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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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of the bloom, which is described as shell 

 pink outside, shading deeper toward the 

 center, which is a creamy yellow. During 

 the hot weather the yellow center is less 

 prominent and the color of the blooms 

 resembles that of an Enchantress carna- 

 tion. 



Mrs. Aaron Ward. 



This rose, often erroneously called Mrs. 

 Humphry Ward, was sent out by the 

 French firm, Pernet-Ducher, in 1907, and 

 was first listed in America by the E. G. 

 Hill Co., Eichmond, Ind., from whom 

 William Elliott procured his original 

 stock. He planted it on a small scale, 

 and during the season of 1908-9 sold it in 

 small quantities in Boston. The color 

 took people's fancies at once, so that a 

 much larger lot was planted last summer, 

 and some thousands are now growing and 

 blooming profusely at Madbury, N. H. 

 The color of the flower can best be de- 

 scribed as a rich Indian yellow, occa- 

 sionally suffused or washed with salmon 

 rose. The flower is full and the petals 

 are of excellent substance. Mr. Elliott 

 has shipped consignments as far as At- 

 lanta, Ga., where they were received in 

 first-class shape. The foliage is note- 

 worthy on account of its rich, shiny ap- 

 pearance and standing out so stiffly. The 

 plant with Mr. Elliott has proved an 

 excellent grower and continuous bloomer, 

 carrying plenty of 18-inch stems. A 

 number of growers of young stock for 

 the trade were attracted to the variety 

 by Mr. Elliott's success with it and it is 

 being heavily propagated this season. 



Radiance. 



Radiance is really a last season's 

 novelty, but the stock of John Cook, 

 Baltimore, was so small that it could 

 not be widely distributed in its first year. 

 The big growers have it now and are 

 pushing it. Eadiance is a seedling of 

 Cardinal, the color a brilliant carmine 

 pink with a silvery lining; flowers large, 

 carried on long, stiff stems. It has 

 proved a fairly constant bloomer. 



TUBEROSES IN THE SOUTH. 



In The Review of January 19, page 

 13, H. & L. ask what varieties of tube- 

 roses are best adapted to the Texas 

 coast country. The kind that is now 

 grown most extensively in the terri- 

 tory mentioned is what is known here, 

 a!, Austin, as Mexican Everblooming, a 

 single variety. There are no double 

 kinds that do well here, and the Mexi- 

 can Everblooming is used almost ex- 

 clusively for summer cut flowers. 



A. J. Seiders. 



ASTERS UNDER GLASS. 



If I sow aster seed now and plant 

 them in the greenhouse, can T cut them 

 in June? I never grew any in the house 

 before. If it can be done, please let 

 me know what kind is best for green- 

 house purposes. I have always planted 

 the late branching sorts. J. W. O. 



You can grow excellent asters under 

 glass and by sowing seed of one of the 

 early varieties now can cut flowers in 

 June. Sow the seeds in shallow flats 

 in a temperature of 60 degrees. Trans- 

 plant before they become crowded and 

 plant directly into the benches, as you 

 would chrysanthemums or carnations, 

 using the same soil. The best and 

 freest flowering early aster is Queen of 

 the Market. This carries 12-inch stems 

 and is unusually productive. Allow the 



Rose Mr*. Aaron Ward. 



plants 8x10 inches in the benches if 

 you plant this variety. Early Wonder, 

 of the Comet type, and Dawn are other 

 early sorts, but flower less freely than 

 Queen of the Market. Asters under 

 glass like a light house and not too 

 much heat; 50 degrees at night after 

 planting is sufiicient. You must keep 

 the benches well and frequently 

 scratched over while the asters occupy 

 them, and never maintain a stuffy at- 

 mosphere. To secure large flowers, re- 

 duce the number per plant; as a rule, 

 however, the medium and ordinary qual- 

 ity of flowers are most useful to the 

 country florist. C. W. 



SALVIAS FROM SEED. 



The demand for salvias has become 

 phenomenal. There is always a large 

 demand for these beautiful, showy flow- 

 ers. 



Time was when one could take a few 

 cuttings of these plants in the fall and 

 then, by carefully propagating and 

 handling these, could get up a reason- 

 able stock by spring. The writer has 

 found, however, that growing salvias 

 from seed is much more satisfactory. 

 Clara Bedman, the best of the many 

 varieties, is the one that should be 

 grown most extensively. The seed of 

 this variety is worth about $2.25 per 

 ounce, and one ounce of seed should 

 produce 4,000 to 5,000 plants. These, 

 at 50 cents a dozen, will be more profit- 

 able than plants produced from cuttings 

 and sold at a better price, and gener- 



ally seedlings are the more satisfactory. 

 In the vicinity of Chicago, salvia 

 seed should be sown by the end of Jan- 

 uary. The seed bench should be lo- 

 cated where ventilation can be given 

 freely. The soil should be a good grade 

 of sandy loam, the surface of which 

 should be nicely smoothed. The seed 

 should be sown in rows and carefully 

 covered with a mixture of fine, sandy 

 loam and sifted fibrous peat. In a tem- 

 perature of 50 degrees the seed should 

 germinate in about three weeks; how- 

 ever, it may be four weeks or more be- 

 fore all are up. Some care must be 

 taken in the watering; keep the soil 

 moderately moist. When all are nicely 

 up, pot up into thumb pots. If condi- 

 tions are favorable, many of these will 

 be ready for a shift before planting- 

 out time; these will be worth more than 

 50 cents a dozen. 



Salvias, when grown in this way and 

 properly priced, are a highly profitable 

 crop. When the merits of the plants 

 are thoroughly known, there is no rea- 

 son why every community of 10,000 in- 

 habitants should not use 4,000 plants.' 



W. C. Kaber. 



Portsmouth, Va.— The Portsmouth 

 Floral Co., on High street, reports a 

 large increase of trade during the last 

 year. 



Waterbury, Conn. — Alexander Dalla» 

 is building greenhouses on the prop- 

 erty which he recently purchased at. 

 Mill Plain. 



