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The Florists^ Review 



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slioiiltl bo <:iv('ii to direct adviMtisiiijj^, soitictliin^ of a porHOiuil ii.'ituio in tlic 



as I fool wo jict 111010 <4()0(1 out of tliis lottor iuid will road it tiirouj;li. 



niotliod than any otiior. Tlio most os- I'oiiiajis tlu> host advortist'inont aftor 



sontial thiny; is a jidod inailiiii; list. all is a satisliod cnsttJinor. W'lion yon 



liOttors or literature siiould he well ])ro- sjiond your nion(\v t'or Mdvortisinjr, and 



pared and W(dl \\ritton; not too nuicli i^i^t tiio custonior to your store, hy all 



to say and to tlio ]ioint. I helio\(> ])er- uieans iiaxc liiin jjo away pleased. Lot 



sonal lett(>rs interest the customer more your motto ho, ' • Hat isfact ion .Must Ho 



than stock foldi'is. 'i'hov feed there is \'ouis." 



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Canterbury Bells. 



t 'antoiluiry liells mal<e a L:h)ri()U'< 

 show in tlie jjiirdeii ;it this season. It 

 is latlior late to ^ci\v si'ods fcu' secui- 

 iliL;' j^dod llnw eii iil; |d;iiit-^ ,-l \'eai' 

 hence. It J'ays tn |iri(k dlV the little 

 seedlings into i-nldl r.anit"- in widl 

 ]iul\eri/ed soil. Shade t'ur a tew d;i\s 

 and ]ir(doct I'lcini IdriiMilial rain<. On 

 cool, (d(nid\- da\> ti.ansplant them, 

 allowing a I'ndt hetweeii tlie plants in 

 the rows. I I' ihese liltle ]il:ints can 

 l:o into the hcdd hclHre the I'iid nl' .Inly, 

 they will make ;^ii(id crnwii- t'or ]Mittin^ 

 ap for t'lucinii. or t<i use t'or iieddiiiL: 

 (Uit. The call t'ur this ida^s nt' nld 

 I'a'-hioned jdants i-^ constantly ih<-reas 

 in;^ and (,'antei-hurv htdls a le .aiiionj; 

 the lii'st I'ax'orites. The singles .are t'a i 

 the host to L;ro\\. ;is tlieir lighter 

 lloweis stand nj) with hardly any stak- 

 iiiLT outdoors, .ami with few stakes in 

 )Mits. The hose in hosi'. or caiy 

 c.anthema, typi' is hand--(Uiie, hut neo(|s 

 ;i lot of st.akiiiL; in p(ds ;iuc| woIijIk 

 down li.adly with rain outdoors. The 

 clouhles .are una li loo heavy and I'.ar less 

 decor.ative tli.an the singles .and hose 

 in hose \;irieties. 



Foxgloves. 



Foxglove-- .are po|inlar ohi I'asliiiuieil 

 llowers now in seasiui. 'riie\ are j^oo(| 

 ill solid he(|<. dotted in tJLe lierhaceoU'- 

 liorijers, in rocl;eiies, or naturalized 

 in tlio ^\ ild liarijon or in woodlamls. In 

 the Latter location they will fiaapieiitly 

 ~-ee(| .and peipetii.ale 1 hoiiisel \ cs. and 

 few tloweis are more heaatilul in the 

 h.ardy garden at this season. It is not 

 yet too l.ate to in.aUo a sowiiiLC of thest^ 

 in a coldframo. a< the plants make a 

 r.apid i^rowth in l.ato summer and fall. 

 l\(ir\ "s s|iotted and ^loxiniadlor.a .are 

 Ljood str.ain^. Sow the seecls hroad- 

 i-.a^t and, as they are unite simall. co\er 

 lij:litly; .also, sow .a-- thinly .as po--sihlo. 

 The seedlim,fs should ho t r,aus|dniitod 

 Ju^t ,a< soon a-- thi'\- can be handled, or 

 thi'\- will soon spoil one .another. Also, 

 if left crowded ill liot damji weather, 

 w liole ji.atchos are li.ahle to dam[> off. 



Hollyhocks. 



]Iollylio(d%s .are .anionjjf the most 

 stat(dy and show \- ol' .Inlv lloweriiiij 

 li.ar^ly p<'renni.als. The rust which 

 ]ir.act ically ile^troyed them a ^'iMier.at ion 

 aL'o is iif)W li^<-^ in o\ idenco. but it is 

 not by any means .absent. .\ sprayin;,' 

 willi r.ordeanv mixture om-e a wa^d^;. 

 t'loin M.ay 1 until the tlowers ^how 

 1 (dor. has .alw.ays lu^pt my plants (dean. 

