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MAt 8, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



Easter Dispfays Showed Unusual Variety this Year and it Helped Sales. 



Brest, France, just ready to sail for 

 America. On the ribbon were the words, 

 'Victory loan' in gold letters, while a 

 small part of the ribbon was colored 

 blue, representing the local quota of 

 the Victory loan. The Victory loan rib- 

 bon was pulling the transport across the 

 Atlantic to America afid the idea was 

 to show that if we fell down locally, the 

 Victory loan would break. 



"Back of Brest were the trenches, 

 barbed wire entanglements, shell holes, 

 tree stumps, trucks, Eed Cross cars and 

 ammunition wagons, while Eed Cross 

 nurses waited on the wounded as they 

 were brought into a hospital situated in 

 a grove of trees back of the firing line. 

 Wounded soldiers, the Eed Cross nurses, 

 ambulances and doctors were shown 

 about the rest camp and hospital. Near 

 the seashore and just below the hos- 

 pital were aeroplanes, just ready to 

 make flights, while others were to be 

 seen undergoing repairs in the great 

 hangars. On the sea were flying boats 

 giving information to the commanders 

 of the ships lying just off shore. 



"The window drew a large crowd 

 from early morning until after closing 

 time, so we feel well repaid for the 

 small expense of decorating." 



Mr. McDaniel and Louis Gregg Tal- 

 ley, the latter also, with the Bell com* 

 pany, did the work which resulted in 

 the display. 



Jackson, Mo. — Mrsi H. L. Obermiller, 

 who has been growing roses here in a 

 small way for the last five or six years, 

 is planning the erection of a new green- 

 house. 



THE SPIDER AND THE FLY. 



(New Version.) 

 BY ARLINGTON. 



"WU! you walk Into my greenhouse?" 



Said tiie florist (lie was "fly"); 

 " 'Tis tlie best stocked floral greenbouse 



In tiietie parts, you will espy. < 



We have flowers of all descriptions, 



Plants and blooms for beauty's eye; 

 I am sure that we can please you 



And the prices are not high. 



"Flowers are here to suit tlie fancies 



Of the bridesmaid and the bride; 

 Carnations, freesias, roses, 



Violets, sprays and more beside; 

 Myrtle, heather. Black-eyed Susan, 



Wand'ring Jew and daisies pied; 

 DafTodiis and bright primroses. 



Marigolds and London Pride. 



"When friends are sick, you strive to cheer them; 



What so fine to charm the eye 

 As a pot of crimson tulips 



With a card, 'For sympathy'? 

 Here are wreaths for a bereavement. 



Pillows, crosses by the score; 

 And whatever be your choice, ma'am, 



You will surely come for more. 



"Let your eye roam round those benches; 



Does not every prospect please? 

 Was King Solomon in bis glory 



E'er arrayed like one of these? 

 See these lilies, white and spotless, 



Fair and pure as driven snow; 

 Can the heart or mind of mortal 



Further for its gospel go? 



"Flowers are here for each occasion. 



Grand or humble, grave or gay — 

 For funerals, birthdays, weddings, 



Christmas, Easter, Mothers' day. 

 Thank you, madam; I am certain 



You will ne'er regret your choice; 

 Flowers are gifts that Nature offers 



And it's well to heed her voice." 



SHADING GBEENHOUSES. 



Can you inform us through your 

 valuable columns what method is best 

 for coating glass of greenhouses, aa the 

 heat in spring and summer becomes so 



intense that the plants require to be 

 shaded? Is there any mixture which 

 could be sprayed on where the house is 

 high and hard to reach with a brush? 

 Also, should the mixture be applied 

 inside or out and, if inside, could it be 

 sprayed off the plants without injury to 

 them? Any information which you 

 may give us will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. S. J. & S.— Ont. 



A large percentage of the growers use 

 as uncommendable a material as common 

 mud for shading the greenhouses, but of 

 course it has to be renewed after each 

 rain and hastens the day when the bars 

 must be repainted. A far better shade 

 is ordinary lime wash, to which some salt 

 has been added. It makes it stick bet- 

 ter. 



A shading material which has many 

 friends among the private gardeners is 

 made of equal parts of white flour and 

 tallow, to which is added half as much 

 whiting as flour. The whiting is mixed 

 with cold water and added to the other 

 two ingredients after they have been 

 heated enough to melt the tallow. The 

 article known as Brunswick green, ob- 

 tainable at drug stores, sometimes is 

 added. This' shade is applied warm, with 

 a brush. 



The lime shade sometimes is put on 

 with a long-handled brush, but more 

 often is sprayed. All shading is put 

 on the outside of the glass; we never 

 heard of shading the inside of a house. 



Galena, lU. — B. F. Vandervate has 

 moved his flower store to another loca- 

 tion, considered better for his business. 



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