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ThcWeekly Florists' Review. 



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mold, to which has been added a good 

 dash of sand. Water sufficiently to 

 soak the soil; then keep pretty dry 

 until the plants have made considerable 

 growth and are ready for potting. A 

 light, moderately rich soil suits gloxi- 

 nias. One-half fibrous loam, one-fourth 

 each flaky leaf -mold and old, well-pul- 

 verized cow manure, with a little fine 

 charcoal, sand and soot added, will be 

 found all right. The present is also a 

 suitable time to make a sowing of seeds 

 to produce good flowering plants in 

 July and August next. 



Hydrangeas. 



After Christmas move a batch of 

 well ripened hydrangea plants into a 

 temperature of 45 to 50 degrees, to 

 come along for Easter. There will re- 

 main rather less than four months until 

 they are wanted in flower, which is 

 none too long a period. When well 

 started, 10 degrees more heat can be 

 given, with frequent sprayings to keep 

 aphis in check. Keep plants intended 

 for Memorial day or later as cool as 

 possible, without actually freezing 

 them. It will be some time before 

 they are to be started. 



Coreopsis Grandiflora. 



Coreopsis grandiflora is a most useful 

 biennial, both outdoors and indoors. 

 Under glass its culture is still limited. 

 Plants lifted and potted in September 

 or October can now be brought into 

 gentle heat and will provide a lot of 

 useful cuttings in April and May. For 

 Memorial day trade this is a particu- 

 larly pleasing plant. It can be cut with 

 long stems, and the rich yellow flowers 

 are just what is wanted for bouquets. 



Dimorphotheca Aurantiaca. 



If there are any narrow beds or 

 benches requiring a temporary catch 

 crop, try a sowing of Dimorphotheca 

 aurantiaca. It can be sown directly 

 in the benches and the plants can be 

 thinned a little if they germinate too 

 freely. Flowers can be picked in seven 

 to eight weeks from the time of sow- 

 ing. The daisy-like flowers are two 

 and one-half inches across, carried on 

 good stems and of a rich orange gold 

 color, with a dark disk. The color ap- 

 peals to everyone, and those needing 

 something in the way of a novelty 

 should try this dimorphotheca. It is 

 quite a persistent bloomer, lasting for 

 many weeks. 



COLD STOBAGE LILIES. 



I should like to get some information 

 about how to handle cold storage lilies, 

 how to start them when received and 

 what kind of treatment to give them; 

 also what time to have them delivered, 

 so as to have them out of the way by 

 September 1. F. M. 



Pot the lilies as soon as received. 

 Stand them on a cellar floor, in a cold- 

 frame where they can have a coating of 

 ashes or moss to exclude the light and 

 prevent the drying out of the soil, or 

 under a bench in a cold greenhouse. 

 Let them stay in whichever of these 

 places you chance to have until the 

 pots are nicely filled with roots and the 

 flower stems two to three inches long. 

 Then place them in a greenhouse where 

 the night temperature is 55 to 60 

 degrees as a minimum. Avoid giving 

 much water until the plants are in ac- 

 tive growth, with plenty of roots. An 

 oversupply in the early stages of 



A Quartet of Well Known San Franciscans. 



growth is a fertile cause of the roots- 

 decaying and the plants becoming sick- 

 ly and diseased looking, a fault for 

 which we always complacently blame 

 the Japanese or bulb merchants. 



You do not say at what particular 

 time you want these cold storage lilies, 

 but as it is easily possible to hold back 

 the giganteum form of longiflorum un- 

 til Memorial day, you would nat\irally 

 only need them in June, July and 

 August. If wanted in June, pot the 

 bulbs four months before. Those for 

 July and August can be potted at a 

 correspondingly later date. Remember 

 that it takes four to five weeks from 

 the time buds show, even in summer, 

 for flowers to be open, unless the 

 weather is extremely forcing, and it is 

 always better to pot a week or two 

 earlier than the reverse. C. W. 



VERONICA BUXIFOLIA. 



I received from England some plants 

 marked Veronica buxifolia. "Will you 

 tell me the best way to propagate and 

 grow the plants and are they hardy! 

 How are they useful ? C. E. S. 



This veronica is a native of New 

 Zealand and would not prove hardy 

 in Maryland. It is a low, bushy shrub, 

 attaining a height of two to three feet. 

 It is useful where hardy in rockeries 

 and also makes a nice pot plant. The 

 dense heads of white flowers are quite 

 pretty. In the United States it suc- 

 ceeds well on the California coast and 

 would winter where the winter mini- 

 mum did not fall below 20 degrees. It 

 can be propagated from pieces of new 



growth early in July, by which time the 

 wood is fairly well ripened. Pans or 

 flats of sandy soil in a frame, which 

 can be kept well shaded, close and 

 moist, will be found suitable for the 

 cuttings. C. W. 



THE QUABTET. 



At San Francisco this fall there was 

 held the most successful flower show in 

 the history of floriculture in the west. 

 While the craft in general cooperated 

 to make the show what it was, the 

 major share of the work of staging 

 and management was in the hands of 

 the four gentlemen shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration, which is from 

 a photograph made during the show. 

 Seated is V. Matraia, who was manager 

 of the exhibition. Standing, from left 

 to right, first is H. Plath, well known 

 as a grower at San Francisco, who was 

 assistant manager and treasurer of the 

 show. In the center stands Daniel 

 MacRorie, of the MacRorie-McLaren 

 Co., who needs no introduction to the 

 trade, either on the Coast or in the 

 east, though the progress of his firm 

 in the few years of its existence may 

 be cited as an example of the rapidity 

 with which horticultural affairs are 

 progressing in the west. At the right 

 stands Frank Pelicano, who has been 

 identified with the development of the 

 retail store branch of floriculture in 

 San Francisco for many years. 



Pawtucket, B. I.— William Hoffman 

 has had a phenomenal sale for his seed- 

 ling carnation. Challenge, which has 

 pleased all who have seen and tried it.. 

 It is a taking, solid color. 



