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The Weekly I^orists* Reviewl 



Mabch 9, 1911. 



the sashes is raised or lowered according 

 to the amount of ventilation you want 

 on the plants. On windy days let the 

 ventilation down in the direction of the 

 wind. 



The Return to the House. 



In the latter part of October we com- 

 mence to house the plants. Up to this 

 time we have the beds covered with 

 mats during cold nights. Do not make 

 the mistake of setting your plants too 

 close together, as now is the time when 

 plants should have all the room you 

 can spare them, to make shapely speci- 

 mens. No shade is now required. 

 Should the sun make it unpleasant for 

 the plants, give them a fine sprinkling 

 to keep them from wilting, and they 

 should havtf been gradually accustomed 

 to the bright weather while they were 

 out in the- beds; ■ 



A free circulation of fresh air all 

 the time is beneficial. Water care- 

 fully; never drop the water right on 

 the head of the plant, as it might rot 

 the buds and leaves close to the bulb. 

 The plants should be set over almost 

 every two weeks. They will need more 

 room every time you clean them out. 

 Pull the flower and leaf stems ri§kt 

 out; do not cut them off, as they might 

 rot down to the bulb. 



Do not try to force a cyclamen by 

 raising the temperature, for if this is 

 done the plants will get spindly and 

 the flowers will be small and imperfect. 

 The only way to help a cyclamen along 

 in bringing it to bloom early is to give 

 it a good, bright house, with a night 

 temperature not above 55 degrees and 

 a good circulation of fresh air around 

 the plants. Some growers set the plants 

 on inverted pots to get the desired re- 

 sult. Should it be desired to hold them 

 back until late in the spring or for 



thrips are the only ones that can injure 

 cyclamens. The green fly is easily kept 

 in check by using the nicotine solution 

 regularly once a week. It is advisable 

 not to make the solution too strong, as 

 it may burn some of the tender leaves. 

 The thrips are bothersome if they get 

 a hold, but can be kept in check by 

 using the solution of Paris green and 

 sugar. This, however, should be han- 

 dled carefully. Spray late in the after- 

 noon with this solution, and early the 

 next morning spray over with fresh 

 water to prevent burning of the foliage. 

 To grow good cyclamens, they must 

 never be neglected in any way. Good 

 common sense should be used in grow- 

 ing them, and if a good strain. of seed 

 is procured they should be among the 

 most profitable of plants, as well as 

 favorites of both the grower and his 

 customers. Christ. Winterich. 



COTTAGE AND DABWIN TUUFS. 



What is the difference between May- 

 flowering tulips and Darwin tulips and 

 how should they be cultivated here, in 

 the eastern part of New York state? 

 E. M. 



May-flowering tulips, perhaps better 

 and more correctly known as Cottage 

 tulips, comprise the many beautiful va- 

 rieties, practically all late flowering, 

 found growing in old cottage gardens in 

 England, Scotland, Ireland and France. 

 They comprise a wonderful variety of 

 forms and colors and have none of the 

 stiffness of other tulips. They are hardy 

 and many of them live from year to 

 year and improve, rather than deteri- 

 orate. 



Darwin tulips are late flowering and 

 are much taller growing than the early 

 bedding varieties. This late flowering 



Five Acres of Daffodils at the Rose Gardens. 



Easter, it can be done by giving them 

 as low a temperature as 42 degrees. 



In the Blooming Pots. 



After the plants are well rooted in 

 their blooming pots, it is beneficial to 

 water them with cow manure and soot 

 water, to give them the finishing 

 touches of a glossy foliage and larger 

 flowers, with a good color. 



As to insects, the green fly and 



class of self-colored tulips are improved 

 breeders and iiave come wonderfully to 

 the front in America during the last 

 few years. For cutting they are splen- 

 did and in some sections they flower for 

 Memorial day. 



The cultiv-ation of both these classes 

 of late blooming tulips differs in no 

 way from that of the ordinary bedding 

 sorts. From October 15 to November 

 15 is a suitable time to plant the bulbs 



in your latitude. They make excellent 

 beds, especially if one variety only is 

 used, or can be planted in clumps in 

 flower borders. In the latter case there 

 is no need of taking them up each fall, 

 as they improve with age, if given a 

 good mulch of rotten manure each fall. 

 C. W. 



FUCHSIAS FOR WINDOW BOX. 



The fuchsia is not a window-box 

 plant, but W. C. Egan, at Highland 

 Park, 111., uses it as such, in shady 

 situations. In reply to an inquiry as 

 to the variety, he writes: "I obtained 

 cuttings some years ago under the 

 name Arabella. My gardener thinks it 

 identical -.with what he knew in Eng- 

 land as Mrs. Marshall. Lincoln park, 

 Chicago, had it as Arabella; probably 

 has it now. I have never seen it cata,- 

 logued. ' ' 



SOUTHERN BULB FIELDS. 



The southern bulbous stock is begin- 

 ning to move to northern markets iand 

 the next few weeks will see immense 

 quantities of the outdoor daffodils in 

 all the wholesale markets. Just to 

 give an idea of the way the bulbous 

 stock flourishes in the section south and 

 east of Richmond, here is an illustra- 

 tion showing a part of a 5-acre field of 

 daffodils at C. W. Beman's place, at 

 North Emporia, Va. He calls his place 

 the Rose Gardens, though the reason it 

 is known as far west as Chicago is be- 

 cause of its immense output of daffodil 

 blooms each spring. 



THREE CROPS A YEAR. 



Will you kindly give me the names of 

 stock from which three crops can be 

 taken in a year! I have heard from 

 time to time that to make a success of 

 greenhouses three crops should be taken. 

 I have planned several, but would like 

 to hear what others say about the mat- 

 ter. J. C. 



So much depends upon the market 

 you would have for your products that 

 it is a little diflScult to answer your 

 question briefly in such a way that it 

 will have practical value. The state- 

 ment that a greenhouse must be made 

 to produce three crops annually to be 

 profitable is far from correct. Carna- 

 tions, occupying benches for ten or 

 eleven months in the year, are probably 

 as profitable as any crop grown by the 

 average florist. The same holds good 

 with roses. Coming, however, to shorter 

 season or catch crops, as some may be 

 termed, a good many present them- 

 selves. Where two crops are grown, 

 chrysanthemums, including the early 

 and midseason sorts, which can be 

 cleared early in November, followed by 

 sweet peas, make a good double crop. If 

 early mums only are grown, antirrhinums 

 in 3-inch or 4-inch pots could be planted 

 to follow them and cleared by the be- 

 ginning of April, when Spiraea Japonica 

 planted directly in the beds could be 

 got in for Memorial day, which would 

 give nice time to clear out and refill 

 the beds and plant the mums from the 

 middle to the end of June. 



Single violets are another crop which 

 need not be planted until early chrysan- 

 themums are gone. The violets are gone 

 before the end of March. Large-flow- 

 ered gladioli planted among them about 

 the last of February would give a good 

 crop of spikes at Memorial day and un- 

 til the next crop of chrysanthemums is 



