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July 23, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



55 



This Advertiser Spent $22.85 



In The Review This Spring 



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Sold down low and will plant out all unsold stock the coming week. My 

 advertisements with you have extended my trade more than any other 

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Northboro, Mass., June 22, 1908. J. L. MOORE. 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



(Continued from page 9.) 



to be neglected. If the young strings 

 become entangled it is quite a task to 

 unroll them without breaking or dam- 

 aging some of them. It never pays to 

 put off stringing this asparagus. It is 

 one duty which is better attended to as 

 soon as one crop is cut, or right after 

 young plants are put in the beds. 



Newly planted beds should not be 

 watered too freely until roots are well 

 run through them. With old, cut-back 

 beds there is little danger of overwater- 

 ing. A good mulch of cow manure 

 should also be applied after the surface 

 soil has been loosened. As cutworms 

 are liable to work havoc in the asparagus 

 beds, lay some poisoned bran for them 

 at intervals. This work, done now, will 

 materially reduce their ravages when win- 

 ter arrives. 



Primulas. 



During such intensely hot weather as 



,has been experienced in most sections of 



I the country* for some weeks, primulas 



'will grow better jin coldframes than any- 



; where ^l§e and 'sashes on them iiire not 



j needed except to throw off heavy rains. 



iRun lath shades over them during sun- 



I shine. Thin cotton cloth, or cheesecloth, 



! calB also be rolled over them, but these do 



; not admit air like the wooden shadings. 



\Do not allow the little plants to become 



ipotbeund. Spread them out before they 



^cf&«'d each other aiKl, if you use the 



[hose in watering, see that it is running 



at low pressure. Primulas, especially the 



Chinese section, speedily resent too much 



water, and it will pay to use the watering 



pot for them unless your batch is a large 



one. 



Show Pelargoniums. 



After taking such cuttings of show 

 pelargoniums as you may need for an- 

 other season, lay the old plants on their 

 sides and give no more water for a 

 time. In order that they do not suffer too 

 severely from the sudden cessation of 

 water at i..e roots, they should have 

 been gradually kept drier for a week 

 or two prior to the final ripening off. 

 Give them an occasional damping over 

 with the hose while on their sides. When 

 they have lost their foliage and the wood 

 has assumed a nut brown color, they 

 should be stood up, watered a little, 

 pruned back, and, as they commence 

 to break, shaken out and repotted. 



Altemantheras. 



While it may seem somewhat early 

 to suggest propagating bedding plants, 

 we always like to get in a few flats 

 or pans of the different altemantheras 

 about August 1. These cuttings root like 

 willows at this season, heat, moisture 

 and shade being essentials. A frame will 

 root them fully as well as a greenhouse 

 and, when rooted, keep them growing 

 outdoors until cold nights require their 

 removal indoors. From these early 

 propagated altemantheras you will se- 

 cure stock plants which will give you all 

 the cuttings you want in late winter and 

 they are to be preferred to old plants, 

 which are much more liable to damp in 

 winter. 



Heliotrope. 



The present is also a good time to root 

 a batch of cuttings of that popular flow- 

 er, the heliotrope. They will make nice 

 pot plants to carry over and, if wanted, 

 can also be grown on for winter bloom- 

 ing. Like the altemantheras, these can 



be kept outdoors until the latter part of 

 September. They will require rather fre- 

 quent pinching to keep them bushy and 

 should have all flowers removed. 



Various Reminders. 



Do not sow calceolaria seed during in- 

 tensely hot weather, or most of the 

 seedlings will damp off. 



Fancy-leaved caladiums will now be 

 found useful for decorative purposes, 

 when flowering plants are rather scarce. 



If you have not grown Allamanda Will- 

 iamsii as a midsummer pot plant, try 

 a few another year. It is beautiful at 

 present and is of such easy culture that 

 no one should be without it. 



Remove all carnations affected with 

 stem-rot as soon as observed. This 

 trouble is unusually prevalent in many 

 sections at present. 



Choose cool, moist nights, if possible, 

 for fumigating. Avoid heavy doses, to 

 prevent burning of the foliage. Hose 

 the plants overhead before the sun can 

 strike them in the morning. 



Keep inserting poinsettia cuttings and 

 be sure to pot off all rooted stock be- 

 fore they can become hard. 



Use the spray nozzle freely on gar- 

 denias, eucharis, stephanotis, palms and 

 other foliage plants, to keep mealy bug, 

 scale and other pests in check. 



Keep floors well damped and sprayings 

 overhead will be beneficial to all plants 

 in benches during the heated spell. 



Keep genistas trimmed into shape and 

 pinch strong leading shoots on azaleas. 



Cut down delphiniums as they pass out 

 of flower to insure a good second crop 

 of spikes. 



As outdoor rambler roses pass out of 

 bloom, cut out the old flowering shoots 

 to give the new canes every chance. 



