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The Florists' Review 



May 11, 1922 



His Own Wares Are a Florist's Best Advertisement if in a Suitable Setting. 



curtains are made of silk and of such a 

 texture as not to exclude too much light 

 from the store. The cement fern boxes 

 on top of the columns have been there 

 for ten years and have be^n replanted 

 thrice in his time." 



But, modesty notwithstanding, there 

 is much more in the window that signi- 

 fies the skillful hand of an artist, from 

 the flying doves at the top, which break 

 the heaviness and monotony of the lux- 

 urious ferns, to the front arrangement, 

 which leads the eye to every corner of 

 the display. If the eye is attracted by 

 the Venus, it cannot but examine the 

 natural beauties about the statue. This 

 designates strategy in window arrange- 

 ment. On a second glance one notices 

 that the window is laid out in definite 

 lines that create a perfect balance, and 

 where a row of boxes, plants and ferns 

 is lined up to the right, another line 

 stands in similar formation to the left. 

 And vet there is no part of the ar- 

 rangement so iiiathematically exact as 

 to overdo the svnnnetrical array. 



ing model, who, at a glance, was recog- 

 nizable as a mother. 



Directly in front of the lady was a 

 wax figure of a young boy, represent- 

 ing the American Legion, in the act of 

 presenting a colonial bouquet of red, 

 white and blue, with the inscription, 

 "To Our Mothers^American Legion." 

 Suspended from the ceiling were baskets 

 of assorted flowers. A large wreath of 

 magnolia and cycas leaves with the 

 words, "Mother, In Memoriam," com- 

 pleted this most attractive window. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY, 



MOTHERS' DAY WINDOW. 



\ window which attracted the crowd 

 and proved a good advertisement was 

 used bv the Knoble Bros. Co., Cleve- 

 land, 6., Sundav, May 6. The word 

 "Mother." in i:2-inch block letters, ex- 

 tended over the entire length of the 

 front of the windi.w. The letters were 

 edged with boxwood, while the bodies 

 „t' the letters were made of white car- 

 nations and a red. white and blue rib- 

 bon ran through the center of the car- 

 nations, making the entire word so dis- 

 tinct that a passer-by knew at a glance 

 what the window rej-resented. A 

 straight line of Boston ferns supported 

 the letters. At each side of the window- 

 was a lone column, on which was a 10- 

 inch pot of marguerites, red geraniums 

 •ind vincas. Another line of ferns, ris- 

 ing graduallv to a higher column at the 

 rear of the window, was used to create 

 an effective setting for a spinning wheel 

 of the past ct-ntiiry, o]icratcd by a liv- 



Plant Registration. 



The following rose has been offered 

 for registration and passed upon by the 

 i-egistratiou committee: 



Nanio, Maidenblush; class, hybrid tea; par- 

 entage of rose, sport of Columbia. Descrip- 

 tion — Habit of plant, erect and much the same 

 as Columbia: character of foliage, good with 

 practically thornless stems; free grower and 

 not easily subject to disease; flower of fine tex- 

 ture and good form; color creamy white, at 

 times turning to beautiful blush pink; form, 

 natural; tine tea fragrance and well formed bud; 

 petalage. twenty-six; blooms profusely and cut 

 blooms last well. The rose is distinctive in 

 its class. 



Ufgistered by Albert F. Amling Co., May- 

 wood. 111. 



If no objection to such registration is 

 fih'ii witli tlie secretary of tlio society 

 witliiii tlir(>e weeks after this publica- 

 tion, tlie registration will become per- 

 inaiient. John C. Wister, Sec'y. 



TO EXTERMINATE ANTS. 



AVc are having trouble with ants on 

 our ]iaiisy ]ilants. Will you advise us as 

 to a remedv? X. C. W. — Mich. 



Ants are hard to destroy. Remedies, 

 such as follow, will give you consider- 

 aVde relief, at least: Lay good pieces of 

 marrow lione along the ant haunts. Dip 

 these bones in a can of hot water two 

 or three times a day. Scatter Dalmatian 

 jiowder (black flag) near the ants' runs. 

