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The Florists* Review 



NOTEMBEB 21, 1912. 



all right where plants have died out, 

 however, as a catch crop. Bulbs of the 

 large flowering varieties, such as May, 

 Augusta, Shakespeare, America and 

 Mrs. Francis King, can be planted as 

 soon as received. Do not use any fresh 

 manure in the compost for them. They 

 like a good soil, such as will grow good 

 roses or carnations, and a night tem- 

 perature of 50 degrees. They will do 

 well in a lower temperature, but should 

 not have over 52 degrees at night in 

 winter. 



The planting made early in Decem- 

 ber will flower during the first half of 

 April. Some may be later. You can 

 plant a succession batch in January to 

 follow these, and for Memorial day 

 trade the end of February is sufficient- 

 ly early to plant. Cover the corms 

 three inches. 



The small bulbed gladioli of the Col- 

 villei and nanus types, such as Col- 

 villei The Bride, Peach Blossom, Blush- 

 ing Bride and others, arrive here about 

 October 1. Planted at that time, they 

 do not bloom before the latter part of 

 March. While they can be planted in 

 benches, they do equally well in flats 

 containing four or five inches of soil, 

 and the latter is the more economical 

 way to handle them. C. W. 



CALLA LEAVES SPOTTED. 



Will you please tell me why my calla 

 lily leaves get brown and white spots 

 on them and what to do for them? 



C. G. 



Probably some defective squares of 

 glass have caused the spots on the 

 leaves. Try to locate these and either 

 remove them or give them a light coat- 

 ing of shading to prevent further 

 burning. C. W. 



BULBS SOOTING POORLY. 



I have my bulbs all potted and they 

 seem to grow above ground without 

 making much roet growth. They are 

 stored in a cool cellar, which is quite 

 close and which is opened from the top 

 every night to change the air. Several 

 varieties of tulips have made one and 

 one-half inches. All the tulips are 

 planted in flats in four or four and one- 

 half inches of soil and placed on racks. 

 They were well watered when planted, 

 which was about four weeks ago. Today 

 I broke vent holes in the wall of the 

 cellar and gave more water. Up to the 

 present time the temperature has been 

 about 40 to 44 degrees. I am in hopes 

 that the temperature will be lowered 

 now. What other remedy would you 

 suggest for holding the bulbs back? 



W. E. J. 



The plan you have adopted of stack- 

 ing your bulb flats in racks is not one 

 that I can recommend. They should 

 rathef be on the floor of a cellar, pit or 

 coldframe, standing on sand or cinders, 

 and after being well soaked with water 

 they should be given a covering of three 

 or four inches of loam, saml or fine coal 

 ashes. I like the latter in a cellar, as 

 it is more cleanly than loam, but in 

 coldframes the loam covering answers 

 well. Of course, all bulbs do not need 

 covering. Paper AVhite narcissi, gladi- 

 oli, Spanish iris, ixias, sparaxis, tri- 

 tonias and sweet-scented jonquils are 

 exceptions, but all tulips and hyacinths 

 and practically all narcissi like a cool 

 bottom and a covering of some kind 

 over the tops of the flats or pans. Bidbs 



treated thus have a more uniform mois- 

 ture at the roots and are also cooler 

 than when stacked up in tiers. The 

 soil in your flats will dry out too much 

 and no doubt needs another soaking 

 watering now. I would advise standing 

 them on the cellar floor; or, if that can- 

 not be done, dig a pit outside where 

 water will not stand and, after water- 

 ing, cover with soil. Later protect with 

 leaves or straw to exclude frost. 



C. W. 



DAPHNE INDICA. 



Can you or any of your readers in- 

 form me where I can procure plants 

 or cuttings of the greenhouse daphne? 

 I mean Daphne odorata. I have asked 

 several florists and looked through all 

 the catalogues I have, biit cannot find 

 it. Surely someone still grows it. 



H. J. S. 



The greenhouse daphne, usually 

 called Indica, but also D. odorata, is 

 not offered in any American catalogue, 

 so far as I have searched. A number 

 of European firms, however, offer it, 

 including James Veitch & Sons, Chel- 

 sea, London, England; Stuart Low & 

 Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, England, 

 and V. B. Gauntlett & Co., Chidding- 

 fold, Surrey, England. 



This delightfully scented old plant is 

 occasionally seen here in fiorists ' stores, 

 where it is quickly sold. In the west 

 and southwest of England and also in 

 parts of the west of Scotland and Ire- 

 land this plant is found growing out- 

 doors in sheltered locations, where it 

 blooms as early as January. C. W. 



DAYTON, O. 



The Market. 



