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The Florists' Review 



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The Big Basket of Mixed Plants has for Years Been the Piece de Resistance of the Easter Stock. 



market every year. There sometimes is 

 a surplus in a few lines and always will 

 be, but mostly of an inferior grade, and 

 more often the better grades are not 

 available in sufficient quantities. More- 

 over, the cost of labor, land and ma- 

 terials has increased considerably in 

 Holland as everywhere else, and the 

 grower is more determined than ever to 

 make a profit on every case of bulbs he 

 sends out." 



FRAME FOB CYCLAMENS. 



How deep should a frame be to grow 

 cyclamens in during the summer 

 months? I inteftd to raise the sashes 

 on the frames. What kind of manure or 

 fertilizer should be used to grow cyc- 

 lamens successfully? A. A. K. 



A frame twenty-two to twenty-four 

 inches deep at the back and sixteen to 

 eighteen inches in front will give suffi- 

 cient headroom for any cyclamens you 

 care to grow. This allows ample head- 

 room when the sashes are closed. If, 

 however, you want to keep the sashes 

 tilted, the whole time the plants are 

 out, you need only allow fifteen inches 

 at the back and ten inches at the front. 



Do not use any commercial fertilizer 

 in the compost. For a final potting 

 one-half loam, one-fourth leaf-mold, 



somewhat flaky, and one-fourth old, 

 thoroughly decayed cow manure, with 

 some sharp sand and fine charcoal 

 added, will make an excellent compost. 

 When the plants are well established in 

 flowering pots, an occasional light top- 

 dressing of fertilizer will be found 

 beneficial. C. W. 



GBOWINa FUCHSIAS. 



I have some fuchsias which were 

 shifted into 4-inch pots about three 

 weeks ago. They are about ten inches 

 high. Can I get these to bloom about 

 May 1? As I have never grown fuchsias 

 before, will you please tell me how to 

 handle them, including advice as to 

 shading them, the kind of fertilizer and 

 soil to use, their night temperature and 

 whether to keep them wet or dry? 



L. S. 



Keep the plants in a light, sunny 

 house. After the early part of May, 

 but not earlier, some shade is benefi- 

 cial. You may get some flowers open 

 by May 1, but they will be much better 

 for Memorial day. Fuchsias like a fair- 

 ly rich soil; one containing some fine 

 bone in addition to old cow manure 

 grows them well. Fot quite firmly. 

 When they are well established in their 

 blooming pots, water them twice a 



week with liquid cow or sheep manure, 

 or give them a top-dressing of fertilizer 

 once in ten days, at the rate of a tea- 

 spoonful to a 6-inch pot. A night tem- 

 perature of 46 to 50 degrees suffices. 

 The plants must never be allowed to 

 get dry; they need an abundant supply 

 of water. C. W. 



SECOND CROP FROM STEVIA. 



If stevia which bloomed on the bench 

 for Christmas is left, will it bloom 

 again later in the year; for instance, 

 at Easter or Decoration day? When 

 should stevia cuttings be taken to pro- 

 duce fine plants for Christmas cutting? 

 >...-jt^^.- H. ft C. 



Any flowers you Would get on the 

 stevia would amount to practically 

 nothing. If the plants which flowered 

 for Christmas were cut down, they 

 should yield a good crop of cuttings 

 now, which should be placed in sand at 

 once. If the plants are not cut back, 

 you may have a week or two to secure 

 cuttings of sufficient size. C. W. 



A SOD-CUTTER WANTED. 



Can any brother florist inform us 

 where we can purchase a sod-cutter to 

 be drawn by a horse, one that will do 

 the work? Horn Flower Co. 



