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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Afsil 2, 1908. 



THE GERMINATION OF SEEDS. 



Darkness and definite amounts of heat, 

 moisture and oxygen are required to 

 accomplish the germination of seeds, says 

 the National Council of Horticulture. 

 While the Council's press matter is ele- 

 mental and intended for the general 

 public, there is much in it that beginners 

 in the trade would profit by. Seeds, 

 it is said, are stored with enough energy 

 to enable them to develop a certain 

 length of shoot and root, so it is not 

 necessary to have the soil in which to 

 sow them rich, provided it is intended to 

 transplant the seedlings. It is important 

 to have good drainage, and at the same 

 time the soil should not dry out too 

 quickly. 



The amount of oxygen supplied to 

 seeds regulates itself, if they are plant- 

 ed in soil that will readily admit air. 

 Heat and moisture should be carefully 

 regulated. A mixture containing equal 

 parts of loam, leaf-soil or peat, with 

 a good sprinkling of sand, will give best 

 results except for seeds of aquatic plants, 

 orchids, etc., which require special and 

 expert treatment. 



In preparing soil in which to plant 

 seeds it should be passed through a 

 coarse screen to remove lumps. If the 

 seeds are to be sown in pots, the latter 

 should be cleaned and a few pieces of 

 broken pots or pebbles placed in the 

 bottom of the pot for drainage. Fill the 

 pots with the soil, raking the surface 

 firm and level. If the seeds are very 

 small, sift fine soil 6n top and immerse 

 the pots in water, allowing them to 

 soak well before sowing the seed. The 

 latter should be scattered over the sur- 

 face if they are small, not covered. 

 Place over them a pane of glass. 



HARDY PHLOXES. 



The hardy perennial phloxes of the P. 

 paniculata and P. maculata groups have 

 rapidly grown in favor, and are now 

 numbered among the most popular of 

 herbaceous flowering plants, says W, Van 

 Fleet, in the Rural New Yorker. Breed- 

 ers have been active, and the old vari- 

 eties have been replaced by new kinds of 

 stocky growth, producing dense rounded 

 panicles, often nearly a foot broad, of 

 large, richly colored blooms, in great va- 

 riety of tints and shadings, ranging from 

 the purest of white through every shade 

 of rose and purple to flaming crimson, al- 

 most scarlet in its brilliant effect. Habit 

 and foliage are also much improved, the 

 newer kinds growing from one to nearly 

 three feet high, and the blooming season 

 is extended from midsummer until frost. 



Perennial phloxes are easily grown in 

 any fairly moist soil, but thrive best 

 in deep, well-manured loam. They are 

 hardy, needing little or no protection, 

 but the crowns are likely to be in- 

 jured by standing water in winter. 

 They should be planted in full sun and 

 need little care after establishing, com- 

 ing up every season and blooming pro- 

 fusely for many weeks. In damp and 

 shady situations there is sometimes 

 trouble from leaf mildew, but with am- 

 ple sunlight and good air drainage they 

 are among tbe most satisfactory of 

 plants. Best results are had by dividing 

 the clumps every third or fourtfti sea- 

 son, taking vigorous sprouts with -loots 

 attached from the outer parts of the 

 mass to form the new plants. This is 

 best done soon after growth starts in 

 spring. Propagation is also effected by 



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 plants by fall, but are best wintered 

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 them liable to heaving by frost if plant- 

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In the newer varieties the blooms have 

 been greatly improved in texture and 

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 purity of coloring. Certain of the more 

 compact ones can well be used for cut- 

 ting, as the florets no longer drop at a 

 touch as in many of the older kinds, and 

 the panicles do not so readily droop when 

 placed in water. 



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