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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



CHADWICK A KEEPER. | 



\m\ciiiIiit L'(I 1 cut ;i \;isr nl' (idhlcii 

 ';;ii|\\i('k niimis t'ur (jiir n\' (inc i-liiirriio. 

 saw these llciweis li^aiii III < 'lirist mas [ 

 lue. I )ec('iiilier :1'.',. ami iml (ilily Wfi'e 

 icy still ill ^ikhI (Mini il imi. a ppa reni ly as , 

 ;i.mil;1i tir>-1 cut. imt aeinally >-li(i\\ei| up ' 

 ..■Iter than any iniitn< I saw in i he mar 

 .1 at < 'hri-t mas lime. lhini'_;li we hail ' 

 \iiniii ami .1. I.'nseite in the lineal |i.i^ 

 l.h' shape. 



I shunhi like I M lia\ e I lie (i|ii niim nl' 

 her reailers of I he li i;\i isW cm iliis |iiiiiii. 

 's iliiralii lity a riTdw iii/.e,| i|iialily nl' \ 

 ' liailwick. (i|- is it prnliaMe tiial ils he 

 ia\iiir. in the ease I ha\e iilateil. was i 

 -imply the resnli n\' -.unie .aceiilental eir- 

 limslailee .' W. .1. ( )1.1).S. 



GOOD COMMERCIAL VARIETIES. 



Kindly ail\is(^ iiic ;\s to wiial. ymi cmi 

 -eler the licst cDimneicia 1 \afietie.s dt' 

 . Iiiysaiitliciimiiis. early, miilseasoii ami 

 late, ill the l'dIuis, whiti', ]>iiik and vel- 

 Mw. L\ H. W. 



The t'nlhiwiiiir list, while il may not lio 

 he liest in cultivation uitli r'\eryoiM\ was 

 'ii;;lily salisl'aetory ^\ith )ne. and 1*'. II. 

 W. could go I'artlicr and tai'i; wovso: 



I'^ai'ly whito. Octohor l^'ost ; early pink, 

 I'acilie Sujueme ; early yt'llew, (lojden 



(illlW. 



.Midseasim white, liealiiee May; inid- 

 .-eason pink. (). H. JJroonihcail ; miilscason 

 \ellow, ^'ellow Millor. 



Jiate white, < liadwick or Mis. .Swin- i 

 !>iirne: Into pink. \V. \t. lirock; late yel- i 

 low, Natiova. ' 



Octolicr I'"r(i!st must lie taken nil the 

 '■arly Inid to get the he^st results and 

 IJeatrice May needs careful hamllin;,'. but 

 I he balance of tlic list olVers no serious 

 ibstaide to successful culture, handled in 

 just the .^aim^ way .as the •■nera^e com- 

 mercial grower wiiiild handle llieni. 

 'liadwick is not an absolutely pun.' wliili', 

 iltlionnii it is good anci I'eliable. Swin- 

 iiiirne in some sections is niiich tli(> better 



llowcr. ('has. II. TilTTN. 



1 ion with lione nie.al, whieli -iipplie^ ' !ie 

 lihosphoiic ;icid. il makes a eompleie t'el' 

 liii/er. -Mppi\in:; boiM iiiliMM,.|| ;iii,| |,,,i 

 ;isii. 



A ^a t'e pi iipoii loll to ii--e i- oih' oil ine 

 to .1 I gallon i-an of walei We ha\i- ii'^ed 

 it roiisi ant ly ;it t he rate o t' one ponml to 

 a ."lO M^illiiii Ikiiti'I 111' water. .\> t.i h^w 

 ( . It en to ii^e it . the oper.a t or ni'i^l be 

 :^o\erneii bv the romlition of the pliiiit^. 

 W'iii'ii thi' pl:inl^ are accii'-t oineil io ils 

 llsi'. t liey i-a II be I'ei I with It II! e\ er\ 



other wateiiiii;. ami M c.in be ii-i>.| |■|^ht 

 up until 1 he bml --liow ■- i-o|or. The I i me 

 to start applying; thi< fertili/.er i- when 

 till' plants ail '.\'ll est .abli'^lied. which is 

 about ei^ht to li'il Week^ at'ter being 

 planted in their lloweriiig (|uarter.v 



.1. II. Iv'.. li\ing in .\ew Zeal.and. prob 

 ably yrows his jilaiils outside, as is (lone 

 III .\iist ralia. 1 n t his sect om o|' t he 

 Inited St.ate-. which is, oi' course, the 

 antipodes to .New /e.al.and. we plant mif 

 on the beiH-lies ill May ail'l tllell com- 

 mence t'eediny the jdailts at the end of 

 .Inly, lie must ^oNcrii himsell' .according 

 to his own sea.^ou. couceiriiiig which he 

 knows iniicli more tli.aii I do. 



< 'it AS. II. Tirn\. 



IRIS FROM SEED. 



