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HORTICULTURE 



August 28, 1920 



I if|'i"0(lui (' tlu' messiigi': 



Flowers Are Alive 



If you treat them well, they will re- 

 spond and bloom forth in all their 

 beauty. 



If You Abuse Them 



or are eareles.'; with them, they will 

 quickly fade and die. 

 We to' to send you blooms that will 

 last and be a pleasure to you. 

 For your own pleasure, will you just 

 notice these blooms and see that 

 they are in a receptacle that holds 

 a generous supply of fresh, cold, 

 life-griving water. 



If They Wilt 

 cut a piece off the stem, put them 

 deep in fresh water, and if possible. 

 place them in a cool dark place for 

 a few hours. 



Flowers will wilt in a draught, or 

 without sufficient pure cool water. 

 Some flowers, if bmised. will drop 

 their petals, but with a little care 

 and hardly any attention they will 

 well repay you. 



We Work a Year 



day and night to produce the 

 flowers — will you spend a few mo- 

 ments and a little care that they 

 may continue their beauty for your 

 pleasure? 



Over night, keep them in a cool 

 place free from draught and deep 

 in water. 



The L. Bemb Floral Co. 



ALBERT POCHELON 



153 Bates Street Detroit, Mich. 



Flowers or Floral Gifts 

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Godfrey callas proved to be a good 

 crop for many a norist last winter, and 

 this coming season will probably be no 

 exception. Now is a good time to get 

 your plants started if you have not 

 enough stock of your own; three and 

 one-half and four-inch plants of this 

 calla pushed right along from this 

 time on into the fall will give sur- 

 prisingly good results. Many who have 

 not had the experience think that large 

 dormant bulbs are necessary for flower- 

 ing the following winter, but this is not 

 true. James Wheeler says. "Keep a 

 Godfrey calla growing and it will 

 flower for you," and while the flowers 

 from small bulbs will not compare in 

 size to the old-fashioned calla, there 

 are many uses for them, and in fact, 

 many of us like the smaller flowers 



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Wholesale Plantsman 

 Bulletin Building PHILADELPHIA 



better than those big, overgrown 

 monsters that are hard to use in many 

 cases. 



The paper white situation has come 

 down to the point where it is a ques- 

 tion of getting the stock rather than a 

 question of price. Those who bought 

 early were fortunate. The crop is 

 very short and growers who haven't 

 bought will find that if they are suc- 

 cessful in getting any stock from now 

 on. they will have to pay a pretty good 

 price. 



I have mentioned it before, but it 

 will stand repeating; stock of vinca is 

 again scarce, as it has been for several 

 years back. There is a persistent call 

 for all sizes ranging from 214-Inch pots 

 through to field-grown plants. Anyone 

 hsving any surplus to offer will do well 

 to bring it before the trade as it will 

 be quickly taken up and at fair prices. 

 This is a crop which can be made to 

 turn in a good profit and this point 

 should be taken advantage of by grow- 

 ers who have the room to spare. 



Many florists don't seem to realize 

 that bulbs of Spanish Iris are one of 

 the items shut out by Quarantine 37. 

 There are numerous inquiries, but ap- 

 parently no way of furnishing a sup- 

 ply. I understand, however, that at 

 least one enterprising bulb house has 

 made arrangements with a grower in 

 California to grow^ on a quantity of 

 Spanish Iris from small stock which 

 came in before the quarantine went 

 into effect. This stock will probably 

 be available in two years; it is doubt- 

 ful if it will be ready for next year. 

 Let us hope that it will turn out well 

 and there seems to be no reason to be- 

 lieve that it will not be of good qualify 

 and useful to the trade. 



Field-grown carnations around New 

 England certainly are running below 

 the average. There are a few excep- 

 tions where the stock runs strong and 

 even, but generally speaking, not only 

 in Massachusetts, but through the 

 Northern states of New England the 

 stock is only of medium size and of 

 rather poor quality. Plants did not do 

 well in the field and there is quite a 

 lot of late planting. Matchless and 

 Ward are showing up better than most 

 of the varieties. Enchantress types 

 while below what they should be have 

 done better than Pink Delight, Benora 

 and the scarlet and crimsons shades. 

 Possibly we may not see such a quan- 

 tity of early flowers in the markets as 

 was expected, and I believe that carna- 

 tion growers will do well to hold their 



