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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



17 



One of the Two Ranges at Madison, N. J., Operated by Charles H. Totty. 



COST OF METERED WATER. 



li'ei'orrinjj to the inquiry of R. M., on 

 ,i«o 9 of the Review for October 12S, we 

 111 say that from our experience, where 

 iftered water costs about 10 cents per 

 .(•DO gallons, it would cost at least $30 

 ir month to supjily a range of 100,000 

 .et of glass. T. C. JOY. 



1 The Review will be glad to hear from 

 ihers as to the cost of the water rc- 

 iiired, prices paid and quantities used.] 



HYDRANGEAS FOR EASTER. 



How should I treat hydrangeas which 



ire outdoors in pots? They have been 



gradually hardened off until they now 



have a good brown color. We are grow- 



ng them for Easter. E. F. C. 



You are treating your hydrangeas all 

 right. Run them a little on the dry side 

 to assist in ripening the wood. Keep 

 tlio plants outdoors as late as possible in 

 in open, sunny spot. Guard against 

 frost. A few degrees will not harm the 

 Jiydrangeas, but if the thermometer 

 should go down to liO degrees, as is not 

 jinprobable during October, the majority 

 • if the flower buds will be killed. Have 

 Mime covering in readiness to use in case 

 if frost. You should aim to have your 

 wood thoroughly ripened, of a nutty 

 iirown color by Christmas, about which 

 iiiiie the plants should be started to get 

 'liem in bloom for Easter, 1910. In the 

 ■vent of heavy and continuous rain 

 -forms occurring, the hydrangeas would 

 ''0 better placed in a coldframe or pit. 



C. W. 



GLADIOLI FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



Can you tell me what varieties of gla- 

 lioii are best for growing between carna- 

 ions in the bed for florists' use, also 

 ' liat time to plant them to have them 

 II bloom for ^Memorial day or before, and 



licthor they can be grown between the 

 aruations on a solid bed without injury 

 ') carnation plants? C. F. B. 



A few excellent gladioli to grow for 

 domorial day are: America, soft laven- 

 or pink, always sells on sight; Sliakc- 

 |iearc, white sufl'used witli rose; Augus- 

 i. white, blue anthers; Brcnchleyensis, 

 right scarlet ; and May, w hite, penciled 

 ith crimson. You can, of course, pur- 

 liaso separate shades of color at a some- 

 liat lower price, but bunches of one de- 

 "lod color are now to be desired. 



The above sorts should be planted in 

 'I'bruary for blooming for ^Memorial day, 

 ■ lom the middle to the end of the montli. 

 't is a common practice to plant among 

 arnations. Personally, we do not like 

 'he plan, as one crof) hurts the other. Tf 

 ' ou have some beds likely to run out in 

 -pring, it may be all right to plant 

 'mong them, but if you want flrst-chiss 



carnations do not plant anything through 

 them. Rather let the bulbs have a piece 

 of bed to themselves, or grow in boxes 

 six to seven inches deep. C. \V. 



PANSIES FOR SPRING SALES. 



Kindly tell me how to raise pansies 

 for next spring. I have sold cut flowers 

 for five years, but have never grown any- 

 thing. 1 would like to grow some pan- 

 sies because the express costs more than 

 the plants. I live in the state of Maine. 



A. E. N. 



It is now too late to sow pansies in 

 your state for spring sales. I would ad- 

 vise you to jiurchase now strong seed- 

 lings, which are offered by many adver- 



Don't Forget: — 



The Big Annual Autumn (Thanksgiving) 

 Special Number of the Review comes out 

 November 11. Bigger and better than ever. 

 Advertisers must MAIL COPY AT 

 ONCE, or they will be too late. Address 

 all orders to 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 334 Dearborn Street, Chicago 



tisers in the IvK.view at present. Tiiose, 

 being small, will cost you little in express 

 charges. They can be planted alioiit 

 tliree inches ajiart each way in cold- 

 frames, or will winter well if pricked out 

 in beds outdoors on land witli a gentle 

 slo[ie to the south. Water must not lie 

 where they are planted. They will re- 

 (juire a mulch of pine needles, straw ov 

 some similar material after the gruund 

 freezes. 



You will find in the Review of -Inly 

 22 last cultural ntdes on jiaiisies under 

 "Seasonable Suggestions.'' The seed 

 with you sliould be sown outdoors aliout 

 the first week in Aiigust. C. W. 



TOTTY'S PLACE. 



A visit to the establisliiiiciit of Charles 

 II. Totty, at ^Nladison, X. .1., unfolds a 

 wonderful display of pompons. Among 

 the favorites are: Biddy, rose-pink; 

 Harold Slade, white and scarlet; Eloise, 

 white; ]5oheniia, yellow; Jessie Curtis, 

 dark crimson; Kna Reimer, chestnut; 

 Linton, white; Golden Star, the best yel- 

 low. In this 220-foot house there are 

 over 350, all single varieties. Other fa- 

 vorites are: John T. Burns, cerise and 

 orange; Charles Craves, yellow; H. S. 

 JJevins, crimson. 



\V. Wells, of .Merstham, England, who 

 arrived October 27 to be a guest of Mr. 

 Totty for some weeks, when visited by 

 Mr. Totty last year, had over thirty 

 acres of the single varieties in bloom. 



Here, too, is a house of My Maryland 

 and Killarney in perfect condition and a 

 house of Zvolanek's sweet peas. At the 

 Twombley greenhouses Mr. Totty has a 

 magnificent display of mums. Altogether 

 in this fine r.ange of houses, comprising 

 over 60,000 square feet, a better oppor 

 tunity for development cannot well be 

 imagined, and a brilliant and successful 

 career waits upon Mr. Totty 's skill and 

 enterprise. Among tlie popular varieties 

 are: Pockett's Crimson, Mrs. Kahii, 

 Mrs. Totty, Y'ellow Miller, Blackburn, 

 W. Ilotston, R. F. Felton and many of 

 Wells' unnamed seedlings. A house of 

 carnations, ;5;?x22U, has p]nchantress. 

 lieacon and Winsor and a new variegated 

 sport of Kncliantress. Mr. Totty has 

 also a yellow sport of My Maryland. 

 Here also is a grand house of Beauties 

 and sections devoted to apricots and 

 grapes, with such perfection in building, 

 conveniences and system as are seldom 

 seen in a commercial establishment. The 

 situation is ideal, and the illustration 

 herewith gives some idea of the extent 

 and future of the enterprise. William 

 Tricker is foreman. J. AusTix Shaw, 



NAMES OF FUCHSIAS. 



Enclosed find three samples of fuchsias, 

 which please name for nie. H. K. 



They are Duchess of Edinburgh, dou- 

 ble white; Phenomenal, double crunson, 

 and Swanley Gem, single red. C. 



llAXCorK. Mil 11. — Mrs. A. M. ^■ork is 

 (|uite plcaseil with the lousiness outlook at 

 jiresent. Slie is cutting some excellent 

 clirysaiitheniuiiis, roses aii<l < aniatioiis 

 and finds u ready sale for them all. Her 

 October I'rost mums are especially good. 



Manchester, Coxx. — John E. Dwyer^ 

 Co. have leased the Hastings property 

 here, including two greenhouses, and will 

 grow roses, carnations and ,a gein'ral line 

 of bediling plants. They will re|iair the 

 greenhouses and put tlie jil.ice in first- 

 class condition. 



