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April 7, 1910. 



The WeeklV Florists' Review. 



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he paid Peter Fisher $30,000 for the 

 stock and name of one carnation, namely, 

 Mrs. T. W. Lawson, now commonly 

 known as the Lawson. Everybody con- 

 siders this has been the best and most 

 profitable carnation to the general florist 

 «ver raised. Anything bearing Peter 

 Fisher's name will sell, because he is so 

 exceedingly exacting as regards the 

 quality of everything he sends out. 



Now about the fabulous price. "When 

 a florist has as good a thing as Lawson 

 was, he keeps it, grows it and propagates 

 it with all his might until he can produce 

 100,000 or 200,000 cuttings of it, and 

 then he puts it on the market, say at $10 

 per hundred. This for the first year; 

 the second year may be $6 and the third 

 year $3. But can he sell so many?. When 

 certified by the American Carnation So- 

 ciety and raised and disseminated by 

 such men as Fisher, Dailledouze, May or 

 Hill, it's more often a question of stock 

 enough to supply the demand than too 

 much. But it isn 't all profits, for the ex- 

 pense of raising, growing and testing the 

 discarded multitude has to be included 

 with that of multiplying and selling the 

 accepted kind. 



In Pittsburg white and pink carna- 

 tions are the favorites, with a fair de- 

 mand for scarlet and a limited call for 

 crimson, but there is no demand at all 

 for variegated or yellow sorts. 



WnjiiAM Falconer. 



PANSIES WINTER-KILLING. 



I am sending a sample of my pansies. 

 I had eight large beds last fall trans- 

 planted and looking fine, but when I 

 took the boards off this spring this is 

 the way I found them, all killed out. 

 They had a nice start last fall and when 

 they froze I put glass and boards on 

 them. A year ago they were frozen in 

 ice one inch deep and came out in good 

 condition. Could you explain the rea- 

 son why they have winter-killed? 



B. F. 



"The samples received were so shriveled 

 it was impossible to tell anything about 

 them. You do not state whether or not 

 you placed any mulch of leaves, hay or 

 straw over your plants after the ground 

 was well frozen.' This in itself is usually 

 sufficient on well drained ground, where 

 no water will stand, to carry them 



Geo. W. Crawbuck and Store of the Greater New York Florists' Association, Brooklyn. 



through in good shape. The only rea- 

 son I can suggest is that the plants have 

 been too warm and without air for too 

 long a period. So long as they are 

 frozen firmly they will take no harm, but 

 coverings should be removed and some 

 air given, if only occasionally, during 

 mild spells of weather during winter. It 

 is the warmth and lack of air which kills, 

 not the cold. When snow lies on the 

 ground all winter, these and other hardy 

 plants always are in the best shape in 

 spring. Warm winters, with frequent 

 temperature changes, cause heavy losses. 



C. W. 



GOOD HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS. 



Rchmannia Aogulata. 



Behmannia angulata cannot be classed 

 as reliably hardy in our northern states. 

 It will live through an ordinary vfinter, 

 but it is better to give it the protection 

 of a coldframe. Introduced by James 

 Yeitch & Sons, of England, a few years 

 ago, from northern China, it at once 

 jumped into popularity in Europe, not 

 only for the herbaceous border, but as a 

 pot plant for early spring flowering. It 

 is readily propagated either from seeds 

 or root divisions. The roots can be cut 



Store of Lecakes & G)., New York, Partners, Manager and Employees. 



up in the same way as Anemone Japon- 

 ica and almost numberless plants se- 

 cured from them. The flowers are gloxi- 

 nia-like in appearance, light pink in color, 

 and quite a number are carried on each 

 of the stems, which will grow three to 

 four feet high, according to soil and 

 treatment afforded them. 



Spring sown seedlings, potted in late 

 fall, make desirable pot plants. I have 

 never seen them used commercially, but, 

 as they are easily and inexpensively 

 grown, they would make a desirable 

 novelty in the list of spring flowering 

 plants. They will flower by the begin- 

 ning of April in an ordinary greenhouse. 

 A form now being offered under the 

 name of Pink Perfection has somewhat 

 clearer pink flowers than the type. 



Veronica Lonsfifolia Subiettillt. 



While all the veronicas are useful 

 perennials, same being adaptable for the 

 rock garden and others for the herba- 

 ceous garden, V. longifolia subsessilis, 

 with its rich, dark blue flowers, is the 

 best of the family. Flowering in August 

 and September, it makes an exceUent 

 plant, either for massing effects or 

 grown in rows. It is well adapted for 

 cutting, the rich blue flowers being use- 

 ful in funeral designs when this particn- 

 lar color is required. Propagation is 

 easy by root division, and to keep the 

 plants strong and vigorous they should 

 be divided and replanted every third 

 year. 



Montbrctia Geo. Davison. 



Montbretias are among the finest, 

 freest flowering and hardiest of summer 

 blooming bulbous plants. The old varie- 

 ties, such as Pottsi, crocosmseflora, Cayon 

 d'Or and Etoile de Feu, are well known, 

 but the newer sorts, such as Germania 

 and Geo. Davison, have much larger flow- 

 ers and show an immense advance over 

 them. There are quite a few still newer 

 varieties now being offered, the results 

 of hybridization by an English specialist, 

 which promise to entirely eclipse any- 

 thing grown now. M. Geo. Davison has 

 flower stems a yard high. The large, 

 open flowers are of a lovely orange yel- 

 low color and are freely produced in July 

 and August. For cutting, these mont- 

 bretias are excellent and it is surprising 

 that they are so seldom seen in the mar- 

 kets. They ship well and.keep satisfac- 

 torily in water. 



The bulk of growers lift and store 



