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The Florists' Review 



May 21, 1914. 



in Lafayette 

 A number of 



proveraent in the length of stem. The 

 violet season has dosed entirely, but 

 the trade is still asking for them. 

 Southern lilacs are unusually good and 

 bring a fancy price. Valley is getting 

 somewhat stronger and larger in size. 

 Narcissus poeticus is abundant. Yel- 

 low daisies, marguerites, snapdragons, 

 baby gladioli, calendulas, pansies an(l 

 forget-me-nots are used in combination 

 with other powers for variety. Bed- 

 ding plants are beginning to sell now, 

 as are also pansy plants, English 

 daisies, rose bushes and all nursery 

 stock and perennials. 



Various Notes. 



:Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sangster have 

 returned from Atlanta, Ga., where they 

 have been attending the Shriners' con- 

 vention. Mr. Sangster reports -^MQ.th- 

 era' day business good. 



Pansy beds and new sward are the 

 latest iini)rovements 

 square by the city, 

 formal standard catalpa trees have 

 helped to beautify this newly remod- 

 eled square, which will be most at- 

 tractive this summer. 



Determined to check the ravages of 

 the tent-caterpillar, a pest responsible 

 for damage to fruit and shade trees 

 amounting to thousands of dollars 

 every year, Calvin J. Hudson, commis- 

 sioner of agriculture, issued a formal 

 order May 13 requiring all owners or 

 persons in possession of trees or plants 

 infested by tent-caterpillars to destroy 

 the nests before June 1. The order is 

 issued under the authority of the agri- 

 <ultural law, and failure to comply 

 with its requirements is punishable as 

 a misdemeanor. 



Galley Bros., of Gardenville, are doing 

 a big l)usines8 in geraniums this spring, 

 having sold great quantities already. 

 They put up a new range last fall and 

 it was filled with geraniums, to keep 

 pace with their ever-growing business. 

 About twenty-five persons are now em- 

 ployed packing pansies, forget-me-nots 

 and perennials for market. 



The Lenox Flower Shop had a unique 

 and amusing window display last week. 

 It was the opening day of the baseball 

 season. May 11, and the display con- 

 sisted of a baseball diamond with nine 

 miniature players, whose faces were de- 

 cidedly funny. Then there was the 

 backstop with its advertising billboard, 

 and on another fence was the official 

 score. Baseball bats, catching gloves, 

 masks, etc., were thrown here and 

 there. Green sheet moss covered the 

 whole field. The display was an in- 

 novation among the florists here, and 

 was an unusual combination, at once 

 humorous and artistic. 



All the leading florists found Moth- 

 ers' day trade good and much larger 

 thaii that of last year. 



W. J. Palmer & Son report that they 

 were busy both May 9 and 10. Their 

 branch store was also rushed with spe- 

 cial work. They are showing some ex- 

 cellent blue and white lupines, and 

 some Canterbury bells grown at their 

 greenhouses in Lancaster. 



S. A. Anderson did a much bigger 

 business this year than last. Carna- 

 tions were completely sold out, and 

 roses, tulips and sweet peas spld well 

 also. Tlie special Mothers' day win- 

 dow helped to increase trade. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Anderson have returned from their 

 fishing trip in Mi(*higan. At Ander- 

 son's Elmwood avemie store, where 

 Joseph Cannon and Joiseph Streit hold 



The alarm clock went off at 

 four o'clock in the morning. 



"I fooled you that toime," 

 said Mike with a grin, "for 

 I wasn't aslape at all." 



The florist fools himself who 

 thinks there is any way of 

 selling goods in the trade 

 more effective than adver- 

 tising in The Review. Also, 

 it's the most inexpensive way 

 in proportion to results. 



"We are completely sold out and have 

 had to send money back. The Review 

 is, without doubt, the best advertising 

 medium In the trade."— J. C. Renni- 

 soN Co., Sioux City, la. 



Review readers are not 

 asleep. Note this: 



"Please tell us confidentially what you 



think of — . Why doesn't he 



advertise in The Review If he is O. 

