ALUUST 11, I'JlU. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



15 



.,. it I'uiir inciics apart cacli way for the 

 I.,, ii.T ]in>|>agaiiiiii, and sliado them 

 ^ htly if till' weatliiT is sunny, avoiding 

 ,i, i^lits and giving- tliein a yood water- 

 ji ;is sdon as planted. The young stock, 

 ,, , (>slaljlish('d, should not liave a liigli 

 ], ■ perature, l)nt ratlier une sexcral de- 

 , V lower than the blooming plants re- 



■I topping th,> young .stock we pull the 



nut clean when the plants ha\i' 



._ \;n enough to show the joints between 



t t'oliage. Go over the stock as often as 



ecessary, at least once a week. Keep 



I \iiung [dauts free from weeds and the 



stirred occasionally. 



Field Culture. 



Alien the weather b(>comes settled in 

 •I -pring, and all danger of frost is over, 

 P lit the young stock out into the field. 

 ■( i> should be plowed and manured dur- 

 n : the fall and again plowed early in the 

 »i I tig. When ready to plant out plow up 

 ,1! I harrow well a,s much ground as you re- 

 el . le for one day's planting, as this pre- 

 ■,• Ills the entire Held from drying out be- 

 ]> I" planting begins. There are different 

 niiihiids of planting in the field, but the 

 ii.iliod which enables you to get your 

 .-■•irk pla.nted out in the least time is the 

 . I ■ to use. After the stock is all planted 

 • hi. keep the wlieel hoe going to keep the 

 \\. cils from getting ahead of you and also 

 ti ^iii'ply moisture to the plants. In dry 

 «r:itlier such as we have had this summer 

 1' !- cif decided advantage to the plants. 



When pinching back the plants in the 

 ti'M, go over them quite often and pinch 

 li.i.k the longest growths, but not more 

 ih.iii (me or two at a time. If the top- 

 I'liig is carefully done you will not be 

 iKiiiided by your jdants cropping before 

 ^^;llln weather coTiies in the spring. 



Under Glass All Summer. 



T'l those of you who have not tried in- 

 li'.ir culti\ation of carnations, try a 

 1' lull or two next spring and see the ad 

 • iiitage of this mctht)d, especially as re 

 u.iids Enchantress and its sports. Of 

 ' '"iise. tlii.s method of cultivation eidails 

 :i ureiit deal more labor and (doser atten- 

 '■■'M <luring the rush of spring and early 

 - iiuner work, but the results we think 

 I' "le than repay the extra labor. About 

 '■• first part of May we bench our earli- 

 ' jiropagated stock, taking only the best 



■i strongest plants. These lift with a 

 : id ball of soil attached if (he benidi has 

 ' 'ii well soaked before digging. We do 

 ' ' use any sliaiiing on these except that 



H-li has been sprayed on the glass to 



•d the color of tin; bloom on the old 

 ! nts. These plants are handled exactly 

 I those lifted from the field and when 

 ' y are well established we stir the soil 

 ' the beds at least once a week. This is 



absolutely necessary, as otherwise a grcim 

 scum would soon form from the constant 

 spraying and watering that is required to 

 keej) down the temperature during .June 

 and July. 



liefore putting uj> the sujiports we rub 

 ill a good, generous sprinkling of Ixme 

 meal, as it i.s much easier aitjdied at this 

 time. Cultural metho(ls from now on are 

 the same as for the field-grown stock. A 

 careful record of the blooms cut from 

 both field and indoor cultivation will show 

 a decided gain for the indoor stock. 



BEST SINGLE VIOLET. 



What is the most profitable single vio 

 let to grow? What are tlu- characteris- 

 tics of the rjov. llerrick violet? I know- 

 not hi ii<r of it. W. D. H. 



I'riucess oi' Wales stands head and 

 shoulders abo\e all other single violets, 

 (iovernor Herrick has a fine color, luit 

 lacks odor, is sliort-stemmed and is not 

 a satisfactory winter bloomer. Most of 

 tlioso who have tried it have diijcanl- 

 e<l it. W. C. 



