May 19, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists' Review- 



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Mrs. Vincent. 



E. Vincent, Jr. 



R. Van der Schoot. 



AmhrieaCns Were Among the Recent Visitors to the Hyacinth Fields of R. Van der Schoot & Son, Hillegoom, Holland. 



in hL« collection, was generally atlmired, 

 on account of the large, semi-clouble pink 

 flowers. 



Lilacs in pots in great variety, V all 

 well tiowercd, were capitally arranged by 

 F. Stepman de Messemacher. The group 

 ■was a most imposing one ajid the exhibi- 

 tor carried off all the leading prizes in 

 this section. 



Jean Braclie, Loochristy, who prides 

 himself upon being the possessor of the 

 most complete collection of rhododendrons 

 in Belgium, was awarded highest honors 

 for his collection of well flowered speci- 

 mens, three to four feet in height. 



B. P. Ker & Sons, Liverpool, England, 

 staged the best amaryllis, with Louis Van 

 Houttc, Ghent, Belgium, close behind. 



Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, ar- 

 ranged a fine group of cinerarias, includ- 

 ing Boule de Neige, which is sure to be 

 in great demand, also Primula obconica 

 in splendid strains, herbaceous calceola- 

 rias, etc., for Avhich gold medals were 

 awarded. 



Hartmann, of Ghent, arranged aran- 

 carias in many sizes; Sander, Bruges, 

 had bay trees in all sizes, .splendid, 

 healthy specimens, and the Societie Anon- 

 yme Flandria, Bruges, had a large, repre- 

 sentative collection of palms. 



New Holland plants from De Smet. 

 Vinderhaute, all splendidly flowered 

 specimens, beautifully arranged, covered 

 a large area. In decorative foliage plants, 

 Societie Anonyme Horticole, Ghent, and 

 A. Dalliere, Ghent, were in the front 

 rank. Bee. 



Milan, N. Y.— Irving Ei^ghmy, of 

 Rock City, is building greenhouses for 

 Ernest Dyle and C. A. Williams. 



Hackensack, N. J. — H. Kuhnert & 

 Son Buffered a considerable loss by fire 

 recently, when the Hamilton building, in 

 which their flower store was located, was 

 burned to the ground. 



POINSETTIAS, 



Please advise the proper treatment for 

 poinsettias from this time until market- 

 ing. I have my plants out in flats and 

 they are showing growth. How should 

 these- cuttings be handled? J. W. S. 



As soon as the cuttings are two and 

 one-half to three inches long, rub them 

 off with a heel; dip them^t^nce in some 

 powdered charcoal to stop the bleeding. 

 Place them in a propagating bench where 

 the sand is rather gritty. Some success- 

 ful growers prefer mixing some fine char- 

 coal in the sand. Keep them well watered 

 and carefully protected from sunshine. In 

 a warm house they will be rooted in three 

 to four weeks. Pot them off singly while 

 the roots are small. If allowed to remain 

 until the roots are several inches long, 

 they are liable to become broken, and the 

 cuttings get hard and fail to start well 

 after potting. Use leaf-mold and loam 

 with some sand at first potting and keep 

 in a close, warm house. Later they can 

 be grown in a cooler house, or even in 

 coldframes, successfully. 



If you want to grow the plants in 

 benches for cutting, plant out before they 

 get too much potbound. A compost such 

 as suits chrysanthemums answers well. A 

 house which can be kept at 60 to 65 de- 

 grees at night after the bracts show is 

 necessary if you want fine heads. 



If wanted for pans, later propagation, 

 say from June 10 to July 15, is suffi- 

 ciently early. Any rooted now would be- 

 come much too tall before flowering time. 

 Fine single heads can be grown in 6-inch 

 pots, averaging fifteen to eighteen inches 

 across. For the last shift use a compost 

 of fibrous loam, dry cow manure and 

 sand, adding a little fine bone. Pot firmly 

 and do not feed until the bracts show. 

 Avoid dryness at the root, and sogginess, 

 each of which will cause a loss of foliage. 



The plants, once established, want full 

 sun all the time. C. W. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



H. A. Barnard, representing Stuart 

 Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, England, left 

 London for the United Startes May 7. 



James Smith & Sons, who run extensive 

 nurseries at Darley Dale, England, have 

 received a royal warrant of appointment 

 as nurserymen to His Majesty the King. 

 They are large growers and exporters of 

 white heather. 



R. Wilson Ker, V. M. H., one of the 

 foremost nurserymen in England, with 

 nurseries in Liverpool, died May 4. The 

 firm's amaryllis were the best at the 

 Brussels exhibition. He was in his sev- 

 onty-first year and was well known 

 throughout England and on the continent 

 of Europe, where he had numerous 

 friends. 



Richard Bide, of S. Bide & Sons, nur- 

 serymen, Farnham, England, has also 

 gone to his last rest. He was in his 

 seventy-eighth year and for forty years 

 had managed the firm's glass department. 



R. Vincent and his wife, from Mary- 

 land, who had been touring in Holland 

 and Belgium, visiting the exhibitions, etc., 

 arrived in London in time to visit the 

 show of the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 May 3. He was surrounded by hosts of 

 friends, discussing pelargoniums and 

 dahlias. He was button-holed by Messrs. 

 Cannell, of Swanley, Jones, of Lewisham, 

 and Page, of Hampton, all vying with 

 one another as to which nursery he would 

 visit first. All three had new pelargo- 

 niums to show him. Bee. 



SwAMPScoTT, Mass. — The John Shep- 

 ard estate, on Atlantic avenue, where 

 James D. R. Duly is florist, is noted for 

 the beauty of the grounds and the fin© 

 condition of the greenhouse stock. 