 Some ii(\cr sjn.ay ainl still h.a\(^ (dean 

 plants. ()th(a- \(f^o all their foliaLie. 



While (hiahle holl\ho(dis arc usually 

 the more popular. I prefer the sinprles. 

 I'lioe are w duihatul I \' \.ariei| ami ,anv- 

 (Uie who has not tried them siiould 

 do so. 



ll(dlyho(k s(a'(| sown now will ]iro- 

 • lu(c stion;; jd.ants hy the end of 

 ()ct(dMa-. They can le planted in the 

 I'all Ol' s|irin;;, hut 1 have t'ound spiini;' 

 the better season. 'i''here is an .annual 

 -tiaiii ol' liollvh(i(d%s wadl wairthv ol' 

 (iihnic. The tlowers .are idiietly siiiiile 

 or --enii doiihle. They ilo not attain tlo' 

 height ol' the peiaaini.al type, hut a ic 

 i'\c(dl(ait I'oi- the ha(dxS ot' herh.aceon-- 

 I. orders. 



Hardy Larkspurs. 



Ilardy i.a rl-.s|iu rs are anions the most 

 licautil'nl as wadl ,as most |io|iul,ar ot' 

 h.ardy L;ard(ai plants. The c(dors, whiidi 

 ;ire m.ainly v.aiyiii;;' sluoles of blue, are 

 ex(piisite. anil the i>lants aic so liardy 

 aioi po^sesv su(di \ii:(>r that they will 

 la-t t'or years. ,a transplanting' once in 

 thtce or t'our years, however, im|iro\'- 

 Iiil:' tlnan. I-'rom sodl sown in l''(di- 

 ru.arv vvc will soon hava^ pl.ants in 

 tlowci'. Sei'ils sown even as Late as 

 early .Inly will ^iv(> some bloom. All 

 will m.ake stron;^ jd.ants for fall or 

 ^prin^ sale. It is Avidl to buy se])ar.ato 

 paid^ets ot' lii;ht and dark blue shades. 

 Thei'o are many he.antiful \arietios 

 (dfered scp.i r.at (dy. siKdi as ihdbolonn';!. 

 <i)ueen W'ilhelmin.a. Kini^ ol' |)(dphiii- 

 iiims. l.i/zic. l)uko ot' ('onnan;;ht. etc., 

 whi( h come true to c(dor. Tt is easy 

 to W(lll^ lip .a nice c(dlecti(ni in this 

 w .ay. 



The L;r.a ml illora or <'liinensis ty|i(> i^ 

 ot' (Iw.art' h.abit. with iiioic timdy 

 (|ivi(le(l fcdiajjo. These jiroiluce \.ari(m< 

 sh.ado^ ot' blue a-; wadl ,a^ pure vvliite 

 llovvei'<. Tlii-- tvjie is best treated as 

 .a biennial. It will llowci in three 

 mouths from s(a^d. The pr(>seiit is a 

 ;jo0(| time to make a liberal sovviiiL' of 

 >eeds of h.ardy larkspurs. 



KNOXVILLE. TENN. 



The weatlna' continues rainy and biisi 

 nos r.athr'r dull, .'^tindv is a little more 

 phaitifiil th.an it w.as the tirst jiart 

 (d' .lime, tiladioli are fine and asters 

 ami d.ahli.as .are be^^iniiinn; to come in: 

 carnations are L;'one .ami yjooij roses are 

 sea ree. 



Addison .1. :\lcXntt is the first of the 

 Knoxvilh^ llorists to cut Ophelia and 

 IIoosiiM' i'eanty roses. Tht>so are fine 

 and (^\e(dl(ait sidhas. 



r.ruco llowadl and A. A. Xowsoii at- 

 teioh^d tlie foitieth annual (aiiuention 

 of tli(> American .X'-so, int ion of Xiir- 

 sorviiHMi .at Itetroit. M. ]■]. M. 



DUTCH LINER HELD EIGHT DAYS. 



