:mav iio, i!)oi). 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



MuniMs expand fully. Jiiivcrs lia\i' been 



klHlUll to rct'uSI' tlll-lll ;,'>; f |M'1I. fl^ 



iiiiny rliiit tlit'v woiiM ]„■ j,ast tlicir priiiie 

 ^.\licn wanted for us,. 'Pliis is not tlic 

 rase. 'I'lic dowci' \i]w<\ \u' cut o|ien aM<l 

 will stand nincli Ioiim,.|- than any other 

 of the eut llowei- varietii'S. without pass 

 iiiy beyond its inosl -alahle shape. 



CHATENAY. 



.\ year and a half .-ion the Chatenay 

 rose was possilily nioic abundant than 

 any other in the Chicago wholesale eut 

 Hower market. Tin- was in the autumn 

 of 19(17. Ail that fall Chatenay was over- 

 almndant and its selling price lower than 

 that of any other rosr offered in ({nan 

 tity. ('hatenjiy fell fidin yrace with the 

 yiowers tliat season, ami last sin'inj;, 

 when time foi- I'eplaiitiny came around, 

 only a few I'etained the \ariety; the yreat 

 majority jjave its space to Killarney. al 

 though some fell liack on the old stand- 

 hys. Maid and Bride. In the stvisoii now 

 i|rawinj>- toward a close few Chatenay 

 have lieen seen in the <'|iica>fo market and 

 there has been no special call for tlio 

 small numbers that were a\ailable; iiardjy 

 e\er is an order recei\('(| that calls specif- 

 ically for Chatenay. The result has been 

 that th(> |>rice reali/.id has been low. 



In pr(^|)arations tor replantinj; foi- tlie 

 season of Utnit-lo ( hateiiay is being 

 dioji]ied by almost all the growers who 

 liaxf not alrt>ady discaiiled it. Its sun 

 is set, altliough so yood a .pidgi' as 

 .\ugust Poehlmann says it will rise again, 

 lint for cut flower purjioses, so far as 

 the jiresent is c(nicei iinl. it is jibont to go 

 the wav of Meteor and Liberty. 



STERILIZING SOIL. 



>>iiice g I soil I- sii ditiicull to obtain 



Ill-re. 1 iiad thon<;lii of lictting pijie and 

 ha\ ing a sterilizer made, and keeping (he 

 san:e soil in anothoi year, .•idding ma 

 iiiiri'. \\"h;it do y,iii lliink of it.' Has 

 it been |ini\en lliat llir productiveness 

 lit' the soil is nnl i iil crfcrcd \vith li\' 

 sterilizing.' ()iii lovi- liaxe some eel 

 worms (>\-ery sea-nn. ;nid I 1 lionuht |i\' 

 the abo\i- proi-e-- it cuiild b,. pre\en1<'il. 

 *>ui' sdil here i- ot ,1 linn, letmtivc iia 

 line, and line I'm ici-cs if eel vvorni- 

 ciiiihl be pre\ riiteil. .1 , W. | '. 



There is soiih' o'lillirt nt' trstiinoii\ in 

 leoard to the rll'.'ii .if -t iTi 1 iza I ii in on 

 till' |iiddiict i\ ily "t -nil. M.aiiv (if ihe 

 leading \egetalih' i;idweis would not 

 think to plant ciiiinnbiT or li'itucc crops 

 without stcrili/:it ion. < liic prinninciit 

 grower lately told nie that it madi' hi- 

 soil as good a- new While their is piai-- 

 tical unainmily nl npiiiion i-oiicerriing its 

 liiiieticcnt idl'cct- on -(nis to be nseil for 

 indoor veyi'tablc niltiire. sumo rose men 

 li^ht shy ot' it. \''<v s,,nie reason. Speak- 

 iii<; for niyscll'. 1 winiM iinliesit;it i n:4lv 

 re(-omniend its ii-i- for (leaiiiig out eel 

 worms and other -oil pi-st-. | ||;|\,. tij,.,! 

 it on composts n-ed l'(0- main xarielies. 

 and lia\e ne\er seen an\- ill elfects from 

 its use. but alwa.Ns the l-e\(M-se. 



'i'he (|uestion of whether steriliz;ii ion 

 and the aildition of nianiii-e wi|| |„. ;,s 

 satisfactory as new soil, I niiisl. how 

 e\m-, answei- in the negatixe. lietler "o 

 to the additiiuial i-<i--^t of securing fresh 

 loam. It will pa\ ,\ou in the end. Spi-e;id 

 yodi- old loam on grass l.-nni. This (-an 

 be plowed up and used again a coujile 

 of years hence. \\ hen it h;is made some 

 edod fiber. I'se new soil, by all means, 

 ami do not be atraid to sterilj/,. jf |„. 

 fore planting. ( '. 



American Beauties Grown Under Glass at New Orleans. 



ALLAMANDAS. 



These Are Splendi(i Climbers. 



