OcTOBBU 14, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



s -lie planted in rows eight or ten 

 "'")' .s iipart and close enough together in 

 'f^ 1 ('s to give about three stems to the 

 "'.111 foot. If single-stemmed plants 

 **^" : wn they can be planted seven 

 ^"^^lies I aeh way, or even six with some 

 ^fxhr dwarf ones. Leave out every sixth 

 'Ir s." i;th row to give a walk to worn 



Xli should be staked as soon as pos- 



gil,l,i ither with a cane stake forced 



goliili into the ground, or with a wire 



-takf i''d to a wire running over the row 



•ibou wo and one-half feet above the 



Fi, . this time on they need almost 

 lailv V tention. They should be tied fre- 

 queii- to the stakes to keep the stems 

 striiii. t, suckered both at the leaves and 

 the ;. aind the same as the tomato. The 

 ehrv iithemum revels in a bath and 

 glioiii'i be sprayed once or twice every 

 siinsi'iiy day, both on top of the foliage 

 and iiiiderneath, with enough force to 

 kno( k (iflf any red spider that might be 

 tlieii'. Spraying must cease as soon as 

 the 1 ids begin to show color, the atmos- 

 pheii' kept drier and the ventilators 

 partly open and a litle heat on at night 

 when there is likely to be any condensa- 

 tion, lor a little water on the flowers 

 spoils them. 



There are two kinds of buds, called 

 the crown or summer bud, and the ter- 

 minal buds. The crown bud is not much 

 used except in the hands of experts, as it 

 is hard to develop a good flower from it. 

 The terminal buds are a bunch of buds 

 that come in the fall and all but the best 

 <me should be pinched off as soon as pos- 

 sible. As soon as the buds appear the 

 plants should be fed with liquid manure 

 once or twice a week until they show 

 color, and then it must stop. On well fer- 

 tilized ground beds with a heavy manure 

 mulch this feeding is not entirely neces- 

 sary. Any grown in pots should be fed 

 often at this time. 



Marketing. 



lu packing the cut flowers for ship- 

 ment they should be cut before the flow- 

 er is fully open at the center, with stems 

 two to three feet long, according to the 

 variety. The stems should be placed in 

 jars with several inches of cool water in 

 them and placed in a cool room twelve to 

 twenty-four hours before shipment. This 

 treiument hardens them for shipment 

 and future handling. 



1 >■■■) light wooden boxes about one foot 

 ^vidi , six inches deep and four feet long. 

 I^iiii them with paper with a layer of 

 tisvi ■ paper »n the inside. Place each 

 fl'jv 1 in singly, with a roll of paper 

 "'"' ' the necks of the lower row. Each 

 '•ON olds one and one-half to two dozen 

 •>lo IS. These boxes are returned and 

 '•'iii !'e used as long as the express com- 

 !'='' I -^ are merciful to you. 



! oes range from 75 cents to $4 a 

 'l*^'' i according to quality and season, 

 "" about $1.50 as the average. Com- 

 '"' n houses charge fifteen per cent and 

 I"' xpress is the merchandise rate. If 

 '"■■ ^^ements are made with some firm 

 ' " idle the crop there is no reason for 

 ' '" inthemums not being a profitable 

 ''' f'xcept in case of an unusual glut. 



Varieties. 



to 



" there are a large number of varie- 

 1 will only name a few that are easy 



'low and make fine flowers. 

 ».,' ' ^hite are October Frost, Ivory, 

 JJ'ife Bonnaflfon, Mrs. Buckbee, Mrs. 

 ^'/'ry Bobinson and Timothy Eaton. In 

 P'nk are Glory of Pacific, Pink Ivory, 

 ^''^^- E. G. Hill, Dr. Enguehard, Maud 



Hydrangea Oinerea Sterilis. Hydrangea A.rbore6cenF Alba Grand! Rora. 



Leaf and Floret of Two New Hardy Hydrangeas. 



