The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



OCTUliKl! U, 



A SpringTop-dressing. 



The foregoing.list comprises ;i number 

 of really good and reliable varieties, but 

 many others will succeed equally well if 

 similarly planted. None of them want 

 manure at the root, but a top-dressing 

 of manure in early spring will prove ben- 

 eficial, if well decayed. 



About everyone who has once tried a 

 few daffodils in the grass wants more the 

 second year. Florists who are anxious 



Soil and Treatment. 



The time to plant tulips in the open 

 depends on the locality, but the middle 

 to the end of October will be about right 

 in the nortliorly states, while November 

 will answer well farther south. The bidbs 

 lose considerable vitality if kept out of 

 the soil late. Better plant them a trifle 

 deeper to offset any danger of their 

 starting too early. 13ulb beds want the 

 .soil thoroughly pulverized and any ma- 





Tulips Chrysolora and Belle Alliance in a Rochester Park. 



to extend their bulb sales might do worse 

 than cater to this growing trade. There 

 are some growers who could probably 

 naturalize a few on their own place. 

 They would servo the double purpose of 

 utility and beauty, to say nothing of 

 proving a good advertisement. 



The debt of gratitude we owe to the 

 late Peter Barr cannot be adequately ex- 

 pressed. To his tireless energy and pains- 

 taking labors are due many of the finest 

 sorts we are growing today. But for 

 him the narcissus would not be holding 

 the commanding position it doe.s in the 

 bulb world today. W. N. Craig. 



BEDDING TULIPS. 



Their Unfailing Popularity. 



Tulips remain by far the jnost pdj'uiar 

 nt spring bulbous jdaiits for bedding. 

 Hyacinths are, if anything, loss used 

 than a decade ago, while narcissi have 

 not yet become proi)er]y appreciated fur 

 this purpose. In the near -^future, how 

 ever, they will give tulips a close race, 

 even for bedding. Tulips have the ad 

 \antage in regard tu color.*;, most ot 

 the narcissi being cither yellow or white, 

 while the tulip family has ahoul evei'v 

 ('(dor of till' raiidiow. 



Beds (if mixcij liilijis look will and arc 

 in good taste. The colors lianiiuiiize 

 well. The same cannot l)e Siiid uf liy 

 ucinths. ]5eds of one solid color or 

 variety arc decidedly preferable to those 

 quartered or otherwise divided for color 

 effects. The time was when a circle wouM 

 consist of alterimting rings of scarlet 

 and white, and a .*<quare bed would be 

 chopped up like a jiatchwork quilt of 

 riotous colors. Now if the Ijoils are not 

 one variety, the only change; will be a 

 band of some color distinct enough to 

 show up the other variety. 



nure used should be well decayed. Among 

 fertilizers, fine bone, sulphate of potash 

 and soft coal soot are good if carefully 

 mixed in the soil. A little lime will be 

 helpful in correcting any acidity in the 

 soil. 



The following, in their respective col 

 ors, are hard to boat as bedding tulips: 

 White, Joost van Yondel, White Potte 

 bakker, While Swan, Queen A'^ictoria; 

 the first named is the finest white tulip; 

 White Swan is a splendid late one; Queen 

 Victoria (La Keine) comes tinged with 

 rose; it is a useful variety for edging; 

 yellow, chrysolora, Mon Tresor, Golden 



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 Thomas Moore; pink, Pink 

 Queen of the Netherlands, Cotta. 

 rose, Proserpine; scarlet, Scarl 

 bakkor, Vermilion Brilliant, C!i 

 ling. Sir Thomas Lipton; ,;, 

 <'ouleur Cardinal, Dussart; red 

 low, Keizerkroon; red and whji 

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Of the foregoing, the folio \\ 

 dozen are inexpensive and good 

 one wanting only one or two sor' 

 van Vondel, chry.solora, Kei 

 Proserpine, Thomas Moore, \ 

 Brilliant. 



Tasteful Combinations. 



While tulips in solid beds are 

 effective, the following combinai \ 

 last season were in good taste ;i 

 pleasing: A large circle planted 

 Thomas Lipton, scarlet, with :; 

 edging of Joost van Vondel, u ■ i 

 similar bed of Keizerkroon witii 

 of Queen Victoria (La Reine) ; -, 

 Pottebakker bordered with ! i, 

 Moore; a large oval bed with eqii.ii poi 

 tioiis of Chrysolora and Dussai', ilcii. 

 crimson; a square bed of Couleur Car 

 dinal edged with Joost van Von.i.l; ;i 

 ribbon border with Joost van Vnndol 

 Ophir d'Or, yellow, and Wous- i niaii, 

 dark purple. White Pottebakkn luid 

 Chrysolora, plantotl in (piarters o|.|M,sii, 

 each other, looked well, the contr:i-i he 

 ing less violent than if a scaiirr or 

 crimson had been used. Prince oi Au> 

 tria. President Lincoln, light violri. ;ni.i 

 chrysolora made a harmonious ti^" 



In Perennial Borders. 



While tulips are largely used in lunnai 

 beds, they are extremely effective [iluntnl 

 in clumps through perennial Ik flcrs. 

 from half a dozen to twenty-five ImiIIjs 

 together, according to the size c! tlic 

 border. Used in this way, tlicy 

 only to be lifted every second oi 

 year. Perennials or annuals will 

 any blanks left when they die do\. 



In spring when the winter prni^ 

 lias been removed from the tulip I" 

 is a good jilan to plant a grounih. 

 arabis, violas, jiansies, siicno, in\ 

 donble daisies or some other 

 flower through the beds. This li 

 cover the earth and, wlu-n tiie col 

 rightly used, throws the tiil 

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