. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. " T^BT"•"w^r^Tj^" ? ,fHf^;- ??vr:;,' . rt^, - - •?".^.yR-^i-z,.-" ??. - !•:'.; r; f *: \ 12 The Weekly Florists' Review. JANDABY 25, 1912. HEINIi'S FOmSETTIAS. I see in The Review for January 4 a house of poinsettias. I had a house 30x100. with four benches, with 3,300 poinsettias, but when the picture was taken the two outside benches were mostly cut. "We had quite a lot of traveling men who saw them and said they were as even and good size as they ever had seen. I wholesaled them all in Toledo, except a fe
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. " T^BT"•"w^r^Tj^" ? ,fHf^;- ??vr:;,' . rt^, - - •?".^.yR-^i-z,.-" ??. - !•:'.; r; f *: \ 12 The Weekly Florists' Review. JANDABY 25, 1912. HEINIi'S FOmSETTIAS. I see in The Review for January 4 a house of poinsettias. I had a house 30x100. with four benches, with 3,300 poinsettias, but when the picture was taken the two outside benches were mostly cut. "We had quite a lot of traveling men who saw them and said they were as even and good size as they ever had seen. I wholesaled them all in Toledo, except a few going to Chicago. I also had an extra nice lot in pans, which sold well. Harry SEASONABLE NOTES. Temperatures. We are now at the coldest period of the year and the minimum tempera- tures should be at their lowest level for the year. Many plants now are or should be resting, and it is a great mis- take to maintain high night tempera- tures, which excite the plants and are liable to start premature and weak growths. With hot water heat, the danger is less than with steam. The steam is productive of a more arid atmosphere, and it is doubtful whether it grows orchids as satisfactorily as hot water. For cattleyas the minimum should not go over 55 degrees for the next six weeks, and a drop to even 50 degrees on severe mornings will do no harm and is vastly better than finding the temperature at 58 or 60 degrees and a pronounced smell of fire heat in the house. Cypripediums should have a night temperature of 58 to 6ff de- grees. The insigne, Leeanum and other such sections should have the cool end of the house, and a drop to 50 de- grees will be all right for them. With cypripediums, care should be taken to counteract the drying influence of fire heat by damping the floors, below the benches and between the pots thor- oughly at least twice a day. Phalsenopsis enjoy heat probably as much as any orchids. Yet, even for them, 60 degrees is sufficient on cold nights. This a
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