Fbukuary 25, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



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on a pillow. The piece was made re- 

 cently by the Hill City Greenhouses, at 

 forest City, la., of which Willard Secor 

 is proprietor and C. B. Simons man- 

 ager. Chrysanthemums, roses, cycas 

 loaves, ferns, asparagus and a little 

 alyssum were used in its construction. 



Store of the Mclatyre Floral Co., at Nashville, Tenn. 



soil and cover the paper with it. If 

 it causes the paper to turn pink, your 

 land needs lime and 2,000 pounds per 

 acre will not be too much to apply. 

 Autumn is the best time to apply the 

 lime. Do not use it when applying 

 barnyard manure, or you will lose much 

 of the nitrogen from the latter. The 

 rye and cowpeas will add considerable 

 humus to the soil. What you now need 

 more particularly is fiber and, if you 

 had seeded your land down to timothy 

 or a mixture of grass seeds last fall 

 and left it in grass until the spring of 

 1916, you would have put considerable 

 fiber in your soil. 



Spring in your state is not a partic- 

 ularly good time for sowing grass seed. 

 Therefore, the best thing would be to 

 continue on much the same lines dur- 

 ing the present year. Plow in the win- 

 ter rye and, after a thorough cultiva- 

 tion, sow down with cowpeas or soja 

 beans. Either one is good and will put 

 a lot of nitrogen into the soil. Plow 

 these in when they have made their 

 growth; then lime, if a test proves that 

 your soil needs it. Cultivate thoroughly 

 for a time to keep down weeds; then 

 sow with rye again. In spring, plow 

 the land and mix with well rotted 

 manure for greenhouse use. The mix- 

 ing can be done right on the field. 

 C. W. 



NOTED NAME OF NASHVILLE. 



Three years ago, early in 1912, the 

 firm then known as Mclntyre Bros, 

 bought fin old dwelling at a low price 

 on a live business street of Nashville. 

 A coat of cement on the brick walls, 

 the installation of a store front and 

 the addition of a curved-eave conserva- 

 tory made it one of the best flower 

 stores in town. Not only has the 

 property proved its value as a flower 

 store, but as a real estate investment 

 it proved a good one, as it is now 

 worth three times what the firm paid 

 for it in 1912. 



The brothers have incorporated since 

 they purchased this store and now form 

 the Mclntyre Floral Co. The members 

 of the firm at the time of its incorpora- 

 tion were Dan Mclntyre, Thomas Mc- 

 lntyre, Nellie Mclntyre and William 

 Mclntyre. Its capitalization was then 



$37,000. Since that time the company 

 has added largely to the area of the 

 greenhouses, which are on the Hills- 

 boro road. 



SOLID CROSS ON PILLOW. 



Those who look to illustrations in 

 The Eeview for suggestions in the mak- 

 ing up of funeral pieces will find some- 

 thing worth examining in the illustra- 

 tion on this page, showing a solid cross 



MAINE FLORISTS TO ORGANIZE 



Alexander Lurie, instructor in flori- 

 culture and landscape gardening in the 

 horticultural department of the Univer- 

 sity of Maine, at Orono, is one of 

 the most active participants in the 

 movement to organize a state associa- 

 tion of florists. He announces that a 

 meeting for the purpose of completing 

 the society's formation will be held at 

 the College of Agriculture, Orono, 

 March 10, during Farmers' week. 



'Though the chief object of the meet- 

 ing will be this work of organization, 

 the gathering will take the form of a 

 typical all-day convention and exhibi- 

 tion. There will be exhibits, says Pro- 

 fessor Lurie, from the florists of Maine 

 and from several members of the trade 

 outside the state. An interesting pro- 

 gram of addresses and discussions has 

 been arranged, as follows: 



Opening address, by Alex. Lurie, Instructor In 

 Floriculture, University of Maine. 



Organization of Florists' Society. 



"Educational Problems In Floriculture," by 

 Prof. E. A. Wblte, Head of Department of Flori- 

 culture, Cornell University. 



"Carnations," by C. S. Strout, Blddeford. Me. 



"Hothouse Fruits as a Commercial Value," by 

 J. H. Staltord, Bar Harbor, Me. 



"Private Estate Gardening," by W. T. Burton, 

 Superintendent, Kennedy Estate, Bar Harbor. 



"Greenhouse Heating." by F. J. Elder, Manager 

 Lord & Rurnham Co., Boston Branch. 



Round Table on Greenhouse Diseases, conducted 

 by Dr. W. J. Morse, Plant Pathologist, Maine 

 bxperlmeut Station, 



A Solid Cross on a Pillow. 



