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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Greenhouse Benches. 



The tables can be made in one ineiii 

 Ix'i' |jy easting in one eontinuous ])ieee 

 of conerete, or tliey can be constructed 

 in parts. There is no particular ad- 

 vantage of one over the other, although 

 the former is probably the cheaper. 

 When cast in one jiiece two and one- 

 half inches is the proper thickne?<s and 

 various concrete can be used for the 

 jiurjiose. and taking cost into coiisidera 

 tion. th(> mixture would depend on the 

 availal)]e aggregates. 



As jireviously slated, my ])reference 

 for this woik would lie a (jue cement, 

 three graded sand mixture, but a one ce- 

 ment, two sand ;ind fou)- cinders, if ]irop- 

 erly i-einfov(H'd with wire fal)ric (^r 'i 

 incii iiMJs about six inches apart, would 

 serve the purpose, although more difii- 

 cult for the unskilled to place and not 

 as dense as the cement and san<l mix- 

 ture. The tables should have holes or 

 slots at the liottom to facilitate the 

 drainage of the water. In the cases 

 whero separately molded slabs are used 

 the cr.'K-ks between the slabs will sup 

 ]ily sutiicient drainage. 



Greenhouse trays for supplying the 

 necessary amount of nujisture are 

 most satisfactory if constructed of 

 concrete, as they also will not rot or 

 shrink when they become dry. and need 

 no attention but to keep filled. They 

 can also be easily made an attractive and 

 decorative feature of the greenhouse. 

 These trays can be made like the slabs 

 for the tables, only that they should be 

 brushed on the inner surface with a 

 layer of ]iure cement mixed to the con- 

 sistency of cream, immediately after 

 the forms are removed. 



Concrete coldframes or hotbed frames 

 are also the most desirable, again 1)0- 

 cause they will not rot like wood, and 

 .■ire a1)solutely )i(M-manent. Those waUs 

 need not be over four inches thick, with 

 'i-inch division walls for the window 

 rests, and can lie composed of the same 

 concrete mixture .as for outside walls. 

 All these foundations should be c;nrie<i 

 below the f i ost line. 



Concrete lends itself to (iecorati\(> 

 purjioses very admir,'ibl\'. ainl concrete 

 veranda lioxes for llowers and vases 

 are frequently seen now, not only on 

 slone or cement houses, l)ut also on 

 frame. They, loo, need not be renewed 

 every year oi' two. but will la^t for 

 ever. 



Fn conclusion. 1 wish to reiteijite tli.at 

 concrete for the ]iarticular vv(uk in 

 which 1 h(^ ui.'iiority ot' you are inter- 

 ested is tlic ideal m.aterial and when 

 \(>u once famili;iri/.e youiself with its 

 use you will adopt it in ;ill you)' con- 

 st luction work. 



I also l:(g to invite ;iny ipiestions 

 your memlers may choose to ask re 

 yarding the use ot' this m.alerial. as 

 I feel that in 1h;i1 way you can bet 

 ter reach your Jiulividual problem than 

 through a papei' such .as the in.ndequate 

 one heicwith jiresented. 



[Send your rpiestions on (•on<'rete 

 construction to Mr. lioyer thrnngh The 

 b'eview and thus give the whole trade 

 the adv.'intagc of the information. — 

 Kd.l 



Southport, Conn.- -Miss Kmma Kings- 

 lan<l, formerly emjiloyed at Kdward J. 

 Taylor's flower store, has resigned her 

 position on .account of ill health and 

 will reside for a time with relatives in 

 ]\Iontclair, \. ,T. 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



.\t a inecting of the National Sweet 

 I'ea Society at the S. A. F. convention 

 at Rochester, August 18, Vice-president 

 Win. Sim in the chair, a motion to act 

 in conjunction with the S. A. V. in 

 lioston at the National Flower Show 

 to Ik- held in the spring was unani- 

 mously carried. F. U. Pierson prom- 

 ised to secure an .appropriation for 

 sweet pea premiums and the society 

 vdted that it would endeavor to secure 

 the same amount, so it is quite pos- 

 sible that the national .show will have 

 .n jui/.e list of about if.S.lO for sweet 

 iieas. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



At the Kochester meeting the follow 

 ing jiledged themselves to furnish ex- 

 hiliits for the rose section at the 

 National Flower Show next March: 

 I'oehlmann I'.ios. Co.. William "FT. Fl- 

 liott. .\dolph I'.arenwald. F. (i. llill 



Co., Lake View Kose tiardens, J-lrie 

 Floral Co., Joseph ]Ieacock Co., Kas- 

 sett & Washburn, John H. Dunlop, 

 Waban Kose Conservatories, F. bJ. Pier- 

 son Co., Welch Pros., 'J'homas Roland, 

 the Montgomery Co., A. X. Pierson, Inc. 

