The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Jolt 8, 1909. 



day; Gloriosa, white, blotches on upper 

 petals; Galatea, a grand variety, fringed 

 white, marked and streaked pink, 

 blotches on upper petals; Lord Carring- 

 ton, purple mauve, blotched with crimson 

 lake; Alice M. Love, salmon rose; Per- 

 simmon, orange scarlet; Volonte Nation- 



ale alba, pure white. Some of these are 

 shown on pages 4 and 5. 



The plants from which the photographs 

 were taken wore grown from cuttings 

 taken in August, 1908. They were in 

 6-inch pots and about nine months old 

 when photographed. W. N. Ceaig. 





SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 





Antirrhinums. 



A batch of antirrhinum cuttings should 

 now be available from plants which have 

 been growing outdoors for some weeks. 

 At this hot season these will require an 

 abundant water supply to prevent wilt- 

 ing. If rightly cared for, they should 

 be rooted and fit to pot off within three 

 weeks. They will be stockier and better 

 in every way if kept in a coldframe 

 after being potted. A further shift 

 can be given to 4-inch pots when neces- 

 sary and you will have nice plants to 

 take the place of the early mums. When 

 pinching, it is always better to let the 

 flower stems run up and become fairly 

 hard. The plants will then break more 

 strongly than if you merely remove the 

 soft tops of the shoots. 



Any plants now in small pots may be 

 planted out in rows in the field, allow- 

 ing eight inches between the plants. 

 Keep them well pinched back and the 

 soil constantly stirred. Lifted in early 

 fall in the same way as carnations, these 

 will produce a splendid lot of strong 

 shoots for flowering in midwinter. As 

 a rule, seedling plants are more vigor- 

 ous than those raised from cuttings, but 

 to secure an even, first-class strain the 

 latter method of propagation is neces- 

 sary. Cuttings taken from outdoor 

 grown plants are to be preferred to those 

 procurable under glass at this season. 



Hydrangea Arborescens. 



We were pleased to see the article on 

 this early and persistent flowering hy- 

 drangea in last week's issue of the Re- 

 view. It cannot be forced as early as 

 ^ H. Otaksa, but flowers a couple of 

 months earlier than H. paniculata grand- 

 iflora, being in full flower outdoors the 

 first week in July. This variety, while 

 fairly well known now in America, has 

 been overlooked as a market pot plant. 

 It is so different from the other hy- 

 drangeas that it would make a valuable 

 addition, both at Easter and Memorial 

 day. The flower heads, as the illustra- 

 tion shows, are round and medium sized. 

 They are also pure white in color and 

 every florist doing any design work 

 should possess himself of a few plants, 

 if not for pot culture, for the open 

 ground. This hydrangea is perfectly 

 hardy and destined to become extremely 

 popular. 



Cuttings of half ripened wood, taken 

 now, will soon root and make nice little 

 plants by fall. We rooted some a little 

 over three years ago. These are now nice 

 bushes outdoors, carrying an average of 

 seventy-five heads each. We intend 

 forcing some another season, believing 

 that it will take with the public. A 



number of firms now offer this hy- 

 drangea and it will pay wide-awake 

 commercial growers to secure some stock 

 of it. The price is now quite low. 



Hydrangea Otaksa. 



Easter comes unusually early in 1910, 

 and to have hydrangeaa in flower by the 

 end of the month the plants should be 

 pot' grown all summer, ripened early and 

 fit for forcing in December. Look after 

 the young stock and see that they are 

 not allowed to become potbound. The 

 present is a suitable time to move early 

 spring rooted stock into 6-inch pots. 

 Give them the sunniest possible spot. 

 If partially plunged in coal ashes, they 

 will require less water. Plants not 

 needed in bloom before Memorial day 

 will be just as well in the open ground. 



In hot, dry spells if they are within 

 reach of the hose, all the better. Lifted 

 and potted about the first week in Octo- 

 ber, they will be excellent for late spring 

 sales, but "will not have the wood rip- 

 ened for early forcing, as the pot grown 

 plants have. 



Rambler Roses^ 



To have rambler roses in good condi- 

 tion at Easter, it will be necessary to 

 have thoroughly ripened canes in late 

 fall. To insure proper maturing of the 

 wood, the shoots must not be allowed to 

 ramble over the ground, but be kept tied 

 up. Plants grown indoors for some time 

 will now have canes several feet long. 

 As the bench space they have heretofore 

 occupied may be wanted for some other 

 crop, the plants can be placed outdoors. 

 Plunge the pots to the brim and see 

 that the shoots are securely staked. To 

 insure cleanliness from spider and aphis, 

 use the hose freely. As the pots become 

 filled with roots afford some liquid stim- 

 ulants. 



Plants in the open ground, especially 

 of the pink varieties, which have a nat- 

 urally procumbent habit, will require 

 considerable attention, or the shoots will 

 soon become inextricably interwoven. If 

 not already done, drive in a few stout 

 posts and run stout twine or wire a foot 

 apart to tie them to. Limit the num- 

 ber of shoots to three or four strong 

 ones per plant, rubbing off any which 

 will constantly be starting from the 

 bottom. Tausendschon will be much 

 grown for Easter next season. So far it 

 does not grow so strongly as the other 

 ramblers. Leuchstern also comes rather 

 dwarfer, but seems destined to become 



Peony Eugenie Verdier, 



