, of 

 Moninger construction. He has also 

 built a brick boiler-house and installed a 

 ninety horse-power boiler. 



