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tion house? Should they be kept wet 

 while under the beuch or after taken 

 out? What kind of soil is beat suited 

 for them? How many flower shoots 

 does a good-sized bulb throw? 



W. D. M. 



Paper White narcissi will do well in 

 a carnation house temperature. A suit- 

 able soil is one consisting of two-thirds 

 well decayed fibrous loam and one- 

 third old and well decayed cow or 

 horse manure pressed through a rough 

 screen; also add some sand. The flats 

 used should be four to five inches deep. 

 The bulbs need not be entirely covered. 

 Water the flats well after planting, 

 then allow them to get moderately dry i 

 between waterings. Once the flats are^ 

 full of r.oots, however, a copious su^ 

 ply is necessary; also some liquid ma- 

 nure as the . spikes advance. Good 

 bulbs throw two to three spikes each. 

 Small and inferior bulbs usually only 

 produce a solitary spike. C. W. 



Miltonia St. Andre. 



A NEW MILTONIA. * 



The accompanying illustration of Mil- 

 tonia St. Andre, a variety not yet in 

 commerce, is reproduced from a photo- 

 graph supplied by Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Rutherford, N. J. It is said to be a 

 cross between Miltonia Roezlii and M. 

 Blcuana. The illustration shows the 

 flowers so well that extended descrip- 

 tion seems unnecessary. 



ACHILLEA PERRY'S WHITE. 



A hardy plant novelty that has at- 

 tracted much attention in Great Britain 

 and is coming to the notice of the trade 

 in this country is Achillea Ptarmica 

 Perry's White, introduced by the late 

 Amos Perry, proprietor of Perry's 

 Hardy Plant Farms, at Enfield, Middle- 

 sex, England. A field of this plant at 

 Enfield is shown in the illustration. 

 This achillea is used as a border plant 

 and proves to be well adapted to this 

 use. It has also been found to be of 

 value for cut flowers for padding, or 

 filling in decorative and design wojk. 

 Tho flowers are over an inch across 

 and have broad, overlapping petals, 

 making them quite fluffy. They are a 

 I'Uie snow-white and in every way are 

 a great improvement over the old 

 J'earl. 



In the two years in which Perry's 

 White has been before the trade in 

 froat Britain it has won much favor- 

 able comment and received awards of 

 merit from societies whose mark of 

 approval is valued. At its first appear- 

 ance, September 10, 1912, it received an 

 award of merit from the Royal Horti- 

 '■"Itiiral Society. In 19i;{ it won 

 awards of merit from the Glasgow 

 Horticultural Society and the National 

 Hardy Plant Society and a first-class 

 certificate from the Royal Caledonian 

 Society. 



DAISIES FOR WINTER. 



What varieties of daisies are the 

 best to plant inside for cut flowers? 

 Hf \v will Shasta daisies do in the 

 ^'"ter? H. F. D. 



'he only daisy grown to any extent 



in winter is Chrysanthemum frutescens, 

 known as the Paris daisy, or mar- 

 guerite. Of this, there are white and 

 yellow forms, each of which will flower 

 moderately in winter and abundantly in 

 spring and early summer. The Shasta 

 daisies are of no value whatever for 

 winter flowering. There are several 

 white forms of the marguerite. Mrs. 

 Sander and Queen Alexandra are popu- 

 lar recent acquisitions. . The yellow 

 form, Etoile d'Or, sells better in the 

 market as a cut flower than the white 

 varieties. Two or more varieties of 

 this are offered in the trade. Mar- 

 guerites, to flower freely in winter, 

 must be grown in pots, boxes or shal- 

 low benches. If given unlimited root- 

 run they will make excessive growth, 

 but will bloom sparsely. C. W. 



JERUSALEM CHERRIES. 



Will you please tell me how to handle 

 Jerusalem cherries? Do you pinch back 

 in order to have them in blossom for 

 Christmas? What is the botanical name 

 of them? What soil do thev require? 

 * C. W. 



The botanical name of the Jerusalem 

 cherry is Solanum Capsicastruni. You 

 need not pinch back the shoots at any 

 time. You want the plants in fruit 

 rather than in flower for them to be of 

 any commercial value. They can either 

 he grown in pots plunged outdoors or 

 planted out in rich soil and potted up 

 in September. They require good soil; 

 two-thirds loam and one-third cow 

 manure would be suitable. Feed the 

 [dants liberally once the pots are filled 

 with roots. C. W. 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSI. 



We want to grow Paper Whites this 

 winter. Will they do well in a carna- 



Lincoln, 111.— Otto and Carl Hem- 

 hreiker, who conduct the West End 

 Greenhouses, have built an office and 

 are planning a show house. 



Champaign, 111.— H. L. Bode, of 19 

 East Green street, has resigned his po- 

 sition as Illinois Central florist and has 

 moved to Chicago, where he will enter 

 business for himself. 



Field of the New Cut Flower Achillea, Perry's White. 



