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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



13 



Dendrobium Euosmum. 



ir ■ V ill ilciniiiiil. you iiiiisi kcrji tliciii 

 i;it'.i' cliisi'ly iT()|)|)('il. N'(iiiii>i stuck 

 iin>;..| III hitc winter slimild imw lie in 

 "ii' li 111' (liiicli ]i(>1s. It' tlii'v cMii lie 

 j'h M-ri| in ;i licil nt' comI Jlsllt'S ill ail 

 .![" II. sunny spot. wluM-o tlio lio.sc piiii 



\ 'iiii'iii ly rcacli tlieiii. tlicy will niuki' 



:i !^'i (if yvoxxtli iliiriiii;- tiic ih'xI two 



M'.-:l|lS, 



Variegated Vinca. 



i liiiT is cNcry sc'ison a lii<; call 1'or 

 \;i! 'u.itcd AJiK-a. If your stoi-k of it i.s 

 11..' i>. laryi' as yon could wisli. look (ucr 

 ti' -iiick plants in tiic licld. ^'ou will 

 II"' 'c I'lcnty of slroiiy. succulent growths 

 >';;:; Miy- I'lDiii till' liasc. Take oil' a (|uan 

 li' "f those and place in the cuttiny 

 li' ■ li. I 'ot them olV singly when nioted. 

 ^' I'i aloii^ the edycs of your cainatidu 

 ' 'llief liencli( s ilui'iii^' winter, if im 

 I space is at (■(umnaiid. anil they will 

 11 •■ sei'\icealile ])laiits t'nr ii(>xt ■^niniiier 



Geraniums. 



■iiic .■in.\ioiis iii(|iiii('rs are wcnideiiiij: 

 ii^ i'- nut a yiKiil time to slait pruji 

 iiil; geraniums. Iieiny anxious to wiuk 



Uuud stock. It will not pay tu ilo 

 -n( li )iro]ia<iatiiiy now. In sueh tor 

 ^leather as wc customarily <fet in 

 ^ i^f. the greater jiart of the soft cut- 

 - \\iil as.suredly i|am]i otV. Wait 

 ' >>i')iteiiilier ill the northern states 

 'irtolier. or even later, in tiie soiitli- 

 ■'atis. and you will have only a snmll 

 ■ iitaye of loss, (leraniunis whieh 



lieen kept continuously under ijlass 

 iiiiicli less lialile to damp oil' than 



• i'^ lia\e lieeii yrowii outdoors. The 

 I aic softer and more full of sap, 



it is :i j;re;it mistake to attempt 

 propa<;ation until we jret cooler 

 'her. 



Hard-wooded Plants. 



' iienscly hot weather is hard on many 



'lie orieaccoiis and other hard woodeil 



! i''^. Unless watorinjj is carefully- at- 



''•'1 to, some of them are lialde to >ief 



dried out com|iletely. in which case it is 

 often im|)o>sili|e to sixc them. Where 

 not |danted out, which is the best sum 

 uier treatment for thi.s class of plants, 

 the pots should at least be plunged to the 

 rims in soil or cinders, and a thorough 

 wetting overhead with the hose two or 

 three times a day when hot will greatly 

 benefit them. The old theory about its 

 being dangerous to syi-inge jilaiits during 

 sunshine is all inoonshine, and both out- 

 doois and under glass ])lants uvo greatly 



refre.slircj by wetting- o\erlica<| during 

 I he hottest part of the day. 



Annual Lupines. 



hiirinj^ the last two years lupine-- ha\e 

 imnpeil into fa\or for indoor culture 

 in the big eastern markets and the bet- 

 ter cla-^s ol' iloW(-r stoles aie ;il\\ays 

 pleased to ;^et hold of some sili-h de- 

 ■-ir-lble lio\elty. Lupines sin-ceed well ill 

 a iii;ihl leinpei'al iii'e ot' !•"> to ."iu degrees. 

 Thi' s"ed t'or ('hristmas lloweiing ought 

 to lie started early in August and can 

 lie either SOW 11 directly in the beiirhes 

 or III small pots to be piaiiled out later. 

 The aiiniial pink variety I'uri'es readily. 

 j while I hirl w I'gii. in shades ol' bliie and 

 i while, .•ind miilabilis make stieii^ siiike- 

 I and ;ire handscuiie in \;ises. These lu- 

 pines will yield a sileces>ioli ul' >pikes for 

 a i;oo.| many weeks. Their rulttire i> 

 --iiiii hi r 1 o 1 hat of an! irrlii iiiiiii^. 



Brief Reminders. 



Synnm' plants t'i(.'(>ly wverhead dining 

 ho) weather, but let the fidiae,' liei-oiiie 

 di-\- bet'ore nightfall. 



Iiemoxe runners t'nuii \ioh'i-- in liie 

 lie|(| iijui ply the eulti\aliir i'Mii>t ant ly 

 ainoiig th(MU. 



( )rder your cyclamen seei ! ;i| oiice. it' 

 liol yet lioiiyln. b'emelliber the liesi i- 

 till' cheapest. 



li'emoNe llower stems I'roiii wiiiier 

 i.;i'raiiiiinis and pinch all stioiig --hoots. 



K'ooi soiiit' lieliot rojies, where |)laiit< 

 are rei|nired for winter blooming. 



I'lisli ahead the lilling ot' bi'iiches lor 

 carnations. The earlier the |dants are 

 in I he better. 



Take ad\aiitage ol' moist weather to 

 Iransplaut seedlings of ]iereiinials aud 

 biennials to nursery rows. 



Watch seedling cimn'arias closely, so 

 thai no caterjiillai's can destroy the 

 foliage. 



Look o\er genistas and yive them an 

 occasional |iincliing or shearing to keep 

 them ^'hajiely. 



DENDROBIUM EUOSMUM. 



The genus dendrobimn is si extensivi^ 

 that tlieie are few days in the year when 

 in a collection of orchids simie members 

 of it are not in bloom. The five varie 

 ties most in evidence coiuniercially are I >. 

 nobile. Wardianum. foi'iuosiiin gigMiiteum, 

 I'hal.i'uopsis Selirii'deriannm and the sum- 

 mer blooming tliyrsilloiuiii. The last 

 named is not ;tda|(ted t'or cutting, but 

 plants cariying several raciMiies are deco 

 rative and sell well. |). euosinuin is one 

 of the earlier hybrids and is the result 

 of a cross between D. ;uidocharis and I>. 

 noliile. It flowers in niiilvvinter. just 

 ahead of nobile. Tli(» sepals and petals 

 are jun'e white, the li|) being dark ma- 

 roon. The biiliis are thinner aud some- 

 what shoi'ter than those of nobile and 



the lloweis are delieinii-^l v Scented. A 

 close, steamy house when growlii:; in 

 summer, and drier and cooler ijuarteis 

 when the bulbs are made up. will cause 

 them to llower well, h'ather small bas- 

 ki'ts or jiaiis are suitable to grow this 

 v.-iiiety ill. It was originally raised by 

 X'eilch. ol' L(uidoii. W. \. ('kau;. 



SEASONABLE ORCHID NOTES. 



Oncidium Varicosum Rogersi. 



This jiopnlar oncidium is indispensable 

 where cut orcdiids are in demand. It i< 

 also fine for mantel and mirror decora 

 lions. wliil(> for the fall shows it can 

 hardly he beaten. It is now olVered at 

 cheap rates, and as it i.s ii,,t .-n nil ;< 



