NOVKMIiKIl IH, 1020 



The Florists^ Review 



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of tliu yi'ar chrysaiitlKMnuiiis are r|iiiti' 

 pli'iitifiil. Yellow boiii}^ a syinlxil of 

 gold, evorv clirysant lit'imiiti worn would 

 be a sol<l star in iiiciiiory of the hoys 

 who gavo thoir lives. 



"Next year we hope oven to improve 

 on the ])arade of this year by having a 

 few tloats and announcing in ad\'an('(>, 

 through the nevvs]ia])ers, that flowers 

 will be distributed along the route of 

 the ])arade. 



"I have had several letters from dif- 

 ferent parts of the country, asking wdiy 

 Memorial day is so much observed in 

 Now Phigland. It is because we took 

 advantage of the sentiment of the jxmi- 

 ple and urged grave decorations for the 

 Civil war veterans. I l)elieve that in 

 a few years Armistice day will be as 

 great a ll<'wer holiday as Alemorial day, 

 if the florists do their duty. 



"Get together and start planning now 

 wliat you will do to encourage flower 

 buying mi next Armistice day." 



JOYS ENTER ATLANTA. 



A feu months ago The ]{eview printed 

 an editorial iiaragra])h to the effect that 

 there were fewer (irst class tlower stores 

 in Atlanta, (Ja., than in any other city 

 of equal size in the Knited States — with 

 the result that Atlanta is to have -an- 

 other good store. It will open within 

 a few days, doy I'ioral <'o., of Nash 

 ville, lia\ing recently established a suc- 

 cessful branch store at Chattanooga, are 

 ready for another extension of their 

 business. They investigated trade con- 

 ditions in Atlanta and other places an<l 

 ilecided that nowliere in the southeast is 

 there a better ])ros]iect than at Atlanta. 

 A first-class location was obtained and 

 equipment was ordered from Chicago. 

 The opening will be within the next few 

 days and, as at Nashville, the business 

 will be built uj) on (juality lines. 



PROVIDENCE MUM SHOW. 



A large combineil exhibition, gi\t'M 

 under the aus]>ices of the Rhode Island 

 Horticultural Hociety, I'rovidence Cham 

 ber of Commerce, Providence Market 

 Gardeners' Association, Rhode Island 

 State lioard of Agriculture, Rhode 

 Island Corn Crowers' Association; 

 Rhod(> Island Fruit Growers' Associa- 

 tion and Rhode Island l^oultry Associa- 

 tion, w.'is given in the spacious .state 

 armory November ];> to 1(), and all 

 available space was fillei] with exhibits. 



Chrysanthemums, both cut and in 

 ])Ots, were largely shown in the horti- 

 cultural section. The flowers were of 

 grand (piality, the Turners and Yellow 

 Turners ]iart icularly so. The leacling 

 prize-winners for cut flowers W(>re .lohn 

 S. Doig, head gardener to F. S. Feck; 

 Maplehurst Greenhouses; C. O. Childs. 

 Peace Dale, R. I., an<l Munro's Green- 

 liouses, Westerly, R. I. In pot pl.-ints 

 John S. Doig showed strongly, winning 

 not only for specimens, but having also 

 the best of three fine ginups of chrys- 

 anthemums and foliage plants arranged 

 for effect. T. J. .Johnston & Co. won 

 for the best basket rif chrysanthemums 

 with a charming arrangement of pink; 

 Eugene McCarron was second. 



T. J. Johnston & V,o. showed, not for 

 cornjietition, a splendid lot of baskets of 

 roses, foliage ]ilanis and chrysanthe- 

 mums. A splendid collection of pot 

 chrysanthemums and foliage jdants was 

 staged from the Rhode Island lios]iital. 



G. Corntdius Ilartstra, gardener for 

 Fred S. Davis, Pawtucket, had a de- 



No Matter What the Season, a Telegraph Window Is Always Timely. 



lightful group, which included some fine 

 standard fuchsias, begonias, cibotiums 

 and chrysanthemums. 



Douglas Kccleston, superintendent for 

 A. C. Burragc, Heverly Farms, Mass., 

 st;iged .a handsome group of choice 

 orchids, which pro\ed a center of great 

 attraction to the crowds of visitors. 



Munro's Greenhouses and .lohn S. 

 Didg had excellent disjdays of cut roses, 

 and, showing the extreme mildness of 

 the season, up to November 1- there 

 were excellent lots of both d.ahlias and 

 gladi(di staged. 



L. F. Kinney, of Kingston, R. I., had 

 a large group of rhododemlroMs, junipers 

 and other evergreens. 1{. & .1. I'.irquhar 

 & Co., of Boston, showed numerous 

 choice evergreens, s])ecializing in Picea 

 .'ilbertiana, .luniperus virgin.'ilis and its 

 golden form; also single and pompon 

 chrysantlieniunis, ]ialins, etc. C. 8. 

 Strcuit, Piddeford, Me., showeil grand 

 vases of the jiojiular carnation Maine 

 Sunshine, also ]{os;ilind, lui]iro\i'd Ward 

 and White Didight. 



In addition to llowers and jdant^, 

 there were large dis])lays of fruits an(l 

 vegetables and, with free admission, 

 many thous;inds of \ isitors attendeil a 

 show which was one of the most exten- 

 sive and interesting ever held in Provi- 

 dence. W. X. Cr.'iig, Prooklin(\ Mass., 

 judged the horticultural section. 



are many angleworms in the soil and 

 on some of the bulbs 1 found small 

 winged worms with many legs on their 

 bodies. Could I rid tlie soil of these 

 worms bv using lime? Would lime hurt 

 the bulbs? II. C. O.— Cal. 



Lime will not hurt the lil\- bulbs and 

 will help to keeji worms away. In re- 

 [danting the lilies, lay them in a little 

 cushion of sharp sand and scatter this 

 sand over them to fill the vacant spaces 

 between the scales. Proltably the cause 

 of the rot was that the ground was too 

 damji .and sour. Lilies of nearly all va- 

 rieties need gooil drainage, and all gar- 

 den lilii'-^ unisl have it. C. W. 



LIME ON LONGIFLORUM BULBS. 



I find on digging some longitlorum 

 bulbs in my field tli.'it some of them 

 have starteil to rot at the base. There 



DISEASED PRIMROSES. 



1 am sending y(ui a few leaxes from 

 my primroses, which are affected with 

 some ilisease which I cannot control. 

 Ple.ase tell me %s liat the trouble is. I 

 ha\e tried spraying with nicotine and 

 smoking with tcdiacco sti'ms, but to no 

 avail. V. (;. C. -O. 



Some ot' the lravi'> show traces of sun 

 scalding, while others ide.arly have 

 clisease. I'umigation will be of no \alue 

 in fighting disease; neither will nicotine 

 siir.'iyiug, althoiigh these methods are 

 efTecti\e .'igainst insect p(<ts. (iive the 

 jdants a spraying of Bordeaux mixture 

 or I'ungine, both (.f which .are good 

 fnngicides. Do this in the evening and 

 repeat ten da\s later, (iive the plants 

 a little shade during the heat of the day. 



