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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 3, 1909. 



CALLAS. 



W'liicli is till' licst wiiv 1(1 <;r(i\v callas 

 for cut lidueis. on tlif ijrouiitl, or in 

 wooden l)oxi's witli about four liullis in 

 each.' In tlie latter case, liow liiy; should 

 the liox ,lie and liow ileep .should the 

 liull)s lie jdanted.' if set in the ground, 

 how fur apart sliould tiiey lie |>ianted and 

 at what tiuu' in the state of Cieorjfia .' 



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(alias can lie successfully grown in 

 riots, hoxes or lieuches. Jf vou decide to 

 use lioxes, a suitaiile size would be thirty 

 jindios ]onf>', nine inclios wide and six 

 inches deep in.side. This wotdd acconi- 

 uiodate aud do justice to four stroujT 

 bulbs. .\ good tiuu' to start the iiulbs is 

 fioni the middle to tin' end of .\ugust. 

 It' you prefer to plant in benches, use six 

 inches (if soil. A mixture of thi'ee- 

 f<iurths iilirous loam aiul one fourth rot- 

 ted cciw manure will be found excellent. 

 Set the liidbs Iwidve incdies apart each 

 ^^ay. I like to start the callas in pots 

 or boxes conlainiiiy some light, sandy 

 soil. Later t lansfeiring them lo the 

 benches. If yon clecide to grow in boxes, 

 which m(>thod 1 \vouli| recommend in 

 pi'efereiu-t> to planting in the grouiiil. it 

 would be well to lea\t' these outdoors 

 until ( )ctober in vour stale. < '. \V. 



DICHORISANDRA SIEBERTII. 



'i'his species of dichoiisandra cannot 

 be as well known as others of the genus, 

 for Ni(diolson does not miMilion it and 

 Hailey"s ( y(dopedi;t of 1 loi'ticulture 

 merely says. " .V little known jilant with 

 white midribs ;iud margins."* Dicdiori- 

 sandras are Avarni housi'. herbaceous jier- 

 ennials, some of them with han<lsonu^ 

 Jlowcrs as well as foliage. The geinnal 

 treatment of dichorisandras is a gooil, 

 turfy lo.im. with some leaf -mold ailded, 

 Avith a good su|i]ily of water when 

 started in sjiring and on thidugh the 

 summer. <iradually iliminish the water 

 sujijily ill October aud .\o\einber. While 

 lesting dry in wintei-. they shouhl still 

 iie kept A\arm. for nmst of them ar(> na 

 ti\es of jira/.il. They neeci shaile from 

 the hot sun. 



<)\\i:(;(i. X, ^'. - v.. \',. Snow will open 

 a flower stoic on I'loail street, in this 

 (dace. 



XoiniiAMi'TdN, .Mass. — A. B. Graves 

 reports Ihjs ''the busiest season ever" 

 at his greenlnuises on Bridge street, and 

 even with extra help lie liiids it ditKcult 

 to fill orders. Some im|>rovements iu the 

 |ilace make it much more inviting. 



.\I 11)1)1, KBOKO, Mass.- — T. F. ('reedon has 

 :i fine stock of jilants and ships a good 

 many of them to other towns in that 

 state. A (ape (Vid new.s])aj)er says that 

 .Mr. ('reed(ui has for more thau thirty 

 years been serving satistieil customers ou 

 the Cape. 



SdMKRswoKTii. .\. II. — Ci. 8. Raiiisburg 

 lia<l the contract for the decorations at 

 (eiitral ]iark this year, aud finished 

 planting them May *_'(!. The stock at 

 ids new rslablishineut \vas in fine shajie 

 for .Memorial ilay, in spite of* the iin- 

 a.vdidable delay connected with rebuild- 

 i iig. 



LvN»iimK(;. \'a. — The florists of the 

 city, together with several civic organiza- 

 tioii.s, are arranging for a (dirvsauthemum 

 show to be hehi here ou No\emher 1), 10 

 ami 11. h'liles will be drafted at once, 

 ami attractive jirizes will be offereil to 

 professional ami amateur chrysantliemum 

 growers. 



