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TheWcekly Florists' Review, 



ilABCH 25, 1901). 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



(Continued from page 13.) 



propagating bench at once. It is rather 

 early to root the main batch of these for 

 next winter, but you can get plenty of 

 additional tops from these cuttings in a 

 few weeks. These, if propagated as late 

 as the end of May, will develop into fine, 

 bushy plants. 



Cinerarias. 



Probably you are trying to hold a num- 

 ber of cinerarias for Easter. They will 

 stand a low temperature at any stage of 

 their growth. One year we kept a batch 

 ill frames without fire heat all winter, 

 and they came in useful for Easter, 

 Avhich came late that year. Of course, 

 they will not stand a breath of frost, 

 but it does no harm to let the tempera- 

 ture fall to 34 to 36 degrees where they 

 are grown. As we are liable to get some 

 quite warm days between now and 

 Easter, it may be necessary to move 

 them to a cold, well shaded house, or 

 place them on a cellar floor for a time. 

 Be sure not to let them suffer from want 

 of water. The foliage will speedily show 

 ill effects from dry conditions at the 

 root. 



Spiraeas. 



If the earliest spikes of spiraeas are 

 becoming white, they will be in nice sea- 

 son for Easter. These plants stand 

 forcing, or will do in quite a cool house. 

 Wherever you have them, be sure that 

 they have an ample water supply. One 

 thorough drying out will destroy all the 

 flower heads when they are expanded. 

 It is a safe plan to put a saucer under 

 the plants in flower; there is then a 

 small likelihood of their suffering from 

 the neglect of any careless employee. If 

 your plants are backward, they can stand 

 70 degrees at night, but try to move 

 them into cooler quarters at least a week 

 before Easter, or they will wilt badly 

 when exposed to a low temperature, such 

 as the outside of the store. 



Rambler Roses. 



Rambler roses" for Easter should now 

 be coming into flower. Unless your plants 

 are decidedly backward, it is better not 

 to subject them to hard forcing.' The 

 flowers are of a much richer hue when 

 opened in a comparatively cool house. 

 Plants becoming well opened will require 

 a cool, shaded house. As all the rose 

 pots are now a mass of roots, be sure 

 they get abundant supplies of water. 

 We look this season for a continuetl ad- 

 vance in the popularity of the pink 

 rambler class over the older Crimson 

 Rambler. The new Tausendschon also 

 promises to be in great favor. 



Now is a good time to secure canes 

 from plants which are to be sold at 

 Easter, and cut them up for propagating 

 purposes. Cuttings with a couple of 

 eyes we prefer. These will soon root in 

 their present half ripened condition, and 

 can be grown along into nice little stock 

 before fall. A cutting bench, such as 

 you are in the habit of using for carna- 

 tions, will root the rambler roses satis- 

 factorily. 



Pruning Hardy Climbers. 



While we get so much alternate freez- 

 ing and thawing, it is unwise to remove 

 much of the winter mulch from peren- 

 jiials and bulbous plants. Pansies, dai- 

 sies, hollyhocks and other stock of a 

 somewhat doubtfully hardy nature will 

 also suffer if their coverings are removed 

 too hurriedly. Remove any which may 



75,000 Transplanted Carnation Plants 



Cold-grown, well established and ready to plant out 

 Most of them have been topped and are making breaks 



Per 100 Per 1000 



Wlnsor. Pink $300 $25.00 



R. P. BnoluuitreH. Pink 2.25 20.00 



■notaantrea*. Pink 200 2000 



Mrs. T. W. Lawaon. Pink 1.75 15.00 



Gov. Woloott. White 175 15.00 



White Lawaon. White •• 2.00 18.00 



Queen Loulae 1-75 15.00 



mora HIU 176 15 00 



Boaton Market... 175 16.00 



■ateUe. Red 200 18.00 



Bed Lawaon. Red 2.00 1800 



Harlowarden. Crimson 176 15.00 



Vartecated Lawaon 2.00 18.00 



■Idorado. Yllow 1-75 



Tranaplanted Giant Panalea 60 4.00 



Giant Panay SeedUnsa 40 2.50 



Aaparaarua Sprenrerl SeedllnBS, extra eood 1.50 — 



Freali Aaparasua Plumoaua Nanua aeed 45 3.50 



BASSETT'S FLORAL GARDENS 



' LOOMIS, CALIFORNIA 



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seem a little heavy, but leave a scatter- 

 ing over all until the weather becomes 

 more settled. 



It is now a suitable time to complete 

 the pruning of any climbers, such as 

 begonias, wistarias, clematis, aristolochia, 

 celastrus, actinidia and others. Any of 

 the ornamental vitis, or grapes, should be 

 gone over without delay, or they will 

 bleed badly. In the case of Clematis 

 paniculata, it is better to cut the plants 

 fairly close to the ground each sea- 

 son. The climbing roses have wintered 

 remarkably well, and show but little 

 dead wood. Their pruning can be delayed 

 a little longer yet, but any protection in 

 the way of straw or evergreens can now 

 be removed. 



Propagation. 



With bedding plants there is still 

 ample time to root quantities of stock in 

 the way of coleus, alternanthera, lobelia, 

 ageratums, acalyphas, heliotropes and 

 other quick growing subjects. Get in 

 cuttings also of any crotons, draeaenas 

 and other colored-leaved plants. Better 

 cut down old, leggy plants and consign 

 them to the rubbish heap in favor of 

 young stock, unless they aje wanted for 

 sub-tropical bedding. All cuttings want 

 abundant water supplies until rooted; 

 then reduce the amount. Never let cut- 

 tings remain in the sand any longer than 

 can be helped, once they are rooted. 



Poinsettiai. 



A reader asks, "How soon shall I start 

 up my poinsettias?" Let them remain 

 where they are for some weeks yet. May 

 is sufficiently early to start them. They 

 make cuttings quickly after being shaken 

 out, potted and placed in a warm house. 

 If started now, you would have tall, 

 lanky plants of no value for Christmas, 

 unless planted in a bench where they 

 can have abundant head room, and poin- 

 settias in pans, twelve to eighteen inches 

 in height, are of better value than stems 

 five to six feet long in a bench, even if 

 the latter do carry bracts eighteen inches 

 in diameter. 



Rooted Carnation Cuttings 



Our next rooting will be ready 

 shortly. Fine stock. 

 Write For Prices 



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PACIFIC COAST. 



San Gabriel, Cal. — Wm. J. Bodger is 

 planting several thousand young chrysan- 

 themum plants in the open field, for 

 flowering, with four or five stems to the 

 plant. 



S, M., Berkeley, Cal., is advised to 

 write fully to any of the firms advertis- 

 ing greenhouse material in the Review — 

 but he will have to sign his full name 

 and address to receive a reply. 



Bellingham, Wash. — Henry Klopfer, 

 of tlie Bureau of Plant Industry, Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and for the last two 

 years propagator at the Plant Introduc- 

 tion Garden at Chico, Cal., has been 

 transferred to the new Bulb Propagating 

 Garden, located in this city. Mr. Klopfer 

 is a young man of wide experience and 

 is well known in the vicinity of Chicago. 

 The Bulb Garden is a new acquisition by 

 the Department of Agriculture. 



SAN FHANOSCO. 



TheMaritet. 



The weather, except for a few days of 

 drying north winds, has rather favored 

 the dealers during the last week. Flow- 

 ers are plentiful, and for the first time 

 this year we can say that there are 

 plenty of roses to fill all requirements. 

 Fancy Beauties sell well at $2.50 per 

 dozen, with a tendency to a slight rise as 

 we near Easter. Carnations are about 

 stationary in price, with a good demand 



