April 24. 1920 



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tors should not extend above the lower 

 edge of the window. Provision should 

 be made here also for the attaching 

 of color sc-reons. The spotlights should 

 also he eciuippcd with color screens. 

 Thi' most suitable screens for such 

 lights are rotating disks fitted around 

 the edge with transparent disks of 

 different colors, and it may be wise to 

 have these color disks geared to tiny 

 motors which may be used to revolve 

 the disks slowly, thus continually 

 chanKlng the colors and causing these 

 changing colors to play in rainbow 

 fashion upon the part of the display 

 in the spotlight. 



"Let us now look Into some of the 

 advantages of this complete system. 

 The combination of ceiling and floor 

 lights not only makes it possible to 

 light the whole window display uni- 

 formly, but to do so with less expendi- 

 ture for electric current. The closer 

 the lights are to the thing to be light 

 e<1. the less light will be required. The 

 floor lights are always much closer to 

 the disiilay than the ceiling lights, 

 hence not only better lighting results, 

 but less electric current is required. 



Value of Colors 



"The color screens serve to bring 

 out the good features of the goods dis- 

 played in a manner that they could not 

 be brought out without the use of 

 color screens. Color screens also make 

 it easy to secure the best possible re- 

 sults from anything else displayed in 

 the window. The time is most cer- 

 tainly coming when retailers will no 

 more think of trying to light their 

 windows and not use color screens 

 than they would of lighting the win- 

 dows with candles. 



"The spotlights may be used for 

 many different purposes. One way in 

 which they can be used is to feature 

 some leader in the window. If some- 

 thing special is placed in the center 

 of the window, the rest of the lights 

 turned out or only left burning to 

 light the window dimly and the spot- 

 lights are played upon this feature, 

 anyone who has ever been to the the- 

 atre knows how this feature will stand 

 out and how it will attract attention 

 even from the other side of the street. 

 The spotlights will bring many a per- 

 son over to the window who would 

 have passed by without noticing it had 

 it not been for the spotlights. Two 

 spotlights should almost always be 

 used, because when all the light comes 

 from one direction, the object will not 

 be as well lighted as it is when the 

 light comes from two different direc- 

 tions. In some cases, however, it may 

 be an advantage to have the light all 

 coTiie from one direction in order that 

 sharp shadows may be cast for the 

 sake of contrast." 



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GARDENERS' & FLORISTS' CLUB 

 OF BOSTON. 



The regular monthly meeting was 

 held in Horticultural Hall on Tue.s(lay 

 evening. Apfll 20th. with a moderate 

 attendance. Three new members were 

 elected. 



The Club voted to hold their annual 

 picnic in Cunningham Park. Ea.st Mil- 

 ton, about the usual time in .July. 



.\ collection of tulips by Walter H. 

 Golby was awarded honorable men- 

 tion. 



The speaker ot the evening was W. 

 X. Craig, secretary, and his subject, 

 "Seasonable Thought.s and Sugges- 

 tions," proved most interesting and 

 brought forth considerable discussion. 



PRUNING. 

 The pruning of shrubs Is really un- 

 derstood much better than that of 

 priming the climbing vines of different 

 kinds. Knowledge is especially lack- 

 ing among gardeners about the proper 

 care of the several varieties of 

 clematis, and a writer in Gardening 

 Illustrated points out that different 

 methods are required for different va- 



rieties. The proper pruning is de- 

 scribed as follows; 



"In the case of Clematis montana, 

 which flowers in spring on the shoots 

 of the preceding year, any necessary 

 pruning should be done directly the 

 flowers are over. Clematis WllUatn 

 Kennett flowers on the shoots of the 

 same year, hence any pruning required 

 may be done in early spring, before 

 growth recommences. Clematis Jack- 

 mani may, if necessary, be cut back 

 hard to quite plump buds in early 

 spring." The same writer says, "Wis- 

 taria sinensis can be pruned during 

 the summer. When the young shoots 

 have made their growth, they may be 

 pinched back to within two or three 

 eyes of the base, in order to encourage 

 the formation of flowering spurs." All 

 the above plants will be beneflted by 

 a good watering occasionally, espec- 

 ially the first summer after planting. 



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