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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



October 14, i;)(j9 



another stretch of lawn, is leading toward 

 one of its most attractive features, the 

 geyser, with its wide basin and surround- 

 ing balustrade. The embankment which 

 encloses the basin is covered with Dorothy 

 Perkins roses, trailing over the ground. 

 Growing up through these are Japanese 

 anemones in white and lavender pink; an 

 exquisite bit of color conception, made 

 harsh by a border below of Calceolaria 

 rugosa again. 



Diverging to the right or left, again 

 are seen flanking beds of roses, hedged 

 in at the rear by the short pines and 

 crimson and pink hollyhocks, a charming 

 setting for the array of crimsons, crim- 

 son pinks and whites of the La France, 



Testout, Druschki, Jacqueminot, Brunner, 

 Soupert and Margaret Dickson. Neigh- 

 boring areas of like form, bordered by 

 berberis and white pansies, are a mass of 

 fine blooms of Paul Neyron and Baronne 

 de Bonstettin, with the above varieties 

 repeated and the addition of a crimson 

 Phlox Drummondi. 



Standard bays and urns alternate about 

 the circle of the geyser basin. Peering 

 over the rail brings into view millions of 

 yellow and white pansy faces, the whole 

 circular space from the railing to the 

 water's edge being a solid panel of pan- 

 sies. The soft recesses of white and gold 

 surround the geyser, which throws its 

 silvery spout high in the air each minute. 



We wish we could say that the 

 have it all to themselves in this dci 

 nook. But assorted gladioli we . 

 here and there against the railii 

 us hope that they were meant fo; 

 and buflf. 



Panels of pansies, blue-eyed aiM 

 with streaks of yellow, backed by > 

 of rhododendrons and other sin 

 now out of bloom, filled in the i. 

 around the Agricultural and Mann: 

 ers ' building. Nothing was more :■ 

 ive about the grounds than these i 

 ful pansy beds, both as to qual 

 stock and arrangement of colors, 

 one feels, as he stands adm; 

 "Somebody thought." Gertrude 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



The Favorable Weather. 



Cultural notes will soon be a thing of 

 the ,*ast, for nearly all the varieties, ex- 

 cept the latest, are showing color and it 

 is simply a matter of waiting for the final 

 development of the flowers. The season 

 so far has been ideal for opening flowers, 

 with bright days, cool nights and no fog. 

 Foggy weather often ruins more good 

 flowers than all other causes combined, 

 and this year so far it has not given the 

 long-suffering grower the benefit of its 

 chastening influence. 



Under the influence of the lovely 

 weather, nearly all tlie varieties are 

 earlier than usual, Beatrice May, Miller, 

 both bronze and yellow, Gloria and W. 

 Meredith being already cut. 



What a glorious flower is Beatrice 

 May! Nothing in white approaches it, 

 and if we had some other foliage on the 

 stem we would have the ideal mum. Octo- 

 ber Frost, Willowbrook and all the other 

 early whites are simply lost alongside 

 of it. 



Yellow Miller, one of last year's new 

 ones, has established a place for itself as 

 a high-class early yellow and will be 

 largely grown next year. The early bud 

 is not of much use on this variety, but a 

 crown late in August produces lovely 

 flowers. 



Gloria, also one of last year's novel- 

 ties, will find a place. Though the color 

 may be too light for some tastes, the 

 flower is handsome and the stem and 

 foliage excellent. The color is the En- 

 chantress shade of pink and it would 

 seem that, if Gloria will come as early 

 next year, it deserves to be largely grown. 

 My only regret is that I did not grow 

 more of it. 



The G>ining Exhibitions. 



The shows will soon be with us and it 

 will not be long before we shall see how 

 others of the new ones of last year will 

 turn out, but at present, so far as I have 

 seen them growing, they are the finest 

 looking lot ever known and novelties this 

 year will have to climb high to get in 

 line. The only regret caused by the 



present lovely weather is that it rushes 

 the heavy exhibition flowers open too 

 quickly and they are not coming as deep 

 as they should. It would seem that many 

 of the finest things will be over by the 

 time the national society meets, Novem- 

 ber 10, unless the weather soon changes. 

