February 1, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



23 



course it is possible to propagate even 

 as late as May 1 and still have plants 

 in 4-inch pots for Thanksgiving or 

 Christmas trade. Such plants, however, 

 are rather too small. Propagated now, 

 they will flower in 6-inch pots, and if 

 kept potted on, given one or t"wo neces- 

 sary pinches and grown under glass 

 through the summer, such plants should 

 carry for the holidays anywhere from 

 six to fifteen open trusses of flowers 

 each, and there will be no trouble in 

 selling them. Singles are more florif- 

 erous in winter than doubles and are 

 best for home trade, but for shipping 

 it will be necessary to grow semi-dou- 

 bles and doubles. Of course the bright 

 colors are what people will mostly buy, 

 but try a few of the apricot or salmon- 

 orange tints in addition. 



Scented Geraniums. 



Every garden should contain some 

 scented plants; in fact, some gardens 

 are now being planted with nothing but 

 plants with scented leaves or flowers. 

 Scented geraniums and lemon verbenas 

 continue to retain their popularity in 

 this field. The more robust-growing 

 scented geraniums are of easy propaga- 

 tion and make sizable plants more rap- 

 idly than the ordinary bedding ones. 

 If you have fewer plants than you think 

 you can sell, take more cuttings now. 

 Practically every cutting should root 

 and all will make nice, bushy plants in 

 4-ineh pots before the sales of bedding 

 plants start. 



GERANIUMS WILL NOT FLOWER. 



I am sending you another diseased 

 geranium, with the hope that it will 

 not be frozen in transit. The foliage 

 of the plant, as you will notice, is puck- 

 ored. I have about 100 plants in 4- 

 inch pots. They are thrifty as to growth, 

 but I have been informed that they 

 will not bloom. Do you think my in- 

 formant is correct? Of course, if the 

 plants cannot bloom I want to throw 

 them out. Buchner seems to be the only 

 variety in this diseased condition. 



II. M. M.— 111. 



The geranium plant came through in 

 good condition. The leaves were much 

 jiuekered, as you say. This is really a 

 disease, but I do not know its name. 

 It is a fact that plants with such foli- 

 age, while they will bloom a little, are 

 quite unsatisfactory, and you would be 

 well advised in throwing them away. 

 I would be particular not to propagate 

 from anv plants thus affected. 



C. W. 



GERANIUMS FOR MEMORIAL. 



I have one batch of geraniums which 

 I think liavc grown too high. They 

 were started in October and now are in 

 2V2-inch pots and arc about six inches 

 high. I have nipped the tips and they 

 show signs of sprouting. Would it be 

 best to let tliem continue as they are, 

 or shall I cut them off and reroot them? 

 The variety is red, like Helen Michell. 

 ^ly other geraniums are in 2y^-u\ch pots 

 and have about filled the pots with 

 roots. Shall I shift them to 3-inch pots 

 now, or wait another month? I want 

 thoni in 4-in('h pots for Decoration dav. 

 R. E.— O." 



Tou should have allowed the gera- 

 niums to grow sufficiently large so that 

 you could secure a cutting from each, 

 instoa<l of ])in<hing the tops out. It is 

 not wise to jiot nt the same time as 



A Big Design for a Town Marshal's Funeral. 



pinching is done, but as your plants are 

 breaking you should pot them at onco 

 in 3-inch pots. They can stand in their 

 pots about six weeks; then move them 

 into 4-inch pots. Always shift the 

 plants before the balls become too 

 matted with roots. C. W. 



BLUECOAT'S STAR IN FLOWERS. 



The ambitious retailer or designer 

 who is inclined to favor the ancient saw 

 that "a man should 'do' a thing in his 

 brain before lie does it with his hands," 

 will find a moment 's food for thought in 

 the idea depicted in the accompanying 

 illustration. The design represented 

 typifies a comparatively new notion in 

 funeral work, that of searching out 

 some event or circumstance in the life 

 of the decedent and embodying it as 

 tlie dominant feature of the design, by 

 floral representation. 



For instance, at the funeral of a sol- 

 dier lad who was killed while serving his 

 country on the Mexican border the jirin- 

 cipal floral tribute was a replica in flow- 

 ers of the Ignited States flag; at tlic 

 grave of a noted violinist there was an 

 elaborate pedestal of flowers support- 

 ing a "violin" of flowers. The design 

 in the illustration was a tribute to the 

 police chief of Covington, O., who was 

 killed by a man resisting arrest. The 

 marshal had served his community for 

 seventeen years and was unusually well 

 liked for an officer of the law. 



Petersime & Son, of Covington, who 

 designed this piece for the town's busi- 

 ness men, employed the marshal's badge 

 or star as the motif of the decoration. 

 The arrangement was eleven feet in cir- 

 cumference. Tlie "star" was made of 

 white carnations, white roses, Easter 



lilies and white sweet peas. The circle 

 was formed with pink carnations and 

 roses, rubrum lilies, pink sweet peas and 

 Easter lilies. Boxwood and plumosus 

 were used for the green backing. 



Of course, there are rewards for those 

 who now and then rebel against the r cn- 

 ventional arrangements in funeral de- 

 signs. A little brains added to the de- 

 signer's art is bound to please the man 

 who pays the bills and in most cases 

 makes possible a substantial charge for 

 "knowledge of the business." 



HARDY FLOWERS FOR DESIGNS. 



Kindly advise me what hardy plants 

 suitable for design work would be prof- 

 itable to grow. I am often short of 

 stock in the summer. 



H. E. II.— W. Va. 



The following plants would prove use- 

 ful to you: Physostegia Virginiana and 

 P. Virginiana alba; Lathyrus latifolius 

 rink Beauty and "White Pearl, both 

 climbing varieties; Clematis recta fl. pi.; 

 Euphorbia corollata; Gypsophila panicu- 

 lata and the double form, flore pleno; 

 Chrysanthemum maximum, or Shasta 

 daisies. King Edward VII and Mrs. C. 

 Daniels; Boltonia latisquama and as- 

 teroides; Pyrthrum uliginosum; Aster 

 umbellatus. White Queen, Perry's Pink 

 and Dainty; Artemisia lactiflora; Del- 

 pliinium Chinense and D. Chinense 

 album; Phlox Elizabeth CampbeH, F. G. 

 Von Lass])urg and Le Cvgne. 



^ C. W. 



St. Paul, Minn.— The building occu- 

 pied by A. W. Lenike, at TOO West Sixth 

 street, is to be wrecked to make room 

 for a larger structure. 



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