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The Florists^ Review 



Ski'ikmuku 2r». 1018. 



APPROPRIATE TO HIS CALLING. 



Florists arc coiitiiiiiiilly iiit't with the 

 ilcinaiid for freak ftiiicral pitu-cs, and, 

 more often than not, tlie oc('U])ation 

 of tlie ileceaseil is tlie subject to l)e 

 syinb()li/.e(l. To desifjn soinetliinji 

 novel that will answer the ilenian<l is 

 often a tax on the inyennity of the 

 liorist. While no tiorist who has the 

 true a|i|>reciation for the aiipropriate 

 uses of flowers ever encourajies the 

 use of frea]\ desijiiis. still the\' often 

 niiist lie made when called for or the 

 order will he lost. < )ne of the latest 

 |iii'ces of this (diaracter is the desijiii 

 shown in the accompaiiy i nj; illustra- 

 tion, which was made \>y Louis H. 

 Wcstholder, ni I'^Nanstoii. Wyo., for the 

 funeral of a foreman id' the I'nion 

 I'acilic tie cam|i. The jucture scarc«dy 

 does it justice, .as the |diot o;:ra|di was 

 tal<en when the idecc had stood for 

 twenty-four hours in the o|pen air, and, 

 in addition, the c(dors, which made 

 the (iri^iiial niucdi more distim-t. are 

 iiot i'e|irodui-e(| 



The desii^ii i-e|presentei| ;i block of 

 Wood stiMKlinj: on one en<l, the mass 

 ot' white carnations represtMit in<^ the 

 iiewl\ (lio|i|M'i| part, lea\iny the lower 

 part UMtoU(hed. in wlii(h the ax is 

 l(M|M,.<i. Tlh' h;indle cd' the ax is .also 

 of white carn.Mtions. but the he.ad, 

 whi(di shoW(M| f;ir moi-e elfectixely in 

 the orijiin.al tluni it does in the illus- 

 tration, was ot' dai'k pink ciirn.ations. 

 The cluster across the center is coin- 

 pose(i (if white i-a rnat ions, against 

 whi( h the name of I'alner a|ipeare<l in 

 l;i\eric|er swetd peas, wliiih are indis- 

 tinct in the leprrtduction. ;is the sweet 

 jieas wilted before the photoyr.aph was 

 taken. The blo( k of woocj whi( h serxcd 

 as a b.ase was padded with smilax, .and 

 aridies (d' he;i\ \ wire fastened to each 

 side ser\tM| ;(s handles. The completed 

 I'iece w.is four feet sipi.aic ;ind took 

 "III! rdses anil carn.'it ions besides the 

 ^weet peas foiniiny the name. 



WILL SOME ELK ANSWER? 



Ill a poitii.n of the lllks' ritual they 

 are reipiired to use a "spriy of ama- 

 ranth with (lin^iiny i\\. '' Would \ on 

 ple.ase infniin me what \;iriet\ of 

 amaranth is nsuall\ used tOr this, also 

 ><1i;it ivv.' 11. A. Hyde. 



BEGONIAS LOSING FOLIAGE. 



I have about biii t uberous r ocded be 

 Utmias, both sin:.;le and double, under 

 ;:l;iss au'l the\ are constantly dam|dn;: 

 olV. Tlie\- started to m.ake ^ood, ^tron;: 

 ;irowtli>. but the lea\e^ damp olV as 

 f.ast as new one> be^iin to form. The 

 wiiteiin^ li;iv been .attended to e.-ire- 

 fully. as 1 li;i\e been lookili;; after 

 them myselt' fo! tin' l;i-t three week'-, 

 but, no mattel how dr\ I kee|i them, 

 both .'it the root and the foli;iL:e. the\' 

 .■^eem to ;i<-t the same w;i\. Tliev are 



jiotted in a l:oo'I, liiiht lo;im. with de 

 eaycd cow man, ire and ^and. and aio 

 yrowin;^ under jiaitial >hade in ;i tem 

 peiatnre cd' 'I't to iiH dei^rees. T|ii> is 

 the first time I have li.ad smli tioulde 

 and I h;i\e tried fvciy means to stop 

 it, but so far I lia\e been unsuccessful. 



r. I.. 



^our tubertais be;^onias wcnild ha\e 

 'loiu' better after the middb- of .\ii,i:ust 

 if ;.d\en (nil sunshine, ^'ou would iiavc 

 had fewer decayini: leasi's than where 

 the jdants Were ke|)t in shade. Jt is 

 not easy, howe\ cr, to keep tidierous be- 

 jioiiias in presentable condition after 



the middle of Sej>teinber, as the plants 

 after that date have a natural ten- 

 dency to cast their lea\es and fj;o to 

 rest. A dry, airy, sunny house, kept 

 about 50 dej^rees at night, suits them 

 best in late sununer. ('. W. 



