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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



tli;it I'rocsiiis arc more ot'ti'ii niiiicil by 

 liKi little \v:it('r ;it the idots tluiii too 

 imicli, ;iii(i wlicM w iit»'iinif these see that 

 the ])ims or flats are tlmiduyhiy soaked. 

 Sciatch th(^ soil occasionally ami ](iill 

 out the little weeils, which will he jileii 

 lit'iiljy .sliouiiifjj t heiiisehes Ijv this time. 



Sweet Peas. 



The early sowiiitfs (»!' sweet peas are 

 now C'omiiuMK'iiiif to climli u\> their siip- 

 jioits and will (lower a little liy the 

 lirst week in Octohor. They will jrrow 

 lietter and make stftckier iiaulins as the 

 solar heat deidines. I'lants should not 

 iia\-e hcen lelt any tliicker than two 

 or thi'ee inches apart and. it' you want 

 line llowcrs, have courage to thin wliei'e 

 Ihey have {terminated too thickly. it 

 will j)ay yon well in the end. 



This is a good time to make an addi- 

 tional sowin<> in pots where it is intended 

 lo follow oaily chrysan^hvmuins with 

 them. Keep in a cool, airy honse, or. 

 better still, a frame. Th/ seeds will 

 soon germinate and care must be taken 

 to givo tli(! little seedlings light sup 

 ports before tiny fall over. There can 

 be iH> better varieties to sow now than 

 flirisfmas Pink, Mont lUunc and Wat- 

 ehiing. It is too early to start any of 

 the regular outdoor varieties. Itnt any 

 of the ZvolaiU'k sorts can I)e sown at 

 any time. 



I )o imt give sweet |)eas any fire he;it 

 until obliged to. They will not be in- 

 jured by the temperature falling to 4."i 

 degrees on cold mornings, or even a de 

 gree or two lower. 



Marguerites. 



Ivxeollent cuttings of marguerites nie 

 now obtainable on stock plants outd(jors. 

 (let in a good butch before fros't c(mu's. 

 Tlie.se can be grown along into shaptdy 

 (> inch or 8-incli pot specimens for Master. 

 The yellow varieties, beautiful as they 

 .are, api)ear to make much blind wnotl 

 .and give much fewer cuttings than thi^ 

 white sorts. Jf some of the old plants 

 .ire oit back fairly hard now, they will 

 soon give a nice crop of suit.'ible cut- 

 tings. Selc(d those which do not show 

 Mower buds. These latter will nexcr make 

 }dants. 



I'lants carried over the sumnu'r in pots 

 m.-ike useful (jliristmas ])lants. Pinch- 

 ing of these may now be discontinued. 

 Keep tliem outdoors as late ;is jxissibh-. 



.•in<l when housed let them li;i\e a 1 



but Sunny house. 



Smilax. 



It will not pay to delay stringing the 

 benches of smilax. Pnlcss this is attend- 

 ed to before the phants start to run. 

 there will be ;ni unenviable job in trying 

 to disentangle them. If the plants .are 

 looked ov<'r once in three or four days, 

 there will be little dangei' of their run- 

 jiiug wild. 



It you are carrying (di| plant> o\er. 

 11 i< to be lioped you li;i\e not forgutti'ii 

 lo give them a mulch of wfll de<?ayed 

 manure. Sometimes cutworms are de- 

 structive on smilax. Lay poisoned sweet 

 bran as a bail for them if they ap- 

 pear. 



Stevia. 



AVliile a mere lireath of frost will kill 

 ste\ia, it should be ke|)t outdoors as 

 late as possible. The plants all should 

 have been lifted and potted before this 

 lime and slnmld st.atid in a sunny |>lace. 

 As the shoots are extremely brittle ami 

 would i»e brok(Mi or lient by wind storms, 

 place ,1 modeiately stout stake in e.-u-h pot 



Peony Wagner Park. 



;ind tie the leading shoots to it. W'iieii 

 threatened frost nei-es'-^itates the housing 

 of stexia. place in the coldest house you 

 li;i\ c. 



