﻿ApbiL 29, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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Members of ths Florists' Club of Hartford at Banquet on Ladies' Night, April 22. 



like to add to the collection. My place 

 is the Home of Boo/e-Bearing Plants. 

 Here are a few which can be grown and 

 will relieve the thir.st: 



llo]) villi's (Iliinir;) Luiiiihis) for bror. 



Cnipc vines for wine. 



Apii't' t nis for cidiT. 



Apririit tri'i'K ;iii<l ti!;irl<licrr.v Imslics. for l.r.imli's. 



JiiiiiliiT.s (Jiiiii|i(>riis) for f;in. 



Itvc Mini iMini for xvhiski'.v. 



Hint (Menfli.i ripcritii) . . . .for crciiic ilc mciitlio. 



Carawiiy (I'.iniiii ) for kiiniiioll. 



\V'irnnvo(Ml (Arlrniisia .Misintliiiiiu i . for ntisiiitho. 



riiiiii triM's for slivowitz. ii Uiissinii drink. 



Ulcf for ari'ck iimi snko. 



CoriimoMl for muscutol. 



And not to neglect tlie drug addicts, 

 grow IKippy (Pajiaver sonmifernni) for 

 oiiiuni. 



Why nial;e the proprietor of a cafo 

 liable to a heavy line when you can 

 produce all of the above yourself? 



Samuel J. Clark. 



SEPARATING DAHLIA CLUMPS. 



The daldia clump can bo properly 

 separativl liy anyone if the fullowing 

 instructions are carefully followed: 



Take the dahlia clump as it was har- 

 vested, with tlio portion of the original 

 ftiilk, from which the top was removed. 

 Upon examining the clump you will 

 notice that the tubers formed at the 

 base of the stalk and that each tulier 

 has a crown, neck and body; the crown 

 being the bulging portion tliat is con- 

 nected vv:tli tlie clump, and the neck 

 being the small portion between the 

 crown and the body of the tuber. By 

 examining carefully, small eyes, or 

 sprouts, can l)e detected on the crowns 

 and stalk base. These eyes produce 

 the new plants; so, in separating, it is 

 necessary that each tuber have an eye. 

 Without an eye the tuber is worthless. 



In separating, a sharf) knife should 

 be used and great care taken. The 

 best way is to remove each tuber in- 

 dividually, but in cutting, it is neces- 

 sary that each tuber have a crown, or 

 a portion of the stalk, as it is ujton 

 this that all the eyes grow. 



First, select the tuber you think ran 

 be most easily removed. With tlie 

 point of your knife, cut deei)ly into 

 the base of the stalk, so as to leave 

 an equal amount of the stalk base for 

 each tuber and so that each tulier has 

 its crown. By cutting deeply into the 

 stalk l)ase on both side^, the tuber be- 

 comes separatiMl from the clump, leav- 

 ing a V-shaped portion of the stalk base 



as a crown or h(>ai!, ujhui wliifh the 

 eye is found or will grow. 



The )iext tuber fa\orably Inc'itcd 

 from the sejiarating stand|M)iMl can then 

 he chosen and I'emoNid liy aL;;iin i-nt 

 ting the stalk b;ise, and so on until the 

 stalk base- becomes tlie crown of each 

 in(li\iihial tuher. 



When the tuber is planteil it slioiild 

 be laid flat, six inches dei'|i, so tli;it the 

 crown, around which the new liibeis 

 form, will lie siiilicicnl ly i|(>e|i to re 

 ceive plenty of moisture, which is neces- 

 sary tliat the ncnv tubers may de\elo|i 

 jiroperly. The spiout will <.;rnw from 

 the crown and soon n'ach the top ot' 

 tlie L;'i'ound, producing a jilant the stem 

 of which, Avhen I'lill i^rowii, lieconn's 

 the stalk. .1. K. .Vlexunder. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



Tlu^n^ is ;in abundant supply of flow- 

 ers at jiresent, but also a good denumd 

 for them and no glut has developed. 

 C';irnat ions and sweet jieas are tine. 