• an Sp;ini-.h ami l\iioli^h in-- lie ;^i.iwii 

 siiccevst'iilly t'riiin --ceil in this cniniry. 

 ami if ^o. will they bloom the siToiid 

 yeai> from ^eed .' II. II. ( i 



I'.oth Spani-h :iml I'iiu^li.-h iri^ i-:in be 



ra isei I tioni - 1. but I he\- \\ i II not 



llower bel'.ire the third yeai-. We do not 

 know o|' ,an\ -iiccesslnl .attempt bein;^' 

 made t o ra ise t hem 1 n 1 lii^ w a v i ii 

 America. The low price ;il whicli tiny 

 are ]iiirchas;i ble m I'aiiope wmild tend in 

 discolirane the raiding ot' home --eeil Ii ii;^-. 



.'^eeil. when llpc. -lionhl be ~oWll in llutS 



lit' ~anii\ ln.Mii .Mill ki|i' III :i cold I r.ime or 

 conl ^ri'i'iihoii.-c. h will ii.,i ^lermiii.ate 

 iiniil ! he I'i illow i iii^' -[iiiiiL.;. The -simplest 

 met hi II I nt pi-o|i:iL;a I ioii loi' ilnse irises 



i- b\ lilllb "I'l'-el^. \'.hicll are l'ree|\- ]»ro- 



. III. ■(■.!. I'." \V. 



TIME TO START CANNAS. 



When -Imiilil canii.as be ~iai!ci| to make 

 - I. -al.able plant- in vprii-.' b'. F. 



It I- I.H, i-nrly l.i -.inll c:ii::i;is. K\- 

 amine t Inin to -^ee it' ;in\' --Jiow -iglis of 

 ilecaviiiLi. The end o t' I'ebiiiary or first, 

 li.alt' 'if March i- i|iiite a- e.arlv ,as they 

 liceil III be ^.taiied. Se.a~on.able cultural 

 null- nil 'he>e will appear in the b'iiVIEW 

 la ter I n t he reason I'l mii t imc in i ime. 



PFEIFFER'S HOUNDS. 



rini.- IS a scntimeiii .abniii a pack of 

 ^ool| do^s that appeal- e\('n to those who 

 iii'Vi'i- by any--^li,ance will cnuie in toucli 

 \\\\\\ iiiral lit'eXir hiintiiig. ami in the ac- 

 coiiipiinying viHiiAt rat ion ot' the hounds of 

 • harles I'I'eilTer a .-pecial interest at- 

 taches I'liiin the fact that tin.' do.gs play 



an im|ioitaiii pall in tl are of their 



o\Hier"s cariialioii pl.aiit-. Located at 

 I'lU-i Thomas. Ky.. Mr. I'l'eiffer linds that 

 the rabbits with which the neighborhood 

 abounds consider the yoiing carnation 

 jdants ;i most lof)ths(mie delicacy; in fact, 

 ^o t'oiid of the carnation i- bunny that it 



WoaM be lie.Xt Io impn^silije to gTOW tllG 

 plants III the lield W(M'e ii not for the 

 -ii\ ices ot' the honml-. All suitiiiu'r long 

 till' il'ii^s .'ici ;i- ^iiai'ds o\-er t ii(> carna- 

 tinii-. kee|iiiie liie i.abbiis aw.ay. In the 

 winter Mr. I't'eiffer and iiis triemls ein- 

 jilov the hounds lor hunting, and many a 

 ll'ii!-i ha- (Ml iii\ eil ; lii'i r w ork. 



iNITRATE OF POTASH FOR MUMS. 



I'hoiigh li\inL; in New /e.ilaml, I de- 



,iend largely oii the l;i,\ii;\\ im my horti 



nltiira! intormal imi. ami 1 iinticed that 



ha-. 1 1. Tot t y. ilia 1 ecelit !-siir o I' 1 he 



iap(a\ mciit loiied t he 'ii-e nl' n ii i :ii e of 



:'oI;i-h --^a It Jieler , I belieXi- .as :i t'l-r 



ii/er I'or c'lirv -ant lieiiMin- 1 -iinuld 



li\e In kllnW iiiole almllt tin-. :is | ginw 



hem. How mm h ol' i lie ferl ib/er is used 



(1 .a gallon of w.atei .' Whiii ^hoiihl I 



-t.art using it, ami Imw l^w^j; should f 

 ■niitiniie.' .1 11. l;. 



\ it rate n|' pot ;i^h i-- a \ ali.a lih , .|iiick- 

 'icling fertiii/'er I'nr chrysaiil li'innm.-. It 

 s the saltpeter ot' comimace ami. as I 

 iiiderstaiid It. i< produced by boiling 

 Inw 11 the muriate id' jiolash .and nitrate 

 if soda tiinether. When iis'd in •oujuiic- 





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Chas. Pfeiffcr's Hounds, Bred in Old Kentucky. 



