April 13, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



43 





The Easter Flower Song 



FLOWERS, from creation's earliest dawn, have ever voiced their silent 

 messages of good cheer to man. But, with the breaking of the first 



Easter morning, there was given a new symbolism and the Spring Song of the Flowers became 

 a pean of hope to millions of the human race. Today, this universal giving of flowers at 

 Eastertide is a beautiful custom which breathes joy alike on both giver and recipient. 



Penn'i 





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Easter Lilies 



Our lillts art ptrfcci 

 plants, guaranteed free from 

 the blight often found and 

 which causes foliage Ind 

 flower to prematurely will. 



UUes. $100 to $5.00 



Jom^Ut. Tulift tr Uytinlkt, im boiktt Willi imnj4 wMMi rt- 

 ttftocti. $2.00. 





Azaleas 



Deservedly one of the 

 inosi popular of Easier 

 plants, wilh abundant clus- 

 lers of rich blos6oms. Last- 

 ing and most effective. 



Azaleai. $2.00 to $6.00 



£'■/.■•' 



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Fremk Uydranftts 



U.OO to MOO. 



i« Eatttt ^tikth. 



Cut Flowers in the Very Choicest Varieties 





Healthy, jrowins bushes of these foremost varieties, 

 $2.00 to $5.00 



Penn'i Famous yioleta 



I for Eaatit^-KiUamey Lonf Stem Roses, in exquisite coloring. Selected 

 quality, at 2.00 and 3.00 per dozen. 



Con««* BenqiMii — ^The new "Countess Spencer" Sweet Peas, the graceful Gar- 

 denias and finest Orchids, in rare colorings. 



'ThoH Bring 



of fevwa BMy 



nmil for uijr Eaolar 



Penn Quality Violets, in large bunches, espe- 

 cially selected for the Easter trade. Fresh three 

 tiroes a day. 



la a Metropolitaa Daily of Nearly Half a Million Qrculation a Half Page Coets Mtich but Brings More. 



using manure we would rather use it 

 as a mulch, put on any time after the 

 plants or roots are set. Any kind of 

 material used for mulch around the 

 plants will retain moisture and save 

 watering, and if watered will keep the 

 soil from baking. By using bone we 

 obtain a more stocky growth and more 

 flowers; at least such is our experience. 



June Planting Best. 



We find that the dahlias planted in 

 June invariably give us the finest, or 

 exhibition, blooms. The early plant- 

 ings have the extremely hot weather to 

 contend with, often causing an indiffer- 

 ent growth; the stalks becoming hard 

 and the plant forms a mass of small, 

 weak limbs, with poor flowers, if any, 

 and they are more subject to disease 

 and insect pests. 



This condition can only be remedied 

 by a vigorous use of the knife, cutting 

 back hard so as to cause the plant to 

 make a new and strong growth. These 

 troubles are often ours, but there are 

 some years in which there are excep- 

 tions. You now may ask, why do we 

 have these troubles! My advice is, do 

 as I say, not as I do, as it generally 

 takes us six weeks to plant our own 

 crop, even by using machinery to plant. 



To Fight the Insects. 



The dahlia is not exempt from in- 

 flect pests, any more than other flowers, 

 and the growers will find that a few 

 sprayings, especially during a drought, 

 are an advantage. A tobacco solution, 

 soap, almost any insecticide will do, 

 except for the black aster bug, which 

 feeds on the flowers alone. If the 

 bugs are not . too numerous, hand-pick- 

 ing is the best remedy. The bugs can 

 easily be seen, as they seldom touch 

 the dark-colored flowers, but always 

 the white or the pink. 



To have the dahlias show to the best 

 advantage, they should be tied to a 

 strong stake. To obtain large flowers, 

 thin them out when too many limbs 

 start out from the stool, Or main stalk; 

 also disbud them. 



Mr. Vincent's Selection. 



We consider the following the best 

 varieties in the six classes given: Six 

 best peony-flowered dahlias — Bertha 

 von Suttner, Geisha, Germania, Glory 



of Baarn, Queen Wilhelmina, Queen 

 Emma. 



Six best show dahlias — A. D. Livoni, 

 Chas. Lanier, Ethel Maule, Souv. Mme. 

 Maureau, Yellow Duke, Zebra. 



Nine best cactus dahlias — Countess 

 of iLonsdale, Golden Gate, J. H. Jack- 

 son, Kalif, , Marguerite Bouchon, Bene 

 Cayeux, Sweetbriar, Wodan, Wolfgang 

 von Goethe. 



Six best pompon dahlias — Alewine, 

 AUie Mourey, Indian Chief, Little 

 Beauty, Little May, Snowclad. 



Six best decorative dahlias — Delice, 

 Hortulanus Fiet, Jack Bose, Jeanne 

 Charmet, Le Grand Manitou, Papa 

 Charmet. 



Six single century dahlias — Ami 

 Barrillet, Fringed Twentieth Century, 

 Eose-pink Century, Sensation, Setting 

 Sun,^ White Century. 



K. C. ON THE GREAT WHITE WAY. 



After the Philadelphia show Alpha 

 Elberfield, the Kansas City retailer, and 

 his wife went over to New York to 

 have a look at things on Broadway. A 

 New York friend acted as guardian 

 and, incidentally, got their pictures 

 "took." Publication herewith is for 

 the purpose of introducing Mrs. Elber- 

 field, who stands at the right. 



Kaniat City VWta New York. 



Wilmington, O.— While his principal 

 business is market gardening, J. I. 

 Peelle grows heavily of bedding plants 



Greenville, Mich.— The Greenville 

 Floral Co. has been reorganized and 

 the capital stock increased to $50,000. 

 It is planned to erect 80,000 square 

 feet of glass this summer, which will 

 make a total of 154,000 feet to be op- 

 erated by the new concern. The officers 

 are: President, E. Q. Muellic; vice- 

 president, E. A. Kemp; treasurer, W. H. 

 Browne; secretary, C. B. Barden. 



