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The Florists^ Review 



Februabt 17, 1916. 



a room. It is a fine, strong grower, but 

 the size of the bud does not measure up 

 with its fine foliage and heavy stem. 



Jonkheer J. L. Mock is a variety 

 with an uncertain future. It is a most 

 magnificent rose in the spring when 

 there is sufficient sun heat to open its 

 buds. I thought the vase of this rose 

 staged at the New York show in 1914 

 by Eobert Simpson was the handsomest 

 vase of roses ever staged. As a spring 

 and summer rose it should find a place, 

 but it gives too many deformed buds 

 in dark weather to be profitable. 



Lady Alice Stanley is a beautiful 

 two-toned pink rose and is esteemed by 

 rose fanciers. This is a high-class va- 

 riety and will always bring a good 

 price in the retail shops. It has fine 

 foliage and is free from any tendency 

 to weakness of growth. We shall grow 

 an increased quantity the coming sea- 

 son. 



Lady Hillingdon has gone by the 

 board, so to speak; a few are still grow- 

 ing it, but its tendency to fly open and 

 its lack of petals have been the deter- 

 mining factors. 



Francis Scott Key is liked by a few, 

 but I predict its speedy eclipse as a 

 forcing rose. 



MODERN SALESMANSHIP. 



The accompanying illustrations will 

 give an idea how florists' supplies may 

 be brought to the customer wheu the 

 customer can not come to the ware- 

 house. Every first-class commercial 

 hotel now contains one or more rooms 

 where a salesman who travels, with a 

 surprising number of trunks, can dis- 

 play his stock. The view shows Frank 

 J. Farney's display of the M. Bice Co. 

 made-in-America products in a leading 

 Detroit hostelry. Engagements are 

 made with every reachable retailer in 

 turn, engagements that may or may not 

 be kept, but the salesman generally can 

 be trusted to get him there in the end, 

 exemplifying the old adage that when 

 Mahomet can not come to the mountain, 

 why, the mountain can go to Mahomet. 

 Phil. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society is likely 

 to have an extra large display at the 

 National Flower Show in Philadelphia, 

 March 25 to April 2. The prize list is 

 growing. Since the publication of 

 forty-two special prizes we have re- 

 ceived prizes from the following: Mal- 

 colm Franklin, Philadelphia, $25; Wil- 

 liam L. Eock Flower Co., Kansas City, 

 $10; Henry Penn, Boston, $10; Mann & 

 Brown, Richmond, Va., $10. 



George E. Campbell, Erdenheim, Pa., 



has been appointed manager of the 

 rose exhibits. 



A list of judges, men of the first class, 

 has been named. Up to this writing 

 the following have accepted: Philip 

 Breitmeyer, Detroit; Frank H. Traend- 

 ly. New York; Wm. J. Palmer, Buffalo; 

 Eugene Dailledouze, Flatbush. 



The rose garden, for which prizes of 

 $500, $400 and $300 are offered, will 

 make a most interesting display and 



is an assured successful feature of the 

 exhibition. 



The annual bulletin is now in press 

 and it copies in a great measure the 

 general character of the annual as is- 

 sued by the National Rose Society of 

 England. It will contain various illus- 

 trations and is edited by J. Horace Mc- 

 Farland Co., Harrisburg, Pa. 



We have more paid subscriptions for 

 the year to date than usual. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



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Asters. 



For an early crop to be grown under 

 glass or for the first outdoor crop, a 

 sowing of asters can be made now. 

 Queen of the Market is the best va- 

 riety to use, and white, pink and lav- 

 ender are the best selling colors, in 

 this order. Early Wonder, which 

 comes in a little ahead of Queen of 

 the Market, is a poor, though early, 

 sort. Asters succeed well in a cool, 

 airy house, under conditions similar to 

 those given chrysanthemums. Keep 

 the seedlings growing right along and 

 never let them get starved before plant- 

 ing them out, or they will be of no 

 account. 



Moonflowers. 



The latter part of February is a suit- 

 able time to make a sowing of Ipomoea 

 grandiflora alba, better known as the 

 moonflower. Sow the seed in flats or 

 pans in a warm, moist house. Pot off 

 the seedlings when large enough to han- 

 dle and give a shift before the time 

 for spring sales arrives. Also, give each 

 plant a stake to support the shoots. 

 There is a steady demand for this popu- 

 lar night-blooming climber. 



Heliotropes. 



The heliotrope is one of the most de- 

 liciously scented of all bedding plants. 

 It has the advantage of being a per- 

 sistent bloomer and is valuable in 

 vases, window-boxes and even in hang- 

 ing-baskets as well as when bedded out. 

 It is easily propagated and a rapid 

 grower and if you will put in a gener- 

 ous batch of cuttings now, pot off and 

 give a shift to 3%-inch or 4-inch pots 

 later, you will have splendid plants in 



time for the bedding-out season. Of 

 course, these plants will need some 

 pinching to keep them bushy. 



The call for standard heliotropes is 

 good. These are fine to use either as 

 pot plants in small tubs or bedded out 

 with lower growing plants below them. 

 Seedlings possess greater vigor than 

 cuttings and make better standards. 

 Their culture is simple. Rub off all side 

 shoots and flowers and keep the stem 

 well staked. A height of eighteen to 

 thirty inches gives nice standards, but 

 for large specimens to be finally placed 

 in tubs, and which can be kept in good 

 condition for a number of years if 

 treated carefully, the stems should be 

 thirty to thirty- six inches in the clear. 



GladioU. 



It is time to plant a large batch of 

 gladioli for Memorial day use. Bright- 

 colored varieties like the old Brench- 

 leyensis and Mrs. King sell particularly 

 well at that time, as does that com- 

 mon but still popular pink variety, 

 America. It would be well to plant 

 some of that inexpensive white variety, 

 Augusta, or any others of a salable 

 color. It is impossible to get more 

 than a fraction of the spikes just right 

 for Memorial day. There always is, 

 however, a tolerably good call for 

 gladioli, both before and after that^ 

 holiday. It is often difficult at this sea- 

 son to secure any rotted manure to add 

 to the soil in the beds or benches, in 

 which case some fine bone and pul- 

 verized animal manure can be used with 

 advantage. 



Antirrhinums. 



In order to have strong antirrhinums 



How the Peripatetic Supply Man Spreads His Wares Before the Florists In Town After Town. 



