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The Weekly Fbrists^ Review* 



Apeil 7, 1910. 



MAX HERZCKyS NEW PLACE. 



Max Herzog was formerly in the grow- 

 ing business at Gratiot Station, near St. 

 Louis, where he had quite a plant. A 

 few years ago he sold out to the railroad 

 company at a handsome profit. After a 

 few years out of the business he had such 

 a longing to get back into it that he 



built a handsome retail establishment in 

 St. Louis, at 2602 California avenue, at 

 a cost of $1,500 for the show house, said 

 to contain nearly 2,000 feet of glass. He 

 opened for business the latter part of 

 January and has had a nice trade since 

 the opening day. His home is shown ad- 

 joining the greenhouse. His Easter trade 

 was better than he expected. J. J. B. 



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SUGGESTIONS 



5 



Hardy Herbaceous Perennials. 



While fall is the better season for 

 planting nearly all herbaceous peren- 

 nials, there are a few varieties which are 

 better left until spring. Then, again, it 

 is difScult to make many people believe 

 that any other season than spring is 

 suitable for planting any kind of hardy 

 stock. "Where these hardy perennials are 

 fall planted, they become partly estab- 

 lished and give vastly better results the 

 following season than the stock set out 

 in spring can possibly do. There are a 

 few varieties, such as Japanese anem- 

 ones, kniphofias and montbretias, which 

 are of doubtful hardiness in some sec- 

 tions. These should be planted now, and 

 any planting of other perennials should 

 be done as soon as possible if any satis- 

 factory results are wanted this season. 

 Practically all these plants want a lib- 

 erally manured and deeply plowed or 

 spaded soil. Given this and thorough 

 cultivation through the growing season, 

 they can haruly fail to give good re- 

 turns. 



Seedlings of winter-sown perennials 

 under glass will require transplanting 

 into flats or coldframes which have a 

 few inches of warm manure firmly 

 tramped below the soil, just enough to 

 counteract the change from fire heat. 

 Early in May these can be set out in 

 nursery rows, and all will make fine, 

 salable plants by fall. Many will also 

 bloom the first season. The demand for 

 hardy perennials steadily grows and it 

 behooves the retail florist, who has steady 

 calls for them, to raise aU he can him- 

 self. A few rows of them, as well as a 

 border neatly planted, will act as a good 

 advertisement and bring many customers. 



Planting Deciduous Trees and Shrubs. 



Nurserymen are everywhere taxed to 

 the limit to fill orders for trees and 

 shrubs in April. Particularly strenuous 

 is the present spring, owing to the un- 

 usual forwardness of the season. Trees, 

 practically dormant as a general rule in 

 mid-April, are this year coming into leaf 

 in March, and late frosts, which are more 

 than probable, will undoubtedly cause 

 serious damage. 



Always, when plants are received, heel 

 them in the ground at once. Moisten 

 the roots if dry and tramp soil firmly 

 about them until they can be planted. 

 Make liberal holes for each tree and 

 shrub when setting them out. Remove 

 all stones and gravel. Add good, fresh 

 loam; some well rotted manure, incor- 

 porated, is also advantageous. Refrain 

 from using any fresh, rank manure, ex- 



cept as a mulch on the surface. Cut off 

 any broken pieces of root. Spread the 

 remainder out well. If they were dry 

 when placed in the hole, water after 

 adding some soil, and allow this to set- 

 tle before filling in. It is a good plan to 

 have a tub "and to puddle the roots in 

 clayey water before planting is done. 



It need hardly be said that it is not 

 possible to firm the roots too thoroughly. 

 Loosely planted stock will never thrive. 

 If you do not believe it, try one or two 

 shrubs set firmly, and vice versa. The 

 bulk of deciduous shrubs and some trees, 

 like oaks, elms and lindens, especially 

 such as are of a fairly large size, should 

 be cut back rather hard after planting. 

 It seems cruel treatment at the time, but 

 pays in the end. 



Planting Evergreens. 



While it is the common practice to 

 delay evergreen planting until deciduous 

 stock is all in the ground, there is really 

 no good reason for waiting for this. The 

 notion that evergreens should not be 

 planted until late in April or early in 

 May is utterly erroneous. The sooner 

 they are planted after frost leaves the 

 ground, the better they will do. Always, 

 if a possible thing, secure a ball of earth 

 with evergreens and never allow it to 

 become dry. We always like to have a 

 hose or water barrel convenient when 

 planting them, and fiU the hole with wa- 



ter after the roots have been well cov- 

 ered. This insures damp roots and, other 

 conditions being favorable, the chances 

 are aU in favor of such plants growing 

 well. 



Thorough firming of the soil and a 

 mulch of short manure or partially de- 

 cayed leaves should be given evergreens, 

 particularly if they are nice specimens. 

 Of course, small plants do not need all 

 this fussing over. Rhododendrons, kal- 

 mias, andromedas and any other so- 

 called broad-leaved evergreens should 

 have a Ubcral mulching winter and sum- 

 mer. Rhododendrons should be planted 

 where they will not get the morning sun. 

 Kalmias grow well in shade, but bloom 

 better in sunlight, as do andromedas. 



Propagation. 



It is not too late to propagate a num- 

 ber of the quicker growing bedding 

 plants, such as heliotropes, ageratums, 

 coleus, aiternantheras and Salvia splen- 

 dens. These can be rooted in two or 

 three weeks and, if potted, will make 

 nice, useful stock for late spring sales. 

 It is difficult to handle each batch as 

 they root and prevent them from becom- 

 ing hardened and starved in the sand, 

 but it pays to do it. Far too much stock 

 is ruined in the propagating bench by 

 occupying it too long. As the weather 

 becomes warmer, it requires more water 

 to keep the cuttings plump. A little 

 neglect may mean the loss of an entire 

 batch. 



Seed Sowing. 



While the major portion of the an- 

 nuals for bedding are now sown and 

 many of them in pots or flats, there are 

 some of rapid growth which may still be 

 sown to good advantage. Among these 

 are: Salvia splendens, zinnias, ten 

 weeks' stocks, marigolds, cosmos, asters, 

 ricinus and wigandias. Germinate in a 

 warm, moist house and move to cooler 

 quarters, well up to the light, before 

 they become drawn, 



Poinsettias. 



Any time during the present month 

 the poinsettia stock plants, which have 

 been lying under the benches or packed 

 away in flats of dry soil, should be 

 shaken out and either potted singly, or, 

 better still, planted more thinly in flats. 

 Avoid too much water at the outset, but 

 spray the tops freely. A temperature of 



M. Herzog's New Establishment in St. Louis. 



