

OCTOBEB 5, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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are marking out a high percentage of 

 double flowering plants, about eighty 

 per cent. The individual flower spikes 

 bear themselves erectly on slender, 

 hard stems and produce often from 

 fifteen to twenty blossoms. They are 

 loosely and gracefully formed, so that 

 every individual flower is of value. 

 The flowers are of beautiful round form 

 and gigantic, sometimes even of 

 doubleness. Its color is pure snow- 

 white. The foliage is long and dark 

 green. 



"The large-flowering perpetual ten 

 weeks' stock, Empress Augusta Vic- 

 toria, has a fine pyramidal branching 

 frowth, attaining a height of twenty- 

 our inches. It forms a grand, pyra- 

 midal-shaped bouquet, with long flower 

 B^kes. The flowers are bright, sil- 

 very, delicate light lilac with metallic 

 luster, a color which, in such intensity, 

 has not yet appeared in any other 

 stocks. The individual blossoms, 

 which are of extraordinary size, are 

 borne on large stems, which give them 

 additional value for arranging in vases 

 and for bouquets." 



the park or on the lawn, but be sure 

 to supply enough water to be equiva- 

 lent to a good rain, which is from one 

 and a half to two and a half inches at 

 a time. This is done by means of a 

 good revolving sprinkler, allowing it to 

 run from two to three hours before it is 

 moved to another location. Follow 

 this the next day with the hoe, and the 

 ' loose soil will act as a mulch, thus 

 keeping the earth moist for several 



days. 



Bight and Wrong Watering. 



But, let me repeat, when you water 

 be sure that the soil is thoroughly wet, 

 for a light watering with the sprin- 

 kling can is not only of no account, but 

 is a positive harm, for when the sur- 

 face only is watered, the roots of the 

 plants are encouraged to come up for 

 the moisture, instead of going down 



IiAWN PLANTS DUBINa DBOUOHT. 



[A paper by J. T. D. Fulmer. of Des Moines, 

 la., rend at the ninth annual meeting of the 

 Society of Iowa Florists, at Des Moines. 

 August 30, 1911.] 



The subject assigned to me is one 

 we have all had to study during the 

 summer that is now drawing to a 

 close, for in my experience this has 

 been the driest of them all. 



I have found mulching a great help 

 when it can be done, but when the 

 drought starts as early as it did last 

 spring one is obliged to cultivate the 

 young plants, and the hoe must be 

 frequently used, though not to a great 

 depth. 



Artificial Watering. 



We often hear the old remark that 

 "water does not take the place of 

 rain." This, I must say, is erroneous, 

 for we all know good crops are grown 

 in the greenhouses, where it never 

 rains. So, I say, water your plants in 



Stock Empreu Augasii. Victoria* 



Stock Snowflakc 



for moisture. Thus we soon have most 

 of the roots close to the top of the 

 ground, whereas, with a thorough 

 watering, the roots penetrate deeply 

 into the soil. 



Fortunate, indeed, is he who has 

 a good water supply in time of a 

 drought, for without it we can only 

 recommend constant stirring of the 

 soil, with mulching where it is possible. 

 But with plenty of water and judicious 

 management, the drought problem is 

 solved. 



SCALE ON LILAC. 



Enclosed is a twig of lilac that has 

 some kind of scale. Please let me know 

 if this can be cured and what to use. 

 M. C. F. C. 



The lilac shoot forwarded was thick- 



Stock Rote Tdcher. 



ly crusted with San Jose scale. This 

 will soon kill your plants unless at- 

 tended to as soon as possible. You can- 

 not apply any sufliciently strong rem- 

 edy to kill the scale until the foliage 

 has gone. Then spray your lilacs with 

 the lime-sulphur solution, or with one 

 of the soluble oil solutions. Use a fine 

 spray nozzle and be sure to wet every 

 vestige of wood. To make sure, give 

 another spraying in spring just before 

 growth starts. Spray all your lilacs — it 

 will be money well expended. C. W. 



SPENCEB PEAS FOB WINTEB. 



Are the Spencer sweet peas good for 

 winter flowering f I noticed that others 

 were recommended in The Beview for 

 July 27. I have the Spencers growing 

 now, six inches high, but want the best, 

 even if I do have to sow again. 



S. M.« 



The Spencer type of sweet peas is not 

 suitable at all for winter flowering. 

 They are excellent sown after Christ- 

 mas for spring crops, but they will not 

 flower at all in winter. Suitable winter 

 varieties are: Christmas White, 

 Watchung, Mont Blanc, Florence Den- 

 zer, all pure white; Christmas Pink, 

 similar in color to the old Blanche 

 Ferry, an excellent forcer; Mrs. F, J. 

 Dolansky, pale pink; Mrs. A. Wallace 

 and WaJlacea, lavender; Mrs. William 

 Sim, salmon pink; Mrs. W. W. Smalley, 

 satin pink. By sowing at once you 

 will get flowers about Thanksgiving. 

 C. W. 



Maiden, Mass.— E. D. Kaulback & 

 Son have erected a greenhouse at the 

 rear of their store in the Kaulback 

 building, 160 Pleasant street. 



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