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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Novi:.\iBi:r: 3, 1!)10. 



tioiis was so i-ldsc tliat I ln' .jnilfics were 

 not ahlo to fiiijsli llic a\var(liii>f ut 

 pri/.os oil 1l:o opciiiii}^' day, and llicir 

 labors were (■(jiilinuod on tlic t(dlo\ving 

 moniing. 



In the exhiliit ot' iiiiscidlaiKMius jdaiits 

 airan;jed for (dVect, miudi interest was 

 sliowii in the eontest for the Henry A. 

 Dreer silver cup. to be won twice be- 

 l(iri' beconiiiijf the jn'operty of an ex- 

 liibitor. Last year a similar cni), olfered 

 by the same company, was won by Fred 

 lleerenians, Grower for William D. 

 Sloaue, and this year ^Ir. jlccremaiis 

 won af;ain, it bein<f the third year in 

 succession in which he has wuii this 

 event. 



The Lenox chrysant heiniim show is 

 one of the i\'\v iif which the national 

 < 'hrysanthemum Society takes cogni- 

 zance. This s(i<iety offers a silver cup 

 for the best ten chrysantliemuni blooms 

 (if one varietN'. Jt was won bv A. J. 



Ii(i\i'less, glower f(ir ^Frs. John Sloane, 

 who showecl ten IJose I'ockett. 



I n 1 he groups of orchids, not to exceed 

 fifty s(juare feet, A. ,L Loveless won the 

 awaid for the best group, and also the 

 special prize offered by the Julius 

 Jioehrs Co., of Kutherford, N. J. 



Aiming the novelties were line speci- 

 mens of Nephrole[)is exaltata superba, 

 shown by Henry A. Dreer, and an excel- 

 lent display of eypripedinms and cat- 

 tleyas from the Julius Roehrs Co. 



Seedsmen who visited the show 

 lii'aised the \-egetable class unstintedly. 

 They say it was the liuest they have 

 seen anywhere this year. The cup of- 

 fered by Eustace Jaques for a display 

 of eighteen \-arieties of vegetables was 

 taken by Edwin Jenkins, grower for 

 Girand Foster, of Bellefontaiuo. The 

 jiresident's cup, oft'ered by George 

 foulsham, was won by 8. Carlqnist, 

 griiwcr for ^frs. l^obert \Vinthro|). 



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SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



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Azaleas. 



The imported azaleas lia\'e recently 

 been recei\ed and potted. ]>(>fore jiot- 

 tiug, the bulbs were well <oaked in 

 tubs of water. ;is some of them get 

 tpiite cliy ill transit, whii-li iiieans a con- 

 siderable loss of foliage. Plants for 

 llaster must lie kept as co(d as )iossible. 

 Anything Just clear of abscWutc freez- 

 ing is all right. Such as are wanted in 

 flower for <'liris1nias are now started 

 in u house Avliere an ascrage minimum 

 temjierat ure of •!" to tio (legi('(>s is main 

 lained. The liose is t'leely ustMJ among 

 1 hem and the .•itmosphere is kejit (piite 

 humid. 'J'hese moist i-ondit ions some- 

 times cause the plants to start into 

 growth. It is best to nib out any of 

 1 hese \duiig gr(j\\ ths. 



Two jiripiilar < liiist mas varieties, 

 which have ]iro\<'(l ;;ieat sellers diii-ing 

 the last tw(i or three years, are firefly, 

 alscj calli'd Jlexe. ciinisoii in color, and 

 • harles Mm-ki'. |iink. These ;iie dwarfer 

 III h.-ibit and carry siiial!er flowers than 

 the general line of' liidi.iii a/ali'as. They 

 :ils(j naturally flower rather earlier. < )f 

 the large flow eii iig c-lass, i)eutsclie 

 I'ei-le will need but litlle foieiiig; .Mine. 

 I'etrick. Iniuli' i<ise. is fine; \'er 

 vii'neaiia <aii be had in good shajie 

 I'or ( 'lirist ni;i<. a-- can Simon .Mardner. 

 sil\ery m-e in color. ( )f the scarlets. 

 Apollo can be had in flower if f'or<-e(| 

 moderately. 'I lie c(dor is Jiist what is 

 wanted at the holidays. 



Storing Biennials or Perennials. 



Tiiere aie <|uite a number of biennials 

 ;hhI perenni.'ils whicli. while they may 

 prove (piite hardy in the southern 

 states, cannot alw.'iys be (lejiendeil 

 upon to coiiK! through a iiorfh(M'ii win- 

 Id- unscathed. Were we sure of getting 

 a siib>taiit iai snow blanket after 

 Tli;i nksi^ix iiig. which wnuld lie until St. 