 K.?"— Miller Floral Co., Farming- 

 ton, Utah. 



The alarm clock rings in The 

 Review office at 4 o'clock (p.m., 

 not a. m.) every Tuesday. It is 

 to let everybody know adver- 

 tising forms close for that 

 week's issue in just sixty 

 minutes. 



sway, business was fine and trade is 

 increasing right along. 



C. B. Schisler, of Williamsville, has 

 a new motor car, which greatly facili- 

 tates the marketing of his goods. 



E. C. A. 



OBITUABY. 



Mrs. J. W. Glenn. 

 Mrs. Glenn, wife of J. W. Glenn, of 

 Kittanning, Pa., died on Thursday, May 

 14. Though she had been an invalid for 

 about a year, her death was unexpected, 

 as her illness did not assume a serious 

 aspect until a few hours before she 

 passed away. The funeral services were 

 held on Saturday, May 16, at the Kit- 

 tanning Episcopal church. 



Vegetable Forcing 



HEAD LETTUCE IN OHIO. 



For five years, off and on, I have been 

 taking your advice as given through 

 the columns of The Eeview. Often you 

 talk kindly, like a Dutch uncle, and 

 sometimes mildly criticise, like an anx- 

 ious dad, but I like the paper all the 

 time. However, when C. W. advises 

 that we plant head lettuce in the north- 

 ern part of Ohio I can not agree. I 

 am willing to admit that usually C. W. 

 is "all to the mustard," but it is a 

 certainty that he is not acquainted with 

 the conditions along the Great Lakes. 

 If he will come to the lake country and 

 grow head lettuce through a cloudy De- 

 cember I can promise him a large and 

 interested gathering of people anxious 

 to see how he does it. Appreciating 

 that C. W. is a good grower, I think he 

 merely forgets occasionally the size of 

 the United States, the varied climate 

 and the differing market tastes. 



Perry, O. Wm. Winter. . 



CUCUMBERS GROWING POORLY. 



I transplanted some cucumber plants 

 about twenty days ago. Some of them 

 have not started new roots and have 

 not grown over two inches. Please tell 

 me the cause. F. P. 



With cucumbers, provided your plants 

 were healthy, soil suitable and tem- 

 perature all right, it must be a question 

 of insufficient moisture at the root, or 

 in the atmosphere, or both. Cucumbers 

 at this season require a minimum tem- 

 perature of 65 degrees. While they will 

 grow even 10 degrees cooler, groM(th 

 will be slow. It is possible you are try-~ 

 ing to grow your plants too cool. They 

 must have a good heat and a moist at- 

 mosphere. You do not say whether you 

 transplanted from flats or pots. If 

 from the former there always is more 

 or less danger of the roots becoming 

 injured and, as a consequence, the 

 plants will start more slowly. 



C. W. 



CUKES TO FOLLOW TOMATOES. 



I followed my last crop of lettuce 

 with tomatoes, which will be through 

 bearing about the middle of July. 

 Could I follow the tomatoes with cu- 

 cumbers, to be through bearing about 

 November 15? What is the best va- 

 riety? J. L. V. 



Start the cucumbers and have them 

 in 4-inch pots ready to plant as soon as 

 the tomatoes are cleared, the house 

 thoroughly fumigated and the soil suffi- 

 ciently enriched for the next crop. A 

 good strain of Arlington White Spine 

 cucumber is the best for your purpose. 

 About all seedsmen carry a special 

 strain suitable for forcing. You can 

 easily clear your cucumber crop by No- 

 vember 15 or 20, provided you start 

 the plants as suggested. C. W. 



ITerrinoton on the Mum, Bent by The 

 Review for 50 cents. 



Tremont, O.— The Horn Flower Co. 

 could not supply sufficient carnations 

 for Mothers' day and had a run on 

 plants. 



Dayton, O.— Chas. W. Kiefer, who 

 started in business here four years ago, 

 finds his growing business demands the 

 addition of some glass each year. 



