. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. LUNCHEON DECORATIONS BY THE KREITLING COMPANY, CHICAGO. (Lunch tendered Ex-President Clcvclanl by James II. Eckels, Octolier 15, 1903.) weeks in a good heat is suflicient to force them. METROSIDEROS. Metrosideros robusta or bottle brush plant, of which a limited number find ready sale, usually arrive with the azaleas and should be potted at once after soaking the ball well. These must not be forced too early in the season, or they will shed their flowers, and no attempt should be made to get them into flower for C
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. LUNCHEON DECORATIONS BY THE KREITLING COMPANY, CHICAGO. (Lunch tendered Ex-President Clcvclanl by James II. Eckels, Octolier 15, 1903.) weeks in a good heat is suflicient to force them. METROSIDEROS. Metrosideros robusta or bottle brush plant, of which a limited number find ready sale, usually arrive with the azaleas and should be potted at once after soaking the ball well. These must not be forced too early in the season, or they will shed their flowers, and no attempt should be made to get them into flower for Christmas. They require a cool house until the first of theyear, after which the heat can be gradually increased until a maximum temperature of 65° is reached, which will bring them into bloom nicely for Easter. DEUTZIAS. Beutzia gracilis and Lemoinei, will also arrive about the same time, and although a perfectly hardy shrub must not be subjected to a hard freeze after the plants are unpacked. The branches are set with buds to the tip, hence no pruning should be done. Keep them in the cool- est house on the place or in a cold frame until the forcing time commences. It requires about seven weeks in a tempera- ture of r)5° to bring them into flower jjroperly. FUCHSIAS. The old stock plants of fuchsias should now be shortened back to firm wood and placed in a temperature of about GC; in about a week or ten days shake out and repot in the same size pot in fresh soil. Add plenty of old hot bed manure or leaf mould to the soil. In a few weeks a liatch of cuttings can be taken and inserted in the sand. They will root readily from now on throughout the winter in a mild bottom heat. LILACS. Imported lilacs can be forced into flower in about six or seven weeks in a temperature of 60°. Keep them cool until forcing commences. They can be had in bloom for Christmas but must not be given too high a temperature. RHODODENDRONS. Rhododendrons should be placed in a temperature of 40° until a
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