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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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GRAPTOPHYLLUM PICTUM. 



I i i;i iii M|i|]Ul!i!ii |iii-liiiii i-i !;i--ni;ill 



genus ot' s!inili< t'ruiii tlir suit lici'ii ii'op 

 ics iuiil i> llif iriiKl \:iiiic(| :ili.l uriKl 

 int'litill of llic ^pccii--. Il i- ;i li'ii(l(M' 

 f'vorg recti shiiili. j^rnwii in unr iiniilierii 

 greeiili<tiisi V eiilireiv tdr tl:c licnuty ut' its 

 foliage. AltliiMigli tlii> illiist rat imi does 

 not \ery well ^\n<\\ ilii' \ aiiegal imi. tlie 



lea\('s are must iiregularly marked and 

 blot(died witii yelldW, llu two lea\'es lieing 

 alike. It gruws te a lieiglit (if seven to 

 ten feet. Iml smaller specimens are more 

 ornamental in liie conservatory. Ordi 

 nary gooci loam, wilii a xvarm teni])era- 

 ture. will grow it frecdy. The tlower is 

 scarlet, hut not conspicuous. Tiiere is 

 a vari(1y of the alio\t' called lurido sin 

 guinea, with |iurjilish leaves and reil xcins 



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SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



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Allamanda Williamsi. 



A lla Ilia lola Williamsi mak<'s one ol' 

 the liest ~iimme!- Ilowering pot plants. It 

 is an especial t';i\ orite at Newport. K'. 

 I., and other fiishionalile siinimer resorts. 

 nic(dy ;^r'iwn jdants making lieaiiti 

 till ceiitei |iiei-e-. I'lalits started I'.'irly 

 ill April ill ;; Krisk heat, and kejit in a 

 wai'in lioii'-e. will now lie showing tlower. 

 It i;i\e'- till' tloweis more sulistance it' 

 they .III' nil! grown in too shady a 

 St riicl lire. They will st.and full sun 

 • iiid even ;:iow outdoors. In the lat 

 tej- ca'-e the llowcis take on a hron/.y 

 hue. 



.\ green liuiise kept ahont '>'> clegrees at 

 night will now <uit A. Williamsi well. 

 Let the plants have an aliundaiice of 

 \\ai<'r and. as the pots lajiidlv Mil with 

 root'-, use licpiid i-ow m.aniire water or 

 a 1 op-dre>si ng ni' ('Lay's Kelt i I izi'r onc(> 

 a week. These allamaiolas llowcr for 

 nionths. .and as they are adaptalde 

 for ciitliiig for market |Mirposes and 

 .ail' ot' I'asy eiilture, they are wurtliy of 



more ;it tent ion. Soft w I cuttings will 



rout ill a nioiitl; in a warm house. 



Achimenes. 



Whethi-i aehinieiie> are grew ii in pots, 

 ]ians or Ipaskcts, they ;ire e\rc|leiit Slim- 

 mer Idooming plant--. In Kiirope they 

 are greater favoiites than here, Imt the 

 l;irge Howereil \arieties, snih as .-dlia 

 m.'ixima ,iiid .Margaretta. are useful 

 tlorists' plants where clidii-e juit |il;iiits 

 in Idonm are wanted in .liily .'ind .\u- 

 gust. They last rein.'iikalilv well in 

 the dwelling house and. when in active 

 i^rowth. do well ill a lioii^e snitaMe for 

 L;|iixinia-. Tliev i-an he moved to a 

 cold, aiiv hiili^e as the tlower- open. 

 The com|iii-t -lionld lie light. |Miroiis, 

 liill t'aiiiv Mcli; muc halt' liliimi- loam, 

 iiiie fiiiirth cow in.'i nil le. mie t'nurth 



llaky le.''l' li.nld .'illd :i ^imhI d;|-.h of 

 -;i nd -Il it - I hem II I'.-el \ . I In mil let t he 

 ■ lirect -nil strike them, ;i- the I'ldine,. 

 will readi Iv -i-.'ild, .'I nd in w a teiiii;; .-i v niil 

 wettillL; 'ho fidia^e ;i> liiilrh a- pns 

 vilile. la-ht KV nine ;jriiwtli- ;ire ample 

 I'nr .-I 1} inch |iot iM' pan, .-iiicl t liese 

 -hoilhl e.'ich have light stake- lict'ere the 

 llowcr- -i.iit to expand. 



lie a I riv 



Hydrangeas. 



