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Mahch 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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Azaleas Planted in Oddly Shaped Pieces of Pottery Are Good Sellers at Easter. 



Annual Climbers. 



Country florists always have a call for 

 climbing plants at bedding-out time and, 

 if these are not yet sown, there is still 

 ample time to do so and work up a nice 

 stock by the middle of May. A few de- 

 sirable plants to grow are: Cobsea 

 scandens, Ipomoea grandiflora alba 

 (moonflower) and the Heavenly Blue va- 

 riety, Kenil worth Ivy' (Linaria Cym- 

 balaria) ; Tropaeolum Canariense, Humu- 

 lus Japonicus (Japanese hop), tall nas- 

 turtiums in variety; Cypress vine 

 (Ipomoea Quanioclit) and Thunbergia 

 alata and aurantiaca. 



Brief Reminders. 



If you have not yet put in any cut- 

 tings of rambler roses, take some half 

 ripened wood and insert in sand, two 

 eyes to a cutting. These will make nice 

 plants before fall. 



Keep the propagating benches full. 

 Cuttings are now being freely produced 

 on bedding plants. Keep them well wa- 

 tered and do not allow them to remain 

 too long in the sand. 



Do not prune hardy roses with the ar- 

 rival of the first bluebirds and robins, 

 except in the southern states. It is too 

 early to do any pruning yet. April is 

 suflBciently early in the north. 



Keep the young cyclamens well up to 

 the light and scratch over the flats and 

 pots frequently. 



Make a successful sowing of asters and 

 prick out the early ones in flats as soon 

 •IS sufficiently large. 



Longiflorums for Memorial day will be 

 all right if three to six inches high now 

 and will not require any forcing. 



Look over hydrangeas for Memorial 

 day and June trade. As soon as Easter 

 trade is over they will need bench space 

 vacated. 



A batch of gladioli can be planted out- 

 doors as soon as frost is out of the 

 ground. Any montbretias carried over 



winter in sheds or cellars can also be 

 planted. 



Uncover outdoor plants cautiously. We 

 are likely to have some cold, frosty days 

 yet, which will work havoc on many plants 

 too hastily exposed. 



NATIONAL SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



Additional Prizes for 1910 Exhibition. 



The Peter Henderson & Co. prize, a 

 $10 gold cash prize, to be awarded to 

 the amateur exhibitor of the best and 

 most distinct collection of twenty-five va- 

 rieties of sweet peas, including not less 

 than six of the Spencer type; the num- 



ber of sprays to each variety to accord 

 with the society rules. Also a $10 gold 

 cash prize to be awarded to the amateur 

 exhibitor of the two best vases of our 

 George Washington sm,d Martha Wash- 

 ington sweet peas; each vase to contain 

 not less than twenty-five sprays. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. prize of 

 $10, for the best three vases of sweet 

 peas, one vase of each of these varieties, 

 Frank Dolby, White Spencer and Mrs. 

 Alfred Watkins, First prize, $5; second 

 prize, $3; third prize, $2. 



The C. C. Morse & Co. prize, a silver 

 cup, value $25, for the finest collection 

 of sweet peas. Open to the trade only. 

 Harry A. Bunyard, Secy. 



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GERANIUMS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



What would be the latest date to pot 

 into 4-inch pots several thousand Doyle 

 geraniums from 2-inch pots? I will have 

 to purchase these plants after Easter, 

 owing to crowded houses at the present 

 time. I want these geraniums for Me- 

 morial day. H. J. H. 



If the plants, when you receive them, 

 are well rooted in 2-inch pots, you can 

 pot them at once into 3-inch pots. If 

 they are not well supplied with roots, let 

 them remain in the smaller pots for ten 

 days or so. Your plants should be well 

 rooted in 3-inch pots by April 10 or 15, 

 when you can give them a shift into 4- 

 inch .pots. The forty days or so remain- 



ing before Memorial day should suffice to 

 establish them well in these pots. 



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REDDISH GERANIUM FOLIAGE. 



We are expressing to you ;i geranium 

 that is typical of the greater part of our 

 stock, which seems to be badly affected 

 in some way. These geraniums are' in 

 a house which is run at a temperature of 

 54 to 56 degrees at night and they are 

 set on good, clean cinders from soft coal. 

 The house receives plenty of ventilation 

 whenever possible. H. S. W, 



There was little or nothing wrong with 

 the geranium plant forwarded. It had 

 the appearance of having -been grown 



