Mabch 19, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



75 



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mulch of half decayed leaves. "When 

 the seed is sown in a frame, I like to 

 have the frame built so that it is open 

 around. the sides as well as on top; I 

 tack ordinary burlap all over, removing 

 this after the seedlings are nicely ger- 

 minated; this will be in from twenty 

 to thirty days under favorable condi- 

 tions. Remove the mulch of leaves 

 carefully as the seedlings germinate. 

 It is advisable to shade the seedlings 

 with burlap shades as the hot weather 

 comes on; remove them on cloudy and 

 wet days, and after September 1 no 

 further shade will be needed. C. W. 



KENTUCKY PRIVET SEED? 



I have about 1,000 Kentucky privet 

 eds. 'Please advise me through the 

 of The Review when these 

 seeds should be planted, also the care 

 of the seedlings, etc. L. S. 



seeds 

 columns 



I do not know of any privet known 

 as the Kentucky. Probably you refer 

 to the California privet. This can be 

 propagated in the same way as all other 

 privets. Seeds should first be placed in 

 dry sand and stratified. In spring all 

 the fleshy part will have disappeared. 

 Sow in flats of sandy loam and keep in 

 a coldf rame. Often seeds will not germi- 

 nate until the second year. The second 

 season plant out in nursery rows and 

 keep well cultivated. Green wood cut- 

 tings rooted under glass in summer, or 

 hard wood cuttings rooted outdoors in 

 spring, especially the latter, are general 

 methods of propagation which are much 

 superior to seed propagation. C. W. 



CALIFORNIA PRIVET HEDOE.^ 



I should like to know something 

 about California privet hedge. I have 

 a contract to cut down a privet hedge 

 which is 22 years old. I am cutting it 

 down to fifteen inches above the ground 

 and ten inches wide. The owner of the 

 hedge suggests a top-dressing of cow 

 manure, 'ibut I have heard that cow 

 manure will kill it and that bone meal 

 is best. Please tell me whi)ch to use. I 

 intend to spray in the spring. J. C. 



The privet hedge referred to should 

 start away all right if cut down to fif- 

 teen inches, or even a little lower. Stir 

 the ground well around the plants, and 

 you will make no mistake in giving a 

 top-dressing of well-rotted cow or horse 

 manure. Keep weeds away from the 

 hedge and stir the surface after heavy 

 rains to encourage growth. The plants 

 should make considerable growth the 



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first season, but the hedge will not 

 equal in quality one grown from young 

 stock, systematically clipped into shape 

 twice a year. C. W. 



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I have a piece of Ndw Jersey muck 

 ground which is never under water. It 

 is new ground and is fairly well drained. 

 I should like to know what a nursery- 

 man could grow on such ground success- 

 fully. K. E. W. M. 



It is not the easiest thing in the world 

 to suggest what you should grow in yfur 

 muck land. If, as you say, it is well 

 drained, rhododendrons and plants of 

 this type should do well in it. There 

 seems to be considerable difference, 

 however, in what is termed muck land 

 ■ in New Jersey. Much of it is decom- 

 posed peat, having no fertilizing value, 

 but capable of being used successfully 

 for rhododendrons and other plants of 

 the same character. Other sections, 

 where the soil is 'composed of leaves 

 which have been collecting and decay- 

 ing there for centuries, make wonder- 



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ful places in which to grow vegetables. 

 Celery, lettuce and onions do particu- 

 larly well on such a soil. 



It seems to me that, were I in your * 

 position, I would spend at least one sea- 

 son in working this new soil and ascer- 

 taining the value of it by growing vege- 

 tables in it. The necessary cultivation 

 for the vegetables during the coming 

 summer would put it in splendid condi- 

 tion to be used for nursery stock or 

 other plants in the fall or next year, 

 and you might also discover in that 

 time some additional draining which 

 would have to be done, and which might 