VIOLETS IN MUM HOUSE. 



Kindly inform us if we can grow \ io 

 lets in a (dirvsanthemum house. aii<l if 

 it is too late to plant them. 



W. W. \\ ('. 



X'iolets will do well in a chrysan 

 tliemum house, provided the tempera- 

 ture is kept to suit them. A night 

 reading as near 40 degrees as possible 

 should be maintainetl in winter. The 

 doubl(>s will stand 2 or '^ degrees more 

 heat than tiie singles, but all do better 

 kept as near 40 degrees as possible. 

 D'ouble violets should be housed in 

 .August; certainly not later than the 

 middle of Heptember. or they are lia- 

 ble to spot badly. On the other hand, 

 single violets must not be housed until 

 Oi'tobei-, or in some states the early 

 [lait of Xovenil)er. They ref|uire some 

 freezing before jdanting them indoors, 

 to check the leaf growth. Early plant- 

 ing means .-i heavy crop of foliage and 

 few flowers. Some successful growers 



follnw early iiiiims with violets. It is 

 easy to scatter a little hay o\'er the 

 plants if the thermometer seems likidy 

 to go too low. A temj)erature of L'4 to 

 -i) degrees will suffice to diet k the leaf 

 growth. C. W. 



POT CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



yome growers still jilant out their 

 bush chrysanthemums, lifting them in 

 September. It is possible to secure 

 fairly good plants in this way, but the 

 foliage is jioor compared with that of 

 pot-grown plants and many shoots come 

 bliiul, o^ving to the attaidvs of the 

 chinch bugs. It means more work to 

 grow in pots all the time, but it will 

 pay in the end. All plants should now 

 be in their flowering pots, and the best 

 place for them is the side benches of a 

 light, sunny house, where they can have 

 abundant ventilation. 



Pinching should be discontinued now 

 nil all the weak and moilorate growing 

 \ arieties. The robust sorts can be 

 stopped until August 2(i, after which no 

 more work of this kind must be done. 

 If pinching has been carefully done, th(^ 

 plants will be so bushy that no staking 

 will yet l>e necessary, and in many 

 plants none will be needed at any time, 

 cs]iecially with singles, such as ^lizpah 

 and Zeroff, which have a neat, bushy- 

 habit that we would like to see in many 

 others of the singles. Black fly is about 

 t he only pest to lie feared just now, but 

 spraying with nic(dine or any other 

 good insecticide will soon clean it out. 

 In hot weather the plants enjoy being 

 sprayed over sevi-ral times a day. It 

 helps to cool the house and refreshes 

 the plants greatly. Where the ]iots are 

 well filled with loots, feetling may com- 

 mence, but I (III not faxor using stimu- 

 lants much until the buds siiow. Weak 

 doses of cow inaniire water, to wlii(di is 

 added some soot, will make u good food, 

 which will keep flic foliage a rich, dark 

 Lirecn color. 



Waverly, 111.— J. II. Wright h.is jiur- 

 (diased the greenhouses of Case (.V: 

 -Mathews, who have retired from busi- 

 ness. 



Terre Haute, Ind.— X. B. Stover, for- 

 merly connected with the Grand Rapids 

 Greenhouse Co., of (irand Rapids, Mich., 

 is now conducting a store here, under 

 the firm name of .\. H. ^ C. ]■]. Stover. 

 He resigned his position as manager of 

 the tiower departiiieiit of the (irand 

 Kajdds concern .Tune l', sold his interest 

 in the business there, and purchased the 

 retail business of Otto lleiiil, at ll.S 

 S(»iitli .Sixth street, in this (dty. He 

 will probably erect greenhouses here 

 later, if he finds the location entirely 

 satisfactory. 



A Portion of the Indianapolis Florists on Their Outing, August 4, I^IO. 



