JUNE 



1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



37 



The Gates Ajar, by the Originator of the Design. 

 Old-Time Floral Designs. 



habit is very compact and desirable 

 and he believes they will get as many 

 flowers from a given space as from the 

 old Daybreak, and that the Lawson is 

 easier to grow. 



Next to the Lawson he places Braclt 

 and Red Bradt as to keeping quali- 

 ties. Both ought to keep two weeks 

 when cut right. He cuts the fiowers 

 just before the center petals are 

 sprung, or when they are still stand- 

 ing straight up. 



He places Gold Nugget third in the 

 list of keepers and says it keeps nearly 

 as long as Bradt. 



Maceo and Gomez, the two crimsons, 

 stand next, and have the advantage 

 that no change in color is apparent 

 when the flowers age. 



Next in his list of good keepers he 

 places together Genevieve Lord. Ar- 

 gyle, Mrs. .James Dean and .John 

 Young. And the following group in- 

 cludes G. H. Crane, Frances .Joost, 

 Daybreak. Tidal Wave, and other 

 standard sorts. 



He holds that steady ventilation is 

 a big factor in producing flowers that 



wMl keep well. If the houses have 

 been kept closed several days and then 

 ventilated the flowers will be more 

 apt to go to sleep when cut than those 

 from houses that have had steady and 

 continuous ventilation. The houses 

 should have some ventilation every 

 day, if possible, even when there is 

 no sun. Unless the weather is too se- 

 vere to make it practicable, it pays 

 to put on a crack of air and keep up 

 the temperature by extra firing. 



Cutting the fiowers when the plants 

 are on the dry side will induce sleepi- 

 ness, and this should be avoided if 

 possible. In such a case the flower 

 lacks moisture in the tissues and this 

 lack cannot be fully supplied by after- 

 ward placing the stems in water. 



Flowers when cut should be placed 

 in very tall jars. The more of the 

 stem that is immersed in the water the 

 better. While the stem may absorb 

 but little except through the cut end, 

 the immersed part is at least pre- 

 vented from transpiring part of that 

 taken in through the end. 



Have plenty of fresh air in your 



coal room. Ventilate it as thoroughly 

 as you can, while avoiding draughts, 

 for draughts at any time induce sleep- 

 iness, though fresh air helps materi- 

 ally to give body and strength. Plants 

 and flowers get their carbon from the 

 atmosphere, and carbon gives sub- 

 stance. 



If he could he would run the yellow 

 varieties and all sorts that are in- 

 clined to split, up to 54 or 55 degrees 

 at night, but would supplement this 

 by very free ventilation to preserve 

 strength of stem. But this tempera- 

 ture, if adopted, would have to be 

 steadily maintained. Plants run at a 

 high temperature and fed liberally 

 must have an abundance of ventilation 

 to avoid split calyces. And sudden 

 changes in temperature will cause the 

 best of them to split. 



Referring to the carried over Bradts 

 mentioned in a previous issue, he says 

 the statement that the flowers were 

 as good as those on the young plants 

 was an error. But this was due en- 

 tirely to the fact that the plants had 

 been run at a very low temperature, 

 namely, 40 degrees. Had they been 

 kept at the same temperature as the 

 others, he is sure the quality would 

 have been as good and that the prin- 

 ciide involved was correctly stated. 



FLORAL COSTUMES. 



At a recent ball in Paris the ladies' 

 costumes represented departments of 

 the exposition, and those representing 

 the horticultural department are de- 

 scribed as works of art. 



Among these were the Countess 

 Boni de Castellane as a red peony, 

 Mrs. Armand Brun as an orchid, w.th 

 purple and iridescent reflections, made 

 by electric lamps concealed in her 

 di-ess, and Mme. Louis Metman as a 

 bed of chrysanthemums, attended by 

 eleven little Japanese girls, each rep- 

 resenting a different species of chrys- 

 anthemum, and one illuminated with 

 electric lights. 



THE MOST MONEY. 



To get the most money out of your 

 business you must produce the best 

 stock at the lowest possible expense. 

 Are you sure there is no waste in your 

 business? Are you sure every one of 

 your methods is the cheapest as well 

 as the most effective? 



The best stock isn't always the most 

 costly to produce. It's more often in 

 doing the right thing at the right 

 time. And that's what The Florist's 

 Manual, by Wm. Scott, keeps you post- 

 ed on. It is a $10 book for $5 and the 

 best investment you can posnbly 

 make, no matter how large or how- 

 small your business. 



THE SEEDSMEN. 



The eighteenth annual meeting of 

 the American Seed Trade Association 

 is to be held at the Grand Pacific hotel, 

 Chicago, next Tuesday, Wednesday 

 and Thursday, June 12th, 13th and 

 1-lth. 



