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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Max 16, 1013. 



celebrated in history. Senator Taylor 

 was three times governor of this state. 

 We made and delivered this design in 

 two hours. The price was $200." 



CINEBARIA SEED. 



I wish to get information on getting 

 seed from cinerarias. I have a choice 

 one I want to get seed from. Must I 

 keep it separate from others, and will 

 bees mix them? I had a few plants left 

 over last year that I set off at the end 

 of a bench. These dropped their seeds, 

 which came up by the hundred, but 1 

 did not use them, as I do not want to 

 bring along any doubtful stock. I 

 thought if one will fertilize itself I 

 would like to get the seed, L, P. , 



Bees and other insects will fertilize^^ 

 cinerarias freely. They are not easy' 

 plants to fix true to color. Particularly " 

 is this true of the star section or stellata ; 

 type. The large-flowered varieties are, 

 less sporty and if your plant had b£en-_ 

 isolated before the flowers opened and '' 

 the plant had been protected by fitt^ j 

 gauze to exclude insects you would 

 probably get many of the seedlings'^tQ 

 come true. If, however, this plant is 

 now flowering with others, seed from it 

 will probably give you^ wide rang<!*of 

 colors. ^ .'<f-' C. "W, 





SUPPLEMENTING THE OLASi 



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Use of Hotbeds. 



Greenhouse space is again at some- 

 thing of a premium. Growth at this 

 season is rapid and plants need spacing 

 apart quite frequently if they are to be 

 shapely and well furnished. It is some- 

 thing of a blessing to know that in cold- 

 frames and hotbeds we have one satis- 

 factory and substantial means of re- 

 lieving the pressure in the houses. For 

 such plants as coleus, alternantheras, 

 achyranthes, acalyphas and other 

 warmth-loving subjects, hotbeds are 

 even better than greenhouses at this 

 season. A thick bed of manure is not 

 necessary; a few inches mixed with 

 leaves, well moistened and thoroughly 

 tramped, Avill give a nice, genial heat in 

 which the plants named simply revel. 



Pots can be partly plunged to save 

 watering. For rooting late batches of 

 cuttings nothing is equal to hotbeds and 

 growth in them is much more rapid 

 than in greenhouses. Due care must 

 be taken in airing and watering and 

 they should be closed up so as to bottle 

 up a brisk heat each afternoon. On 

 cool nights a covering of mats may still 

 be necessary. 



' ' Use of Coldframes. 



(IJoldframes should now be utilized to 

 their fullest capacity for bedding plants 

 of the hardier varieties. Stocks, asters, 



ageratums, geraniums, petunias, vincas, 

 verbenas and many other sorts are bet- 

 ter now in these than in the green- 

 houses. Bather than stand them on » 

 bed of cinders, lay a few inches of 

 old mushroom manure or some other 

 fine manure on the bottom to allow of 

 partly plunging the pots and thus re- 

 duce the number of waterings needed. 

 Pull off the sashes on hot days. Leave 

 a good crack of air on during warm 

 nights, but keep them closed on cold 

 ones. All the- plants in frames are 

 close to the light and are thus harder 

 and stockier than when kept in the 

 greenhouses. 



' CEMETERY 



BEDDING 



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M9RE ABOUT OBAVE PLANTING. 



-> At BosebiU Cemetery, Chicago. 



The Eeview of ^ay 2 contained pic- 

 tures of four specinjena of carpet bed- 

 ding as seen in a Chicago cemetery, 

 and the pictures were accompanied 

 with such explanations and descriptions 

 as seeme<f necessary. This presentation 

 of the subject attracted so much notice, 

 and was welcomed by the readers with 

 so many expressions of interest and 

 approval, as to indicate clearly that a 

 second installment of the pictures would 

 be acceptable. Three more samples of 

 the bedding, therefore, are here illus- 

 trated, for what issue of the paper 

 could be more suitable for the discus- 

 sion of such a theme than the Memo- 

 rial day edition? 



As stated in the previous article, the 

 cemetery bedding under consideration 

 is the work of John Fruetz, one of the 

 gardeners employed at Eosehill ceme- 

 tery, Chicago. Though a young man. 



he has already attained undoubted skill 

 in his art. Last summer, therefore, 

 when the season's bedding had been 

 completed, The Keview sent a pho- 

 tographer to Eosehill to obtain some 

 views of the beds. And last year's 

 photographs are just what are needed 

 now for timely illustration, while pho- 

 tographs taken this year would be too 

 late to be of practical use in this year '» 

 business. This is only one of many 

 instances where the horticultural paper, 

 in order to secure seasonable matter for 

 its columns, must begin preparations in 

 the previous season; in order to be on 

 time, it must start a year ahead of 

 time. 



The Busy Month of June. 



This season's carpet bedding has not 

 yet been commenced at Eosehill, and it 

 is not likely that much, if any, of it 

 will be done during the present month. 

 Alternantheras and some other foliage 

 plants stand almost anything better 

 than a chilly atmosphere. * ' Xothing 



Carpet Bed, With Heart ia Center, at Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago. 



