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The Florists^ Review 



Ot -njiu-.u 2.J. r.tlT. 



;il't('i\varil tlio jihiiits slhuild iXf\ clfiir 

 water only. I'laiits lan lie tl(i\vfi('(l 

 tidiii fiiily Maicli until JnlN'. 'riiicc (ir 

 I'mii laiuc ln'ads on a .") inrli of li iut-li 

 j.ot will make a ^ochI ^howin^. Init on an 

 a\ era;;!.' we likr to i;r1 at Ica^t ihiulilc 

 that niinilMi I'mni caili poi and wo 

 liavo sorn s|icciall\' L;ood plant- in (i inrli 

 |>ots rairvinL; a- nian\ a~ twcdvc to six 

 toon head- oai li. M ndi dioonilN on how 

 widl the Wood has hcon lipcncd iiofolT 

 I'oicinL:. and whothn ihr plant- aro 

 ;inipl\ walorcd and I'od. 



1 II ' 1 he i-nit ni o oT l-'ifncdi h \ .1 1 aiiLicas 

 It i>. important to i I'lncnd n'l that llioii' 

 llowrr hrad- aic -oniowhat -oitor than 

 tliosc ol' 11. otak-a and that a- they 

 -how (-(doi- tho\ lU'od a littlo -liado to 

 picNcnt ImininL:. Anotlur point 1- to 

 ^top the nso ol' liquid iiianiiio as soon 

 as the llowoi head- show ihi'i' natnial 

 coloi'. 



I'lant- whiidi happen to 1h> iin-idil. it' 

 planted outdooi- in i^ood soil, will make 

 s]ilendid plant- loi 1- iurli to Iti iiudi 

 Tubs the l(dlowinui fall. es| ,,Tia 11\- if 

 *:iiiwii where some watei can ]u; fur 

 ni-hed in di\ weather. 



Their Propagation. 



The )Udpaaatioii ol' these hydraii^ea- 

 '■aii rommeuee as so(ni as shoot- ot suit 

 alile size aie olitainalde. Selei-t lor this 

 puipose the smaller shoot- whiidi are 

 iiiilikeh' to Idoom, -o ;i- not to disli^un* 

 \(Uir plants. Tliesi' may lie put in the 

 propii.oat in^ lieiodi from .lanuary until 

 ,(une and even as late as 8ept einlier. 

 'I'he early cutting- must he |iotted a- 

 -(KUi as i'o(ded and will juobably need a 

 sliift liefore time to plant outdoors ar- 

 rives, aliont .May l!i'. The tops must lie 

 pincdied (Uit to make the jdants lirauidi. 

 • uttines rooteil aftei- .May 1 are ludter 

 if i;id\\ II alono ill pots. It will pay to 

 <ii'0\v some of the I'ailiest roote(l ent 

 Tiii^s aloiiy in pots. 'ITiey will make 

 -nuiller plant- than those planted out 

 doois, liut aif lietter t'oi' early forciii<i. 

 These liydrant^ea- root with the ;^reatOst 

 ease. 



.\ (jiiesti(Mi -ometiine- asked is how 

 late (.'uttiiii^s of thesi' hy dian;ii'as can 

 lie prolitalily taken. l'"or several sen- 

 sons we liave taken n late liatcdi early in 

 Sejiteinlier. jilaeiuji these siiif^ly in small 

 puts of sandy loam in a frame wliich is 

 kei)t rhise and moist until the enttiiijjs 

 rdfit. Theso lutliiiLls are later shifti^d 



to 1 inrh and ."> irudi ]iots and are never 

 allowed to rest. They produce hio- 

 single heads of llowcrs the followiue 

 spring;. 



A Boiled-down Selection. 



There are mow a lar<;c iiumlier of \a- 

 riidies of h'icncdi hydrauec.-is ;ind new 

 ones ;ire lieiiie added yearly. .\ lirst- 

 (dass lioileddown sidectioii I'or coin- 

 niendal urowcrs is as follow-: La lan- 



raiiie, jiale lose, tnrninj.;' to li^^ht pink; 

 .Mine. I']. .Mouillei'e, lai<>(' pure white, 

 with rosy eye; Axalanche, line purt 

 white; Radiant, beautiful licli caniiiue 

 rose; .Mme. Aujiuste Xouin, lo\ely pah 

 ])ink; ]\Iiiie. E. Chautard, beautiful rose, 

 a yraiid \ariety; (ieiieial de \'il)i'aye, 

 splendid jiiiik, reliable; (iloire de Boissy, 

 deep brilliant pink; .Mile. Kenee (Jail 

 lard, tine white; Allle. de Tremeault, 

 pure white, and l'](daireur, larmine rose. 



