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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October Q, ,1910. 



CLIMBINO HYDBANOEAS. , 



Are Hydrangea scandens and Schizo- 

 phragma hydrangeoides of any value, 

 and are they hardy? H. H. G. 



Hydrangea scandens and Schizophrag- 

 ma hydrangeoides are similar plants. 

 It takes a year or two to get them es- 

 tablished, after which they make rapid 

 .growth. It is best to let them climb 

 up a tree on which the trunk is clear 

 for a considerable height, and allow 

 the plant to grow as it chooses. These 

 are beautiful climbers and when once 

 seen in good flower they are not easily 

 forgotten. They have withstood a 

 minimum temperature of 20 degrees be- 

 low zero near Boston, Mass., and some 



fine specimens are to be seen in New 

 England, although some writers have 

 claimed they would not stand a lower 

 temperature than zero. W. C. 



'SAI.AAM. 



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W. Blenjthgen, Jr., is well known in 

 the New Yjcffk market, where he makes 

 his headquarters with Moore, Hentz & 

 Nash, and anyone passing his p^a,ce at 

 Hudson Heights, N. J., would knoiir that 

 he is a Masonic enthusiast as well as a 

 skillful florist. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows Mr. Blenthgen, the ends 

 offtrtwme; of .his greenhouses and thp 

 Mafloaic design in carpet bedding which 

 attracts much attention and illustrates 



how any grower with a small piece of 

 ground can assert his individuality and 

 make his place known to all who see it. 



SCOVELL'S HYDRANGEA. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 a plant of Hydrangea paniculata grand- 

 iflora growing on the grounds of W. C. 

 Scovell, a well-known florist at Malta,. 

 0. One of the pictures shows the plant 

 in bloom, with Mr. Scovell standing; 

 near. The other picture illustrates Mr. 

 Scovell 's method of pruning. The 

 plant is ten years old, but he cuts back 

 to but one bud each year. That this 

 gives him good results is shown by the 

 appearance of the plant in bloom. 



Don't Delay Unpacking. 



The bulk of Holland grown bulbs are 

 now to hand, or will be within a few 

 days. Probably quite a number of the 

 earlier kinds are already in boxes or 

 pans and making roots, but the average 

 grower, who does not spe^iajize in the 

 purely forcing varieties, ia usually con- 

 tent to get his bulbs in the soil some- 

 time during the month of October. It 

 is not a good plfln to delay planting. 

 The sooner the bulbs are in the soil the 

 better they will do. They speedily lose 

 their strength if left for weeks tied up 

 in paper bags in a dry shed or store- 

 room. If they cannot be planted as 

 soon as received, they can at least be 

 unpacked, laid out in boxes and stood 

 in a cool, dry room until .wanted. 



Tulips. 



La Eeine (Queen Victoria) remains 

 the single tulip par excellence for forc- 

 ing purposes, more of it being grown for 

 market, prooably, than of all other forc- 

 ing tulips combined. Those who man- 

 aged to secure their bulbs extra early 

 may secure some flowers for Christmas, 

 but, as a rule, stems are pretty short on 

 them. The color of this tulip, when 

 forced, is particularly pleasing, the 

 light rose shading over the white being 

 just the color the public likes. This 

 tulip makes a smaller bulb than the 

 majority, and a flat 4x12x24 will hold 

 100 comfortably. 



Yellow Prince is the best of the inex- 

 pensive yellows, and is sweetly scented; 

 King of the Yellows costs a trifle more, 

 but is a fine, deep, pure yellow. In 

 orange shades Thomas Moore is excel- 

 lent. It also possesses a delightful odor. 



Cottage Maid retains its popularity 

 as a moderate-priced pink. Those fine 

 varieties, Pink Beauty and Queen of 

 the Netherlands, are coming down in 

 price, and by another season should be 

 within everyone's reach. They are by 

 all odds the finest of their color. 



Proserpine, carmine rose, will not 

 stand bard forcing; it makes a big 

 flower and lasts well. Beds are in less 

 demand than other colors. Cramoiae 



Brilliant, deep carmine, and Couleur 

 Cardinal^ rich crimson, atp. both good 

 and moderate in price. The well known 

 Keizerkroon, scarlet and yellow, is one 

 of the showiest and most charming of 

 early tulips. 



The number of useful double commer- 

 cial tulips is limited. Of these Crown 

 of Gold (Couronne d'Or) and Murillo, 

 bliish, shading to rose, are in most de- 

 mand. Yellow Tournesol, yellow, shad- 

 ed orange, is another kind worthy of a 

 trial. If high colors are in demand, 

 Imperator rubrorum, scarlet, and Eex 

 rubrorum, crimson scarlet, are the best 

 to grow. The double varieties cannot 

 be forced as early as the singles. 



When it comes to really long and 

 strong-stemmed tulips, the later flower- 

 ing sorts are far the best. A few 

 of these are worth growing in flats 

 for the last cutting. They can, with 



proper retarding quarters, be held 

 back until the end, of April or even 

 later. The following varieties are all 

 first-class sellers and reasonable in 

 price: Bouton d'Or, yellow; Gesneriana 

 major, brilliant scarlet; Gesneriana 

 lutea, superb yellow; Picotee, white, 

 penciled cerise; Golden Crown, yellow,, 

 edged red; White Swan, pure white. 

 Among the Darwins one or two superb 

 sorts are: Glow, crimson scarlet; 

 Gretchen, soft blush; Clara Butt, beau- 

 tiful salmon pink'; Farncombe Sanders, 

 orange scarlet; May Queen, rosy pink. 



Hyacinths. 



The demand for hyacinths is not what 

 it used to be. Neither for forcing nor 

 bedding do they compare with tulips or 

 narcissi in popularity. The Hollanders 

 are keenly alive to the decline in sales 

 of hyacinth bulbs, and have been trying 



Blenthgen's Maionic Bedding. 