Ill 111' Memorial da\ me.'ins a 



lliiweriiiu plant-, and hy dr;i nge.'is .'ire in 

 :is much demaiol as ;iiiy other pot plant 

 ;it that -ea-mi. There i-. with ni.'iny. 

 consideralile <ale for these plants 

 ihi '^Ii .i I'll- and -Inly. 1,,'ite Iddioning 



stock should have some shade, to re- 

 dlii-e watering and keep the llower heads 



of a g 1 color, i'laiit out young stock 



rooted early in the year. ('house a 

 well manured joece of land, inclined to 

 lie moi-i. If Mime water can lie given 

 during severe droughts, it will lie a 

 great lienelit. It is not too late even 

 now to root a good liatcli ot' cuttings. 

 These, if ke|it growing along in pots, 

 will lie lit to llower ill (i inch pots ii(>xt 

 -pring with one or two largi' heads 

 each. Plant out .-Miy unsold stock, after 

 heading them l>;ick well. Tlit>se will 

 in.'ike tine, liig s|peciinens another year. 

 Large plants carried over winter in cold 

 cidlars will MOW be outdoors and must 

 ha\'e an ahundanf water snpjily. As 

 they start into active growth, apply 

 liipiid manure t'recdy. .'is hydrangeas 

 are yro-s feedeis. 



Cannas. 



In planting mit beds ot' cannas, it is 

 alvwiys a mistake to have them mounded 

 up tow;ir(l the center. The plants will 

 not make nearly as good growth in 

 these as when the beds are level or 

 even .'i little sunken, unless they are 

 copiously vv.'itered. ('annas enjoy a 

 w.'irni. iniiisl and rich soil, but in the 



e.'irly stages ef growth, when the iiighi 

 are liable to be rather chilly, it is be 

 not to water too freely. I>e sure i 

 plant out a siillicient ipiantity of stoc 

 pl.'iiifs for yomsidvcs before the bd 

 ding season is too f.'U' .'idvanced. It 

 sometimes necess.'iry to refuse l;i! 

 orders, strong as the temptation may 1. 

 to till them with plants neeiled by on 

 sel ves. 



Nerhies. 



Xerines will now have completed tliei 

 growth and the foliage will show sign 

 of decaying on scone of them. The 

 will d> wall new stood outdoors in fnl 

 sun on a beil of cinders. Do not di 

 them off too suddenly, but withlud. 

 water by degrees. Hy the middle o! 

 .Imie. when the folijige will all be assuin 

 ing a golden hue, lay them on thei' 

 sides on a hot, -iiiiny b;iiik, where tlie\ 

 can gi't a thorough baking all sum 

 mer long. They will need no fnrlhei 

 attention until the middle or eiiil ol 

 September, when the llower spikes will 

 commem-e to push and the jiots c;iii 

 be moved into a frame or cool gi'een 

 lioiise .'lud watere<l. 



Variegated Vinca. 



\'ariegated vinca is one of the inosi 

 geiier:illy uset'iil of hanging jdaiits for 

 vases, pia/.za boxes and window boxe>, 

 ,'iiid there never seems to be much of a 

 surplus of it. I>e sure to reserve 

 and plant out a sullicient ipianity 

 of plants tor propai;ating juirpose-. 

 ('nttings rooted during the wintei 

 dii not make • plants of siillii-ient 

 si/e for the bulk of customers and are 

 letter grown a season in the lield, when 

 they make heavy cliim|ps by f;ill. .\- 

 tlie propagating benches will now be 

 l( ss ill service, take olf a good batch 

 of cuttings with a lieid. Kee|) them 

 -haded and well so.'ikeil with vvatei 

 l'\'w will fail to root. I'ot these, and. 

 to get il nice growth on them, plunge 

 them in an empty coldframe in old 

 manure. Sc-ittei- a little fine manure 

 on ton of the ground. Water freely 

 ;ind thev will make nice plants befoie 

 fall. 



Astilbe Japonica. 



If V oil have been growing .\stilbi 



Graptophyllum Pictum. 



