Florists' review (microform) (1912) (16493459138)

Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_24_2 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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iliKK 14. l'.K)!». The Weekly Florists^ Review* n l.r 111. \ i- Mr !(■■ t- • li ! 1 III II. iir. tliss • (■(>!, and it' nioro, all the better. Berried Plants. til Thanksgiving and Christmas, j.iliv at the latter holiday, there 11 call for berried plants. Of ; of the best sellers is the easily liristmas pej)per. As an indi- i.iiit it is not specially attractive, ,x,.s or ))ans, with some low green .round their base, they make up well. They do not sell well un- I iiiits are fairly well ripened and i^c has been retained. A sunny . :i temperature of 50 to GO de- ll suit them. As the fruit ripens, ■ 111 into cooler quarters. A low lire is liable to cause the foliage these being less hardy than the III I'herries (Solanum Capsicas- -,iI:iiHuns should now have some of 1 lies riiKMiing. Those lifted from , 11 ground will be much more heav- rifil than the ))ot-grown ones. They ! n'cjuire a warm house; in fact, . iiiist be kei)t quite cool to hold them mI shajie for ('liristmas. Anything i' freezing will suffice; even a few r.. ■i;i crenidata is an extremely good i-iiiiMS plant. It is of slow growth aniiot be sold at any such low price M;i;ifrs or Jerusalem cherries, but i\ <ustomers prefer the ardisias, 1^ III their being less common, having uircn foliage and carrying their fruit -11 many months. They are unsalable III fruit is not well colored. Let the '- liave a temperature of 60 degrees tiill sun. Spray at least once a day ;i ttiem clean, and use liquid manure -iiMKilly. They will stand more heat I 11 ther berried jilants, but can be ' ;iiite cool after the fruit is ripe. Poinsettias. 'ill- we ha\i' so far had an excep- ily warm and favorable fall, prac- 'y immune from frost, these condi- '•aniiot continim nuudi longer. With iri\al of cold, sunless iuul damp • 1. any poinsettias still remaining IS or in coldframes should be ! \\ licre they can get some fire heat. Mil li()us(> is not necessary; 50 to 5.5 s at night will keep the plants 1!^' nicely and will not draw them ~ will a temperature 10 degrees ■ Careful watering will retain tlu; ■ down to the surface of the )iots ■HIS. I'oinsettias with leaves to their •^ill sell much better tiiau bare- •d ones with a variety of green d plants tucked among them to 'lii'ir nakedness. Is being grown in beds or benches 'ting are now growing fast. As ;'<rrnits, stake uj) the strongest It is im;)ortant that these be Maight. The bracts will begin to n November, after which time and iht'v ;ire (hnclopcd warmer treat- "^ <lesirable. .\void heavy fumiga- ^^liere poinsettias are being grown, '■avy loss of leaves is likely to occur. Dahlias. ^'s have already cut the d.aiilias 111 many jilaces, and inquiries as to '" dig and where to store them reach ^<'ry mail. There is no immediate about cutting the stems down as ■IS they are frozen. It is, in fact. ' ' • <lelay so doing for a few davs.
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Cattleya Citrini, the Tulip Orchid. Killing frosts are usually tollowc'd by spells of warm, sunny weather, which will dry up the frozen stems, and there will he less bleeding if a few days elajtse be forc^ cutting the stems down to within six or eight inches of the soil. Lifting should be done on a clear, sunny day, so that tli(> tubers can be thor oughly dried before being placed in the ccll;ii- or shed where they are to be win tereil. lie careful not to cut or break the tidiers in digging. A careless workman will Soon spoil a lot of dalilias. I'or winter (piarters a dry cellar, where thei'e is little or no fire heat and where jiota- toes will keeji well, should be all right for dahlias. He sure, after lifting, to tie the labels securely to tlu' stems of the plants, ^'ome growers pack their roots in sawdust or dry s.'ind and they ke(>p well tre;it(Ml thus. Erica Melanthera. The (lower buds are now (;ui1e jiromi nent on the Krica melanthera. Xo other \ariety blooms over so long a jieriod, it being ))ossible to s(>cure bloonung plants from Th.'inksgiving until Kaster. or even later. A batcli placed in ;i light linuse now, and kept at 45 to 50 degre(>s at night, will come .along for eitlier Thanks giving or (liristmas. If the plants are in flower at the earlier il.ate and do not sell, they will easily keep in line condi- tion for Christmas in a cool house, lie ■always sure tli.at ericas do not suffer from dryness at the root. Hard wooded )p;aMls .-ire seriously injured and often killed by ;i single se\ere drying out. CATTLEYA CITRINA. <'attleya citrina is totally unlike any others of the genus. The px'iido bulbs are compaiatively simill. ov.il in shape and silvi'ry in apiiearaiice. usualh- carrv- iiig two to four lea\es each. The tlowe'rs are lemon yellow in color, of a delicious \anill;i like odor and are usually jproduced one or two on a stem from the new jisendo iiullis. On rare occasions three tloueis ;ili' lioriie. '('lie tlowei's aie (luite stout and waxy. This cattleya succeeds liest on a block of wood on which a little fern fiber anil sphagnum are tied, and delights in a cool house where it laii get abundant ventilation. The best li.-itch 1 have seen were grown cjuite near the roof ventil ators ill an odontoglossum house. Init the pl.aiit here pictiird was grown in a cat- tleya house, suspended from the roof. The tloweriiig season is .Tune to .\ugust. Triiveler.s in Mexico frequently purchase baskets of this cattleya, which are sold by the natives cheaply. The jilant was first introduced from Sfexico in 18.38. W. X. (".

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