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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Si;rTi:.Miii)K '2-, ]!>!»». 



iiiit tlu' ])ossil)ilit y ot' (i\('i|iriiilui't inn, 

 niU' cniiscrvat i\ (' inaiiutUct iiiiT ;i|itl\- 

 says that ''tlic iiihIpIciu of the auto 

 iiinliiU' iiiaiiu 1 ad II icr in 1 he iirxt I'cw 

 years will ikpI lie to imn mit rai- Iml 

 li> -rll 1 licill. 



THE CANNA OF TODAY. 



Jl was till' ihiiil Saliinlay a II ci hmhii 

 ill Sc|i| fiiilii'i. iiiic lit tliiisc l)rii;lil. waini 

 il;i\s wlini lii^lit aini at iiiii'-|iliri'c I'asni' 

 llowcrs, IiiIiilimil; mit tlicir rnlni-s nm^i 

 \i\iilly altrr tin- idnl iii^in, 'I'l,,. ( 'hcs 

 Icr \ alley, always licaut i In 1. was cspc- 



i-ially ln\('ly ih.al .a 1 1 1 r in. A taif 



'li\isiiiii III w.ariiitli ,ini| iiiuisinif hail 

 aiili'ij till' iiTtili' ^nil III lirini^iii^ the 

 i-iip]is 111 pi rl'iri inn. 1)11 a liilisiiji' ahniit 

 a mill' iiiilsiili' I hr town nl' West (liii\i' 

 Incrr w,i> a fi iiyi'iill^ ■~iull'. A lii'M nl 

 i-.iiiiia-. rirli ill i-iilmi lit;, was in full 

 liliiiiin. iiivi ml. ;i iiiit lii'l' liclij witii tin' 

 riilnis iii.assi'il ;iiii| sliikiiij^iy cunt I'asti'il, 

 I'.ai-li iiiini^inL; mit tin- utliiT striinj^ly; 

 aw,a_\- iiff in tiir ilist.ancf still another 



lii'hl, the liliL;ht lilirs nt' thr ilowcfS 

 hh'iiiliiiy softly with the <;i'c('n Itcyoinl. 

 It is iloiilitfiil whcthrr there is such an- 

 other si^hl anywhere else in the worM. 



.Xntniiie W'int/.ei, the ilcan of caniia 

 liyliiiijizers in .\iiierira. was uaitiny; it 



II led liiit a inoinent to ect the liook 



of ]iciliyrees. anil the ontsiile wol'hl 

 was l'or;:ot t en. A ilozeii |iayes of liehl 

 notes fails entirely to yi\-e an ai|e(|natc 

 iilca of tilt' )u'aut\' of those caiina /icMs. 

 The notes arc cold; they merely speak 

 of names, of cidsses, of lyjies and not 

 of ■wondrous sizo, of \i\ id color of tints 

 and sluide.s and harmony. With full 

 kiiowledyo of \uy inal)ility to con\'ey 

 more tlinn a faint iiniiression of the; 

 canna of today these lines are written. 



Antoiiie Wintzer has .''i.niKi canna seed- 



ing been carried on thjit the Jiimilier of 

 varieties retained as wurlhy of further 

 tri.al. retained after a most ii^id ex;iin 

 illation, is l.aree. 'riie aim for the last 

 1<'w year-^ has lieeii eiiielly directed to 

 \".ard the whites tiiid ]>inks. A jinre 

 white canna. liist-class in i'vory res|)ect, 

 has lieeii Ml'. W'intzer's yual. Als;ice 

 \\as the lii'st iinportaiit step forward, 

 'riieii came Mont J-ilanc, with its ]inre 

 while llowcrs of liner te.xtnro and la''L;er 

 truss. .\ow Mr. Wintzer lias a half 

 dozen or more seedlings from Mont 

 lilaiH' oi' from lilanche ^Vintze^• ihtil 

 ]iromise an improvement on their p.-ir- 

 eiits. A white canna with lar<ie, full 

 tlowers that are not Imried in the to 

 liaoe, stroll'^ li;iliit and e.arly llowerin;^ 

 is M r. Wi nt zer 's oli jert . 



,Mis. .\ If red f. Conard. the beaut i 

 fill liink canna introduced this year, is 

 a distinct improvement on anythinf^ Mr. 

 Wintzer has done so far. His aim lor 

 years has bf-en to produce a pink canna 

 of the shade of the La France rose, 

 and in ,Mrs. <dnard this has been ac 

 I iimplishod. There are :i number of 

 iiinks ill the licdd (jf sei>illings that liid 

 fair to ('(jual and jiossibly surpass the 

 stiindanl bearer. Another year will 

 show. Another jiink variety, a seed- 

 linjf of two years a<jo, was of such un- 

 usual merit that only a touch of lav 

 eiuler in the i)ink prevented its sf lec- 

 tion in |ilace of !Mrs. Conard. 



The dwarf canna is receiving esjieciai 

 attention, 'niere are a half dozen secd- 

 ]ins;s or more that are not over tw(dve 

 or fifteen inches I'igli; [terfectly 

 healthv, vigorous, foliage well deve - 

 oped, tlowers laige and showy. This 

 type 'Mr. Wintzei is trying to develop. 

 belie\ing that it litis a gretit future^ 

 for fifiwering in jiots and for borders, 

 or e\en for solid beds. The seedlings 





5dSifae_ 



Delivery Outfits of Jolin V. Laver, Eric, Pa. 



lings nil tii;il this '~e;i<oii. ( )|' thi'M' 

 fully .'I'Hi ii.'ive been marked for further 

 trial. His elforts in .securing promising 

 v.arieties .•ire mole th:iii ii'-iially -iici'es> 

 till; the expeiieiii'i' 1 1 1' Ne\'enteen year'~. 

