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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OlIOHKK 1. 1 ill 18. 



l»r(iti-i>iini to <l(i liis pint 1(i\\:iril sjircud- 

 iii^ till' news lliiit fall is the Ijcsl time 

 lo iilaiil liavdy stock. 



I'x'causc llic nisli (if spiin;; woik usu- 

 ally la.xcs cvciy resource, tlie opportunity 

 is not yrcat to increase tlie business with 

 profit- in antunin it pays to push; tlirr«'"s 

 profit ill cvc'-y extia ilollar. Jt j>ays to 

 achcrtiso for onlers t'or autuinii i)laiit- 

 inj;. I'l'ctty nearly every llorist nowa- 

 ilays liamlles liarily stock. 



'J'lu> Clcoiye Witt hold Co., ('liicatio, 

 "loL's an ciiornioiis business in ])laiitinjj;, 

 ))Ut yot>s out for more in fall. The ac- 

 (!Oin])aiiyinjj; illustration shows a folder 

 recently mailed to all former customers 

 and t(i a Inryi' list of prospective patrons. 

 Tlie printinjr \vas in two colors, to re- 

 produce autumn tints, and the circular 

 could not help l)ut fix the reader's mind 

 on the .subject of '"IManting Now — for 

 Spring." In order to save cost of en- 

 vtdopes. the circular was folded in such 

 a way that the opposite edj-es tucked to- 

 getlier and tlu^ adilress and stamp were 

 placed directly on the back of tlie cir- 

 cular, where the smaller illustration was 

 ]>rinted. The circular was desiffned and 

 printed by ('. K. K'icliardson, L'(»3 Mar- 

 (juette buildiny. ('liicaijo, who makes a 

 ^i.pecialty of this (dass of work. 



PHLOX AND OTHER PERENNIALS. 



Will you lie kind enough to give me 

 some information on the projtagation of 

 hardy phlox, ])iiiks. Shasta daisies and 

 lianly mums, liere in (,'olorado ? 1 should 

 like to grow some in coldfnimes, so as 

 to liave .')-iiich pot plants by the early 



part of .\pril. When ought the stock to 

 be potted from \\liicli the cuttings are 

 to be taken .' 



Can Sliaslas be started early in cold- 

 franu's, so as to liaxc blooms for iJecora- 

 tion day.' It' so, when shouhl tliev be 

 I.otted?' \v. (;.'s. 



The inlluences of Colorado weather on 

 vegetation in general are so adversely 

 diirerent from that of the more genial 

 conditions of the eastern states, that in 

 the c(>nsideration of artificial propaga- 

 tion of i)hlo.\, and other ])erennials of a 

 kindred nature, it l)econies imperative 

 that we adopt a more jmlicious proce- 

 dun; in regard to shade, moisture, venti- 

 lation and other environtnents necessary 

 to successful n»sidts. 



The ])aniculata family of phlox are 

 pasily multiplied l)y divisions of stools, 

 cuttings from outdoor growth, or, better, 

 by bringing the (diunps into the cold 

 greenhouse and taking tlio young growth 

 from them. Layering the summer growth 

 of scarce or tlesirable kinds is occasion- 

 ally resorted to, and in some instances 

 root cuttings are taken from varieties 

 that are strong in root action. 



I'e'-haps the most jirolific way of in- 

 creasing stock and raising new varieties 

 is l)y sowing the seed eveiv year, but the 

 best and most practical method, in my 

 estim.ition, is the di\ision of clumj)s. 

 In this ])rocedure every eye or stem 

 means a new jilant, and from this char- 

 acter of growth or stock (juicker results 

 art,' attained. After the flowering wood 

 is somewhat ripened, in the late fall, is a 



Plant No^v — Shrubs, Plants 

 and Trees — for Spring 



Fall w tiic Dt»t titD< to punt SKrub». Trtrs »ncl PUnt!- ivr Sprinf. 

 Xliry arc la tnc ottt cooaitiOB inrn D^caux its Nature t time fur 



Evcrytdistf can be Aone without ru«b or Kurry. You can 9cUct 

 your varieties; o«ciac wKerr you * ant tKcm set and b< all rfady next 

 SpnB|. 



