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AUQDST 10, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



15 



Entrance to EstabKshment of R. Vincent, Jr^ & Sons Co^ White Marsh, Md. 



a winter minimum temperature of 65 

 degrees. Qiganteums do not succeed 

 well under cool treatment, but For- 

 mosas and speciosums can be grown 

 well 10 degrees cooler. C. W. 



VINCENT'S PLACE. 



One of the accompanying illustra- 

 tions shows the main entrance and a 

 partial view of the greenhouses and 

 packing-shed of E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 Co., at "White Marsh, Md., and the other 

 picture shows some of the bedding on 

 the grounds. 



STOCK FOB PABK BEDDINO. 

 In an interesting paper read before 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia, Au- 

 gust 1, Xavier E. Schmitt gave some 

 surprising figures as to the quantity of 

 bedding stock used in Fairmount Park, 

 Philadelphia. His subject was "Park 

 Gardening," and, among other things, 

 he said: 



"We grow for the bedding in Fair- 

 mount park the following plants: 

 Oeranloms in eight varieties, John Doyle, 

 J. S. Clippard, S. A. Nutt, Gass Pink, 

 Ctilcago Seedling, La Favorite, Mrs. 

 Landry and Mme. Sallerol for edging... 22,700 

 Coleus in four varieties, VerschuCfeltii, 

 Golden Verscliaffeltii, Queen Victoria 



and Golden Bedder 9,995 



Ageratum Douglas 1,414 



Alternanthera briUiantlssima Prospect 



Park and aurea nana 47,080 



Ecbeveria atrosangulnea, imbrlcata, brae- 

 teosa, metallica, rosacea and globosa 



extensa ^o'S*"^ 



Sedum aureum „'°99 



Erantbemum atropurpureum 3,661 



Abutilon 1.690 



Aoalypha tricolor ;'X 



Stevla serrata variegata 8,063 



Salvia Mrs. Page 3,419 



Crotons ^923 



Gentaurea delicatissima 4,987 



Cannas Mme. Crozy, Souv. de Antoine 

 Cro«y, King Humbert, Richard Wallace, 

 Duke of Marlborough and Florence 



Vaughan 8.100 



Pansies 9.129 



Bellis perennis i'iS* 



Chrysanthemums 4,000 



Tulips, planted at Horticultural Hall 70,660 



Miscellaneous bulbs for forcing 4,300 



Tulips planted in other parts 66,870 



The list of other stock is too long to state 

 here, so I will only give the total 324,729 



"It has been our aim to have as 

 much variety as possible and we find 

 that oftentimes a small group gives 

 a great deal of pleasure to the public, 

 things that are not met with in the 

 ordinary lines of the trade." 



ANNUAL LUPINES FOR WINTEE. 



What soil, temperature and general 

 treatment do the annual lupines need 

 for winter blooming! W, M. R. 



The annual pink lupines, sown now, 

 will be in flower for Christmas. The 

 varieties of mutabilis take longer and 

 would be better in January and Feb- 

 ruary. If you sow the latter in Octo- 



ber, they will give a fine crop in March, 

 the spikes then being much stronger 

 than in winter. A night temperature 

 of 45 to 48 degrees and a compost of 

 two parts loam and one part well rot- 

 ted cow manure are to their liking, 

 Never grow them at all close, or they 

 will damp off. Crow cool and airy for 

 best results. C. W. 



ANTIBBHINUMS. 

 Can you give me any information 

 about the culture of snapdragons, or 

 antirrhinums f Where can I get some 

 plants? J. E. B. 



Antirrhinums, or snapdragons, as they 

 are commonly called, are becoming in- 

 creasingly popular each year for forcing 

 purposes. They have for many years 

 been recognized as valuable for bed- 

 ding-out purposes, and anyone who has 

 seen them growing at Bar Harbor or 

 any of the other popular Maine water- 

 ing places, or along the Massachusetts 

 north shore, must admit that they are 

 among the most effective of bedding- 

 out plants for massing effects, and when 

 kept supplied with water they bloom 

 practically the whole summer. Most 

 of these plants are raised from seed, 

 but, to be absolutely sure of the color, 

 specially fine sorts are propagated from 

 cuttings. 



If you wish to grow snapdragons 



under glass for winter or spring flower- 

 ing, you will find them an excellent and 

 profitable crop to follow chrysanthe- 

 mums, or to fill any empty benches any 

 time between October and April. For 

 early flowering, through November and 

 December, it is necessary to bench the 

 plants about the end of August. For 

 this purpose you should purchase plants 

 from some one of the specialists who 

 advertise these plants in The Review. 

 Secure plants, if possible, in 3-inch or 

 3 V^ -inch pots. For later planting strong 

 seedlings or rooted cuttings will do 

 well. If you do not want to plant out 

 before the end of the mum season, you 

 can purchase seeds and get strong 

 plants in 3-inch pots before that time. 

 Buy only the tall-growing varieties and 

 not in mixtures. You will find pink, 

 pure white, yellow and scarlet the best 

 sellers, probably in the order named. 



For soil any compost, such as you 

 would use for mums, roses, carnations 

 or violets, will suit snapdragons. They 

 will grow in a temperature anywhere 

 from 40 to 50 degrees at night. I find 

 thev do best with a minimum of 48 to 

 50 degrees in winter. Plant a foot 

 apart each way if the stock was raised 

 from cuttings. For plants from seed, 

 which are a trifle more vigorous, 12x15 

 inches will answer. Pinch back the 

 shoot as it pushes up to flower and al- 

 low four to five shoots to start from 

 near the ground. Rub out all weak, 

 useless growths. Three or four good 

 spikes to a plant will pay you better 

 than three times that number of in- 

 ferior ones. Stake the plants to keep 

 them erect and rub off the side growths 

 on the flowering stems. Feed liberally 

 when in active growth and spray or fu- 

 migate for green aphis, which is rather 

 partial to these plants. Never, how- 

 ever, fumigate with hydrocyanic acid 

 gas, as snapdragons are' hurt by even 

 a weak dose of it. 



Antirrhinums make an excellent Me- 

 morial day crop and are a splendid 

 crop to follow carnations with. By 

 benching from 3%-inch pots at the end 

 of March, you are sure of a splendid 

 cut at the end of May. Always grow 

 your plants in pots, rather than flats, as 

 they and ten weeks' stocks are hard 

 to lift with a ball of earth. C. W. 



Bedding at Entrance to Grounds of B. Vincent, Jr^ & Sons G). 



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