liKCICMHKll 2L', 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



11 



IBISES. 



Please tell me what treatment Jap- 

 Jiiiesc aiul English irises ought to have. 



8. G. 



'J'he .lapaiicsc iris, I. Ka-iiiidCii, is 

 not adapti'tl for t'orciiig. its place is 

 in tile lieiliact'oiis garden or in any 

 l>ositi(in wliere it can liave an abun- 

 dant water supply until it has stopped 

 lluwering. In winter the roots must 

 not stand in water, although there is 

 a po[inlar niisconLX'ption tliat it is al- 

 most aquatic in its requirements. 



Knglish iris can be planted outdoors 

 in any well drained soil, in Avhich they 

 will lie found quite hardy. They can 

 also 1)0 grown in Hats or jilantcd in the 

 liriicji in a cool greenhouse. A night 

 tem|ierature of 4.3 to 50 degrees should 

 not be exceedi'd. They will bloom a 

 little later than the Spanish iris, I. 

 Ilispanica. 



Spanish irises are the best of the 

 bulbous section for forcing. Tlw bulbs 

 arrive early and start to grow at once. 

 At present the (>arliest batch is aiioiit 

 six inches high. A temperature of b'l 

 to ."in degrees at night will be found all 

 right for these. Somt> growers jjlant in 

 benches, but Hats are just as good and 

 more convenient for small growers. 

 They should have four inches of soil 

 to grow in. and a Hat 12x24 inches will 

 hold fifty to seventy-live bulbs. Span 

 ish irises can also be successfully grown 

 outdoors, where they will come "up year 

 after year, if not cut down too severelv 

 .it ll owe ring ti nu\ (\ w\ 



VARIOUS KINDS OF LEAKS. 



lAii .Mi-act triiiii a paiu-r li.v );uit C. lilakc. ..f 

 >|Miii-li.'l(l. <).. i-cad at a iriocflnfr uf the Sliriii- 

 iKhl floiists' Club, December 12, 1910.] 



Among the leaks, or apparentlv small 

 but fast accumulating losses, that are 

 <-oMiinon in the greenhouse, is the wast.- 

 of time in hunting for tools or e(piip 

 meiits because tiiese are mislaid or the 

 supply of them is inadecpiate. For 

 <'xample, in the busy season there mav 

 Im" a shortage of Hats or trays. I have 

 seen si>veral instances within the last 

 year, where the Indp was running 

 :iround and hunting for a flat "Where 

 can I get a Hat .' ' " 



There are in .a da\ of t<'U hours onlv 

 •i'l" minutes, and they slip awav with a 

 quickness that is surprising to tlu' dili- 

 gent worker: but, on the otlier hand, 

 they also sli|i away from the one who 

 is hunting something to do something 

 with. Flats are not tlie onlv thing 7 

 have seen hunted. 1 liave seen a man 

 limit for a shovel for an hour; also other 

 tools I ha\-e seen hunted by the half 

 hours and quarter hou)s— enough loss 

 of lime to have bought several such 

 toi.N ill the i-onrse (,f a year. To be 

 Mire, theie are things that' will be mis 

 laid at times, but a gi'.\at deal i.; time 

 <'an be ^a\(M| |.\ ]i.-i\iii- ;i pla.-e for 

 exerytliing and .'X ery t li i n-- in it> place; 



.ami t iliie i< liioiie\ . 



Ill Irving to prevent ;i \\a-~te oi' time, 

 do not be V,, "rios,." with the men .'is 

 to oct their 111 vv ill. inv they will then 

 ^o .about Iheir well.; m a" grumbling 

 ^oit ot way ;ind yoii will not get the 

 best results ;,l all times. Wlien you ar(> 

 particularly m a hiirry for somethiuQ- 

 ^" be done, yoi: will ll ndoilbt ed 1 v yet 

 left, for thev will not dn theii work 

 vv It ll t heir w 1mi||. lie;iit in it. 



