Mabcb 12. 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





Brief Reminclen. 



Prick off seedlings of gloxinias and 

 begonias as soon as large enough to 

 handle. Use shallow flats of light com- 

 post. 



Keep the propagating bench well filled. 

 Do not allow rooted cuttings to remain 

 until they become hard, or they will be 

 of little value. 



Retard all Dutch bulbs intended for 

 Easter. A coldframe will bring them 

 along in season, if greenhouse bench 

 space is scarce. 



Spread out the spireeas as they grow 

 and feed with liquid manure freely. Use 

 care when fumigating, as these plants 

 are very easily scorched. 



Easter lilies which are a little forward 

 should be placed in a somewhat cooler 

 house. If buds are now visible, your 

 plants are all right for Easter; other- 

 wise forcing will be necessary. 



It is rather early yet to start dahlias. 

 Look over the roots of these and of. 

 gladioli and remove any showing signs 

 of decay. 



If you have a call for vegetable plants 

 in spring, you can now sow tomatoes, 

 lettuce, celery, cabbage, cauliflower, pep- 

 pers and eggplants. 



Palms and ferns will now require a 

 little shade. Apply only a light coating 

 as yet. Your pink carnations will hold 

 their color better with a thin streaking 

 over the glass. Violets you may wish to 

 retard should have a moderately heavy 

 shade. This keeps the house cooler and 

 the flowers come of a deeper blue shade. 



Get in a batch of marguerite cuttings. 

 Carry these plants through the summer 

 in pots and they will flower at Christmas 

 for you. 



Pot off the little smilax and asparagus 

 seedlings before they become crowded. 



B«move coverings from your seeds as 

 they germinate, to prevent the plants 

 from becoming spindly. Keep all well 

 up to the light, to makfe them stocky. 



JAMES J. KARINS. 



There are not many florists who will 

 fail to recognize the subject of the ac- 

 companying illustration, which is from a 

 photograph made at Portland, Ore. Mr. 

 Karins has the geniality which marks the 

 successful traveler, but he is, neverthe- 

 less, earnest in all his efforts. J. D. 

 Eisele, vice-president of Henry A. Dreer, 

 Inc., and manager of the Eiverton nurs- 

 eries, writes: 



"Mr. Karins was born at Eiverton, 

 N. J., in 1873 and entered our nursery 

 at the age of 14 as an apprentice. He 

 served in all departments, became famil- 

 iar with the growing end, and, for many 

 years, was connected with the order de- 

 partment, where the bulk of the wholesale 

 or trade orders came under his direct 

 charge and which duty fitted him excep- 

 tionally well for his present occupation 

 of traveler, he being thoroughly posted, 

 not only with the values of the stock he 

 sells but also becoming thoroughly famil- 

 iar with the requirements of the trade in 

 the various sections of the country which 

 he covers and which extend from the At- 

 lantic to the Pacific, as well as Canada. 

 In other words, he is a Dreer man with 

 Dreer methods and at the same time he 

 is fully alive to and in sympathy with the 

 requirements of the trade he visits. He 

 holds the full confidence of both his com- 

 pany and his customers, all of which is 

 shown in his successful career as a sales- 

 man during the past three years." 



James J. Karins. 



CAMERON'S ADVICE. 



Eobert Cameron, of the Harvard Bo- 

 tanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass., recently 

 has lectured before some of the horti- 

 cultural societies in New England on 

 "Annuals and Biennials." At one 

 place he said: 



"In my opinion, it is always wisest to 

 buy the best strains of seed obtainable, 

 even if they cost more. There is less 

 work and care with good, fresh seed than 

 there is with cheap, unreliable kinds. 

 The cheap seed needs as much care and 

 attention as good seed does, and never 

 gives as good results. No doubt you 

 have all noticed in spring, when the 

 weather begins to get warm and when 

 man begins to think he ought to get 

 back to the soil, how quickly seed stores 

 multiply; they grow up like mushrooms. 

 At that time you will see displayed in 

 the windows of druggists, grocers, bakers 

 and such places, boxes of annuals with 

 pictures of flowers of the most brilliant 

 colors imaginable. If anyone wants to 

 get results, my advice would be to shun 

 these places and buy seeds from rep- 

 utable seedsmen who have made a life 



study of the seed business. They can't 

 afford to sell you unreliable seeds. 



"Many of the annual seeds lose their 

 germinating power much earlier than 

 other seeds; therefore it is very impor- 

 tant that they have been freshly col- 

 lected the previous year. The cheaper 

 the strain the more plants you will get. 

 From the finer and more expensive 

 strains fewer plans are obtained, but one 

 gets quality against quantity. 



' ' There are no plants easier to grow 

 than annuals, but the easiness of culture 

 has got many people into the habit of 

 growing them in a haphazard way and 

 often they do not get the attention they 

 deserve. To get good results we have 

 to give them just as good care as we 

 give to other garden plants. Then the 

 luxuriance of growth and the plentiful 

 supply of flowers pay us amply for the 

 extra care. 



"It is a great mistake to think they 

 will grow in any kind of soil. The ma- 

 jority enjoy a good, rich, loose, open soil, 

 and most of them are great lovers of 

 sunlight; therefore they should be .given 

 position where they can get plenty of 

 light." S 1 J' 