.\llaiiianda- .-irc :iinoiij_; 'lie nm-i luaii 

 titui ol' e\ot i(- (-limber-. What iihii-e 

 (•llal■mill^ pi(-tiire .-an be iiiia^^ined tlian .-i 

 big (-oiise|-\ ,-i| (MV wllli pill.-ii- and i.iol 

 festiKOIed with the lo\e|\ \rlloW tli.wel- 

 carried b\ llie-e poplll:M -lo\e plant-' 

 While (-' piiinioiil \ c-la--ed a- iNoti,--, .•illa- 

 inainlas will thii\e and llnwi-r ben iit i I'mH \ 

 in an olili li,-||-\ L;l'eelllloU-e. and ei' liel 

 planted out ol ill tub- I he\ \ leld a we.dtli 

 111' bloom I'ol -e\ei:il niolilli-. The tlow 

 ers are nsel'nl t'or I.-ible dercniit imi- ;iiid 

 can be elfecli\el\ n-ed in llor,-|| ,||.^i^n-. 

 it' carefnIK w ireil. 



'ihii; x\iili cidtoii-. drara-M.-i-. .-.-i l:i m i , i in- 

 a Ihl I it hei w a lint li lo\ i n^ -ii b |ei t -. I lh\ 



will ni:ike I ,-| phi ;^roW I li it I l|e\ ;i 1,' -\ I 



I n-i il 1 1\ el I a.-ii :i I'le,] ,-i n.l ; . - I. 



inoi-t lii-al biitileil iip, 



A Reason for Failure. 



Ma n \ I'-i i i \x i! ii alia ma nd.-i - Ilii . ii,- ', n. il 

 :i lliiw I n^ I hi -11 1 til I M .-. line \v 1 1 1 I ! p. 1, 1. 1 II' 

 w iiilei'. The water -iippl\ -liuiild I .e -; :ii| 

 iiallx rediii-eil atli'i \.i\einliei. ;iii.l l.\- 

 I lie ea |-1\ p,-i rl ol' .1 a n 11.1 1 \ I li. pla nl - 

 -lioii Id be kept I ea I K diw . Tli. pi iiii 11:^ 



a lid 1 ep'i! t i 11^ i- I.I be . {i ille I'.-i I 1\ II, 

 Maieli an. I .•;l|-ellli Vi .-i I eri li;_; I- |,..,,.^--| I \ 

 until t he pla III - III e;ik I I eel\ . A ' |i, .- 

 ■lit the pl.-int- .-lie ;^rowin;^ -Iiim^lv -in. I 



The most nsel'nl .-illamanda I'm pot | ,-iic .-ilica.h .online; into tluw.i. A li_;iil 



dl,-|.|e X\ ill III benelicial. bill ;.;! ' !• 1 he 



plant- ;i plac. well up i,, ih,. Iioh, An 



culture is the dwarl .\ . Willianisi. intio 



duced by the late \\. S. Williams. ,-ii .on- 



lime a noted dealer in e\ol i(-- .-it I'ppei .iinple w.-;tei -iippb ami li.|iiiil iiimimiii' 



I lollow ,-|\'. l,(Uidon. at whose e-t.-iblisli twice .-i week will be nee.le.l wli.n tin 



ment many good piesi-ut day e;ii,|,.ners 



and tloi-ist- have had -ome tiainiiie Thi- 



allamtinda (-arries smallei tlowcr- iiian 



pot- .-lie tilled Willi loot-. I '1,-nil- ill 



bo^es. tub- or ;lir ground -iinnhi h,-i\e .-i 

 liberal top dressine. i I tin- li,i- not \.M 

 tlu- climbing \;irieties. but blo(mis \\\\v\\ ! been ei\eii. Theii- i- no better \aiiet\ 

 small, .-ind ;i plant in an *^ iin-li or In im-h | foi crnidnn^ than tin- old .\. 1 leinler-oii i . 

 ]iot. which ha- been car(d'ully pim-lied | with its l:iree. ooldeii \cl|.iw tlie\ei- 



aiid well grown, make- a splendid de.-o \ ,-,.„ ,.,..,,.^ .,^,, ^^,, |,|. ,,,,,,,! ,,,,, ^, 



ralive sub.ie(-l, far too seldom s in oar i ;, llama nd.-i-. The snunner w.-i- ,-i -pe.i.-i II \- 



high-class stores. ^ ' ,,.,|,|,| ,,,„, .,,,,1 ,|„,^ liovveied piofn-, 1\. 



There is no spe(-ial diltit-ulty in rooting ; being oc(-a-ioiia ll\ w,-itered. Tin- ile\(..rs 

 tind growing allam.-indas. In a brisk bot in the t'ull -un took on n -lio||i|\ bion/x 



tom heat they \\ill root as readily as i hue. whi(-li. however, w.-i- plea-ine. [i 

 (-|-(dons or di-aca-nas. Keep tinan moving i will jiay anv retail Mori-t to ^row one oi 

 in a w.-irm. moist house, ;in(| after tlie [ t w o allamanda-. Tlie\ liow .-i- w Inn ii,-i|l\- 

 middle of .lune pl;ice thetn in a t'rame. I (-lioii-e lloWers are srafi-e ,-iii.l », ill be 

 \viiei-e they can be plunged, and lii com- loiiiid e\treiiiel\ n-et'id. 



