. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists'Review iivr i», VIOLETS IN FRAMES. Can I grow violets in a hotbed all. winter? I want from October 1 to the end of winter, and also some pot plants. J. T. B.—Mass. Violets, can be grown successfully in coldframes, but you cannot pick flowers from them all winter. They will give a fair crop in the tall, few flowers in winter, and a heavy spring crop. Prin- cess of "WWes is the most satisfactory variety. In a greenhouse they need a low night temperature, as near 40 de- grees as possible in midwinter. THE HASDY RUS
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 16 The Florists'Review iivr i», VIOLETS IN FRAMES. Can I grow violets in a hotbed all. winter? I want from October 1 to the end of winter, and also some pot plants. J. T. B.—Mass. Violets, can be grown successfully in coldframes, but you cannot pick flowers from them all winter. They will give a fair crop in the tall, few flowers in winter, and a heavy spring crop. Prin- cess of "WWes is the most satisfactory variety. In a greenhouse they need a low night temperature, as near 40 de- grees as possible in midwinter. THE HASDY RUSSIAN VIOLET. In the winter of 1910 we wrote ask- ing you for information as to the best violet to grow in this region of the country. The reply, appearing in The Review, was written by H. N., then located at College Station, Tex. He recommended the hardy Bussian, de- scribing it as being small, single and dark blue, and said the plants could be obtained from most of the florists or nurserymen in this neighborhood. He also stated that, on account of its hardi- ness, it was grown quite commonly in yards here. Some reliable nurserymen here described the plant in the same way. We ordered some of the plants and have been growing and shipping them under the name of hardy Bussian violets. Advertisements in your paper during most of the winter months from people in our state offer violet plants which, I am sure, are the same as ours. Now we notiee that C. W. states that the hardy Bussian violet is double. Which is right, or are both right? Are there two varieties, both of which are commercially known as hardy Bussian f There is a big trade here in the .small, single violet, or hardy Bussian. A. C. J. & P. C—Tex. ^ There are both single and double Bussian violets. The double flower has the stronger odor. Both are dark blue. The double gives a heavy spring crop of flowers, but in the colder states, even when grown under glass, will not flower until quite late. The Varieties Czar
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