OrroKEK H, 1009- 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



A Formal Garden of Tulips at a Residence at Rochester, N. Y. 



other little harbingers of spring will 

 make a good show until the time to set 

 out the tender plants arrives. 



LATE TULIPS. 



Gaining in Popular Favor. 



It is noticeable that the American bulb 

 catahigues this season are giving greater 

 prominence to the late flowering Cottage 

 and Darwin tulips. Two years ago the 

 Bevikvv commended these varieties and 

 predicted great popularity for them in 

 the near future. It is pleasing to note 

 the advance they have made in popular 

 esteiii! in this short time. These late 

 tuli] s have for some years been ex- 

 trem, iy popular in Great Britain and on 

 the ' uropean continent. Many of the 

 Lett' ;e section were originally found 

 ig in old cottage gardens in Eng- 

 •Scotland and Ireland, where they 

 en growing for half a century or 

 others had their origin in France, 

 late tulips in nearly every case 

 much taller than the early ones, 

 're therefore much better for cut- 

 It is not at all uncommon to see 

 wenty-four to thirty inches high, 

 nally as much as thirty-six inches, 

 'ossess greater vigor than the early 

 ind do not run out like the latter. 

 i in patches in herbaceous borders 

 iibberies, they last for years, flow- 

 splendidly each spring. 



Their Suitability for Beddin g. 



bedding they are practically an 



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 ^"an the early varieties. 



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In New England some varieties are 

 annually used for Memorial day, when 

 they prove valuable. They are also seen 

 in considerable numbers in the markets. 

 Their long stems render them much bet- 

 ter than the early class for this pur- 

 pose. Solid beds of such late tulips as 

 Gesneriana, Gesneriana lutea, Ingles- 

 combe Pink, Golden Eagle, Picotee, and 

 Darwins like Clara Butt, Gretchen, Glow, 

 King Harold and Farncombe Sanders, if 

 used in the public parks and gardens, 

 would quickly cause a boom in these va- 

 rieties. Will not some wideawake, pro- 

 gressive park superintendent lead the 

 way? Others will speedily follow. 



Some Good Varieties. 



A list of reliable and inexpensive late 

 tulips is as follows: Picotee, Golden 

 Eagle, Bouton d'Or, Gesneriana spathu- 

 lata, Gesneriana lutea, Inglescombe Pink, 

 Inglescombe Scarlet, Isabella (Shandon 

 Bells), Leghorn Bonnet, Vitellina, La 

 Candeur (Snowdon). A select assortment 

 of Darwins are: Clara Butt, soft rosy 

 pink; King Harold, deep red; Gretchen 

 (Margaret), blush rose; White Queen, 

 white passing to pink; Glow, bright ver- 

 milion ; Farncombe Sanders, rosy scar- 

 let ; Mrs. Krelage, rose margined blush ; 

 Pride of Haarlem, salmon rose, shaded 

 scarlet; Dream, soft heliotrope. 



The florist who wants to keep up with 

 the times cannot afford to be without 

 some late tulips. To say nothing of their 

 value for cutting, they cannot fail to 

 attract the attention of customers, who 

 will be glad of a change from the yearly 

 routine of ordinary bedding tulips. At 

 the exhibitions in Boston each season the 

 early tulips are practically ignored, but 

 the visiting public quickly enthuses over 



the late ones. A single exhibitor staged 

 no less than 300 varieties May 22 last.- 



CHINESE LILIES. 



The Chinese lily bulbs are making 

 growths. As I have quite a number of 

 them, kindly advise me how to stop them. 

 J. M. N. 



Beyond keeping the bulbs as cool as 

 possible, you can do nothing to check 

 the growth on your Chinese lilies. They 

 naturally flower early in the season, and 

 you eannot retard them, like many other 

 bulbs. ^__ C. W. 



LILIES FOR EASTER. 



Aly Easter lilies arrived about three 

 weeks ago. I potted them up at once 

 in 6-inch pots and stood them under 

 the coolest bench I have in my green- 

 house. I covered them with paper, 

 but I find they are coming up. I 

 put them in a frame outdoors last year, 

 covering them with ashes, but they drew 

 up too much. I think, however, that they 

 were better off last year than they are 

 this year. D, W. D. 



The lilies will be fully as well in a 

 frame for a few weeks. Water sparingly 

 until the pots are full of roots. You will 

 be able to hold most of these until Easter 

 if you move them back into a cool green- 

 house a month hence. Bun them at 45 de- 

 grees at night for a time, increasing the 

 temperature as growth advances. You 

 want to be able to count your buds at 

 least forty days before Easter, which 

 comes March 27 next year. C. W. 



Newakk, N. J. — ^William Weismantel 

 has purchased the business of O. W. 

 Britton, at 263 South Orange avenue. 





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