Seftembsb 22, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Iris Germanica Mqie. Chereau, One of the Best Varieties in its Class. 



Keep in a frame until the end of Sep- 

 tember; then place on a sunny bench or, 

 in the case of flats, on a shelf. A car- 

 nation house temperature is suitable, 

 50 to 54 degrees being as warm as it is 

 advisable to keep them. A higher tem- 

 perature will give flowers lacking in 

 substance. Later batches can be grown 

 10 degrees cooler, and a succession from 

 Christmas until the end of March may 

 be had. 



The finest of all freesias is Fischer's 

 Purity. Bulbs of this splendid sort are 

 this season scarce, and almost unpur- 

 chasable. The next best variety is re- 

 fracta alba, which, when well grown, 

 almost equals Purity in size, but is not 

 so pure a white, C. W. 



IBIS MME. CHEBEAU. 



There is an extremely large list of the 

 so-called German irises, which are not 

 Iris Germanica at aJl, but hybrids of 

 various species. Naturally they vary 

 much in height, time of flowering, size of 

 blooms, color, etc. They may be had in 

 almost endless variety, but most of the 

 dealers have cut down their lists to a 

 dozen or two, selecting more or less ac- 

 cording to personal tastes. There is, 

 however, one variety which appears in 

 practically every list. This is Mme. Che- 

 reau, a hybrid of I. aphylla. This is the 

 tallest grower of all the worth-while sorts 

 and the blooms are among the largest. 

 Standards and falls both are white, ele- 

 gantly penciled with violet, the edges 

 being quite dark blue, giving the bloom 

 a most striking appearance. The fra- 

 grance is no more than slight, and it is 

 the only thing in which this flower Wcks. 



The use of the so-called German irises 

 is steadily increasing, for they are abso- 



lutely hardy, as beautiful in form, tex- 

 ture and coloring as an orchid and many 

 are delightfully fragrant. They are not 

 particular as to soil. It is an old fal- 

 lacy that irises require a marshy or moist 

 situation; exactly the opposite is true. 

 They will grow anywhere that any plant 

 will thrive, but they do best in well 

 drained situations. The earliest sorts 

 bloom in May, the later ones in June, the 

 flowering, and planting, time being coin- 

 cident with that of the peony. 



GBEEN FLY ON VIOLETS. 



I am forwarding under separate cover 

 some leaves and a small plant of a 

 double English violet. I never have 

 had any trouble with them until this 

 year, but I think I shall lose one-half 

 of my crop by this disease. I shoul I 

 like to have a remedy, if you can tell 

 me about one. I have plants that 

 would take a 6-inch pot, but the one I 

 send you is among the poorest. Some 

 of them die. C. P. M. 



The violet leaves received were cov- 

 ered with green aphis. This, in itself, 

 is suflicient to account for their poor 

 condition. As they are so badly af- 



fected, it will pay you to dip the 

 foliage in a pail or tub of tobacco ex- 

 tract before housing them. The nico- 

 tine will not damage the leaves if you 

 mix it according to the directions on 

 the cans in which you purchase it. You 

 must also fumigate once a week after 

 planting them inside, in order to keep 

 them clean. You will find some of the 

 nicotine, papers safe and inexpensive. 

 Where the foliage dies off entirely and 

 the plants are sickly, it will not pay 

 you to move them. C. W. 



GOV. HEBBICK VIOLET, 



I saw a note in The Review for 

 August 11 on Gov. Herrick violet that 

 does not do the variety justice. The 

 Herrick violet should be planted early 

 and given a night temperature of 50 

 degrees instead of 40 degrees, with 

 plenty water, as it is a swamp violet 

 by nature. If it is set late and run 

 cold the flowers will be short-stemmed, 

 without fragrance and few in number. 

 I have 2,000 plants in the house and 

 am picking good flowers with 4-inch 

 stems. I expect them to bloom till 

 May, which no other violet will do. I 

 picked last season 150,000 flowers from 

 1,500 plants. Does that look as though 

 it does not bloom in the winter? 



V. Rice. 



ASTEBS FOB FOBOING, 



What are the best varieties of asters 

 in lavender, pink and white, for forc- 

 ing? Also, what is the mode of culture 

 for these varieties? When should the 

 seed be sown and when should one ex- 

 pect the main crop to come in bloom? 

 J, H. 



The earliest forcing aster is Dawn of 



