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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 4, 1909. 





wish, you could plant a low hedge of 

 some kind, such as Berberis Thunbergil 

 or California privet, on the street side 

 in lieu of a wooden or iron fence. Around 

 the ^welling house itself a rather nar- 

 rowi border of low shrubs, with annuals 

 in front, will be in good taste. We 

 woula prefer to grow any flowers in front 

 of the house or in the borders suggested 

 on the two sides, rather than to make 

 any circular or oval beds in the lawn. 

 Cannas and geraniums are the most satis- 

 factory flowering bedding plants, but 

 asters, gladioli, salvias and many other 

 annuals and bulbous plants may be used. 

 The shrubs will require thinning out in 

 time. The endeavor should be to leave 

 a few nice, shapely specimens, rather 

 than a tangled mass. C. W. 



CYCLAMEN. 



What kind of cyclamen is best to grow, 

 and in planting is it always necessary 

 to leave the bulb on top of the earth 

 in the pots? G. C. 



The giganteum form of Cyclamen per- 

 sicum 18 the best. Seeds can be had 

 either in mixture or separate colors. The 

 latter are to be preferred. A few spe- 

 cially good sorts are: Mont Blanc, pure 

 white; Princess May, pinJc; Crimson 

 Queen, deep red; Salmon Queen, salmon 

 pink. The bulbs of cyclamens should 

 not Be buried, or you will have poor 

 success with them. They should stand 

 just on the surface of the pots. The 

 roots will keep them rigid. C. W. 



MANURE FOR ASTERS. 



What kind of manure is best for 

 asters, both indoor and outdoor grown? 

 Is there a commercial phosphate better 

 than fresh cow manure, and if so what 

 is it? W. H. K. 



Well decayed cow or horse manure is 

 much better for asters than any com- 

 mercial phosphate, both for indoor and 

 outdoor culture. If you can obtain sheep 

 manure at a reasonable price, it will also 

 be found excellent. Prepare the ground 

 by plowing in a good dressing of manure, 

 as soon as it can be worked. Then har- 

 row it and leave until ready for planting. 



C. W. 



SUMMER FLOWERS UNDER GLASS 



Can the following flowers be grown 

 successfully in a greenhouse during the 

 summer months, for cut blooms : Dahlias 

 in 7-inch or 8-inch pots, asters in 6-inch 

 or 7-inch pots, Gladiolus America in flats 

 five inches deep? We grow all of our 

 plants in pots and none in benches. We 

 have no use for part of the houses from 

 June 1 until September. Could the dah- 

 lias or gladioli be started under the bench 

 sometime previous to June 1 and thus 

 be brought into bloom sooner? Give 

 growing directions for each, for summer 

 greenhouse culture. We have been grow- 

 ing these flowers in the open field the 

 last few years, here in southeastern Wis- 

 consin, but, on account of not being able 

 to water them, have had poor results and 

 they have not been profitable. Our ob- 

 ject in growing them in the greenhouses 

 is to get them more under our control 

 and be able to give them plenty of water. 



W. W. T. 



While it is possible to grow any of the 

 flowers under glass during the summer 

 months, they will all do much better in 



benches or solid beds, rather than in pots. 

 We doubt if you will find it profitable to 

 cultivate dahlias or asters in pots. They 

 will take an immense amount of water 

 and not give you a fourth of the flowers 

 obtainable from benched plants. 



We do not see any reason why you can- 

 not grow good asters outside in your 

 state, by plaiiting in land deeply plowed 

 and well enriched, if you keep the sur- 

 face soil constantly cultivated. You can 

 get a nice, early crop of these under 

 glass if you will plant in benches. Seed 

 can be started now of Queen of the 

 Earlies. Transplant into flats and from 

 these later to benches. If you must grow 

 them in pots, they should be placed in 

 3-inch to 3 1/^ -inch pots from flats and 

 later to the 6-inch size to flower in, but 

 this will mean a lot of labor. 



Dahlias do fairly well under glass. 

 They do not naturally bloom freely until 

 the cooler autumn nights come, but can 



E. V. Hallock. 



be started early and had in bloom in 

 April and May if required. Start a few 

 roots now on the bench, not below it. 

 When nicely grown, plant in benches or 

 solid beds, two feet apart each way. 

