September 18, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



229 



"The Telegraph Florist" 



M«mE>er of FlorUfa* Teteilraph Delivrry 



124 TREMONT ST. 



IM 



H. F, A, LANGE 



Worcester, Mass. 



Delivers to all Points in New 

 England 



ISO.OOO Square Feet of Glass 



Mumlicr Florists' Tclegrnph Delivery 

 AssoclatloB 



WORCESTER, MASS. 



Randall's Flower Shop 



IIAKKY I. K.VNDAI.I,. I'ruprU-tor. 

 Member FlorUts' TeleKriiph Delivery 



Providence, Rhode Island 



Johnston Brothers 



LEADING FLORISTS 



38 Dorrance Street 



Member FloristB' TcleKrapIi Delivery 



ST. LOUIS, MO. 



FRED C. WEBER 



4326-28 Olive St. 



Member llorihtH TclrRraph DpIIvcry A»s*n. 

 NOTICE IMTI.VI.S. We lm%e one store only. 



The Beacon Florist 

 ' ^^^^:^' BOSTON 



J. EISEMANX. Mnnager, 14 years head 



decorator and desiKiier tor I'enn's. 

 Prompt, Knieient Ser^ i<-e Ouaninteed. 



l!l>sr<)N. MASS. 



Houghton Gorney 

 Flower Shop ^'t.^d: 



rnder tli«> Park Street Churcli 



This is a good time to be preparing 

 tlie soil for use on the benches the 

 coining season. If you are wise you 

 have had the compost ready for some 

 time, but it sliould he turned over and 

 keiit well broken ui). The only way 

 to get the ingredients properly mixed 

 is to have them chopped finely. When 

 aililing bone meal or tankage to the 

 compost, you will liiid about 50 pounds 

 to a yard of soil the right proportion. 

 You need a compost which will heat 

 enough to kill the larvae of Insects 

 that might do damage later on. 



Field-grown hydrangeas should be 

 lifted about the middle of the month. 

 It is a mistake often made to lift them 

 too early, before the wood has properly 

 matured, but of course the time for 

 doing the work varies with the loca- 

 tion and climatic conditions. As soon 

 as the plants have been potted up, 

 give them a good watering and place 

 them in an open situation out doors 

 until the weather gets dangerously 

 cold. You can rest hydrangeas to ad- 

 vantage in a good cool cellar, but 

 must be sure the frost does not reach 

 them, and they must not be allowed to 

 become bone dry, which means that 

 you will need to look at them every 

 two or three weeks. 



The best way to get good sweet peas 

 for winter market is to grow them in 

 solid beds, although benches are often 

 used. With the solid beds the plants 

 get a deeper root, and the roots are 

 kept cooler and more moist than when 

 raised benches are used. It takes a 

 lot of feeding and watering to keep 

 bench peas growing properly for a 

 long season. You can get good re- 

 sults with sweet peas by trenching the 

 beds 12 to 18 inches deep, working in 

 a good sup|)ly of well decayed cow 

 manure. Don't make the mistake of 

 sowing the seed too thickly, for other- 

 wise you will have to do a lot of un 

 necessary thinning. Have your plants 

 stand two or three inches apart in the 

 rows. While planting directly in the 

 rows is a common plan, some growers 

 prefer to use flats filled with sand oi 

 fine loam and transplant the seed- 

 lings. 



If you find it of advantage to use 



ALLST0N&BRI6HTON,MASS. 



ROGERS FLOWER SHOP ^T.*^' 



1231 CommoBwtaltb Ave., AUaton, Mam. 



CAMBRIDGE, MASS. 



.■.HI .MT. At lll'KN STUEKT 



HAROLD A. RYAN. Inc. y.T^ 



BROCKTON, MASS. 



Belmont Flower Shop ^T.^S' 



LAWRENCE . - MASS. 



A. H. WAGLAND 



We Cover 



I.A\VBENCE, MBTIIUKN, ANDOVEB, 



NOKTll ANI)«>VKB, BAX.EM, N. H, 



and ContlKuouM Territory 



Member of F. T. D. 



BEVERLY, MASS. 



BEVERLY FLOWER SHOP^ ^T*^. 



MALDEN, MASS. 



J. WALSH & SON *'p':»T. 



MI.AI-1 



TKio F'loris't 



Teleptaone 1422 

 1 .Miiin street. TAUNTON, MASS. 



National Florist for Taunton and Vicinity 



OOD£ BHOS CO 



■ *1-.F STFW 

 *KaSKIVCT\M .< 



GUDE BROS. CO. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



Member Floriata Telefirapli Debvery 



FLOWERS 



The Best at 

 The Lowest 



The I^arKeNt Popular Price Hoase In 



I*hilji(l*'lphla 



F. M. ROSS 



Send orders t<i 



13a So. 63nd Street, Fhiladelphla. 



Otlier Stores 



13 So. 60th St.. 212 E. Glrard Avenne 



PHILADELPHIA 



.■Mrmli.r I Inri-l •-■ IVlfi:ra|>li Delivery. 

 OrderH from all excopt members of 

 the K. T. D. must be accompanied by 

 rfinlf tiiii«-r>. 



JOHN BREITMEYER'S 



Cor. Broadway and Gratiot Aves. 

 DETROIT, MICH. 



Artistic Designs - . . 

 High Grade Gut Blooms 



Wf rover nil Mirlifcan points ;in(l eood 



HiTtloDH of Ohio. Indina and Canada. 



Member Florists' Telegraph Dellverj- 



A*iSociation. 



