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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



August H. 1902. 



shelves. Never entirely hide a bookcase. 

 A few delit-ate vines, palms and vases of 

 flowers are all tliat is necessary. In the 

 matter of fine woodwork or pillars or any 

 kind of furniture remember you are not 

 employed to cover up; you are suppcsed 

 to beautify, and therefore be careful your 

 w'ork is more artistic than that which you 

 are covering. The hall stairway is gen- 

 erally a place Avhere you can show your 

 ability, but it is ridiculous to put all 

 your ability and material there. Hou.<-o 

 decorations should not be too abrupt. One 

 room should lend its charm to the other 

 and tlie whole conform to the require- 

 ments of the occasion. 



You will soon have all the theaters 

 opening for the season, and no entrance 

 should be without its pretty decorating. 

 Abundance of cheap materials can be 

 had. Suggest some inexpensive design to 

 the managers, for the public and future 

 trade is benetitted by seeing tlowers on 

 such occasions. IvERA. 



be felt. Cultivation is far more import- 

 ant than the varieties or strains. The 

 camera was turned in the opposite direc- 

 tion this time but it's the same lot of 

 asters. You can tell that by the man 

 who never looks up from liis work, and 

 who that morning picked 700 off the bed. 

 In fact we have many more than we 

 could use. 



I like the pastoral scene in the back- 

 ground. It is part of western New York 

 that is little cultivated, of which 1 think 

 there is about 90 per cent, such land in 

 the whole state. Near the big round 

 bushy willow in the center of the land- 

 scape meanders a stream with the poetical 

 name of ' ' Murder Creek. ' ' No murder 

 has occurred on its banks within a few 

 weeks except the slaughter of frogs, of 

 which there are bull, cow and the plain 

 little everyday frog. When this little 

 creek gets on the rampage it covers hun- 

 dreds of acres with three feet of water, 

 but it subsides and the water goes over 



Reappearance of the Aster Family. 



REAPPEARANCE OF THE ASTER 

 FAMILY. 



Some weeks ago 1 had the pleasure to 

 show you a group of somebodies or no- 

 bodies planting asters. That picture was 

 taken without any design of being pub- 

 lished. This one was. I think really it, 

 was the 18th of May when the man 

 ■with the rake and his associates were 

 putting in the little plants. We began 

 cutting July 5 or 6. The variety is Far- 

 quhar 's ' ' Queen of the Earlies. ' ' 



Now, where the aster garden has bfen 

 sufficiently high to throw off the ab- 

 normal rainfall of June and July it has 

 been an ideal season. Unfortunately, 

 next to this lot on the left is a larger 

 quantity of A'ictoria and TrufFaut's 

 pseony flowered, and more than half of 

 them are simply drowned. 



There are few crops, if worth growing 

 at all, that need more thorough cultiva- 

 tion and proper conditions than this com- 

 mon annual. The soil should be dug oi 

 ploughed at least a foot deep, a liberal 

 quantity of manure added every year, 

 and if the season is dry they must be 

 irrigated. The deeper the ground is dug 

 or trenched the less will the want of water 



Niagara's brink, and all is f(n-given. 



W. S, 



CARNATION NOTES. 



Syringing. 



After planting in your carnations you 

 nmst keep them svTinged well for several 

 days to keep them from wilting. A bodly 

 wilted carnation might just about as well 

 be pulled up and thrown away. Just how 

 often it is required must depend entirely 

 on the weather and the conditions of the 

 plants, A soft, quickly grown plant that 

 had lots of rain outside will need more 

 syringing than one that had little rain 

 and is therefore better matured, and tlic 

 latter will also take hold of the soil 

 quicker. 



We usually syringe early in the morn- 

 ing, and then about every hour and a half 

 during the day if the sun is quite wurm, 

 and at the same time wetting down the 

 walks and under the benches, etc. Wo 

 find that the closest watching is required, 

 from the third io the fifth day if the 

 plants are the least bit soft. The first 

 day or two they will stand up pretty well 

 with the strength contained within them- 

 selves, but about the third day they need 



a little more help from the outside, and 

 as the roots are not in shape to .supply 

 it 3'ou must do it with the spray. Dni'c 

 spray them heavy enough to get the s,-,il 

 in a scggy condition, as it will sour and 

 bring on stem-rot. Just spray enough 

 to wet the foliage and depend on keeping 

 the atmosphere nujist by keeping the 

 walks wet. 



After the plants have taken hold a i;oo.i 

 plan is to sprinkle a little air-slaked lime 

 over the soil and stir it in before giving 

 a good watering; this will put the soil 

 in good condition again. We alw.-iys put 

 up a few plants of each variety to plant 

 in place of those dying from stem-rot or 

 some other cause. If you don 't need them 

 there is not much lost, and they will take 

 hold much better from pots than right 

 from the field. Five per cent of wliat 

 you plant on the benches ought to be 

 enough unless you have a bad dose of 

 stem-rot. Do this at once so that by the 

 time the others have taken a good hold 

 of the soil those in pots will be rooted 

 through and in good shape to plant on the 

 bench and able to grow right along with 

 the others on even terms. 



Let the shade come off the glass grad- 

 ually when the plants have taken hold. If 

 the weather is bright and hot a little 

 shade will do no harm for a week or two, 

 but do not let it remain too long. A 

 rainy spell will scon remove it. Some- 

 times we are obliged to remove it with a 

 bru.sh, but not often, if we use the proper 

 kind of shading material. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



The season is now :'ji,irn;irhiiig when 

 Beauties and Liberiies will be liable to 

 be attacked by black spot, and it be- 

 hooves every grower to be on the look- 

 cut for this trouble and to stamp it out 

 as soon as it makes its appearance. 

 Houses which are situated on low, marshy 

 or much sheltered ground, and where 

 naturally the foliage is soft, are usually 

 the first to suffer. 



Care should be taken to keep the at- 

 mosphere as dry as is consistent with the 

 health of the plant; avoid all sudden fluc- 

 tuations of temperature, and be sure to 

 have the foliage dry by sundown. 



To prevent and hold this fungus in 

 check a spraying of the carbonate of cop- 

 jier compound is recommended, using ;! 

 ounces of carbonate of copper and 1 

 quart of ammonia to 50 gallons of water 

 and apply once a week. 



Cleanliness and care play an important 

 part in the prevention and eliecking the 

 spread of this trouble. Those leaves at 

 the base of the stem which touch the 

 soil should be picked off, as it is there the 

 trouble usually begins. All ripe, spotted 

 and decaying leaves should be carefull.v 

 picked off every day and destroyed. If 

 tliis treatment is persisted in for a few 

 weeks and special care taken not to over- 

 water the benches the trouble will dis- 

 appear. RlBE-S. 



WEDDING DECORATION. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of a church decoration by 

 Jos. Kift & Son, of Philadelphia, for a 

 wedding on June 7tli, With the excep- 

 tion of the lilies in the baptistry and on 

 the central arch overhead the only flowers 

 were roses, of wlueh over six thousand 

 medium to short stemmed were used. 

 The varieties were Bride and Bridesmaid, 

 Queen of Edgely, Kaiserin and Robert 