Maiu^i i;ttk, .Mich. — T. .\r. Sorensen, 

 proprietor of the Stafford (ireeiihouses, 

 will iiiovc his downtown bramdi into a 

 more suitable store as soon as it can be 

 remodeled for his use. The buiMing will 

 be thoroughly overhauled and the interior 

 repainteil enamel white, with counteis 

 .■iiid cases to match. 



llKi:ia).\. Xkh. — Mrs. .Mary F. I.,indsey 

 says that trade, both in ]ilants and in 

 cut flowers, has increased wonderfully 

 here during the last year, ami she has 

 nexcr before hail so much business as in 

 the present season. I'eople in the small 

 towns, shi' says, now use flowers on all 

 occasions, and w;int I he best th;it are 

 i/row n. 



Dichorisandra Siebertii. 



\Vellesley, Mass. — The Wilson gret 

 houses have been leased by Arth 

 Capers, who intends to make a special 

 of carnations. 



Adams, Mass. — Cornelius and Thorn . 

 Boothman, sons of A. J. Boothman, ha ■ 

 leased a store on Park street and w 

 handle the products of their father . 

 greenhouses. 



Bay City," ]\Iich.— The Schweers & P, 

 tratz Floral Co. has begun business i ^ 

 South ' Euclid avenue. The compai- . 

 makes a specialty of cut flowers an : 

 potted plants. 



Clkvet.axi), C). — M. L. Huetenik 1 

 largely increasing his place this sea^son. 

 having given an order to the John < 

 Moninger Co., Chicago, for the materi;ii 

 of seven houses, 30x190, all for \egetabl'' 

 forcing. 



MiLLBROOK, X. 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 

 iiell College. 



South Bend, I.\'d. — The Beyer Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated with a capit.al 

 stock of $40,000. The incorporators are 

 .Vugust F. Beyer, Louis M. lieyer, Paul 

 O. Beyer, Herman II. Beyer. Kos(; A. 

 Bever. William K. Bever and John Y. 

 Beyer. 



LowKiJ., Mass. — 11. 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. Slieild also keeps considerable land 

 uiuler cultivation for early \egetables. 



Cambridge, ]\Iass. — Kobert F. Sands, 

 for the last four years in the employ ol 

 F. C. Becker, the florist, has associated 

 himself with (Jeo. IL Conant, Jr., (57 Gar 

 field street, and the two will conduct a 

 business as wholesale and retail dealcr- 

 in bedding jilants, under the firm name 

 of Sands tSc (,'onant. 



Oconto, Wis. — Joseph Sylvester say- 

 Decoration day trade was far ahead ot 

 other years; every flower sold out cleai' 

 and any idant with a flower on wa 

 bought at the finish. He had saved aboir 

 doulile what he had last year, but every 

 thing went, hydrangea.s, well-flowere< 

 geraniums aiul pelargoniums going first 



PiTTSFiEi.D, AFass. — Clifford .\llen, o; 

 Canaan, (dun., ;i boy emjiloyeil by T. 1. 

 Lowden, disap|iearei| on the morning o; 

 May I'.i and, at last report, had not beei 

 heard from. Mr. Lowden was takiiii. 

 orders on Bartlett avenue ami st>nt tli' 

 boy to one house while he went into an 

 other. When Mr. Lowileu came out tli' 

 boy \vas not to be found. .\ note, ud 

 dressed to .Mr. Lowden, was found on tli 

 seat of the wagon beside ^Ir. Lowden'- 

 ]iocketliook. , The note stated that the 

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

 and it would be of no use trying to fin" 

 him. "I have taken three dollars which 

 is due me," he wrote. The re.st of the 

 moii(\v in the jiocketbook was found to b'' 

 intact. The young man is Ki years old. 



