. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgo2. The American Florist. 545 It is in the same class as Lawson, its polen parent, bat ahead of that variety' in form, size of bloom, length of stem, productiveness and early blooming. It is of easy cultivation, a splendid propa- gator, shipper and keeper Albert M Herr, Sec'y. A Well Grcwn Cyclamen. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph of a cyclamen grown by Frank Sladen, gardener to George W. Fifield, Lovfell, Mass. Mr. Sladen's cultural methods are simple. He sows the seeds in pans and when the p
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgo2. The American Florist. 545 It is in the same class as Lawson, its polen parent, bat ahead of that variety' in form, size of bloom, length of stem, productiveness and early blooming. It is of easy cultivation, a splendid propa- gator, shipper and keeper Albert M Herr, Sec'y. A Well Grcwn Cyclamen. The accompanying illustration is from a photograph of a cyclamen grown by Frank Sladen, gardener to George W. Fifield, Lovfell, Mass. Mr. Sladen's cultural methods are simple. He sows the seeds in pans and when the plants are up pricks them off into flats filled with light loam, leaf mold and sand. The young plants are kept in the house, with plenty of air in favorable weather. After the first potting they are shitted twice, as they require it, a little extra manure being added to thesoil each time. The final shift brings them to 7-inch pots. When they begin to set buds a little manure water is given once a week. Boston. BREEZY NARRATIVE OF THE SEASON'S HAP- PENINGS AT THE HUB AND IN ITS VICIN- ITY—OUTDOOR FLORAL DISPLAY—CITY RETAILERS REPORT NOTHING DOING BUT LOCAL MEN FIND THBMSBLVESOVER RUN WITH PLANTING ORDERS—GARDENER TAKES UP COMMERCIAL PURSUITS —VIS- ITORS AND OTHER NOTES. Boston is at present experiencing the delights of an early and very exuberant spring. Everybody who can is out of doors enjoying the feast of color and fra- grance. The gardens are glowing with yellow forsythias, scarlet pyruses, gor- geous magnolias, feathery spirieas and brilliant tulips, daflodili and hyacinths The soft green of young foliage is every- where and the air is redolent with the odor of cherry blossoms. It ii not sur- prising, under such conditions, that the theater of floral interest should shift from the confines ot the flower store to :he enticing landscape of woodland, park and garden and that the city dealer, on on being pressed for news to help fill out the weekly budget of the industr
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