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Mabch 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



17 



of nitrate of soda will color them up. 

 Keep plants intended for Memorial day 

 cool and on the dry side. It is too soon 

 to excite them yet. You cannot spare 

 bench space for them until after Easter, 

 and the intervening space between the 

 two holidays is, fortunately, ample this 

 year. 



Pansiei. 



Where violets are run out, as singles 

 probably will be by this time in some 

 cases, it is a good plan to remove them 

 and fill at least part of the vacant space 

 with pansies from the coldframes. En- 

 rich the soil a little by adding some rot- 

 ted manure and lift nice balls of earth 

 when moving the plants. They will take 

 hold quickly and will give plenty of 

 flowers in a few weeks. Pansies are al- 

 ways in great demand for spring sales, 

 and if you have a good strain there 

 should be no trouble in disposing of 

 them. In baskets containing six or eight 

 plants each, pansies sell weU, as do those 

 other popular spring flowers, forget-me- 

 nots. Both like cool treatment, similar to 

 that given to violets. 



Coreopsii Grandiflora. 



To secure a good crop of flowers on 

 Coreopsis grandiflora for Memorial day, 

 place the plants in gentle heat now. They 

 are better kept in a house where the 

 night temperature does not exceed 50 

 degrees. As they can be cut with long 

 stems, they are serviceable for mixed 

 bouquets, although they make a lovely 

 vase arranged by themselves. Stand the 

 pots over a bench so that they can root 

 through, and as the flower stems come 

 up use at least one stout stake per pot 

 to keep the stems from becoming twisted. 



THOMAS PEGLER. 



Thomas Pegler, one of the executive 

 committee of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club of Boston, is an Englishman 

 by birth and received a thorough training 

 on private and commercial places, both 

 there and since coming to America. He 

 for some time operated greenhouses at 

 Wollaston, Mafes., but the increasing 

 calls for him as a flower salesman at 

 Park Street Market necessitated his giv- 

 ing that up a year or so ago. Mr. Peg- 

 ler handles the products of a number of 



Thomas Pegler. 



the best growers for the Boston market 

 and there is no busier or more popular 

 salesman in the Hub. His face never 

 seems clouded, being always overspread 

 by a genial smile, which means much 

 even in the flower business of today. Mr. 

 Pegler is a director of the new Boston 

 Flower Exchange, as he was in the older 

 Boston Cooperative Flower Growers' As- 

 sociation. He has been an active club 

 member and should eventually flnd an 

 even higher post than he now occupies. 



LIME FOR THE BENCH SOIL. 



How often should air-slaked lime be 

 used on the carnation benches during the 

 blooming season? How many pounds are 

 needed for each 100 square feet, and what 

 should be the length of time between 

 applications! "When there is a green 

 scum on the surface of the bench soil, 

 does it need lime? W. R. D. 



How much lime to use on your carna- 

 tion beds and how often to apply it, will 

 depend on several different things. And 

 do not forget that while lime under cer- 

 tain conditions is quite beneficial, yet, 

 like everything else, it is frequently over- 



done. There is nothing better to 

 sweeten soil, and when the soil is covered 

 with a green scum a light dusting will 

 usually destroy the green. Frequently, 

 under certain conditions, it would be far 

 better to leave off the lime, and simply 

 stir the top of the soil to aUow the air 

 to get to it and let it dry out a little. 



The most noticeable effect of lime on 

 carnations is a stiffening of the stems. 

 "When the stems come weak on account 

 of dark, murky weather, lack of fresh air, 

 etc., a light application of air-slaked lime 

 will help them wonderfully. Usually one 

 dose will prove suflScient, but, if not 

 enough, the second application should not 

 be put on in less than two weeks and 

 should be light. Bather depend on in- 



creased ventilation, even though you must 

 fire heavily while the ventilators are up. 



Do not expect to see results too quickly 

 from the lime, although they will show 

 more quickly than from most stimulants 

 or fertilizers. If you put on enough to 

 show at once, you may safely expect 

 trouble a little later, and in this way: 

 While the stems will become stiffer, the 

 joints will become more brittle, so that, 

 in case of an overdose, the stems will 

 snap off at the joints so easily that it will 

 be impossible to handle the blooms satis- 

 factorily. We have seen blooms on the 

 exhibition table which had been dosed 

 with lime or wood ashes to such an ex- 

 tent that the weight of the blooms would 

 snap off the stems even while no one was 

 near the vase. You can imagine what 

 a bunch of such blooms would look like 

 after going through the rush of a whole- 

 sale house on a busy morning. 



In the use of lime, as well as all 

 fertilizers and stimulants, the large, 

 fleshy growing varieties are affected most 

 quickly. All the Enchantress varieties 

 are quick to take it up, while the more 

 wiry growers are slower to show ill ef- 

 fects. A. F. J. B. 



Washington, Pa. — C. C. Philips, flo- 

 rist at the local street car ofiice, corner of 

 Main and Beau streets, and Earl J. Se- 

 dam, who for a few months has been in 

 charge of Forrest's Greenhouses, have 

 formed a partnership under the firm name 

 of Philips & Sedam, and have purchased 

 the business with which they have been 

 connected. They will continue the busi- 

 ness, with Mr. Philips in charge of the 

 store and Mr. Sedam in charge of the 

 greenhouses and gardens. 



