. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -^;^-i 30 The Weekly Florists^ Review. JANUABI 11, 1912. well. Keep the case darkened in the early stages of growth and water once a day. Stop watering as the flowers open, or damping may ensue. Give light and air more freely as the growth ad- vances, especially if some foliage is wanted. Lilacs. The earliest forcings of lilacs are better done in the dark, but from now on they will start readily in any warm, moist house. There is considerable call for nice pot lilacs in winter and, of course, such must be grown in full light all the time. Syringe t
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. -^;^-i 30 The Weekly Florists^ Review. JANUABI 11, 1912. well. Keep the case darkened in the early stages of growth and water once a day. Stop watering as the flowers open, or damping may ensue. Give light and air more freely as the growth ad- vances, especially if some foliage is wanted. Lilacs. The earliest forcings of lilacs are better done in the dark, but from now on they will start readily in any warm, moist house. There is considerable call for nice pot lilacs in winter and, of course, such must be grown in full light all the time. Syringe them freely and they will soon break. As the flow- ers expand, a slightly lower tempera- ture is better and gives the flowers more substance for withstanding the rather trying conditions of the aver- age store, where there is usually con- siderable draft, and a plant that has been hard forced to the last will soon wilt down when exposed to cold air currents. VANCOUVER'S LABGEST PLACE. Few people in the trade whose travels have not recently taken them to the Pacific northwest realize the rapidity with which the greenhouse business is growing there. Brown Bros. & Co., Ltd., is the largest as well as one of the oldest concerns north of the Canadian line. The original loca- tion was at Vancouver, but a place was later taken over at Port Hammond and still later one at Victoria. The accompanying illustration is re- produced from a photograph which was taken December 18, one week before asters, dahlias, sweet peas, etc., for the store in Vancouver, which is twenty- four miles away. Port Hammond is on the main line of the C. P. E. The place in Vancouver covers one block, or fourteen houses, 30 x 200, which are used for bedding and all kinds of pot plants, palms, etc. There are five houses of chrysanthemums and four houses of roses, of which they had a fine lot for Christmas, Killarneys, Richmonds and Beauties, also thousands of mums. The concern has two stores in Vancouver. The main
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