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Decrmbbr 3, 1908.' 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Wreath of Violets, Roses and Orchids* 



The cloth was trimmed with bows of yel- 

 low ribbon and sprays of adiantums. 

 Above the table was suspended an elec- 

 tric light dome, with four yellow lights, 

 which made a beautiful effect. 



DEUTZIAS AND SPIRAEAS. 



What treatment shall we give Deutzia 

 gracilis and Spiraea Anthony Waterer, 

 Holland grown, to have them in for 

 Easter? The deutzias are pot grown. 

 M. & C. 



Pot up the deutzias and Spiraea An- 

 thony Waterer as soon as you receive 

 them. Be sure the balls are well soaked 

 with water before potting, if dry. Keep 

 them in a cool frame or pit until they are 

 wanted for forcing. If they get a little 

 rrost it will not harm the shoots, but pro- 

 tect the pots with straw or leaves. To 

 have Deutzia gracilis in nice bloom for 

 i-aster you should allow it from six to 

 seven weeks. Hard forcing will then be 

 unnecessary. Start in a temperature of 55 

 degrees at flight. In such a house they 

 should come in flower for Easter, 1909, 

 >r you start them about February 20. 



It is better to remove the plants, when 

 expanded, to a cooler house. 



Spiraea Anthony Waterer takes a little 

 longer time than the deutzia to flower; 

 better allow it two months. It is a less 

 satisfactory forcing plant than the deut- 

 ziaj but if your plants are pot grown 

 they should do all right. Of course, each 

 of these shrubs can be had in bloom in 

 a shorter period by hard forcing. You 

 will not then, however, have as stocky and 

 serviceable plants as if grown cooler. 



C. W. 



SWEET PEAS FOR APRIL. 



We have a house', 32x200, in which 

 we wish to plant sweet peas. When 

 should we plant so as to have the crop 

 off by April 15 f Would it be advisable 

 to plant the seed in flats and transplant? 

 What varieties are most in demand in 

 the wholesale markets? How far apart 

 should the rows be, and bow close in 

 the row should the plants be? R. B. 



By running your rows lengthwise of 

 the house you can plant five rows, allow- 



ing them six feet between the rows. You 

 can have an additional row by reducing 

 the width to five feet, but we would ad- 

 vise allowing but five rows to the house. 

 You can either start your seeds in flats 

 or sow directly in the rows; the former 

 method we like best. Avoid too thick 

 planting. If you set out the little seed- 

 lings in a single line two inches apart, 

 they will give you far better returns than 

 if you plant closer. Thinner planting 

 will give you stronger haulm and much 

 longer flower stalks. A night tempera- 

 ture of 46 to 50 degrees suits sweet 

 peas, the higher figure being to their 

 liking while in bloom. 



Peas sown now will bloom longer than 

 April 15. Get your seed in at once and 

 restrict yourself to a few varieties. The 

 regular forcing sweet peas are not numer- 

 ous. For white use Mont Blanc or Flor- 

 ence Denzer; another good forcing vari- 

 ety is Watchung. Christmas Pink, pink 

 and white, is the earliest of its color. 

 Earliest of All comes in a little later. 

 The two foregoing colors take best in 

 the markets. Mrs. Alex. Wallace, lav- 

 ender; Sunbeams, pale yellow, and Mrs. 



