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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Si;i'ri;.\ii;i;i; :.';;. r.in'.i. 



GERANIUM RED Wir^G. 



Ill Ceriinimu l\'eil WiiiM !•'. II. 1 )c Witt 

 tV Co.. of Wnnstcr. ().. collsidiM- tllt'V 

 have a \aii('ty wliirli i< as jjuod a licildfi' 

 as S. A. Nutt and \\ln(h will Dutscll the 

 1)1(1 I'avorito as a ])i>\ plant. Tlic xaiidy 

 (ii'iyinatod on their placi'. 'I'lic color is 

 clpscribcd ;is df('|i caidiiinl led, with a 



soft \('l\t'ty sheen. The (luwcr is seuii- 

 doulde anil of yood sahstaiiee. It is 

 Ihififei'dns ;ind the trusses (if yood size. 

 He Witt iV: <'(!. Iia\(' fiiund the xai'iety 

 til lie a rolnist Hrowcr and to stand the 

 sun wtdl. With them it has been a niiir(> 

 siihdile and ]ioiinlar \ariety than any 

 (it her in the lai'"c list of .^orts lliev iirow. 



SOAP ON FERN FRONDS. 



I'i'nclosed you will nnij fwo fern leaves 

 \vitli the (mIucs di'ied up. ('an you tell 

 ine what causes them to dry u[i in this 

 manner? 1 use Fir Tree "Oil soap to 

 keep the scale off them. Is this <iO(i(l 

 for that jmriioso? J''or some reason 1 

 do not have extra "ood hick with my 

 ferns. ] have not been in th(> lousiness 

 very louii. Hnd T <;ot a coiiy of the 

 IvKVIEW when I started, I wduld Innc 

 been better olf today. .1. K. s. 



The most likely ciinse of iho iujmy to 

 these fern fronds is the use ot' I'ir Tree 

 <)il, the insecticide han^iin;; on the tips 

 of the leaflets l(in<,rer than on the re- 

 mainder of the fronds. This is not a 

 safe remedy to use on terns, unless used 

 in quite a xveak solution, and in the latter 

 case it is not of niudi u>e a^iainst the 

 scale. 



A Solntioll of e.\lr;irl ot' lobarco. used 

 ill the jiroportion of one part of extract 

 to fifty jiai'ts of water, is |(>ss likelv to 

 injure the foliaije than the fir Ti'ee'oil, 

 ami uill be ipiite ;is l;ooi| ;is ;i preventive. 



w. ir. T. 



TROUBLE WITH BOSTON FERNS. 



r am sending: n ii|, from ;i Ic.-if of ;i 

 iJoston fern, showiiifr wli;it is li;ip|ienin^ 

 to a line lot of plants. The new growths 

 come up healthy, lint in-le;id of properlv 

 dexelopiny. the tips dried up. Something 

 else also seems wnuiu uitii them, becinse 

 after takinir the |d;nil-~ fioni llie green- 

 house and leavin;,r them in the retail store 

 lor a few i\;[\<. insleiid of leininin;;- their 

 n;ilural d;irk i^reen color, they turned a 

 i;ill;er -i;iyish -leeii .-ind \\,.|v dillicnlt to 

 dispose of ;is Iic;ilihy pluiits. What is 

 the i-finedy .' |.; \y c 



^ (111 ilo Hot state liow the t'ei'iis in 

 '(iiestioii h;r.e iieeii lrc;ite,l. but the con- 

 diiion of til,' s|HMiiiieii indicates that the 

 plants ha\e had a check, either from too 

 low ;i tciiipeiatnre or ii,,in |;irk of w.ater 

 :i' -oiiie time: or it' tlie phiiits ii;i\e been 

 lifted from a beiich. the check m;iv have 

 occurred then. The i;r;iyish i^i'een color 

 that the jil.-ints show nfter lia\in<; been in 

 the store for a few d;iys is clue to the 

 fact th.-il they are not well rootf^d. and 

 Would ;ippe;ir to ^hou tli;n they are 

 bencli-;rrown |il;ints th;it have been jnit 

 in the ^tore before they were well estub- 

 lishfil ill the pots. It p.-iys better to o(.( 

 the pl;iiit~ tho)-oui;hiy rooted in pots or 

 I':ins beloio olVcriii;^ them t'or sale, for 

 ■■I pot liouiid pl:iiit w ill weiir much better 



in a dwidliiie' .■nid ciiiisei|ueiit ly iit^'' 

 greater satisfaction. W. II. T. 



HYACINTHS AND PAPER WHITES 



\\ ilea is the jirojier time to jilaiit (ler- 

 trude. miniature, iinil l'iiinoceiis(\ niiii- 

 iature, hyaeinths to come in fur <'hrist 

 mas? What kind of soil do they want 

 and what tretitmeiit .' .Mso I'lipr Wiiite 

 narcissi; how shiuihl they be plaiired 

 iiiid liow can they be held until wanted 

 inside? " .\. b. .V S. 



I'aper White narcissi if placed in llats 

 now can be kept in a cidlar, frame or pit; 

 later they can be stood for coincnieiice 

 under a greenhouse liem h. They are 

 etisily flowered for ('hristmas. .MIow a 

 month from the time you house them 

 until tlie\' .-lie wanted in blooai. ^'oll can 



easily letartl them in a [lit or cold green 

 house. The flats do not require coverine 

 with soil or ashes, as in the case of the 

 majority of bulbous plants. 



Jlyacinths, other than Konians. are imi 

 easy to flower for Christmas. These lat- 

 ter if started now will be in ample time. 

 In a iii^lit temperature of oo to GO de 

 erees these and the Paper Whites will be 

 in flower in three or four weeks, provided 

 they are about three inches high when 

 housed. The miniature hyacinths referred 

 to should be planted right away, well 

 so.aked with water iiiid stood in a dark 

 cidhar or pit until they have the flats tiiil 

 of roots and lia\e growths two or three 

 inches long. \Vlien housing them keep in 

 a warm, dark place for a few days to 

 draw them up. W. < '. 



LILIUM HARRISII. 



()iir faster lili(.'s, llarrisii. are up aboui 

 two inches above the [lots out in a frame. 

 We lexeled tli(> |iots off with sand after 

 lining the pots within an imdi and a 

 half from the top when the Imlb was in- 

 serte(l. Slioiild they be broiiglit out wIkmi 

 about four inches ;ilio\e the sand :iud will 

 they be too soon for lOaster in a tem|i(>ra- 

 ture of about .")0 degrees when the cold 

 weather starts in.' .\. L. >)v; S. 



.\ nood many I. ilium llarrisii will be 

 used iieNt l-;aster. owing to the early date 

 on which it f.-ills. In a temperature of 

 ."o degrees at night it is probable that a 



g I many will llower before Eastiu'. 



i;ii(lea\or to hold them back so that the 

 flower buds do not show before^ the midille 

 of February. You can do tlii< with a 

 good many, if you keep them in a t'rame 

 for .another month and then gixc them a 

 house k(qit at 45 to 48 degn^es at night, 

 increasing the t(^niper;iture for any which 

 tippear late and gi\ing all more heat i»arly 



New Geranium Red Wing. 



