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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



but needivt bother if vou liave none; 

 line inside of basket witli stout paper, 

 fill in with gray moss, pick out assort- 

 ment of small green and flowering plants 

 that will just peep over the lid and sides 

 when planted in sideways. We tie a 

 broad ribbon around the body of the 

 hamper and arrange a couple of small 

 Farleyense to hang half way over this 

 ribbon. The effect is tine with yel'.ow, 

 white, pink or any soft color. Be eare- 

 'ful of the flowering plant you put near 



Referring to the pictures. Mr. Kudy 

 writes: "The plants were benched June 

 10, somewhat later than in former sea- 

 sons. They weie planted about ten 

 inches apart each way, in well rotted 

 sod. The house is an iron frame one, 

 running east and west, and there are 

 roses and other .-tock in the same house. 

 ■We never shade the chrysanthemums, 

 'and aim to give them the "benefit of all 

 (the sun at all times in the growing as 

 well as the flowering season." 



Photog-rapheci .Til 



them started to grow when planted out. 

 I plant them in three different places in 

 the garden to make sure 1 get them in 

 one place if not another. 



I plant in a row running east anil 

 \M-t .,11 ll„- riniil, .i,l,. of a row of can- 



find 



■d a 



bed for the last few years alongside of a 

 row of locust trees running north and 

 south, on the west side, but each time 

 they have become diseased. The soil is 

 \ery sandy, so 1 find it necessary to 

 give them a heavy mulching. 1 find that 

 half rotted leaves are good for this pur- 

 pose, as they retain the moisture in 

 the soil for a long time and violets like 

 the earth cool and moist; this I find a 

 most important thing to get good strong 



I believe in keeping the runners pulled 

 oil', and if the plants spread too miu-h 

 and make too manv cinwii^ In |iincl\ 

 them off, as 1 get 'bcti. , i,~nli~ i,,,iu 

 plants with one or two riMwii- than with 

 four or five. I may imi ■^v\ a~ many 

 blooms but I get larger and stiflcr -ti'iiis. 

 If there should come a long cliy sjull 

 of weather I give them a good watci ing. 

 enough to saturate the earth around 

 them. I have grown them in the house 

 and frames all summer, but this 1 do 

 not appiove of. I find that in growing 

 them out in the sununer 1 can make the 

 beds vicli enough inside to run the 

 )>lants over winter without applying any 



best, as 



bell- 



great deal of 



done by 



the ribbon; it nuiy I., a/al.a. ijia, 



small rose or. bulb, luil nni-i lir rl i. 



We arranged some haiii|r.i- li-i i !iii-i 

 mas and they were luiiniikic d Ijv ex- 

 perts the best things in the city; there 

 is a general adoption of them this East- 

 er and they bring big prices. Use all 

 the variety you can and fill in with 

 Ismail ferns; need not take anything out 

 of pots unless basket is very small; keep 

 roots and moss damp. 



You florists out west have concen- 

 trated too much attention on cut flowers. 

 .Plants deserve attention. Here we have 



stock t.i -rlr-t fniii athl III.' r.-ull- ai.' 

 what \..u 1.^.. -li..nM L11..U. I...U l.a- 

 kets of |.iiiiii. -,-, |.aii-i.-. \i..l.-ls. r..r- 

 getmcii.i-. Lull.-, .i.,. -■il u. II. X.'.^ii-t 

 bother al.:oil fan.x l.a-k.t-: «,■ |.l. La- 

 the biil.-li.-i- an-i ■ji... . 1-1 l.a,k.i- -.-.•n at 

 (themaik.-ls, only lli,.y >li,.iil.l l,r painli-.l 

 green; this can be done if attended to in 

 (time. 



Don't crowd your best stock in the 

 /Window; put a few made-up plants or 

 baskets in it, and have the good things 

 right under the people's nose?. 

 Good luck to all. I\'ERA. 



A CHRYSANTHEMUM STORY. 



We present herewith a series of five 

 engravings from photographs kindly 

 sent us by Mr. John B. Rudy, gaixlener 

 to Hon. J. S. Fassett, Elmira, N. Y., 

 stiinvin'_' the progress of a bench of 

 . Ill \ -anih. nimiis during the past sea- 

 -1.11 I1 i- .iitainlv an interesting rec- 

 .,1.1. ,-1,.. iallv in view of the fact that 

 from tlii- l..-n.li ^\l. Tlii.ly nit splendid 

 blooms Willi 1; h.ni -i.ni-. wiili which at 



A Chrysanthemum Story. 



VIOLETS. 



BV JOSECH BHAIJI.EY. 



[Beiul before the Tarrytowii HorikiiUiiial .So- 



cli M.] 



The way I grow violets: I take cut- 

 tings in I'clirnaiy or fir.st week in Jlarch 

 from ]ihiiil-. grown in a cold frame, with 

 just enough protection from the cold 

 to keep them alive; in so doing I get 

 stronger plants. I start the cuttings in 

 half sami and halt lead mold and find 

 thev root quicker and make more roots 

 than when grown in all sand. Tliev are 

 left in (he violet house until planted 

 out; by that time they have good. long 

 roots, and there is no trouble to get 



using artificial manures in the winter. 



I use the soil I take out of the rose 

 house. I make it about si.'C inches deep, 

 s])read a good coat of rotted eow manure 

 on top, then spread over this a good 

 coat of air-slaked lime and mix the 

 whole well together. When I have not 

 enough of this 1 take two-thirds good 

 garden soil to one-third of leaf mold, 

 with the same treatment of manure and 

 lime as above. 1 have used new soil 

 the same as for roses, but I cannot get 

 as good results froni it. 



I plant inside in September and like 

 them to get a good hold of the fresh 

 soil before the growing season closes, but 