Dean and Mrs. Perrin. In yellow are 

 Golden Glow, Eobt. Halliday, Major 

 Bonnaffon, Col. Appleton and Yellow 

 Eaton. 



As each variety comes in at a certain 

 date, several varieties must be grown 

 when a succession is wanted. If each va- 

 riety, or those that bloom at the same 

 time, are planted in the same bed the 

 whole bed can be cleared off at the same 

 time and planted to lettuce. By using a 

 succession of varieties on different beds 

 the lettuce can be brought on in succes- 

 sion. 



Other Crops. 



"While I am on the subject of flowers I 

 will mention a few others. Sweet peas 

 seem to be in fashion now, and as they 

 require the same temperature as lettuce 

 a single row can be planted down the 

 center of a north and south house and 

 take up the room of only one lettuce row 

 for the first crop of lettuce. They re- 

 quire about eight feet of head room. If a 

 house is planted solid, leave two and one- 

 half to three feet between rows. The 

 sweet peas can be supported with either 

 chicken netting or close woven wire fenc- 

 ing. Eed spider seems to be the most 

 serious enemy. Be sure to use the winter 

 flowering varieties in straight colors. 



Smilax could be grown in a winter cu- 

 cumber house. This is planted in the 

 summer seven or eight inches apart. Two 

 and three crops can be taken from the 

 same plants during the year. At the 

 prices it has been quoted at the past 

 year it should be quite profitable. 



Carnations can be grown in the warm- 

 er lettuce houses and cucumbers or toma- 

 toes planted in between in the spring. 

 Ground beds give as fine or finer flowers 

 than raised benches, but not quite as 

 many during the winter. 



TWO NEW HYDRANGEAS. 



I am sending two photographs to show 

 leaf and floret variation in the two new 

 hardy hydrangeas. Some claim that there 

 is only a leaf variation. 



There is a wide and marked difference 

 in the two varieties in many ways. The 

 photographs give a characteristic leaf 

 and floret reproduction that speak for 



themselves. The floret of Hydrangea 

 arborescens alba grandiflora has four pet- 

 als and is much larger in size than the 

 florets of H. cinerea sterilis, which has 

 but three-petaled florets. 



The differentiation under greenhouse 

 culture is much more marked than when 

 grown outdoors. The arborescens blooms 

 freely in pots, while the cinerea fails 

 to produce a single flower under glass. 



I predict for H. arborescens alba gran- 

 diflora a greater range of planting, and 

 that it will be a far greater money-maker 

 for those who handle it, than any shrub 

 ever grown. A flold of 50,000 plants of 

 H. arborescens alba grandiflora planted 

 in May from small pots made a uniform 

 growth of two and a half to three feet in 

 height. 



One of the widely distributed fall cir- 

 culars says: "We have the original va- 

 riety, which originated near Piqua, O., 

 and which is characterized by a com- 

 paratively broad leaf, of large size, the 

 panicle of bloom also being larger than 

 in the variety originating near Yellow 

 Springs and Springfleld, O., which has 

 serrated foliage." 



Lest this might give the impression to 

 the trade that the plants grown and 

 oft'ered by the florists of Springfield, O., 

 were of the cinerea variety, instead of 

 the arborescens alba grandiflora typa, i 

 will say that with one exception all oi 

 the stock propagated from and produced 

 in Springfield was originally purchased 

 from the concern issuing the above quoted 

 circular, the one exception being a nur- 

 seryman who procured his stock at Xenia, 

 O. Springfield will produce this year 

 not less than a quarter million to a half 

 million plants of the true arborescens 

 alba grandiflora type, and I might add 

 that a blindfolded child should pick out 

 the difference in the two varieties. 



I would like to know why this plant 

 was given the name of arborescens, as it 

 in no particular answers the definition of 

 that word. Was it simply arbitrarily so 

 named! 



These hydrangeas in no way conflict 

 with H. paniculata grandiflora and 

 should not therefore be held up in com- 

 parison to that variety, but to those who 



