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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



(1i iuUKR lo, 191 H. 



A NEW PLANT STAND. 



()li(' (if the iillicli's wliirli li;is iiijulc 

 its .•i|i[i(';ir;iiic(' ill iii;iii\- icliiil stores tliis 

 scnsiiii is tiic (-(1111111 ii('(| JMrdiiiicrc plant 

 full and stand jliow II in tlic accoinjia liv- 

 ing i lliist rat i/ii. 'I'liis is made tidiii 

 (jnaitcrcd wllitc oak. with the iiii]iiilar 

 weal liiTcd liKbdi. tilled and judislicd. 

 'I'lic tiili is iHiiiiid with lirass lioops and 

 has brass liandjcs, wliiidi adds iiiiich to 

 the aiipcarancc of the stand. It is (iiic 

 of the s|)('ci;ilt ics t'or florists inaiiiifac- 

 tiircd 1)\- the .\ iiit>iiiaii Wooden ware 

 Mfy. (d.. of Tolc'lo. and is liaiidlcil liy 

 most of t lie sii|ijdy lionses tlii'ou<;ii tlso 

 eoiiiit rv. 



PERENNIALS FOR CUT FLOWERS. 



I intend to plant four laryc si/.eil IkmIs 

 with hai(l\' perenni.als .-nid shonld lie 

 thankful it' you would let me know of 

 a few <i(iod \aiieties for cut (lowers, 

 <;i\in^' the (-(dor. height .and time of 

 tloweiinji. The licils are eaili ei<iht feet 

 wide and twenty feet lony. J\'. I'. 



The lieils in (jiieslioii should lie lieav- 

 i I \' iiianiireil ;ind deeply s|i!i(led. This 

 ad\ice may seem soiiiewli;i1 li.ackneyed. 

 liiit if you want i;o(id ]iei('niiials \vlii(di 

 will ^row \ i;;i)rously, withst.'tnd 

 (Iroiij^hty coiidit i(Uis ;iiid ^i\(' an 

 aliniHiaiice (d' flowers, you can hardly 

 prepare the Lrroiind too lil)erally. Near 

 ly all perennials are stidiifj feeders, and 

 you will lie W(dl repaid for any extra 

 jiaiiis you take in jirepariii";' th(> {fround. 

 .\eail\' all ]iereniiials succeed lietter 

 jilanted in the fall than in the s|)ring, 

 nctol.er Iieiny an excellent month for 

 this purjiose. 



Some of the liest perennials for cut- 

 tiny are the fidlowinj;: D'uroniciim 

 llarpiii' < rewe, two and one-half feet, 

 y(dlow. May: .\(iuiletrias clirysantha and 

 ca'iiilea. two feet, \arious shades, all 

 licaiil if 111. .May and June; A(diillea I'tar- 

 mica the l'e;iil. white, .hine to Sejitein- 

 liei. a useful flower; Campanula Mo- 

 diiiiii, ^inyle, iiiid ( '. calycanthenia, bien- 

 niaN. but i ndis|ieiis;ible for cuttinj^ in 

 the liari|\- borilers. colors •white, inauvc. 

 d.aik r liie. pink, two to two and oiie- 

 hiilf feel. .June; X'eronica loiij^if olia sub 

 sessilis, liih bine. July and .\nyust. 

 tu(i I'eet ; 'j'litoma J'litzeri and Express, 

 .July to Sepieml er. three to four feet, 

 crimson aiol y(dlow; ]\iidbe(d\ia lanceo 

 l.-ita (loMeii (ih.w, common, but fine for 

 cutliiiL;, si>5 feet or more, j^olden ycdlow. 

 July aiHJ Aiiuiist; liudlcMdvia pur|iiirea. 

 rosy purple, tun and one half feet. July 

 and .\ii;;ii-t: I'lilox p;iii iciil;it a, .a few 

 iirsT ( la~^ soil- of \\lii< |i are I". (I. A'on 

 l,asslii!r'4 and l,e •'y;^iie. white; ]>e 

 Mahdi, red'lish \ iolet ; i';intheon, car- 

 mine rose; < inpudicot. pure scarlet; 

 Hride-maid. white, ciimson eye; llenr\ 

 Mlir;i(r. white, rose eye; Mme. i'aul 

 Dlltlie. d(dic,'itc Id-e; .'inolhci phloX of 



tl ailier tj(.\\ eiiiii; or siilVriit icos.a sec 



tion i- .Mi-- i,iij^;ird. while, ibdicate 

 pink ( \ e. bloom- troiii .liine to ((ctobei'. 

