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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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yiflil. (liiiiiit; putrflnct ion, yiiscs ;ni(l 

 soluhlf siihstiiiifcs tlial iiic tiikfii up l)y 

 the roots of |iliiiits. That this is tiie 

 case aiTords no cause for womlcr, lii' 

 i-auso animal niattci's and vcgotahlo mat- 

 tcrs arc alike coMiiinniiiletj of carhun, 

 hydroyen. oxy<ren and nitrogen, with a 

 small addition of saline matters. 



The simplest method of prei)ariiig this 

 material for fertilizing^ jiurposcs would 

 Ipo to make a oonij)ost, using about 

 twenty times the hulk of the material of 

 yood, ritdi loam and adding lime in the 

 pro]iorliou of one ]K'ck to eaidi culiie 

 yard of compost. This sliouhl l)e turned 

 over several times during decoinjiosition. 



HiBKS. 



COLD STORAGE LILIES. 



Kindly give us cultural diicctions tor 

 c(dil storaiic giganteum lilies. ()nr gi 



ganteums have usually come fifty per 

 cent blind utuI we want mimite directions 

 as to their culture and the length of linn- 

 it takes to have them ready. What is the 

 best size of bulbs to get and can I hey 

 be used after forcinii.' H. I'. < '. 



The sizes of longillornms usually 

 grown are 7 to !>. For early forcing with 

 Ilairisii ."> to 7 are frefjuently grown, or 

 preferred lo the larger size. The smaller 

 bulbs ap])ear to force more reailily than 

 the larger sizes. i haxc iu)t used any 

 giganteunis from cold storage, lint have 

 not had the trouble you apjiear to have 

 had with either Harrisiis or multiflorums. 

 I'robably your bulbs have been kejit too 

 solidly frozen ;iiul the buds killed in the 

 embryo shoots. 



After potting cold stoiage lilies, stand 

 them on the lloor of a cidlai' or pit. 



Soak with water and cover with str:; 

 ha\- or some similar material. \Va' 

 sparingly until the pots are full of nn 

 K'enio\(' to a fi'auH.' when the tops ji 

 two or three inches iiigh. Shaile for 

 few days if the sun is hot, as the you 

 growths are teiuler. Do in)t house lui 

 the pots i'.re full of roots and tlH> pl.n 

 nicely starte<i to grow. C;iv<> a uii; 

 tein|(erature of ()() to (i.") degrees if \ 

 want to hurry them, but they will do 

 degrees cooler if not wanted in a hun 

 Hulbs ])otted early in August will be 

 right for Christnuis ami those start 

 during October will be right for East. 



W. ( 



H.\RTh'ORi). CoNX. — John Brodrib h 

 leased the (one street greenhouses, f. 

 merly conducted by the late Jam 

 Vouug. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Among the Early Sorts. 



The early \aiieties are tui'ning in more 

 rapidly now. .Monrovia, i'olly K'osc. 

 i»osier<'. I'acitic. and ()ctcd>er I'rost all 

 Ijcing in evidence in the wholesale iiuir- 

 kets. Some growers who are late ai.- 

 makiuii frantic elfoits to push their tlow 

 ers alonji tiy usiny heat in the hous 's. 

 but the mum is a plant tliat will not be 

 forced by artiticial means. The time to 

 figure for the early llowers is when tiie 

 buds are being selecteil. .\ night tem 

 perature as high as 7ii dej^ree-; will not 

 liriiig the tlowcis out a day earlier than 

 they will ojien in a luitural te;n]ieratuie 

 of \') to .")n degrees, with abundance of 

 ,iii'. The use of nitrate of s >da or 

 sulpiiate of anim<mia will hasten lo sone 

 extent the developuH'nt of the llowers. 

 but either will render the tlowcrs too 

 ^oft if long continued. 



.\11 till' best flowers (pf (Jolden (i|o\\ 

 .•lie (111 and little bnl the culls remain 

 lit' this variety. It i> early — no (jiiestion 

 ;iboiil that. Iiiit a^ a iiKUiey-inaKer it will 

 no! di^pl:i<-e Monrovia with me. The 

 latter is now. September L'o. very fine, 

 and v\itii a belter market in si^^hl tli.an 

 wi' had two weeks ai;o. will turn in nnu'e 

 moiiev from :i ^iveii sjiace than ilid 

 (i(dden (How. ( )ne advaiitayi- with 

 (iiddeii (ilow ~is that anyone can handle 

 It easily if In- doe^ not ^tarl it too early 



:ind MonidVia lieeij-- liKire i-aii' to yet 

 it lii^iit. bill even lli:it advantage woi'ks 

 auiaiiist il liom ,i lin.-iiiiial pnini of view. 

