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Fkbbuart 1, 1912. 



AZAI.EAS AFTER FLOWEBINO. 



On page 59 of The Review of Janu- 

 ary 18, C. W. answers the question of 

 V. A, A, regarding the treatment of 

 azaleas after they have finished bloom- 

 ing. Now will C. W. give us some fur- 

 ther information about the potting of 

 the plants? We have some that we 

 keep for customers from the time they 

 quit flowering until they bud again. 

 Should they be treated as C. W. states 

 and repotted each fall? E. F. V. 



When azaleas are carried over the 

 summer in pots, which of course should 

 be plunged to their full depth, they do 

 not require potting each year. We 

 have carried large sized plants over 

 foir five and six years without repot- 

 ting. They are treated to weak liquid 

 manure and soot water through the 

 growing season. It is, however, an 

 advantage to plant out azaleas after 

 flowering, if they can be placed within 

 easy reach of the hose, as they make 

 better growth than when kept in pots. 

 The pot-grown plants, however, will 

 flower a little earlier. C. W. 



TULIPS AND HYACINTHS. 



What is the best way to treat tulips 

 when brought in from a coldframe in 

 flats; also' hyacinths, etc.? M. M. 



Early in the season it is better to 

 place tulips and hyacinths in a dark, 

 warm location when first housed. If 

 you have no such place you could invert 

 pots or pans of similar size over those 

 brought in, plugging the hole in the 

 bottom to exclude light. A few days 

 of this treatment helps to lengthen the 

 stems, something necessary early in the 

 season, but after the middle of Feb- 

 ruary the plants should have sprouted 

 sufficiently to go into full light at 

 once. Narcissi in variety should not re- 

 quire any drawing up, but could go 

 into the light at once. A common prac- 

 tice is to stand the pans or flats under 

 a bench in one of the houses for a short 

 time, to assist in drawing up the stems. 

 A cellar with some fire heat in it also 

 answers finely for the same purpose. 

 C. W. 



STOCKS FOB EASTEB. 



■ We have a house, 16 x 200 feet, 

 planted to stocks; La France and Silver 

 White are the varieties, I believe. They 

 were grown in pots and then planted 

 in a bed, not a bench, about 8 x 10 

 inches apart. Should they be staked 

 upt About what temperature should 

 they be in, night and day, to get 

 blooms by Easter? They are a new 

 crop to us, 80 any information regard- 

 ing them will be much appreciated. 



E. F. V. 



For an early crop of stocks, benches 

 would have had some advantages over 

 solid beds. Stocks rather resent a high 

 temperature and your night tempera- 

 ture should not exceed 48 degrees until 

 the flower spikes start to open, when 

 you can raise it a little, but it is better 

 not to go above 52 degrees at night. 

 The plants should not require any stak- 

 ing. A certain percentage will come 

 single; as these have little commercial 

 value, they should be pulled out as 

 soon as they are detected, in order to 

 give more space to the doubles. Any 

 attempt to force the crop will only re- 

 sult in failure, as stocks will not stand 



such treatment. Ventilate freely; 

 never syringe the plants overhead; fu- 

 migate every ten days, and keep the 

 soil moist but never saturated. A 

 scratch over occasionally will help to 

 keep it open and sweet. W. C. 



SAMPLES OF VIOLETS. 



I am sending you a bunch of single 

 violets and should like to know the 

 name of the variety, as it is free in 

 blooming and a pretty color. I am 

 also sending a couple of California 

 violets. W^ have grown this variety 

 for ten years. One plant has changed; 

 it is a little darker, the petals are 

 broad and the stems are darker and 

 shorter. Do you think this will dumge 

 back or will it be a new variety? The 

 leaves are not perfect, but are round 

 and broad. J. G. 



The flowers arrived somewhat frozen 

 and can not be accurately named. The 

 variety you send a small bunch of is 

 not Princess of Wales, La France, 

 Baron Rothschild or Kaiser Wilhelm, 

 being smaller and a little darker in 

 color. It most resembles Luxonne, a 

 variety which attained considerable 

 popularity a decade or more ago. The 

 plant of California which sported will 

 probably not revert, and if you con- 

 sider it an improvement you should 

 propagate all you can of it. None of 

 the violets you forwarded are in any 

 way to be compared with Princess of 

 Wales, which is the single violet par 

 excellence. If you once give this sort 

 a fair trial you will soon discard such 

 varieties as California, Luxonne or Gov- 

 ernor Herrick, which are simply not in 

 the same class, either for freedom of 

 bloom, size, length of stem or general 

 excellence. W. C. 



