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Title: Florists' review (microform)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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Febuuarv 2, 1911. The Weekly Florists^ Review. 23 of the bloom, which is described as shell pink outside, shading deeper toward the center, which is a creamy yellow. During the hot weather the yellow center is less prominent and the color of the blooms resembles that of an Enchantress carna- tion. Mrs. Aaron Ward. This rose, often erroneously called Mrs. Humphry Ward, was sent out by the French firm, Pernet-Ducher, in 1907, and was first listed in America by the E. G. Hill Co., Richmond, Ind., from whom William Elliott procured his original stock. He planted it on a small scale, and during the season of 1908-9 sold it in small quantities in Boston. The color took people's fancies at once, so that a much larger lot was planted last summer, and some thousands are now growing and blooming profusely at Madbury, N. H. The color of the flower can best be de- scribed as a rich Indian yellow, occa- sionally suffused or washed with salmon rose. The flower is full and the petals are of excellent substance. Mr. Elliott has shipped consignments as far as At- lanta, Ga., where they were received in first-class shape. The foliage is note- worthy on account of its rich, shiny ap- pearance and standing out so stiffly. The plant with Mr. Elliott has proved an excellent grower and continuous bloomer, carrying plenty of 18-inch stems. A number of growers of young stock for the trade were attracted to the variety by Mr. Elliott's success with it and it is being heavily propagated this season. Badiance. Radiance is really a last season's novelty, but the stock of John Cook, Baltimore, was so small that it could not be widely distributed in its first year. The big growers have it now and are pushing it. Radiance is a seedling of Cardinal, the color a brilliant carmine pink with a silvery lining; flowers large, carried on long, stiff stems. It has proved a fairly constant bloomer. TUBEROSES IN THE SOUTH. In The Review of January 19, page 13, H. & L. ask what varieties of tube- roses are best adapted to the Texas coast country. The kind that is now grown most extensively in the terri- tory mentioned is what is known here, a!, Austin, as Mexican Everblooming, a single variety. There are no double kinds that do well here, and the Mexi- can Everblooming is used almost ex- flusively for summer cut flowers. A. J. Seiders. ASTEES UNDEB GLASS. If I sow aster seed now and plant them in the greenhouse, can T cut them in June? I never grew any in the house before. If it can be done, please let me know what kind is best for green- house purposes. I have always planted the late branching sorts. J. W. O. You can grow excellent asters under glass and by sowing seed of one of the early varieties now can cut flowers in June. Sow the seeds in shallow flats in a temperature of 60 degrees. Trans- plant before they become crowded and plant directly into the benches, as you would chrysanthemums or carnations, using the same soil. The best and freest flowering early aster is Queen of the Market. This carries 12-inch stems and is unusually productive. Allow the
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Rose Mri. Aaron Warcl. plants 8x10 inches in the benches if you plant this variety. Early Wonder, of the Comet type, and Dawn are other early sorts, but flower less freely than Queen of the Market. Asters under glass like a light house and not too much heat; 50 degrees at night after planting is sufficient. You must keep the benches well and frequently scratched over while the asters occupy them, and never maintain a stuffy at- mosphere. To secure large flowers, re- duce the number per plant; as a rule, however, the medium and ordinary qual- ity of flowers are most useful to the country florist. C. W. SALVIAS FBOM SEED. Tlie demand for salvias has become phenomenal. There is always a large demand for these beautiful, showy flow- ers. Time was when one could take a few cuttings of these plants in the fall and then, by carefully propagating and handling these, could get up a reason- able stock by spring. The writer has found, however, that growing salvias from seed is much more satisfactory. Clara Bedman, the best of the many varieties, is the one that should be grown most extensively. The seed of this variety is worth about $2.25 per ounce, and one ounce of seed should produce 4,000 to 5,000 plants. These, at 50 cents a dozen, will be more profit- able than plants produced from cuttings and sold at a better price, and gener- ally seedlings are the inore satisfactory. In the vicinity of Chicago, salvia seed should be sown by the end of Jan- uary. The seed bench should be lo- cated where ventilation can be given freely. The soil should be a good grade of sandy loaui, the surface of which should be nicely smoothed. The seed should be sown in rows and carefully covered with a mixture of fine, sandy loam and sifted fibrous peat. In a tem perature of .")(• degrees the seed should germinate in about three weeks; how- ever, it may be four weeks or more be- fore all are up. Some care must be taken in the watering; keep the soil moderately moist. When all are nicely up, pot up into thumb pots. If condi- tions are favorable, many of these will b(> ready for a shift before planting- ont time; these will be worth more than •lO cents a dozen. ►Salvias, when grown in this way aud properly priced, are a highly profitable crop. When the merits of the plants are thoroughly known, there is no rea- son why every community of 10,000 in- haliitanfs should not use 4,000 plants. W. C. Kaber. Portsmouth, Va.—The Portsmouth lioral Co., on High street, reports a large increase of trade during the last year. Waterbury, Conn.—Alexander Dallas is building greenhouses on the prop- erty which he recently purchased at Mill Plain.

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