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Green Goods House of C. P. Mueller, 'Wichitat Kan. 



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 Hamilton, Mt. Washington, Md., May 26, 1909. 



WORKING UP STpCK. 



In our garden we have a dark blue 

 violet of exquisite perfume; so much so 

 that the odor scents the air twenty feet 

 from the plant. We have sold them to 

 local florists, and one florist who saw 

 them growing in the open air and learned 

 that they were hardy, went into ecstasy; 

 all who have seen them express great sur- 

 prise. "We also have the ordinary kind 

 of violet, which is hardy and of a lighter 

 hue, but absolutely without perfume. 



We find there is a great demand here 

 among florists and the better class of 

 people for a violet such as we have. We 

 planted them only for our own accommo- 

 dation and they have spread so that we 

 now have several hundred plants in per- 

 fect condition, without disease or insects 

 of any kind. This spring they came into 

 bloom early in May; I am not certain 

 but some were in bloom the latter part 

 of April, and we did not learn of their 

 commercial value until about a week be- 

 fore they ceased blooming; the original 

 plant, wii^ given to my wife, she was 

 told was fiu- "English" violet and I had 



no knowledge that it might be anything 

 else. 



Is there some special method of cul- 

 ture by which the plants could be more 

 rapidly multiplied than by permitting 

 nature to follow its regular course? The 

 plant is now entirely out of bloom, other- 

 wise would send you sample. I am also 

 informed that these plants bloom twice a 

 year. E. K. H. 



You do not state whether your violets 

 are single or double. There is a double, 

 dark blue variety which is hardy in your 

 latitude (central New York), often called 

 the double Bussiau. It flowers late, has 

 rather short stems, a heavy odor and 

 comes in crop about the time you men- 

 tion. There are one or two single, dark 

 blue varieties which will winter outdoors. 



Apart from seeding, violets are readily 

 propagated by division of the plants, or 

 from runners. This should b« done as 

 soon as the flowering season is over. The 

 runners or divisions should be placed in 

 a coldframe and kept well watered and. 

 shaded until they root, when they can be 

 planted outdoors. 



I have an idea that the violet you have 

 is . one which is not at all a winter 

 bloomer if grown under glass, merely 

 giving a spring crop when the other vio- 

 lets are over. I do not think any of the 

 violets give two crops a year. There may 

 be a few scattering flowers other than in 

 spring, but the flowers are really all pro- 

 duced in April or Rfay. The violets 

 grown commercially, such as Marie 

 Louise, Campbell and Princess of Wales, 

 flower from early October until the end 

 of April. C. W. 



SWEET PEAS AND VIOLETS. 



I am thinking of using a house 19x32, 

 with four feet of head-room at the eaves, 

 for sweet peas and violets, Would you 

 advise growing these two crops together, 

 or can you suggest something better to 

 grow in the same house for cut blooms. 

 The sweet peas we find profitable and 

 what we want is a good cut flower to 

 grow with them, and something that 

 would require, of course, the same amount 

 of heat. W. C. F. C. 



If you have only four feet of head- 

 room, you had better not attempt to grow 

 sweet peas. To grow the latter you 

 should have not less than six to eight feet 

 of head-room. Sweet peas, if in solid 

 beds, will grow ten to twelve feet high, 

 and in raised benches want far more 

 head-room than you can give them. A 

 good crop to grow with your violets would 

 be Spanish iris. You can either grow 

 these in benches by themselves, or dot the 

 bulbs among the violets. You will find 

 these an excellent market flower and the 

 bulbs are so inexpensive as to be within 

 reach of anyone. You can use such sorts 

 as Chrysolora, golden yellow; Mont 

 Blanc, pure white; Louise, pale blue, and 

 Comte de Nassau, dark blue. Gladioli of 

 either the Gandavensis or nanus type is 

 another crop you could grow. If you do 

 not want any of these bulbous flowers, 

 mignonette will succeed well in a violet 

 temperature, doing better in a solid bed 

 than in benches. C. W. 



Adams, Mass. — A. J. Boothman, the 

 North Summer street florist, has started 

 to build his fourth greenhouse. It will 

 be about the same size as the ones pre- 

 viously, erected. All will be connected. 



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