 I'atriidx's day or t liere.a bouts, there 

 would b" le>s need tci store many of 

 these pi.'iiils in fr;iiiies. bill ihc iiiicer 



tainty of our (dimate forbids our taking 

 many risks of this kind, i'^ven in states 

 ((uite w(dl north, smdi things as Canter- 

 bur\- bells, foxgloves, Cor(>o]isis graiidi 

 flora, sweet williams and similar plants 

 can be jilanted out in late fall and 

 will winter all right, iiut it is a good 

 and safe plan to lift a gooil proportion 

 of these plants now and plant quite 

 (doscdy in coldfraines. J)o not jilace 

 any sashes over them for a while* yet; 

 it is sufliciently early to do this when 

 \\c have had one or two (piite sharp 

 frosts, Avhich have tightened the 

 ground. Then scatter a light coating 

 of perfiM-fly dry leaves over the ])lants 

 and jilace siishes o\ er them. Air during 

 warm weather and do not allow the 

 lea\es to get ilanq). 



I'ansies. daisies, forgetine nots, vio- 

 l.is and other sjiring flowering suljjects, 

 where they i|o not wint(>r well in the 

 ojien. should now be placed in cold- 

 frames. There is one advantage in 

 having them iindei' glass, as it is then 

 easv III advance their flowering ])eriod 

 o\er the outdoor grown sto(d\, and 

 baskets of the aforementioned little 

 plants are fine sellers in early spring; 

 the throwers wild are .able to g(>t them 

 on the m.'iiket in goml se.ason are al- 

 w ;i \ s 1 he best paid. 



Calendulas. 



I a leihlulas are of com|iarat ivtdy easy 

 cnlliiie under glass. They mav 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 ;i warm house; 

 (."» degrees at night will grow them 

 well; ."i") degrees is altogether too warm. 

 They m.ake a useful crop to follow 

 chrysanf heinums with, being best on ;i 

 side b(>ncli. Sow the seeds rather thin- 

 ly, as the jilanfs spiead (piite ii little, 

 and thin out the seedlings if they come 

 up too tliiidvly .anywhere. Orange King, 

 deep orange, and [jemon (^lu-en. lemon 

 yellow, .-lie two c|esiialil(. suits to grow 



The jilants will furnish flowers for sev 

 era! mouths. 



Berried Plants for Christmas. 



Christmas is the Only holiday on. 

 which berried plants in pots meet with 

 a ready sale. The jtrincipal 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 rijie. Xo 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, caiiitally 

 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 jirice, to allow any margin of 

 [irofit. Jf the berries are still only 

 partly coloreti, give them a warm, sunny 

 house; U.j degrees at night is not too 

 much and will help to ri[ien the fruit. 



In the case of solanums, there is 

 rarely any trouble in ripening them. 

 The same holds true of Christmas pep- 

 jiers. If the latter are a little late, giv<' 

 them a sunny bench and a night tem 

 ]>erature of 55 to 58 degrees. The ber 

 ried solanums can, of course, be grown 

 quite cold. ISeedliugs 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 I'aper Whites are now in 

 flower. The call for bulbous sto(dv is as 

 yet light and a small ])ick will suffice 

 for the demand. Theri^ 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 jilace a batch of Paper 

 Whites on the benches each week. Do 

 not force them hard; 50 degrees at 

 night will give you more satisfactory 

 fiowers than (iO degrees. When the 

 flowers are expanded and until they are 

 cut, keep them (juite cool; 4U degrees at 

 night will suffice. Konian hyacinths for 

 Thanksgiving should be given a Avarni. 

 moist house, (5(1 to (i5 degrees at night; 

 ;is they ofien, give 10 degrees less heat. 



Rambler Roses. 



'J'he present is a suitable time to dig 

 up and pot fi(dd grown plants of any of 

 the rambler roses wanted for forcing. 

 Xo ball of earth is, of course, needed, 

 but sa'xc as many roots intact as pos 

 sible. I'ot firmly and use good, fibrous 

 loam, to which has been added some 

 well (lecaNH'il manure and fine l)one. 

 Keep the plants outdoors yet for a 

 w(>ek or two. until frost of sufficient 

 seveiitv to lir(>ak the jiots comes along. 

 Then it is a good plan to jirotect the 

 pots with straw for a time and not 

 move them under cover until really 

 scnere, snowy weather compels it. Of 

 course, the fiowers from these dug up 

 plants are not equal to those on jtot- 

 grown stock, but they will flower well 

 if not forced too early and, of course. 

 Easter is the time wlien this (dass of 

 rose is mostly in demand. 



If purrdiasing rambler roses, do not 

 limit your varidies to Crimson Kainbler 

 and the socalled P.aby Kambler. Tlie 

 former is less ]iopular than it w.as; 

 pink varieties s(dl f;ir better. Horothv 



