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The Florists' Review 



19 



fact that ]>0()iii('.s jriow from so(>(ls. Slic 

 kcjit oil oxjx'riinciitinff in licr hnck yani 

 jjardi'ii. 



"One (lay a visitor from a iicii^lilior- 

 iiij,' town noticed in Mrs. I'icas' <rar(l('n 

 a peony of unusual size and whiteness. 

 He liouj^iit one of the plants from lier 

 for .tw. The jx'ony was tlie .luldlee. 



"This same maJi, by the way, is now 

 sellin<r plants of tliis variety at $1'."> 

 eacli. His orders for next fall total 

 "»()() and the variety is \irtually new on 

 the market. 



"Mrs. IMeas, now more tlian So years 

 old, is living' in California. She lia'^ 

 stopped raisinji' peonies. liut iKoticnl 

 turists of the world are praisin*; lier 

 and payin<;- trihute to tlie prize flower 

 of her Indiana J,^•lrden, tlie .luiiilee."' 



BLICK'S STORE AT NORFOLK. 



Tlie acconipanyinj;- illustration is 

 taken ill front of the stoir of Hlick, 

 Fhn-ist, .Norfolk, \'a. !•;. S. White, 

 the niaiia.yer of the st(!re, and two 

 youn<4 salesladies have conie out to 

 see the siux ice car of H. iiayersdorf er I'v: 

 Co., riiiladtdphia, I'a., ^niidcd to their 

 door liy .l(din Walsh, who is standin*^ 

 ne;nl>y. The picture shows how the dis- 

 tance lictweeii IMiiladidjihia and Norfolk 

 is hrid;;c(| in these modern times. 



EVERYBODY BUSY AND HAPPY. 



"K\eryl(ody busy every day in the 

 year'" is the way Max S(diline rejilies 

 to an impiiry as to the state of the llo 

 rists' luisiuess in the nei^hhorhood of 

 Central jiark, New \'ork city. To pi-o\ c 

 that he is not exai;f;crat i n'.i in the least 

 he suliniits the photoj^raph fr(uu which 

 the acc(unpaiiyiny illustration was 

 made, which should satisfy doulders. 

 Jt siiows the interior of the workroom 

 at thi' Schliiie store at I'l' West I'ifty- 

 niiith street, which adjoins the I'la/.a 

 liotel. Tather K nickerliockei' has Ix-en 

 keeping; open house recently and has 

 welc(uned the stranger within his 

 K!i'<'~^ ''y proxidinii' many kinds ot' 

 amusement t'(U- his "uests, proxidiiiL; 

 they had the price. N'isitois to the 

 J'la/a undoiilitedly created several kinds 

 of sensations when they ;(p|)eared wear 

 in;; the iiniipu' creations f(M- which Mr. 

 SidiliiiL: i~^ famous, and wliiidi are the 

 reasons for the .activity at the Sclilin^ 

 store. 



ROT OF IRIS ROOTS. 



We ai'e -^eiidiii^ with this mail an iris 

 (duni|i which is (lisea--e.| aiol seems to 

 he dyilie. \'(]U will note that sunie ot' 

 the roots are dead and that the centei 

 of the stalk is wiiody and de;id. Oiiiv 

 a few chimps ail alfecti'il: the rest seem 

 to lie all riiihl. ('an \ on tell us the 

 troulde and name a lemedv idi- it.' 



n. \ K. Mich. 



Thi- c(Uhlitioll umloulitedly i-- ijue to 

 too deep jdantiiiL;. In the case lit Iri-- 

 f^i'iiiui nira. it' roots are imt covered 

 lij^htly this lot is -ure to affect them 

 sooner or Later. It ;^enerally makes it- 

 appearance aliont tlowerinj.; time and is 

 especially l>ad later in the season, when 

 we have hot. niu^i^y and •>liowcrv 

 weather with little sunshine. The rem 

 edv is to avoid too dee|i planting. 



«'. W. 



Scene at Bltck's Handsome Store at Norfolk, Va. 



in Older to li;i v e a ii indoor '-lop in t lie 

 t'lill.' Is it ever l;iowii as an outdoor 

 crop.' .\ n V i 11 fornia t ion as to i^einii ii;i 

 tion and caie will lie a ppl eci;it ed. 



i;. !i. .\. Mhii. 



Swainsoiia ;4aleeif(dia alli;; i-- :i u-e 

 fill fall aiicl winter iloweriuL; plant. It 

 is also eodil t'or snmiiiei' lieddiiii:. I'm 

 fall and winter lloweii hl; ciiitiii;^s. not 



seeds, --houlil Im' liseij. Tlle-e Would 



li.l \ I' I lei 11 1 .i t t er if put ill ;i i i ■ w W eek-- 

 .•;l;o. Imt r;in vtill !,,■ roofed. \- the 



plant i- oi' e;i-.\ propaL;;i t ii. n , plants may 



I'e pIllliLjed oilldooi- tliroili;ll the ■- 1 1 III 



niei ;i hd In in- c, I n in m t the en, | i il Seji- 



telnliei. .\ \,-\\ ,|."_;lei- of t'|ii-t Will Hot 



harm them. Tlu' plant i- almost ;i con 



t I n lioii-. I dooniei .'I II d 1-- h:i id \ i h t lie 



latitmie ol S;iii I'rancisro. ( iit li.ed; 

 nilV ohi ov el'^l inV II plants ;|||.| they will 

 l; i V e vcill ;| line .lop o t' lie>\ -liont- lor 

 plop;i^;it IMII. < '. \\ . 



PROPAGATION OF SWAINSONA. 



When should -•wainsima seeds Ini sown 



Max Schling's Evidence That Everybody is iiii^y in His New Yt)tk Store. 



