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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



FKBIHAIiV n. l'J(>2. 



STORE DECORATIONS. 



The George \\ittbold Company, Chi- 

 cago, liave a department devoted to the 

 decoration of stores for their vaiious 

 openings and other special events and 

 have worked up quite a large business in 

 this line. The enterprising managers of 

 the large retail stores are always seeking 

 means of making their establishments es- 

 pecially attractive to the public, and, 

 while the work takes in many things not 

 exactly germane to the florist's business, 

 there is much of it that does, and plants 

 and flowers are used wherever possible. 



The aecom])anying illustration is from 

 a photograph of a store front decoration 

 arranged by the Wittbold Company for 

 The Hub. a Clii<ago clothing store, at the 

 time of the funeral of the late President 

 McKinley. It was decidedly the most 

 ciTeclive decoration of the sort seen on 

 Chicago's main business street at the 



chard of apple trees in bloom witli coun- 

 ters of goods placed under them. 



It seems to us that florists in other 

 cities might find it profitable to pay a 

 little more attention to the possibilities 

 in this direction. The managers of these 

 large stores are always trying to think 

 up some jilan for attracting the people, 

 and a sketch of a really efl'ective and 

 striking decoration will generally land 

 an order, and at a profitable figure if the 

 matter is handled right. Of course plants 

 and flowers should be worked in wher- 

 ever possible. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The various state delegations at the 

 Buffalo convention having failed to ex- 

 ])ress any choice for tlieir respective 

 representatives. President John IJurton 

 lias appointed the following named gen- 



Store Front Decoration Arranged by the Geo. Wittbold Co., Chicago. 



time. The long streamers of black and 

 white are paper festooning, which can be 

 purchased in quantity at very moderate 

 rates. 



Mr. Henry Wittbold. who is in charge 

 of this department, is always on the look- 

 out for new material available for such 

 work, and gives his i)atrons as much 

 change as possible. When a customer 

 wishes a decoration he asks about how 

 much money they are willing to spend, 

 and then he makes a sketch showing what 

 he can do for the money, and possibly an- 

 other one showing what can be. done for 

 a somewhat larger amount. Where the 

 price will not permit the use of real 

 plants the perpetuated ])alms arc used. 



One original and very efl'ective decora- 

 tion arranged by him was for the "spring 

 opening" of one of the large stores last 

 year. He cut a large number of trees and 

 upon these pink paper flowers simulating 

 apple blossoms were wired in profusion. 

 The patrons of the store could easily im- 

 agine themselves walking through an or- 



tlemen to serve as state vice presidents 

 for the year 1902, and they have ac- 

 cepted : 



California. 11. H. Lilicnllial, San 

 Franciscii : Colorado. .T. A. \'alcntine. 

 Denver: District of Columbia. I'eter Bis- 

 >ctt. Washington: Florida. E. X. Keas- 

 oner, Dneco: Illinois (north). Kdgar 

 Sanders. Chicago; Illinois (south). Oeo. 

 A. Kuhl. Pekin: Indiana. Geo. B. Wieg- 

 and. Indianapolis: Iowa, W. A. Harkett, 

 Dubuque: Kentuiky, A. R. Baumer. 

 Louisville: ilaine. Hans Nielson. Wood- 

 fords: Maryland. Chas. L. Seybold. Bal- 

 timore: Massachusetts (east). J. A. 

 Pettigrew, Boston, ilass. ; (west), H. P. 

 Hockey. Stockbridge: Jlichigan. R. 

 Flowerday. Detroit: Xew Hampshire. 

 Bernard Morris, Portsmouth; Missouri. 

 Chas. .Tuengel. St. Louis: Nebraska. 

 Lewis Henderson, Omaha : New Jersey, 

 Jos. B. Davis. Orange; Xew York (east), 

 A. H. Langjahr, Brooklyn; New York 

 (west). Thos. Mansfield. Lockport : 

 X'orth Carolina. Jas. M. Lamb, Fayctte- 



\ille: Ohio (north), Lewis Ullrich, Tif- 

 fin ; Ohio ( south ) , A. Sunderbruch, Cin- 

 cinnati; Pennsylvania (east), Geo. C. 

 Watson, Philadelphia ; Pennsylvania 

 (west), Wm. Loew, Allegheny; Rhode 

 Island, Louis 0. Reuter. Westerly; Ver- 

 mont, Geo. H. Mass, Woodstock ; Vir- 

 ginia. F. A. Phelan. Mt. Vernon; Wis- 

 consin. C. C. Pollworth, ililwaukee; 

 West Virginia, Gustav Obermeyer. Par- 

 kersburg; Canada. H. H. Groll', Simcoe, 

 Ontario. W^t. -J. Stkw.\rt, 



iSecretarv. 



A CARNATION HOUSE. 



We present herewith an engraving from 

 a photograph of a house of carnations 

 at the establishment of Messrs. G. Van 

 Bochove & Bro., Kalamazoo, Mich. Re- 

 carding this house tlieir manager, Mr. 

 J. J. Curran, writes: 



"This house is one of a recently built 

 l>lock consisting of five houses. Tliey 

 have a south aspect, with a combination 

 rcof. the longest slope towards the south. 

 Tlie supports, bracings. |nirlins, etc., are 

 of tubular iron. Height of the walls, 

 'ih feet; from floor to ridge pole. 13 J 

 feet : wiilth of house, 20 feet. 



"The ])hoto was taken ten weeks after 

 planting. The variety showing in the 

 f< reground is Marquis, which has done 

 rcMMarkably well with us this season, 

 having jinduo'il line long stems ever 

 since Xovember. It shows no sign of 

 going out of cro]). but rather continu- 

 ing to increase. It is certainly the tin- 

 (•■^1 pink fancy, and will here get more 

 lieiiili room next season."' 



SAN JOSE SCALE. 



Ill Bulletin Xo. 17 of the Xew Kngland 

 .Association of Park Superinlcndcnts ap- 

 pear a large nuiubcr of communications 

 from park sujierintendcnts regarding the 

 San -lose scale. The great damage done 

 to trees and shrubs where the scale has 

 obtained a foothold is clearly shown and 

 preventive measures are vigorously urged 

 upon those in charge of trees and shrubs 

 not yet affected. We print below several 

 of these eoniniunications. showing the 

 various methods that have been found 

 successful in combating the pest. 



Am sorry tn report we have the San 

 Jose scale in this city. I first discovered 

 it three years ago, and since it has rap- 

 idly spread, and in my opinion there is no 

 insect capable of doing more damage to 

 fruit interests than this scale. It is so 

 small and not striking in appearance and 

 might remain undiscovered and yet con- 

 tinually spread, and certainly to my 

 knowledge it is only a matter of two 

 or three years before the tree is dead. 

 In my opinion there is today from 2.000 

 to 3,000 trees affected in this city. One 

 great trouble is to get the owners of trees 

 interested, a portion of which seem un- 

 concerned, while others are anxious to 

 save their trees. My remedy is whale oil 

 soap as recommended by L. O. Howard, 

 I'nited States department. Washington, 

 two pounds to one gallon of water dis- 

 solved by heat. And on small trees where 

 a pujnp is not at hand, as often is the 

 case, I recommend the use of a window 

 lirusli or a sponge attached to a pole. But 

 the spray pump is best, for with its use 

 we are more sure to cover all branches 

 and twigs. 



What trees and shrulis I have found 

 the scale on are pear, plum, apple, peach, 

 clieny, quince, Prunus Pissardii, quince 



