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NOTBMBKn 30, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



37 



Robert Klagge. 



might be wished. Another picture 

 shows various signs of life and ac- 

 tivity, such as the automobile with its 

 occupants and the other figures stand- 

 ing near; also the wagon loaded with 

 boxes, which contain valley ready for 

 the storage shed. And do not overlook 

 the cow, which has evidently been led 

 into the picture as a representative of 

 the dairy which is run in connection 

 with the flower business. 



Mr. Klagge grows cut flowers and 

 bulbous stock, devoting 110,000 square 

 feet of glass to their culture. In addi- 

 tion to this, he plants some acres of his 

 outdoor fields with Dutch bulbs, aver- 

 aging over one million bulbs. His en- 

 tire output goes to the Michigan Cut 

 Flower Exchange, of Detroit. He also 

 forces over 300,000 valley and grows 

 a large variety of hardy plants. At 

 present he is cutting fine carnations 

 from a house planted early in May. 



He is a progressive and enterprising 

 florist and a visit to his plant at any 

 time of the year is sure to be impres- 

 sive and instructive. Herman Klagge, 

 his son, is his assistant manager and is 

 an industrious and energetic young 

 man. 



POECINO LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



flease give cultural directions for 

 forcing lily of the valley. How much 

 time is required to bring it into bloom, 

 using cold storage pipsf F. E. S. 



Specialists^ who force lily of the 

 valley in large quantities use separate 

 nouses for them. Others, whose output 

 may be 1,000 to 5,000 per week, utilize 

 a side bench in a house where the requi- 

 site bottom and top heat can he had. 

 It takes from three to four weeks to 

 force cold storage pips into flower, ac- 

 coruing to the season and the tempera- 

 ture of the house utilized. A bottom 

 neat of 85 degrees, with a top heat 



25 to 30 degrees lower, is what lily of 

 the valley requires. 



A case of any required length should 

 be built over the heating pipes, enclos- 

 ing the latter, of course. Either slate 

 or wooden bottoms will do, though the 

 former are preferable. Clear sand is 

 the simplest and cleanest material to 

 pack the pips in. Soil is not needed, 

 as they make no roots while being 

 forced. A soaking watering will be re- 

 quired once a day, but care must be 

 taken not to wet the flower stems after 

 the bells have started to open, or they 

 will (lamp. Use six to eight inches of 



the sand. A covering of moss can be 

 laid over the pips, the tops of which 

 should not be covered by the sand. 

 Keep the sashes closed tightly for a few 

 days. Admit air as growth advances, 

 ventilating more freely as the spikes 

 push. As the ilowers start to open, give 

 more light, in order to make the stems 

 and flowers have more substance. If 

 foliage is desired, more light must be 

 given than where flowers only are 

 wanted. 



The glass sashes must be covered with 

 cloth, to darken them effectually during 

 the early stages of growth. Toward 

 spring the pips will not require so much, 

 bottom heat, nor need they be kept so 

 long in the dark. Good foliage is then 

 easily obtained, but at this season it is 

 difiicult to get it. It is better not to 

 use freshly imported pips for forcing 

 until January, or a large percentage 

 will either fail to start or will give 

 but few spikes. 



if you require pots of valley, you can 

 grow them in the same way in darkened 

 cases, plunging them in the warm sand. 

 After March, it is just as well to ex- 

 pose them to the full light; you then 

 get plants a little dwarfeir in habit, but 

 carrying beautiful, dark green foliage. 

 If you want only a small lot of fllbwers, 

 you can probably box in a place of suit- 

 able size over the pipes, below one of; 

 your benches, which might answer well, 

 but by having the cases up nearer the 

 light you can produce a better grade 

 of flowers. 0. W. 



Olean, N. Y. — D. K. Herron is well 

 [)leased with the returns from his store 

 in town. He turned the tables on his 

 (^reek friends by adding a soda foun- 

 tain and finds the combination a suc- 

 cess. He is cutting a heavy crop of 

 carnations and mums. 



Boiilder, Colo. — Charles F. Fawcett, 

 the Arapahoe avenue florist, is said to 

 have originated a unique chrysanthe- 

 mum, with a flower about six inches in 

 diameter, the petals of which are ar- 

 ranged in a peculiar form of whorl and 

 are light lavender in color, shading to 

 pink on the inside. He has named it 

 the Boulder chrysanthemum. 



Ettabllshment of Bobert Klajgge, Mt. Qemens, Mlcb., in Spring. 



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