 Start securely, to avoid breakages among 

 the brittle shoots. As the weather be- 

 comes warm, shade the glass a little and 

 air abundantly. You will get flowers 

 for a long time from dahlias under glass, 

 if you keep them well supplied with 

 water. 



Gladiolus America will do well in flats 

 containing five inches of soil. These 

 could be started now under the bench for 

 an early batch. Others could be planted 

 in flats or benches, later, for succession. 

 There is no reason why this fine gladiolus 

 will not succeed outdoors with you. It 

 needs no soaking waterings or irriga- 

 tion, but keep the surface soil tickled 

 frequently. I should certainly advise 

 trying some of the gladioli outdoors, 

 planting the bulbs in April and May. 

 Under glass they need little shade, an 

 ordinary greenhouse temperature and 

 plenty of fresh air. C. W. 



Summit, N. J. — John N. May is adding 

 five connected houses to his place this 

 season, each 28x225, of the King iron- 

 frame construction. 



OBITUARY. 



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E. V. HaHocfc. 



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' Leaving a meeting of the bowlers in 

 New York city Monday evening, E. V. 

 Hallock Was stricken wilb apoplexy while 

 riding, in the subway and died before 

 medical aid could reach himi Mr. Hal- 

 lock had seemed in perfect health during 

 the evening and was never more mag- 

 netic and brilliant than at the annual 

 banquet of the New York Florists' Club, 

 at which he presided Saturday evening, 

 February 27, 



E. V. Hallock was boirn' in Dutchess 

 county, New York, fifty-seven years ago. 

 His boyhood was spent on the home place 

 and in Brooklyn and New York, where 

 he obtained his education. In the late 

 60 's he went to the Pacific coast and for 

 three years was engaged in railroading. 

 Returning to New York, he became asso- 

 ciated- with V. H. Hallock, his father, 

 succeeding to the long established seed 

 business of C. L. Allen at Queens, L. I. 

 The Hallocks specialized in bulbous and 

 tuberous-rooted plants and E. V. Hallock 

 came to be known as one of the best 

 authorities in this country on these 

 genera. Practically everything new in 

 these lines which has come out in the 

 last thirty years, has had a trial on the 

 farm at Queens, and the work has gone 

 on uninterruptedly through several 

 changes in the ownership of the original 

 property. Mr. Hallock gave his personal 

 attention to this work from 1875 to 1892, 

 building up a large trade and a large 

 stock, the latter being sold to John Lewis 

 Childs. At the time the Hallocks took 

 hold of these specialties there was no 

 large collection of gladioli in the United 

 States and they did much toward popu- 

 larizing the plant. It is said that when 

 the stock was sold to Childs in 1892 it 

 oonti|ttied about 1,500 varieti^. Of Max 

 LoichtUn the Hallocks bought the stock 

 of Gladiolus Childsii and it is told that 

 the transaction was by cable. The firm 

 also worked up what was probably the 

 largest collection of Ulies in this country 

 and was recognized as the source of sup- ' 

 ply for a large number of bulbous and 

 tuberous rooted plants not generally 

 handled in the trade. Of recent years 

 Mr. Hallock has been called upon a num- 

 ber of times to deliver lectures upon 

 these specialties and was scheduled to de- 

 liver one before the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club at Boston next week. * 



Mr. Hallock was a life member of the 

 S. A. F. and in the last four years had 

 served as a director, having been ap- 

 pointed in 1905 by J. C. Vaughan, and 

 reappointed in 1908 by F. H. Traendly 

 to fill the unexpired term occasioned by 

 Mr. Traendly 's elevation to the presi- 

 dency. During the last few years Mr. 

 Hallock has been active in the school 

 garden movement in New York and has 

 been chairman of the S. A. F. commit- 

 tee which is seeking to further this work. 

 The committee now has a bill pending 

 in the New York legislature, seeking to 

 have gardening added to the normal 

 school curriculum. December 14 Mr. 

 Hallock was elected president of the New 

 York Florists' Club and assumed the 

 duty of the oflSce January 11. Since his 

 election he has given a large proportion 

 of his time to the affairs of the club, 

 having presided at its annual banquet 

 Saturday evening, February 27, and par- 

 ticipated in its bowling on the night of 

 his death. 



Mr. Hallock 's residence was at 

 Queens, where the headquarters are of 

 the seed and catalogue business. He 



