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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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New York Florists* Club on its Annual Outing June 28, 1910. 



them, and if the hoe then is used freely 

 among them, they will make surpris- 

 ingly rapid growth. Mignonette, to 

 succeed best when sown now, wants a 

 somewhat shaded location. 



Antirrhinums. 



From plants set out early, a nice 

 batch of antirrhinum cuttings should 

 now be procurable. These, if rooted 

 and kept potted along, will make nice 

 4-inch pot plants by the middle of Sep- 

 tember. 



If you have any plants in small pots 

 you want to bench early, do not allow 

 them to become potbound. Pinch out 

 the flowering stems as the buds show. 

 Keep the plants in a frame without any 

 sashes over them. If they can be par- 

 tially plunged in fine coal ashes, they 

 will require less water and grow much 

 better. 



From a good strain of seed plants will 

 come very true to color, and if no cut- 

 tings are procurable, sow some seed 

 now. It is not possible to get as even 

 a strain in color or character as from 

 cuttings, but the seedlings possess great 

 vigor and if kept potted along they 

 will make strong slants before any of 

 the early mum benches are cut over. 

 In using seedlings it is a good plan to 

 mark a few of the finest varieties and 

 select cuttings from these to grow 

 along for another season. 



Bulb Compost. 



It will be some time before the 

 French or Dutch bulbs arrive, but it is 

 better to prepare a pile of compost for 

 them now, rather than when they are 

 on the place. If you stacked up a pile 

 of sod and cow manure last fall, chop 

 this down and throw it in a heap. Bulbs 

 like a light and rather rich soil. One- 

 third of the whole should be decayed 

 manure. If you have any spent hotbed 

 manure, or such as has been used in the 

 make-up of a mushroom bed, either of 

 these is excellent for bulbs. A few 



shovels of soot and some sharp sand 

 should also be added. It is much better 

 to leave out bone and all chemical fer- 

 tilizers. These are more likely to be 

 harmful than helpful. Turn the pile 

 over twice or thrice to thoroughly mix 

 it, and it will be in a fine mechanical 

 condition when you want it in Septem- 

 ber and October. 



Summer Lilies. 



The Lilium speciosum bulbs potted 

 last December and growing in a cool 

 house will soon be coming into flower. 

 In the summer months, while the de- 

 mand for flowers is comparatively light, 

 there is nevertheless a fairly constant 

 call for choice blooms, especially for fu- 

 neral work. L. speciosum album is one 

 of the most useful of all pure white 

 flowers for this purpose, and by retard- 

 ing some of the plants a quite long suc- 

 cession of flowers is possible. The stalks 

 also are well adapted for cutting, as the 

 buds will open up nicely in water. Be 

 sure that green aphis is not allowed to 

 gain a foothold at this time, or the re- 

 sult will be seen in discolored and de- 

 formed blooms. For L. speciosum ru- 

 brum the call is less than for the pure 

 white variety, but there is also a fairly 

 good call for it. Keep the glass well 

 shaded where these lilies are growing 

 and be sure to afford them an abundant 

 water supply. 



The present is a suitable time to se- 

 cure and pot up a batch of retarded 

 bulbs of L. longiflorum and speciosum. 

 The former can go singly in ;> inch pots; 

 the latter three to five in a 7-inch or 

 8-inch pot. Stand them on a cellar 

 floor, or in a coldframe. Water well 

 and keep dark. In a cellar the pots 

 need not be covered, but in a frame, 

 where the pots will dry out more, cover 

 with some short, littery straw or ex- 

 celsior. 



The Mum Manual, by Elmer D. Smith, 

 for 40 cents sent to The Review. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



For days it has been close to 100 de- 

 grees in the shade. Monday, the holi- 

 day, after the morning market, was 'gen- 

 erally observed, nearly all the wholesale 

 and retail stores being closed. The price 

 of American Beauties for selected stock 

 holds at last week's quotations, and this 

 applies also to all other selected stock, 

 but for anything inferior it is useless to 

 quote any valuation. The question is 

 how to get rid of it at any price. Qual- 

 ity has depreciated with the abnormal 

 spell of hot weather, which, coupled 

 with humidity, is causing many pros- 

 trations and adding to the mildew and 

 deterioration of stock at an alarming 

 rate. There is no advance in the price 

 of carnations. In quantity, the best 

 have sold as low as .$10 per thousand, 

 while of the sleepy and inferior grades 

 the sales are made in bulk; the street 

 merchants hand carnations out at 5 

 cents a dozen, and sweet peas at 5 cents 

 a bunch. For the latter they pay as low 

 as $5 per thousand bunches. The se- 

 lected sweet pea stock, however, main- 

 tains its value and the limited supply 

 of the best grade meets with a ready 

 sale. 



There is no let-up in the shipment of 

 orchids, and prices are seeking their 

 summer level. Lilies and valley are 

 abundant and prices are low. Gladioli 

 are arriving in larger quantity daily, 

 and prices are fast receding. It will not 

 be long until the local growers begin 

 their immense daily shipments at $5 

 per thousand. 



Various Notes. 



The vacation season is here in earnest. 

 To list the happy participants would fill 

 a page. With the usual liberality of the 



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