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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



J7 



The Florists' Club of Columbus, Ohio, in Session at E. Metzmaier's, March 10. 



it tlirirollylily ;iiiil li't tlir ciittili;; liciich 

 dry out well hctwccii \\;itt'iiii<is. 



drowiTs ;in' tciiiptci^ to Ic-ixc the IIdw- 

 ITS on l^orntiiir 1)('<;oiums too lony. 

 All iilo.'i li;is alwiiys liccii tliiit the 

 t'ii|i;iiio tidin lif;i\ily llownnl iiljilits 

 is sdt't :iii(| lacks the \ i<;or of 

 that "^rowii (III siiiiiL-ir plants wiiicli 

 lia\c iiad the tlowcis iTiiioXfil all 

 Aviiitcr ami leaf ^nnwth I'lu'ouiayc'd. Tho 

 lulia<;o aiicl sliouts oil tlii-sf latter lie 

 yuiiias arc much licttcr for j»roipai;atiiiy 

 I«ur|ioscs tliaii you can obtain fioiii any 

 of the same ]iroiluccil on plants which 

 liavi' liccn allowed to simply llouer them- 

 selves to death. Is there not a danger in 

 the deterioration of this line lieironia 

 unless more care is taken in selecting 

 jii'-pajiatiny stock .' 



Easter Lilies. 



^laicli. as usual, has favi.red ns with 

 many vagaries of (dimate and the pmu 

 ress of lilies has hardly heeri what might 

 have been hoped fur. Tiiless your luids 

 miw have a pronounced di'ooji. they will 

 1"' t"" Inte unless hai-i] fdndii^ is re 

 ""il''d Im. I f ynur plants ail' late and 

 y"u fe.d vuii should make an elVnrt to 

 U|' thein along in si'asc.n. give them a 

 ni^llt le|ii|„i;ilure i<\' ~n deyrees. Sprav 

 ^'■viial iinie>< M ,l:iy with u;irin water. 

 :iiid y(Hi may >till !»■ aide to llowei- theiii 

 when wante.j. Spivad the |d;ints ,,iit 

 "'■'I- '" juwent loss ,,f fnli:ige. and. as 

 ''"■ I'"'- :iie full of roots and need lot^ 

 o| llhiisture. see th;it it is supplied. 

 I ho jdanls having Imds showing c-,dor 

 shoiihl i.e jdaced in ;i cdd house. Later. 



■'" 111'' tlouers I,,., •1,111,. .xpandeil. thev 



"I'l.^' '"■ In'ld ,-1 f,,rtiuiilit in a cohl |,i| 

 or r-ell;ir. 



Dutch Bulbous Stock. 



''""•'l'' lulips. like Miiriljo. La Can 

 '''■III' ;iii'l ' I""!! ot' (0,1,1. shoul.l n,,w !!,■ 



'""'li^l'' illl" M ( 1 house. If th,. 



•l"!!--'' i'^ ll"t at lill.MlV. U'^l' .-1 ,-,il,| 

 ''■•'"'I''- !•" Ilol plac,. III.. pots ,,!• |,;|||s. 



under the heiKdies, as they will lieccmie 

 too Muudi drawn. .\t this season you 

 cannot liave them any too stocky. 



The single early tulips, smdi as Pros- 

 er|dne, KaiserskiNKUi. N'ellow I'rince. Tink 

 lieauty, Tinimas .Moore. Dindiess de 

 I'anna ami otliers, will come in Idoom 

 inside of tliree weeks, hut it is vvidl to 

 have them a day or two ahead of time, 

 as it is e.-isy to retard them in chl 

 storage. 



Ilya(dnths ami n.-iicissi ,'it this season 

 can he forced rapidly and not over three 

 weeks' time is necessary to hloom them. 



Tritoiiias, ixias and sjiaraxis re<|uire a 

 <'ool. airy house at all stages ot' their 

 growth. If they are now Just showing 

 (lower spikes they will he seasoimhie. 

 The same :tp|)lies to (iladioliis <'(dvillei 

 The IJride and Spanish iris, hotli of 

 whiidi are useful for cutting at I'laster. 



Hardy Roses. 



