

OCTOBXB 8, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Casket Bouquet Containins Three Dozen Bride Roses. 



flower, takes well in the markets. Prin- 

 ceps is an inexpensive variety, still much 

 grown; it lacks substance, but is worth 

 growing where it is desired to give a 

 good sized bunch for a low price. Other 

 Trumpet varieties, which sell in a mod- 

 erate way, are: Emperor, Empress, Vic- 

 toria and Horsfieldii. Among the me- 

 dium Trumpet varieties Barri Conspicu- 

 us, Sir Watkin and Mrs. Langtry are 

 three of the best. Poeticus and its 

 early flowering variety, ornatus, can 

 hardly be left out of any list of de- 

 sirable forcing narcissi. It is a great 

 pity that the merits of the medium and 

 short cupped varieties are not more ap- 

 preciated in the markets, as they are in 

 Europe. 



Miscellaneous Bulbs. 



Tlie English iris is not so good for 

 forcing as the Spanish varieties. Of the 

 latter, Chrysolora, Thunderbolt, Louise 

 and Formosa are a good quartette. These 

 are always popular at the better class 

 stores in late winter and early spring. 

 Gladiolus Colvillei The Bride, and Blush- 

 ing Bride, Cardinalis, Peach Blossom 

 and the popular nanus section are all 

 fine for forcing in flats. Sweet-scented 

 jonquils, of which Rugulosus and Cam- 

 pernelle are good, and Polyanthus Nar- 

 cissus Soleil d'Or and Grand Monarque 

 are acceptable varieties, especially where 

 a local retail trade is done. There are 

 many other Dutch bulbous plants worthy 

 of culture, but commercially they are of 

 small importance. 



Storing Bulbs* 



The question of properly storing bulbs 

 when once they are in the soil is an im- 

 portant one. Frequently they are stood 

 outdoors covered with soil or ashes and 

 later protected from frost. Good bulbs 

 can be grown treated thus; for the more 

 northerly states, however, we have a 

 decided preference for the protection of 

 a cellar or frame, the former being 

 the best. In such a place the flats or 

 pota will not become saturated with 

 water in case we get a wet fall, and often 

 failures in culture are directly traceable 

 to winter storage in the open. It must, 

 however, be remembered that bulbs 

 should never be buried in cinders or soil 

 iirectly after they have been watered, 

 "jet this covering stay off for a month 



at least, during which time the bulbs will 

 require one or two additional soakings. 

 To too little water at the roots in the 

 early stages of growth are to be at- 

 tributed not a few failures in bulb cul- 

 ture. 



Plant Early for Forcing;. 



There is no time lost yet in planting 

 bulbs in the open. In fact, the end of 

 October is early enough for most sections 

 of the United States, but for forcing it 

 is important to get the bulbs into the 

 soil as soon as possible, before they can 

 lose any of their vitality and d|) that they 

 can be making roots rather than 'fritter- 

 ing away their strength in bags or boxes. 

 If you cannot pot your bulbs at once, 

 unpack the boxes, loosen the bags and 

 spread out the contents in flats where 

 they are as cool as possible. Keep them 

 away from fire heat. How often do we 

 see bags left tied up until wanted, with 

 the result that often when opened the 

 whole is a network of roots! Therefore, 

 remem*ber that it will not pay to let 

 any of your bulbs get into this condi- 

 tion. Plant early. Water thorougiily 

 and do not attempt any forcing until you 

 are sure pots and flats are full of roots. 



LORRAINE BEGONIAS. 



Can someone give me information as to 

 what treatment Begonia Gloire de Lor- 

 raine should have, in regard to shade, 

 temperature and spraying! I have been 

 told that they should not be sprayed at 

 all, but fail to see how they can be kept 

 clean of mealy bug, etc., without spray- 

 ing them. C. B. 



At this stage of growth Lorraine be- 

 gonias should be in a house kept at 55 to 

 60 degrees at night. The higher tem- 

 perature will be better if you want plants 

 in good shape for Christmas. Move into 

 a cooler structure when a good number 

 of flowers have opened. A light shade 

 will still be necessary. *A heavy shade is 

 not necessary, and is positively harmful. 

 The plants require spraying at least once 

 a day during July and August, but this 

 now may be discontinued. A hand syringe 

 or fine sprayer on the hose should be 

 used. Do not use the full force of the 

 hose without a spray nozzle, or you will, 

 break. many shcu^ts.. -If you -still hav^ a 

 lot of" bugs, use Ti- spray nozzlfi'even now 

 to clean them. .Iz ' * <^' C. W. 



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A THREE DOZEN ROSE BUNCH. 



Eugene S. Myers, of Myers Brps., Al- 

 toona, Pa., made the casket bouquet 

 shown in the accompanying illustration 

 and says that if anyone can make a 

 bigger show with thirty-six Bride roses 

 he would like to see the picture of the 

 piece. Dagger ferns were used for the 

 bottom of the piece, and quite a little 

 Asparagus plumosus was workeo in, so 

 that the finished piece measured five feet 

 six inches from end to end. With the 



addition of the bow of chiffon it looked 

 like a whole lot for the money when the 

 customer paid $12 for it. Myers Bros, 

 have been in business twenty-nine years, 

 doing any sort of work iiwtwt flowers or 

 plants, but say they have never turned 

 out a more satisfactory piece with aa 

 little material. Can anybody beat itf 



WANTED-IDEAS. 



I wish the writers on retail store 

 management in the Eevikw would favor 



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