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April 6, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



33. 



Hyacinths In Green Jar. 



Dr. Enckn A/.alea in Delicate China. 



Appropriate G>mbination of Plant and Receptacle Doubles Salability. 



ever, fresh seed will appear, at least 

 some portion of it, within a few months 

 from sowing in a cool greenhouse. 



C. W, 



SUCCESS IN ROOTING CUTTINGS. 



What per cent of carnation cuttings 

 do most growers succeed in rooting, par- 

 ticularly in the Enchantress varieties and 

 Lady Bountiful? E. F. & S. 



Of the Enchantres's varieties yon 



should have no trouble in rooting from 

 ninety to 100 per cent. Lady Bountiful 

 is not quite so easy, but with good cut- 

 tings and under favorable weather con- 

 ditions you ought not to lose more Lhan 

 ten to twenty per cent. This is, of 

 course, taking for granted that you have 

 proper facilities for giving the cuttings 

 the best of care. If you do not have 

 perfect control over the heating and ven- 

 tilating you can not hope to get good 

 strikes. A. F. J. B. 



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SUGGESTIONS 



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Dutch Bulbs for Easter. 



It was at one time feared that the 

 late date of Easter would make it diffi- 

 cult, if not impossible, to hold back 

 bulbous i)lants for Easter. The cold 

 weather has, however, materially aided 

 in retarding and anyone possessing a 

 good cold cellar will have no special 

 trouble in having hyacinths, tulips and 

 narcissi in good shape. Give the plants 

 a coldframe. Shade the tulips when 

 opening during sunshine. If perchance 

 any seem a little late, place them in 

 heat for a day or two, but a warm spell 

 for a couple of days in April sends 

 bulbs along with a grand rush. The 

 cooler and airier they can be grown, 

 the better they will sell, as the dwarf. 



stocky pans are what people li*ke. Any 

 plants in flower will hold a number of 

 days fresh on the floor of a cool cellar. 



Irises and Gladioli. 



Flats containing the small flowered 

 gladioli and Spanish irises should go in 

 ii temperature of 50 degrees now in 

 order to insure their being in flower 

 for Memorial day. These bulbous flow- 

 ers aro invaluable for making up with 

 louquets and anyone having a large 

 batch will have no trouble in selling 

 them. They want quite a lot of water 

 and, with the flats full of active roots, 

 an application of liquid manure once 

 in three or four days will prove benefi- 

 cial. The colored varieties of irises and 



gladioli will be worth more money at 

 Memorial day than the white ones. The 

 latter will sell well for June weddings. 



Lilium Speciosum. 



Lilium speciosum bulbs potted in No- 

 vember or December, if kept in a green- 

 house, will now be a foot or more in 

 height. It is poor policy to allow them 

 to stand along the sides of the paths, or 

 even below the benches, until drawn up 

 and weakly. Give them a light, sunny 

 bench in a moderately cool house. They 

 rather resent forcing and there would 

 be no special advantage in forcing 

 them until they are wanted during 

 •Tune, but as at this season other flow- 

 ers are so abundant, it is really better 

 to hold them back for .Tuly and August 

 use. If the pots have been in cold, 

 unheated pits or cellars, the growths 

 will still be short. Stand them well 

 up to the light. Any temperature above 

 actual freezing will suit them nicely. 



Flowering Shrubs for Easter. 



DeciduQus flowering shrubs should be 

 in nice flower a few days before Easter, 

 so that they can be placed in a cool 

 house to harden them. If taken direct 

 from the temperature of a forcing house 

 and exposed to a little of the cold 

 ' winds, which are common even in sup- 

 posedly balmy April, they will soon 

 present a ?orry appearance. The cooler 

 these are opened, the better satisfaction 

 will they give to storekeepers and other 

 customers. It does not take long to 

 force some of these shrubs into flower; 

 especially is this true of prunus, cera- 

 sus, forsythias and some of the shrubby 

 spirieas, like Thunbergii. A rather 

 longer period is needed for lilacs, deut- 

 zias, crata'gus and Azalea mollis. 