Propagation. 



l-'rost may come any lime after the 

 middle of September, so that it will be 

 good jKilicy to get ill batcile-; ot' cut 

 tings (if any beildiiig plants whiidi may 

 lia\( been oxcrlooked. especially those ot' 

 a tender nature, iiiclucling cideus, achy 

 ranthes. altern.'intheras. heliotropes, ci'o 

 tons, draca'iias. pandaniis ,ind abulilons. 



All ot' these root better where they can 

 have a little bottom lie;it. I )o not trouble 

 to litt any scarlet salvias. They are >o 

 lilindi more easily raided from seecl. 



Peonies. 



September is the best inolltli ill the 

 ye;ir to divide ;illi| t lauspl.MlIt peonies. 

 The giouiKr for them should be liberally 

 manured and plowed deeply. I'lants 

 should be set three to t'olir t'eet apart 

 each way. The more room they li;ive, the 

 better (di;ince is tlieii' to iJioperly ciilti- 

 vale them. I><i not luiiv the eye< over 

 four inches cleep. ,'iiid it' y(ni do ;iiiy vr- 

 t.ail trade in piniiie--. ^ee ili.-il tliev me 



correctly labeled. I'.etter ili--e;ir(| vome 



ot' the poor, vvashe.l out co|oi< and pro 

 cure from a reliable dealer v.-ni.'tie^ ot' 

 pleasing shades, wlm-li .-ire -.in, i,, .-if. 

 tract i>iircli;iser^. 



Dutch Bulbs. 



The early shipmeiit> ot l>ut'h bulbs nre 



coming to li.aml and a|«pe,ir to I t' tiin' 



ijuality. I'npack aiul lay the Imlbs ju 

 boxes oil arriv.-il until you find lime to 



get them into the soil. I'lcpaie ;i g I 



pile (d' e(nn|)ost and ^et tlat>. pots ;ilid 

 jians in readiiies>^ tor i-ompost. I'se well 

 decayed cow oi' horse nianiiii' one third, 

 or in place of it a similar piojiorlioii 

 of that from spent liotbeiK, mid two- 

 thirds filudus loam. All bulbs like ;i 

 good i>ro]>ortion of saml in the xdl and 

 a few shovels ol' soot and some line 



(diarcoal :ire also useful ingredients, al- 

 thmigli gooil bulbous llowers can be 

 grown without these Latter. It is bet- 

 ter not to use bone or .'iny (dunnical 

 fertili/.eis. These will do more barm 

 than good. In :i Later issue, the special 

 culture of the various l)nt( h biillis will 

 be referred to in det.-iil. 



PEONY WAGNER PARK. 



.\t Sidney. ().. the Wagner Park Con- 

 seiv.atoiies has for several years devoted 

 much (d' its .attention to peonies, and 

 it li.is found these one of its most satis- 

 factcuy items of stock. Although a 

 l:nge line of hardy material is grown 

 for landscape gardening, there are few 

 items whiidi alVord such op|)ortunity for 

 jirofits as does the peony: cut blooms in 

 the spring, autumn wholesale deliveries 

 of roots 1() other growers of cut blooms. 

 and pl.iiitat ions in [iraetically every job 

 ot' landscaping. 



Ill aililiti(Ui to trying out all the lead- 

 ing sorts in general cultivation, the Wag- 

 ner P.iik < 'oiiserv.atories has raised some 

 iieu soils of its own. which Inive been 

 introduced lo the trade. One of these is 

 shown ill the ,i( coiiipiinying illustration. 

 It is named for Wagner Park, where 

 1'.. I'. Wagner establisliecl his business. 

 .Mr. Warner says that this pe(uiy re- 

 sembles the .\meiic;iii Heauty rose and 

 lie coiisicleis it to st;ind .among |i(>onies 

 as the I'.eaiity does aiming I'oses. It is 

 a large, well formed (lower and can 

 be cut on stems of great length. .Vn- 

 other \;ilu:ilile variety introduced from 

 this place is nauieil .Mary Klizabeth. It 

 is bliisli white with cicaniy (Center, a 

 stroiie eiiiwcr. with Large tlowers on long, 

 st rong s! ,'uis. 



Pi,i:.\.si': discontinue my advertisements 

 of anthericums, geraniums and hydran- 

 gea cuttings in the Review, as I am 

 about sold out. Your paper certainly 

 sells the stuff.— G. E. Fixk, Roselle, 

 N. .T. 



