October 30, J913. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



H. P. Knoble. 



(Chairman Publlcitr Oommlttee for the Cleveland Flower Show.) 



been placed in soil not later than the 

 end of September if January flowers 

 were wanted. Plant at once, keep in 

 a cellar, pit or frame until sprouted two 

 or three inches, then place in a warm 

 house. Keep the bulbs in the dark for 

 some days, in order to draw up the 

 stems. La Reine forces well, coming 

 pink in January. White Hawk will 

 come white. Cottage Maid is later 

 than La Reine. Rose Grisdelin is a use- 

 ful early blooming pink tulip. C. W. 



INDEXING "aETICLES. 



I have been reading The Review a 

 number of years and find it the best 

 and most interesting trade magazine 

 published. With us each number is 

 carefully indexed under subjects every 

 week, and whenever we want first-class 

 information pertaining to various 

 plants, greenhouses or boilers, we refer 

 to our index, and in a few seconds the 

 information is at hand. The only dif- 

 ficulty experienced in doing this is that 

 the pages have to be renumbered, 

 whereas, if the numbers would run from 

 1, say, to 1,000 or higher renumbering 

 would be unnecessary. L. 8. 



In indexing the articles that you are 

 likely to wish to refer to in your file 

 of The Review, there is a simple way 

 in which you can enter the numbers 

 which will serve the purpose much bet- 

 ter than as though the pages were num- 

 bered consecutively through the volume. 

 When a publication reaches the large 

 size of The Review, running nearly 

 6,000 pages per. year, it is cumbersome 

 and unwieldy to number through the 

 volume, even if the volumes are half- 

 yearly. That would make us 8tart,;.wUh 

 Page 1 on the issue of November 6, 



and in May all the pages would be 

 numbered between 2500 and 3000. 



Index your articles in the same way 

 we keep the record of our charges for 

 advertising space. The issues are num- 

 bered consecutively, last week 's edition 

 being 830. In charging the advertising, in 

 each customer's account a short line is 

 drawn and the amount of space written 

 above it, with the issue number below 

 it, just as you would write fractions. 

 Of course you keep your Reviews in 

 order, the last copy received at the top 

 of the pile. Consequently, if your index 

 reads 17/825, you can quickly run down 

 through the pile of papers to issue 825, 

 which was dated September 18, and 

 turn to the article you seek, on page 17. 



TEMPEBATUBE FOB BULBS. 



Will you please let me know what 

 temperature to keep for rooting hya- 

 cinth bulbs in a dark cellar, and what 

 length of time will be required to 

 bring them into bloom after taking 

 them up to force? I want to get the 

 same information, also, about tulips 

 and Narcissus Von Sion. C. F. 



A temperature of 45 to 50 degrees 

 in a dark cellar will suit hyacinths and 

 tulips, but they will do well even if it 

 is no higher than 35 to 40 degrees. 

 After hyacinths are sprouted two or 

 three inches, it will take twenty to 

 thirty days to force them into bloom 

 in an average night temperature of 55 

 degrees in January and February. 

 Later in the season less time is needed. 

 Tulips require about the same time as 

 hyacinths in the same temperature, but 

 can be had earlier if drawn up in a 

 dark, warm case. Von Sion narcissi, 

 when well started, need three weeks 

 during January in a temperature of 60 

 degrees, and a little less time in March 

 if kept as late as that. C. W. 



Geo. W. Smith. 



(Chairman Entertainment Committee. CleTeland Flower Show.) 