ANTIBBHINUMS IN POTS. 



We have about 500 antirrhinums in 

 2^ -inch pots, from seeds sown in Sep- 

 tember. They are about eight to ten 

 inches high, with single stems. Any 

 advice would be gladly received. 



E. F. V. 



The antirrhinums must not be al- 

 lowed to become too much rootbound 

 in the pots. If you have any vacant 

 bed or bench, plant them out ten to 

 twelve inches apart. Pinch back the 

 single shoot they now carry. This will 

 result in the plants breaking freely 

 from near the base. If you have not 

 a bed unoccupied now, give them a 

 shift into 3%-inch pots and loosen 

 the ball a little with a pointed stick if 

 much matted. Antirrhinums make a 

 profitable winter and spring crop and 

 are becoming increasingly popular. 

 They like a temperature of 48 to 50 

 degrees at night, not higher. Your 



plants would not flower for Easter, but 

 should bloom freely during May. You 

 will find frequent notes on these plants 

 in the cultural columns of The Review. 

 C. W. 



FOBWABDEB IN TBOXTBLE. 



Indictments, charging false represen- 

 tation of contents of packages delivered 

 to the Baltimore & Ohio railroad for 

 transportation in interstate commerce, 

 were filed January 22 in the United 

 States District Court at New York 

 against four Chicago forwarding 

 agents. Each is accused of violating 

 section 10 of the Interstate Commerce 

 Act of 1889 (amended June, 1910), the 

 penalty of which is a fine not exceeding 

 $5,000 or two years' imprisonment, or 

 both. 



One of the men indicted is August 

 Bontoux, president of the International 

 Forwarding Co., which concern handles 

 large quantities of bulbs, nursery stock 

 and other imports for florists all over 

 the country. Mr. Bontoux is charged 

 with having shipped 8,500 pounds of 

 natural flowers, or immortelles, as mil>- 

 linery goods not otherwise specified, at 

 a rate of 75 cents per hundred pounds, 

 -whereas the regular prescribed rate on 

 natural flowers is $1^0 per hundred 

 . pounds. 



'WhUe it may be open to question if 

 immortelles are millinery goods, the 

 average florist will consider that classi- 

 fying them as natural flowers is prob- 

 ably just as far from the intent of the 

 men who made the railroads' rate 

 sheets. Possibly Mr. Bontoux may 

 have a good defense, if he can show 

 that immortelles are used by milliners, 

 in that they are not "natural" flowers 

 because they are not in their natural 

 condition; they have at least been dried 

 and most of them also have been col- 

 ored. 



MOBBISTOWN, N. J. 



The Morris County Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Society held its annual ban- 

 quet Wednesday evening, January 24, 

 at Piper's hotel. The society is 16 

 years old and growing fast, with 

 a comfortable surplus in its treasury. 

 Messrs. Duckham, Totty, Stokes and 

 Herrington were the dinner committee 

 and it was a banquet worthy of the 

 name. The attendance was 125 and the 

 decorations were especially munificent, 

 Carnation Wodenethe holding the cen- 

 ter of the stage. 



Charles Weathered, of New York, 

 was toastmaster and acquitted himself 

 with the ability and honors that crown 

 a quarter century of experience. There 

 were visitors from all parts of Long 

 Island and eastern New York, every 

 society sending its representatives. The 

 music and addresses were of unusual 

 excellence. The singing of Will Mc- 

 Donald, of Yonkers, was especially 

 appreciated. 



The oration of the evening was made 

 by Dr. Whitmore, of Red Bank, his 

 subject being "The Cultivation of 

 Flowers and Their Influence Upon 

 Society." The toasts were: "The 

 Morris County Society," responded to 

 by William Duckham; "The S. A. F.," 

 by John Young; "Financial Support- 

 ers," by Dr. D. H. Mc Alpine; "The 

 Honorary Members," by Robert D. 

 Foote; "The National Flower Show of 

 1913," by Charles H. Totty; "Morris- 

 town," by Mayor A. S. Pierson; 

 "Gardening," by A. Herrington; "The 

 Rose Society," by F. H. Traendly; 



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