Last week 's business was somewhat 

 of an improvement over the week 

 previous. Chrysanthemums seem to 

 carry the day, while roses and carna- 

 tions in many respects are compelled 

 to take a back seat. Chrysanthemums 

 in the pompon varieties will be over 

 with this week, but the extremely large 

 varieties are just coming in. It is gen- 

 erally expected that until the chrysan- 

 themum season closes, stock in other 

 lines will be in poor demand. Gigan- 

 teum lilies, though not overabundant, 

 are in good supply and sell well. An 

 improvement in the quality of violets 

 is quite noticeable, while sweet peas 

 are again putting in their appearance. 



Various Notes. 



George Bartholomew, who for the last 

 ten years has been manager of the 

 Miami Floral Co., expects to go into 

 business for himself. Mr. Bartholomew 

 came to Dayton from Chicago, where he 

 was employed by the George Wittbold 

 Co., while i)revious to his connection 

 with this company he was engaged in 

 business at Irving Park, Chicago. J. W. 

 Rodgers, who for the last seven years 

 was superintendent of the Cincinnati 

 parks, has bought a controlling interest 

 in the company and will become its 

 manager. 



Finlay Neibert has just moved into 

 his fine new homo on Sprague street. 



Miss Amy Ewing, who has been ail- 

 ing for the last several months, is again 

 able to be back at her post. 



George Lamport, of Xenla, while out 

 hunting last week sprained his ankle. 



C. F. Mahan has recently purchased 

 fifteen acres of land, which he will de- 



vote to growing flowers and vegetables. 



Mrs. Elizabeth Young is again able 

 to sit up a little each day. 



Jos. I. Schaeffer and Elmer Jenkins 

 took a few days off last week and com 

 bined business and pleasure. They vis- 

 ited P. O. Coblentz, of New Madison, 

 O., who is the originator of three of our 

 best gladioli — Mrs. Francis King, Vel- 

 vet King and Idella. The pleasure part 

 of their trip was a turtle hunt, which 

 resulted in the capture of eleven turtles. 



M. Anderson spent several days at his 

 store in Cleveland this week. 



H. H. Bitter is convalescing from a 

 severe attack of the grip. 



Arno Hendrich has just returned from 

 an extended eastern trip. 



Claude Leslie, who for the last three 

 years has been with the Miami Floral 

 Co., has taken a position with the Na- 

 tional Cash Register Co. 



Visitors: Henry Ehrhardt, of Sidney, 

 O.; A. J. Eckert, of the Cleveland 

 Florists' Exchange, Cleveland; E. W. 

 Mendenhall, deputy nursery inspector, 

 Columbus; I. Bosnosky, of H. F. Michell 

 Co., Philadelphia; A. F. Longren, of 

 Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chcago. 



R. A. L. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Maicket. 



Indian summer played another week 

 to "capacity" houses. In other words, 

 it was not until November 16 that the 

 curtain was rung down on the most 

 open fall the New York cut flower mar 

 ket has ever known. All day Saturday 

 the legitimate trade, the Brooklyn 

 plungers and the department stores 

 were carting away wagon loads of 

 flowers, and yet there were oceans of 

 them left, especially chrysanthemums. 

 Even the football game at Princeton 

 seemed to have had no special influence 

 on the abnormal supply of mums and 

 violets. Finer stock of both never 

 reached New York, and yet values were 

 far below the prices that prevailed a 

 year ago. Now that clear, crisp, sea- 

 sonable weather is here, if it stays, a 

 steady improvement is anticipated and, 

 with the aid of the publicity methods, 

 an old-time Thanksgiving is expected. 

 There will be an abundance of every- 

 thing for the holiday. 



This week we have the horse show, 

 and society should lift orchid values 

 from the rut. The opera season has 

 begun, numberless weddings, dinners, 

 receptions and debutante dances are an 

 nounced, and the leading retailers all 

 declare they are busy. There seems 

 nothing in the way of a brilliant fall 

 and winter for the florist. 



Retail windows everywhere in the 

 big city are ablaze with color, and 

 made seductively enchanting by artistic 

 blendings and daily changes. Never 

 has the value of attractive window 

 dressing been so emphasized. 



Prices of everything are at bottom 

 levels. The change must be for the 

 better and upward. A few of the prize 

 50-cent mums, unnamed^ or of this 

 year's introduction, are still arriving, 

 the fall flower shows being over and 

 the market the only outlet for them. 

 Violets are now arriving in unlimited 

 quantity, and the quality is tiptop; there 

 must have been over a million of them 

 here Saturday. Some of the specialists 

 received over forty boxes. Single vio 

 lets have grown in popularity this sea 

 son. The call for autumn foliage has 



