JO 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sepxembeb 23, 1009. 



ALFRED BURTON. 



Allied liuilmi. \\lii> will lit' I'li'ctcd 

 \ ice luesidt'iiT u\' llic I'iiiladclpliia I'lo- 

 lisfs" riiib at its iiicctiiiy Tuosday, Orto 

 licr f), is well know II. iidI diih in the Iradi' 



in his vicinity, but throughout the coun- 

 try, as an pxcoptionally suecossfiii ^jrowcr 

 of Ainoricau [5oauty roses, lie is the son 

 of .loliM Hurtoii, whom escryoiie knows 

 and likes, ami in a Iraile way is follow im; 

 in the footsteps of his father. 



.'♦^.<<-r?.v< V: .i^'-; .^ '.- .^ •.-?.<»^.<»=n^ •'fer»)'^.-».' 



SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



''*^.<»^.'^^.'i*¥;%'»^.<<^\<»H.'^^.^«^^''yr»^''yr»!)'-;;^r»>'^V»^V.-»!i'fe^r^ 



Azaleas. 



.\ny left (i\er a/.aleas wliiili ha\e been 

 |)laiiti'd nutdoois shonld now be liftod 

 and jiotted. It is a inistak(Mi idea that 

 .;ood azaleas cannot be yrown ontdoors 

 Ml America. The fad is tliat. if they are 

 within conNeiiient reach ol' the hose and 

 liave lieeii planted in a suitable roiiipost. 

 thev will yrow and t'orni llower liuds 

 Mioro abundantly than in Heloinm. It is 

 a inistakou notion to continue to |)lant 

 thcsi^ in heavy shade. In the full sun 

 I hey uill set buds f;ir belter, and i I' lliey 

 liave been kejit wtdl syringed there should 

 b(! no siyns of thrips m- nthet pests on 

 ihcni.- 



It will be l)iit a short lime before the 

 imported jdants beyiii to arrive. (Irowcrs 

 who do not import directly usually <lepend 

 ii])on securing their sap[ilies from some 

 of the large specialists. Orders should 

 be ])laced now to insure prompt delivery. 

 The balls are liable to l)ecome quite dry 

 in sonic cases where they liave lieen kept 

 in too close proximity to the boilers, and 

 it is always well to soak them thoroughly 

 in tubs of water before potting. Be sure 

 to pot firmly and do not forget to leave 

 ;ui ample margin for water. Hard- 

 wooded plants hav(> line, hair like roots, 

 as a iide, and when they are watered 

 one filling slnnihl sutlice to soak the ball. 

 If they get dry, it is niori,' satisfactory 

 to stand the pots in -a pail or tub of 

 water, to be sure the roots are thoroughly 

 wetted. There is no immediate hurry 

 about housing azaleas, .so long as frost 

 keei)s away. \ light freezing will not 

 hurt them,' but it is better to be on the 

 safe side and jdace them in a cold house 

 or pit before any frost comes at all. 



Calceolarias. 



Tlie jjrogress made Ijy calcecdarias is 

 always discouraging until the cool fall 

 nights arrive. They grow more in one 

 week in September than during the whole 

 of July. This is not at all surprising, as 

 few greenhouse flowering plants love 

 cooler treatment. Do not place the plants 

 in the greenhouses for some weeks yet. 

 Let them have the night <lews by throw- 

 ing the sashes of the coldframes olT, 

 unless frost seems imminent. Never al- 

 low aphis to get any start on these. If 

 fumigated once a week, they- will be 

 idean. You cannot apply any nicotine 

 liquid solutions and reach the lower sides 

 of the leaves proi>erly, as they lie so 

 dose to the soil. 



Keep them jiotted along and always 

 allow plenty of rather rough leaf-mold in 

 compost. Let any manure be old and 

 such as will crumble up in the hand. For 

 the later pottings we like to have the 

 compost rather lumpy, so that water will 



]>ass (juickly through ii. but in Hie eaiiicr 

 stages one half loam and one-half leaf 

 mold, with a little rotted manure and 

 sand added, seems to suit them nicely. 



Cuttings of Calceolaria rugosa, taken 

 now, will make line ]dauts for spring 

 sales, tli(> yidlow varieties being the nu)st 

 desirable. The cuttings will root in four 

 weeks in a cool house and should be car- 

 ried over winter in a cold house, 4U to (." 

 degrees at night l)eiiig warm cuougli. 

 The spikes are much toiiglier on these 

 than on herbacet)iis \Mrieties and the 

 jilants comim^reially are far sii]ieiior. as 

 they last widl in water ;ind arc useful in 

 bouquets. It is surpii>^ing thai so tew 

 florists have yet foiiiMJ out tlieii- value. 



Gladiolus Colvillei Alba. 



.\moiig the earliest oi' the Imlb arrivals, 

 which deinaiicl attention inmiediatelv 



after arrival, are the small bulbed, early 

 llowering gladi(di. The best known of 

 these is the one coiumuuly kiiowu as 

 (iladiolus The Hride, the ]iure white 

 liowcrs of v\ hich are e.xtrenndy useful in 

 .ilniost any kind of Ihual wurk. These 

 sin-ceed capitally in Hats fcnir inchc- 

 decp, standing them in a cellar or pit 

 until growth starts, when they can b< 

 gi\('n a lighter location. The jiojuilar 

 varieties of (!. iiaiius. such as Blushing 

 B)ri(le, Ackernianiii, Peach Blossom ano 

 other sorts, can be similarly treated. 

 They are among the most useful of all 

 bulbous pl:iuls for cutting, keeping als,- 

 remarkably well in water. I'each Blo^^ 

 soiii is a little higher jiriced than soiin 

 other \arieties. but it is of that delicat' 

 peach |unk shade which always sells o: 

 sight. These yladioli. when received 

 are (dten found to be making numerous 

 loots and have the growths well .ad 

 \,iiiced. Be sure, therefore, to open the 

 bags di' boxes and spreail them out, get- 

 ting them into iju' soil with as bHle dfday 



a-- |iossible. 



Cyclamens. 



rotting ot all pl.ants iiii.'iuie.i ii'i 

 < hristmas or later winter blooming 

 shollhl be coiiipleled as somi as possible 

 in order that the\' may become well 

 rooted before rejilly c(dd weather get^ 

 here. The growth the cvtdaiuens are now 

 making idicers the heart of the patien' 

 ciiltivatiM'. The cir<des of haudsonn 

 lea\ t's lying (dose to the rims of the pots 

 are, or should bc>, toiigli and t'rei; from 

 all blemishes. If nicotine s|,iayiug,s or 

 light fumigations ha\c iieen c.-irefully at- 

 tended to, there should be 11.) imperfect 

 leax'es. .\nv sick lookiiie id.anfs shoal,! 



Alfred Burton. 



