May :;, 1!>1-'. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



15 



Wedding Bouquets by Z. D. Blacktstone. Washington, D. C. 



WHAT TO GROW. 



I wish to havt? vdiir \alii;il)U' ail\ icf 



~ 111 what to <;io\v in the following: 1 



■ iM' lour yreonhouscs, hoatod by hot 



* I'lT. sizes as follows: Small j:i(h'ii- 



|"'i^i'. lOx.'IS; center greenhouse. 1^0 x 



': north house, 'J9 x 7.'). and west 



"ii'-^e. ;!t X ;!.j. The small house faces 



'ii -outh, then the center liuuse, and 



'"• Jiorth. These houses run east and 



''■>t. The west house is .almost sijuare. 



'ii'^ is new l)usinoss for me, but J am 



'"'I of the work. One of my green- 



'isfs is well adapted for \ iolets .and 



' '•'iiiiiiiis. Jn addition to the green 



■■i'~-|'s 1 liave a ;! acic laiin wlii«di 



'iiiiiis sanu'. wliich is good sandv loam. 



^^!int to use two-thirds of this for 



-'dai)lps and the remainder for 



'i ite\(.r you might suggest. The t'arm 



■"iJiiigcd umh'r the Skiuiu'r svstem. 



d^o have 400 hotbed sashes. ' What 



■ ''d you ad\ ise growiiii; in them.' 



!•:. S. 



'^ "II do not state what .■oiixcnient 



ikcts you lia\-e. but jiresuming that 



'" ''''ive one locally which c;in eon 



'"I' Jiiiything you may produce, you 



""''' do well 'lo restrict yourself to 



'"■ '"• two crops. Violets would be a 



'""' i-rop to grow. Trincess of Wales. 



,"-'''• •■Hid Lady nnnie C'ampltell, dou- 



'''■■ ''I'l' the l)est varieties. Tf vou de- 



■I'' to grow the doubles, jilant' a fair 



""'"'I' <if singles to ]iroviile sullicient 



lca\('s for bunching. Single violets 

 are over by the end of Mandi. and 

 doubles a month later. You could, if 

 you wish, jdant chrysanthemums to 

 follow them, in which case it would be 

 lU'cessary for you to reserve one house 

 for mum stock and propagating the 

 same. Cuttings for single stems shoidd 

 go in during May or the early part of 

 dune. if you grow early Tuums, or 

 <'\('n inidseuson ones, you could (de.in 

 tliem out in time for single \iolets, 

 which are benefited by one or two fi'ee/.- 

 ings l>efore housing. 



If, in lieu of chrysanthemums, you 

 |»referred some vegetabh- croji to fid 

 low^ violets you could bring along tomji 

 toes in pots and liave these of good size 

 to plant in as soon as the violets were 

 pulled out. of course manuring tlie beds 

 liber.ally first. I'se such tomatoes as 

 • 'oniet. Lister's J'rolific or l>(>st of All 

 for this purpose, ''ucundiers are an- 

 other \('getable crop y(ui could grow, 

 but tomatoes you would find of easier 

 culture. The fornu'r re(]uire a warm, 

 moist atmospliert>, the latter a warm, 

 dry and more* airy house. 



Your liotbed sashes could be utilized, 

 if desireiL lor single \iolets, wliich 

 would i;ive a he.avy spring crop, or they 

 could lie devoted to lettuce, radislies, 

 early beets, or sucdi other \egtdables 

 as youi- local marki^t calls for. 



Tf you jireferred to grow g(MMniunis 

 or other bediiiiig ]ilaids. your houses 

 wouM be suit.'ilde Uty thidr culture, and 



the coldl'ranu's would make it possible 

 for you to grow an innueiise (piaiitity of 

 asters and (dher annuals if desirecl. ()u 

 the ground outdoors sweet peas, asters 

 and gladioli are the three llowers for 

 which you would find the greatest call. 

 With the Skinner systtun in operation 

 you should be .able to proijuce excellent 

 crops <jf any of these. 



Single violets want an a\ erage night 

 temperature of -l() degrees in winter: 

 double violets, l-j degrees. (Geraniums 

 do w(dl .at 4.") to ."iO degrees. Tf siudi 

 Itedding plants as colons and alternaii- 

 thera are grown, tiO degrees is neces 

 sary. Tomatoes want tin degrees at 

 night and cucumbers ."> degrees higher 

 I'oi- best results. C. W. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. Samuel II. Luuiinis 

 lias been a|i| dinted recei\er for ]'.. .1;; 

 robs \ « '».. florists at lilt Third a\-e 

 nue, and will sei-\e without compi'ns.a 

 tion. The liaiiilities are >:i.',."itii ; th'' 

 ;i--cts are \alued at s^l.diKi. 



Murphysboro, IlL— .\pril ild < Lmde 

 Wisb'V sulfered ;i small loss of glass b\ 

 hail, some r.nd panes of glass out of 

 some .".."), 0(11) s(piare feet of glass beiuL: 

 broken. It see?ned to hail iu streak-, 

 the downtown plant sutVering the nmst. 

 while the new |d:ilit just romidi'teil ;i 

 mile from town es.-aped with li-litv- 

 two br(d<en liulit--. 