 The society ]ire|iares the schedule for 

 the rose classes and guarantees all 

 jiremiums over .$1,750, the sum placed 

 at its disposal by the National Flower 

 Show committee. The following sums 

 were placed at the disposal of the exec- 

 utive committee: Py August F. Poehl- 

 mann, W. il. f]lliott, "Walian Rose Con 

 servatories, A. N. Pierson, $30 each; 

 bv W. F. Kasting, W. .7. Palmer, P. 

 Welch, F. G. Hill, Thomas Poland, $2.5 

 each. 



Th(^ executive committee, in addition 

 to President Elliott, Vice-president 

 Farenwald, Secretary Hammond anil 

 Treasuicr May, now has as members 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Peter Bisset, W. F. 

 Kasting, W. R. Pierson, August F. 

 Poehlmann and J. A. Valentine. 



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Fonnosa Lilies. 



Those who have not yet tried lilies 

 of the l-'ormosa type should not fail to 

 do so. These come from the island of 

 I'ormos.a and arrive much earlier than 

 the .lapanese longiHorums. I have 

 grown them for two seasons and am 

 much pleased with them. These lilies 

 are I'videiitly seedlings, <as they show a 

 wide variation in foliage, habit and 

 llowers. .Some will flower when eighteen 

 inches high and others may reach five 

 feet before doing so. Occasionally stalks 

 will carry only one or two llowers, but 

 others will produce six, eight, ten or 

 even more. Occasionally the outside 

 of the trumpets is purplish or chocolate 

 colored, reminding one of L. Browuii, 

 but the majority are pure white. The 

 greatest point in favor of this lily is 

 its almost entire inimnnity from disease. 

 Ilarrisii nro so badly diseased that 

 many have dropjted them, and even 

 many of the longiHorums have to be 

 thrown away. So far, these Forinosas 

 have pr<jved jiractically disease-proof. 



They arrive early and the first lot 

 is .already jiotted — the smaller bulbs in 

 ."> inch and the Larger in G-inch pots, 

 li.'ist ye;ir some were seen in flower 

 early in Januarv. '1 hey do not all 

 llower at one time, as do the other 

 lilies. They are rather tall to use as 

 K.'ister plants, but for the grower who 

 wants cut stalks from day to day they 

 are the most valuable introduction of 

 late years. Any grower who has not yet 

 grown I'ormosas should try a case this 

 season. Order at once, as the supply 

 will soon be exhausted. 



Callas. 



The pots of callas, which h.'ive been 

 lying on th<'ir sides since early in ,lune, 

 should now be overhauled. Some bulbs 

 will be of fine quality; others not so 

 good, fiiscard the dubious ones. The 



California bulbs are now so cheap it 

 hardly pays to use any but the best. 

 Some growers use beds or benches, 

 others pots; probably a large majority 

 use the latter. The benches may not 

 yet be ready for the bullis, in which 

 case it would be better to pot the bulbs 

 singly and later plant them out. 



Callas love a generous soil. Fibrous 

 lo;iin, decayed cow manure, sand and 

 ."I dash of bone me.'il .and soot make a 

 suitable mixture. Single bulbs may go 

 in () inch and 7-inch pots. A 10-inch 

 pot will hold three bulbs and a 12-inch 

 five, but single liulbs to a pot are to 

 be preferred. Stand all ])ots outdoors 

 until frost threatens. Water sparingly 

 until roots are being freely produced. 

 It is easy to rot the tubers in hot 

 weather if the soil gets too moist. 

 Small bulbs planted outdoors early in 

 the sumuH^r should not yet be disturbed. 

 Let them rem.'iin where they are a 

 month or so longer before potting. 



Antirrhinums. 



The earliest batch of antirrhinums 

 are now in 1 inch pots and will be 

 benched about the last part of August 

 in ;i cool house. In the meantime they 

 are kept outdoors on a bod of coal 

 ashes. A later batch of cuttings, re- 

 cently potted off. will come in useful 

 for bencliing when th(> early mums, 

 such as Golden Glow, Pacific and Polly 

 Rose, are cut. It is a good time now to 

 look over the stock plants in the field. 

 If these were headed back, they will 

 now give a nice crop of soft cuttings, 

 which will be-* easily rooted. Select 

 ]»opular colors, white, yellow, pink and 

 bright red being the best. Other shades 

 are hardly worth growing. If you want 

 .a liatch of plants to follow late chrys- 

 anthemums and have no cuttings, get 

 some seed and sow at onci*. As a gener- 

 al rule, seed comes pretty true to color. 

 The tall varietv is the one von want. 



