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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



January 6, 19 10 



sowing the seeds. -After they are sow-»n, 

 a little fine sand may be scattered on tHie 

 surface, but. do not otherwise cover tHie 

 seeds. Use sheets of glass and. cover- 

 ings '. of brown paper until the seedlin; gs 

 appear. Both the large tuberous root»ed 

 begonias and the fibrous sorts, such as 

 Vernon, Erfordii and gracilis lumino^a, 

 should be started now. They germina_i,te 

 best in a night temperature of 65 degreses 

 and }ike a moist atmosphere. 



For planting indoors for a spring croop, 

 sowings of calendula, candytuft, antiir- 

 rhinuras, annual larkspurs, stocks aind 

 sweet peas are all now seasonable. P^e- 

 tunia seed, especially if double plants a«.re 

 required, should also be sown. Beimg' 

 fine, the seeds of this annual should he 

 treated in the same way as those- of t -he 

 begonia. 



Propagation. 



You have probably changed the sand 

 in your propagating bench before no^w, 

 and with steady cold weather the samd 

 will be warm and in a fine condition Sor 

 the successful rooting of many plan -ts. 

 Put in a good lot of coleus and thraow 

 away the old, bug-laden plants. St^irt 

 up fuchsias and lantanas and get in a Hot 

 of the young shoots when they bre^ak. 

 Heliotropes, Lobelia Emperor Williar-m, 



of roots, some liquid manure, applied once 

 a -week, will be a great benefit. A good 

 many breaks on the plants will not 

 flower. Select a number of these and 

 place them in the cutting bench. These, 

 grown on and planted outside in early 

 June, will make splendid plants for 

 forcing next winter. 



Ramblers. 



The Easter ramblers are breaking 

 strongly nowj especially those which were 

 pot grown all summer. Give them all 

 possible light and sun and guard against 

 cold drafts, which in the present tender 

 condition of the growths will render them 

 an easy mark for mildew. Use the sulphur 

 bellows on the first apearance of this 

 trouble and drop some sulphur on the 

 steam pipes. It - is necessary to act 

 cfuickly, as nothing renders roses value- 

 less more speedily than mildew. A night 

 heat of 52 to 55 degrees will be all 

 right for Easter ramblers. 



Spanish Iris. 



Some of the Spanish iris are now well 

 sprouted and, the flats being full of 

 active roots, a batch of them can be 

 moved into a house where the night tem- 

 perature is 45 to 48 degrees. In such a 



Directorr f iUis N. Radd. 



petunias and any other bedding pla«its 

 can be rooted easily now. Never all«ow 

 the sand to become dry where cuttiings 

 have been put in. When you water, giive 

 sufficient to properly soak the sand a^nd 

 keep all sunlight out until the cuttimgs 

 are rooted. 



Hydrangeas. 



The hydrangeas for Easter will be 

 growing nicely now and will require -r a 

 little spreading out. If the pots are f " uU 



house they will grow well and flower 

 freely, but do not attempt any forcing 

 tactics, or failure only will result. Cut 

 iris flowers are popular in late winter and 

 early spring, and the prices realized aver- 

 age much better than on the majority of 

 bulbous flowers. 



Bedding Geraniums. 



Geranium stock plants will by this time 

 be carrying a heavy crop of cuttings. 



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ThesjB, if inserted right, away, mav 

 be grown into nice 4-inch stock ■, 

 spring sales start. A better plan 

 putting cuttings in the sand bencli 

 insert them singly in 2-inch pots, 

 a compost of loam and sand and st; 

 them on a bench in full sun, wher. 

 can get a moderate bottom heat, 

 the cuttings dry out well betwec 

 waterings. Under ordinarily fa\ 

 conditions, not over five per cent of 

 cuttings should fail to root. 



Easter Lilies. 



If your lilies are six inches high,. they 

 will be in season if given 60 degr.^^s at 

 night. If taller than this, let them have 

 5 degrees less heat. If less thai six 

 inches high, they will need constant 

 forcing to get them into bloom by March 

 27. Kemember, Easter comes early and 

 we are likely to have a good deal of 

 dark, cold weather. This being so, it is 

 better to send the plants along now, and 

 if you see buds peeping early in Feb- 

 ruary, you will not be any too early. It 

 is an easy matter to hold lilies back in a 

 cool room for a few days when they are 

 opening. It is a different proposition to 

 try to sweat them into bloom in the last 

 few days before Easter. The hardest 

 forcing can be given the plants after the 

 buds show, but if you are at all dubious 

 about them, give them more warmth with- 

 out delay. ^ 



Cinerarias. 



Some growers grumble at the bench 

 space cinerarias occupy at this season. 

 To have them in good shape, with nice 

 foliage down to the pots, they must not 

 be allowed to crowd one another. As the 

 flower stalks come up, feed them regu- 

 larly; liquid cow or sheep manure, alter- 

 nated with Clay's fertilizer once a week, 

 will suit them. Grow them cool and airy, 

 as they will not stand any forcing, and 

 be sure you do not allow aphis to get 

 any foothold on the plants. Cinerarias in 

 a cool north house can be retarded until 

 Easter "thi»--year, but any which flower 

 earlier will make nice show plants for the 

 store windows. They make good dwelling 

 house plants, having good lasting quali- 

 ties. Aphis is the only bugbear, as it 

 usually appears within a fortnight, no 

 matter how clean the plants when sold. 



SOQETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



President's Appointments. 



F. E. Piersoh assumed the offiio of 

 president January 1 and announce' I the 

 following appointments : 



EXECUTIVE BOARD. 

 Willis N. Rudd, Morgan Paris, 111. 

 Robert Craig, Philadelphia, Pa. 



BOTANIST. 

 Prof. John F. Cowell, Botanic Gardens. Buf- 

 falo, X. y. 



PATHOLOGIST, 

 Prof. IT. H. Whetzol, Ithaca, N. Y. 



ENTOMOLOGIST. 

 Dr. S. A. Forbes, Urbana, 111. 

 WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE OF 

 SOCIETY. 

 William F. Gude, Washington, D. C. 

 TARIFF AND LEGISLATIVE COMMI' 



Patrick O'Mara, Jersey City, N. J., eha 

 J. A. Valentine, Denver, Colo. 

 J. C. VaiiRhan, Chicago, 111. 

 Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass. 

 .Tohn G. Esler, Saddle River, N. J. 

 J. O. Thllow, Philadelphia, Pa. 



COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL GARDEN 

 Benjamin Hammond, FishklU - on - II 

 N. Y., chairman. 

 A. T. De La Mare, New York, N. Y. 

 Prof. John F. Cowell. Buffalo, N. Y. 

 William B. Du Rie, Rahway, N. J. 

 H. B. Howard, Chicago, 111. 

 Joseph Heacock, Wyncote, Pa. 



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