SKI'TKMBEB 30, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Casket Cover of Valley and Sweet Peas. 



Photo Copyrighted by Charles Henry Fox. 



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NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. 



ill' Royal Caledonian Horticultural 



i''ty has just celebrated its centenary 



iMinburgh. The usual autumn show 



J^tyled the centenary show and four 



U'liary oupa were awarded to private 



loners for excellence in culture of 



I. flowers, plants and vegetables. At 



'linner J. W. McHattie, Edinburgh 



gardener, presided and the guests 



iilod Peter Barr, then still hale and 



'y, but whose death followed in a 



'liiys and was recorded in the Re- 



• >f September 23; James Grieve, the 



i:iii florist of Edinburgh, who has not 



■|| a show during half of the soci- 



- existence, and other well-known 



Ihts of the trade. D. W. Thomson, 



merchant, Edinburgh, traced the 



iicss of the society from its incep- 



in 1809 to the present date. 



"^land has lost one of its oldest, 



known and most respected nursery- 



" . in the death of John Forbes, of 



"k. Of splendid physique, upright 



• U'ter and open countenance, he en- 



"d him.«elf by his sterling qualities 



" with whom he came in contact. As 



'lower of phloxes, pentstemons, pan- 



; violas, carnations, etc., he was 



' "'.v known and at the St. Louis Ex- 



position of 1904 he was awarded a gold 

 medal for phloxes, East Lothian stocks 

 and other flowers. 



France also is mourning over the grave 

 of Victor Detriche, a well-known name in 

 the nursery world. He died at Angers 

 after a very brief illness. Bee. 



EASTER LILIES. 



I have a batch of Easter lilies that 

 were potted the latter part of July and 

 which were plunged in soil in a north 

 coldframe and covered with four inches 

 of straw. The sash was then replaced 

 and they were shaded with boards. I 

 now find that they have made growths 

 of from one to six inches, the taller ones 

 shooting up through the straw. Are the 

 latter spoiled? If not, how should they 

 be treated to hold them for Easter? I 

 have removed them to the floor of a cool, 

 light cellar to keep them from the pres- 

 ent hot weather. This is my third year 

 growing Easter lilies and 1 have had suc- 

 cess before, but 1 started later and had 

 to resort to hard forcing to get them in 

 on time. 1 potted them early this season 

 to allow for Easter coming earlier than 

 last year, and the hot weather started 

 them quickly, but they are well rooted. 



E. S. H. 



A cellar is rather a dark place for 

 your lilies. It will make them spindling. 

 Place them in a frame and shade the 

 glass for a few days until the shoots 

 have become green and firmer. They can 

 be held in the frame until the middle 



of October. After that let them have 

 a night temperature of 45 to 50 degrees. 

 You do not say whether you are growing 

 Harrisii or longiflorum lilies. The 

 former naturally come along much earlier 

 than the longiflorums. Easter comes 



March 



If you can count the buds on 



your plants during the first two weeks in 

 February, your plants will be all right. 

 Probably part of your plants may want 

 some pushing or retarding. You can 

 tell about Christmas how they will be. 



C. W. 



THE NATURAL GROWER. 



Many acres of glass have been con- 

 structed of late years and many improve- 

 ments have sprung up in their construc- 

 tion and, as our trade is progressing so 

 rapidly, the men who are placed in charge 

 of these fast growing fields of glass must 

 improve accordingly. 



No man can learn to grow plants from 

 reading books, nor can he expect to get 

 his knowledge from watching others. He 

 can get help and suggestions, of course, 

 but the problems he must work out for 

 himself. There is no such thing as luck 

 in growing roses, carnations or any other 

 I)lants, although it often looks that way. 

 One grower succeeds because he has the 

 necessary knowledge to see the little 

 things and makes the most of them. 

 Another fails because he does not see or 

 feel this importance of the every-hour- 

 occurring things which are necessary to 

 make the plants grow and thrive. 



It is nor sufficient to understand how 



