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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_21_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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N'OVKMUKB 21, 1907r The Weekly Florists Review, i'j f! i -' -':' Azalea Mollis. While lieas grown than the omnipres- ent Indian azaleas, the mollis section is well worthy of being more grown by florists. Well-flowered plants are usu- ally quite a feature in the first three months of the year at all the better- class flower stores. It is not necessary for these to be potgrown. The plants always lift with substantial balls, and should be potted firmly. Their treat- ment need not differ greatly from that advised for lilacs, only the plants should never be grown in the dark. There are some beautiful shades of color in these azaleas, such as are unknown in the Azalea Indica group, and all are popular with flower buyers who know how to appreciate good things. Pot up any plants you may have bought or grown yourself. Keep cool and subjected to a little frost until you want to force them. Indiaa Azaleas. If azaleas wanted for Christmas are not already started, lose no time in get- ting them in a warm, moist house. It will only be possible to get in such early sorts as Hexe and Deutsche Perle at this late date, as Christmas is only a trifle over a month ahead. Keep any plants you are forcing well syringed in bright weather, and let the atmosphere in wMch they are growing be congenial and moist. As flowers get fairly well expanded, remove to a cooler house, not to one just clear of freezing, but rather where it is kept at 50 to 55 degrees at night. Lilies. If you are figuring on a good batch of lilies for Christmas they will need close attention during the next few weeks, and you will undoubtedly have to do considerable moving around to time them to a nicety. The sun power now decreases daily in marked contrast to what it is in March or April, when we are hurrying on our stock for Easter, and growth is now much slower than in the spring months. Do not allow aphis to secure any lodgment. Spray the plants freely and remove the most ad- vanced ones to slightly cooler quarters. Those you are forcing should have 70 degrees at night to send them along, and do not forget a dose of manure water once a week. Lilies for Easter, which comes much later next year, should be kept moderate- ly cool, and do not overwater them. Better keep a little on the dry side to be safe. Brief Remioders. Protect hybrid perpetual roses by drawing earth up to the stems. This is better than putting leaves and manure among them. ^ Hybrid tea roses will winter with earth protection in favored latitudes. In more rigorous sections it is better and safer to lift and bury them, or to heel deeply and quite thickly in a coldframe. Get antirrhinums planted as the mums are cleared away. Sweet peas also make a good successional crop. Keep stevia cool. The flowers are specially valuable at Christmas and dur- ing January. Start a batch of French Trumpet Major narcissi, and if La Eeine tulips are well started, bring in a batch. Keep • them dark to draw up the stems for a time. Keep the early sweet peas carefully tied up. The night temperature for them
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Chrysanth'Qium O. H. Broomfiead. is better kept below 50 degrees at night. Do not forget to save plenty of chrys- anthemum stock for yourself. Give the plants a light bench in a cold house. Give more room to Lorraine begonias, which are now growing fast. A tempera- ture of 55 degrees is high enough as the flowers open. Lift any roots of doubtfully hardy perennials, and place winter protection over those requiring it. Keep berried solanums in a cokl house if you want them in good condition for Christmas. Put Gladiolus Colvillei, The Bride and any of the nanus section in flats as soon as you receive them. Keep in a cool pit, but do not cover with ashes or other material, as they start to grow very, early. CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. '^ork of the Committees. Cincinnati, Nov. 16.—Miss Sadie Stremler, light yellow, sport of Queen, exhibited by T. L. Metcalfe, Hopkihs- ville, Ky., scored 72 points commercial scale. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 16.—Lynn- wood Hall, white, Japanese incurved, exhibited by William Kleinheinz, Ogontz, Pa., scored 89 points commercial and 86 points exhibition scale. David Fraser, Soc 'y. I CONSIDER the. Review of too great value to have it out of my reach when I want reliable information.—George W. Fagan, Cedar Falls, la. BOSTON. The Market. Something of a pall continues to over- hang the flower market, and a good deal of pessimistic talk is heard as to the trade during the coming winter. Condi- tions, if anything, show a trifling im- provement, but continue the reverse of satisfactory. While chrysanthemums are still arriving in goodly numbers, they arc dominating the market less than they did. There is no change to be recorded in prices for these, although some ad- vance is anticipated for Thanksgiving. Some nice flowers of Chadwick, Penn- sylvania, Enguehard, Nagoya, Faton and ito yellow sport are seen". Bonnaffon and its white sport are stUl much in evidence. Roses are doing a little better, but prices are not what they should be. Beauties are fine and special grades are selling ii little higher. The same is true of the best quality blooms of Killarney, Wellesley, Chatenay and Richmond. Carnations are in heavy supply, with a slightly hardening tendency in prices due to the approach of Thanksgiving. Violets remain about the same. Paper White narcissus conies from several growers, but is not yet in much demand. Lily of the valley is not abundant, but suffwMent for the light calls. Lilies and callas are more plentiful. Other flowers arriving include bouvardia, mignonette, snapdragon and gardenias. There is a fair call for smilax, adiantum and as- paragus. Thanksgiving prospects at this tinif do

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