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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 3, 1901. 



waj' or anotl 



oiative plant ^ 

 trade [Uv.nr, 

 would rca.li i 



Tlie palms and deo- 



l.il.Ic i.ii ilii- ^uason's 

 ilir I iiiir,l States 

 ..a.-l, 11m- liiu HI. II. on ni.irk, Al- 

 vthin,: 11, -■-! -iihlMh^n ran be 

 used at"i.nr iim. ..i :uM.i!iri. and tlio 

 plant basket. .; la.k.t ..laiit li.nle. will, 



There i's UDlliinj; partieulaily new in 

 plants that is to be. considered l)y the 

 retailer. It is generally a decade after 

 a plant is introduced that it can be of- 

 fered at a price to suit the general trade, 

 yet there are many old varieties of 

 plants too beautiful and useful to be 

 longer overlooked. I^et us go over what 

 is offered by the growers at present, and 

 classify the stock to suit the different 

 grades' of trade. First comes the small 

 store or greenhouse keeper, whose cus- 

 tomers consist of poor but plant-loving 



to 



It tl 



four 



necessa 



pot to make Uiem k nk -.mu'l kin- lik.-; 



many .of them ka^' kiit imnili k.(ii 



fixed up, and a\iH(| -in li it \ an, kr 



cause they will i;" mMuw il lakin tmni 

 the greenhouse. 



You will need some colored foliage 

 plants. A few small and medium Pan- 

 danus' Veitchii, one or two Draciena 

 Lindeni and D. terminalis, but go slow 

 on such stock; you cannot sell it if it 

 is not i)erfcet and it seldom remains so 



store. You can offer >'i -Imumi- .a 



nice assortment of plant- wiiknni i i-k 

 ing much money on imvalin- mj knny 

 stock. Phoeni.x canariensis and 1'. 

 rupicola are good and can be recom- 

 mended to live where most plants die. 

 Livistona rotundifolia and Latania bor- 

 bonica are two more plants you should 



chii, nraca>na tcrr 



-ria 



Rex begonia, 



tki-, .inylhing 



people. They are fully as capable of ad- 

 miring extra large specimens as the 

 wealthy people, but they have neither 

 the room nor the money to pay for 

 them, consequently we must select plants 

 to suit. Small rubbers are probably the 

 most popular in their case, and they 

 were never so fine, so plentiful, or so 

 cheap as they are at present. No mis- 

 take can l>e made by investing in a half 

 dozen or dozen of the several sizes; 

 children may be induced to buy the 

 smallest size. 



They can be bought at from $2 to $3 

 per doz. and can be retailed at from 35 

 to 60c. r.ranrk,.,! mkk.a-. ai.- ili.- ini>-' 

 popular, ami ri, n iln \ ^.m l-r k.rl in all 



from .$1 I" -^li- NiAl 1 I lulik,.]^ with 

 many will come Boston ferns. The coun- 

 try is fairly swamped with them, and 

 away-down " cut prices are threatened. 

 There is ton ireat a rush to get rid of 

 a liir;_T ^|uaniitv of these ferns, and the 

 resnii will Ik ^lisistrous to prices. You 

 caiinnt wrll .kavL'c dovible in December 

 for tlir |ilaiit >.iii -rll in Ortnlirr. aud you 

 nia\ lir t.:< !■ Ill 1.1- ■ \\ n li -ink a condi- 

 tion. .\ 'ji.-at niaii> ..I ihr-r IIm-Imu ferns 

 have Ilia II i..|i.un .i,\MkMl in^i'tlier and 

 the result will be a severe dropping of 

 foliage; you must get them as cheap 

 as you can, of course, but use some care 

 in selection and if possible get the cool 

 grown, shapely kind ; 6. 8 and 10-inch 

 pan or pot sizes will be best for you. 



Kentias are your next important plant 

 and you will not have much demand for 

 sizes above the .$7. .50 mark. Y'ou ought 

 to get nice kentias and Areca lutescens 

 you can afford to sell at from $2. .50 to $5. 

 The majority of such plants have been 

 so pushed in growth that it has been 



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pr.tt\ ikraji ka.k.a-. |,,in~. Imxes and 

 jardinieres on the iriarkef, and no mat- 

 ter where your place is you should let 

 people see that you can do things nicely. 

 Get above the old level of doing things. 

 Instead of having all your plants scat- 

 tered about (and they seldom are at- 

 tractive in such a wav) put some of 

 llnm tuL^elliei in ~ knni. In a little 



. I tkr-e ik-i-an- .,11 I It iliiai- is any 



tiaile at all yoi -kt In make nut well 



on them. A great many jieople would 

 rather pay five dollars for a ba.sket or 

 jardiniere of plants than three or four 

 dollars for one plant, and small plants 

 such as we mention can always be got 

 very cheap. 



It is rather foolish to plunge and buy 

 all you think you will want for the sea- 

 son. Better go slow; make a good show 

 but remember you cannot sell stale look- 

 ing plants and you cannot keep tBem as 

 fresh as the grower. IvEEA. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM NOTES. 



Early Varieties. 



the 



rarieties are con- 

 cerned, cultural instructions will soon 

 coiuit for nothing, as the buds are rap- 

 idly developing and success or failure is 

 now assured. As the color begins to 

 show in the buds, feeding with liquid 

 manuie should be discontinued and only 

 cleai water used. As the days get short- 

 ei and the heat of the sun declines it 

 will be found that less water will be 

 needed, and it should' be so arranged 

 that all watering should be done in the 



Flowers at the President's Funeral. In the^Cemetery at Canton, O. 



have, and there can be nothing better for 

 you than both varieties of aspidistras. 



There are very many places and occa- 

 sions where pans or lioxes or vases of 

 small plants ennkl ki -i.kl were they ar- 

 ranged artistiiall\ ami i.ll.ieil at a fair 

 price. We an- -im ih at tki- will be one 

 of the greatest .^ecLnu.-, ul the trade this 

 year. Tlie public is not slow to see and 

 appreciate a good thing; it is yearly be- 

 coming more partial to plants and it is 

 only a question of how you offer them. 

 We have often arranged what we styled 

 French plant baskets, some with low 

 handles, others with side handles and 

 just a bit of ribbon to add color. Small 

 plants, such as kentias, Pandanus Veit- 



morning, so that the atmosphere of the 

 bouse may be dry by nightfall. A dry, 

 buoyant atmosphere is needed for the 



best development of the flowers. 



At night III.- xentilaturs ^Imuld not 

 be closed ti;;litl\ it tkc mitsiik temper- 

 ature falls til Ike llei/lllL; |niill, jUst for 

 the sake of tiyiii,:; tu be eeunumical in 

 fuel, but leave an inch or so of air on 

 the top ventilators and run a crack of 

 steam round the house. This will keep 

 the al iniiNiiliiri- diy and moving and pre- 

 vents tlie -itilini; of moisture on the 

 pefaN. ( i.n.k ai-alion always takes place 

 if the I1..11-.C is rinsed up tight, and the 

 moisture strikes through the petals and 

 causes them to damp. 



