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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Robert Klagge. 



niiyht bo wished. Another i)i<ture 

 shows various signs of Jifo and ac- 

 tivity, such as tho aiitoniohilo with its 

 (iceiipants and the other fii;ures staii<l- 

 inu near; also the wagon ioaih'il witli 

 boxes, whieii contain \aUey ready for 

 the storage slied. And do not overlook 

 the cow, -whidi has evidently been led 

 info tho pictuie as a representativo of 

 the dairy wliich is run in connection 

 with tlu> llower business. 



^Ir. Klaggo grows cut llowers and 

 bulbous stocU", devoting llo,()Uii si[uare 

 feet of glass to their culture. In addi- 

 tion to this, he plants some acres of his 

 out<loor fields with Dut(h bulbs, aver- 

 aging (i\('r (uio million bulbs. His en- 

 tire outiiut goes to the Midiigau < ut 

 riower Exchange, of Detroit, lie also 

 forces over o(in,(l00 valley and grows 

 a largo variety of hardy plants. At 

 present ho is cutting line carnations 

 from a house planted early in May. 



Ho is a ])rogressi\o anil enterprising 

 llorist and a visit to his plant at any 

 time of tlio year is sure to be impres- 

 sive and instructive. Herman Klaggo, 

 his son, is his assistant inanager and is 

 an ind\ist lions and energetic ycumg 

 ni;ih. 



FORCING LILY OF THE VALLEY. 



1 'lease give cultural directions for 

 forcing lily of the valley. How much 

 time is reiiuired to bring it into bloom, 

 storage pips? F. E, S. 



Using col 



S[>ecialists who force lily of the 

 valley in large quantities use separate 

 houses for them. Others, whose output 

 "lily 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- 

 cor<4ing to the season and the tempera- 

 ture of the house utilized, A bottom 

 heat of 85 degrees, with a top heat 



!'."> to .in degrees lower, is what lily of 

 the \ alley recpiires. 



A case of an\' re(piin'i| Icngtii slioubl 

 be built oxer the luating I'ipes, on(dos 

 ing the latter, of course. Either slate 

 or wooden bottoms will do, though the 

 former are preferablo. (tear sand is 

 th(> simplest and cleanest material to 

 pack the T^ips in. S<iil is not nc^oded, 

 as they make no roots while being 

 foici'd. .\ soaking watering will 1)0 re- 

 quired once a day. but rare must be 

 taken nut tu wet the llewer stems after 

 tile b(dls lia\(' started ti) (>|ieii. tir they 

 \^ ill damp. I'se six tu ci^'ht inches ol' 



tho sand. A cosoring of moss can bo 

 laid oxer tiie l'i[>s, the tops of which 

 should iMd be cosercil \,y the sand. 

 Keep tlie sashes closed tiglitl}' lor a few 

 day>. .\dmii air as gi'owtli ad\ances, 

 \('iit ilat ing more I'reidy as the spikes 

 [iiisji. .\s the ilowiJTs start to open, give 

 more light, in older to maiuj the stems 

 and llowt'rs liaxc more sulistance. If 

 I'oliage is desired, more light must be 

 gixcii than where llowers only are 

 wanted. 



'1 he glass sashes iniist bo covered with 

 1 loth, to darken them elVectually during 



tl arly stages (H' giowtli. Toward 



spring the pips will not require so much 

 bottom heat, iioi' need they be kcjit so 

 long in the dari;. (''ood loiiage is then 

 easily obtained, bm at this season it is 

 dillicidt to get it. I I is better not to 

 use freshly mqiorled pips for forcing 

 iiiilil .la Hilary, or a largo percentage 

 will eitiier fail to -tart or will give 

 but lew s^dkes. 



1 1 yon reipiire pots of \ alley, you can 

 :;ro\\ till-Ill in the saiiu' wa}- iu darkened 

 eases, plunging them in the waiiu sand, 

 A tier .MTtiidi, it is just as well to e.x- 

 pose them to the full liglit; you then 

 get plants a little dwarfer iu habit, but 

 cany ing beautiful, dark green foliage. 

 If yon want only a small lot of llowers, 

 yon can piobably box in a place of suit- 

 able si/e o\-er the pipes, below one of 

 yniir beiK lies, which might answer well, 

 but by having the cases up nearer the 

 light you can produce a better grade 

 of llowers. 0. W. 



Olean, N. Y. — I), ii. llerron is well 

 jileased with the returns from his store 

 in town. He turneil the tables on his 

 • ireok friends by adding a soda fonu- 

 tain and liinis tht> combination a suc- 

 t ss. lie is cutting a heavy ci-oii of 

 earnations and mums. 



Boulder, Colo.- ( harles l". i'au.ctt, 

 the .\rapahoe a\-enih' llorist, IB -:iid to 

 li.avc originatol a iiniipie chrysanthe- 

 mum, with a llower .ibont six inches in 



lianieter, the petals of whi<di an' ar- 

 i.ingecl in a peculiar t'orm of whorl and 



ire liuht laxeiider in color, shading to 

 pink on the inside. lie has named it 

 the Houlder elirvsant henuim. 



Establishment of Robert K(as;ge, Mt. Clemens, Mich., in Spring:. 