I akc "timV by tnc forelock Make your plao* aow. Select your 

 vanctica of SoruD*. Treei aad Plant* and nextSpnag you will be con- 

 tfratulating yourveif on your foretkou^fbt 



Maybe, you nave oao aome plan in your mnd for tbe last two or three 

 •eaaons for lixiag up your laws, ana all you lacked was a convenieat way to 

 bnal It about Now. all you bave to do la to pbone ua Lake Vifw 557 

 aad wc wiU and a man who will arranfe all the details and give you aa 

 catimatc of tbc coat — ^all without chaqtc 



Wc do Cradiog. Sodding. Tranaplantinf ta fact everything in conncctioa 

 with Laadacapc GardcniBg 



Sena for our htuutifuf eatalo^ut It 

 It ^rintta tn mx cohort It ^tvea tkt cowi- 

 mon and Latin namt» of all tkt Jeitrahft 

 Stirubt. ireet unj Plant) Jt <iivts a 

 Jttat^eJ dttcr-iptfon of tacn. tnt ixmct l>mt of h/oomtn^. tkt ne>gkt at *raturtt^ 

 and (Ac p<tu)iar-itie» of «ack You'll ht tur^rtttJ anJ Jrft^kteJ u,tfi tkt 

 tnforwiat'on ft contatnt 



Do* t forfn aknrt Tulip* or Hy«iM«tlu 



N»tkinf I* prettier or more to b« ftdmrtJ 



PkA»« u« tor frt««* or Ui u« k«*( ■ 



PHONE TODAY -LAKE VIEW 537 



THE GEO. WITTBOLD CO 



1657-59 BUCKINGHAM PLACE 



CHICAGO 



firiAch NurMrv N'aMti A' Cratral St Evauton PhovOT E«aA*toii 029 C^ Witnctu 17M 1,-7- ' - 



It is Good Business to Push for Fall Planting Orders. 



yood tiin(> to di<^ np the eluinps and 

 hej^in tiie dperatioii of enttin<i; or tearing 

 ap.'.it. Tlie y<iuii^ division can be either 

 jilanted in shalhiu Hats tor a few months 

 and Ihen potte<l n[> into '2,\->-\nch or 3- 

 inch ])eis. or tiiey can he at once pnt 

 into small jiots, according to size or 

 strciiglli of roots, and grown along in the 

 cool grecnhonse until early spring, when 

 tli(\v can he liar<lened olV in coldfrarnes. 

 i'rojiagating from cnttings is a simple 



Plant now 

 — for Spring 



Cover of a "Wittbold Folder. 



and etl'ectual way of increasing stock, 

 providing the facilities are anywhere 

 nearly correct for doing so. A cool and 

 partially shaded location, where the air 

 will not directly strike the cnttings be- 

 fore they arc rooted, will be suitable 

 for the operation, and a temperature of 

 50 degrees in the sand will bring better 

 results, although it may take a longer 

 time to do so, than if forced in a higher 

 temperature. 



To obtain good wood for this line of 

 l)ro])agation, the oM chinips should be 

 divided into smaller j)articles and plant- 

 ed in Hats or on tlif greenhouse bench, 

 and carried in a healthy growing tem- 

 perature of from 4.") to 55 degrees. As 

 the new growth advances into a par- 

 tially lirm wood, the cuttings can be 

 taken off and j)ut into the sand. Make 

 the cutting W(dl down near the base, 

 where the growth is most firm but not 

 too hard, and a quick callus will follow. 

 As the cuttings form roots, pot up into 

 small pots and shift into larger ones as 

 it becomes necessary, and by springtime 

 a summer blooming plant will be devel- 

 oped, it is necessary to keep the young 

 jdant from exposure to frost until it 

 li.as developed consi<Ierable root action, 

 or partially lilleij the pot with roots. 



The propagation of Chrysanthemum 

 maximum and all irs speci(>s is somewhat 

 siinilai' to that of the phlox. Suflice it 

 to remark, th.it whih- all stooling [)eren- 

 nials similar in nature to those herein 

 referred to can be readily propagated as 

 described, they must not be hurried 

 along in a temperature suitable to soft- 

 wooded be(ldirig plants. 



< hiysantheniiim Indicum, C Sinense 

 and (-thers of the primitive type are 

 ])artiaily hardy in (olorado, but only so 

 under the most favorable conditions of 

 asjiect and protection. The improved 

 dapanese types do not sii<M'eed to any 

 degree outdoors. All \arieties are best 

 propagated from the suckers or young 

 growths that sfiring up from the ground. 

 Late winter to spring is the best time 

 to take tlie cnttings. 



To bloom the Shasta daisy in the 

 s|iring in coMframes, it is necessary to 

 get the plants well established in their 

 peiinanenl ipiaiteis (|uite early in the 

 fall anil to give them vigilant care dur- 

 ing the unseasonable .and trying j>eriod 

 of our winter iiiontlis in ('idorado. 



.Toiix Hkkrv. 



