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The Florists Review 



15 



Where John Kirchner, His Wife and Their Assistants Make Funeral Designs by the Dozens. 



socii rui i>vii own use, .-iinl \sf iiccilccl 

 ■■sunn"" •^(■1 il to f>r()\v <iur usu;il oiit|>ut 

 ol" several liiiiidriNi tlioiisniiil |>l;iiits. 

 TliMt tli''Sf rt'S('i\cil |il;iiits icccixrd 

 >|i('ci;il ■■;iri' miii were w iitclicd like ;i 

 liaby, iiO(^i| liaidl.x' lie iiiciit ioiicd. 



Fuf soiiu- irasoii or (itlicr. it tonk tlu-iii 

 iiiiiluly l(in^ to yt't icaily to lilooiii: at 

 loast. t'liat is till' \\a\' it -.cciiicil to iis. 

 And \\!ii-ii tlit'v did start, a jn-riocl ol' 

 dark wcatlni M't in, lastinji' iiiii<di too 

 IoIIl; tc. jiloasr u^. To lliakr ■•lire ot' llic 

 lifst possildc I'd t ili/at ion, w !■ |io|linali'd 

 wlicrifxi" \\f iiad a (diain-c. lint the re- 

 sult^ wen- ^o discoiiraiiiii)^' tliat notiiiii"; 

 Imt tlio !io|M' ot' doiiiti in'ttcr. tlif will 

 and til' n»'('('s-.it \' I'oi- siicrc^-- kcjd ns 

 at it. 



Well. W •• did ^lliTt'cd at la^t, r\rn it' it 

 \sas lati' in tin reason w lien wr ;;atli('rrd 

 oiir main rinji oi' seed. It was .\|iril 

 too lati- i(ii niaiiv ot ttic >frds fn .jn 



nnn 



First Crop of Seed. 



.\- 1 •■ I III I jliant it \ ot ^oi'd oli1;ii iM'il 

 t'roiii tin L'.'iHM ],|ant^ i'i;:lit and tlinr 

 t'onrtli~ oi|ii(T> it i^ -n little that it i- 

 liar. I t.i liflic\c if. \ i\ anyoiii' ;o- 

 '[ti.aintcd uitli tin' |iii>dnrt ion ot' >ci'.| 

 will readily nndrr^tand tlif situation, 

 and wo our~;i'l\rv know that onr irsnlt^ 

 tins season will lie imieli hotter and 

 <lionld lie normal in another year. 



The cost or' tli<- ei-lit and 1 h ree- t'oiirt li> 

 olMlee^ ot ^eed olitaincd ill our first 

 trial ran e.-i^ily he liyured. The |ilant- 

 wci'e m jiriini^ condition het'ore the 

 f'hiistinas holiijays in l!Mii and could 

 l!,'i\i' lieeii <(dd o\er .•nol o\ er aoain at 

 "_'." cent.- eaidi. Then the hench room, 

 ),siio ^iiiia'i t'eid, could li;i\e heeu ll-ed 



t'or aiHtther cro]! till the einl ol' April, 

 wliich is ;i^ lony a,.s the |dants occupied 

 this sjiace. A like i|uanti1y ot' seed 

 Would ha\e c(.vt us ill (d'Tiiianv ahoiil 



This liiidi cost ot' a tiny (|uaiitity ol' 

 ^eed \\ e consider sinijily a tuitifin I'ee 

 tor learnino' siunet liin;i, and the more 

 the cost the hotter the lesson will stiidv. 



We .awaited anxiously the results ol' 

 the hoinc^rowii seod. Would the hlooni- 

 he the same in iniality a^ they alway> 

 had heeii, or Would they he inl'eiior.' 



The Blooms from Home Seed. 



\\ (■ are L:lad \>< --tate that we are 

 ;ii;ieiahl\ ^urpri^ed with our results in 

 ohtainini; llow'ers, which aie not only a-. 



