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Apbil 7, 1010. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Hyacinths from the Overveen and Bloemendaal Growers at the Haarlem Jtibilee Show. 



(Rhododendrons from O. B.Van Nes & Sons in the background.) 



55 degrees at night is ample for starting 

 them. In a warmer house the cuttings 

 are soft and drawn, and the short, stocky 

 ones, which can be rubbed off with a 

 heel, are what root the best. Of course, 

 plants from this early start would be- 

 come much too leggy for pans, but for 

 planting in benches they will be found 

 excellent. 



Stevia. Serrata* 



While putting in cuttings of other 

 plants, do not forget a good batch of 

 Stevia serrata. You can pot these off 

 when rooted and get an abundant crop 

 of cuttings from them for later propa- 

 gation. This is a common and easily 

 grown flower, which can be profitably 

 sold at a low price. No retail grower 

 can afford to be without it. 



Rambler Roses. 



It is time to think about a batch of 

 rambler roses for flowering next Easter. 

 April 16, 1911, seems a far-away? cry, 

 but to get first-class ramblers at that 

 time you need to start preparatory work 

 now. There are two methods that are 

 adopted in growing these roses. The one 

 most commonly followed is to purchase 

 field-grown stock and pot it in the fall. 

 These plants will grow and flower quite 

 nicely, but if you want really first-class 

 stock, something superior to that carried 

 by your neighbors, purchase your plants 

 from a reputable nursery now. Pot into 

 6-inch to 8-inch pots, according to their 

 strength. Cut down close to the pot. 

 Place in a greenhouse kept about 50 de- 

 grees at night. The plants will soon 

 throw out numerous breaks from the bot- 

 tom. You do not need all of these. Re- 

 duce to three or four to a plant. Tie 

 up to &. stout slake as they grow and 

 l;eep \ under glass until June. Then 

 plunge outdoors, where you can use the 

 hose on them freely. The trusses on 

 plants thus grown are vastly superior to 

 what you can get on fall potted stock. 



Crimson Bambler is less popular than 

 it used to be, the pink varieties having 

 largely displaced it. Among these, Dor- 



othy Perkins, both pink and white varie- 

 ties, Tausendschon, Lady Gay, Farquhar, 

 Wedding Bells and Hiawatha are all fine. 

 The last named carries single crimson 

 scarlet flowers and has sold remarkably 

 well the present season. The pink va- 

 rieties will make many new breaks from 

 the bottom during the season, far more 

 than are wanted. .These should be 

 rubbed off from time to time. 



THE DUTCH BULB GROWERS. 



Haarlem Jubilee Show. 



The widely advertised, great fiftieth 

 anniversary jubilee exhibition of the 

 Dutch Bulb Growers' Association was 

 opened at Haarlem, Holland, March 23. 

 It is composed of a permanent exhibition 

 of bulbs, plants, shrubs, etc., in the open, 

 which will be continued until the middle 

 of May, and four special exhibitions, 

 each of about one week's duration, to be 

 held at intervals in three special pavilions. 



The bulb district of Holland, always 

 worth a visit in AprU, is specially inter- 

 esting this year on account of the exhibi- 

 tion. The happy idea of celebrating the 

 jubilee in this manner reflects credit on 

 the association and confers an immense 

 boon on the visitors, for within the com- 

 pass of several acres practically all varie- 

 ties of hyacinths, tulips, narcissi, cro- 

 cuses, etc., may be seen under natural 

 conditions, and, in addition, the special- 

 ties of the Boskoop trade. 



Aim and Scope of the Show> 



The primary object of the exhibition 

 is to cultivate in the mind of the public 

 a wider and deeper interest in bulb cul- 

 ture for spring gardening, by demon- 

 strating a variety of color schemes and 

 successions of flowers, so that the whole- 

 sale bulb growers in Holland and the 

 retailers throughout the world may 

 benefit by increased sales. Haarlem 

 Woods, a combination of park and wood- 

 land in the suburbs of the town, has, in 

 the hands of the eithibition landscape 



gardener, been converted into a great 

 flower garden, with hundreds of beds of 

 many sizes and shapes, all planted with 

 bulbs. 



Some idea of the magnitude of the ex- 

 hibition may be gleaned from the prize 

 list, which contains twenty-four classes 

 for hyacinths in beds, the smallest to 

 contain at least seventy-five bulbs, but 

 there is only one class at that. Others 

 run from 100 up to 1,000; then on to 

 1,500, 2,000 and 3,000 bulbs. In tulips 

 there are forty-three classes for beds 

 and these range through the hundreds 

 up to 1,500, 2,000 and 3,000 bulbs. What 

 a glorious display they will make when 

 in bloom! In narcissi there are twelve 

 classes on similar lines, and the same 

 may be said of crocuses, the leading at- 

 traction outdoors on the opening day. 

 About thirty classes are devoted to 

 anemones, scillas and other small bulbs, 

 and 180 classes or more to conifers, hol- 

 lies, azaleas, rhododendrons, etc., in 

 plantations of twelve, twenty-five, fifty 

 and 100 each. These classes will not be 

 judged until April, when the display is 

 at its best. 



Some of the Exhibitors. 



Among the exhibitors are such well 

 known firms as E. H. Krelage & Son, 

 Haarlem; J. J. GruUemans & Son, Lisse; 

 J. Schilpzand & Son, Van Meerbeck & 

 Co. and M. Van Waveren & Son, Hille- 

 gom; J. Prins & Son, S. A. Van Konij- 

 nenburg & Co., P. Van Der Meer & Co. 

 and C. P. Alkemade, Noordwijk; Ant. 

 Roozen & Son, Overveen; Roes & Goe- 

 mans, Vogelenzang; Warnaar & Co., 

 Sassenheim; Bakkum & Kabbel and A. 

 Blokker, Uitgeest; and among nursery- 

 men, M. Koster & Son, C. B. Van Nes & 

 Co., D. A. Koster, J. H. Hardizer, Otto- 

 lander & Hooftman and C. Van Der 

 Kraats, all of Boskoop; and from 

 Dedemsvaart, B. Ruys and Van Der Elst, 

 Tottenham Nurseries. 



The first temporary exhibition was 

 opened simultaneously with the perma- 

 nent exhibition and therein lay the great 



