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The Florists' Rcvkw 



Dbcembeb 3, 1014. 



variety of flowering plants are avail- 

 able iind the demand more spread out, 

 they sell moderately well, 



Freesias. 



Christmas freesias are always sold at 

 good prices and for this reason it pays 

 to take special care of a good sized 

 batch and endeavor to flower them at 

 that time. We have had, until mid- 

 November, a warm fall, and this, has 

 favored the early flowering of freesias. 



A carnation house or one of similar 

 temperature, where the plants can have 

 55 degrees at night, is the ideal place 

 for these, and if no shelf is at disposal, 

 let them have a sunny bench. Eemem- 

 ber that they are not heavily rooted 

 and copious supplies of water are neces- 

 sary. Be careful in feeding, however. 

 Light doses twice a week are all right, 

 but any heavy feeding will assuredly 

 cause the ends of the leaves to turn 

 brown. 



WINTEB-BLOOMING SPENCERS. 



Is it too late to sow sweet pea seed 

 in pots, to be benched about Decem- 

 ber lot Would it be advisable to plant 

 the ordinary Spencer type, or winter- 

 flowering varieties? J. H. 



It is too late now to sow peas to be 

 planted out December 10. The plants, 

 however, will be all right by Christmas. 

 Do not grow the ordinary Spencers, as 

 they flower too late. Get some of the 

 winter-blooming Spencers. The seed is 

 still high-priced,- but these bloom when 

 quite small, while the ordinary sorts 

 will do nothing until spring. C. W. 



AMERICAN SWEET FEA SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the executive board of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society was 

 held at the oflSces of Peter Henderson 

 & Co., New York city, Tuesday after- 

 noon, November 24, with W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee in the chair. 



The principal business before the 

 board wae the arrangements for the 

 shows to be held during the coming 

 summer. It has been arranged that 

 two shows be held, one in San Fran- 

 cisco, the other in Newport, R. I. The 

 dates for the San Francisco show have 

 not yet been fixed. The Newport show, 

 which is to be held under the auspices 

 of the Newport Garden Association and 

 the Newport Horticultural Society, in 

 the Newport Casino, will open July 8 

 and continue through July 9. A liberal, 

 preliminary premium list has been pre- 

 pared and issued by the Newport or- 

 ganizations, which includes a large 

 number of open classes. Copies of this 

 preliminary schedule may be obtained 

 from the secretary, Harry A. Bunyard, 

 342 West Fourteenth street, New York 

 city. The preliminary schedule of the 

 American Sweet Pea Society will be 

 issued about January 1. 



Harry A. Bunyard, Sec'y. 



0LX7B VASE AT BALTIMORE SHOW. 

 Iti the center of the aicoompanying 

 illustration is shown the club vase at 

 the flower show held in the Fifth Regi- 

 ment Armory, Baltimore, November 17 

 to 24, under the auspices of the Mary- 

 land Horticultural Society, a full ac- 

 count of which appeared in The Re- 

 view of November 26. This enormous 



vase, which was ten and one-half feet 

 high, stood on a base thirty inches 

 high. It contained 350 chrysanthemums 

 and was designed and erected by 

 William Feiast. The vase was the 

 especial contribution Qf the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club of Baltimore. 

 The blooms were contributed by R. L. 

 Graham, Samuel Feast & Sons, Halli- 

 liay Bros., S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 



Harry Ekas, I. H. Moss, Chas. Sieg- 

 wart, M. J. Hannigan, James Hamilton, 

 E. A. Seidewitz, J. J. Cummings, G. A. 

 Lotze, John Cook, Geo. Morrison and 

 A. S. Richmond. The vase had been 

 standing three days when the photo- 

 graph which is reproduced herewith 

 was taken and therefore does not ap- 

 pear quite so well as it did when first 

 staged. W. P. E. 



A TIP TO EXHIBITORS. 



There were several noteworthy things 

 at the Houston flower show. One of 

 these, which will be of particular in- 

 terest to retailers who exhibit their 

 work, was the use of dressmakers ' mod- 

 els to show bouquets to better advan- 

 tage. The illustration on page 21 

 tells the whole story better than words 

 can do. This particular bouquet was 

 the one exhibited, by the Forestdale 

 Flower Shop, of Houston, Tex., which 

 took first prize. It was the work of 

 Mrs. E. B. Richard, as was also the 

 arm bouquet with which the firm took 

 a second prize. Additional prizes were 

 taken, two for specimen palms and one 

 for tl^. best mantel decoration. Credit 

 for the latter belongs to John J. Boyle, 

 manager of the store, to whom is 

 largely due the concern's success, 

 through his care and painstaking ef- 

 fort. It is only due to the fact that 

 Mr. Boyle made no more entries than 

 he did, Gus Radetzki, proprietor of the 

 store, believes, that the firm took no 

 more prizes. Its record at the show 

 was three firsts and two seconds out of 

 seven entries. 



The at4> Vutf the Special Feature of the Baltimore Show. 



