August 25, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists'" Review* 



15 



Pot these off when big enough to liaii- 

 <lIo. Grow along on a light bcucli, and 

 liy the middle of Novoiiiber you will 

 iiavc fine, stocky little plants to plant 

 out. 



Annual Lupines. 



Lupines are still a good deal of a 

 novelty in winter and early spring, in 

 tiic markets. They are a welcome addi- 

 tion to the everyday florists' flowers 

 and are eagerly souglit for by tlie up- 

 to date store florists. Lupines require 

 a cool liouse, 4.'3 to 50 degrees at night. 

 They can be flowered in deep boxes or 

 benches. Tiie latter give more root 

 run and better spikes. The seed should 

 be sown in rews eighteen inches apart, 

 rather thinly. They soon germinate 

 and should lie grown as cool and airy 

 as possible in tlie early stages of 

 growth. A pink variety that is adver- 

 tised a good deal, and sometimes sold 

 as hyliridus roseus, malvcs an excellent 

 forcing variety and will easily bloom 

 for Christmas if sown by the first week 

 in September. L. mutabilis is a charm- 

 ing variety, with lai'ger spikes tiian the 

 pink variety. The colors are blue and 

 white, and cream and pink. L. llart- 

 wegii is another beautiful variety, 

 which produces fine spikes under glass. 

 Tiiere are pure white and azure blue 

 varieties of this. If a bench is not 

 yet at disposal, start a number of seeds 

 separately in o-inch pots outdoors and 

 iransplant later. 



A Complete Greenhouse in Miniature, 



THE LORD & BURNHAM MODEL. 



At the Ixochester convention the 

 i.oixl & Buuiham (Jo., ^'ew York, ex 

 iiiliited a model greenhouse, 5x'J feet, 

 so accurately built that every part of 

 tin' construction was clearlv shown. It 



Avas based on tiie plan used liy tlie 

 company in the <M'ection of a ho\ise for 

 tli(i Kobert Craig Co. ;it the new plant 

 in Norwood, I'a. As stated in Tiie Ke- 

 \iew's report of tlic convention, the 

 model embodied every essentiiil item of 

 1 he construction, including the giant 

 arch with V-shaped truss; also the con 

 crete walls, with real wrouglit iron flat 

 ]iosts, carrying the shaft for a side 

 \entilator, the sash being iiinged di- 

 rectly to the eave plate. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Taking the Buds. 



'i'lie time of t.aking the bu<ls is really 

 the most critical time in chrysanthe- 

 mum gr^iwing, l)ecause if the bud is 

 taken too early it will not give the best 

 results, and if it is taken too late the 

 tlowers lack <le](th, are small, and unsat 

 isfactory generally. !Mu(di has btMMi 

 written on this subject and still the 

 .iverage grower is somewhat befogged 

 when he reads about crown and second 

 crown anil ter!nin;il buds. 



Oilier readers of these notes will re- 

 call that 1 wrot(> fur years trying to 

 elucidate this knotty subject of bud 

 -<( lection, ]>y gi\ing the re.'oler dates 

 after which it was s.afe to take the bud 

 uithout worrying whether it was ;i 

 first or tenth crown. The t(>rms "first 

 and second crowTi " are misle.ading, be- 

 cause a grower who planted his stock 

 in April might have some of his varie- 

 ties showing three crown buds by the 

 first week in August and it might still 

 lie too early to take the bud witii 

 safety, while another grower who niTglit 

 be handling stock rooted in May or 

 early .Tunc, and not getting a first 

 C'own to show Ix^fore Angnsi "Jn, could 

 >.'ike it with |ierf(>ct safety. I'lir most 



exhibition varieties, and a great many 

 of the commercial kinds also, we lia\e 

 for years set our date around .\ugust 

 20, "as the earliest tinu' to take the 

 buds. 



Some \arieties. such as Mis. I>. \. 

 West, i'\ S. N'allis and the nid .Mine. 

 Carnot, c.an be saf<>ly taken any time 

 after August 1, while <'o!. .\ii|deton and 

 some of the pink varieties are better coi 

 a bud early in September. 



T do not refer in these notes to the 

 speciall.v early varieties, sucli ;is (Inlden 

 (ilow. whicii' is perhaps e\ en now in 

 flower, or Monrovia, which has buds 

 just commem-ing to show color; nnr dn 

 I ref(>r to the very late varieties, -ndi 

 ;is .leanm' Nmiin, "\V. 11. <'hadwick. AV. 

 K. lirock or others, whidi should be 

 taken on late buds ;iiiil ;is late as pos 

 sible, but I am referring to tlie gnati'r 

 bulk of exhibition varieties, which is 

 wh.at the average grower is handling. 



It is, of course, impossible for a 

 grower with a large liatcli of ]>lants to 

 get all the varieties ready to take the 

 bud just when one wants, and in such 

 a case they should be taken as soon as 

 possilile after the date given. 



Crown or Terminal Buds. 



Those who have not lieen accustomed 

 to handlintr th' crown luid will look at 



it and then rub it off because they do 

 not see any small buds aroiuid it. A 

 true crown hud only has growth shoots 

 around it, and if any or all of these 

 shoots are carried on instead of being 

 jiiiudied off,' tluy will eventually pro 

 (luce other buds at the terminus of their 

 growth. Tlu^se later biuls !ia\e nothing: 

 luit small buds around them, and that 

 is the me.aning of the term, ••crown oi 

 terminal buds. ' ' 



As a general rule, the coinmerci.-il 

 florist feels Siii'er with a ti'iininal bud, 

 but he loses many dollars and consider 

 able credit for his growing skill by not 

 studying the crown bud and Ivnowing 

 •'where he is at."' If i-rowii buds aie 

 showing a little too early they can be 

 liehl somewhat st;i1ionar\' for a week oi 

 more, by permitting the surrounding 

 growth shoots to make one leaf and 

 then |iiiHdiing them. This will ai't as 

 a safety valve tor the Ilow of sap, and 

 (he bud, ■when the shoots are finally re 

 mined, seems to come away without 

 an\- trouble. 



In some sections of the country the 

 growtMs can handle iin earlier bud th.an 

 in others. Tiiis is |iartiinilarly true in 

 the mountainous sections and the most 

 iiortlierly p;irt of the country, the cooler 

 nights evidently b<'ing what the bud re 

 c[nires for its fiiuil devidopment. 



C rowers in the extreme scnitli may 

 not have any success with a crown bud 

 ;is early ;is August I'O, although recent 

 letters Iroin .Missouri and Mississipjd 

 indii'ate that it is the best time for the 

 growth as far south as tiiat section. 



The systematic grower will always 

 lia\e a notebook and. when he is han 

 dling new \arieties or ex|ierimentiug, 

 he will mark the plants and enter the 

 record in the imteliook-, le;i\ iiig room for 

 the final result to be inarkiMl alongside. 

 This reconl will be of the greatest 

 \alue from year to year, as few of ns 

 are blessed \vith memories sufHcientl\ 

 long to keep track of such small details, 

 and it is .just these details that make 

 success or possible failure. 



Charles If. Tottv. 



\\'\: sold out quick. The TJeview cer- 

 tainly is a great .advertising medium.— 

 W. « . l.'o.-Kwell. r.nidford. I'a. 



