. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g3' The American Florist. 697. i^J^ CHRYSANTHEMUM ALBA VENUS. were cut from plants propagated as late as May and even June. Just about now is the right time to shift show pelargoniums into their flow- ering pots, which with me is a 5 or 6- inch. Some are much stronger growers than others. How seldom you see a batch of these fine showy plants now-a- days. We grew them in this city very largely 20 years ago, but the great per- fection to which the zonal pelargonium was then brought, retired the old fash- ioned pel
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. i8g3' The American Florist. 697. i^J^ CHRYSANTHEMUM ALBA VENUS. were cut from plants propagated as late as May and even June. Just about now is the right time to shift show pelargoniums into their flow- ering pots, which with me is a 5 or 6- inch. Some are much stronger growers than others. How seldom you see a batch of these fine showy plants now-a- days. We grew them in this city very largely 20 years ago, but the great per- fection to which the zonal pelargonium was then brought, retired the old fash- ioned pelargonium to the back ground. Still they should be grown. Like other florists' flowers there has been an enor- mous improvement in them v^rithin 15 years. August is the time to begin with pelargoniums, and if I am allowed to contribute a continuance of these notes, I will have something to say about them. If you have any now, give them their last shift. They like a rather coarse, turfy loam with a fourth well rotted manure, and to be potted firmly. They like a cool, airy place and, as a growing plant, will thrive with the least water of any plant I know of. As the sun shines stronger more water is needed, and fumi- gate regularly, for unlike the zonal ger- anium, they are sure to be troubled with aphis. When in flower in April and May don't let the fire out and dampness in. There is no plant that sufters worse from dampness when in flower, than the show pelargorium. The hydrangeas you lifted from the ground last summer, will have been rest- ing in a very cool house or undera bench. It is time to give them a better place and bring them along very slowly. Hydran- geas pay us best here to have in flower in middle and end of May. Those you lifted don't need a larger pot this spring, but top dress them with an inch of good rich compost. As the young growths push out, rob each plant of a cutting or two for next year's supply. I have had uniformly good results with lily of the valley t
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