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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 16, 1908. 



plants with a nice clump of soil clinging 

 to the roots; if this is done, they will 

 never notice the changing. 



It will pay any retail grower to put out 

 one ounce of this strain, which is offered 

 at about $3 by most of our seed houses. 

 If not all of the plants are wanted by 

 fall, they may come in handy during the 

 winter months, if you should happen to 

 have bad luck with a certain crop. Or 

 the plants may be lifted three weeks be- 

 fore Easter, either planted in a bench or 

 directly into pans, which latter method is 

 as well, as the colors of pansies are not 

 like petunias; they always harmonize. 

 These pans will make some of the best 

 selling Easter plants you could possibly 



handle, at less expense than anything that 

 could be grown for that occasion. Pansies 

 in pans are like violets; they last but a 

 short time when in a store or in the dry 

 atmosphere of a dwelling, but well filled 

 dishes or pans are always good sellers 

 whenever a not too high priced pretty 

 plant in bloom is wanted. 



I might add that it is not necessary to 

 go to the trouble to cover the seed bed 

 with sashes. While it is well to protect 

 the germinating seeds just a little from 

 the hot rays of the July sun by means of 

 shade frames, the young plants want all 

 the air they can get, and are likely to get 

 spindly in a few days if the shade is left 

 on too long, Fritz Bahr. 



SEASONABLE CULTURE. 



The Summer Routine. . 



During the next few weeks young stock 

 will require a good deal of care and at- 

 tention, particularly if the weather is 

 hot. Proper care in watering, ventilat- 

 ing, syringing, watching for the first 

 signs of mildew and keeping insect pests 

 in subjection will keep us alert for the 

 rest of the summer. 



After planting is finished, the houses 

 should get a thorough clean-up. All 

 rubbish and soil should be removed from 

 under the benches and from walks. 



During the summer the plentiful sup- 

 plies of water required will cause a 

 growth of weeds under the benches and 

 along the sides of the walks. These, if 

 allowed to remain, constitute a harbor 

 and breeding place for all sorts of pests, 

 especially red spider and thrips, two of 

 the worst of our enemies. 



Staking and tying will also demand 

 attention, as it is ruinous to allow the 

 young growths to ramble over the bench. 

 If tying is attended to in good season 

 there is less chance for spider to thrive, 

 and by providing a free circulation of 

 air among the leaves the tendency to pro- 

 duce a crop of blind wood is lessened. 



Disbudding will also claim attention. 

 Nipping off the bud is a rather primitive 

 and easy way of doing the work, but is 

 far from attaining the object desired. 

 To encourage and strengthen the growth 

 designed for a future crop, the proper 

 eye must be selected and the flow of sap 

 diverted to it, instead of allowing it lo 

 develop flowers and leaves, which are 

 not wanted at this season. It is a safe 

 plan to cut off, along with the bud, three 

 or more of the topmost eyes, being guid- 

 ed in the number by the strength and 

 length of stem to be operated on. 



RiBES. 



DWARF ROSES FOR BEDS. 



Clothilde Soupert is quite hardy and 

 at the same time is a free and continuous 

 bloomer. The flowers are of a medium 

 size, flesh color with a rosy center, well 

 formed. The plant is vigorous, erect, 

 quite hardy and flowers abundantly. It 

 is well adapted to beds and masses. 



Baby Bambler is particularly suitable 

 for planting in beds, being a strong 

 grower with upright habit, yielding large 

 clusters of crimson or white flowers, of 

 only medium size but effective because of 

 the profusion with which they are pro- 

 duced. It is hardy, vigorous and con- 

 tinuous flowering; it has good foliage 

 and will be largely grown. It supplies 

 a long-felt want — a good bedding rose. 

 While the flowers are not as desirable 

 for cutting as those produced on single 

 stems, the clusters of blossoms can be 

 utilized in vases to good effect. Moder- 

 ate protection in winter is recommended. 



