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The Florists' Review 



NOVBMBEB 30, 1916. 



origin and parentage, stating, if neces- 

 sary, the special treatment required for 

 the plants. The jury will study, during 

 two seasons, the flowering qualities and 

 habit of growth. Plants are to be for- 

 warded to Boseraie de Bagatelle au 



Bois de Boulogne, Eu gare de Neuilly- 

 Porte-Maillot-Paris, and communica- 

 tiohs to Le Conservateur des Promen- 

 ades de Paris, 4 Koute du Champ 

 d 'Entrainement, par Neuilly (Seine), 

 France. 



OjCN LETTCI^v^ KeADEn6 



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- MUBILIX) TULIBS. 



In The Review for November 16, A. D. 

 C, of New York, asTcs for information 

 relative to tli|r; damping off of Murillo 

 tulips. Haviilg had this trouble with 

 Murillo and having found a way to 

 cope with it, I feel that my brief sug- 

 gestion may be of benefit to the in- 

 quirer. 



If, instead of forcing Murillo, A. D. 

 C. placed his pans under an ordinary 

 bench, on the shady side of the house, 

 and left them there until the buds 

 showed through the leaves, and then 

 lifted them into the light, I feel sure 

 that he would have no more trouble. 



Thomas Whelen. 



PBAISES DALLAS SHOW. 



Permit me, as an attendant, to say a 

 few words of praise for the flower Show 

 of the Texas State Florists' Associa- 

 tion, which was held at Dallas, Tex., 

 November 14 to 17. The exhibition 

 was the best ever held in Texas, in 

 many ways. First, the attendance was 

 good and grew better and more enthu- 

 siastic each day; second, the premiums 

 were larger and the show better 

 financed than any previous one; third, 

 there was an increase of fully fifty per 

 cent in the quantity of state exhibits; 

 fourth, last but not least, the out-of- 

 state exhibitors were many and most 

 liberal in coming to Dallas with their 

 displays. 



The Texas state florists feel grateful 

 for the fine exhibits of plants and cut 

 flowers made by the out-of-state con- 

 cerns, of whom I mention the Poehl- 

 mann Bros. Co., of Chicago; Gullett & 

 Sonffr of Lincoln, 111.; E. G. Hill Co., 

 of Richmond, Ind.; Joy Floral Co., of 

 Nashville, Tenn.; H. S. Ely, of Neosho, 

 Mo.; Elmer D. Smith & Co., of Adrian, 

 Mich.; .T.. F. Wilcox & Sons, of Council 

 Bluff's, la.; Stuppy Floral Co., of St. 

 Joseph, Mo.; Furrow & Co., of Guthrie, 

 Okla.; Park Floral Co.. of Denver; 

 Denver Wholesale Florists' Co., of 

 Denver; Mrs. R. E. Darbee. of San 

 Francisco. H. O. Hannah. 



A SOUND NEW YORK OPINION. 



We arc sending $^ to pay our sub- 

 scription to The Review for three years 

 in advance. This three j'ears ' subscrip- 

 tion is the only "more than your 

 money's worth" bargain we have 

 bought this year. The day for good 

 bargains for the florist is over, but un- 

 less the retailor jumps his price up at 

 least twenty-five per cent the custom- 

 ers will be getting their flowers at 

 bigger bargains than they ever have, 

 at the expense of the poor florist who 

 says, "I cannot charge them more; 



they won't stand for it," instead of 

 going ahead and putting his prices up 

 so he knows he vrill tnake at least a fair 

 profit and living. The public does not 

 remember the prices-it paid last season 

 for flowers; the people do not keep 

 posted on them as closely as they do on 

 sugar, flour and other supplies, so if 

 carnations sold at 75 cents and $1 last 

 year and are $1 and $1.25 now, roses 

 $1 to $3 last year and now $1.50 to $5, 

 they do not say anything; at least we 

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 prices and others won't if they ask the 

 increased price. So here's to higher 

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 questioned. Dobbs^& Son. 



ready turning red and are about half 

 open. Can these be held until Christ- 

 mas and what temperature should be 

 maintained? In the same house I have 

 poinsettias in pans. Some of them are 

 just beginning to show buds. We keep 

 the temperature about 58 to 60 degrees 

 at night and 64 to 68 degrees in the 

 daytime. Should these plants be moved 

 into a warmer house, where they will 

 get bottom heat? We cannot depend 

 on the sun, as this is the fourth week 

 and we have had only four bright days 

 during that time a,nd there now is four 

 inches of snow on the ground. Will 

 poinsettias keep if cut three or four 

 days before Christmas? What is the 

 best way to keep them after they are 

 cut and how long should the stems be? 

 What temperature is best for them 

 after cutting? H. C. G.— Mich. 



POINSETTIAS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



I have some poinsettias benched in 

 a house with Ophelia roses. They are 

 from six to eight feet tall and the flow- 

 ers at this date, November 14, are al- 



If your poinsettias are planted out, 

 you cannot well lower the temperature 

 without injury to your roses. Even if 

 they are showing red bracts now and 

 are half expanded, they will xwt be 

 much too early for Christmas. Their 

 development will be slower from now 

 on, with colder weather. You can cut 

 the stalks two or three days before 

 Christmas, if you wish. As you cut 

 them, either sear the ends by dipping 

 in water as near the boiling point as 

 possible for a few seconds to stanch the 

 bleeding, or use a hot iron or a shovel- 

 ful of live cinders for the same pur- 

 pose. I like to wrap each stalk in soft 

 paper, leaving merely the head showing, 

 and stand them in deep vases of cold 

 water, not in an ice chest, but in a 

 temperature of 45 to 48 degrees; an or- 

 dinary ice chest is too cold for poin- 



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