Sepxembeb 17, 1908. 



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A Border of Irises Like This Wouli Make Business for the Florist Showing It. 



soaking with the hose. This starts tne 

 irises into immediate growth. 



The Yucca. 



The yucca is another plant with which 

 the florist can do good business, but 

 which is now largely neglected. Almost 

 anyone who has room for the plants will 

 order a few if he sees on the florist's 

 grounds such a bed as is shown in the 

 accompanying illustration, also from a 

 photograph made on the grounds of Mr. 

 Simmons, at Kenosha. This bed con- 

 tains about fifty plants, but only one 

 corner of the bed shows in the illustra- 

 tion. They are 8 years old and planted 

 in the poorest sandy soil on the place, 

 which suits the yucca excellently; they 

 are six to eight feet high. Early in 

 the spring a liberal supply of manure 

 is spaded into the ground and the bed 

 is given a liberal soaking. After this 

 little attention is needed until the next 

 spring, as they stand a great deal of dry 

 weather. Mr. Wilcott has the bed plant- 

 ■ed with the butterfly weed, Asclepias 

 tuberosa, and the cardinal flower, Lobelia 

 <iardinalis, which give a succession of 

 good effects, as all three are hardy 

 plants. The yuccas are planted two and 

 one-half feet apart and remain in bloom 

 nearly all summer. 



The florist who wishes to handle 

 yuccas can buy a stock of plant^ for his 

 own grounds from almost any leading 

 nursery. He then can propagate an 

 abundance of stock for sale, from off- 

 sets or by using stem-cuttings, or the 

 rhizomes, which may be cut into short 

 lengths and rooted in the cutting bench. 



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Wichita, Kan. — A. E. Davidson 

 building an addition 35x66 feet. 



MiDDLEBURY, Vt. — Page F. Potter 

 has begun the erection of a greenhouse 

 20x75 on Elm street. 



STCX3CS AND SNAPDRAGON. 



Could I sow ten weeks' stocks now and 

 have them blooming in pots at Easter, 

 1909! What temperature? Also the 

 same for snapdragon? K. E. G. 



It is rather too early to sow stocks for 

 Easter. Start them early in December. 

 A temperature of 45 to 50 degrees at 

 night will suit both these an^ snap- 

 dragons. Sow the latter at once, oVj. bet- 

 ter still, if you can secure good cuttings, 

 get them into a propagating bench at 

 once. The snapdragons will not give you 

 much flower before Easter if sown now. 

 C.W. 



FLOWER SUNDAY. 



Flower Sunday is observed in a large 

 number of cemeteries, especially in the 

 east, as a second Memorial day, and 

 wherever given the proper trial is prov- 

 ing a great success. It is up to the 

 cemetery officials to start the movement. 

 They should send out a printed notice 

 to each lot owner and should make the 

 same preparations as are made for Me- 

 morial day. Where this has been done 

 for two or three years in succession, it 

 has been found that more flowers were 

 brought to the cemeteries on Flower 

 Sunday than ever were on Memorial day. 

 One reason for this, of course, is that 

 so many more outdoor flowers are avail- 

 able, but wherever flowers are used the 

 florist gets his share of the benefit. 



In speaking of the observance of the 

 day, Charles H. Vinal, chairman of the 

 cemetery board, at New Bedford, Mass., 

 said: 



"We take the Sunday after Labor 

 day for the observance of Flower Sun- 

 day. It is the time just before the 

 winter's frost, when nearly every family 

 has an abundance of flowers growing in 

 private gardens. On Memorial day, as 



a rule, there are not many flowers in 

 this section, and the people have to resort 

 to the greenhouses for their decorations. 

 This, of course, necessitates an extra 

 expense which Flower Sunday avoids. 

 The board is having its lawns and plots 

 trimmed so that Flower Sunday deco- 

 rators will have surroundings that look 

 as well as on Memorial day." 



DAISIES FOR CUT FLOWERS. 



Will you kindly tell me how to grow 

 daisies for cut flowers, what temperature 

 is required, what varieties are best, etc.t 

 B. D. S. 



We presume you refer to the Paris 

 daisies. Chrysanthemum frutescens, more 

 commonly known as marguerites. These 

 may be had in bloom from Christmas 

 until Memorial day. Cuttings rooted 

 now will give you nice blooming plants 

 for Easter. For early blooming, in De- 

 cember, January and February, cuttings 

 should be rooted in the spring and car- 

 ried over summer in pots, pinching the 

 shoots regularly and removing all flow- 

 er buds as they appear. A temperature 

 such as you give carnations will suit 

 daisies, but they can be grown 10 de- 

 grees lower if required. The heat should 

 never exceed 55 degrees at night and 

 50 degrees is better. 



If you want quantities of fine flow- 

 ers for cutting, plant your stock in shal- 

 low benches, or stand the pots on soil 

 and let them root through. The best 

 whites are Queen Alexandra and Corona- 

 tion. There are two good yellows; one 

 named Etoile d'Or has smaller flowers 

 than the other variety, but flowers more 

 freely and makes a nicer pot plant. 



C. W. 



Adrian, Mich. — L. S. McKenzie is 

 starting in the business here. 



