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The Horists' Review 



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when he issued a proclamation, printed 

 conspicuously in the Batimore news- 

 papers May 29, as follows: 



"SAY IT WITH FLOWERS," URGES MAYOR 

 BROBNING, CALLING UPON THE PEO- 

 PLE OF THE CITY TO DECORATE 

 LIBERALLY FOR RETURN- 

 ING HEROES. 



Mayor's Office, Baltimore, Md., May 28. 

 To the People of Baltimore: 



To the end that the home-coming troops may 

 have every physical evidence of the Joy in the 

 liearts of Baltimoreans over their safe return, 

 I call on everybody along the route of the parade 

 on Saturday, May 31, as well as throughout the 

 city generally, to decorate liberally. 



"Say It with Flowers" Is particularly appli- 

 cable to the present home-coming, and it would 

 be a splendid idea if potted plants and flowers 

 are placed in front of dwellings, as expressing 

 the love we bear our heroes, who translated 

 patriotism into service, and as honoring the 

 memory of those brave boys who gave the last 

 full measure of devotion. 



Every home in Baltimore should fly a flag and 

 enter into the spirit of this great occasion. 

 William F. Broenlng, 

 Mayor of Baltimore. 



The committee of the Baltimore Flo- 

 rists' and Gardeners' Club is about to 

 begin an advertising campaign and is 

 appreciative of this good start. 



SOlO: BUSY TRUCKS. 



The White Co., of Cleveland, manufac- 

 turer of automobiles, recently has pub- 

 lished in metropolitan newspapers a list 

 of White trucks which have piled up 

 mileage exceeding 100,000 each. In it 

 there are the names of several florists. 

 The delivery trucks of Malandre Bros., 

 New York, and M. Weiland, Evanston, 

 111., are recorded as having run over 

 100,000 miles. That of A. Graham & 

 Son, Cleveland, is in the group of those 

 which have made over 150,000 miles, 

 while the cars of Kirchner's, Cleveland, 

 and Baum's House of Flowers, Knox- 

 ville, Tenn., have made from 200,000 to 

 250,000 miles on florists' business er- 

 rands. As they are still going, they seem 

 to justify the statement that the ulti- 

 mate mileage of White trucks has never 

 been measured. 



Incidentally it may be of interest that 

 it was a letter and photograph sent The 

 Eeview by Mr. Baum which first attract- 

 ed the attention of the White Co. to 

 this trade as one of its good fields and 

 that pictures of all the florists' cars 

 mentioned in these large general news- 

 paper advertisements have appeared in 

 the company's pages in The Review 

 during the last five or six years. 



THAT HABDY BEGONIA. 



The "hardy begonia" referred to by 

 H. W. Peterson, in The Eeview for May 

 29, was quite common years ago, al- 

 though seldom, I think, offered by the 

 trade. I think its name is Begonia 

 Evansiana and it was hardy in the 70 's 

 in Germantown, where I remember it 

 on Tulpehocken street, near where our 

 'loar old friend, Thomas Meehan, used 

 to live; John Burton, John Savage and 

 Edwin Lonsdale, too. 



I have had it here in the west, but 

 never tried leaving it out in winter, but 

 left it in the pot in the cellar, where it 

 remained dormant, after falling to 

 pieces. It is a really desirable plant 

 for the home collection and I would like 

 to get it again. It used to be called lo- 

 cally Beefsteak begonia, but I guess sev- 

 eral kinds have been called by that 

 name. Geo. S. Woodruff. 



Window of A. Meyer's Store, New York City. 



China and Japan, a very old species. 

 Around Cincinnati it is seen quite fre- 

 quently in small gardens. It thrives 

 best on the east or north side of a 

 house. It is quite hardy and, once 

 planted in the border, is always with 

 you. For description see Bailey s 

 Cyclopedia of Horticulture, volume 1, 

 page 474. J. A. Peterson. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



K. F. Co., Minn. — See page 20 issue 

 for May 15. 



C. M. G., 111. — It depends on the ar- 

 tistic taste and decorative abilities of 

 the florist. 



H. J. B., la.— The sand will do no 

 harm. Heavy soils can be lightened by 

 using horse manure in composting. 



F. B. R., Md. — Don't tie up the peony 

 plants if you want best results. The 

 trouble with pansies is not due to the 

 seeds, unless you are saving them your- 

 self. Use fresh soil. 



cuttings of B. Chatelaine. The luminosa 

 and Erfordii come blind or spindling 

 after I top them. How can I induce a 

 bushy growth! Perhaps these two va- 

 rieties are more bushy when grown from 

 seed. When should the seed be sown to 

 have plants ready for 2-inch pots by 

 December If Will plants produce more 

 cuttings if shifted on into pots or if 

 planted 10x10 inches apart in a bench f 

 I shall be thankful for any information 

 concerning this line of business, as there 

 is no one in this vicinity who grows 

 rooted cuttings. B. J. P. — Pa. 



I notice an inquiry in The Review 

 of May 29 entitled "A Hardy Begonia" 

 and would like to say that, according to 

 the description, the plant is Begonia 

 discolor, or B. Evansiana, a native of 



GROWING ROOTED CUTTINGS. 



I wish to get such information as 

 will be needed to enable me to go into 

 the rooted cutting business and carry 

 it on successfully. Please state how 

 many stock plants will be required in 

 order to be able to take off 2,000 cut- 

 tings of each variety per week, from 

 November 1 to February 28, if the va- 

 rieties are ||| follows: Agetktums, 

 double alyssuira, begonias, daisies, co- 

 leuses, heliotropes, fuchsias, lantanas 

 and pelargoniums. 



I have not been able to get stocky 

 plants from cuttings of Begonia lumi- 

 nosa and Erfordii, such as I get from 



The inquirer states that he wishes to 

 take 2,000 cuttings each week, from 

 November 1 to February 28, a period of 

 about seventeen weeks. In other words, 

 he proposes to take 34,000 cuttings of 

 nine different varieties of plants, or 

 over 230,000 cuttings for the four mid- 

 winter months. That would constitute 

 a good-sized rooted cutting business in 

 itself, requiring a good-sized place and 

 a specialist to operate it. The number 

 of plants required would depend greatly 

 on the grower and his system of culture. 

 One who is used to the business of pro- 

 ducing rooted cuttings in large quanti- 

 ties knows quite well the importance 

 of giving his stock plants the best of 

 culture in every respect, so as to enable 

 them to produce cuttings to their limit. 



In making an estimate -ii|i,jl(ii8wer to 

 the question, I would divide the plants 

 mentioned into two cl&^apa, placing in 

 one class the ageratums, double alyieums, 

 begonias and coleuses and l|§bTing that 

 in these each stock plant would produce 

 an average of twenty-flve rooted cut- 

 tings for the four months mentioned. 

 In the other class, which would include 