 .'iided li_\ ;i l'a\or;i lile .--eason. has ]iro 

 duced splendid re'~iilt'<. .\ llower that 

 would ha\(' lieen considered tin improvo- 

 nient ten yens ago w;is sctiicely no 

 tic(N| now; size, subsltiiice, lador, t'orm, 

 foliage, each and till must be better 

 than in some e\i'~ling \;iriety or the 

 claimant is discarded. With such woii- 

 dei'fiil skill hiis y]r. Wintzer 's hybridiz- 



iil till- ilwait '>|'e Were -onie lininze. 

 some green in folitige; one, ;i jiink 

 ilowei. had an iniineiise truss sugg"st- 

 iiig great possibilities. 



Another interesting feature in the 

 cann.'i trials is the importation of seed 

 from the wild c-tmna from (Josta Kica 

 in I'entral .\nieric;i. These ciuinas are 

 mo'-tl\ ei'irii letived ( ;i few are Itronze), 

 with tin\' red or yellow (lowers. Their 

 foliage w;is hineeliive, in mtirkeil fon- 

 trast to the bro.ad, drooping foliage of 

 our highly cultixtited vtirieties. Mr. 

 Wintzer "s ide.a in experimcMiting with 



the wild cannas is tlittt the introdui 

 tioii of new blood m;iy produce gretiti 

 im]iro\'eineiits. certtiiiily greater varia 

 1 ions. 



The iinjirox emetit of Itite h;is beei 

 almost entir(dy conliiied to the ghidio 

 ins llowered type. Tlie sterility of tie 

 orchid-llouering class is a b;ir to thei, 

 de\ elopiiient. Of the [i,t){)0 seedling 

 this ye.ar, only one is orcdiid-liowered 

 Had the results been iir(jportionate ti 

 the endeavor, there wduld ha\ c Ihmi 

 :it letist olM) of these orchid lloweri iil' 

 sorts. It is a ((uestion whether thi 

 world of lloweis is a loser thereby, tin 

 gladiolus-llowered \arieties being so 

 much more desirtible in ex-ery way tlitin 

 the orchid llowering idtiss, though jier 

 lia|is this m;i\- be a ipiestion of ttiste. 

 \\ hen it is considered tlitit ,he stand 

 ard of the e ladiolns llowered t.\pe to 

 'la\' is •! c.'iniia that will bear tlirei 

 or tour Mowers erect on long, stiff 

 stems, e;ich truss to be compact, with 

 llower two iiielus in diiimeter, color 

 clear and blight (tinything that fades 

 or is wjishy will not pass), foliage 

 liidad, liixui'tint, it is jirett.y Inird to 

 get aa orchid flowei ing viiriety, with 

 Its tall. r;ither liiiiky growth, tiitit will 

 coinjitire fa\()rabl.\' for nine out of 

 ten ]iositioiis for which canntis are re 

 (|iii red. 



.\ list 111' ^Ir. A\'iiitzer"s ]>rodiictioiis 

 includes iiian\- of the best \arieties in 

 .'ill the l.arge collections. liesides tlu- 

 whit(>s and pinks, he litis produced some 

 jieerless reds. His elforts this season 

 will be to produce ;i y<dlow that will 

 distaiKa' his sttindtird bearer. I!uttercu]i. 

 The thought thtit time is the greatest 

 bar t(j complete success is met by tiie 

 phiii of indoor cultivation in order to 

 seiiire secnl of certtiin choice breeds each 

 six months rtither than each yetir, with 

 the lielief thiit \ig(ir would not there!)}' 

 be i iiiptiired. 



.V ftirewell gl.aiice o\er the long rows 

 o|' standiird varieties, showing Iheii' 

 \igor of growth and brilliancy of color 

 iininiptiired. ^^Iiowing. too, cletirly. the 

 iniproveinent of ea<li li\i> years, some- 

 times ot' each \eai'. -wtis a sight thtit 

 ■\\ill not t'ade in tnemorx-. I'hil. 



FREESIAS FOR THE MARKET. 



I'lease gi\e us some information on 

 Die growing of freesias for the market, 

 sttiting how long to grow them from 

 t lie bulb, how to handle lliem, the need- 

 ed temperature iind the b(^sl variety to 

 tor.e. L>. A. W. 



The earliest lot of freesias nitiy be litnl 

 in bloom for Christmas if placed in pans 

 or Hats iis soon ;is the bulbs arrive, 

 usuiilly the first week in August. By 

 securing and ]il;inting bulbs now, you 

 c;in jiave them in flower by the end 

 of .lanutii'v or yon can easily hold them 

 b.ack !i inimtli later in a cold house. 

 I'ltits shcMild contain four inches of soil, 

 iind one 24x12x4 will hold sixty to sev- 

 enty-live bullis. according to tiieir size. 

 They grow finely in pots and jians. An 

 s inch p;in will hold twelve to fifteen 

 bulbs and a 10-inch (me twenty bulbs. 



A suittiblc compost is one half fibrous 

 lo.am, one-fourtli well rotted and ]>ulver- 

 ized cow manure and one-fourth leaf- 

 mold, not too much decayed, adding a 

 good dash^ of sharp .sand and a little 

 soot. After putting in the soil, water 

 well, place in a coldframe and cover 

 with board shutters until growths ap- 

 I'car; then gradu.'illy give full light. 

 The bulbs will start in about two weeks. 



