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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November 3, 1910. 



tions was so close that the judges were 

 not able to finish the awarding of 

 prizes on the opening day, and their 

 labors were continued on the following 

 morning. 



In the exhibit of miscellaneous plants 

 arranged for effect, much interest was 

 shown in the contest for the Henry A. 

 Dreer silver cup, to be won twice be- 

 fore becoming the property of an ex- 

 hibitor. Last year a similar cup, offered 

 by the same company, was won by Fred 

 Heeremans, grower for William D. 

 Sloane, and this year Mr. Heeremans 

 won again, it being the third year in 

 succession in which he has won this 

 event. 



The Lenox chrysanthemum show is 

 one of the few of which the national 

 Chrysanthemum Society takes cogni- 

 zance. This society offers a silver cup 

 for the best ten chrysanthemum blooms 

 of one variety. It was won by A. J. 



Loveless, grower for Mrs. John Sloane, 

 who showed ten Eose Pockett. 



In the groups of orchids, not to exceed 

 fifty square feet, A. J. Loveless won the 

 award for the best group, and also the 

 special prize offered by the Julius 

 Roehrs Co., of Rutherford, N. J. 



Among the novelties were fine speci- 

 mens of Nephrolepis exaltata superba, 

 shown by Henry A. Dreer, and an excel- 

 lent display of cypripediums and cat- 

 tleyas from the Julius Eoehrs Co. 



Seedsmen who visited the show 

 praised the vegetable class unstintedly. 

 They say it was the finest they have 

 seen anywhere this year. The cup of- 

 fered by Eustace Jaques for a display 

 of eighteen varieties of vegetables was 

 taken by Edwin Jenkins, grower for 

 Giraud Foster, of Belief ontaine. The 

 president's cup, offered by George 

 Foulsham, was won by S. Carlquist, 

 grower for Mrs. Robert Winthrop. 



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SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



1 



Azaleas. 



The imported azaleas have recently 

 been received and potted. Before pot- 

 ting, the bulbs were well soaked in 

 tubs of water, as some of them get 

 quite dry in transit, which means a con- 

 siderable loss of foliage. Plants for 

 Easter must be kept as cool as possible. 

 Anything just clear of absolute freez- 

 ing is all right. Such as are wanted in 

 flower for Christmas are now started 

 in a house where an average minimum 

 temperature of 60 to 65 degrees is main- 

 tained. The hose is freely used among 

 them and the atmosphere is kept quite 

 humid. These moist conditions some- 

 times cause the plants to start into 

 growth. It is best to rub out any of 

 these young growths. 



Two popular Christmas varieties, 

 which have proved great sellers during 

 the last two or three years, are Firefly, 

 also called Hexe, crimson in color, and 

 Charles Encke, pink. These are dwarf er 

 in habit and carry smaller flowers than 

 the general line of Indian azaleas. They 

 also naturally flower rather earlier. Of 

 the large-flowering class, Deutsche 

 Perle will need but little forcing; Mme. 

 Petrick, bright rose, is fine; Ver- 

 vajneana can be liad in good shape 

 for Christmas, as can Simon Mardner, 

 silvery rose in color. Of tiie scarlets, 

 Apollo can be had in flower if forced 

 moderately. The color is just what is 

 wanted at the holiday's. 



Storing Biennials or Perennials. 



There are quite a number of biennials 

 and perennials which, while they may 

 prove quite hardy in the southern 

 states, cannot always be depended 

 upon to come through a northern win- 

 ter unscathed. Were we sure of getting 

 a substantial snow blanket after 

 Thanksgiving, which would lie until St. 

 Patrick's day or thereabouts, there 

 would be less need to store many of 

 these plants in frames, but the uncer- 



tainty of our climate forbids our taking 

 many risks of this kind. Even in states 

 quite well north, such things as Canter- 

 bury bells, foxgloves. Coreopsis grandi- 

 flora, sweet williams and similar plants 

 can be planted out in late fall and 

 will wihter all right, but it is a good 

 and safe plan to lift a good proportion 

 of these plants now and plant quite 

 closely in coldframes. Do not place 

 any sashes over them for a while yet; 

 it is sufficiently early to do this when 

 we have had one or two quite sharp 

 frosts, which have tightened the 

 ground. Then scatter a light coating 

 of perfectly dry leaves over the plants 

 and place sashes over them. Air during 

 warm weather and do not allow the 

 leaves to get damp, 



Pansies, daisies, forget-me-nots, vio- 

 las and other spring flowering subjects, 

 whore they do not winter well in the 

 open, sliould now be placed in cold- 

 frames. There is one advantage in 

 having them under glass, as it is then 

 easy to advance their flowering period 

 over tlie outdoor grown stock, and 

 baskets of the aforementioned little 

 plants are fine sellers in early spring; 

 the growers who are able to get them 

 on the market in good season are al- 

 ways the best paid. 



