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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



AUGUST 19, 190». 



LATE HOUSING OF PLANTS. 



Will September 15 be too late, here 

 in southern Texas, to take carnations or 

 mums from the field or pots and plant 

 them in benches for Christmas blooms? 

 I had a good supply in the benches, but 

 the houses and stock were destroyed by 

 a storm. J. E. W. 



September 15 is not too late in your 

 section to set out plants in the bench 

 from the field, or from pots, either, so 

 long as they are not stunted in growth. 

 Considerable mum stock used to be 

 planted out and lifted early in Septem- 

 ber, just as the plants were budding, 

 and potted or boxed up, and very fair 

 commercial flowers can be produced in 

 that way. 



Carnations, of course, can be lifted any 

 time at all, and housed, but the later 

 planting retards the crop of flowers. 



C. H. TOTTY. 



TULIPS FOR FORCING. 



Will forced blooms of Cottage Maid, 

 La Eeine (Queen Victoria) and Yellow 

 Prince tulips sell well, or are other va- 

 rieties preferred in large cities? If so, 

 give names. What proportion of each 

 color would the market demand? C. B. 



La Eeine is the most popular single 

 tulip for forcing and probably as many 

 of it are sold as all other earlies com- 

 bined. Yellow Prince is a good yellow. 

 Cottage Maid and Keizerskroon are also 

 sold to some extent. In doubles Murillo 

 and Couronne d 'Or are the most popular. 

 I would suggest that you plant one-half 

 to La Eeine of all you intend growing 

 and divide the others in equal parts, if 

 anything giving a preference to Yellow 

 Prince and Cottage Maid. The scarlets 

 are not in much demand. W. C. 



LILIUM AURATUM. 



Is it true that Lilium auratum degen- 

 erates each year, instead of increasing 

 as the other varieties do? H. C. 



Yes; it is true that this handsome lily 

 in nearly all cases degenerates from year 

 to year under cultivation. I have known 

 cases where it has grown and flowered 

 well for as long as six or eight years, 

 and in one ease even longer, but as a 

 general rule the first year the bulbs 

 flower well, the second moderately so, 

 while the third or fourth years they en- 

 tirely disappear. They will live the long- 

 est if they can be planted among rhodo- 

 dendrons or other flowering evergreens, 

 over which there is a constant thick 

 mulch of leaves and where the roots 

 never get dry. W. N. C. 



ECHEVERIAS FOR SPRING. 



When should I plant echeveria seeds 

 for plants to use next spring? C. P. N. 



Echeverias, such as secunda glauca and 

 nietallica, are better propagated from 

 leaf cuttings than by seeds. The latter 

 method is slow and uncertain, but leaves 

 rubbed off with a dormant eye attached" 

 will root in a propagating bed within a 

 month. Water sparingly and not at all 

 until roots appear, or the leaves will 

 rot. When well rooted, place in flats of 

 sandy loam and they will make nice 

 plants for spring sales. C. W. 



The Eeview sends Smith's Mum Man- 

 ual on receipt of 40 cents. 



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