 Suai>dragons are arriving on the market 

 in fine cpiality. There has been a good 

 demand for funeral flowers, which has 

 kept most of the stores busy. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club of Hartford held 

 lailies' night Thursday evening, April 

 1'2. The ladies must have been looking 

 for this time to come, when their bus- 

 banils would take tliem to one of the 

 cluli's famous dinners, and they were 

 out in force. Dinner was served at the 

 City <dul). The dinner table was in the 

 shajie of a hollow square. This square 

 was prettily filled, liaving an electric 

 fountain in the center, Imnked with 

 ratnbler roses. At the ends were large 

 baskets of Laddie carnations, sur- 

 rounded by genistas. On the tables 

 were strings of smilax with carnations 

 and roses. Each of the ladies, about 

 thirty of whom wer,e present, rec(>i\-ed a 

 corsaLie of jiuiple sweet Jieas and each 

 gentleman wor(> a wliiti^ carn.'ition. The 

 ends of the room were bankecl with large 

 ferns. An orcdiestra played during the 

 dinner. After a delio^htful dinner, 

 I'resident .losiqih \\ (.Toombs welconuMl 

 the ladies on liehalf of tlie club an<l re- 

 minded them that there was a summer 

 ]iicnic coming and hoped that they 



would all be ]in>sent at thai time. At 

 s p. 111. tliey adjourned to I'arsons' 

 t Ileal (M-, \vliei-e they witnessed ' ' Chu 

 <'liin riiow. ■' There were several out- 

 oltowii guests present. X. C. Osborne 

 and <i. B. -Maridiant were in cdiarge of 

 til.' a rraiiLieineiit s ami Vincent Olm- 

 stcad did t lie decorat illg. 



Various Notes. 



L;reeiilioiise.s of Thomas Dryden 

 |ilaiii> Tor s|iring trade coming 

 in title shape. The Easter trade 



Tlu' 

 hav 

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 was sat ist'ac'ioiy her(' 



I'laiik b'iilia nlson. East Hartford, 

 ha> ;i rehia rl;a Ide display of giM'.aniums, 

 which ;ii'c his spei-ially. His green- 

 houses ; re located ;it an ad.\-autagiM)us 

 plac- oil i!ie ' 'on iiect ictit J)oiile\'ard, 

 wlieri' there is a tr.dley transfer jioint, 

 and I he ilisplay is a line advertisement. 



Mrs. i;. M. Widch li;is sold her green- 

 houses on Anii.awaii street. She will 

 de\(>1e all of her ti;iie to her new store 

 in the Allyn House. It is a store with 

 all the Latest im]irovemen(s and is al- 

 \va\"s pret t ily decorat e.!. 



Lane the l-'lorist has been treating 

 the juiblic to some unusually fine win- 

 dow displays. 



.F(din Coombs' greenhouses, on South 

 stiH'ef. are a Unc sight at jiresent. The 

 carnations are excellent, having both 

 stiff st(Miis and good c<dor. The roses 

 are growing well, too. The Benton 

 str(>et range, which was damaged by the 

 ice and snow, is bidng repaired. His 

 bedding ]dants are in good shape and 

 he has a large numlier of geraniums, 

 which are fine. The house of sweet 

 peas is coming into crop with long 

 stems and large flowers. lie has re- 

 newed his mum stock this year. The 

 young jilants are healthy. 



The rose gardens at Elizabeth park, 

 for which Hartford is noted, have come 

 tlir(uigli the winter in fine shape. The 

 display will be larger than ever this 

 > car. 



Pansy jilants are beginning to appear 

 in the stores again. They are of good 

 (pi.alily .Mild are retailing for about 75 

 cents per <lozen. G. B. M. 



Evansvilie, Ind. — Hugh C. Sclmiitt 

 has purchased se\-en acres of land, iit\ar 

 the Salt pool, west of this city. He 

 intends to erect a range of 20,000 square 

 feet of glass. He has secured Louis 

 Kasse] as sjrowt^r. 



