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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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youv trade, but it is bad policy to 

 plant out a lot of everything for stock 

 merely because you happen to have 

 it on hand; it will only usurp the 

 place of better things later on. Whilst 

 novelties may be expensive, it isn't 

 wise to let the best be old before you 

 buy. 



There is a growing demand for con- 

 tinuous blooming roses, which oi 

 coui'se are the teas and hybrid teas, 

 so when you dig up your stock at 

 present under glass out it well back 

 and plant it out in some moist loca- 

 tion; it's the kind of stock people oft- 

 en want for immediate effect. If you 

 have a catalogue trade and can pur- 

 chase a lot of this kind of stock cheap, 

 plant it out and winter it, you can 

 get good big prices for it next spring; 

 or if you sell it next fall give special 

 instructions as to its protection in 



front yard, deserves much praise; he 

 is a valuable missionary in floricul- 

 ture. The country florist, who may 

 be said to work and sleep with his 

 hand on the spade (and with all due 

 respects to Mr. Markham. we con- 

 sider the man with the spade more 

 valuable to the world than "The Man 

 with the Hoe"), should always be 

 ready to either attend to his neigh- 

 bors' small gardens or give advice on 

 their formation and care. "We have 

 referred to bad or dead seeds before; 

 perhaps we're caustic in such refer- 

 ences, but plain language is best. To 

 sell a package of dead seed to anyone 

 is nothing but the worst kind of rob- 

 bery; it is not only taking money for 

 nothing, but it is wasting time and 

 exertion and causing bitter disap- 

 pointment. So sell nothing but good 

 seed. 



Hanft Brr.s. 

 New York Stores at Easter. 



No. 5. 



severe climates. Many of the sorts, 

 such as Meteor, La France, Victoria, 

 Bride, Perle, Bridesmaid, etc., will 

 stand almost anywhere if protected. 

 A plant which gives a vast amount of 

 pleasure all summer surely deserves 

 consideration for a short period in 

 winter. Neglect or indifference in 

 this regard is ignorance or ingrati- 

 tude of a very base kind; plant life 

 is like animal lite in many ways, espe- 

 cially as regards care and protection. 

 Quite a large business is being done 

 this year in the planting of small 

 gardens both in city and country. The 

 city florist in most cases finds this kind 

 of work a nuisance, simply because 

 he's either incapable of doing it or 

 doesn't know its importance. The 

 man who creates a beauty spot in the 

 heart of a dismal city, whether it be 

 on the window sill or in the back or 



Hansies are very good this year. 

 They should have been planted long 

 ago, but it is not too late; better ef- 

 fects can be made by separating the 

 colors. 



Don't be in any hurry to put out 

 geraniums and other kinds of ten- 

 der stock, for if such get chilled by 

 cold weather it requires a long time 

 for them to recuperate. 



N'ases and window boxes will be 

 more popular than ever this year, 

 and good heavy vines, such as ivy, 

 varie.gated vinca, etc., is not over- 

 plentiful. Somehow growers don't 

 pay sutticient attention to the culti- 

 vation of good ivies. In the spring 

 they are not large enough and in the 

 fall they, on account of being re- 

 cently "lifted" from the field, are not 

 fit for use. 



There is quite a lot of art and other 



abilities required to properly fill a 

 vase or window box. Old soil should 

 never be used, and again only 

 such materials as will give most sat- 

 isfaction. If contrasts are desired, and 

 they are often best, it's an easy mat- 

 ter to produce them, for there's an ex- 

 tensive collection of stock to choose 

 from. Variegated funkia is valuable 

 for above kind of work. It is much 

 used in New York. 



The country florist has now an 

 abundance of good material on hand 

 or within easy reach for wedding 

 decorations, and whenever possible 

 spring blossoms should be made a 

 leading feature. Korsythia and other 

 shrubs are in full glow and very fine 

 work can be done with them. Apple, 

 peach, pear and cherry flowers are 

 plentiful this year, and whilst we 

 don't mean by using them to destroy 

 valuable fruit trees, there are times 

 when the flowers may pay you better 

 than the fruit, and a careful cutting 

 may do little damage. 



We must say a word or two to the 

 city fiT)rist. There are thousands of 

 half or wholly dead plants scattered 

 all over the cities as the result of 

 Easter purchases. Be careful and 

 diplomatic when asked about their 

 care. Of course you will have to taKe 

 those from your most important cus- 

 tomers, and if they are not special 

 specimens you might better lose track 

 of them and send fresh stock in re- 

 turn. Don't take a plant back unless 

 it will pay you to do so. A grow- 

 er's greenhouses should not be a hos- 

 pital for incurables, and you harm the 

 trade to assist in making it so. 



Flowers are very cheap now and 

 generosity will not be expensive. A 

 small flower or lumch of flowers given 

 to a child may win the custom and 

 good wishes of its parents. It is mis- 

 erly to buy barely what you need to 

 fill an order or to expect a full ceni 

 for every quarter cent you spend. 

 When flowers are cheap take a look 

 around and note where a few will do 

 most good. The hospitals are the 

 places for left-over stock: a flower is 

 seldom too old to cheer the poor and 

 weary. IVERA. 



NEW YORK STORES AT EASTER. 



[Contimifti from last weck.j 

 No. 4 is an interior glimpse of Mc- 

 intosh's store. You will notice that 

 with a few exceptions the plants are 

 trimmed with the tinted papers and 

 tied with narrow edged gauze and 

 figured ribbons. The papers have a 

 semi - woebegone appearance and 

 would look better if confined to pot 

 covering. 



No. 5 is a group of plants in Hanft 

 Bros', store. Hei'e baskets, and 

 scarcely any ribbons, prevail, and they 

 look none the worse for it. The mar- 

 ket badly needs a cheaper and bel- 

 ter colored type of basket. 



No. 6 shows a portion of the in- 

 terior of Lucatos' very pretty store 

 on Columbus avenue. Lucatos is the 

 only (Jreek florist in New York who 



