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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_27_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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Febbuaby 2, 1011. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 25 sown now and kept growing can be flowered by June. The needs of asters in regard to soil and temperature under glass closely resemble those of the mums. In five inches of soil they will flower finely. Queen of the Market, also called Queen of the Earlies, is a prolific early variety. Fink, white and lavender are the popular shades. Un- less flowers of extra size are wanted, it does not pay to disbud. The plants must have a light house, and no shade at any time. If allowed 8x10 inches apart, they will do nicely. There are some other early varieties listed, such as Early Wonder, Dawn, etc., which may be well worthy of a trial, but Queen of the Market is the best grower and freest bloomer of all the early sorts yet tried. TO GET THE MOST SUNLIGHT. In which of the following directions should a greenhouse run, in order to get the direct sunlight the greatest num- ber of hours per day: Straight east and west, northeast to southwest or northwest to southeast 1 W. H. W. A greenhouse that runs east and west gets the most benefit from the sun, espe- cially during the winter months, when full sunshine is most needed. A house running either northeast to southwest or northwest to southeast gets more shade from the rafters, especially one running in the latter direction. W. H. T. PAPER WHITES AND EOIMANS. Can Roman hyacinths and Paper White narcissi be used for bedding pur- poses? The temperature here in Ne- braska varies from 50 degrees above zero to 20 degrees below zero during the winter season. Is it worth while to plant bulbs of the above-mentioned kinds that have been forced? A. C. T. Neither of these bulbs would be of any value for bedding in your cold state. Both are much more tender than the Dutch bulbs. Their only value is for forcing under glass. In the warm states, where light frosts only occur, they can be bedded with fair success. Old bulbs of both Romans and Paper Whites are of absolutely no value for planting the second season. C. W. BOSTON. The Market. Business last week showed a real, old- time boom. Dull weather materially re- duced supplies and nearly everything arriving was cleaned out in short order. The present week sees a continuation of good trade and ice chests with whole- salers and at the markets have rarely contained fewer leftovers. The rose scarcity has been quite acute and it will lie some days before an adequate supply arrives. Prices have advanced, even short-stemmed flowers bringing $6 per hundred. Good Beauties are in short supply and selling at high prices. Kil- larney and Richmond are quickly snapped up. Mrs. Aaron Ward sells as well as ever; even the despised Bride and Maid have been wanted. Carna- tions are in better supply than roses, but there is no surplus and prices are a little higher than a week ago. A few days will, however, bring about a de- <'line. Violets are selling better and sweet
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Rose Lady Hillingdon. peas are making more satisfactory prices. The early fall and winter sow- ings are on the wane and later sowings are not yet in good season. Bulbous flowers are more abundant, but there is no glut as yet and prices have ruled better on these than a year ago. Quite a few double Von Sions are now ar- riving. Lily of the valley is about the only flower which is in oversupply. More of this is being marketed than in a long time. Mignonette is now good and antirrhinums are seen with much stronger flower stalks. English prim- roses are a welcome addition to the miscellaneous flowers. Forget-me-not is more plentiful. Cattleyas are quite abundant, with prices showing a sagging tendency. Triana" is now about the only variety seen. Quite a few La-lia anceps are seen, including the white variety. Cyp- ripedium insigne is nearly over. Gar- denias are not abundant. The demand for green stock has been good. Various Notes. I recently called on J. H. Leach & Son, North Easton, to see their new pink seedling carnation. It is the result of a cross between Boston Market and one of their own seedlings. In color it is identical with Fair Maid, but it has a fuller and better formed flower. It appears to be prolific, every shoot run- ning up to flower, with no useless grass. A number of plants counted were car- rying eighteen flowering shoots each, and they were not the first produced, bv any moans. At the Boston Cooperative Market this variety brings top-notch price. Leach & Son have some 6,000 cuttings in flats or the cutting bench and will plant it more heavily next season. Beacon, Winsor, White Perfec- tion and Lawson were all carrying ex- cellent crops. Sweet peas ten feet high were good and had been producing flowers since early fall. Tliousands of freesias of excellent quality were noted in flats. Formosa lilies here, as else- where, were badly diseased. J. H. Loach is now in his eightieth year and wonderfully active for his age. It is only a few months since he ceased sell- ing his own flowers at the market daily, a bad fall, from which he still feels some effects, compelling him to stay more at home and leave the selling to otliers. At H. R. Comloy's last week were noted some nice plants of the sweet- scented Mahernia odorata, chorozemas, cyclamens of the Papilio type, rhodo- dendrons, English primroses and Lffilia anceps alba. Alfred N. Eaton, of South Sudbury, is consigning fine flowers of White Per- fection, Winsor, Beacon and Queen car- nations to B. ,J. McGinty at the Boston Cooperative Market. F. H. Houghton, at his Boyleston street store, has some finely flowered prunus, rhododendrons and lilacs, also good hybrid amaryllis. .1. J. Casey, at the Rosarv, Clarendon street, now receives the entire pick of (ioorge E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H. Mr. Buxton's carnations are always of first- <'lass quality. They include Granite State. Pink Beauty and other seedlings.

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