

JANUAUY 25, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



11 



Decoration of Large Hall by the Bemb Floral Co., Detroit 



Cannes and Nice. They will also make 

 merry with banquets, receptions and 

 "aperitifs." The convention meetings, 

 or, as the Frenchmen say, "the con- 

 gr6s, " will not occupy much time, and 

 members will have abundant leisure 

 amid the fields of narcissi, mimo- 

 sas and violets, at the zenith of their 

 blooming season, around Cannes and 

 Nice. Bee. 



UTTLE HOLLAND. 



Frank Garland's place at Des Plaines, 

 111., once was referred to in these col- 

 umns as "Little Holland," but he says 

 it hardly is entitled to the title this 

 season, the bulbs planted not having 

 filled quite all the flats. The plantings 

 •were as follows: 



TULIPS. 



La Relne 32,500 



Yellow Prince 22,000 



MurlUo 15,000 



Couleur Cardinal 9,500 



Couronne d'Or 4,000 



Bose Grlsdelln 2,000 



Kelserskroon 2,000 



Cottage Maid 1.000 



Total 88,000 



NARCI.SSI. 



Golden r.pur 12,500 



Prlnceps 7,500 



Emperor 5,000 



Poetlcus 5,000 



Blcolor Victoria 2,500 



Von Sion 2,000 



DafTs 5,000 



Total 39,600 



HYACINTHS. 

 Miniature 2.600 



The French bulbs were cut down to 



10,000 Paper Whites. 



There are 9,000 giganteum started for 

 Easter. 



Mr. Garland is, with possibly one 

 exception, the largest forcer of bulbs 

 for the Chicago market. The Eeview 

 would be glad to print the planting 

 lists of other large growers anywhere. 



HABBISII FOB 1913. 



I should like to get some information 

 regarding the forcing of Lilium Har- 

 risii. As Easter comes early next year 

 and I can not get any more heat than 

 55 to 58 degrees in zero weather, I 

 think it would be impossible to get 

 giganteum in flower in time; that is, by 

 the middle of March, 1913. Any in- 



Newspaper Adv. of Bertcrmann*. 



formation, therefore, regarding the 

 forcing of Harrisii will be thankfully 

 received. G. V. A. 



Lilium Harrisii could be flowered for 

 an early Easter in the temperature you 

 have. Twenty years ago it was a splen- 

 did lily, free from disease. This can be 

 said of it no longer, however. It is a 



tall grower and, if your sale is for pot 

 plants, it would not suit you as well 

 as other varieties. The Formosa type 

 of longiflorum, while it also grows tall, 

 is much healthier than Harrisii and 

 could easily be flowered by the middle 

 of March. For cutting, this is excel- 

 lent, but as a pot plant it has the dis- 

 advantage of too much length. Lilium 

 longiflorum multiflorum makes an ideal 

 pot plant. The blooms are smaller than 

 those of giganteum, but it comes to 

 hand earlier and can be forced success- 

 fully in a lower temperature than 

 giganteum. Start them in a tempera- 

 ture of 50 degrees, under a bench or 

 on the floor of a shed or cellar. As soon 

 as sprouted, move them at once into 

 the highest temperature you can give 

 them and they will flower on time. .To 

 be in bloom by the middle of March the 

 buds must be in sight at the end of 

 .January, or they will be too late. It is 

 probable that a good many giganteums 

 will be carried in cold storage for an 

 parly Easter, as this is the most popu- 

 lar lily. These, if received and potted 

 late in October, would flower in season. 

 C. W. 



OEBANIUM STOCK PLANTS. 



I have a house, 27 x 100, which I 

 want to plant with geranium stock 

 plants. The house contains solid beds, 

 not benches. Can you tell me how 

 closely I can plant them! I shall not 

 plant them until next July, but I wish 

 to get my stock ready now. 



C. L. H. 



Place the plants twelve inches apart 

 oach way. As you will be constantly 

 propagating after September, this space 

 will prove ample for the plants. 



C. W. 



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