 This is the line-l phlox yroWli. The 

 other plilo.Nc- bloom from .liily to 

 October. 



In (i(dplii n iiini- t oriiKlsmn cicle-tinnm. 

 liolit blue, aii<l l'(dl;id(inn;i, t iir(|ii(iise 

 blue, are i^r;iiid. The (liinese section 

 in deeji blue .-Hid pure white. I ). ('hi 

 iiense. ,'ire also splendid for cuttinjf. 

 The latter ^^row I wo ;iiid one half' 

 feet; fhe former, fixe to six feet. Ibyi- 

 talis yloxiiiiallora. tdxyloxc, three to 

 fis-e feet, .lime, is .a \aliiable (■.•iily 

 perenni.al. (lypsophil;i p;iii iciilat;i. tun 

 to two .and one half feet, is one ot' the 

 florists" yrent st.nnd-liys. Tlio double 



form is even better, pure white in color, 

 .iul,\- and Auoiist. I'unkia subcordata 

 i^r.-indi flora is |inre white, j'rayrant, 

 .\iiiiiisf, two feet. llelianthus iniilti 

 llorns pleniis, II. rijjidiis JSIiss Mellish 

 .and Jl. Wolley Dod are three hardy 

 sunflowers, wlii(di will {jive a succos-sion 

 from July to 8e|iteinber, four to six 

 feet, lleiiu rocallis flava, yellow, ]\lay 

 ■and June; II. Thunberjfii, yellow, July, 

 .and II. aurantiaca major, double yellow, 

 July, are all fine for cnittinji. 



Other {jood stand-ljys are: Hemdior.a 

 san<juiiiea, two feet, Aui^nst, coral red; 

 ('oi'eo|isis yi andiflora, y(dlow, two and 

 oiH'-half feet, June to Septenilier; Lo- 

 b(dia cardinalis. scarlet, three feet, 

 July and Aii^rust; Lychnis vesportina, 

 double white, one and one-h;ilf feet, all 

 summer; I'apaver oi'ientale, scarlet, 

 tln-ee feet, ^lay; I'yrethrum ulijjinosuni. 

 five feet, jiui'e white. Aujiiist and Sep- 

 tember, yrauil for cuttinjr; W hybridum. 

 two feet, many colors, ]\Iay and June; 

 Astilbe Chinensis, jdnk, June and .Inly, 

 two feet; Stokesia cyaiiea, two feet, 

 lavender blue, July to September, bean 



New Plant Tub and Stand. 



tifiil; \'aleii;ina ofiicin.alis. rose |iink. 

 .Inly, sweet scented, two to three feet. 



i'eonies. of conise. should be iiududed. 

 if not yidwii idsew here. They would be 

 better, howmcr. in iiiiiser\- inws. Hall 

 a dozen fine -oits in doubles jire; l"es 

 ti\a maxima, white; (^iieen X'ictoria. 

 white, early; I'r.aiicoi- ()rteo;it, crim- 

 son; |)|i(di('--e (le Nemours ((liierin), 

 rosy jiink; .Mme. de \'eirie\ il le, wliit(^; 

 llnmei. rose pink. 



Irises .aic aiiionj,' the most \aluable of 

 jieiennials. T!ie (ierinanica varieties 

 come first, in .M:iy .and e.arly .lune, fol- 

 lowed by the Ilispanica and .\n;;lic;i 

 sections. The two latter arc bullions, 

 but li\i' \\(dl from xcai to year. Tlie\' 

 aie yrand for ciiftiiiy in .Iiine. In .liilv 

 the yoryeous Kain|iferi or Japanese sec 

 tion. in all colors, are in their yloiv. I. 

 Sibirica Snow (^iieen is a beaiitirul, 

 easily j^rrown sort. <,'rand for enttin}:^. 



