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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Alglst 11, lyio. 



cuveroil- a licMiity tin' iral tliiiiy. The 

 other is t \v(i coliiicd, ailjiistalilc, u 

 chariniii«i (•oiiil)iiiat ion of ^rccii and soft 

 pink. 



In Iciskcts, hin-li twi;: nih's tli(> ilay. 

 Tlicro arc Koniaii IkiwIs, liij^li ])Ucks. 

 yyji.sy kettles, ami iinprincil oatlierinj; 

 baskets of most jtleasinj; (h^si^n, with 

 high, irre(;ii]ar liaiidles. Jii front of 

 tliose. tlieir dainty forms in striking 

 font last to tlie riiggcMl. darlv hirchesj 

 are tlif Italian novelty baskets of deli- 

 cate straw, for favors, looking as thongii 

 the ^•ery sight of them would suggest 

 daisies ami jieas to come. Nearby arc 

 green ralHa i)aske1s, })eautifully woven, 

 and on a shelf aci'oss the aisle arc 

 wooden Swiss tovs, water liiicd\cts and 



favors, l.ast, but by no 

 re im]irove<l wall pockets 



the like, for 



means least, 



designed :.t Kdward Habermehl 's sug 



gestion, after much planning — a good 



thing, surely. 



P. S. — ]Many letters have postscripts. 

 This is the jiostseript to my letter: A 

 Panama hat in miniature is designed for 

 fa\ors antl for shields — a quaint con- 

 ce|)tion, usable and i)rett3'. After many 

 attemjits, pliaVde cycas leaves have 

 come. They are true to nature and 

 Ijendable into graceful curves never 

 attempted liy cycas >nitil now. The re- 

 vival in prepared fern fronds brings 

 great \ariety — known and almost un- 

 kn(iwn — many in colors, though natural 

 green ])redoMiinates. Pliil. 



CARRYING OVER ROSE PLANTS. 



T hav(> a house of roses whicli were 

 planted last year, and which have done 

 well. \ow J wish to dry them up and 

 gi\e tiiem a rest for winter blooming, 

 i'lease tell me how to treat them and 

 iiow and when to prune theiii. Will raw 

 l)one and cow manure be sutlicient as 

 fertilizers? How many years will they 

 be jirofitable? The varieties are Pride. 

 Maid. Golden date. Killarney and a 

 few Jiiihinond. 1 am located in Ken- 

 tuckv. 0. O. K. 



The querist does not say whether his 

 roses are on talkie or on solid benches. 

 I ]>resume they are on table benches, 

 with the usual dejith, live indies, of soil. 



In order to ripen them, begin at once 

 to gradually diminish the supply of 

 water and continue this for at least 

 three weeks. If the weather is bright, 

 however, great care must be taken 

 never to let them become so dry that 

 even the softest of the wood will wilt. 

 During this process, syringing must be 

 resorted to frequently to keep spider in 

 check, and plenty of xciitilation must 

 be given both night and day. 



I'rune out all the small, strawy wood. 

 Cut back the strong shoots to three 

 eyes, bend them down to almost right 

 angles and tie them there. This will 

 encourage the dormant eyes near the 

 base to break. It is also well to re- 

 move as much of the top soil as can be 

 taken without disturbing the roots. 

 Then give the surface a sprinkling of 

 air slaked lime and fill up the bench 

 with a com])Ost consisting of two parts 

 decomposed cow manure and one part 

 turfy loam. 



Give tlie bench a thorcuigh soaking 

 and keep tiie house cool and moist for 



a week, using the syringe I'rccdy during 

 ])right weather. 



Raw bone flour is an excellent fertil- 

 izer. This can be sprinkled over the 

 surface of the soil and stirred in from 

 time to time. })ut it must ne\er be used 

 in combination with lime. Cow ma- 

 nure can be used as a mulcdi. of which 

 a thickness of one inch is sufhcient at 

 an_\- time. Or the manure c;in be used 

 in the li(piid form; in this form it is 

 easily assimilated and therefoie quicker 

 in action. 



By carefully tre;iting these \arieties 

 in this way, they can be grown |)rofit- 

 ably for years. I recently visited a 

 ]dace in Pennsylvania where some of 

 the i)lants were 9 years old, and they 

 were bearing iirofusely. They were 

 on solid benches. Ribes. 



BIENNIALS AND PERENNIALS. 



