March 31, 11)10. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Moving a Douglas Spruce Weighing Nine Tons, 



ail': < riiiisnn IvaMililcr, Ddi'othy Per- 

 kins, Tauseiulsclioii, Lady day, Wodding 

 Bells, Leuclistoni, Mrs. \V. <'. Egan, 

 Hia^Tatha and <ioklfiuc-li. As usual, tlie 

 so-calleil yellow rambler, Aglaia. kiilc^d 

 back badly. 



Bedding Geraniums. 



Cieraniuni iilauts intended to be liuw- 

 ered in 4-incli pots should be got into 

 that size as early as possible. For com 

 post, avoid anything in the nature of 

 fresh manure. Some thoroughly decom- 

 posed mushroom manure, or that from a 

 spent hotbed, may form one-third of the 

 whole. Add a 4-inch potful of fine bone 

 to three bushels of compost. Use clean 

 pots, li new, soak them well first. Be 

 sure the balls are damp when the plants 

 are potted. 



Do not allow the flower trusses to re- 

 main on the plants lor a while yet. Al- 

 low a month before sales-time for the 

 trusses to develop. The plants cannot 

 have too light a house. Preserve a sweet, 

 pure atmosphere for them, giving ventila- 

 tion on every possible opportunity. Keep 

 later plants potted along before they can 

 become matted at the roots. Care and 

 c leanliness are essential to successful ge- 

 ranium culture. Kemovc all weeds. 

 Ijoosen the surface soil of pots. Pick ofl" 

 all dead, decaying or diseased leaves and 

 do not hose them over every time you 

 feel like it. They should dry out well be- 

 tween waterings. Too much moisture 

 produces soft plants, wliich will not flow- 

 er satisfactorily. 



Ten Weeks' Stocks. 



llcihlicil li^lil axvas. Iiii \\cfk~' slork^ 

 will lie III lliiwi'i lor Meniciiial i|;iy. 'I'liesr 

 al\\a\^ |i|ii\i 111 lie useful, rheap llower^ 

 tiif liiMi.)iii't-. I'lill Kill jtlaiits with sinj^li- 



lldWil-. 'I'hcv air uf littlr UM' ill tin 



in.arki't. luinpaicd with dnulile<. A ^oil 

 whirji will produce ^ocid (•.'niiatTiiii<. losrs 

 111 iiiinii^ will answer well tor stocks. In 

 aijiiitidii til the geiier.al run of ten w(H>ks ' 

 ■-tucks, suili varieties; :is I'eauty of Nice, 

 di'licatc pink: White < olniini. 'limsou 

 t'olmiiii ami |jii[irrss Aiij^iista X'ictoria. 

 ^il\er_\ lil.ai-. al<' uoll aila|itrd I'or lieiiih 

 rlllt lire, 



Cannas. 



Tliiir is still time 111 -I'liiic start and 

 ^iiiiw nii-c s;il;i 1,1,. iihiiit- lit' i-,aniias tor 



Memorial dtiy or .liiiu' sales. ( areliillv 

 avoid an excess of moisture in the early 

 stages of growth and there will l)e little 

 likelihood of failiur. i'lants started and 

 growing should he pot led jiel'ore they 

 ha\'e made too many loots and too inucli 

 top giowtli. I'se a gcin-rous lajmjiost. as 

 cannas are roliust growers. Of course, 

 they like a moderately w.arm lioiise ; .">."» 

 to lid degr(ies now tiiid ."It <legrees a month 

 lii'iice will lie found all rioht. 



Amaryllis. 



As the llowi'is on your aiiiaryllis .are 

 (ait. ilo not make ilifi too iiiininoii blunder 

 of standiiie tlie fiots lielow iIk^ benches or 

 e\('ii la\ini; tliem on their sides, as we 



have sonieliiiies seen done. Mow anyone 

 i-aii e\er liii|M III achie\e success in 

 aiiiaiyllis riiltiiie under sin-li cididit ions, is 

 lieyiiiiil oiir iiiia;;i n.a t ion. The [ilants 

 -lii'iiM lie ^i\en a liLilit. saiiiiv house and 

 lie ral'et'iilly w.aleied. Tliev should lie 

 eiiiiiilia^ieii to llKlke ,a \i^iiroils le.al 

 growth. .\cliie\iii;; till-- will mean a 

 iiiiirli 1 11 Laired ami iin|iiii\ei| l.,i|li. There 

 slimild lie no diyiiie oil' of the bullis be- 

 t'ore tall; in fad, some ol' the hesl aiiia- 

 ryllis growers hardly rest their plants at 

 all. .ami they carry foliage uhih; mums 

 are 111 >eason. Keeji seedliiiiis growiiif; 

 coli-.ta III l\ lint 1 1 t he\- llow e|-. 



MOVING LARGE TREES. 



The two pliotographs which are here 

 re|iroduced illustrate the inefhod use<l liy 

 (ieorgc .1. Laiigman, a hainlsi-aiM^ gardener 

 of ('oliirado Spfiiies, t'olo., I'or the mo\ 



illg of lai'^e trees. The colli ii\aU(;e is .a 



-iiiiple oae .ami is ailached to the running 

 gear ol' an ordinary wagon. As the pic 

 tines -liow, the tree can be raised to ans 

 desiiiii angle, and retained there, hy 

 tiK'ans of the endless chains mi the cog 

 wheels ill tile up]>er part of the frame 

 work .and their connectioii- with the block 

 and tackle below. The idd-fashioned guy 

 io|ies. usually f.aslened to the head of the 

 tree. ,ire disiaarded, as they have t're- 

 c|iieiiily proved to be injurious by discon 

 neciiiie ,,v loosening the roots from the 

 li.all of earth. 



Ill older to get the wiigmi directly .i\er 

 the liall of the tree, and also over the 

 hole wiiere tli(> tree is to be replanted, the 

 rear ,a\le of the wagon is removed, ami 

 the back of the truss or elevated franie- 

 wajrk upon which the tree is suspended 

 keejis this ji.ait of the wagon together at 

 .any width rei|uii-ed. To jirevamt dain.ii;e 

 to eiass areas, wide tires are used. In 

 the case illustr.ated, 14 inch fires \\i le 

 ii--ei| oil the rear wluM'ls. 



Moving a Douglas Spruce Forty Feet High. 



