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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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12 The Weekly Florists^ Review* Deckmbeii 19, 1»07. :•/';•: a turn in a nursery where 100,000 bulbs of this were grown annually. They were placed thickly together in boxes, which were piled one on another and covered with ashes outdoors. Before the foli- age was too crowded, the bulbs were placed in 4i/i>-in(h pots, and had a ready sale at a good price. This is a rough- and-ready method of tulip growing, but it answered well, and should be worth adopting where labor is scarce and space at a preininm. SEASONABLE
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SUGGESTIONS Winter Protection. Where the needful winter protection has not yet been given, it would be well to afford it as soon as possible. We may expect zero temperatures with some regii- larity, notwithstanding all predictions of weather sharps about a mild winter. Pan- sies winter very well outdoors in many places in the coldest eastern states if on well drained ground where no water will lie, and mulched lightly with leaves or straw kept in position by hemlock or pine boughs. A heavy covering is hurtful; so merely cover the plants. Similar protec- tion should be given hollyhocks and any other biennials or perennials of doubtful hardiness. Khododendrons, more especially the Ca- tawbiense hybrids, need protection for a few years after being planted in the colder states, and in very severe locations will require covering every winter. A heavy mulching of leaves, well packed in among the bushes, will keep the roots moist and prevent their becoming frozen. A framework covering of evergreen boughs above the tops of the rhododen- drons makes an ideal protection. The great damage comes late in the winter, when we get severe frosts followed by warm, bright days. This is the time when the covering is of the greatest service. There are a number of so-called ironclad American hybrids, all Catawbiense hy- brids raised in Europe, which, once well established and given some shade from the morning sun, will not need protec- tion. Such sorts as Delicatissimum, Al- bum elegans, Eoseum elegans, Everestia- num, Charles Dickens, C. S. Sargent, Ket- tledrum, Caractacus and some others are included in this list. Preparing Christmas Plants. All florists do a considerable pot plant trade at Christmas, if at all, especially if the weather is not too severe. All salable plants should be gotten into as present- able a shape as possible. Scrub pots clean; dirty pots are aniabomination and any.one sending out such to customers de- serves a severe calling down. Do any nec- essary staking and remove dead or dying foliage. Even a plant but moderately well grown looks presentable under these conditions. If you have a small division you can use in which to display your best pot plants, all the better. Even a bench with a nice assortment will be more apt to create buying than the same plants would be if scattered here and there over your establishment. While flowering plants take precedence over foliage varieties at Christmas, there is usually some call for palms, Boston and other forns, araucarias, ficus and other sorts. Ferns in shallow pans for tables are gpnerally in demand, as are the same pans if filled with colored leaved plants in variety. These should have been filled some days ago. Light and graceful palms, such as Cocos Wed- delliana, make suitable subjects for cen- terpieces. See that the leaves are clean on all foliaged plants. Christmas weather is a variable quan- tity, some years below zero and probably a year later warm enough for frogs to peep and bluebirds to sing. In all like- lihood, however, plants you sell will re- quire wrapping up, and in sharp, frosty weather use plenty of paper and see that no plants are allowed to go out if insuf- ficiently protected. Your customers have Tlie editor Is plsased ^vhen a Reader presents Ills Ideas on any subject treated In r\/WB:

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