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Dkcembeh 10, 1914. 



filled with evergreens. The florist can 

 not, usually, grow his evergreens, as 

 he does his geraniums and vincas for 

 summer box filling, but he can buy the 

 evergreens so cheaply and satisfactorily 

 that the profit reaBy comes easier. In 

 fact, he can buy the boxes^«. afready 

 filled and make his -profit jwstig?' mak* 

 ing the sale. In the^|ftrgor cmes the 

 best hotels were among ldi«> first to 

 use the winter window boxe4k,fiUed 



TO FLORISTS OF TEXAS. 



I want to make an appeal M^the 

 florists of Texas in behalf o^t)i« toBC 

 display at the San Diego ^^6%iu«n. 



If .,we can send 2,000 oi^SJOOO rdSC. 

 bushes to, San Diego, the horticultural 

 committee ' will see that wel^et- a nic 

 space -And that they will b* welldii 

 played. This .is certainly a most eeo 

 . <TaomiieaI ..wa^ of advertising 'Texas anA' 

 iierprodireti^ ■-'.'■- . j . '^ 



grow in this great state in the line of 



roses, and I certainly hope that this 



appeal will meet with ready response. 



I would like to hear from those who 



expect to send something and would 



^■^ike to be advised at the time shipment 



%is JuajiB, Now don't put this off, think- 



^. ^Jthfe iotn^'r fellow will take care of the 



;^shipments and yours may not be neces- 



' sary, for we all may be of the same 



opinion and. have no display. Attend 



to this ROW, as this is a good shipping 



: Reason, and by the time they reach 



'• Califor][u;^ and are planted they will be 



in just at the right time for the open- 



lipg of the exposition. 



^ I trust that every florist will feel 



'that he is under an obligation to re- 



: spend to this call apd make shipment 



promptly and that we may have a nice 



-'■ cjisplay in due time. 



-i :' R. C. Kerr, 



<J Pres. Texas Btate Florists' Ass'n. 



' CABEYINO OVER VINCAS. 



Can you give me some information on 

 •wintering vincas in a coldframef I 

 did not sell all of my vincas and I am 

 wondering if I can carry them over. 

 • H, G. N. 



An Inexpensive Basket of Christmas Greeni«, 



with evergreens. They give a touch 

 of life to bleak surroundings that is 

 especially valuable to a hotel, but 

 which is no less appreciated by high 

 class business houses and the owners 

 of good homes. Make it the fashion 

 for your people to get the winter ef- 

 fect in the windows before Christmas, 

 just as you see to it that the geraniums 

 and vincas are there before Memorial 

 day. 



CREDIT MEN OPTIMISTIC. 



The National Association of Credit 

 Men makes the following comment on 

 business conditions: 



"There is unquestionably a steadily 

 improving feeling in manufacture and 

 trade. In most lines the improvement 

 has taken form in increased inquiries 

 and in many in distinctly better orders. 

 Best grounds for satisfaction are found 

 in noting the signs of improvement in 

 the iron and steel trade, where the 

 steady decline in orders and interest 

 seems finally to have given way to bet- 

 ter buying. Complaints regarding col- 

 lections continue to be general, but 

 with better industrial conditions it is 

 fair to expect they will gradually re- 

 cover normal. The main factor in the 

 situation is that confidence, so badly 

 shattered a few months ago, is now 

 well restored, and though we cannot 

 look for early resumption of normal 

 business in ail lines, the demand for 

 staples is assuming big proportions and 

 this tendency will extend itself to 

 other lines^^^ 



East Brookfield, Mass. — Howard S 

 Hill has sold his establishment, knoWn 

 as the Pine Croft Greenhouses, and has 

 moved to Enfield, N. H. 



' Now' it is not going to tax any flo- 

 rist, Hti'aVily to send, say fifty roses of 

 the best variety to San Diego and pre- 

 pay the express charges, addressing 

 them to J. C. Knox, San Diego exposi- 

 tion, San Diego, Cal., and the commit- 

 tee will do the rest. The shipper 'a 

 name wiH be displayed in his exhibit 

 and the exhibit, as a whole, will be 

 marked "Texas Grown Roses." 



It seems to me that this is certainly 

 an opportunity for the florists and nur- 

 serymen of Texas to show what we 



Provided the frames are well con- 

 structed, the plants covered thickly 

 with perfectly dry leaves, sashes placed 

 over these, and mats and matchboard 

 shutters over these in cold weather, 

 the plants should winter, but a cold 



. greenhouse would be a vastly more sat- 

 isfactory place for them. Of course, 

 I am now referring to the variegated 



^vinca so much grown by florists, and 

 not to V. minor, commonly called 

 myrtle and periwinkle, which is quite 

 hardy. C. W. 



WINTER VINCAS IN COLDFRAMES? 



Can I winter Vinca variegata in a 

 coldframe covered with leaves? When 

 would I have to take it inside for 

 spring sales? It is in 3 14 -inch pots. 

 I have cut the tops off; was that all 

 right? F. K. 



While it is barely possible that the 

 vincas might live over winter in a 

 coldframe if frost could be kept away 



Anothef Inexpensive Basket of Christmas Greens. 



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