JULT 21, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



keep the fronds a fine, rich green color 

 and might, with advantage, be more 

 generally used, not only on adiantums, 

 but on all other ferns, as well as palms 

 ;ind foliage plants generally. 



If there is no suitable greenhouse for 



;irowing adiantums in summer, a well- 



ihaded frame should be used. In this the 



;rrowth will be far better than in even 



The best built greenhouse, as the plants 



ire close to the glass, and their growth 



,vill surprise those who have never yet 



ried this method of culture. Look out 



or snails. Scatter lime about their 



jiaunts and lay baits, in the way of 



cabbage or lettuce leaves and slices of 



oot crops, examining them at least 



once a day. 



Clerodendron Fallax. 



The climbing clerodendrons, such as 

 ThomsonsB and Balfourianum, are old 

 Javorites and much better known than 

 the shrubby section. Of the latter 

 class C. fallax, a native of Java, has 

 been a popular pot plant in Europe for 

 many years, and is to a limited extent 

 i^rown in America. It flowers during 

 the summer months, and its large, ter- 

 minal, erect panicles of rich scarlet 

 flowers are showy and last well in 

 bloom. The large, dark green cordate- 

 ovate leaves are in themselves quite 

 handsome. 



While classed as a tropical plant, this 

 clerodendron grows capitally in either 

 a frame or ordinary greenhouse in sum- 

 mer. Its propagation is easy; seeds 

 germinate readily, and if the^ are sown 

 in January, strong blooming plants 

 may be had the first season. Soft-wood 

 cuttings root in a brisk heat, while 

 jiieces of stem cut up in short lengths 

 will also soon produce growths in a 

 warm propagating bed. Among summer 

 flowering pot plants, Clerodendron fal- 

 lax is well worthy of the attention of 

 florists. 



Genistas. 



Genistas are making excellent growth 

 in spite of the hot weather. Pots are 

 much better plunged to the brim in 

 ashes or loam during the summer 

 months. This reduces the watering, 

 keeps the roots cooler and moister and 

 the plants grow much better. Young 

 stock propagated in late winter should 

 now be ready to go into 5-inch or 

 <)inch pots. Keep them well pinched 

 i'nd they will do much better outdoors 

 on a bed of ashes than in the green- 

 liouses. Keep older plants well sheared, 

 To make them thick and bushy. This 

 work should be done at least once in 

 iliree weeks. Use the "hose freely over 

 'lie plants in hot, dry weather. 



A.NOTHEE FORMULA FOR PUTTY. 



In a recent issue of The Eeview a 



-ubscriber inquired how to compound 



' a greenhouse putty, for use in a 



rutty bulb, that will not run in warm 



" oather or heave in cold weather, and 



hat will be pliable at all seasons. ' ' A 



oply to this inquiry appeared in The 



veview of July 14, page 9, giving com- 



^ iete directions as to the making of a 



iquid putty with whiting, linseed oil 



tnd Japan drier, 



A. C. Canfield, of Springfield, III., now 

 ubmits another formula, which is 

 'juite simple, and which, he says, he 

 '':i8 used satisfactorily for the last 

 nght years. It is as follows: One- 

 'hird lard oil, two-thirds linseed oil and 

 f^nough whiting to produce the desired 

 ^consistency. 



Herbert Greensmith, 



HERBERT GREENSMITH. 



The powers that be in Cincinnati ex- 

 ercise a nice discrimination in their 

 selection of park officials. It is not in 

 every city that the counsels of the 

 florists are heeded in park matters, but 

 in Cincinnati for years and years a 

 florist has been superintendent of the 

 park system; not one florist, but one 

 florist after another. The result of 

 having trained florists in charge of 

 park work is apparent in the fine con- 

 dition of the Cincinnati parks, not 

 only this year but in other years, and 

 in increasing ratio each year. 



Herbert Greensmith was appointed 

 superintendept of parks at Cincinnati 

 at a comparatively recent date, but his 

 training, particularly with hardy 

 plants, has been the work of a life- 

 time. Mr. Greensmith is a gentleman 

 of erudition, and there are in this coun- 

 try few better authorities on hardj' 

 perennials. For years he was asso- 

 ciated with the Dreer establishment at 

 Riverton, N. J. The Dreer institution 

 does not often let one of its men get 

 away, but when one does leave that ex- 

 ceedingly well-managed place to go 

 into the service of the public, that por- 

 tion of the public that gains his services 

 almost invariably is to be congratu- 

 lated. 



Mr. Greensmith 's commercial train- 

 ing resulted in his quick affiliation 

 with the trade interests at Cincinnati, 

 and at the last meeting of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Club he was elected 

 a director of that organization for a 



three years' term. The portrait repro- 

 duced herewith is from a photograph 

 made within the week. 



SNAPS AND CALLAS FOR MARKET. 



In The Review for June 30, the an- 

 swer to the inquiry of J. G. S. B. re- 

 garding snapdragons m.ade me think I 

 should like to give my experience and 

 also ask a few questions. Last fall I 

 took up and benched a few snaps that 

 had bloomed in the field. I cut fine 

 spikes of blooms all winter and spring 

 until the first part of June, some spikes 

 measuring over five feet, and it seemed 

 the longer they bloomed the better 

 they got. I always cut them back to 

 about three or four inches of the 

 ground, when they would break again. 

 Now, the question I would like to ask 

 is this: Having had such good success 

 with snaps, would it be profitable to 

 grow them for wholesale markets, and 

 also would callas pay as a wholesale 

 cut flower, as our soil seems to be well 

 adapted to their culture? We are lo- 

 cated in Iowa. G. H. 



In wholesale markets there usually is 

 a good demand for snapdragons that 

 are of really first-class quality. Long, 

 straight stems are a necessity. Nothing 

 else is worth sending in. Pink sells 

 best, after that yellow and white. They 

 must be put on the market unbruised by 

 travel if they are to sell in competition 

 with the stock that has not stood a 

 journey. Callas are not now as profit- 

 able a cut flower as they were before 



