Januakv 1.'8, 1'Jlu. 



The Florists^ Review 



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the new lionscs.' It woiiM he n <;r(';it 

 favor to ino to y(>t this intdrniMtion 

 t'loiii sonic of your cxpcits. ;is tlic in 

 l'(iriniitioii I liiixc rcccixcd tlirduj^li The 

 l{('\i('\v lijis iilwiiys liccii I cli.-iiilt'. 



S. ('. ('. 



1 can answt'f Noiir iiuolions onlv 

 paitly, hut you will he aiilr to sccuic 

 tin- rest ot' the information you arc 

 sockiii;,' liy inakiny in(|uii\ in your 

 li'Cal market. The conditions in the 

 market wlieie you will ilispuse of your 

 sto(fk will lia\e a stronj; hearing on the 

 earnin<fs of your houses. Tlie l)est 

 yrowei's figure an axciaye of fioni 

 twehe to fiftecui Idoonis per plant from 

 the Em-liantress \arieties. from ()iti) 

 I'd- 1 to dune 1. N'our local j^rowers 

 can ^i\e you an idea, ol' what the 

 lilooms on^ilit to av('ra;;e in price for 

 the .season. I mi<;ht add that your 

 hlooins mi<ilit make a hiiiliei- or lower 

 a\era<;e, accordin"^ to the ijuality yon 

 succeed in producing. So much I'or Ihe 

 receiving;' end. 



The cost of o|)eratinj^' is excn more 

 |>i rjilexin^. when you cmru' to actual 

 ii^ui'cs. One man will lun a place on 

 far less expense than another and do 

 it hettei'. I wouM suyyt'st, ho\\e\cr, 

 that it should iiMpiire the tinu- it\' a 

 s;ro\ver ami a ludjier most ol' the time 

 to lun these two houses. It' the twi) 

 houses are t(j lie adii(>d to an estalilish 

 moiit already in o[»eration. \ou miylit 

 jiiit in a yiower an<l then supply him 

 what help he nt>(>ds from time to tinu'. 

 hut you will find tliat he will need a 

 liolj)er most of the time, .lust what you 

 will he i'e(|uire(l to pa\' a y rower in 

 your locality, I am Tinalde lo say, hut 

 would suy^est that it will pay you to 

 c^et the hest iikiii you can find, lie will 

 makfi for you several times oxer the 

 extr.a sum you mij;ht liaxe to |iay him. 

 ('hea]>, iiieilicieut help is uuclouhtedlx 

 the most expensixc econcuny. 



One larye i^rower has liiiuri'd 1liat 



Wallace H. Eiss. 



(I'n-lil.'iit lliitTiil.i Kli.rists" t'liih. ■ 



(•.■;cli carnation plant costs him L'.'« cent- 

 durin;; the season, counting the cost ol' 

 th( jilaiit and all eNjiense-- from the 

 takiuL; of the i-uttini;. This may or may 

 ro» he of xaliu' to \(>u. N'on mav he 



;ihle to do it for less and, a^iain, it 

 inicfht cost v(ui more. .\. !•". .1. 1'.. 



ASTERS FROM SEED. 



I am ;:(unj;- to plant ;ihont l.oiiii .-istci- 

 jiiants lu'xt s|uiiii;. Will you please 

 lell me how mui-li see. I to hu\ .' What 

 c(dors .>liall 1 ]ilaMt .' Tlic \arict\- will 

 (•e ('rei^o ami I w i-li to ^-row fancy 

 stoc k. Mow many ^lood lloucrs will 

 this \ariety axcra^fe per pl.-int.' ('onhl 

 I make two -o\viiii;s. >o a< md to hax e 

 :ill ot' them coming on at the same 

 time.' When sli.-ill I v,,u to haxe How 

 c r-- hx .\ui:u-.1 1 .' !■;. ( ■. 



An ounce of aster s I of i;iiod (|ual 



ity should oix,. t,0(ii) plants. In or.ler 

 to liave an am|de su]iply, 1 would sow 

 li;ilf an ounce. P.e sur<^ to huy tln> hest 

 'luality of seed; it is alwaxs the (heap- 

 c-t in th(> end. Vou can make sexeral 

 ■-.iwin^s if necessarv. Nfake the first 

 ahout March ].') and a later one at tlie 

 "■ml of April. The first soxvini,' will 

 th)wor hy Au;^ust 1. If you want extra 

 orly flowers, make a sowiiiLf of Queen 

 of the K.arlies ahout the middle of Feh- 

 ri.ary. White is the hest s.'Uini,' color 

 ;imon(r asters; next in populaiity come 

 pink and laxcnder. For dark hlue and 

 led the d.'mand is limited. C. \V. 



Edward Winkler's Carnation, Morning Glow. 



Tampa, Fla.— An Faster lily plant 

 \\itli twenty-six lilooms h;is hecn an at- 

 t 'action in the window id' the seed store 

 of Crenshaw Hros. It w;is from a hull) 

 LTiown in Florida. 



Edinburg, Ind. — It is not x et a year 

 -im-e the oreenhouse and dwelling: of 

 Nils. Thos. Woodard hurned ilou n, hut 

 I'X crythiufr is rehuilt, husiness is uooil 

 and conditions hetter than cxer. 