Tlie passing ot' winter reminds n> 

 tliat m;iny of our cusioniers will he c;ill 

 ing for hardy roses and shiuhiieiy in 

 varii'ty. .\othing is to he gained hv put 

 ling off the planting of these. The ear 

 li'i the hyhrid periietiial .and ramhler 

 icses can he gotten into th,. ground, the 

 hetter they will do. With the ramhler 

 class We have found it m.akis little dif 

 terelice whether the plants are gr;ifteil 

 or on their own roots, hut with the hv 

 iuid jierpetiials grafteil stock is much 

 to he preferred, ]proving h.-irdier. more 

 vigoious and having greater longevity. 



•are should always lie taken to avoici 

 h'tting tlie roots dry out hefore plant- 

 ing. .\ good plan is to dip them in (d;iy 

 and water. This is pi-eferahle 1,, w:itei- 

 iiiy them, riant so as i,> hury the graft 



two (U- three iludli'S, -spread tiie roots out 



widl ami train|) lirinlv. 1),, not .allow ;inv 

 manure to coine in ,|irect i-onlan with 

 the roots. 



'■'■t tile pniiiing w.-iii iiniil the pl:inls 

 ^'■■11' to hii'.ak fr.^elv. no matter it vou 



unit until the heginning of May. In 

 pruning do not iner»dy snip (dV the tops, 

 hut cut hack to three or four eyes of tlie 

 past, se.'ison "s wood on v igoriuis slioi,ts. 

 and oiii' or two on weaker ones. Thi^ will 

 ensure strong hreaks. 



i'or the colcler states tlieii' .are a few 

 hyhrid iierjietuals whi(di can he classe,| 

 as reliahle. The tidlowing wi- li.avi' 

 found to he a gooil do/.eii : I'liiidi I'.riiii 

 inr. i'r.ui l\;iil l>rus(diki. .\lis. .lolm 

 Laiiig, Mine, (iahiiel Lui/et. Magn;i 

 I'h.arta. (iemr.al .lac-,|Ueiniiiot, (lio. Paul 

 Xevion. Ma ichiioii'ss ot Londonderry, 

 • lohii llopper. .Mrs. if. (i. Siiarmaii 

 < r.iw ford and i'rince tamille de K'olian. 



There are miw a goocl variety ot' ram 

 hlers to (dioose from in addition 'o the 

 omnipresent .and popular 'riinson i.'am 



hler. There .ale smdl line ilollhle pinks 



as iti,i(,tliy I'erkins. L.ady (iay .and L. 1 1 

 i|uhar, lialtiniore liell,'. iIk- crimson ^in 

 gle 1 1 iawat ha. on,' oi' f he host : Tlie|).iw 

 ^oii. ('armiiii' I'iUar. hright rosy carmine 

 in i-idor. and Sw eet In^a rt. a lovely, swei^t- 

 ■-cellteil ,|i,uldi' white Variety. The-e ale 



liiit a tew wlii<di are hardv ami such rtiis 

 ■ IS .IS M. II. W.alsh. of Wo.mIs ilol,.. 

 \I:i->s.. .all- constantly adding to i,iir ^loie 

 ot' t lea-iire-- in tlii^ deliohtfid idas^. 



FROZEN FICUS. 



Will Vi,li please l.-t me know v\li;il I- 

 the mailer with tin eiiclo^i'il lea t' t'l-om 

 ;i iiihher jdaiit .' The plant i-. .alfected 



like this on all the le.lVes. I was aske.l 



hv one of my cnsloiiier-- to examine it. 

 lull I :iin not |povti'd on luhher plants 

 and have to r.-ill on v .ni. ( '. ||. W 



A ■<ll|ele ie.a l' o l' :{ llllihel' plant, with 

 out ;iiiv |ia 1 1 iciil;i Is :is to the i-onditio|i- 



iiiider whiidi it h:is I n o|',,\\||_ niake< 



j .■iiiv diat^iiosis ,.t' such ;( case larL;el\ ,i 



matter ot' ^lle^vWolk. hut the |,',-|t' in 



i|uesti,,|| ^i\cs ,vcrv indication ot' h.aviii^ 

 lieeii t'io/.,ai. and thi-~ i^ most likelv Th,- 

 '•aii-e .i| I he w hole I roiihli'. W, 1 1 , '1' 



