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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JONE 3, 1909. 





CALLAS. 



Which is the best way to grow callas 

 for cut flowers, on the ground, or in 

 wooden boxes with about four bulbs in 

 each? In the latter case, how big should 

 the box be and how deep should the 

 bulbs be planted? If set in the ground, 

 how far apart should they be planted and 

 at what time in the state of Georgia? 

 J.T. 



Callas can be successfully grown in 

 pots, boxes or benches. If you decide to 

 use boxes, a suitable size would be thirty 

 inches long, nine inches wide and six 

 inches deep inside. This would accom- 

 modate and do justice to four strong 

 bulbs. A good time to start the bulbs is 

 from the middle to the end of August. 

 If you prefer to plant in benches, use six 

 inches of soil. A mixture of three- 

 fourths fibrous loam and one-fourth rot- 

 ted cow manure will be found excellent. 

 Set the bulbs twelve inches apart each 

 way. I like to start the callas in pots 

 or boxes containing some light, sandy 

 soil, later transferring them to the 

 benches. If you decide to grow in boxes, 

 which method I would recommend in 

 preference to planting in the ground, it 

 would be well to leave these outdoors 

 until October in your state. C. W. 



DICHORISANDRA SIEBERTII. 



This species of dichorisandra cannot 

 be as well known as others of the genus, 

 for Nicholson does not mention it and 

 Bailey's Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

 merely says, "A little known plant with 

 white midribs and margins." Dichori- 

 sandras are warm house, herbaceous per- 

 ennials, some of them with handsome 

 flowers as well as foliage. The general 

 treatment of dichorisandras is a good, 

 turfy loam, with some leaf -mold added, 

 with a good supply of water when 

 started in spring and on through the 

 summer. Gradually diminish the water 

 supply in October and November. While 

 resting dry in winter, they should still 

 be kept warm, for most of them are na- 

 tives of Brazil. They need shade from 

 the hot sun. 



Ow'EGO, N. Y. — E. B. Snow will open 

 a flower store on Broad street, in this 

 place. 



Northampton, Mass. — A. B. Graves 

 reports this "the busiest season ever" 

 at his greenhouses on Bridge street, and 

 even with extra help he finds it difficult 

 to fill orders. Some improvements in the 

 place make it much more inviting. 



Middl£boro, Mass. — T. F. Creedon has 

 a fine stock of plants and ships a good 

 many of them to other towns in that 

 state. A Cape Cod newspaper says that 

 Mr. Creedon has for more than thirty 

 years been serving satisfied customers on 

 the Cape. 



SOMERSWORTH, N. H. — G. S. Ramsburg 

 had the contract for the decorations at 

 Central park this year, and - finished 

 planting them May 26. The stock at 

 his new establishment was in fine shape 

 for Memorial day, in spite of* the un- 

 avoidable delay connected with rebuild- 

 ing. 



Lynchburg, Va. — The florists of the 

 city, together with several civic organiza- 

 tions, are arranging for a chrysanthemum 

 show to be held here on November 9, 10 

 and 11. Bules will be drafted at once, 

 and attractive prizes will be offered to 

 professional and amateur chrysanthemum 

 growers. 



Marquette, Mich. — T. M. Sorensen, 

 proprietor of the Stafford Greenhouses, 

 will move his downtown branch into a 

 more suitable store as soon as it can be 

 remodeled for his use. The building will 

 be thoroughly overhauled and the interior 

 repainted enamel white, with counters 

 and cases to match. 



Hebron, Neb. — Mrs. Mary F. Lindsey 

 says that trade, both in plants and in 

 cut flowers, has increased wonderfully 

 here during the last year, and she has 

 never before had so much business as in 

 the present season. People in the small 

 towns, she says, now use flowers on all 

 occasions, and want the best that are 

 grown. 



Dichorisandra Siebertii. 



Wellesley, Mass. — The Wilson green- 

 houses have been leased by Arthur 

 Capers, who intends to make a specialty 

 of carnations. 



Adams, Mass. — Cornelius and Thomua 

 Boothman, sons of A. J. Boothman, have 

 leased a store on Park street and will 

 handle the products of their father 'a 

 greenhouses. 



Bay City, Mich. — The Schweers & Po- 

 tratz Floral Co. has begun business ou 

 South Euclid avenue. The company 

 makes a specialty of cut flowers and 

 potted plants. 



Cleveland, O. — M. L. Ruetenik is 

 largely increasing his place this season, 

 having given an order to the John C. 

 Moninger Co., Chicago, for the material • 

 of seven houses, 30x190, all for vegetable 

 forcing. 



MiLLBBOOK, N. Y. — Stuart Smith, who 

 for many years ran the greenhouses here 

 for his father, H. J. Smith, is with his 

 parents at Long Island, and contemplates 

 taking up a course in forestry at Cor- 

 nell College. 



South Bend, Ind. — The Beyer Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $40,000. The incorporators are 

 August F. Be^er, Louis M. Beyer, Paul 

 O. Beyer, Herman H. Beyer, Rose A. 

 Beyer, William R. Beyer and John F. 

 Beyer. 



Lowell, Mass. — H. L. Shedd is put- 

 ting in the cement foundations for a 

 third greenhouse at his place at South 

 Lowell. It will be used to grow violets, 

 the others being devoted to carnations. 

 Mr. Shedd also keeps considerable land 

 under cultivation for early vegetables. 



Cambridge, Mass. — Robert E. Sands, 

 for the last four years in the employ of 

 F. C Becker, the florist, has associated 

 himself with Geo. H. Conant, Jr., 67 Gar- 

 field street, and the two will conduct a 

 business as wholesale and retail dealers 

 in bedding plants, under the firm name 

 of Sands & Conant. 



Oconto, Wis. — Joseph Sylvester says 

 Decoration day trade was far ahead of 

 other years; every flower sold out clean 

 and any plant with a flower on was 

 bought at the flnish. He had saved about 

 double what he had last year, but every- 

 thing went, hydrangeas, well-flowered 

 geraniums and pelargoniums going first. 



Pittsfield, Mass. — Clifford Allen, of 

 Canaan, Conn., a boy employed by T. L. 

 Lowden, disappeared on the morning of 

 May 19 and, at last report, had not been 

 heard from. Mr. Lowden was taking 

 orders on Bartlett avenue and sent the 

 boy to one house while he went into an- 

 other. When Mr. Lowden came out the 

 boy was not 1;o be found. A note, ad- 

 dressed to Mr. Lowden, was found on the 

 seat of the wagon beside Mr. Lowden 's 

 pocketbook. The note stated that the 

 boy was "sick of it all," and had left, 

 and it would be of no use trying to find 

 him. "I have taken three dollars which 

 is due me," he wrote. The rest of the 

 money in the pocketbook was found to be 

 intact> The young man is 16 years old. 



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