Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_35_1 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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DCCBMBEB 10, 1914. The Rorists' Review 49 -,.- /■'-^-^'■^ito-
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The Lorraiae Begonia Never Loses its Popularity With the Better Class of Christmas Flower Buyers. the meeting in Boston of the Society of American Florists. The lists were sim- ply to show where the plants wore lo cated and were prepared for the infor- mation of donors and the use of inter- ested persons visiting the garden. • The arrangement of beds, as yellow tea, pink tea, etc., was tentative, but promises to work satisfactorily. The assignment to the beds was mae not grown a bit and the leaves are now getting broWn'spots al! over them. .\ few of them are begin niiig to show bloom. The Chatelaines bought and potted at the same time are doing well. The plants are all in a north bench. I shall be glad to know what to do, as 1 am anxious to Ka\ e them if possible. C. D. .1. The comi)ost selected for your be gonias was not suitable. Equal parts of clay, leaf-soil and sand are ba<i enough, but the bone meal is worst of all. The soil the Cincinnatis and Lor raines thrive best in is a light one. If you had made it equal parts of flakj- leaf-mold, which means leaf-soil not too much decayed, loam and dried cow manure, with a dash of sharp sand,'you would have had an ideal compost. If you had no cow manure, the sheep ma nure would have answered, provided vou used not over six quarts of it in a bushel of compost. You do not say how much of a shift you gave the begonias. This and the watering would have much to do with their condition. The plants now should have the fullest sunshine and ought to have had it for some weeks back. I doubt whether, at this late date, you can do much toward im- proving your plants. The fact that Gloire de Chatelaine, a purely fibrous-rooted begonia, grew satisfactorily is not surprising. This particular sort, in common with forms (if Erfordii, W'tuou and iiniiinosa, will grow in almost any soil. It is a much hardier and tougher variety than Lor- raine or ("incinnati, both of which have some H. Socotrana blood in then'. C. VV. GERMINATING MAGNOLIA SEEDS. I should like to know how to start the seed of Magnolia grandiflorju How do you get it to germinate, by filing? I have tried to start these seeds several times, but have failed to do so. G. T. Pick th^ seeds as soon as they are ripe. Put them in dry sand until Feb- ruary, then in moist sand for a fort- night. The resinous covering can then be washed off. Sow the seeds in Hats or any ordinary greenhouse, and pot otr singly when they have made their second leaves. Shift to larger pots as required. Follow these instructions and you should have no trouble in germi- nating your seeds. C. W. BEGONIA LEAVES WITHERING. I have a Rex begonia the leaves of which are dry at the edges and I am at a loss to know what to do for it. I have given it new soil and the needed moisture and warmth. If there is a remedy for this, I should be glad to have you tell me of it. H. A. C. Since Rex begonias are of such easy culture, it seems evident that either the plant has been allowed to become too much potbound and dried out at the root, or has been subjected to a drying, arid atmosphere. Give the plant a position in a warm, moist house and it should soon improve. C. W.

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