. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MabCB 11, 1915. The Florists* Review 21 ? , ... ..... ^ * . /^v'. ?;;- .-?.?, ?* - - ' , , ^ ? i' : ?? . r >- ^ - ^ ^^^ ^S '"y-iA ^ SgCTgP^H^^ f ^.?'?•^• ?^: ?':^-^*1^^ .4 / ^-<^_ J^i- V^ *«• . '^ v^ 4k m, Field of Peony-flowered Dahlias Grown Under tbe Massing System. beeome soldiers by conscription, an'l there were many volunteers. Two of these were killed in the early days of A\"gust, and one was wounded near Liege. The son of J. Forck, the gen- eral foreman, was badly wounded on the Yser, and his son-in-law has been interned in
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. MabCB 11, 1915. The Florists* Review 21 ? , ... ..... ^ * . /^v'. ?;;- .-?.?, ?* - - ' , , ^ ? i' : ?? . r >- ^ - ^ ^^^ ^S '"y-iA ^ SgCTgP^H^^ f ^.?'?•^• ?^: ?':^-^*1^^ .4 / ^-<^_ J^i- V^ *«• . '^ v^ 4k m, Field of Peony-flowered Dahlias Grown Under tbe Massing System. beeome soldiers by conscription, an'l there were many volunteers. Two of these were killed in the early days of A\"gust, and one was wounded near Liege. The son of J. Forck, the gen- eral foreman, was badly wounded on the Yser, and his son-in-law has been interned in Holland since the fall of Antwerp. The whole staff, all agod men, are still on duty, working hard to save the plants. Mr. Van Bockstaele, the director, and J. Forck, the foreman, are in Iheir places, having to meet the most difficult problems. Francois Marchand, the old and faithful servant of the firm, after sixty-two years of valuable service, will stay near his darling bertolonias and sonerilas, of many varieties of which he was the originator, until, perhaps, German bombs kill him in his propagating house. Leave them? No, never, he said. As he had lived among them, so would he die with them, he assured me. Cyrille Philips. ALEXANDER ON THE DAHLIA. A Specialist's Culture. Dahlias will grow and do equally well in any kind of soil. I have sand, gravel, heavy and light loam, lowland and hills, and find little difference, so far as the number of flowers is concerned; the only difference being that in sand and gravel they form a short, sturdy, compact plant, and in heavy loam and Rowland they grow tall and rank, bloom- ing about a week later than those planted at the same time in sandy soil. The soil should be thoroughly culti- vated, plowed or spaded eight to ten inches deep, well pulverized and thor'- oughly worked over. To secure excep- tional results, have your soil plowed or spaded in the fall, or as early as prac- ticable in the spring; then just before planting have
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