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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



FEBRtART 5, 1003. 



bouquets which are to be cariied or 

 worn, the color tone must not be low- 

 ered with the introduction of dark col- 

 ors such as green. 



In figure 4 we have an example of 

 what is to be avoided. The massing of 

 flowers in the round shaped bouquets 

 does very well, but in the larger bou- 

 quets where the shape is not a very defi- 

 nite one, the massing of flowers is apt 

 to jroduee a heavy shapeless mass. 

 Some bouquets are made which are a 

 burden to carry and not a jileasure as it 

 should be. 



Afany bridesmaids' bouquets are made 

 which are similar in shape to that of 

 the bride's, and the luiiformity in the 

 shape of bouquets in a bridal party is 

 a good one. Variety and distinction in 

 these cases is sultifiently brought out in 

 the difference of the llowors used and 

 in the color. Somctinu-s all the bou- 

 quets are made in white, the l>rides- 

 niaids' boiiquets being made of daisies 

 for example, and the elVect is very 1>1 eas- 

 ing. Then there are bridesmaids' bou- 

 quets which are more or less showy. 

 They may he made of little hats of a 

 delicate straw trimmed with flowers and 



ROSES. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Those who have not finished their 

 propagating should proceed with it at 

 once, as it is much easier to cantrcd the 

 conditions in a propagating liouse now 

 than it will be a few weeks hence. This 

 will also allow a longer season in which 

 to get the stock into condition for plant- 

 ing. 



Stock propagale<l early should soon 

 be fit for a shift from 2-incb to 2i-incli 

 l)(ds. To keep these in a steady grow- 

 ing condition until planting time one- 

 half inch of a shift is sullicient at each 

 repotting; giving too large a shift has 

 a tendency to cause too rank a growth, 

 which does not ripen so quickly or form 

 such stocky plants. Repotting should be 

 done as soon as the .young growth is 

 ri])e. This is easy to detect by the color 

 of the young leaves changing from red 

 to green and also by the roots assum- 

 ing a nutty brown color. This repot- 

 ting should be itracticed after each suc- 

 cessive growth until the ])h>nts are ready 

 to bench. The dilferent appearance of 



Bridesmaid's Bouquet. Fig. 2. 



carried suspended by ribtons. These 

 little hats are trimmed by various flow- 

 ers or combinations of them, and when 

 the matter is given some thought real 

 catching arrangements are produced. Or 

 a similar treating of flexible baskets 

 with ribbons and flowers is the carrying 

 out of this same idea in a little dif- 

 ferent manner. These oddities would 

 soon become tiresome were they freely 

 introduced and therefore such things 

 should not be urged too freely. Nov- 

 elty must not be obtained in the florist 

 business by sacrificing the use of flow- 

 ers. Let us make our customers love 

 them as we do ourselves and then they 

 will want them doubly, first, because 

 they will learn to see the calyx niul 

 corolla, and second, because custom re- 

 quires that they should have them to 

 grace certain occasions. 



George VV. Wibn'hoeder. 



You can save time and money by 

 making use of our classified advs. 



plants so handled from those overjiolted 

 or neglected is easily distinguished and 

 the results when planted will amply 

 compensate for the extra labor. 



The young stock should have plenty 

 of bench room, as overcrowding is frj- 

 (picntly the cause of their losing the 

 bottom fidiage, ami will be especially 

 liable to do so in a season like the 

 present, when from lack of sunshine 

 they will be slow in dryin" out. Those 

 who have no regular stock house should 

 select the sunniest and most airy bench 

 in a bouse, with a tcmi)cratnrc of .50 

 degrees. 



The care of the young slock should 

 never be intrusted to any but the most 

 careful and competent help, as any care- 

 lessness or neglect in wati ring, venti- 

 lating, etc., is ruinou.s and once they 

 get into a stunted condition it requires 

 a long time of hard work to get them 

 back into a vigorous condition. 



During this dull weather they should 

 get no more water than is absolutely 



necessary. Many of the pots, owing to 

 their position on the bench, proximity 

 to heat, or being directly under the 

 ventilators, will dry out much qnicktr 

 than others, and should have their 

 wants attended to more frequently. 



Beauties and Jletcors will recpiire 

 frequent syringings to keep otf red 

 spider, as, owing to the peculiar shape 

 of the leaves and their clo.seness to the 

 pot it is difiicult to get at them with 

 elTect. If the weather should be warm 

 and bright s.vringing sliould be done 

 twice daily, in the morning and early 

 in the afternoon, so that the foliage 

 may be dry before night. 



Greenfly will also give some trouble, 

 and as it is difficult to get the fumes 

 of tobacco to settle among the lower 

 leaves, it is best to perform this opera- 

 tion in the morning when the glass is 

 cool and the soil in the pots eompari- 

 lively dry and evaporation at a mini- 

 mum. 



A strict watch should ho kept for the 

 first signs of mildew. Keeping the pipes 

 painted is a good preventive, and on 

 bright days a dusting over the f<diage 

 will help to ward it ofi'. Ribes. 



CASH RETURNS. 



What should be the gross returns in ^ 

 cash, at average wholesale prices, from 

 a three-quarter span house 22xl.")0 plant- 

 ed to roses? W. J. W. 



A house of 22xl.iO feet planted to 

 roses (Brides and Bridesmaids) and 

 cropped from September until May fol- 

 lowing should at the very least approx- 

 imate one dollar per square foot of space 

 covered, and can by skillful handling 

 be made to produce much more. 



A house of this size can be made to 

 induce from 20.000 to 27.000 blooms 

 of all grades, but as wholesale prices 

 vary \erv much in different sections of 

 the country, the gross receipts will have 

 to be figured out according to locality. 



Ribes. 



CARNATION NOTES-WEST. 



Topping the Young Plants. 



Those cuttings that you potted or 

 ]danted on the Ijcnch or in flats will be- 

 gin to shoot up now i)relty soon and 

 you will have to begin tojjping them, as 

 they need it in order to form shapely 

 plants. Tliere is a great difference in 

 opinion as to the proper time of top- 

 ping the young plants and I would say 

 that under different conditions the 

 ]iri)per time would differ as well, and 

 also different varieties need to be treated 

 difl'erently. Take, for instance, Mrs. 

 .)oo.st. It is seldom that this variety 

 needs to be topped more than once be- 

 fore well into the summer, as ever.v 

 e.ve will break and a bushy plant is its 

 natural form of growth. On the other 

 hand take White Cloud and vou will 

 l:nd the joints are longer and instead 

 of breaking from every eye it will break 

 usually onl.v from the two at the end 

 of the shoot and if there are several 

 eyes between these and the main branch 

 when the plant makes more growth it 

 will become top heavy and be inclined 

 to lie on one side. Such varieties 

 should be topped every time a couple 

 of joints are made on a shoot. This 

 should be begim when the plants are 

 small, because then you will not need to 

 rut off and Avaste so much growth later. 

 Of these varieties you want a short 

 stubliy plant that is full of shoots and 



