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The Florists^ Review 



July 30, 1»14, 



MORE VARIETY WANTED 



Advantage in Wide Range ot Colors. 



l/ist v\iiit('l', illllillj; till' ;ini|i;i^;it iiii; 



SC;tS()|l. I S]l()l\l' Ol tllC !l I ipf ;| i^lCMtcl 



\iiri('ty ot' color' in tlic cmi n;i t ioii mar 

 kct, tliat lu'iiiL; tlic liiiic foi la\iii;; 

 voiir plans for tlic next si'asoii 's jiiaiit 

 in;^. It' you h('t'(|ci| tin' >u;:u('st ion^ 

 oH'cii'il at that tiiiir, yon |.t'iiia|is lia\i' 

 aiMc'l a few \aiictic> ot' a i| itfiTi'iit 

 line to the I iicv ita lilo list o| llinlmiit 

 ii'ss, l\o><-])iiik I'liii-liant it'ss .iii'l W'liitf 

 I'inc-haiitit'ss. It •,du 'liij not, it ••nii 

 still lie iloiic ulicii yon tiaiist'ci tlir 

 jilaiits t'roiii tile licM to tin- IumhIic^. 



Make U|> yoiii- iniad at ( c, and older 



tlio plants to l>»' slii|i|pc(| to yon w lini 

 the Ix'ds arc ready t'oi idaiitiny. 



To my mind, there is (leihaiis no 

 o;ieater daii^^ci' thtcateniii;; the caiiia 

 tioii than this nanowiny ilowri to three 

 or Colli' stajile e(doi's, as is iieiiiy done 

 ill the larger inai'kets. That wc need 

 more white, jtinU ami red laiiiation^ 

 tlian we do of other colors i> »|tiite 

 true, and that these must lie "lowri in 

 larj:er (|uaiitity no one will deny. Kiit 

 it is ,t1so true tJi.at to ^row tliest' colors 

 to tlie e\(diision ot' .all the other lieanti 

 fill and attractive shades mlis the mar 

 Ket of the means of lir'in;;iny out the 

 lieaiity in these -taple cfdors l>\ meari^ 

 ol' comldnation .iri'l '-oritrast. 



Effective Color Combinations. 



What, for instance, is more lieant it'll! 

 lliitn a s.|>ra\ of Mnchantr'es^ finished 

 off with .a tew fine Idooiiis of I'ocalion 

 ta.s, or' ;i cluster of liose pink Knchant 

 rcss and Vtdlow I'rince.' The s;ime 

 is triK' in iiiakin*; up taldi' or' mantel 

 <lecoratioiis; in tai-t, wherever \ ou ha\'e 

 :i mind to use carn.ations. There is no 

 <|iM'stiori of the lieaiity <>\' the staple 

 colors, Init the pnldic lik(>s contrasts. 

 Have you never' lieard the comment^ 

 .at funer.als or flower shows, where l.ar^e 

 niimher'-- of people were ^.athered .' 

 K\ eryone notices the .arr'a nyemeiits tli.at 

 are ilitfer'erit fi'oni the re^iiil.ar run id' 

 siii-h things, pr'ovidin;^ the ;i rrani^emeiit 

 is lieaiitiful I'.afher th.aii ladic.al. Thei'i' 

 is :i wide dilTererice lietweoii the two, 

 not ;iivv;iy> ;i|ipl'eciated liy the desiyii 

 ers, not only in our own jirofe^^ion Init 

 in ((flier lines .as well. 



\Vt' sometimes liear' retailers say tli;it 

 our tr.ade ''will not take"' this oi 

 that. The f.acf in mo>t iii>t;inces is 

 that the article had not Keen offered 

 to their traile in the proper manner. 

 Tlu* piil'lic everywhere will .ac.-i'pt aii> 

 flower th.at is lie.autiful, )>ro\idin;; it 

 is ju'esented in such :i w.ay .as to liriii;^ 

 out its .atti.activeiiess. it mi^ilit u(dl 

 he s.aid th.at there i> no llovvei that 

 cannot l>c jii.adc .attractive if it i'^ 

 <;ivcn the jiroper setting:, .and that is 

 ■wliere the artist in you becomes m.aiii 

 f'ost. Atiyoiic witli a little mcchanicjil 

 skill can tie .a Ixinidi f>f Knchantres-. 

 uito a fairly };ood hiokin;; cluster'. Init 

 liow manv can select nist the li'^ht 



inriil)ci' ol' ^oiric other lojor' to put vvitii 

 them, aiol the projpcr' shade ot' rihlKUi 

 for the how. to hleml with the hloonis.' 



Holding the Popular Favor. 



The lesijiiier who c.iunol pr-odui-e 

 ihe^i' lic.aiit i fill effects needs only two 

 or' tliice colors, hut the real artist li.as 

 iise tor i'\ cry color' procurahle. at one 

 time or .aiKdhei', and it is the wide 

 i;irii;e ol' ccdors t'oiind in the carnation 

 th.it makes it so serv ice.ahh' and pop 

 iilai' ;i llovvei'. To disc.ar'il .all hut a 

 lew stajdc colors is to r'oh the carna 

 Tion of its princip.al chaiiii. 



