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JAMUABT 20, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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House of tfae New Begfonia, Gloire de Cincinnati. 



attempting to force new crop pips until 

 the middle of January. They start slowly 

 and more erratically than cold storage 

 stock. 



Later in the season the bottom heat 

 can be materially reduced and in summer, 

 of course, it is not needed at all. Fine 

 valley can be grown in cold frames in 

 spring and early summer; it comes with 

 splendid foliage. During the warm 

 months, unless you have convenient cold 

 storage facilities — a temperature of 30 

 degrees is about right — it will be better 

 to have supplies come at regular inter- 

 vals, a case or two at a time, from some 

 reliable firm specializing in cold storage 

 valley. 



The largest growers keep up a constant 

 supply the year around and use the same 

 house for this purpose. It should have 

 the glass well shaded, except during win- 

 ter. For foliage during the winter 

 months, it will pay to grow a few pips 

 in the light, or if you have any ordinary 

 outdoor valley, put a clump in a brisk 

 heat and full light every few days, and 

 it will give you what foliage you require. 

 If grown in full light when the weather 

 is warmer, you will get abundant foliage, 

 shorter stems and the flowers more close 

 together. As a general thing, this is 

 preferable to the pale and drawn stalks 

 usually seen. C. W. 



REMEDY FOR TAR FUMES. 



In the Review of January 13, page 12, 

 un<1er the head of "Bad Effects of Tar 



Fu 



"'es," J. s. & S. tell of the trouble 



inat they have experienced on account of 

 'ising tar on their bench lumber. If they 

 ^I'l thoroughly paint all the tarred parts 

 ^"\i a thick solution of clay and lime 

 w.-ia.a, I feel sure that the trouble will be 

 gr.ji-tly decreased. This was our experi- 

 ence twenty years ago. I shall be glad 

 "^ • "IS hint will afford any help to a fel- 

 •^^v florist. Charles Black. 



PETERSON'S NEVEST BEGONIAS. 



jj^',' -^^ Peterson, who long ago estab- 

 •^^ a reputation by his success with 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, has chosen 

 the name of his home city for a new 

 variety which he now is growing in con- 

 siderable quantity. Gloire de Cincinnati, 

 or, to give it the English form of the 

 name. Glory of Cincinnati, is a seedling 

 from Begonia Socotrana. The accom- 

 panying illustration is from a photograph 

 of a house of it made just before Christ- 

 mas. Mr. Peterson thinks he has a win- 

 ner in this variety and that in the course 

 of time it will largely displace Gloire de 

 Lorraine. The picture would indicate 



that it is fully as free flowering as 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, and the in- 

 dividual flowers are much larger. It is 

 of a somewhat deeper shade of soft, 

 satiny pink and the flowers are carried 

 well above the foliage. It makes an ex- 

 tremely handsome plant in small pots, as 

 well as in larger sizes. But what Mr. 

 Peterson says is its strongest point is 

 that it lasts longer in bloom under the 

 average living-room conditions than any 

 other begonia he ever has tried, and he 

 has tested them all. 



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Coreopsis Grandiflora. 



Where a number of Coreopsis grandi- 

 flora were potted in the fall and have 

 been kept in a cool pit until now, it is 

 time to place a batch in heat for spring 

 flowering. Do not coddle them; nothing 

 warmer than the cool end of a carnation 

 house should be given them. A florist 

 who grew a number of these for 

 Memorial day last year found them 

 profitable. His procedure was to carry 

 over plants in 6-inch pots, planting them 

 in a bench about March 1. The quantity 

 of flowers produced to a single plant is 

 surprising, and as they have long stems 

 they work in fine tor bouquet work. Try 

 a few plants another season and note 

 how useful they will be. 



Rhododendrons. 



Rhododendrons have sold well at 

 Easter during the last few years, choice 

 new varieties like Pink Pearl especially 

 so. It is still somewhat early to subject 



them to forcing — in fact, they are much 

 better if not forced at all. Let them 

 have 50 degrees at night, commencing 

 eight weeks before Easter, and they will 

 be in prime condition. Rhododendrons 

 can be forced, but much of their beauty 

 is destroyed by so doing. Grown and 

 flowered comparatively cool, the trusses 

 will last much better and the flowers will 

 be of a decidedly brighter hue than where 

 forced. 



Lorraine Begonias. 



The bulk of the Lorraine begonias will 

 probably have been disposed of before 

 this time. A suflBcient stock should have 

 been reserved for propagating purposes, 

 and the present is an opportune time to 

 take a good-sized batch of leaf cuttings. 

 Plants from which the flowers were re- 

 moved after Christmas, and which have 

 been kept a little on the dry sid^e since 

 then, are the best to take leaves from 

 Always insert a portion of the leaf stalk 



