OCTOBER 1, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



The Average Date of The First Killing Frost of Autumn is Not Far Away-Study 



The Map and Save Your Stock. 



Chart showing av«rag0 

 dates of first killing fros 

 In autumn. In the Middle West 

 the dates of first killing 

 frost for any particular sea- 

 eon may vary fro» the average 

 by 30 days. In the Northwest 

 and South by about 15 days. 



sent from the Marblehead farm and 

 many orders are being booked for them. 



W. J. Marshall, of Campello, has his 

 houses mostly planted with carnations 

 this season. They all look well. 



At Penn's this week miniature Jap- 

 anese gardens are being featured in 

 one of the windows. Weddings, decora- 

 tions and funerals continue to keep the 

 staff busy. 



The shipping trade of Welch Bros. 

 Co. is improving and it is expected that 

 cut flower conditions will soon revive. 



One of our big drygoods firms had a 

 special sale of roses last week and in 

 one (lay disposed of 36,000 at the low 

 rate of 5 cents per dozen. This brings 

 up tlie question of why some of our en- 

 terprising retailers do not have some 

 special bargain sales to help relieve the 

 congestion in times of glut. 



•T. Neuman & Sons, on Tremont street, 

 always have an attractive window. The 

 Stall here is being kept busy on wed- 

 <'"i_' and funeral orders. 



-\n attractive feature in one of Gal- 

 vin s Tremont street windows is a well 

 nil 1 ted Black Hamburg grape in a pot. 

 '■iiiicral and wedding orders were nu- 

 "i''^'»us last week. September 23, I 

 '•"'"la superb casket cover of valley 

 ^" ! Killarney roses for the funeral of 

 I'"' late Mrs. E. J. Milton, of Brook- 

 '■'"'• September 26, they had the dec- 

 or.iMons for the wedding of Miss Mar- 

 •' '^' IjCe and F. W. Sargent, which 

 ,i ' , }^^ a lot of choice material. The 

 „■ . '■'^^'^'naids carried charming bou- 

 Muots of Cecile Brunner roses, which are 

 eoMing into much favor. 

 sen r^ ^^'^^^ Kose Conservatories are 

 rnJ'x? ^° * splendid lot of their new 

 koo,' A ^oorfield Story, which is in 

 " nemand at the high-class stores. 



They also have a superb cut of Hadley, 

 Killarney Brilliant and other varieties. 



The store of C. R. Dane, of Roxbury, 

 was burglarized September 20. The bur- 

 glars failed to get the cash hoped for, 

 but threw about and damaged quanti- 

 ties of ribbons and other stock. 



Edward Winkler, of Wakefield, is get- 

 ting a nice crop of his new light pink 

 carnation, Morning Glow. This is not 

 a large variety, but is wonderfully pro- 

 ductive and the color makes it sell on 

 sight. Mr. Winkler will disseminate it 

 next year. 



While local bulb dealers have re- 

 ceived practically their full supply of 

 Dutch bulbs, a large part of Paper 

 Whites and Romans from France have 

 not yet come to hand. While bulb 

 trade is good, a killing frost would 

 stimulate it. 



The convention garden is now better 

 than it has been the whole season. Last 

 week 's heat wave wonderfully improved 

 the cannas, geraniums, late gladioli and 

 aquatics. Visitors continue to come in 

 large crowds. 



William Sim is in the market with a 

 fine lot of single violets. He started 

 picking September 18. His plants are 

 exceptionally fine this season, in spite of 

 the prolonged drought. W. N. C. 



SWAINSONAS IN 3 INC5H POTS. 



Will swainsonas from 3-inch pots 

 grow and bloom this winter, planted 

 in raised beds, one foot high, in a 

 night temperature of 45 degrees? 



L. F. C. 



Swainsonas in 3-inch pots will not 

 give you many fiowers the coming win- 

 ter. They will do better if carried 

 along in pots, where the root action is 



limited. In a bench or bed they will 

 make growth at the expense of flowers, 

 although they will bloom freely in 

 spring and summer. Better grow your 

 plants in pots and allow them to root 

 through into the bench, rather than 

 plant them out. C. W. 



CULTUBE FOB HTDBANOEAS. 



Our hydrangeas are in 5-inch pots and 

 have four to six leads. These have been 

 summered over in the houses. They are 

 full of roots and look as though they 

 needed more room. How should I treat 

 them in order to have a few for Easter 

 and some for Memorial day? Would it 

 do to shift into 7-inch pots for later 

 blooming, leaving those intended for 

 Memorial day in the 5-inch pots until 

 time to force them? How should they 

 be hardened off? Would withholding 

 the water do until the leaves fall and 

 ripen the wood? When should this be 

 done for both batches? 



H. E . & C. W. K. 



Gradually decrease the water supply 

 in order to properly ripen the wood. 

 Do not, however, let them get too dry. 

 The plants should not be repotted now 

 and it would be well to allow them to 

 start in their present pots. Shift the 

 earliest batch into 6-inch pots and the 

 later ones into 7-inch pots, as 5-inch is 

 too small a size to keep properly watered. 

 For Easter, start the plants the first 

 week in January, and for Memorial day, 

 the first week in March. Start at 45 to 

 50 degrees and run warmer as growth 

 advances; 60 degrees at night can be 

 given once the flower heads show, but 

 run cooler as heads show color. It is 

 not necessary to dry hydrangeas so se- 

 verely as to cause all leaves to fall. 



