./AM A!U- G, iniO. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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Seeing Leonard Kill Off for Calif orniat Chicago, January 4, 1910. 



Photo by ChicaRO American. 



SNOW INCREASES CUTS. 



It used to lie tlic iilcii flint simw was 

 . ilt'ciilcd (ictriiiiciit to the [H'oiliictioii ot' 



III tldwris; it lav fur days »ni tlie glass 



r lilt' old-style j^rooiilKuiscs, shut out tlit' 

 li'^iil and retarded the developiueiit of 

 Mniiiiis. B>it one of the idisei\ iiiy, thiiik- 

 iiiy men in tlu; sellinji' en<l nf the husi- 

 III ss — whei'e thonjiht is heconiinfj each 

 \rar more and more nect>ssary — says that 

 -iKiw is no longer a iletriment, that it 

 1^ a strong factor in increasing prodnc- 

 ii'iii. He lignres it out this way: With 

 ill'' niodei'n iron-gutter houses the snow 

 I'.i^scs off practically as fast as it falls; 

 I' leaves the glass clear and the ground 



la/.ziing \\liite. Kveryliody knows that a 

 '""--I' kept jiainted pure white is liettcr 

 '" grow in than one that is unjiainted; 



liai white sui'roundi tigs make for a 

 -filter house than one tiiat is in dark 

 • 11^ ironnient. Jlence this authority argues 



liat a snowy season like the pri'st'nt is a 

 [■'"•itivc help to the cut llowrr gi'owcr. 



A CROP FOR EASTER. 



\\ili you tell nie what to put in a \a- 



■iiil space 1 lia\(' in a greenhouse.' I 



i^c a gi-ound lied in the greenhouse. 



'■'y t'eet long, with gooci .^oil. I iiave 



' "II thitiking of l'a|iei- White narcissi 



I liaster liloom. Is it too late to start 



'• Inillis.' 1 have an excellent cellar for 



oling them. Would it lie best to iilant 



Hats and then set tiie llats on tliis 



i"li after starting, or is there any other 



I'l of sto(d< which Would lie niorr jirofit- 



!'■.' What would lie a goml tcmjiera- 



'' tor narcissi.' The greenhouse is 



•on he.'ited. 1 liaxc a good many pot- 



I Iilumbagos cut hack. Could 1 firing 



"I into bloom for funster.' 



y\. ]•:. n. 



'' is now too late to start luillis of 

 '"■r ^Vhite narcissi. Any which are 

 I out of the soil -will lie too liadly 

 ■ '1 up to 1)0 of any value. "\'ou could 

 'liase any of the spinras (astilfx's), 

 '' as grandiflora, astilboide.s, flori- 



bunda. (iladstone and thi' old .laponica. 

 I'ots of these will sell wtdl for l-]aster. 

 Other jilants, siudi as a/aleas, lilacs and 

 genistas, would be in Mower by the end 

 of ]\rarch. 



f'lundiagds would not be in season and 

 f am afraid it will be uselos to plant any 

 <'rop directly into the bed. Ia'ss than 

 three months remain until I'laster, and 

 the best thing to do would be to grow 

 siime of the plants named, in pots. .\l 

 low them ten weeks each, except the lilac, 

 for which three weeks h s> will suflice in 

 a night temperature of ."id to ."i.") degrees. 



ASTERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



t'ait I grow astcis I'or Memorial day. 

 and what variety.' V. C f\ 



None ot' the ;isters siwn imw wouhl 



llower for .Memorial day; even the ear- 

 liest varieties, smdi as (^neen of the Mar- 

 ket, the standar<l early --ort. and early 

 lIohiMi/ollei'ii. would not be in season. 

 These Wduld. Iiowcvei'. make :i useful 

 summer croji for you later in the .sum- 

 mer, coming in as they <lo when carna- 

 tions are ]ioor and other llowers suitable 

 for cutting or design work scarci'. 



There are a iiumbei- of crops you could 

 grow for .Memorial day tiiole. Among 

 these are ten weeks' stocks, sown about 

 February It; white rmhlytuft. March 1; 

 antirrhinums, sown now ; any of the large 

 tlowering gladioli, pl.-mtc'd ;iboiil Febru- 

 ary I : >;weet peas, {"ebiuai'v I ; annual 

 larks|inrs in several colors, sown at once. 

 |)alilias will .-iNd ilower at the tinii' named 

 if tubi'is ;ire iimW started. Note ati ar- 

 ticle (III tlii-e III a ie<-eiit i-siie of the 



liKVii:\v. ( '. w. 



GERANIUMS FOR BEDDING. 



I have ;i iion^e. hix^lo. in wliiidi I wish 

 to grow bedding plants. | have had 

 splendid siicce-s in rooting geraniums 

 and had tliou^lii ol' buying stock plants 

 ami rooting cuttings for mysi'lf ami the 

 trade. Would you advise .a beginner to 

 do this.' If so, which Wdiild be the 

 (dieapest in the end, to Iniy the plants 

 now or in the spiing.' Would you ad- 

 \i.se growing only foui' or five \arieties, 

 or several .' K'. V . 



be to piiiclia-i' either rooted cuttings 

 from s:iiid or -mall plants fiem U iiudi 

 pots. These iiiii III' gloVUI into nice. 



liiisliy stock ill 4 inch |iot< fur sale.s in 

 -May. It will ]iay you to pun-hase Mmng 

 plants now and grow them ou if vou 

 have the room to sjiare. i wouhl cer- 

 tainly not grow too many varieties; four 

 or five dilVereiit vaiii'ties wenld be suf- 

 ficient, ;iiid if two thirds of these art> 

 scarlet or crimson and tli(> b;ilance pink 

 and white, that would be about the right 



pi'oportion. .\s a general thing, double 



or semi double sorts are favored for bed- 

 Tlie jiresent is not a good time to buy ,|i,|u., i,„t you might try some F.aul Cram- 

 stock plants of geraniums. Secure these \ p,d ;ind .lacijuerie among .--ingles. Tliev 

 in the fall. "\'our best jdan now would j are superb bedders. W. X. (I. 