Your leaks, liovvever. are not l.alior 

 leaks alone, as ymi will find on going 

 :ironnd on a cold da\. There ari> drafts 

 here and there. ;ind \ ou wonder wher.> 



Wreath of Laurel, Pine Cf^nes and Acorns. 



tlu'.v come from. 'J'he (qieiiings are not 

 noticed in the summer, but as soon as 

 the cold seas(jn arrives y(Mi discover 

 cracks which you can run a fair si/e<[ 

 cardboard through. Now. don't keep 

 on neglecting this, when one fourth ot 

 a minute will locate the .rack. in- 

 vestigate, locate, and mark it with a 

 piece of "'blue lumbei'' <>r i-rayon. and 

 have your repair m,in watch for the 

 blue marks. Then, \vheii the crack^ are 

 stojquMl or fixed, the repair m;in c-in 

 iiib the marks oil. 



.\ii immensi' ainonnt ol cfdil air sifts 

 ill through tlio-^e ci.acks. small as they 

 look, liiit the amount would not be hard 

 to .a|i|Ud\imate. S.ay there is an open 

 iiii^- oiii'ei;ilith inch wide ;it the base of 

 the gla-;>: with seventy two ut' those 

 cracks Von )i,-i\i' t'oiind one s(|nare loot 

 of colli air siftiiiL; in: tlmt i> liase.i on 



gl.aSS sixteen inriie^ wide. ^'()ll r-.iw i-iit 



down the eoal hill jn-t tiial niinh. and 

 I venture to say th.al in ;i month, in :i 

 ]il;nit ;is Large ;i- ■-nine ut voa li.ave. von 

 will have no Innible in linding twice 

 seventy-two siich cra(d<s as I spe;ik of. 

 for not long ago I \ isited a jlare where 

 a h.alf [>ane, H'lXL'l. w:is out. and it wa- 

 bidow t'ree/ing then .-iinl --iio>', in^j at 

 the t ime. 



Spe;iking of coal leaks, liow in:inv 

 times do your boiler lines yet cle;ined 

 per Week.' \'oll IIKIV remelllb"r :\ time 



when it was tlioiiyht lii.at if hM-omut i\ f 

 boiler lines were eleiined evcrv ten 



day>. tiiat was enough. Init f am told 

 that now the Hues in fast train engines 

 ;ire (leaned e\erv trip, :ind in freight 

 engines e\-ery round trip. Does it 

 <tiike you why thev iH'ed e\ery unit 

 ot' lie:it tliiit is in the coal .' This is 

 vvliv: To in;ike the time thi' card calls 

 to: . 



• ioing back to labui- oine more — look 

 nut lor tlie practical joker, lie will not 

 kill mii(di time liiuisell'. but he will 

 have all the ]\t'l\< on the phoe watcdiing 

 him in less than a week, loth for the 

 tun he >re;ites and to keep him from 

 plaviny some jir.ank on the indi\idiial 



II i ni^el f. 



CANTERBURY BELLS. 



XMm'ii -^iKMihl 1 briiii; in < 'ant erbiirv 

 liell- t(j h.avc tlnMil ill bl.iom for l'.:ister? 

 .\l-o. when should 1 bring in ;i bati'h 



III bleiiiii fer .Memorial dav. in a lemper- 

 alnre of lin degrees by <lay and ."ill de 

 •^ree< bv lliLlllt.' Will :i temperature 

 lil;e t li:il -nit 1 liem .' .\. 1). 



Start the phml.- I'nr lla-lei. wliicli 

 will I'.all on .\pnl H'l iie\t vear. right 

 :i It er < hri-l in:is. rhnse I Hr .MeiiKiiial da.v 



1 1 not b(> -tailed until the e;iilv (lart 



of I'ebrinary. .\ n avei-;iye night temper- 

 ;itiire of -"ll decrees will be aluinr right. 

 Ivister yrow n ( a nterlniry bells are 

 never of the ipialilv ni tlm-e llowered 



later ill t he '•;ea<(Ul. ( '. W. 