I ANSWERING THE CALL 



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PREPARE FOR "OVER THERE." 



Florists Getting Ready. 



In the nulitarv cam]is scatter(Hl oxer 

 the country lTii(d(> Sam is turiiiuii erst 

 while cixilians into trained li;;litiii^ 

 men. In these cantonments are many 

 members of the florists" trade yettinsi' in- 

 struetioii in military ta(di(S and the use 

 of arms, and at the same time are beine 

 made ])hysically lit for the hardships of 

 the 1reu(dies. H(d'ore man\- wccdis are 

 ]iast, thousands of other youuL; men will 

 ill' called and amoiiy them the trade will 

 be re|ireseiited. When they ai'e sum- 

 inoueil they will be proud to ^d. and 

 those who remain at liome will also be 

 proud of them. Tlu' Keview will be fihitl 

 to |iublisli the names of those who <zn. 

 .and news alumt those who ha\e ^diie. 



Randall's Honor Roll. 



Many of the lar^if concerns in the 

 trade have <iiven numbers of their 

 youne men to the service of the nation. 

 The f(dlowinif is the honor r(dl of the 

 A. L. Randall <Vi., (Tiicauo: 



l-'riMJ W. llnc);cr. sccmiil licul.ii.iiil . chiiimimikI 

 iiiK ISth CoiniiMii.v. I)c|Mil l!rlu:iclc, ;iiaii Divi 

 ^iipii. Ciinii Howie. TcN. 



KihvMril Sndcrlicr;:. I . S. S Wilimtl (for 

 iiMTJy till' KastliiMill, Soiitli t'liic:iL'o. HI. 



(iirl Ness. ('oiii|i:ui.v .\, .Moii.r Section, (iiiiip 

 i;r:iiit. Uockfonl. III. 



It. l.inilqiii-t, ('oinii:niy K. Xl.'iil liil;iiit i\ . (Minp 

 (.i-.iiit, I{(ick|onl, III. 



Henry n. ItMlilhcry, (diu|i,iii,\ ( . .\m\.iI \ir 

 serves. Gnint pnrk. ( liii Jcu. 



l.onis Oswiild. ConuiiOiy I), :u:ta I ;ir:iiiliy, 

 riiiiiii Cnint. Itockford. III. 



Stjinley Cicskowiik, CoiiiiniMy II. liltli IiifiOi 

 try. Kort Uliss, 'J'ex. 



I.oiiis rodkriv.-icky, ('oinp.iiu o. iilltii Inrjn 

 ir.\. <'imi|i (Jr.iiit. Itockloid. Ill, 



Frank McCabe, one of th.- K'andaU 



tra\(ders known to the trade from coast 



to coast, was called before the e.vamin 



iiiji' board October L'u and pass.'d. He i- 



not married. 



Chicago Florist Serving. 



' ' Soini'W hell' in Camp (ir.uit."' IJikTv- 

 idrd, ill., ('ail ^Itdiiersmauu is le.arninj; 

 the art of soldieriiio-. ot' triMicli di^oin<;', 

 ami becomino- accustomed to the smell 

 of powder. Mr. .Midner-iiiaiin is the 

 proprietor of the Alliauy IToral Sho]). 

 d7.").". North Ked/.ie axcnne. <'liicaoo. and 

 was called to the colors under the ilraft, 

 lea\in^ his business in charj^e ol' hi- 

 brcdher, II. I). .M (Miiersmann, until hi- 

 returu from ' ' o\-er t here. ' ' .Mi'. .Meiner- 

 manii. who is a landscape aiclntect, I'd 

 years of a^c, o|ieiied his llorists' estab 

 lishnieiit oiil\- a little more than a veai 

 ayo and has been successt'ul in this un 

 dertakiii^. Last sprino he w;in the mo\ 

 injf spirit in a one-season store that did 

 a bi;;' business on Madison -treet, <'lii 

 ca^d, as the Alban.N' Xiirserie-. 



R. O. King an Aviator. 



Roy O. Kiiijf, president of the Kiiiy; 

 Construction Co., Nortli Touawanila, N. 

 Y., ex|iects to lielj) the allies win the 

 war from tlii' air. Mr. Kinji is now a 

 student a\iat(ir at one o\' the British 

 a\ iatioii schools and soon will be read.\ 

 to join the lliers at the west<'rn front. 

 Mr. i\in^ was one of the pioin-er build- 



.Miiic. 1.. MmnlliMc. Hiuliant. 



French Hydrangeas, IJ Months Old, Flowered in 6-tnch Pots for the March Easter of 1*^17. 



