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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jim: It. I'.llii 



/ TREATMENT FOR GLOXINIAS. 



(ilcixi iiiic-. w Ih'11 ill tlipwcr. on joy n 

 iiiO(l('r;it('l\- w.'inii lioiisc. (in ilt'tift'os at 

 iiiglit liciii;.'- -ullii-ifiit. It is a mistake 

 to sliadc tica\'il.v. X(p miii ^limiM vcacii 

 the plant-. 1 ut tiicy do ikM want to lie 

 ill a ilai'l<. -i-mi i|iiiii;('oii lil\c stnic-tiirc, 

 or the tlowi i- will lack texture and the 

 steiiisMilistaiii'e. ^'oiiiio --totd'; raise(| 

 from seed lii Jaiinaiv or I'tdnuary, it' 

 Ivcjit iiott.d aloiiu, ^vill make nii'e llow- 



)iot to bury tiie crown, and on the 

 otlier hand do not leave it too ele- 

 vated, or it will be constantly see- 

 sawing and will liiially snap off if not 

 su]i|)orte<l. Properly * potted itrimulas 

 need no siijiport. Keep on the sashes 

 diiriny liriglit suiishino; remove them 

 on dull days and during warm nights. 

 • loth or lath shades are better than 

 whitening the glass, as they keep the 

 plants cooler. 



Golden Spur Narcissus at J. J. Grullemans & Sons', Lisse, Holland. 



plan has many features to recommeu' 

 it, the (diief sa\ ing being iu labor, pot 

 ting and watering. We should like au\ 

 ])ri inula growers who want to get soni. 

 extra fine plants, to try this plan. 



IRIS FOR IDENTIFICATION. 



I am sending the bud of ;in iris an. 

 shall be glad to lia\'e you tcdl me th. 

 name of the \ariety. The flowers e.\ 

 l>and Avidl in water after cutting an. 

 i-emain in good shape for se\eral days 

 The tlower is the same form as the 

 Sp;inish ills, white with golden mark 

 iiigs. The foli;igc is narrow. The plain 

 grows .-iliout thirty iii(di(>s high, is 

 robust. hard>' :ind t'oriiis large (dump- 

 like the (iermaii iris. It always is in 

 llowcr with us in Kansas for Memorial 

 day. The roots are rhizomate, but still 

 are miKdi like a mass of stiff wire. It 

 tliri\cs in any good soil. The variety 

 was iiit I'oiluced here sexcral years ago 

 1)\- an iMiglish lady and it is sometimes 

 called Iris Angelica. 1 shall be glad 

 to irstve an\- information \-oii can give 

 al)out it. ' " C. IT. C. 



When the bud reaidied me it was too 

 far gone for positive identification, 

 ('onsidering the flower with the descrip 

 tion. it jirobably is Iris Wiberica alba. 

 It so. it blooms after the (jlerman sec 

 lion. William A. Peterson. 



ering plants in July and August. Give 

 them a ida.c well "up to the glass and 

 do not i-oddle them. Kxcept on cold 

 night-. Iea\c -ome ventilation on all tlie 

 ijiiie. <iive them a light Imt at the 

 same tiiiH- fairly rich compost, and do 

 not pot ton tirmly. To secure good 

 sized tuiier- for another season, the 

 iK'st jilaii with seedlings is to plant 

 them out ill a crddframe in rows a foot 

 a])art. allowing six to eight inches be- 

 tween the jilants. Keep the sashes tilted 

 top and bottom all the time. Fumigate 

 once in eight or ten days for thrips. 

 Water, when well estal dished, once i.n 

 four or live days. The i)lants will make 

 grand orowtli treate<l this .and liirow 

 sjileiidid l1ow< IS 111 l.atr sumiiiei'. They 

 ,-;in le lifted and stored in tl.ats to 



lilirll ill (')ct(iber. 



(Jnc successful jirimula grower phuits 

 out his young stock in coldframes, well 

 up to the glass, in light but fairly rich 

 soil. He keeps the sashes over them 

 all summer, but gives air all the time, 

 and lifts and places the plants in their 

 blooming pots early in October, taking 

 a nice ball with each. Better grown 

 )dants rarely arc seen, and placed in a 

 shaded house they become established 

 (piickly and hardl.v lose a leaf. This 



ANTIRRHINUMS FOR MARKET. 



We have noticed in the wholesale 

 markets during the last season that an 

 tirrhinums well grown and of jileasing 

 shades of color have sold well. The 

 best shades are ])ure white and pink; 

 next to these come yellow and dark red. 

 In t1i(> better class flower stores pink 

 is the ])opular color. As a rule, pink 

 snapdragons do not produce so robust 

 spikes as the other varieties, but they 

 tlower just as early and as profusely. 

 We hope you remembered to select cut- 

 tings from one or two of your best 

 varieties and have had them planted 

 outdoors. From these you should soon 

 be able to secure some cuttings, which, 

 if kept potte<l along, will jirove useful 



PRIMULAS IN SUMMER. 



'I'll,. Ir-T |.lace t'or such w inter llow- 

 4Tin<: piiiiiiila- as Sinensis, idii-onica ami 

 Kcwcii-i- .lining the -uniiiicr nioiiths is 

 a colcll r;inii\ ' >nt> facing norlh or cast 

 IS better than "lie li;iving a south or 

 wc-lerii .Npn-iir... .\ coating of tine 

 ,•11, 'il a-lic- Tliic.. nr four inches thi(d<. 

 Ill which ill.' little iiots easily can be 

 liartially iiiiiiii^ed. will kee]i worms from 

 findiii;: th.'ir wa\ into the drainage. Our 

 eiir!ie-t jil.aiit- all' now in V, inch .and 

 I iiK'li pill-*, all'] any still in (bats or 

 |,;iii- -I, mil. I !■'• potteil l"l'nn> they be- 

 rciiiii' .1 ..w <li'.l. A ^ood compost con- 

 ,ivlv .if ..lie li;ilf well rolt.'d tibroiis 

 I,, .•nil. oil. third leaf mold, not too mucji 

 .jccavi-d and iiirlined to I c flaky, and 

 till' li;ilail.-c ohl deca\e.| h.^lbeil or cow 

 ni.'iiinn-. loliliiig '•' little -harp -.-iiel and 

 hue chare. ai to l: i ^ e piii..~ii\ aii.l -weet 



)li.^v. l;,. -nil' ill pi.llil!.; 1'. Silii'lis-s 



Miscellaneous Bulbs Shown by Grullemans & Sons, of Lisse, at the Haarlem Exhibition. 