A dry summer is not the best for 

 transplanting yf)ung seedlings to the 

 open ground. If biennials, such as 

 digitalis, Canterbury bells, etc., are still 

 in the seed beds, advantage should be 

 taken of the first spell of cool, moist 

 weather to get them out. Allow the 

 plants nine inches in the rows. If the 

 rows are twenty-four inches apart they 

 <'an be conveniently stirred with a hand 

 culfixator. Perennials, sucti as aquilegias, 

 Chinese larkspurs and others of more 

 moderate growth, can go much closer in 

 the rows. .\ugust and September are 

 the months i)ar e.xcellence for these 

 jilants to make their growth, and if 

 given a piece of land well loosened up 

 by the harrow they will grow fast. 



BOTTOM HEAT FOR PALM SEED. 



Would it bo injurifuis to kentia seeds 

 to give them a bottom h(>at of between 

 !t() and PX) degrees? E. N. 



Kentia seeds will enduK a bottom 

 lieat of On degrees without special in- 

 ,iiii\. though so high ;i temperature is 

 not I'e.'illy need(>d to ensure their ger- 

 tninatifui and such a temperature is 



likt'ly to make the seeillings rati r 



long and spindlv. In addition to ti , 



the seedlings are liable to fe(d the clu 1^ 



more at the time they are potted f 



than would be tlie case when grown t 

 a somewhat lower temi>erature. 



A bottom heat of Sti degrees is sii ■- 



ciently high, and they are frequiMM \- 

 germinated at a lower a\erage ten 



ature than that. 



W. H. 'J'. 



HYDRANGEAS. 



Where hydrangeas are growing in lir 

 field they may be suffering from clryne-s 

 at the root, in which ease, if they aie 

 beyond the reach of the hose, th. y 

 should lie watered. Draw a ring around 

 each plant, or a channel along each row, 

 and fill it with water. With a barrel 

 and watering pot the work will not oi - 

 cupy long, i'lish back the dry soil and 

 keej) the ground well stirred. This is 

 vastly more beneficial to the [dants thiiu 

 ]>laying the surface soil and baking it 

 hard, little moisture reacliiug the root-. 

 Plants being grown on in jiots will taki! 

 up a lot of water in hot. dry weather, 

 and several sprayings overhead dailv 

 should be given to keep them from wilt- 

 ing, liate rooted sto(dv in .".-inch pot^^ 

 will take a shift to niiich peas. ;iud till 

 these with roots before fall. I'se a mod- 

 erately heavy and ritdi loam, as hy 

 drangeas are strong feeders. 



OBITUARY. 



L. R. Fuller. 



Luther P. Fuller, of Sholluirne FalN. 

 ZMass.. died .\ugust 1 at his home mi 

 (Jrt'en street, where he had been I'n 

 gaged in the florists' trade for tweh'' 

 \ears. He w;is (Ki years of age aii'l 

 had been in jioor health for two year- 

 or more. He was a past grand of tie 

 Alethian lodge of Odd Fellows. I"iut\ 

 one years ago he married Miss Maiy 

 Chapin. of Ashfi(dd. Ho is survived lv\ 

 his wife, a daughter. ;Mrs. I^thel John 

 son, who lives at home. uihI twti son.- 

 Edward W, Fuller, of San Franci^c,, 

 Cal., and Julian Fuller, ot Aslihimi 

 N. H. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market. 



There is surely a sufficiency ut' -to.' 

 in the market. That which rtally 

 good sells readily, while the buyers lie- 

 itate as they view the other graih 

 The prices, as is usual when there -.o 

 gluts, are in inverse ratio to the ^n; 



ply- 

 Roses sell quickly. The Beauties. M 

 Maryland, Taft and Kaiserin ■ are 

 excellent quality. There still are so' 

 light receipts of carnations, but ' 

 blooms are small. Gladioli and i 

 drangeas are accumulating, the foru' 

 because of the many large ooii>i_ 

 ments and the latter liecause the ■ 

 mand has shifted to white asters, F. 

 ter lilies, auratums, speciosums ;> 

 nymjdia'.'is ;ire offered. .\ few cattle\. 

 .are arriving. 



Asters are every wlier<', with I'e 

 sales to take them up. The really gi"' 

 stock is cleaned up at fair prices, wlii' 

 tli(> ordinarv giades do not mo^ e :i 

 all. 



'ine green goods market is quiet. 



On to Rochester. 



.Most of the Cincinnatians bound e"'' 

 \entionward expect to leave Cinciiinat: 

 on the C. H. i*;.- D. for Detroit, then TaU' 

 the boat to F.ulfalo. and then rail "' 



