March 13, 1013. 



The Florists^ Review 



29 



An Easter Plant Gmibioation of Hyclran|;eas and Rotes. 



hold them in the beat possible condition 

 for Easter. Frau Karl Druschki, Sun- 

 burst, Killarney, Brunner and Magna 

 Charta are among the favorites in these 

 classes. Hold plants which are well ex- 

 panded in a cold, shaded house, but 

 avoid cold air currents, which are al- 

 ways liable to produce mildew. 



Oenlstas. 



No matter whether grown naturally, 

 trimly sheared, or as standards, genistas 

 make popular Easter plants. They are 

 not good house plants when compared 

 with rambler roses, azaleas or spiraeas, 

 one week usually completely finishing 

 them in a warm room. They sell well, 

 however, and stand quite a low tempera- 

 ture without showing any ill effects. 

 They are easy plants to pack, as they 

 can be pulled together closely without 

 being damaged in the least. Do not 

 place these in the store too many at a 

 time, for it does not take many days to 

 give them a jaded appearance. Do not 

 stint them on water j they need an 

 abundant supply.. 



Hydrangeas. 



Hydrangeas do not sell so freely at 

 Easter as at Memorial day. Until re- 

 cently H. Otaksa has been the only form 

 of hortensis much in evidence in the 

 plant markets, but the newer French 

 hybrids are catching on wonderfully. 

 Mme. Emile Mouillere is a beautiful 

 white, Mousseline has mauve rose flow- 

 ers, Bouquet Eose is a bright pink, Mile, 

 de Tremault a superb white. General de 

 Vibraye is a bright rose and La Lor- 

 raine is rose, turning bright pink. These 

 are half a dozen new sorts which will 

 be considerably in evidence in future 

 years. Hydrangeas can hardly be 'over- 

 watered and it will pay to keep saucers 

 below them to prevent drying out. 



Azaleas. 



There are always heavy sales of aza- 

 leas at Easter, and both the colored and 

 white varieties take well. The double 

 white Niobe now takes the lead over 

 Deutsche Perle, which latter is supreme 

 in its color for Christmas. Apollo, 

 double scarlet; Simon Mardner, double 

 pink; Varvseneana, Paul Weber, -?5Te- 



fly. Empress of India and Vander Cruys- 

 sen, to say nothing of the newer varie- 

 ties, are good sorts to carry. There are 

 some sorts with colors somewhat out of 

 the beaten track, rosy lilac or lavender, 

 particularly, which critical customers 

 will buy in preference to the varieties 

 most commonly offered. Few plants are 

 more generally satisfactory than aza- 

 leas in the dwelling. With a little 

 picking over they are easily kept pre- 

 sentable for two or three weeks, which 

 is longer than the general run of Easter 

 plants last. 



Acacias. 



Of all the hard-wooded plants, none 

 are more beautiful than the acacias. 

 Outside of A. paradoxa (armata) they 

 are not offered at so low prices as other 

 hard-wooded stock, their culture being 

 more difficult. Quite a few varieties are 

 now offered commercially. The peerless 

 A. pubescens is seen only in limited 

 quantities and many more could be sold. 

 Armata, pendula, heterophylla, Biceana, 

 cultriformis and Bailey ana all. make 

 good Easter plants. In the case of A. 

 armata the flowers should not be too 

 much open prior to Easter; once the 

 flowers become brown they spoil the ap- 

 pearance of the plant, and in order to 

 make such plants salable these discol- 

 ored flowers should be removed. Never 

 allow acacias to become dry, and ad- 

 vise customers purchasing them to give 

 them a liberal water supply; also, if 

 they want to keep them in fresh condi- 

 tion as long as possible, to give them 

 as cool a room as they can. 



Spiraeas. 



For purchasers of moderate means, 

 spiraeas are always popular. They can 

 be profitably grown and sold at a com- 

 paratively low price and make a really 

 satisfactory house plant provided they 

 get an ample water supply. While many 

 plants will keep sufficiently moist with 

 one good watering a day in the average 

 living room, spiraeas must have two 

 soakings or they will shrivel up. In 



A Well Proportioned Arrangement of Easter Plants. 



