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The Florists^ Review 



NOTBMBBB 7, 1912. 



senting President Taft was made of a 

 large, flat, round pumpkin. This was 

 swung from the ceiling by three wires 

 wrapped with blue and white crepe 

 paper and an electric light placed inside 

 the pumpkin made of it a chandelier 

 throwing a beautiful yellow light on 

 the floor of the window, which was cov- 



ered with the autumn leaves and con- 

 tained, in tall vases, yellow and white 

 chrysanthemums, red, white and pink 

 roses, and red, white and pink carna- 

 tions, together with a few small plants 

 in pots. The back and sides of this 

 window were also lined with the corn- 

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Poinsettias. 



The flower bracts will now be show- 

 ing on the poinsettias, and now is the 

 time when some additional heat can be 

 applied with benefit. Of course the 

 plants will still come along well in a 

 temperature of 50 degrees at night, but 

 if you want first-class bracts well de- 

 veloped before Christmas, give them 10 

 degrees more heat. This also is the 

 period of all others in their develop- 

 ment when feeding tells. For this pur- 

 pose liquid cow or sheep manure once 

 in four or five days is excellent. Be 

 careful not to give it too strong, or the 

 leaves will suffer. A pinch of Clay's 

 fertilizer, a tablespoonful to an 8-inch 

 pan, will also be found an excellent 

 stimulant. If leaves show at all pale in 

 color all over the plant, tone them up 

 by weak doses of soot water, which 

 will make the foliage a rich, dark green 

 color. 



The making up into pans, if still un- 

 finished, should be completed at once. 

 Water with care, remembering that 

 either too much or too little will cause 

 yellow leaves, and poinsettias with bare 

 stems are not salable. Avoid heavy 

 fumigations, as these also are bad for 

 the foliage. If any shoots are still un- 

 supported, see to it that they are staked 

 at once. Tou can have some poinsettias 

 well developed for Thanksgiving if re- 

 quired. To secure these, give the plants 

 65 to 70 degrees at night. As a rule, 

 however, the sale for them at that festi- 

 val is not active as compared with 

 Christmas. 



Lilies for Christmas. 



Cold storage lilies which are coming 

 along for Christmas should show their 

 buds by the middle of November, and a 

 house kept at 65 degrees at night will 

 suit them. Lilium speciosum wanted 

 for the same holiday is better grown 5 

 degrees cooler. Keep all lilies freely 

 sprayed and do not neglect either to 

 fumigate regularly or else spray with 

 nicotine or some other insecticide, to 

 keep aphis in check. 



Gardenias. 



Anyone can grow and flower garde- 

 nias successfully during the spring 

 months, but from the early part of 

 November until the end of January is 

 the time , when they net the most 

 money, as this is the period when the 

 fewest appear on the market. Plants 

 which are budded freely will, with 

 proper care, prove profitable. When 

 these are grown in pots there is less 

 danger of the buds dropping, provided 

 sufficient heat can be given them. Gar- 

 denias, to be grown successfully, need 

 a warm house; a temperature of 65 to 



68 degrees at night in winter is not too 

 high, and 60 to 62 degrees on severe 

 nights should be the absolute minimum. 

 They also enjoy a little bottom heat, 

 and plants in benches with a flow and 

 return steam or hot water pipe below 

 them dry out better and are far less 

 liable to have the yellows or dropping 

 buds than those without this aid. 



The weather has been so warm this 

 season that plants are flowering freely 

 thus early, and a sudden sharp drop in 

 temperature may cause disaster; hence 

 the temperature, watering and ventilat- 

 ing must be looked after with care. 

 The ventilators should never be opened 

 with a rush, but a little at a time. 

 Close them down fairly early in the 

 afternoon and bottle up a nice, moist 



heat. Any spraying, which will be nec- 

 essary at least twice a week, should be 

 done early in the morning, so that the 

 foliage will be well dried before night. 

 Plants well rooted in pots will appre- 

 ciate weak manure water, but in 

 benches it will be safer to apply a 

 light mulch of soot and old cow manure 

 and omit liquid applications until the 

 end of January, when the sun will be 

 increasing in power. 



Cyclamens. 



There is a comparatively long season 

 for cyclamen plants in the markets. 

 They appear as early as September and, 

 on the other hand, many will next year 

 be sold for Easter. This means that 

 there is a sale for them during half the 

 year. It is important to have a good 

 batch in as fine shape as possible for 

 both Thanksgiving and Christmas, and 

 in order to have them nicely in bloom 

 the plants must have a temperature of 

 52 to 55 degrees at night. These early 

 flowered plants will not be so stocky as 

 the later ones, but there is a great ad- 

 vantage in moving them before the end 

 of the year and having the bench space 

 they have been occupying for some 

 other crop, instead of carrying the same 

 plants three months longer. 



Do not let the plants stand too close- 

 ly; each should stand quite clear of its 

 fellow. Kemove any bad foliage, weeds 

 or surface scum which may appear, and 

 give them the fullest possible sunlight 

 and a position well up to the glass. 

 Feed regularly when the pots are well 



Hallowe'en-Political Window of Southwestern Seed Co. 