 Maiiv florists t liiuueliiini tli<' i-oiintry 

 who <ell their iiwn llowir^ can make line 

 miiuey <iut of (iidden lllnw. but the lai'j^e 

 uhole^ale linu-^ev; \\ i 1 1 mil |i;i\e so maiiv 

 to handle .another yenr, judging from 

 I he Lll'iiw er-- " la Ik yeneially. 



Temperature. 



The fidsty nights are (hie uow and 

 diie iii!i-^t p:iy some heeij to the teiujiera- 



tiire in the houses. Do not c]os(> up tht^ 

 lnuise in the late aftei'uooii, just Ix'fore 

 the sun goes down, with the idea of 

 bottling up enough sun heat to hold the 

 house overnight. It is the ]ioorest kind 

 of economy. if the night looks like 

 being frosty, i-ediice the air to an in(di 

 or so on the top. Then, if the tempera 

 tore in the house goes down to 40 de- 

 grees, run a little steam tlirough. This 

 will keep the air dry and buoyant ;ind 

 prevent the moisture from settling down 

 oil th(> petals and causing damping. 



.\nother cause of damjiing is sunlight 

 ami this must be looked init for. If one 

 has not fed his tjoweis at all they will 

 not need shading, but goo(| (juality stock 

 will damp, ami (|;inip badly, unless 

 shailed from the sun. .\s soon .as tlii' 

 binls all show color iiictdy, it is the best 

 policy to scatter a shading ov<''r the 

 gla!-s. The sh.ade serves .another good 

 piir|i(-~'e. by holding back the tlowers 

 ami giving them a chance to devtdop 

 more slowly and naturally. The mum 

 came originally from a country niuili 

 coolei' and moister than ouis ami where 

 the sun ill ()ctolier lias little power, while 

 liei'e we occasionally yet days ;is hot as 

 midsummei- and the niiim i^ out of its 

 eleinent entirely. 



blowers grown for exhiliition. tlieie- 

 foic. neeil Id be shaded in oicler to bring 

 tliein to their liijihest dev i'lu]pment, both 

 a-^ legards >^ize innl color. 



Fumigating. 



Me <iire your phinis are (le.an now. 

 befoie they Mower. \'ain re;^i-ets in three 

 or four weeks are ot' no av.ail. The time 

 to yet busy is now. The black fly and 

 green lly will Miciumb to persistent 

 fumieation. b'eniember, it is far better 

 to fumigate sevei'al times with s.afetv 

 to l!ie plants than to yive them .a strone 

 dove uud oiiiii the foliage. I'ei'sonallv. 

 I h.ave never found anything tdieaper or 

 better th.an the prepined tobacco dust. 



f(n' use row or at any other se.ason ei 

 the yea I'. 



hook out for red spider also. This i^ 

 :nuch worse to handle than the fly, be 

 cause it is undei' the leaves and fumiga 

 ;ion do(^s not hurt it. If the plants havi 

 been kept pi'operly syringed during tin 

 sumin«'r. they should be j)erfectly cleai. 

 now, but spider is often present whei, 

 least suspected. So go over your plants 

 caiefully, because the sj)ider weaN es a 

 web over the biuls and spoils the flower- 

 in an incredibly short space of tim(> when 

 the house is being kept dry. Manv 

 tlowers are lost every ye;ir for lack ol 

 a careful w.at(di just ;il this time. 



CiiA.s. If. Tcrrrv. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



ExamiQiDg Committees. 



President Klmer D. Smith has an 

 nounced the cc^mmittees to e.xainine seed 

 lings ami sports on the diites as follows: 

 Oetcd.er 1'. it, 1(), 1^;; .and ;i(l. .ami Xovem 

 lier (i, 1;;, -JO and 1^7. Kxhibits, to re 

 ceive .attention from the committees, 

 must in all cases be prepaid to destina 

 tioii. ami the entry fee of .fil should b; 

 foiwarded to the secretaiy not hater 

 than Tuesday of the week jirecediiig tie 

 exa>nination or may .ac-conipany the 

 bloduis. S|iecial attention is called to 

 the rule i-ei|uirine that spoi-fs to receivi 

 .a certificate must pass three committees. 



Dostoii, .Mass.— !•;. .\. Wi.iid. (hairman; 

 .l.-iinc"- W'heelei-. William Nicholson. Ship 

 Mowers to hoston blower .Market, cari- 

 of .lohii W.alsh. 



New ^'ork. I'aigeiie I );iilledonze, chair 

 ni.aii; William Duckham, .\. Herring 

 ton. Ship Mowers to .New ^'ol■k <'iif 

 flower * 'o.. ."(.1 Twenty sixth street, care 

 df chairm.an, .all flowers to be on hand 

 by L' p. m. on day of ex.aminat ion. 



(hic.ago. — .1. \',. Deamu'l, ch.airnan ; 

 (leorye .\smus, W. II. Kidwell. |-"lower-^ 