As indieatiiic^ the attitude of the 

 British ^ovoniniont, as set forth in de- 

 tail on i>a<i;e l.'S of The Ivcview for 

 •Inly 1, it (lev (doped last wcadv that the 

 liolland-.Vmeiica Liiu* steamship IJot 

 terdain, ^\'hi(ll s.ailod from Ivottordam 

 June L'O, had boon litdd up for eijjlit 

 (lays, while the Hritisli authorities iu- 

 A'ostif^ated the orij;in of portions of 

 the cai'uo. The sto.aiiier was taken first 

 to Deal and then to Avonmonth. The 

 caryo cont.ainod no plants of lielfjian 

 orijiiu, hut the iucidoiit shows ■what 

 would be likely to occur in the event 

 of an .attomjit to brin<f over stook from 

 the (Client district. Amoiijr the 3()ii 

 p.assenoers detained ^vith tlio boat ■wcr(> 

 several Holland iiursoiynieii on their 

 way to the rnit(al States in cpiest of 

 orders f(U' f.all shipment. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Little Rock, Ark. .June L'S I'.-iul M. 

 Talo/. fihal a vaduntary jiotition in 

 h,ankiu)itcy in the I'liitod States Dis 

 trict coiii't, the case hoiiiy' assi^ued to 

 li(d'or(M' ('hallos ('. Writers, who aji- 

 poiiiled .l.ames A. (iinocchio, socrotarv 

 of the bulks' Cluh, as i'ec(MV('r. The re- 

 ceivaa- has announced a sale (d' the 

 store, -<to(d\, iiook accounts and all other 

 .assets at -t(t!l .Main str(a't at noon July 

 III, .althou.Lih the iirst nKadini;' of the 

 creditors Avill not he ludd until .luly I'J. 



In his |i(dition Mr. I'ale/. L;i\es hi< 

 total liabilities as .ts,i)!)t;.:;;;. of which 

 ■f:|,;i7.") is secured by mort^aLjc on real 

 est.at(\ Ilo yixes as bis assets his re 

 tail Ib.waa- store, \,alued at ."f; I ,."(11(1, .and 

 about -'lO open aciauints i'.an<;in<; from 

 $1 to ifl'il. rpou the accounts tli(> pot i 

 tioiier s.aid lie could place no dcdiiiite 

 valii(\ liife insuranoe policies anioiint- 

 iiiLi to -i^^.ndO were listoil, u])on wlii(di 

 loans have boon maili^ foi' ainoiints as 

 lar,i:e as could bo secured. 



^Ir. rale/, came to i,ittle Rock six 

 teen years ajio as an eiuployoo of d. W. 

 \'estal t.^- Son, in the course of time be 

 oomiiig their store inan.ancr and even- 

 tually succ(a>din<j to their downtown 

 business, wlii( h for .a time he conducted 

 umler the \"ostal iiain(\ his own appear- 

 iiijr as iiiana;i(a'. dune 1, 101.".. the use 

 of the X'est.al name was (lisc((nt innoil 

 and the business since has boon known 

 under the name of the ]ii()pri(>tor, I'aul 

 M. l*al(>z. For \'e,ars the business ](ros- 

 jieiaal and .Mr. Palo/, b(>camo wid(dy 

 known both in th(> city and in the 

 tr.ade. 1F(^ took an aetive part in local 

 ]i(ditics and is a membor of the city 

 council. II(^ w.as a laryo buyer in the 

 ('hicai;o market, where ho n'as a fro- 

 (pient visitor. XN'hih^ (a)nsidor(>(l or 

 ratic, hi- credit h.ad boon ostahlishod 

 hy his |ir.aetice ol' a|)|)eai'i ny' with .i 

 (pi.antitv of new h.ank bills in iimait 

 sloa'ts, with which ho S(|U,aro(l up hi- 

 i iid(dit ed ne^'< in person (Ui each of hi" 

 \isits to the ni.arlu't. Ih^ has st.atO'! 

 th.at he hopev to .adjust lii> atV.airs t( 

 re-umo business soon. 



Chatham, N. J.--S,aiun(d bum w.a- 

 de(d,are(l a h.'inkriipt in the Xew.arl 

 br.amdi of the Tnitod Stales Distric! 

 court .liine .'lo ;|||.| hi- case w.as r(d'orreii 

 to l;el'(M'oe A1W I 1,. Me ('oster. ot' 



Xew.ark. for .administ r.at ion. lie inadi 

 ■ o (iwfenso to the p(dition ^\hieh w;i 

 libal aLj.ainst him. Luiii owes his ciedi 

 tors :r."io,iMMI, aiMairdiiiL;' to ('orr.a N 

 W'illi.ams, who repi'eseiits llnaii in tie 

 proc(a'din^s. Jlis ass(ds include hi- 

 ei|i;ify in ;.;roenhonsos .at ('hatli.am .am^ 

 .a pieia' ot' v.acant jnopiuty on Mail 

 sticet. l.iim has been reiiiitod wealth.^ 