Some other j;ooi| p(M'(Min i.als to cut 



are: Aconitum Xaiudlus, .\u{,nist ami 

 September, dark blue, three to five feet; 

 Aster .Nova'-Aiijjliie, four feet, Sejitem- 

 ber, blue, white and pink; Aster iNovi- 

 licliiii, I'errv's pink, Sejilember, four 

 feet"; I'latvcodon Mariesi, eighteen 

 inches, l)lue'. July and .\n,<.;nst; Fhysos- 

 tciiia Viryinica. rosy lil.ac ;in(l white, a 

 spTendid subject f(')r cutting, four to 

 five feet. August; Lupinus 2)olyi)hyllus, 

 blue, white and rose. June, throe feet; 

 Lv(diiiis A'iscaria splendens, deep red, 

 eightoen in(hes, May and June; He 

 leniuni autnmnale sii]ierbuni, yellow. 

 August and September, five feet; He 

 leniuni grandiflorum striatum, yellow, 

 red strijies, three feet, August; Euphor- 

 bia eorollata, eighteen indies. June to 

 August, white; Ilyaciiithus (Cialtonia) 

 caiidicans, bulbous, perfectly hardy, 

 jiure white. July to September; Cam- 

 panula ]>ersicifolia. single and tlouble, 

 blue and white, June and July, three 

 feet; the variety .Moerlieiini, double 

 white, is of special value; I'.oltonia latis 

 (jiiaina, five feet. August and Heptein 

 ber. 



Of course, lilies, siudi as speciosum, 

 tigrinuni, llenryi, aiiratum, etc., can be 

 grown in your l)eds; also niontbretias, 

 fine to cut from July to October. Sweet- 

 williams, lily of the valley. Clematis 

 recta, j)ure Avhite. three to four feet, 

 ,luly; Lathyrus latifolius, everlasting 

 jieas; Liatris pycnostachya, rosy purple, 

 four feet, August; Diantlius idumarius, 

 border pink, and the beautiful Ja})anese 

 :iaeinone, A. Japonica, of which Queen 

 (Jharlotte and \Vliirlwin<l are tine varie 

 ties, are all gr.and for cutting. 



The anemones should be jilanted in 

 the spring. Tracticiilly all other jilants 

 named can be set out this fall. 



This list may be too extended. If so, 

 here is a boile(l down list of varieties 

 you can (lejiend upon: .\(iiiilegia cseru- 

 lea. Anemone Ja|iouica alba, Aster 

 Novic Angliie. Lupinus polyphyllus, 

 peonies ill variety, IMilox ^liss Liiigard, 

 i'lilox Le Cygne, Iris (ierinanica, Iris 

 Sibirica Snow (^iieen. Iris Ilispanica, 

 Iris Ka-nipferi, llemerociillis Thun- 

 bergii. lleinerocallis flava, Convallaria 

 m.ajalis, ryrethrum uliginosum, I'yre- 

 thrum hybridum. (iypsopiiila |ianiculata 

 tl. ]il., <'ain|i:inula iiersicif olia Moer- 

 lieiini. ('ampanula ^lediiim, ("lematis 

 recta. Loltonia laf is(iiiama, iJigitalis 

 gloxiniadlora. Coreojisis grandiflora, 

 tltdeniiim aiitiiinnale superbum, Helian- 

 thus 'Miss M(dlisli. Achillea Ptarmica the 

 I'eiirl. I'hysostegia Virginica. Tritonia 

 I'lit/.eri ;iiid .\stilbe Chinensis. ,. -^y 



PANSIES IN FRAMES. 



How can I best protect my jiansy 

 |p|aiits. which were transplanted about 

 a month ago into .a coldf r.aiue .' 1 wish 

 lo have them good iind stidiiy t"or early 

 li.ade next sjiriiio. M. F. F. 



I )o not ]il;ice the sashes over the 

 plants until the we.ather becomes quite 

 -excre. Then coxcr .the jilants with a 

 lioht coating of perfectly dry leaves 

 or pine lu'edles. -whichever you can get 

 most easily. I..ot the soil be hard 

 frozen liefore putting this mulch on. 

 I 'lit on the sashes, and the only further 

 .attention needed during the winter will 

 lie to give some air during warm spells. 

 If \du lia\(' some bo.ard shutters to lay 

 (i\cr the glass, it will jirevent break- 

 .aj^cs .and conseipient wetting of the 

 lea\('s. If the leaves keep dry and the 

 ground frozen below them, ev<^ry jilant 

 -<lioiil(l lie fresh wlu-ii uncovered in (^arlv 

 -priiij:. C. W. ■ 



