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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



11 



to be planted, or if preferred, sweet 

 peas sown in rows five feet apart, of the 

 best outdoor varieties, especially the 

 Spencer sorts, will yield a profitable 

 late spring and early summer crop. Of 

 course, where sweet peas are grown 

 there must be ample head room. Another 

 combination would be chrysanthemums, 

 single violets and lilies or spiraea for 

 Memorial day trade. Still another, 

 chrysanthemums, single violets and ten 

 weeks' stocks for Memorial day. 



I do not know whether the growing 

 of pot plants is to be considered or 

 not. I included Easter lilies, which are 

 grown largely as a succession crop. 

 There is a considerable variety of stock 

 which could be brought in to follow 

 chrysanthemums. One would be Paper 

 White narcissi and Koman hyacinths; 

 later, tulips and narcissi in variety, and 

 about the middle or end of March fol- 

 low these with hydrangeas for Memo- 

 rial day or June trade. A good many 

 violet specialists now grow tomatoes to 

 fill in the summer months. Some prefer 

 cucumbers. The tomatoes come in bear- 

 ing early in June and prices for indoor 

 fruit are always much higher than for 

 the outdoor article. I do not know 

 what crops would pay you best in your 

 market. It is often necessary to change 

 crops year by year. The up-to-date 

 florist always needs to have something 

 up his sleeve in the way of a crop his 

 competitors have not thought of. 



C. W. 



SOCIETY OF AMEBIC AN FLOBISTS. 



National Show Admissions. 



It has been ordered that each mem- 

 ber in good standing of the S. A. F. 

 and allied societies holding meetings 

 and exhibitions in conjunction with the 

 National Flower Show in Boston, 

 March 25 to April 1, shall be entitled 

 to one members' season ticket admit- 

 ting the owner to the exhibition hall. 

 Only one ticket, however, will be is- 

 sued to any one person even though he 

 belong to several societies. These 

 tickets will be nontransferable. Orders 

 for members' tickets are being sent to 

 all members of the S. A. F. in good 

 standing; that is, to all those who have 

 paid their 1911 dues or are life or pio- 

 neer members. These orders must be 

 presented to the proper officials at the 

 exhibition hall and be exchanged for 

 regular members' tickets. These or- 

 ders must be presented by the owners 

 in person, as all orders presented by 

 others than the owners will be taken 

 up and canceled. 



Bailroad Bates to Boston. 



A rate of one and three-fifths on the 

 certificate plan has been granted by 

 the New England and Trunk Line Pas- 

 senger associations. The Southeastern 

 and Western associations have refused 

 to grant rates, owing to small numbers 

 and 2-cent rate now in existence. The 

 Central association and Eastern Cana- 

 dian association will report early in 

 March and their decisions will be pre- 

 sented in The Review. 



Additional Appointments. 



The following gentlemen have been 

 appointed as state vice-presidents: 



Massachusetts, East — W. A. Hastings, 

 Boston. 



Massachusetts, West — G. H. Sinclair, 

 Holyoke. 



Pennsylvania, West — W. J. Smith, 

 Pittsburg. 



At Hill City Greenhouses, Forest City, Iowa. 



Department of Begistration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, Conn., 

 offers for registration the roses de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration, or to the use of the 

 proposed names, is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the 

 registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Double White Killarney — A sport of White 

 Killarney originating with the J. A. Budlong & 

 Son Co., Auburn, R. I., In January, 1910. It is 

 stronger In prrowth than the parent, with the 

 Bame general characteristics of foliage and 

 growth. The flower is pure white In color, with 

 an average of from forty to forty-five petals. 

 It is a wonderful inaprovement over the parent, 

 having size and substance in summer, when 

 White Killarney is comparatively single. The 

 varietv will be disseminated by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc.. in 1012. 



Killarney Queen — A deep pink sport of Kil- 

 larney, originating with the J. A. Budlong & 

 Son Co., Auburn. K. I., in 1900. that has the 

 high color of Dark Pink Killarney with an in- 

 creased vigor In growth. It compares among 

 Killanicys as American Beauty does with other 

 varieties, the stem and foliage being much 

 heavier, and the petals nearly twice the size of 

 the petals of Killarney. The variety will be 

 disseminated by A. N. Pierson, Inc., in 1912. 



As no objections have been filed, pub- 

 lic notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the geraniums. Dr. E. M. 

 Moore and A. B. Lamberton, by Robert 

 Dukelou, Rochester, N. Y., becomes 

 complete. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec'y. 



March 2, 1911. 



WATEB ULIES. 



I have a steel tank 3 x 12 feet and 

 wish to grow some water lilies in it. 

 Would it be necessary to sink it in the 

 ground, or would the bulbs keep cool 

 enough above ground? How many 

 good bulbs should be planted in it? 

 Could I grow blooming sized bulbs 

 from seed if planted now? R. F. 



tity will suffice for the more moderate 

 growing varieties. If you use dormant 

 bulbs, only cover with two or three 

 inches of water at first. Use a good 

 bed of cow manure and loam for the 

 lilies to grow in. It will be much bet- 

 ter for you to buy dormant bulbs 

 rather than to try to raise seedlings. 

 A few suitable varieties of moderate 

 growth for tank culture are: Nymph- 

 lea Aurora, rosy yellow changing to 

 deep red; lilarliaeea. carnea, flesh pink; 

 Marliacea albida, white; Marliacea 

 chromatella, bright yellow; odorata, 

 white; tuberosa rosea, pink. You 

 could, if you wished, use a plant or 

 two of other aquatics with your lilies, 

 such as Sagittaria Montevidensis, 

 Eichhornia crassipes major, Jussieua 

 longifolia, Limnanthemum Indicum and 

 Scirpus Tabernaemontanus zebrina. All 

 these aquatics, of course, want full 

 sunshine. C. W. 



A FOBEST CITY PLACE. 



The state of Iowa is full of flourish- 

 ing florists. The accompanying illus- 

 tration gives a view in one of the 

 houses of the Hill City Greenhouses, at 

 Forest City. Willard Secor is the pro- 

 prietor. He is one of the men who did 

 not wait until he learned it all before 

 he started in the florists' business — it 

 looked ^ good to him, so he made the 

 venture. He has been successful from 

 the start, watching the business end 

 himself and placing the technical work 

 in the hands of a competent manager. 



The tank will be better adapted for 

 the culture of the lilies if plunged in the 

 ground and the plants themselves will 

 look better. You cannot grow more 

 than four bulbs in your tank. It is 

 better not to have over a foot of water 

 above the bulbs and half that quan- 



HAEDY DOUBLE PYBETHBUMS. 



Of what species is the hardy double 

 pyrethrum blooming in May? . Can it 

 be grown from seed, and how? E. M. 



All are forms of Pyrethrum roseum. 

 While you can secure some doubles from 

 seed, the best are only to be had by 

 division of the roots. If you start pyre- 

 thrum seeds i;i flats now, plant outdoors 

 in nursery rows and cultivate well all 

 summer, you will have strong plants in 

 the fall, which will flower well the fol- 

 lowing May and June. C. W. 