Calendulas. 



Calendulas are of comparatively easy 

 culture under glass. They may be com- 

 mon, but their colors are pleasing, and 

 in late winter or early spring the stores 

 are glad to get a bunch or two of them. 

 Calendulas do not need a warm house; 

 45 degrees at night will grow them 

 well; 55 degrees is altogether too warm. 

 They make a useful crop to follow 

 chrysanthemums with, being best on a 

 side bench. Sow the seeds rather thin- 

 ly, as the plants spread quite a little, 

 and thin out the seedlings if they come 

 up too thickly anywhere. Orange King, 

 deep orange, and Lemon Queen, lemon 

 yellow, are two desirable sorts to grow. 



The plants will furnish flowers for sev- 

 eral months. 



Berried Plants for Christmas, 



Christmas is the only holiday on 

 which berried plants in pots meet with 

 a ready sale. The principal varieties 

 sold are ardisias, solanums, or Jerusa- 

 lem cherries, and Christmas peppers. In 

 order to have the stock really salable, 

 it should be well grown and must have 

 the fruit ripe. No matter how fine the 

 plants may be, if the fruits are unripe, 

 no one will buy them. A fine bench of 

 ardisias was seen last year at a well 

 known commercial place, which could 

 not be moved — fine plants, capitally 

 grown, but with fruit not half colored. 

 This, of course, means a considerable 

 loss to the grower. Ardisias are slow 

 growing and must be retailed at a fair- 

 ly high price, to allow any margin of 

 profit. If the berries are still only 

 partly colored, give them a warm, sunny 

 house; 65 degrees at night is not too 

 much and will help to ripen the fruit. 



In the case of solanums, there is 

 rarely any trouble in ripening them. 

 The same holds true of Christmas pep- 

 pers. If the latter are a little late, give 

 them a sunny bench and a night tem- 

 perature of 55 to 58 degrees. The ber- 

 ried solanums can, of course, be grown 

 quite cold. Seedlings of the latter 

 ripen later than plants raised from cut- 

 tings. They are, however, more bushy, 

 robust and in every way more desirable. 

 Such as are planted outdoors and lifted 

 are also far superior to pot-grown stock. 



Paper Whites and Roman Hyacinths. 



The earliest Paper Whites are now in 

 flower. The call for bulbous stock is as 

 yet light and a small pick will suffice 

 for the demand. There are too many 

 mums still in season. With the crop of 

 them decreasing, the call for miscel- 

 laneous flowers will improve. It is a 

 good plan to place a batch of Paper 

 Whites on the benches each week. Do 

 not force them hard; 50 degrees at 

 night will give you more satisfactory 

 flowers than 60 degrees. When the 

 flowers are expanded and until they are 

 cut, keep them quite cool; 40 degrees at 

 night will suffice. Roman hyacinths for 

 Thanksgiving should be given a warm, 

 moist house, 60 to 65 degrees at night; 

 as they open, give 10 degrees less heat. 



Bambler Boses. 



The present is a suitable time to dig 

 up and pot field-grown plants of any of 

 the rambler roses wanted for forcing. 

 No ball of earth is, of course, needed, 

 but sa-ve as many roots intact as pos- 

 sible. Pot firmly and use good, fibrous 

 loam, to which has been added some 

 well-decayed manure and fine bone. 

 Keep the plants outdoors yet for a 

 week or two, until frost of sufficient 

 severity to break the pots comes along. 

 Then it is a good plan to protect the 

 pots with straw for a time and not 

 move them under cover until really 

 severe, snowy weather compels it. Of 

 course, the flowers from these dug-up 

 plants are not equal to those on pot- 

 grown stock, but they will flower well 

 if not forced too early and, of course, 

 Easter is the time when this class of 

 rose is mostly in demand. 



If purchasing rambler roses, do not 

 limit your varieties to'Crimson Rambler 

 and the so-called Baby Rambler. The 

 former is less popular than it was; 

 pink varieties sell far better. Dorothy 



