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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



August 7, 1902. 



small dining table; they are general fa- 

 vorites for small vases in country homes. 

 And then there are the antirrhinums and 

 penstemons, and that pretty flower, 

 Physostegia virginiea, called the ' ' obedi- 

 ent plant," because you can move the 

 florets any way and they will stay so. 

 This could be made an attraction for 

 anyone who is on a marketing street. 

 We can recommend Lobelia cardinalis 

 rubra both for cut flower and colored 

 foliage; it is fine for grouping. 



Table Flowers. 



You need not lack for table flowers 

 where there are cannas to be had. They 

 give the most brilliant, yet soft, effect 

 and are lovely when arranged with deli- 

 cate foliage. Hydrangea panieulata is 

 coming in and will soon be very abun- 

 dant. Don 't despise it because it is plen- 

 tiful, for it is one of our most useful 

 flowers. It enables you to give poor 

 people a better show for their money 

 in the way of funeral designs, and it 

 can be used for almost any occasion. 

 Cattleyas are very scarce, in fact, all 

 choice greenhouse flowers are to be had 

 only in very small quantities. Allaman- 

 das are used considerably for table 

 decoration. They are fine with adian- 



FLORAL PILLOW. 



The aceompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of a pillow arranged by 

 Mr. Kobert Main, of Main & Fear, 

 Gloversville, N. Y. 



The links are made of Meceo carna- 

 tions over a ground of white. Pale blue 

 chiffon is used to add lightness and grace 

 to the design. 



We are inclined to think the design 

 would have been better without the 

 chiffon, though it may have looked all 

 right in the original. The arrangement 

 of the flowers seems excellent. 



HOUSING CARNATIONS. 



Working Under Adverse Conditions. 



The first picture presented herewith 

 shows a gang of men lifting carnation 

 plants from a corner of one of the fields 

 at the establishment of Bassett & Wash- 

 burn, Hinsdale, 111. It well illustrates 

 the great difficulties under which carna- 

 tion growers in this section have la- 

 bored this season. Only once during the 

 season was it possible to work the ground, 

 and the weeds got decidedly the best of 

 the situation. This firm finished housing 

 carnations Aug. 1st. the day the photo- 

 graph was taken, and it is remarkable 



Lifting' Carnation plants from the field. 



turn. We use small privet for stemming 

 them on. 



Carnations are poor. It's a wonder 

 to us that some of our extensive growers 

 don't go m more for summer carna- 

 tions. Marguerite carnation is a useful 

 flower to small dealers. There is nothing 

 that makes a prettier show at present 

 than good single petunias, verbenas and 

 Jrulox Drummondii; they are good for 

 table work, too, if cut in the early 

 morning. 



We have often thought it queer that 

 so many of our florists' places are so 

 bare looking, inasmuch as they got lit- 

 tle for their plants in late spring. Plants 

 used to beautify one 's own home are far 

 more profitable than those sold under 

 cost of production. Golden rod is now 

 abundant on the hillsides; so are the 

 rudbeckias, but we'll speak of them in 

 our next. Ivera. 



that the plants average as good as they 

 do, in view of the field conditions this 

 season. Anyone who has seen the well- 

 tilled carnation fields of this firm in for- 

 mer years will appreciate what it meant 

 to be unable to even get into the field to 

 pull weeds, to say nothing of cultivating. 

 The rainless days of last week were util- 

 ized to hurry all the remaining plants 

 into the houses. 



Another drawback in planting this 

 vear was that it was impossible to mix 

 the soil out of doors. As will be seen 

 by the second picture, the soil was put 

 in the bench, the bone meal sprinkled on 

 top and mixed in with the spade on the 

 bench. The view also shows the opera- 

 tion of planting in progress. 



The third picture sliows a gang of men 

 emptying the soil from a rose house. The 

 plank runway rests upon a set of long 

 horses that can be quickly changed from 

 one w:ilk or house to another. The bar- 



rows are narrow iron ones, such as are 

 used in handling iron ore. This has been 

 found to be the best and most economical 

 way of emptying and filling houses at 

 this establishment. 



In all the houses on the place the tile- 

 bottomed bench is used and is considered 

 much the most economical in the end. 

 The construction of this bench ran be 

 seen at the left in the picture. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The preliminary premium list for the 

 exhibition of the above society, to be 

 held in Brooklyn, N. Y., next I'ebruary, 

 has been issued. 



In addition to the usual classes for 

 new varieties there are prizes of $12 and 

 $6 for 100 blooms each of white, light 

 pink, dark pink, scarlet, crimson, yellow- 

 variegated, white variegated and any 

 other color. Then there are prizes of .$(> 

 and $3 for 50 blooms in same classifica- 

 tion of colors as above, and again $3 

 and $1..50 in classes of 25 blooms each, 

 same colors. 



Three sets of special prizes are of- 

 fered for collections of blooms arranged 

 for effect, one calling for not more than 

 100 blooms of each variety, another for 

 not more than 75 blooms of each, and 

 the third for not more than 50 blooms 

 of each. Undisseminated varieties not 

 admitted. 



The society's silver cup is offered for 

 the best exhibit of 200 blooms, any va- 

 riety, any color. Prizes of $15 and $10 

 are offered for collection, one bloom of 

 each variety. The gold, silver and bronze 

 Lavvson medals are offered for the first, 

 second and third best vases of 100 

 blooms, any variety, any color. 



The Society of American Florists' sil- 

 ver and bronze medals are offered for 

 the first and second best vases of 50 

 blooms of an undisseminated variety of 

 American origin. 



Copies of the advance list may be had 

 by addressing Albert M. Herr, secretary, 

 Lancaster, Pa. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



The benches which are to be carrieci 

 over another season, after being pruned, 

 tied down and the eyes nicely started, 

 should have a light, rich mulch to encour- 

 age the making of feeding roots. It is 

 much better to put the mulch on lightly, 

 say one inch thick, and renew frequently, 

 than to run the risk of souring the soil 

 by a heavy coating. 



The new rose, Ivory, is one of those 

 roses which, while in a young stage, is 

 apt to give the grower a fit of the blues. 

 From its puny appearance and habit of 

 making weak, sprawling wood, it looks as 

 if it would never amount to anything. 

 By persistent cultivation and copious 

 supplies of water during bright weather 

 it soon assumes quite a different charac- 

 ter, and shows signs of being almost as 

 vigorous a grower as its parent. Golden 

 Gate, and quite as free a bloomer. The 

 bloom is a pure white, long and well 

 pointed buds of a good size, the petals 

 are of good substance, which gives it all 

 the points to make it a good keeper and 

 shipper. Thus far it bears" out the stand- 

 ard of excellence given it by the dissem- 

 inators, and if it stands up against hot 

 weather, as they claim it does, it will in- 

 deed be an acquisition. 



So many roses have been put on the 



