FEIsaUAKY 1, 1017. 



The Florists' Review 



25 



A St. Valentine's Day Window Display that Paid a Spokane Florist Well Last Year. 



too miu'li under bol'orf-tlip wai- coiidi- 

 tioiis. 



Another Way. 



The OliicatTO Florists' Chil> has de- 

 \ I'lopod anotlicr oo(ijiorative plan this 

 season, involving the usi; of rod hoart- 

 sliapcd stickers which are heinrj sold to 

 a large minibor of florists at about eost 

 by a coniinitteo of the .dub. The idea 

 is to use thcni on parc.ds, on letters, 

 bills and everything cdsc that goes out 

 tli(| few days before St. N'alcn tine's day. 

 It is a jdan that lets e\ciy llorist partic- 

 il'ate in the good work, as lOU sti(d>ers 

 '•an be had for 75 eents. 



PERENNIALS FROM SEED. 



Next spring I inlcmi to sow a "piaii- 

 tity ot perennial seeds, and wouM like 

 some advice fi-din you. How inniu- 

 jd.-ints can !■(> ;^roun i'y one man with 

 iered lielp at the transplanting time.' 



''an I sow enough perennial s h to 



l>roduce OOO. 0(111 jilant-; and sell ihem 

 Ihe^iiext spring throu-h ad\ ertisements 

 in The Review.? ('an one reasonably 

 expect to s(dl tii.at nianv .' ("an the «e(-'d 

 be sown out in the h(dd ;nid later trans- 

 planted ami muhdied for winter? Of 

 course no plants could be sold during 

 the frozen up time, when other nnr'^erie"^- 



sell. 



Would it be better to give the plant.s 

 Jiot otdture.' I am afraid that if I 

 grow them in pots and winter them in 

 frames I could not have manv, as I 

 have a frame only ninety find long. If 

 T could give the plants field crdture, 



what kinds and how much ftMdilizer 

 slioulcj be apjdied jier acre on the a'.'er 

 age Xew J'higland soil, at the time ot' 

 seed sowing and at transplanting time.' 

 It would be (luite iliHi.ndt for me to 

 procuic manure. 



Of tlu! following, state wlii.di are the 

 most suitable ami whiidi are peculiar in 

 the germination of theii' sects: A. hi! 

 le.'is, dianthus, digitalis, geums, aly-sum-. 

 uaillardias, gyjisophilas, aipiilegias. 

 liiidscns, ludlyiio.dxs. campanulas. In- 

 pinus, lychnis, centaureas, pentstemon^, 

 physostegias. chrw-aiithemums, jilatyco 

 dons, dtdphiniums, tritom.as, stokesias. 

 :-\veet \villiams. poppies, pvrcdhrums. 



I'. A. 11.— ^la-s. 



Ir would be a lai'^e contract to rais.'. 

 transplant and d;>pose of as iiiaiiv ;i~ 

 '•"".""" har.lv pl.ant- in a season.' If 

 vou in.duded pansies. .|oubl(> dairies anJ 

 foi-et-men.ds it would be more ne;iil.\ 

 po-sible. These, thr(M> jiopular spring 

 and suminei- blooming ])]ants would all 

 winter (Uit.loors with vou, jirov ided vou 

 liave ;i -entle slope on' vnuv land, which 

 would ensure good drainage and re- 

 iiiose anv ]iossibilitv of water standing 

 •'l""it the plants. Thes,. pl.ants should 

 '"' soun fr(.m July L'O to August ',, and 

 the\- could be stinted advantageouslv 

 "1 vour coldframe where necessarv 

 water .and shade c(Mdd be atTorded to 

 start them. 



Olio man undoid)ted]v c(uild handle a 

 large niunber of plants, but I doubt if 

 he could care for noo,()00 properlv. Tlie 

 Review sells many millions of ' plants 



annually, and if any ]iaper could s(dl 

 your plants The Review certainly could. 

 I'lants in jiots ha\"e some ad\antai'es. 

 It rerpiires ;i lot of labor to do the need- 

 ful potting, and watering is no incon- 

 siflerable factor, but it is possible to 

 disjiose of this stixdv long after the 

 >ale< season for held grown jdants has 

 elide. I. The paper jiots ofTered by several 

 conceiii-- ha\f many advantages over 

 the e;irt hen ware ones. If \'ou ne\-er 

 h;i\e i^rewii an\' oi' this (dass of plants 



I'clole, I \\(Ulld counsel Voil IKit to 

 pliniL^e ton he;(\ily the first s,.;|s;oi!. 



• irow nioder.ate qii.-mt it i.'s. I'iinl out 

 \^hat pe(ipl(> i-eallv will bnv. then ^o 

 ^ilioad oil a largei- s,.,-,],. i|,,. f,,l|(,wiiiLr 

 seasdn. 



^Vhile all tli(> pi;iiits y.iii name can 

 be Miwii (.iitdiMUs. I wuiild picM'er Id 

 st:iit them in ;i ci jld : i a ine. w her.^ the\' 



'Ollld get better alteiit iiiM. I r \ nil o|il\- 

 h;id .a greenhouse it w.juid p.i \- to ^tart 

 a iiiimlM'i- of seeds nuw . failing this-, 

 I wdiild s,,\\ the majoiitv in .lime. The 

 I'olhiw ine- enme u|i i|ui(dxl\- .and ;n-e easv 

 of culture: ni.'intlius. digitalis, ^ai|- 

 Ijirdias, eypsophilas. h.dlx heeks. hn.i-- 

 cus, c;inip;inulas, es|,e,.lally C. Medium ; 

 lupines, cent.aureas, e.Mim-. eh r\saut le - 

 mums, especi.ally the .^hiist.a d;iisv s,.,-. 

 tiou; alyssnms, didphiniiiiiis. ^wee't wil 

 liams, whi(d! ;ire ,a form ni' di:iiithii~; 

 I'oppios ;ind pyrethrums. Tiiese f,dlo\\ ■ 

 iiiL^ varieties come a little mnie s|,,\\|\ : 

 Tritomas. stokesias, aipii!i>ai;is. -[divsos 

 tegias and platvcodons. None of these, 

 however, are diflicult subjects to start! 

 <'are has to be taken to select suitable 

 wa'ather for transplanting, and there 



