. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Carpet Beds at the Entrance to Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. W'tien should I plant it tti have it in bloom for May 30, 1915, and what tem- perature should be keptt J. G. There is no advantage in potting Spiraea Gladstone so early. Wait until the clumps have had a good freezing. It is useless to try to force it until this ha» been done. If you have no higher temperature than 48 to 50 degrees at night at command, it will not pay to attempt any early forcing of this plant. In a minimum of 60 degrees it needs nine or ten weeks to
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Carpet Beds at the Entrance to Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. W'tien should I plant it tti have it in bloom for May 30, 1915, and what tem- perature should be keptt J. G. There is no advantage in potting Spiraea Gladstone so early. Wait until the clumps have had a good freezing. It is useless to try to force it until this ha» been done. If you have no higher temperature than 48 to 50 degrees at night at command, it will not pay to attempt any early forcing of this plant. In a minimum of 60 degrees it needs nine or ten weeks to flower it for Easter. For Memorial day eight weeks will suffice, as the plants will naturally he starting about the end of March if under glass of any kind. A tempera- ture of 50 to 55 degrees at night will bring it on for Memorial day. C. W. OLIMPSES or SCHENLEY FABK. There are few kinds of evidence that are more convincing than a good photograph. Figures may not prove any- thing, for they often lie outrageously, in spite of the old adage to the con- trary and in spite of the fact that • olumns of figures look so solemnly honest and innocent. But, though pho- tographs, too, may sometimes be decep- tive—in the "movies," in business and elsewhere—yet the camera is usually the most trustworthy of witnesses. I'ake notice, then, of the testimony that the camera bears, in the two accom- panying pictures, to the excellence of the work done at Schenley park, the 'amous Pittsburgh public resort. Take notice of the delicate exactness and the ^'eneral gracefulness of the planting, '^°a say whether you can beat it. l^he park, with its celebrated Phipps ^conservatory, is under the supervision of George W. Burke, superintendent of fhe bureau of parks, and J. W. Jones, •oreman of the Conservatories. Mr. «urke has held his present position for eleven years. The Phipps Conservatory was opened to the public twenty-one years ago last September, and Mr. •'oneg has been conn
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