June 10, lOOlt. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



A Plateau of Roses, Sweet Peas and Valley. 



ANCHUSA IT A Lie A DROPMORE. 



As stated in tho Revikw of May 27, 

 iKe easiest method of propagatinff tliis 

 urw variety of the old Anchusa Italica 

 I- from seed. Another method, however, 

 1'. liich experience has jjrovetl to me to be 

 lutter in some respects, is the propagat- 

 Mii: from root cuttings. This method, if 

 i."t quicker, certainly produces stronger 

 plants in the same period of time. 



Although root cuttings can be made at 

 'Imost any time of the year, the best 

 Ume, I think, is in February. They 

 ^hould be made three inches long, and 

 ('laced almost side by side in boxes con- 

 laining a mixture of leaf-mold and sand, 

 ind about half an inch on the top. Care 

 should be taken to cut the top straight 

 and the bottom end with a slant, as 

 •therwise, when a large number of cut- 

 tings are made at once, many of them 

 may perhaps be put upside down in the 

 boxes. 



When kept inside, these cuttings will 

 be ready to be potted in a month. Or, 

 when to be sold as field-grown plants, 

 they may be i)lanted out in the last part 

 of April, if the weather is favorable. 



The writer at one time had charge of 

 the propagating department at the nur- 

 sery of Amos Terry, at p]nfield. England. 

 This nurseryman occupies a leading place 

 among the growers of herbaceous and 

 Alpine plants and was one of the first 

 to bring Anchusa Dropmore into com- 

 merce. It was he, also, who introduced 

 the still better variety, after the Drop- 

 more came out, called Anchusa Italica, 

 Perry's variety. This variety, although 

 at first sight it may appear to be much 

 the same as Dropmore, is a much larger 

 form and of a rich gentian blue. The 

 individual tlowers are fully an inch and 

 over across, with handsome, spreading, 

 well formed spikes. I believe that this 



variety is not yet known in this coun- 

 try, as it is not even contained in tho 

 stock of Henry A. Drccr. by whom I am 

 now em])loyed. C. OiioxLOil. 



VIOLET PRINCESS OF WALES. 



• an you tell me wliin'c I can buy some 

 Princes of Wales violets and what treat- 

 ment they woulil recjuire here, in South 

 (Jarolina, to give good results.' I am 

 going to plant several thousand violets 

 this season and it will be my first expe- 

 licnce in this liiu' of the tlorists' busi- 

 ness, for I have in the jiast bought my 

 violets and had them shipped in. This 

 is ver}' unsatisfactory for many reasons, 

 chietiy because they do not last so well 

 after being shipped so far. 



I have a small house which I have 

 been using to start early vegetable plants 

 in. It is low and is in need of repairs, 

 but I thought that I might grow violets 

 in it this year without spending much 

 money for repairs, as I expect to re- 

 move it next summer and replace it with 

 a modern greenhouse. How will it do to 

 l)lant them in beds on the ground and 

 not in benches? F. B. H. 



K'kvikw, wlicre in season you will find 

 otVcis of Princess of Wales violets. You 

 can pruciirc tluse in a rooted state at 

 once Mild jilaut outdiHiis. or you can buy 

 lieM L;ro\\ii .'^tock in the autumn. 



The \i(dots will do just as well on the 

 ground as in benches, better in Hiany 

 I'cspects. I'se a generous soil, adding a 

 goo(| i|nanlily of decayed ctiw manure 

 to it. Of course, the more light the 

 plants get tiie better they will grow. A 

 wiutei- nuuiinuni temperature of 40 de- 

 grees is sullicient. Afford plenty of air 

 on every possiiile occasion. The idea, 

 once common, tlint \iolets succeed better 

 in small, narrow, low houses, is now thor- 

 oughly exjdoded. The most successful 

 N|ie(ialists use houses 'JOO to .'500 feet 

 long and twenty-five to forty feet wide, 

 |ilantin<:' in the iiround. C. W. 



<'onsult tlie advei-tisinii columns of tho 



NEW AZALEAS AT BERLIN. 



Among the first and most noteworthy 

 novelties exhibited in the International 

 Exhibition in Berlin were those of aza- 

 leas. .1. I!. Ilaeiens i; Wille. Soiuergeni, 

 Belgium, exhibited a group which was 

 awarded a silver medal. The chief vari- 

 eties exliiliiteil liy them were: Soiu- 

 ergem While. New \nik Pearl, Klleu 

 Blossfeld, Winfriod Ilaerens, TIaerewills 

 alba, .Mnie. John Haerens, White Pearl, 

 Snowflake, Brooklyn I'orfection. Robert 

 Blossfeld, Excelsior, Centenaire, Mile, 

 ^larie Antoinette and Mme. Auguste 

 Ilaerens. Of these the following three 

 novelties attracted the most attention: 

 Winfried Ilaerens, a glossy cherry red; 

 tlowers are very large and so numerous 

 that they verily cover up the foliage. 

 Ilaerewills alba, a counterpart in white 

 of the foregoing variety. Mme. John 

 Ilaerens, large and jirofu-e flowering, of 

 a fresh caiinine color. 



