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March 4, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



15 



Annual Dinner of the New York Florists' Club. (See Page 23.) 



ARAUCARIA EXCELSA. 



Can Araucaria excelsa be made to 

 branch so slips will form by cutting the 

 top out? G. C. H. 



Yes, Araucaria excelsa usually forms 

 several branches around the upper part 

 of the stem after having been cut back, 

 and these young shoots may be used for 

 cuttings. The cuttings should be taken 

 off with a heel of the old wood at the 

 bottom, and planted singly in small pots 

 filled with sand. Cuttings take a con- 

 siderable time to root, and need to be 

 kept moist and well protected from sun 

 and wind. W. H. T. 



FUCHSIA EMILE DE VILDEWAN. 



Victor Lemoine, the well-known French 

 florist in Nancy, has brought into the 

 trade a fuchsia that really deserves to 

 be known everywhere. Anything coming 

 into commerce from his place is worth 

 having. His name has been made world- 

 famous by the lovely Begonia Gloire de 

 Lorraine, the sale and culture of which 

 have attained truly magnificent dimen- 

 sions, not only in old Europe, but in the 

 United States as well. Is there really 

 any gardener who does not now know of 

 Begonia Gloire de Lorraine? I doubt 

 whether there is any. 



The new fuchsia, Emile de Wikleman, 

 was brought into the trade by Victor 

 Lemoine in 1905. It can be used for 

 planting beds as well as for decorating 

 balcony and window-boxes. It grows in 

 a nice, pyramidal shape and flowers 

 freely. The blooms are of a light car- 

 mine color outside, while the double in- 

 side is of a light pink. 



Fuchsia Emile de Wildeman is best 

 propagated in February or March. After 

 a few weeks the cuttings will be rooted 

 well enough to be potted off in thumbs 

 in a light and good leaf-mold. Then 

 the plants can be given a warm foot 



and be put into larger sized pots, as soon 

 as they have rooted through properly. 

 Later a more substantial soil will suit the 

 plants well. 



It is worth mentioning, too, that this 

 fuchsia can be grown easily into a high- 

 stemmed form, in which shape the plants 

 are really very effective. W. H. 



LEAF CURL ON CINERARIAS. 



We should like some information as 

 to leaf curl on cinerarias. We have a 

 fine lot in 6-inch pots, some in full bloom 

 and nearly all in bud. Lately the leaves 

 began to curl in at the edges, some clos- 

 ing right up. We have to keep, them in 

 a house with other plants, which makes 

 it necessary to maintain a temperature 

 of from 55 to 60 degrees. We suppose 

 .this is rather too warm for them. Is 

 there any way of overcoming this ten- 

 dency to leaf curling, under these condi- 

 tions? The cinerarias are the dwarf va- 

 riety, having quite large leaves. The 

 greenhouse is one of the King Construc- 

 tion type, 30x100, running east and west 

 and heated by steam. The plants are on 

 benches. J. S. & S. 



I am afraid the main cause of your 

 leaf curl is too high a temperature. 

 Cinerarias succeed best in a house kept 

 at 40 to 45 degrees at night and cannot 

 possibly do themselves justice in a tem- 

 perature of 55 to 60 degrees in midwin- 

 ter. If you have no cooler house to grow 

 them in, it»,wbuld be best to drop their 

 cultivation. If, however, you want to 

 continue their culture, all you can do is 

 to stand them in the coldest end of the 

 house and shade them from the sun's 

 direct rays. Spray overhead lightly on 

 bright days. 



To grow cinerarias successfully, a cold 

 house is required. If it has a north 

 aspect, it will answer well, although a 

 span house will produce stockier plants. 



A night temperature of 40 to 42 degrees 

 is far better than one 10 degrees higher. 

 In a cool house they grow with a vigor 

 entirely lacking in a higher temperature. 



C. W. 



BOSTONS ON BENCH. 



I would like to know when is the best 

 time to plant small Boston ferns on 

 benches so as to have them large enough 

 for 6-inch pots by next fall, say Octo- 

 ber 1. E. A. M. 



Small Boston ferns planted on benches 

 in May will make good plants for 6-inch 

 or 7-inch pots by October 1, this period 

 allowing time to establish them in the 

 pots before offering them for sale. 



W. H. T. 



PLANTING FOR A QTY LOT. 



Please give us the kind of flowers and 

 designs for the best effects in a city 

 lot that slopes to the street. The lot 

 is seventy-five feet wide and about tha 

 same in length. There are two small 

 shade trees in front and one at the side, 

 with a driveway on the other side. 



O. H. T. 



To insure privacy, a belt of shrubbery 

 on each side of your lot would be de- 

 sirable. Make this of irregular width; 

 carefully avoid straight lines. For plant- 

 ing in such borders, philadelphus, lilacs 

 and althaeas are suitable for the back. 

 Among the lower growers, Deutzia Le- 

 moinei, some of the spiraeas, berberis, hy- 

 drangeas, Bosa rugosa and azaleas are a 

 few of the many sorts available. The 

 ground for all these should be well 

 trenched and enriched. The crape 

 myrtle, Lagerstroemia Indica, is another 

 subject which would probably succeed 

 with you. 



Do not cut up the lawn into small 

 bods. This is too often done. If you 



