AUGUST 12, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



33 



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]ik(> habit, it is necessary to tie up the 

 leading shoots occasionally, when young, 

 and remove or cut in the side branches. 

 If this is not done there is a tendency to 

 develop a bushy head instead of a trunk. 

 The Gardeners' Magazine says that, as 

 is the case with the other lilacs, it is a 

 good plan to remove the old flower heads 

 as soon as the flowers fade. 



GLOXINIAS. 



In recent years gloxinias have shown 

 wonderful development in regard to color 

 and habit. The flowers range from pure 

 white, pink and pale blue to deep reds, 

 purples and blues, while the newer French 

 spotted hybrids, though less robust in 

 habit and more delicate in flower than 

 the older type, are a most valuable addi- 

 tion. They are marked and spotted with 

 colors varying from pink and mauve to 

 dark blue, red, and even chocolate. 



CARRYING PLANTS OVER. 



Montagu C. Alwood, who is carnation 

 grower for Stuart Low & Co., and the 

 author of a book on carnation culture for 

 English growers, contributes the follow- 

 ing note to the Gardeners' Magazine: 



"The American carnation growers un- 

 til quite recently did not believe in car- 

 rying their flowering plants over to the 

 second year, it being generally conceded 

 that the quality of bloom produced dur- 

 ing the second season was not so high as 

 that of the first. With stock grown and 

 planted out on benches there is much 

 truth in this statement, but many grow- 

 ers of carnations in the States now carry 

 over part of their stock annually. 



"In the case of the British method of 

 cultivation, in pots, the matter is differ- 

 ■ nt, the plants being so much easier to 

 iandle for the second year in the way of 

 i'otting, and standing them out of doors 

 J *ir a short time during the summer. Con- 

 M-quently, many of our best growers do 

 Jot throw away any of their flowering 

 lock until after the second year, and 

 ilie majority of varieties produce a 

 ' 'gher grade of bloom and a larger crop 

 luring their second season. 



' ' The main points to be borne in mind 

 in carrying plants over are to grow them 

 ' ool from the start, cut the flowers with 

 'Ong stems, so as to keep the plants 

 'iwarf, and not feed them with any kind 

 '^f artificial manure you may have in 

 'tock, but use a good cool carnation fer- 

 tilizer." 



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Beloit, Wis. — A. E. Frost, of Chicago, 

 has located in this city, to conduct a gen- 

 eral nursery business, and will probably 

 bring his family here in a short time. 



Indianapolis, Ind. — Alfred Pahud, at 

 3403 North Senate avenue, has retired 

 from business, leaving it in charge of his 

 sons. The firm will be known as the 

 Pahud Floral Co. 



HoLYOKE, Mass. — G. L. Freeman is 



planning another trip to Central and 



South America on an orchid-collecting 

 expedition. 



EocHELLE, III. — A. Gaspers, the florist, 

 has about completed the plans for a large 

 double-apartment greenhouse on the lot 

 just north of his residence on Sixth 

 street. The building will be 36x80. 



