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November ^30, 1911. 



ThcWedkly Florists' Review. 



21 



Castle of Albert Kiog, Hornell, N. Y. 



flowering begonias, and no doubt a yel- 

 low will be chronicled in the near 

 future. 



Acquisition, robust growth and re- 

 markably floriferous; a beautiful flesh 

 pink, with paler center. 



The gloomy days of winter will be 

 effectually brightened wherever the cul- 

 ture of these gems is taken up. Bee. 



KINO AND HIS CASTLE. 



Albert King, of Hornell, N. Y., is a 

 born florist and he has an enthusiastic 

 side partner, their combined efforts 

 having built up a snug business within 

 a few years. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows Mr. and Mrs. King and 

 the crown prince in front of their resi- 

 dence. At the right is the office lead- 

 ing to the greenhouses. 



I good time to consider the diseases of the 

 gladiolus and notice the experiments 

 that were tried last summer. Every 

 grower that makes a business of dahlia 

 and gladiolus growing for a livelihood is 

 earnestly invited to be present the after- 

 noon of December 15. Notice of our 

 place of meeting and the program will 

 be published next week. For further 

 particulars address the secretary at Ben- 

 ton Harbor, Mich. 



E. S. Thompson, Sec 'y. 



COST OF WATEE. 



Could some of The Review readers 

 who use city water tell me what it 

 costs them for water by the year for 

 each 10,000 feet of glass? 1 have about 

 10,000 feet of glass, 3,000 of which I 

 added this season. For the last six 

 months, when my place was 7,000 feet, 

 they charged n^e $16.85 for water, which 

 I feel is too much. Some of the city 

 council are inclined to give me a spe- 

 cial rate if other florists get their water 

 for less. L. G. B. 



THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. 



The dahlia and gladiolus growers of 

 the central states are cordially invited 

 to bear in mind the coming bulb show 

 of the Western Dahlia and Gladiolus 

 Association, to be held in Chicago De- 

 cember 15. Come and enjoy the meet- 

 J°^- Also bring some specimens of these 

 bulbs and any others you may be rais- 

 ing, for exhibition. Nothing of this 

 kind has been attempted before, and 

 at first it may not appeal to the grower 

 as profitable. But it is worthy of 

 thought and it will be a good oppor- 

 tunity to place before the trade "bulbs 

 as they grow," all grades of gladiolus 

 especially, from seed, bulblets, young 

 stock, and from old conns that have 

 stood the test of years. It will be a 



factorily so early as Christmas. They 

 are one of the plants which can not 

 be forced into blooni. They must have 

 a cool house all the time and succeed 

 best where the night temperature is 40 

 to 45 degrees. Four-inch pots are 

 rather small to flower them in; it would 

 pay to shift into 6-inch pots if you 

 want really good plants. If you do 

 a«t care to do so, you must feed liber- 

 ally with liquid manure; a light top- 

 dressing of fine bone once a fortnight 

 is also good. Cinerarias like a rich 

 soil; one composed of three parts 

 fibrous loam and one part old cow or 

 sheep manure, with some fine bone 

 added, will be found all right. Leaf- 

 mold, while good for young plants, 

 should not be used in the later pot- 

 tings. A cool, airy house is needed and 

 green aphis must be kept in check, 

 either bv fumigating or spraying/ 



C. W. 



EUONYMUS RADICANS. 



Please tell us whether Euonymus 

 Japonica is hardy or not in the north- 

 ern states. A. G. 



CINESABIAS IN BUD. 



Please advise me as to the best way 

 to handle cinerarias. I have about 300 

 plants, apparently healthy, but only six 

 to eight inches tall, which are setting 

 up buds. I should like to bring on a 

 few for Christmas, but would hold the 

 balance until the middle of January. 

 They are in 4-inch pots in a compost of 

 soil, sand, stable manure and leaves, 

 all well rotted. W. E. J. 



The Japanese euonymus, E. radicans, 

 also sometimes known as E. Japonica, 

 is perfectly hardy in the northern 

 states; at least, it withstands tempera- 

 tures as low as 20 degrees below zero 

 without the slightest injury. This is 

 the most valuable hardy evergreen 

 climber we have. It is also excellent 

 grown in bush form, particularly the 

 form E. radicans rotundifolia. 



Cinerarias do not usually flower satis- 



A BEDDING ODDITY. 



In Wheeler park, in Oklahoma City, 

 this summer, that part of the garden- 

 er's work which has attracted most at- 

 tention has been the flower box shown 

 in the accompanying illustration. It is 

 a full-sized "automobile," built of 

 cypress and covered with . Cottonwood 

 bark. The "box" was filled in all its 

 parts with bedding plants, and the af- 

 fair itself stood in the center of a big 

 oblong bed of alternanthera. The gar- 

 dener was W. D. Frantz, and in the 

 picture his 7-year-old daughter, Eva 

 Margaret, is seated at the wheel. 



Spencer, Mass. — Chas. H. Green has 

 completed a new carnation house, 30x 

 100. 



Rustic Auto Filled with Bedding Plants, Wheckr Park, Oklahoma City. 



