. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists' Review Dkcbmbkr 26, 1918. SEASONABLE ^ i^ SUGGESTIONS as-^s-^^irrASirTsvir/svirr^wr/wr^vir/swrra^x^ir^^^^ ULACS. It hardly pays to start many decidu- ous flowering shrubs before the middle or end of January, but with lilacs it is different. A few plants can be started now at any time in a warm, moist house. Spray the plants two or three times daily. You will soon see the buds swell- ing. It is best to cease spraying as the flower heads show. Plants can be forced successfully in complete dark- ness, but, of course, only the flo
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists' Review Dkcbmbkr 26, 1918. SEASONABLE ^ i^ SUGGESTIONS as-^s-^^irrASirTsvir/svirr^wr/wr^vir/swrra^x^ir^^^^ ULACS. It hardly pays to start many decidu- ous flowering shrubs before the middle or end of January, but with lilacs it is different. A few plants can be started now at any time in a warm, moist house. Spray the plants two or three times daily. You will soon see the buds swell- ing. It is best to cease spraying as the flower heads show. Plants can be forced successfully in complete dark- ness, but, of course, only the flowers in a cut state are of any value, and these are much lacking in substance and odor in comparison with those pro- duced in the light. There is no better early-forcing white lilac than Marie Legraye, with Mme. Lemoine as a double white. Charles X, Michel Buch- ner and L. Spaeth are finely colored sorts for early forcing. BUIiBOUS PIiAlTTS. Dutch bulbs were so late in arriving last fall that none were available at Christmas this year and it will be late January before any considerable num- ber are on the market. It is poor policy to start forcing any which are not suf- ficiently rooted or have not made a couple of inches of growth. Tulips, in order to give them good stems, should be grown and flowered practically in the dark. Narcissi can have the light all the time, but it is necessary to see that hyacinths get a good start. House a batch of bulbous plants weekly. They can stand below one of your benches for a time, but do not leave them there long enough to become drawn. It will be necessary to advance sharply the wholesale prices of bulbous flowers in order that growers of them may break even. SHOW PEIiABGONIUMS. Now that we are having settled cold weather, the show pelargoniums make excellent growth. They enjoy a cool house as much as schizanthus, calceo- larias and cinerarias. Pinch the tops out of the stronger shoots and, if you are short of stock, these tops can go into
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