 Market conditions seem brighter than 

 for some years past, and flowers are sell- 

 ing readily at fairly good prices. One 

 reason may be that there are not so many 

 grown this year as last, some of the grow- 

 ers getting disgusted and not planting so 

 many as formerly, or it may be that busi- 

 ness conditions generally mean that more 

 flowers are being sold, for all of which 

 let us give thanks. Chas. H. Totty. 



A VEGETABLE FORCER'S VIEW. 



[A paper by B. H. Thome, of Wooster, O., 

 road before the Greenhouse Vegetable Growers' 

 Association at Its convention at Ashtabula, O., 

 October 12 to 14, 1909.] 



Owing to the nature of the chrysanthe- 

 mum, and the nature of the crops grown 

 mostly by the florist, the chrysanthemum 

 belongs more to the vegetable forcer than 

 it does to the florist. 



The chrysanthemum is planted in its 

 permanent quarters any time from the 

 first part of June until the first part of 

 August and is out of the way in October 

 and November, while the florist plants 

 his roses, carnations, smilax, etc., from 

 June to August and they occupy the beds 

 until the next June. The chrysanthemum 

 also makes an excellent crop to take the 

 place of a part of the fall lettuce. 



Although the chrysanthemum is easy to 

 grow, it is insistent in its demands upon 

 your attention and unless you are pre- 

 pared to give it daily attention I would 

 not advise the vegetable grower to try it. 

 As there is plenty of literature on the 

 chrysanthemum, I will try to treat the 

 subject more from the standpoint of the 

 vegetable greenhouse man. 



Culture From Vegetable Forcer't Standpoint. 



The chrysanthemum is started from 

 cuttings taken from stock plants. The 

 stock plants can be procured of a large 

 number of florists and it would be well 

 to consult them and the wholesalers in 



the market in which you expect to sell be- 

 fore deciding on varieties. Each variety 

 comes in at a certain date in the fall, no 

 matter when rooted or planted. The only 

 exception to this is Golden Glow, which 

 blooms a certain length of time after 

 rooted. 



Plant your stock plants in a cool iihuc. 

 where they will get a fair amount of 

 sunlight. When the stock plants begin 

 to grow, take cuttings as fast as they get 

 three to four inches long and place tliem 

 in a cool house. Shade the cuttings for 

 a few days. When the cuttings liave 

 roots half an inch to an inch long, pot 

 them up in 2^/4 -inch pots, or plant in flats 

 or even beds; after they have grown a 

 few inches cuttings can be taken from 

 the tops of these also. 



Cuttings can be taken any time from 

 December to July. Late winter and • arly 

 spring is the best time to take them for 

 cut flowers. Two or three flowers lan 

 be grown on these, while only one can be 

 grown on May or June cuttings. The 

 plants of the taller varieties from the 

 early cuttings should be cut back in .'une 

 or July or they will make too much s m. 

 Rooted cuttings cost 2% cents to 3 ■ nts 

 each, so it will save you money to buy : 'ck 

 plants and make your own cuttings. he 

 plants must be kept growing and n^ be 

 allowed to suffer from lack of wafi '"" 

 plant food or the wood will harden h(1 

 inferior flowers will result. 



As soon as danger of frost is ove nc 

 little plants can be put in 5-inch ts 

 and plunged in soil outdoors until he 

 beds are ready for planting. Cut' 4S 

 rooted in June can be flowered in 5 'h 

 pots if desired, one flower to the pot 



Tomatoes and cucumbers are t. ■ l'*' 

 done before the last of July, but ii "^ 

 chrysanthemum plants are kept gro' ■'•^S 

 nicely they can be planted in the P^ "j 

 house the first week in August and ■ i" 

 make long enough stems and first'"'^ 

 flowers. 



Planting and Staking. 



The beds in the greenhouse can be V''^' 

 pared as usual for the vegetable cr"P' 

 and then mulched with two or three 

 inches of good manure. The chrysantnc- 