^ I as the\ always |i;i\e heen, hut --11 



i:iiicdi hotter that ^evi'ial year^ of iiii 

 pio\fllient ■-eem to lie hetweeli olir |iri'^ 



eiit ipialit\' and the (iiiality ol' a year 

 a;io. We attrihiite thi- result, liist of 

 all, to the selection oi' mir seeil hca rer^ 

 rrnni thoiisrnids when in hloom, with 

 the paiticiilai atteiitioii which we ^a \ e 

 to color, shape and si/e oi ilower, .and 

 liahit ot' plant in L;i-neral. .Ximtlier 

 cau>e jv the pa in^ta k i iil; pollination, 

 eliminating ent irel\ -e! i' lert il i/at ion, 

 whiidi ol'ten le^iilt^ in deterioration. 



\\ e .ire proceeding with the Work 

 liaiie contidelitlv thi- -e;i-oii, t'eeliii'^ 

 tli.at we lia\e laid the I'l m nd.a t ion I'm :i 

 hi.anch ol' our hii--ine--~ which will prove 

 protitahle and ni.ike us inde|ieiident ol' 

 Kiiropean sources. A-ide I'ldni the linai. 

 ci.al results, the prndiu-t ion ot' seed in 

 i-ondiiiiaf ion with liyhriili/iny otVei- -o 

 niindi fas(diiat ion that it is well wiulh 

 ;ill efVort- which v. e can iiin>ter. K\i'r\ 

 now ;iijd then a new llowei will attract 



oui' attention thiouoh its superiority in 

 -'ome pa I'l icul;i r. Wonders ne\-er cease. 



.1. I.. Schiller. 



FOLLOWING THE FLORIST. 



The argument ad\an I in tlu> issin* 



ol' The J\e\ lew for Septeiiil)Oi' K'. that 

 outdoor displays liy llorists lia\ e an in 

 iliieiice upon sales of Iioddin^' plants is 

 ;iiiiiil\ proved hy the neiyli horhood ne.ar 

 the estaldishnient ol' I'raiik ()eclislin. 

 IIMI West gidn.v street, Chicago. Mr. 

 ()ecliv|in'- pl.ant r.anjfe oceupies the 

 heller part III' a hlock in a section of 

 <'liicauo th.al i^ not compkdely cnvercvl 

 with hiiildiims. ii.dther is it what mi^lit 

 In' teiineil ,-i lii^li (dass resilience see 

 lion. Iliil .■iroiind hi< est.a hi ivhment 

 Mr. (teihsliu |i;is |i|.iiited eannas in the 

 p.arkiiiL; hetween the sidewalk ;ind the 

 ciiihinL;. I'nder ll .•ire ol' this expert 



^IdWel. the cailll.M-^ Were exceptionally 



.1 tt ract i \ e duri ne i he ~iini nier. 



The eft'ei 1 ol' thi> outdoor displ;|\- c;iil 

 lie sei'ii in the \;irds ol' the home-, near 



h\-. Man\' 111' them li;i\e elahorate 

 llower heds: there .•III- ni.aiix' sluMihs ;ind 

 .•i I'l'W liedi;ev^ liiit ill almost e\ ei'y in 

 ■-taiice the l.-iwn-- ;iie except inii.a 1 1 v widl 



kept. There i^ no dollht that lllllcli ot' 

 thi< planlili'j i^ due t.. the e\;ilnple >l't 



h\ M 1. ( )e. h.lin. 



Wilkes-Barre. Pa. 'i'ln .M.uvin Floral 



' 11.. L.'.'. South rr.anklin ^Ircft, held a 

 d.'ihlia exhihition .Sejilemher L".', wliiidi 

 .at t r.-icted t:reat crowd-. Ivxhihits l>y 



loc.al flowers filled the l.ar^e eonser\;i 



tor\. The show w.as so siiccessi'iil that 

 it was .aniioino-ed the exhihition will Ito 

 ni.ade ;i II .•innual a fTa i i . 



