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The Florists^ Review 



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(low display in themselves, nothing ad- 

 ditional l)oing needed to fill in. 



In speaking of the display, Mr. Black- 

 istone said: "We liave found this one 

 of the best tilings for exhibition in the 

 window, as it is a display in itself. 

 Put a corsage bouquet in the window 

 and it hardly would be seen, but when 

 it is placed on the palette everybody 

 .4ops to look at it. The result has been 

 lliat i)orha]ts a week or ten days after 

 sonic particular design has appeared, a 

 passer-by will come into the store and 

 nsk us to make up a piece 'similar to 

 tliat displayed in the window the other 



day, made up of . ' it gives the 



jteople ideas, for a display of this type is 



apt to remain for some time in one's 



mind, making, as it does, a strong im- 



;rossion, and we find that it is creating 



:i demand for make-up work that here- 



iifore did not come to us. It enables 



s to sell a much bettor grade of stock 



-the price of the individual articles 



■ oing much larger than would otherwise 



Me the ease. The whole thing is simple 



;o make and does not require the use 



•f so many flowers as other displays." 



C. L. L. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Wheeling, W. Va.— A. ^r. Fleming, 

 owner of the Virginia Flower Shop, has 

 Miade an assignment to Wm. B. Casey as 

 irustee. Trustee Casey is authority for 

 the statement that the property was ap- 

 [iraised at $240, but that he has sue- 

 ceded in disposing of it for $o50. The 

 liabilities amount to $873. 



PLANTS FROM HOLLAND. 



Spiraas have been the main item of 

 Mie plant imports the last few weeks, 



(instituting a large part of the total 

 f'lant shipnients of the Noordam, from 

 Ivotterdam, according to its manifest 

 illed at the New York customhouse De- 



imber 18, as follows: 



Foster, W. A., n oasos roots. 

 Itoclirs. .1., & Co., 40 cases trees, 17 cases 

 Iriilis. 

 Vaiif^han's Seed Store, r? cas(>s jilants. 

 l-iiiiliaiii & Moore, 2 cases jilants, 2S cases trees. 

 American Shiiipiiipr Co.. L'2 cases plants, 

 ^ciiwake, C.. & Co., 5 cases trees. 

 NVadley & Sniytlie, S cases trees. 

 ^■an Waveren. >J., & Sons. 220 packages roots. 

 Hempstead, (). C, & Co.. 70 iiackat'cs slinibs. 

 Soutliern I'acili(> Co., ;!7 cases trees. 

 I'oosa, I. I'., 5 cases roots. 

 Ward. U. M., & Co., 14(; cases roots, 

 llenilersoii. 1',, it Co., :'. cases trees. 

 Aniori( an Express Co., 249 cases plants. 

 Itichard, C. U., & Co.. (Hi cases trees. 

 McIIutcliisou & Co., (iO cases trees. 120 cases 

 • Is. 



Stiimpp & A\'alter Co., 2 cases plants. 

 Maltiis & AVare, .'585 cases shrubs, 7 cases 

 nts, 409 cases roots, 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co.. 171 cases shrubs. 12."j 

 ^es trees. 



'lacNifT Horticultural Co.. .1 cases shrubs, 

 liehlon, (;. W,, i*i Co., 151 oases roots. 



BEDS OR BENCHES. 



■ would lil\e to get soiik^ information 

 u'reenhouse benches. Which is better 

 ' commercial use for roses and carna- 

 !is, raised or s(di<l benches? Is there 

 ■>' difference in time of producing a 

 p? Would the dilference of produc- 

 '1 on raised benches offset the cost of 

 ilding tliem? R. II.— Kan. 



'u tlie Atlantic coast states tlie most 

 .'Crt rose growers use ground beds, 

 ' in the middle west roses are grown 



raised bcMiches exclusively. Few 

 '^"■' rs anywhere now use ground beds 



carnations. The evidence is that the 

 "k is easier to handle on laised 

 "dies and that results for the .average 

 "I will be (Miou^li better to mon' than 



How Blackistone, Washington, Displays His Stock, with Daily Changes. 



repay tlie cost of buildini; and inaiiitaiii 

 ing tlie tabh^s. ]\ K, 



TO EXTERMINATE MOLES. 



We are growing s^vect peas in solid 

 beds and moles arc making a tunnel 

 under eruli row. We lia\(^ tricil coin 

 soaked in .aisenic an(l I'aiis green with 

 meal, but with no effect. Will carbon 

 bisuli)liidi' kill the peas,' A\'liat c.aii wc 

 do to get rid of ihe nioles .' Tliey aNo 

 are in our \ iolets. F. W. ^nL ('. -Iml. 



One renedy is to iiii\ .•i!<enic with 

 bran, pundi a hole with a breoinsti<'l< 

 through the runs, then pour a little 

 poisoned bran in the Inde, Aloles are 

 particularly fond of bran. I'ieres of fat 

 meat rolled in arscMiic, the si/e of the 

 end of one's small finger, dropped down 

 the holes also ]H'ove elTectiNi'. Another 

 jilan of proven success is to dj.en mie oi' 

 two places in the runs ten to twel\(^ 

 inches long, sprinkle t!ie-;e well \\itli 



powdereil lyi', lay a narrow boarii so 

 tliat it will tit down jii-t below the .sur- 

 I'ace ot the gioiiinl and '-nx-er with Soil. 

 The p!;ice --lioiihl then l.e avoided for 

 sdiiie hoiiis. Molt's ha\e a k''en sen^e of 

 ^niell. but l\-e is odorless, so they walk 

 into it. As the l^'e sticks to their feet, 

 they naturally lick it off ;Mid are killed. 

 l.e;i\c ample room betwei'li the boiud 

 .•Hid bottom (if the nil;. 



< ai-lioii tii-iilphide w ill suffoi'ate moles, 



\\ Ichucks. r:il.l,its and other jiosts if 



it is jdared in runs where they are and 

 it the (>xits are closed ;it once. An old 

 ^]'.uiL;e or some i 'itloii waste soakeil 

 with the carbon should be pushed well 

 into the ru:i with a stick. There are 

 <oine ^(Kid uiolc' trap-; on the market, of 

 whi.li I h.ave found the Keddick the 

 most effecti\e, C. \V, 



Paxton, IU.---.\ddems. Moroan \- Co, 

 ^a\ thi>\- had by far the best Christiiias 

 1 1 :i de t he\- e\ cr en jo\ i^^ 1, 



