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Tbbhdary 11, 1909. 



The Weddy florists' Review. 



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Geranium Mazine Kovalevskt. 



middle of April, giving you a fine crop 

 from the end of May until July. 



Of !the spring and summer flowering 

 Japanese varieties, I have found lanci- 

 folium album, roseum, rubrum, also Lil- 

 ium aureum, the easiest to grow, ready 

 sellers as pot plants and very useful as 

 fancy cut flowers. Plant your fresh stock 

 (luring the vfrinter months; a latfe plant- 

 ing may not give the expected results. 

 I would not recommend the planting of 

 cold storage bulbs of any variety during 

 sumrafer, because they bring only from 

 one to three flowers and a great many^ 

 lose their flowering germ entirely. North- 

 ern cold storage stock of Lilium gigan- 

 teum for early winter is all right. 



Iris His p aoica and Tftberotes. 



6. Iris Hispanica, in the previously 

 named varieties, cannot "be highly enough 

 recommended as a prolific bloomer. Plant 

 the bulbs during the middle of October 

 in the open ground, not too low located, 

 in medium rich soil, one inch and a half 

 apart in the rows and about five inches 

 from row to row, and cover them a little 

 over an inch with soil. Give a good 

 watering after planting. Keep the bulbs 

 partly dry in the beginning, but, as soon 

 as the growths start, do not allow them 

 to get dry. The flowering season lasts 

 from the middle of March until the mid- 

 dle of April, which often happens to be 

 Easter time, when such flowers are most 

 in demand. 



7. Tuberoses, single, are the only ones 

 to plant successfully and profitably in 

 the south. The bulbs are to be planted 

 in rows during the month of March, 

 either single or in clumps, according to 

 the Stock and space on hand, in a rich 

 soil with a facility to drain oflf during 

 heavy rains. After the plants are grow- 

 ing, water well during dry spells and es- 

 pecially when they are in bloom. The 

 flowering season lasts from July until 

 sometimes the end of November, provid- 

 ing we have not too wet a spring or 

 summer, which proves always disastrous 

 for tuberoses. The flowers of this spe- 

 cies open freely and the spikes are more 

 graceftil than the ones of the dotfble vari- 

 ety. I>et the plants dry off when the sea- 



son is over, dig them up in clumps and 

 store away in a cool, dry place until the 

 'shipping and planting season begins. 



Banunculus, anemones, double and sin- 

 gle; tulips, double and single; Scilla 

 Sibirixsa, crocus, Lilium candidum, etc., 

 are not profitable to grow below a lati- 

 tude of 32 degrees, because these bulbs 

 require a more severe winter to get well 

 rooted, in order to produce good, salable 

 fliowers. 



In concluding my article, I may add 

 that the aforesaid methods of growing 

 flowers from bulbs in the south are prac- 

 ticed by -me at the present time, after 

 an experience of about three years up 

 north and fifteen years in the south. 

 Although this culture is very widely 

 known, it would give me great pleasure 

 and gratification if these few remarks 



would in some way or anothel* Tie of as- 

 sistance to aiiy member of the New Or- 

 leans Horticultural Society. 



EDUCATION IN FLORICULTURE. 



A Correspondence Course. 



I noticied in the Review of January 21 

 an inquiry by G. T. D. about a corre- 

 spondeiioe course in floriculture, land- 

 Scape gai'dening, etc. In reply I would 

 say that if G. T. D, will address the 

 Home Correspondence School, Sjitingfield, 

 Mass., he will receive the information 

 he desires. 



I have just finished taking a course in 

 landscape gardening and found it quite 

 a help. William Geriaoh. 



More Details. 



In the Eeview of January 21, G. T. 

 D. inquires whether there are any agri- 

 cultural schools that give coifrespond- 

 ence courses in floriculture or landscape 

 gardening. I would inform him that the 

 Home Correspondence School, Main 

 street, Springfield, Mass., gives one or 

 both of the foregoing courses, or a 

 course on carnation culture, any one of 

 the three- for $12 cash) or $15 on the 

 monthly payment plan — $3 down and $3 

 per month. The same school also has a 

 cdurse in horticulture for $20 cash or 

 $25 in monthly payments. 



I can speak from experience as to the 

 course in landscape gardening. It con- 

 sists of seventeen lessons, taken from 

 Maynard 's ' ' Landscape' Gardening. ' ' 

 .The. course Is gotten up by Professors 

 Craig and Coit, of Cornell University. 

 It is a great help to beginners and well 

 worth the money. 



Anyone taking one or all of these 

 courses, plus Scott 's * ' Florists ' Manual ' ' 

 and the BBview, will be on the road to 

 success, if he keejps his ^es and ears 

 open and is not afraid to ask questions. 

 Ernest L. Johnson. 



At Pennsylvania's State College. 



At the Pennsylvania State College a 

 practical course already is given in the 



Geranium Duke of Bedford. 