Mile, Cecilia Brunner, a dwarf poly- 

 antha, one of the fairy roses, so-called 

 because of their miniature buds and blos- 

 soms, will be highly prized. Its perfect 

 little buds are followed by small but 

 fully developed flowers of a salmon color, 

 afterwards becoming white. The flowers 

 are in clusters. Its wealth of exquisite 

 flowers makes it admirable for bedding. 



LORD & BURNHAM'S LATEST. 



Lyman B. Craw, secretary of the Lord 

 & Burnham Co., 1133 Broadway, New 

 York, writes as follows: 



"I am sending you one of the first 

 copies of a little catalogue we have just 

 had printed. We have dubbed it our 

 'Handy Hand Book of Greenhouse Mate- 

 rial,' because in it we have described 

 every piece, stick, or fitting required to 

 erect and equip a greenhouse. The ma- 

 terials are classified, grouped and in- 

 dexed for ready reference. 



"It is the first book of the kind that 

 has ever been published in this country. 

 There are, of course, catalogues of iron- 

 frame greenhouses, catalogues of boilers, 

 catalogues of greenhouse heating and 



ventilating apparatus, but there has been 

 no other book published containing all 

 of them and all so arranged that each 

 part, or any group of parts, may bo 

 taken right from a prepared list with 

 accompanying prices. 



"It will interest you to see a cata- 

 logue that has on one page paint and 

 putty, and on others, door hardware, 

 boilers, heating fittings, etc. 



"Enclosed with the book is a small 

 envelope containing a hook, to hang the 

 book up by. This is the way we send 

 the book out to all those who inquire 

 for it." 



The Lord & Burnham books are always 

 splendidly gotten up and speak with the 

 authority of long years in the business, 

 so the Review^ awaits with interest the 

 receipt of the "Handy Hand Book" 

 and the opportunity to put the little hook 

 to the purpose for which it was intended. 



CALLAS IN SOLID BEDS. 



In the Review of July 2, J. H. C. asks 

 about callas in solid beds, I should like 

 to give a little of my experience with 

 callas grown in that way, I have a bed 

 about 4x22 feet. The plants stand 

 about one foot apart lengthways and 

 four inches across. This bed has not 

 been taken up for about five years and 

 it grows better every year, giving us this 

 last season, from November to June, 

 over 600 flowers, by actual count. 



About June 1 we stop watering the 

 bed and just let the plants dry down and 

 stay where they are. When they begin 

 to show signs of starting to grow again 

 in the fall, usually about October 1 or 

 perhaps a little earlier, we commence 

 watering them agdin. Soon after they 

 get started we give them a heavy coat- 

 ing of manure, sometimes stable and 

 sometimes sheep manure, which was what 

 they had last fall. We consider this the 

 best i)aying bed on the whole place. We 

 give them a night temperature of about 

 60 degrees. E. A. R. 



SWEET PEAS IN CALIFORNL^. 



Lester L, Morse, in 1906, told the Seed 

 Trade Association that there were ap- 

 proximately 750 acres of sweet peas for 

 seed grown in California and the accom- 

 panying illustration will serve to give 

 a further idea of the extent of the busi- 

 ness, for the lower part of the picture 

 shows only one variety, Nora Unwin, 

 there being five solid acres of this sort 

 in this one piece. The scene is the San 

 Juan ranch of Waldo Rohnert and the 

 occasion the recent visit of A, C, Zvo- 

 lanek, of Bound Brook, N, J,, both gen- 

 tlemen appearing in the upper part of 

 the picture. The kodaker caught Mr. 

 Zvolanek in the act of making a com- 

 parison of Nora Unwin and the White 

 Spencer, the former variety being in his 

 opinion possibly the finest white to date. 

 The lower picture shows that, while the 

 season's crop of sweet pea seeds will be 

 short, there are nevertheless some goocl 

 pieces. 



Mr. Zvolanek went to California more 

 especially to inspect the crops of his own 

 winter-flowering peas, which are being 

 grown there under contract for him. 



Denver, Colo. — Louis A. Kintzele, who 

 was formerly in business at Michigan 

 City, Ind., and who arrived here about 

 a year ago, has entered into the florists' 

 trade here, both wholesale and retail, and 

 will make this city his permanent home. 