RELATION OF GLASS TO LIGHT. 



What Influences Greenhouse Lighting. 



(Jeorge K. Stone, whose researi h work 

 al .\ndierst lias made him widely 

 known anH)nji those of the trade., has 

 added to his ser\ ic(> to them in a 

 bulletin issued by the Massachusetts 

 .\ericultural Kxperiment Station, on 

 ''The b'elation of Lijiht to (fi'eenhouse 

 (ulture. "" In this |)amphlet he notes 

 the \;irious ways in whi(di light atfei-ts 

 till' growth, stitMii:th and general con- 

 dition of plants in i:reeidH)uses and 

 treats of the dilferent influences thiit 

 ]>ear upon greenhouse lighting, giving 

 the results of numerous light-me;isuriiig 

 ex|)eiiments. The method used in these 

 experiments was to exjiose tidn's of uni- 

 form size .and (pudity of glass, filled 

 with chemical solutions sensiti\t' to 

 light. The solutions ch.ange color in 

 pioportion to the leniith of the ex- 

 posure. By titr.ation. i.e.. measuring 

 the (piantity of a licpiiil reipiired to 

 produce a chemical change, sucdi as 

 pre( ipitation. in the solution, the com- 

 paratixc .amount of light is determiniMl. 



Different Qualities of Glass. 



.\mong the most interesting points 

 upon whi( h he touche<l is that of the 

 difV.'reiit kinds and (pialities of glass. 

 Although oidy a few tyiu's. those main 

 ly used in greenhouses, were tested, 

 fhi' \ariation was found to be gi'eat. 



''The experiments,"" states Mr. Stone 

 in his pamphlet, ''were nia<le outdoois. 

 :inci the cxposeil tubes were jdaced in 

 boxes two ami one-h.alf intdies from 

 the glass w hi(di we wished to test. The 

 rec()rds shown in the table ai'e axcriiges 

 of lour ijillerent ex|ieriments in which 



the exjiosures ranfjed from two to two 

 and one-half hours. in all the tests 

 l()xl.'8 inch fjlass was used. No. 1 

 was double French, first (luality; No. 2, 

 double FrtMich, second quality, aiul 

 .No. 'A, .\nierican, third quality. The 

 fluteil glass was one-eighth inch thick, 

 with rathei fine Hutings and a general 

 api)earance of oi>a<iue glass. The No. 2 

 l"'ren(di, double thick, is used extensive- 

 ly in greenhouse construction in the 

 east, and the No. 'A American in other 

 sections of the country. The fluted 

 glass is not used for greenhouses, al- 

 thougli it is \alual)le for dispersing 

 light. 



Experiments Show Marked "Variation, 



"The dilfercnce in the ipiality of the 

 gl.ass tested was sullitdent to enable 

 one, with no ]ire\ious knowledge of 

 how they were placcMl, to pick out each 

 sample at a distance of six rods. The 

 i-esults of th(> tests gi\(Mi in the table 

 show that the differences in the (piality 

 oi lighl-transmitting jiroperties of the 

 glass aie marked. The No. 2 g!i\ (^ 

 se\-enteen jn'r cent less light than No. 1. 

 and \o. ;>, thirty-two \h'v cent less 

 than No. 1, while the fluted glass was 

 jiractically as good as .No. ."{, although 

 from its ojiacpie ap|>earance it could 

 iuirdly be thought to compare with any 

 of tlu' others. The r(dati\ely high 

 records given by this glass are ex 

 plained by the fact that the fiutings 

 act ;is lenses, and it is evident that 

 the rays of light in our experiments 

 were concentrat(>il u]i()n the recording 

 tubes, which were only about two and 

 one half inidu's from the glass, and 

 the leadiiigs obtained from this glas? 

 are piobaldy sonu'what misleading."' 



The following tabl(> shows the restdts 

 obtained from the differiMit kinds ;ind 

 (pudities of glass: 



rcrcciitMi;"' 



(if (Iccrciiscd 

 i;iMiliiii;s. litrlit v;ilii<- 



Kii-M ■Miiilit.v ;.'l:iss iss Kill 



Si'ccjiiil iiM;ilil,v ;,'l.iss I.'i.'i s-J 



Tliifil i|U:ilitv >;l;iss 12li 117 



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A Freak Funeral Piece Designed by a Wyoming Floriit. 