 Mix nine parts of sugar and one part of 



powdered borax and permit the mixture 

 to stand for ten days before using, in 

 order that the sugar may absorb the 

 borax. This will destroy a great many 

 of them. Kerosene painted along the 

 woodwork is an effective antidote. Try 

 one or all of these remedies and they 

 will, at least, greatly reduce the number 

 of the ants. 



HAVE YOU BENCH ROSES? 



Anyone who has bench rose plants can 



turn them quickly into cash by letting 



the trade know about it through the 



classified columns of The Review. It 



works like this: 



Due to the great number of orders received 

 In the first two malls after our ad appeared in 

 The Review, we are obliged to ask you to omit 

 the Item of Columbia bench plants. You will, 

 however, continue the offer of Ophelia. We were 

 surprised at the results, as we did not expect to 

 be able to sell these plants In so short a time. — 

 J. B. Goetz Sons, Saginaw, Mich., May 5, 1922. 



Kindly discontinue our ad on bench roses en- 

 tirely, as we have received more orders than we 

 can fill. We are very much pleased with the 

 results obtained and we are thoroughly con- 

 vinced that anything grown can be sold through 

 the columns of The Review. — J. B. Goetz Sons. 

 Saginaw, Mich, May 6, 1922. 



If you hear a man complain of the 



cost of advertising, you can be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



MILDEW ON ROSES. 



How can I get rid of mildew on my 

 outdoor roses? J. R. A. — Ga. 



Mildew usually comes from cold 

 drafts. Allowing a house to become ex- 

 ceedingly warm, then rushing in a lot 

 of ventilation and leaving it on until a 

 cold draft strikes the plants, is a sure 

 way to start mildew. To counteract it, 

 affected plants can be dusted with sul- 

 phur from a powder bellows and 

 sprayed with a liquid like Bordeaux mix- 

 ture. 



For outdoor stock, dusting with fine 

 sulphur and Grape Dust, or spraying 

 with a good fungicide, are the best 

 remedies. Cold nights with heavy dews 

 following hot days are often the cause 

 of mildew on hardy roses. C. W. 



FROST-BITTEN CARNATIONS. 



Will carnations in the field be per- 

 manently injured if exposed to a tem- 

 perature of about 26 degrees above 

 zero? I have about 1,000 plants which 

 have been frost-bitten. 



H. E. II.— W. Va. 



Unless j'our carnation plants were 

 extremely soft, they would not be se- 

 riously injured by being exposed to 5 

 or 6 degrees of frost. Wo have seen 

 the young leaves nipped by frost with 

 apparently little effect on the subse- 

 f|ueiit growth. A. F. J. Baur. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



American Greenhouse Mfg. Co., CliiiMto. III. — 

 'I'wn I'le^nnt, well coiniiilcil, most Mllraclive cata- 

 locucs of fircenboiisc tun tcriiils anil lie.itiiiL' eqiiip- 

 iiient. Till' two tiiiiik'< form .about ms distinil iind 

 realistic a display of the compiny's iirodnrt as is 

 possible by means of ink .'iml pajHT. Kvcn the 

 snialliT 1)1 ok niiglit lie ronsiili'i-ed fairly .■i(lei|iia te, 

 tliongli it is only one-fifili ;is tliirk »•' tlic other 

 volimu', whii'li coiitMiiis IflO Inrsre iiat."'s. 9xlL"4 

 Inches, and is bound in an exception.! lly strong 

 ;iiid t.Mstefnl nijirhleizcil rovi-r. with an apTiro- 

 jiriMtc ciilored view in ii coMtnil p:inel. Hotb 

 Ciitalogiies are jirinteil on iMiMineled iiapcr .'ind 

 are so fully illustrated tliat they mieht be calloij 

 portt'olins of |iliotoL'raplis. with onl.v ennut'li 

 ilosiriiitive mutter to tell cxpliritly siicli fjcts 

 as even the clearest of pictnns cannot tell. One 

 of the introductory iiarat'r;iplis states pitliil.v: 

 "Tins is a picture liook -for two reasons. First 

 reason is tliat .\i;nico lionse.« iire tlieir own best 

 advertisement. Second reason is that pictures 

 speak all languages." 



