Febuiahy 1, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



27 



For St. Valentine's Day 

 Give Flowers 



As the legend goes, St. Valentine's Day dates back to the 

 time of Emperor Claudius of Rome, though probably the custom 

 of making sentimental gifts on this day was stimulated by the 

 following, from — 



Shkkespeare: lUmkt iv, 5 



"Tomorrow it St. VaUntine's Day 

 ylll in the mornint ktlime, 

 And I a maid at your window 

 To be your f^alentine." 



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The Florists of Washington 



Make special preparations for this day. 



The expression of one's thoughts through presents of Flowers has 

 greatly increased from year to year. Flowers breathe the very atmosphere 

 of finer sentiment and add a true sense of the beautiful to the purpose 

 of a gift. 



Dainty Bouquets of Cut Flowers, Artistic Baskets of Cut Flowers. 

 Growing' Flowers and Ferns will b« fou()d at all Floral Shops at prices 

 that will enable one and all to gratify their wishes in the sending of ap- 

 propriate remembrances of — 



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A Successful Co-operative St. Valentine's Day Advertisement Published in J 916 by the Florists of Washington, D. C. 



grown to tlic same extent as formerly, 

 such varieties as Gladstone and astil- 

 boides having displaced it. All these 

 varieties should be started at once in 

 a temperature of 60 degrees. They will 

 need a good heat and an abundant water 

 supply. Queen Alexandra and Peach 

 Blossom are fine peach-pink sorts, which 

 should also be started at once. They 

 sell better than the wliite varieties, but 

 do not force so rapidly or so well. For 

 that reason many prefer to hold thorn 

 until ]\remoriaI day for cutting. 



QUITCH GRASS IN LAWN. 



Enclosed you will find a piece of root 

 of a weed that is covering the law?i in 

 my charge. What is the best way to 

 get rid of this? The lawn is newly 

 made and evidently the man wlio did 

 the grading did not pick nut any of this 

 grass. I would like to know 'if tlierc 

 is any way of getting rid of it without 

 plowing the lawn, as there is about ten 

 acres of it. A. D. L. — :Mass. 



This pestilent grass weed is botanic- 

 ally known as Agropyron repens and 

 cominrmly known as witch grass, quack 

 grass, quitch grass, quick grass or 

 twitch grass. If your lawn is full of 

 it you cannot possibly clean it out with- 

 out idowing and giving the weed thor- 

 ough cultivation through the summer, 

 raking off and Inirning all roots brought 

 to the surface. You should be able to 

 get rid of the grass by August, which is 

 the best month in the year to seed down 

 lawns in your state. This grass can 



also be subdued in great measure by 

 growing a heavy smother crop on the 

 land, such as fodder corn, oats, rye, 

 millet or cowpeas, but persistent culti- 

 vation for a season after plowing would 

 be your best remedy. 



Some farmers consider this a valuable 

 grass for hay. It will certainly thrive 

 where most other grasses fail. It has 

 some value for reenforcing banks that 

 wash badlv, but a lawn is no place for 

 it. " C. W. 



PROPAGATION OF ECHEVERIAS. 



I would like your advice as to the 

 treatment, culture and propagation of 

 echeverias. Are they considered profit- 

 able bedding plants? 



M. E. H.— Tenn. 



Lift the echeveria plants from the 

 garden before it becomes too cold and 

 (lamp in the fall. Pack the plants in 

 boxes of sand, in which they winter 

 best. Echeverias are best if propa- 

 gated soon after the old stock is housed, 

 from October 15 to -January 1. Twist 

 off the leaves carefully, so as to bring 

 a dormant eye with 'each. The leaf 

 without an rye will root, but will never 

 ]n-oduce a plant. It requires about a 

 month to root the leaves in a warm cut- 

 ting bench. While in the sand give the 

 plantings little water, or they will damp. 

 Transjdant the leaves into flats as soon 

 as they are rooted. Water the plants 

 sparingly while they are in the flats. 

 Plants of sufficient si7;e to bed out in 

 May can bo had if propagation is done 



before January 1. There is a fair profit 

 in growing echeverias, but I should say 

 less than in the case of many other bed- 

 ding plants. C. W. 



LONGIFLORUM BULBS DISEASED. 



W^e are sending you two lily bulbs 

 which, as you will notice, are rotten 

 on the bottom. This rot destroys the 

 roots, and we would like to know the 

 cause of it. We have other lilies of 

 the same variety in the same house, 

 obtained from a different seedsman, 

 whicli are not affected. The plants have 

 not liad too much water. We have had 

 to throw out about two-thirds of this 

 batch. L. A. E. & S.— O. 



The most probable cause of the trou- 

 ble is the digging of the bulbs in an im- 

 mature condition. Or perhaps these 

 bulbs were frozen in transit, which 

 would seriously hurt them. Whenever 

 bulbs throw up feeble growths svith 

 curling foliage, you can make up your 

 mind at once that they are of no value 

 whatever. C. W. 



Shippensburg, Pa. — Harglerode Bros, 

 now conduct the business formerly run 

 under the name of U. G. Harglerode. 



South Bend, Ind.— The Bayer Floral 

 Co. is reported to have suffered a loss 

 of $20,000 by fire January 22. The 

 fianies were discovered in a theater ad- 

 joining the flower store and gained such 

 rapid headway, that both buildings were 

 gutted before the firemen had the fire 

 under control. 



