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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



Easter Flower Trade Was Brisk 



THE Easter flower trade this spring was 

 unusually brisk in all the leading 

 Canadian cities. The floral decorations ni 

 many of the churches were exceptionally 

 elaborate. To this fact was largely due the 

 actual scarcity of plants which existed in 

 some centers. An improvement was also 

 noticeable in the retail demand for home 

 decorative purposes. Many families made 

 pretty displays, particularly of lilies, in their 

 front windows while the season lasted. 



In Hamilton there was a scarcity of lilies 

 for some time owing to a disease which at- 

 tacked many plants. A number of florists 

 were forced to fill their orders through To- 

 ronto houses. The Townsend Estate re- 

 ports that lilies, which in ordinary years 

 would only be worth about 75 cents, sold for 

 as high as $2 each. 



The Ottawa florists, practically without 

 exception, announce their sales this year 

 were the largest on record. When seen, 

 Graham Bros, said they were well satisfied 

 with the Easter business and had sold out 

 completely their stock of Easter lilies. Mr. 

 R. H. Wright remarked: "I never saw 

 trade better. It seemed to me that every 

 one was buying flowers." 



TORONTO SALES WERE BRISK. 



The Easter demand for flowers in To- 

 ronto, according to the well known florist, 

 Mr. E. Grainger, was a great .deal better this 

 year than ever before, especially in Easter 

 lilies, which were much lower in price than 

 last year. This was on account of one or 

 two florists, who ordered a large stock be- 

 fore Easter. That they might be sure ii.o 

 stock would oe left on their hands they were 

 obliged to lower their prices to dispose of 

 stock. Blooms usually selling for 10 to 12 

 cents sold for 5 to 8 and 10 cents. Poor 

 ones sold for 5 cents. 



By Easter time these were all gone, and 

 retailers advanced their prices for good 



blooms. Large stores, such as Eaton's and 

 Simpson's, kept up their prices, and by 

 Easter Saturday there was a great scarcity 

 of Easter lilies. 



A great many more azaleas were sold 

 than ever before and at the lowest prices 

 ever known in Toronto. Messrs. Wm. Jay 

 & Son reported flowers for the Easter trade 

 never sold so well as this year. Roses and 

 lilies take the preference, with violets next. 

 Prices were about the same as last year, 

 azaleas, hydrangeas and lily plants were 

 all in good demand. 



Boston Ivy on Painted Wall 



PROF. H. L. HUTT, ONT. AGRI. COLLEGE. 



Will you kindly let me know if the Boston Ivy 

 (Ampelops'is Veltchii) will cling to a brick wall 

 after it has been painted ? — M. B., Ont. 



I think you will find it will cling to the 

 painted brick wall nearly, if not quite, as 

 well as where it is unpainted. 



Good for the C. P. R. — A leaflet has 

 been sent to all station agents of the Cana- 

 dian Pacific Railway system by the flower 

 department, giving instructions regarding 

 the planting and care of flowers and the ar- 

 tistic decoration of gardens and garden plots. 

 To assist in the work the agent is supplied 

 with about 20 different varieties of flower 

 seeds. Practical instructions for planting 

 are also given. 'ine flower department 

 urges the agent to make his house or station 

 the prettiest place in town. 



Do not plant beans until the ground is dry, 

 the weather warm, and all danger of frost 

 is over. Light rich soil should be selected 

 and the beans be planted in drills i^ to 2 

 feet apart. Plant them 3 or 4 inches apart 

 and cover 2 inches deep. If planted in hills, 

 make the holes i^ to 2 feet apart one way 

 and 2 to 2>4 feet the other, and plant 6 or 8 

 beans in a hole. Hoe them, but only when 

 the leaves are dry. — (D. M. Ferry, Wind- 

 sor, Ont. 