Moreover', when any one thin;.; i> 

 ulfered in loo ^I'cat .ahiindaricc tlic 

 piihlic hecorncs >urt'eifed .and turns it 

 down in favdi' of something perhaps 

 no lictter', hut less conimoii. So it 

 >tarids to re.ascni that .any llovvei' that is 

 otVercil in a l.arjic variety (d' cohus, 

 .ind is therefore ailapted to many dif 

 fei'tMit uses, lias a hetter (di.aiicc to hold 

 puhlic fa\"or than one which jiossesscs 

 onl\ limited ad;i](tahility. 



So, it' you arc interested in incieas- 

 iiij: the jiopularity of the carnation 

 .anion;; your tra<le, or (>\(mi in hohliiii; 

 tlic pojuilarity it now <Mvjoys. <ii\e this 

 matter .a little tlioiij;lit .and sec wludhcr 

 vou will not .arrive .at the same con 

 elusion ,as the writer. 



A. 1'. .1. Hanr. 



HEIGHT FOR THERMOMETER. 



At what height should tho thi 

 moinctcrs he pl.aced in the yrceiihon ■ 

 to show the 1 empcrat lire of the hoiis ' 

 H. !'. 



riacc them four and a half to ti 

 ,'ind a li.alf feet from the >;'roiiii(l. T ■ 

 ther'momcters should not he unpi 

 lected, .as too often sc«mi, hut oiij^ht i 

 he jd.aced in rcccidiU' Ics with an ov i 

 h.aiijiiiiy top and with sides, to jireve i 

 the sun fr'orn striking' the thcrmoinct i 

 dii'ectl_\. Wni cannot >;t't the ti c 

 sli.adc teni|icr'aturc unless this pi'oti 

 tiiui is ui V en. < '. W, 



POULTRY MANURE FOR PLANT i. 



('ould iiui'c, dried and |Uil\'cri/' I 

 poultry ui.aiiiirc he iiseil in the yrowii^ 

 of jdaiits ami llowcrs.' JI. ]'. 



There is ;;rc;it d.aii;;ci' of injury :n 

 jd.aiits hy the use of d ry poult ry m.aiiu i ■. 

 It is a powerful fertili/.er ami must l.c 

 use(| with yreat care. If used as a li^lit 

 top dressing, it .a<-ts ;is a <;(>od stiniiilant 

 to pl.ants of .a rohiist nature. If aiiijci 

 to the soil, <ii\t' ;i li;;ht coating and he 

 sure to incorporate it thoroughly with 

 the s(dl. l-Jy sc.attcriiiy it outdoors he 

 tween rows of yrowinj; plants, later 

 running the hoc or' cultivator over tlic 

 ;;round, you will yet hcttor results from 

 poultry m.anuic .and with less risk nt' 

 dainaniny the jdants than when it i- 

 iiscd under j;lass. For such veyctahic 

 ci'ojis as tomatoes, corn, sijuash and 

 nudoiis, I have found this m.aniii'c work- 

 tiiiely, jiarticiilarlv for top-dressiiif>. It 

 can also he used t(» make li(|iii(l nianuic, 

 hut must he used (juit«' wc;ii<. Do a lit 

 tic expcrimcntiii'; for yourself on Ji few 

 id.ants .and note ra-sults. ( '. W. 



cess — success hv virtue of octting t' 

 croji at a time when there is a {lo^ 

 m.ar'l<el. 



SEASONABLE NOTES. 



PROFITS IN ORCHIDS. 



< »ne :^ ,a|it to jllclyc hy present con 

 ditions, >o when Mowers are either hi^^li 

 or low. scarce oi |ilenfifiil. then is the 

 time to call attention to the (dl)er ex 

 treiiic in the >wiiiy of the pendulum 

 th.at I'tdicve- tlii-- husiness (d' monofony. 

 I )iiriiiy duly fine cattlcv.as h.ave hecii so 

 low in juice tli.at ;.;i'ower's would ilcsp.aii 

 if it were not for' the cert.aiiify of the 

 yood time coining- -which should he^'iii 

 in the next few weeks. 



The acconi|>;iiiyin(; illnst r.a t ion >liovv^ 

 ;i <'liristm,a> crop of ('attlcya l.ahi.afa 

 and ( '. i'cni V .ali.ana .at the estahlish 

 irieiit (d' the .\lhert T. Wry Flor.al Co.. 

 M.aywood. 111.- flowers that wli(dcsalcd 

 without trouhle at +!• jiei do/.cii. The 

 Hey cst.ahlishniciit is not .a l.arye one. 

 hilt or(diids are handled with much sue 



Shading. 



W't' .lie now near tiic eml of' 1 

 period when orchids necil the inaxinn 

 amount of sIuhIc. After' the end 

 .inly it will need ;:radii.al reducing; 

 ]ir.actic.ally .all v.arietics. the ti'ic 

 ph.ala'nopsi> htdiio ;im exception. If 

 alw.ays vvidl to remernhcr' that wli 

 houses which arc heavily shaded ; 

 co(dcr tliaii others .and the jd.ants 

 them .are of a yrccner hue, this di 

 not mean th.at they .ar<' in the hcst c 

 dition. parti<iilaily when it comes 

 llowerinjr time. It is a jrood ](lan to 

 the ]dants have .a fairly f;ood lijl' 

 never mind if the folijiye. es|ieci.ally 

 c.attley.as, is a little pale. 



Syringing. 



W'c .are .at ihe hottest jieiioil of ' 



