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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Establishment of Sidney Hoffman, at Cambridge, Mass. 



I. I 'il.i limy. Tliov -wMiit ;il)out forty 

 i.iys tiniii tlii^ time the buds show till 

 Inwrrs n|.iii ill n iiiglil temperature of (30 

 ■.-re.-. C. W. 



WINTERING ECHEVERIAS. 



Il.iw shall I keep echeveriu (lieu aud 

 iiiikiii- I n\ry winter.' ('•. Jl. P. 



Klip ilii' plants ill tlats of sandy soil 

 I :i ■oul house aii<l afford little or no 

 >\.iiir. I'll not syrinye them oxcrhcad. 

 \ lit til- iiinisture during- the winter 

 iMiiith- will start decay. They want a dry 

 itiudsplicir. .\ shelf w(dl up to the fjlass 

 \n\\],l lir an iileal location. C. W. 



DAHLIA CUTTINGS. 



Will ,\iiu please tell me when Id take 

 laliiia cuttin<;s.' Iv. A. M. K. 



Wf ]iresume you wish to know when to 



' iki' riittings so as to foini pot roots or 



'•lilt Ts suitalde for carryinjj over the 



'iiitei'. It is now much too late to take 



ii\ nittinfjs. .lune aud .Tuly are the 



'iiMst sn.italilt^ months. As soon as rooted 



n till nittiny bench. j)ot off into ;{-in(di 



||ii~ and pliinye in a frame wheic they 



an iiKit thniugli into some old, well de 



ayiil manure. In such a location they 



Mil thrive amtizingly and make nice solid 



iliiT-^, which jtractically till the ])ots. 



I lii"-r are excellent for shipjiiug juu'poses 



nil winter better than the large ground 



'"if-. 



1 1 yiiii referred to propagation of cut- 



'ii;s for jilants to be grown outdoors. 



iiis work is best performed in March aud 



\!"i'. gi^ ing the cuttings a gixnl bottom 



It. 



C. W. 



CHRISTMAS SWEET PEAS. 



I'lia<e .-^tate uhat are the best white 

 ■I I 'est pink sweet i)cas to plant tifter 

 'ii i'^tiiia'^. i^ddd strong llowers on long 

 ■ '"-• G. M. C. 



Ill the Kevikw of Sei)tcmber 9 it was 

 :ited. under the liead "Sweet Peas for 

 '•■'■•ket." that one should "sow about 



"'■pteniber 10 to be sure of having some 



"^\ers fur Christmas, in a temperature 



' niplit of 40 to 50 degrees. Suitable 



Its aif. ('hristmtvs Pink, pink; Mont 



'';t>ic. FJuicn,-,. Dc'iizer and Watchung. 



Jute, and Mrs. Alex. Wallace, lavender. 



"■'■' d can be sown eithtM- in small pots, 

 "0 nr Tlirc,. t(. a pot. or. ;is sonm large 



growers prefer, in Hats of sand, trans 

 phintiiig directly from the tlats to the 

 beds wher(> they are to flower. Allow 

 the individual plants three to four inches 

 apart in the row and they will give you 

 much tiner spikes than if [ilantcd more 

 thickly." 



HOFFMAN'S HOUSES. 



The accom|)anying illustrations are ic 

 j)roduced from photographs made :it 

 Cambridge, Mass., :uid serve to give an 

 idea of the improvements nmde by Syd- 

 ney Ibdfman (luring the present season. 

 In addition to his store at Massachusetts 

 ami ( 'ommonwctdth avenues, in J^oston, 

 .Mr. lloiVman loiiducts the store aud 

 range of ghiss shown in the illustrations. 

 'The exterior \iew shows only the front 

 house of the sevcual which have been 

 added lo the lange this season and pre- 

 viously since he took it over. The in- 

 terior \ iew shows this front house as it 

 a]>pciirs from the entrance from the 

 stoic. 



It is interesting to note that these pho- 

 togra|)hs were m;nU' exactly six years 

 from the tiate Mr. Ibdfman started in 

 business, lie has t.-tken the property at 



( 'anihridge for a term of twenty ye;irs. 

 and with his increased facilities there 

 will continue to grow a sfiecial line of 

 )iot plants for the Boston store. 



PLANTS FOR HANGING BASKETS. 



Please give a list of ]dants uu)st suit- 

 able for hanging baskets. C. Iv G. 



A few good [)lants for hangings bas- 

 kets are: Asiiaragus Sprengeri, varie- 

 gated viuca. Lobelia gracilis, aehimines, 

 ivy-leaved geraniums, jietunias, oxalis, 

 mimnlus, hedera (Kuglish ivy), glcchoma, 

 lysimachia, Pro^vallia speeiosa major, 

 .Vbutilon vexillarium, Senecio scandcns 

 (German ivy), Maurandia Harclaiana, 

 Ficus repens. There are several begonias, 

 and one or two fuchsias of a trailing na 

 ture, \\hieh nnike line basket plants. The 

 foregoing is oidy an abbreviated list of 

 .some of the better known varietii^s. 



C. W. 



Dknvkk. Colo. — Bernard P.eer. a tlorist 

 of this city, has purchased the Henry M. 

 'J'eller ranch, com|>rising .about 400 acres, 

 near Boulder. The coiisideiatiou is stated 

 to have been .fr.o.nOd, 



Interior of Sidney Hoffman's Front House. 



