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SWTBUBBB 23, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



II 



be thrown away. They only spoil the 

 appearance of a block of otherwise thrifty 

 stock. 



Christmas is the season when nice cyda- 

 iiienB sell well, and to have them in sea- 

 son at that time the plants should be now 

 moved into a light house, where they can 

 |„. shielded from the full rays of the 

 <iin and where they can have an abun- 

 lance of fresh air. Any coddling will 

 losult in drawn plants, such as will never 

 hold up the leaves properly, to say notli- 

 iij. of the flowers. Any staking or sup- 

 iiortiug of cyclamens should be frowned 

 ii|)on. Well grown plants will hold their 

 leaves and flowers erect. These will al- 

 wavs sell, which drawn, attenuated look- 

 iiiir ones will not do. Begin to apply 

 liquid manure in weak doses as soon as 

 tlic pots are getting well filled. Con- 

 -tunt applications of manure water pro- 

 luce rather flabby plants. Alternate top- 

 liossings with some reliable chemical fcr- 

 MJizer make the growth harder and 

 -i>om to promote iiorifcrousness. This 

 :i|i|)lii's to all soft-wooded and bulbous 

 plants, wliich do niucii better with a 

 , haiijic of stimulants. 



Propagating Bedding Plants. 



Frosts may now come at any time, and 

 ,1 be forewarned is to be forearmed. 

 Where cuttings of such tender plants as 

 . oleus, achyranthes, alternantheras, lielio- 

 : ropes, acalyphas, etc., have not yet been 

 lakcn, a batch should be gotten into the 

 |iiopagating bench without further delay. 

 < uttings are preferable to old plants. 

 I'hesc latter are better harbors for mealy 

 liug in many cases, and, unless one is 

 ^liort of stock, there would seem to be no 

 -jipcial use in lifting them. 



\'crbenas are sometimes propagated 



iKiiii cuttings; a still better plan is to 



laisc seedlings, which possess greater 



iyor. The same is true of petunias, 



\hi(li are not worth carrying over, unless 



t some specially good variety. In the 



.(sc of lobelia, where the compaeta type 



^ grown for bedding, cuttings are to be 



preferred to seedlings and some old 



plants can be cut back and carried over 



11 boxes. These, if placed on a shelf, 



uill furnish an abundant crop of cut- 



'ings in winter and they are not special 



narks for pests, as arc some other sorts. 



(.ieranium cuttings, as we have pre- 



iously stated, root all the better by 

 'loing left on the plants as long as frost 

 I ''eps away. If cold comes on suddenly, 

 ;'ull np the stock plants and lay them 



liinly on a shed floor. If away from 

 lire-heat, they will not harm for a day 



1' two if not propagated right away. 

 "^over mind if the cuttings show signs 



I wilting before going into the sand. 

 \ drying up of the superabundance of 



oisture in them is a good thing, and 

 vver cuttings will be liable to rot than 



lien they are inserted while soft and 



Shading. 



While we may get some hot days still, 



ic length of sunlight will steadily de- 



jne for the next three months and it 



■11 be necessary, now that really torrid 



"ather has passed, to reduce the shad- 



lil on some plants. Ferns of all kinds 



ill still require protection from the 



in's rays, but it can be materially re- 



'nced, especially in the case of nephrol- 



l"s. Adiantums, especially Farleyense, 



'.'H. of course, want to be fairly well 



liaded yet. On palms the advantage of 



^"ore Ught is well understood, but this 



'loiild Bot mean clear glass in any case, 



H. H. Morphey. 



or scalding of the foliage is more than 

 probable. Pale foliage is also a result 

 of too sudden removal of shading. Cro- 

 tons and many warm house plants prefer 

 a little cloudy covering on the glass, even 

 in winter. Orchids of aU kinds want 

 more light and a considerably reduced 

 shade. Cyclamens, calceolarias, cinera- 

 rias and primulas want protection during 

 the hottest part of the day. 



ROGER H. MURPHEY. 



Roger H. Murphey, of I'rbana, ()., 

 president-elect of the SSpringfield Florists' 

 Club, is a native of Urbana and the son 

 of Charles Murphey, deceased. The 

 father was engaged in growing shrub- 

 bery when Roger was a boy, but the 

 latter always had an ambition to work 

 under glass. 



As a result of this andjition, in his 

 early manhood he obtained the aid of a 

 brother, and together they let his trunk 

 down by a rope, through a window of his 

 upstairs bedroom, and off he went into 

 the world to seek fame and fortune. 

 Dayton, O., was his first stopping point, 

 whwe he went to work for a Mr. Mumma, 

 nurseryman and florist. One day, while 

 he was standing in market engaged in 

 the sale of plants, to his great surprise 

 his father appeared on the scene, and 

 after some consultation induced Roger 

 to return home. Later, with the parental 

 consent, he worked for Frank Pentland, 

 of Lockland, O., near Cincinnati. 



Something like thirty-five years ago, 

 greenhouses were erected by the father 

 at Urbana, and were jointly operated by 

 father and son until the death of the 

 former, when they were taken in charge 

 by Roger and conducted in the growing 

 of a general line of stock for the 

 local trade and throughout the surround- 



ing country, nuicli of the selling in those 

 days being done from a wagon. 



Mr. Murphey served his town as post 

 master during the McKinley and first 

 Roosevelt administrations, to the full sat- 

 isfaction of his fellow townsmen, and had 

 their backing for a third term, but the 

 game of politics was worked so strongly 

 as to make tlie oj)posing applicant 

 victorious. 



For about eight years past, rose plant 

 growing has been followed almost exclu 

 sively, a market for the greater portion 

 of the product being found among the 

 numerous florists of Springfield. 



The present style of the firm is R. 11. 

 Murphey 's Sons, Charles R., Frank and 

 Wm. M. being now associated with 

 their father in the business, and the latter 

 states that, in the event of his demise, 

 the business is theirs and may go right 

 aiiead under the same style. 



In addition to the florists' business. 

 Mr. Murphey is interested in a canning 

 factory and a cofi"ee roasting enterprise 

 in his town. 



The members of the Springfield Flo 

 rists' Club anticipate a pleasurable oc- 

 casion on the evening of October 11, 

 when they expect to partake of the hos- 

 pitality of Roger Murphey and his sons. 



Ge. Dale. 



Z.xNEsviLLE, O. — II. T. Goodlive, the 

 (treenwood avenue florist, opened :i 

 flower emporium in the Atha building 

 September 17. 



Kast Hadley, Mas.s. — The concern 

 which bought fifty-two acres of land hert^ 

 last spring, on which to start a rose con 

 servatory, has been incorporated under 

 the name of the Montgomery Co., an«l 

 has advertised for a contractor to do a 

 large amount of grading. 



