Febkuarv 27, 1913. 



The Florists' Reviciv 



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An Arm Bouquet That Leaves no Doubt at to the Use for Which it Was Intended. 



I shall be glad to have this question 

 answered through The Review, by a 

 mah fully competent. If there is dan- 

 ger of harm at all, in what strength 

 would the chloride be injurious to pot 

 grown plants, such as palms, etc., and 

 what would be the apparent result? 

 Would it be possible to counteract any 

 such effect, and bv what means? 



J. W. B. 



It is .impossible to detect a trace of 

 active chlorine, by chemical methods, in 

 water treated with an ordinary amount 

 of chloride of lime, except at short dis 

 tances from the place of application and 

 shortly after application. This is due 

 to the fact that it is usually applied as 

 a part of the process of filtration and 

 that the strength of the chlorine is 

 rapidly destroyed by any organic mat- 

 ter present. The organic matter in the 

 soil in greenhouses would act as a suc- 

 cessful filter, and for this reason it is 

 not probable that any small amount of 

 chlorine that might be present in the 

 water would exert a^y deleterious influ 

 euce on the vegetation. 



F. W. Muncie. 



BUXTON'S SILVER PINK. 



In describing, for the benefit of the 

 readers of The Review, our method of 

 cultivating our strain of Silver Pink 

 snapdragon, y)ermit me as an introduc- 

 tion to say that we <lo not claim to be 

 the originators of this valuable variety, 

 as it was the j)roduction of J. F. Ham- 

 mer, of whom we purchased it seven 

 years ago, and at the solicitation of sev- 

 eral of the best growers about Boston 

 we were induced to oflfer it to the gen- 

 eral trade. 



We have pl&nted seed from our own 

 ])lant3 grown under glass, and are posi- 

 tive it will not come true from seed. 

 The results from seeds are some bronze 

 and darker pink sorts. As to the crop, 

 I would say that it is quite even as to 

 time of coming in, and the average 

 length of stem will not vary six inches. 



In the cultivation of our Silver Pink 

 snapdragon we have found the follow- 

 ing rules to work most satisfactorily: 

 For winter blooms we propagate so as 

 to have good, strong rooted cuttings to 

 pot into 2V-'-inch ])ots April 1.5. As 

 soon as the weather will permit — here. 



in New Hampshire, about May 20 — we 

 plant outside in. strawberry baskets, 

 plunging the baskets in the'soil about 

 one inch below the rim. Keep the plants 

 cut back until August 1, and then house 

 them, taking up basket and all. By 

 this method all danger of a check is 

 obviated, and no fungous growth from 

 the woo<l of the baskets makes its ap- 

 pearance in the bench. From stock 

 handled in this manner we average five 

 spikes, for which we obtain $1.50 per 

 dozen in the Boston market until after 

 Flaster. 



This crop was followed by another for 

 Memorial <lay, with about 1 foot stems, 

 which brought 50 cents per dozen, but 

 the average was six spikes to a plant. 

 Do not bother to thin out after April 1; 

 let the shoots come as they will, and 

 Silver Pink will turn you out more 

 dollars than all the ten weeks' stocks 

 you can plant, for you are sure of every 

 one and only eigiity per cent of your 

 stocks will come double. Feed your 

 plants liberally and keep the tempera- 

 ture at 50 to 52 degrees. 



We Ian* sieasna nirnted a bench Feb- 



