. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists'Review JuLV 23, 1914. ac ac i i * SEASONABLE j^ 1 i s^ SUGGESTIONS j • ac Freesias. The bulbs of freesias will soon be procurable; iu fact, those florists who make a point of not cutting back their flower stalks too hard, and save their own bulbs, will have ripened off and sorted them some time ago. It is not a good plan to replant these bulbs as soon as harvested; indeed, nearly all bulbs after maturation should have some rest, and, if this is not afforded, they will start erraticall\'. Varieties in mind are tulijts, narcissi, hyac
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 14 The Florists'Review JuLV 23, 1914. ac ac i i * SEASONABLE j^ 1 i s^ SUGGESTIONS j • ac Freesias. The bulbs of freesias will soon be procurable; iu fact, those florists who make a point of not cutting back their flower stalks too hard, and save their own bulbs, will have ripened off and sorted them some time ago. It is not a good plan to replant these bulbs as soon as harvested; indeed, nearly all bulbs after maturation should have some rest, and, if this is not afforded, they will start erraticall\'. Varieties in mind are tulijts, narcissi, hyacinths, gladioli and nmny others. Of course scale bulbs, such as lilies, are injured by being kept out of the soil. But re- verting to freesias, the finest variety of all is Purity. Older sorts, such as refracta alba and Iveichtlinii, are de- cidedly inferior, although some grow- ers who keej) their own bulbs over from 3'ear to year have line strains of refracta alba. The time when freesias are va'liable as cut flowers is at Christmas and Xew Year's, but there is a goo<l sale for them three months later. For early flowering use .S-inch or 1(1 inch pans. Plant twenty-live and fifty bulbs, re- spectiveh', in these. Flats four inches deep may also be used, but for the earliest batch and for the production of fine spikes I ])refer ])ans every time. A fibrous loam containing one-fourth olJ screened manure and m j^enerous dash of sand will suit freesias. I like, if {)ossible, to grow them without feeeing grown each year, ('hater's and Alleghenys are good strains. Some growers see no beautj' in hollyhocks unless they are double. Personally, I consider the singles far more beau- tiful. Double Daisies and Myosotis. Double daisies and myosotis are (juite ])0|)ular in spring, selling well in small baskets or boxes, jtut up in the same way as pansies. Hoth forget- nie iiots and daisies can be sown at the same time as the i)ansies. For bed- ding ]iurposes and spring sales, the alpestris
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