

Dbcbiibbb 24. 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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need be afraid to attempt its culture. 

 To flower to perfection, the plants must 

 have had a dry, sunny location for a 

 couple of months or more past, and now 

 on many bulbs the nodes will be plump- 

 ing up. Be careful to go lightly on 

 watering while the nodes are small, or 

 these are likely to develop growths in- 

 stead of flowers. 



To increase D. nobile, old pseudo- 

 bulbs which have flowered can be cut 

 in short lengths and laid on a bed of 

 sphagnum where they will be in the 

 shade, but where they can get a good 

 bottom heat. If lightly sprayed from 

 time to time, these will soon start 

 throwing out roots >ind later growths, 

 which can be potted several together 

 in 4-inch or 5-inch pots or pans of moss 

 and fern fiber. A year later they will 

 malce nice plants. Growths which have 

 started in lieu of flowers on blooming 

 plants can be left until they are fairly 

 well matured and then potted up in 

 the same way. 



Laelias. 



This is the season when laelias make 

 a notable showing. L. anceps, with its 

 colored and white flowers; L. autum- 

 nalis, with its beau^ful pale rose flow- 

 ers, finely perfumed, and L. Gouldiana, 

 the splendid natural Hybrid between 

 anceps and autumnalis, are a beautiful 

 trio now in bloom. These Mexican 

 laelias while flowering do well at the 

 cool end of the cattleya house, but 

 while growing they need a cool, airy 

 greenhouse, little shade and a good 

 spraying daily. If grown in baskets or 

 pans close to the glass, they are sure 

 to flower well. The white forms of 

 anceps, such as Stella, Sanderiana, 

 Schrcederiana, etc., are quite cheap, 

 have even more vigor than the colored 

 type and have stronger flower spikes 

 with larger blooms. They also keep 

 much better when cut. 



CABE OF GOLDFISH. 



I should like to get some information 

 about goldfish. I have a cement tank, 

 six feet in diameter and eighteen inch- 

 es deep, which I want to fill with fish. 

 How many will it hold? How many 

 and what kinds of aquatic plants 

 could I put in the tank that would be 

 harmless to the fish? How many fish 

 can I raise from a pair of old ones in 

 one year? What is the best food for 

 the fish and how often should they be 

 fed? H. A. C. 



The tank mentioned will hold from 

 100 to 300, according to the size of 

 the fish. It would be best to begin 

 with 100 and observe the result. If 

 the fish continually come to the sur- 

 face and gasp for air, overcrowding 

 is indicated. A cement tank such as 

 you mention should be filled with wa- 

 ter, which should be allowed to stand 

 for a few days, and then emptied and 

 filled with fresh water before the fish 

 are put in. -'' 



Good aquarium plants are: Ca- 

 bomba, myriophyllum, anacharis and 

 ludwigia. Cabomba is a summer plant 

 and myriophyllum a winter aquarium 

 plant; Bichhornia, water " hyacinths, 

 eaa >ft1so be used. '• 



From a pair of good breeders 100 or 

 rfiore fish can be raised in a year, de- 

 pepding on the age of the breeders. 

 Success can be had with fish that 

 measure three to four inches long. 



The best and safest food is the 

 wafer and natural fish food, which can 



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The Dates of 

 EASTER 



1915 : April 4th 



1916 : April 23rd 



1917 : April 8th 

 1§18 : March 3l8t 



1919 : April 20th 



1920 : April 4th 



1921 : March 27th 



1922 : April 16th 



1923 : April Ist 



1924 : April 20th 



1925 : April 12th 



1926 : April 4th 



1927 : April 17th 



1928 : April 8th 



1929 : March 3 Ist 



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be purchased from any fish dealer 

 either in packages or in bulk. Follow 

 directions printed on the box. Fish 

 should be fed in winter about every 

 other day, and sparingly; in summer 

 they may be fed every day. 



A salt bath, one teaspoonful of salt 

 to each gallon of water, is good as a 

 remedy for sick fish and as a means 

 of keeping fish in good health. 



K. Ni' C. 



KILEY KIIiLS CREDITS. 



Kiley, of Paris (Texas, not France), 

 has declared war — he will do no more 

 credit business, spending a large part 

 of his time making collections. This* 

 is the announcement he is mailing to 

 his customers: 



CASH 



Being head over heels in debt, I must put on a 

 life preserver — business type — 



You can help me. I am going to do business 

 on a cash basis. 



Why? 



Because I do not for an instant question your 

 credit, but for two reasons, viz.: 



I want to take my discounts, which are gener- 

 ous. Because some have the second, fifth, tenth, 

 twelfth, fifteenth, twentieth, and so on, for pay- 

 ing bills, which necessitates going over the same 

 territory repeatedly, losing from two to five 

 working days a month. If I can save this time, 

 I. can produce better stock for the same money. 



1915 MODEL 



Of Doing Business 

 This will entail no annoyance to you. You 

 may phone your order as heretofore. On filling 

 same, I will mail you a statement with ad- 

 dressed envelope. Inclose your check and drop 

 letter In mall box. This will entirely do away 

 with the annoyance of collectors — perhaps at a 

 time when you're indisposed — and help me to 

 give you better service. Try this system, and 

 your and my reward will be satisfaction. 



FLOWERGRAMS 



Odd word, isn't it? 



Definition: A flowergram is an assortment of 

 flowers, suitably arranged in the highest style 

 of the art, sent to sweetheart, wife, mother or 

 sister, on the occasion of her birthday, anni- 

 versary or for some social function or perhaps the 



Courtesy of Ralph M. Ward. 



more sympathetic occasion — a funeral — by tele- 

 graph. 



My correspondents are the best florists of this 

 great nation, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, 

 Central and South America. 



Prompt and efficient service guaranteed. 



The Review fears Mr. Kiley is getting 

 in bad, perhaps not with his customers 

 on the cash proposition, but with 

 Charles Henry Fox through the unau- 

 thorized use of the word ' ' flowergram. ' ' 

 Mr. Fox coined it and copyrighted it; 

 he is entitled to be consulted as to its 

 use and credit when it appears. 



BUSINESS EMBABRASSMENTS. 



Boston, Mass. — Frank W. Houghton 

 has filed a petition in bankruptcy. 

 Liabilities are scheduled at $6,164. 

 There are no assets. 



Aberdeen, S. D. — Charles A. Spink, 

 proprietor of the Aberdeen Greenhouse 

 and at one time justice of the peace 

 here, has filed a voluntary petition in 

 bankruptcy with Rejf^ree C. N. Harris. 

 No assets arq^shqwn above exemptions. 

 The first meeting of creditors will be 

 held December 26. 



TIME TO SOW ASTER. 



Will you please tell me when to sow 

 aster seed so as to have the plants 

 ready for bedding out next spring? 



J. Y. 



If you want strong plants to set out 

 from May 1 to May 15, sow the seed 

 the first week in March. C. W. 



Wrentham, Mass. — Samuel A. "Wing 

 has had such good results with a liquid 

 cutwQrm destroyer he has used for two 

 or threfe^ears that he is putting it on 

 the market. 



