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The Florists^ Review 



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he does not habitually scatter his 

 plants over the floor in the manner 

 shown in the picture; he did not like 

 the bare boards as they showed up 

 when this point of view was chosen, 

 that is all. 



OUTDOOr. DAEWIN TULIPS. 



I am considering the planting of a 

 large number of Darwin tulips this fall, 

 to be grown for cut flowers, which I 

 would ship to Chicago in the spring. 

 I have seen it stated sever^ times in 

 The Eeview that tulips of this variety 

 can be left out in the field for several 

 years before it is necessary to take 

 them up. Do you consider this to be 

 safe, and how deep should they be 

 planted if set out with'^Kat intention? 

 How should the land be cultivated after 

 the blooms are gathered and the tops 

 die off! An immense crop of weeds 

 will then spring up, and I know of 

 nothing that can be grown on the land 

 while the bulbs are there. Should they 

 be mulched every winter and how 

 many years can they safely be allowed 

 to stand? My land is a good, black 

 loam, but lacks sand for drainage. 



G. K.— 111. 



The bulbs of Darwin tulips should 

 be covered to an average depth of four 

 inches. They improve year after year 

 if left undisturbed and if the flower 

 stalks are not cut too low. Of course, 

 if you cut your stems down close to 

 the ground you cannot expect good re- 

 sults from these or, for that matter, 

 from any other bulbs the following sea- 

 son. If, however, a reasonable amount 

 of foliage is left on the plants, they 

 will bloom better and will increase con- 

 siderably the second and third seasons. 

 I likeu) replant every third or fourth 

 year, taking them up as the foliage 

 matures, storing them away in flats 

 and replanting in October. 



If your land is valuable and it is 

 really necessary to get all possible 

 returns from it, you can grow some late 

 annuals or biennials over the tulips 

 when the tops have disappeared. I 

 should prefer, however, merely to keep 

 the ground clean and give the land a 

 mulch of well decayed manure in 

 November. Do not remove this in the 

 spring. If it is broken up and left 

 on the surface it will help to keep the 

 ground moist. Your land would cer- 

 tainly be improved for tulip culture if 

 you could work in a good coating of 

 fine gravel or sand. C. W. 



SUNDAY CLOSING. 



In the florists' trade there is too 

 much attention paid to what "the 

 other fellow" does; too many florists 

 govern themselves by their competi- 

 tor's actions, rather than by the 

 special features of their own business, 

 fake the matter of Sunday closing, 

 for instance: One man feels that his 

 liusiness will not suffer by keeping the 

 shades down on the Sabbath; what dif- 

 ference, then, if the man around the 

 <'orner feels differently? Why not each 

 go his way? 



Sunday closing is new in this trade, 

 <^xcept for certain eastern cities where 

 [)lue laws have compelled attention to 

 it. Retail florists as a rule have lost 

 nothitig by Sunday closing. There are, 

 of course, some who do more business 

 on the Sabbath than on any other day, 

 but these are the exceptions and the 

 fiverage flower store easily can educate 



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MRS. VINCENT QORLY. 



INSTEAD of joining "Sister Sue in Sewing Shirts for Soldiers" in Europe this 

 summer, globe-trotting members of the trade are turning their attention to the 

 wonders "made in America" and are touring the Pacific coast, where the interest 

 will center at San Francisco the third week in August. Vincent Gorly, of Grimm 

 & Gorly, St. Louis, has been on the coast for several weeks, with Mrs. Gorly. They 

 are active in several organizations that meet at the fair this summer and will be on 

 hand when the S. A. F. gets there. Mrs. Gorly, who is widely popular in St. Louis 

 social circles, will assist the local ladies with the entertainment of the visitors. 



its trade to buy on Saturday for Sun- 

 day. Where retailers have initiated 

 the Sunday closing movement it gen- 

 erally has been successful even if there 

 were a few who could not see their 

 way to join. 



But where wholesalers proposed Sun- 

 day closing, some opposition has de- 

 veloped. At Chicago certain houses 

 make many shipments on the Sabbath, 

 even in midsummer, and feel the neces- 

 sities of their customers forbid Sunday 

 closing. This has prevented other 

 wholesalers remaining closed even 

 though they are not called upon to 

 make the Sunday shipments. At St. 

 Louis the wholesalers agreed among 

 themselves to remain closed on Sunday 

 and were surprised at the warmth of 

 the opposition of the retailers who did 

 not see their way clear to follow suit. 



At Pittsburgh an interesting case of 

 independence has developed. One 

 wholesaler says that "after taking up 

 the subject," of Sunday closing, "with 

 the other wholesale houses, they could 

 not see their way clear to cooperate. ' * 



So this wholesaler decided to go it 

 alone. He asked the buyers to cooper- 

 ate by purchasing enough on Saturday 

 to carry them over Sunday, and he sent 

 the growers the following letter: 



For some time we hare felt that If possible It 

 would bp much better to close on Sundays and 

 are going to ask the cooperation of our growers 

 and customers to do so. The florist comes to 

 work early and Is still working when other people 

 have gone home, and when we ask oar employees 

 to work on Sunday It Is not fair to them. Their 

 long hours through the week entitle them to 

 rest on Sunday, not to mention the more Impor- 

 tant item of attending to their religious duties. 

 We feel that the florists' trade has not fallen, 

 in respect, below that of the butcher, but he 

 closes on Sunday. 



It Is also true that the sales on Sunday are 

 so small It is hardly worth while. During the 

 hot weather the stock that comes In on Sunday 

 is not In a good, salable condition by Monday and 

 as a rule it is either lost or sold for practically 

 nothing. By customers knowing we will not be 

 open on Sunday they will buy heavier on Satur- 

 day, so as to be sure to have enough flowers to 

 run them over Sunday. 



If you have any objections to this plan we 

 would like to hear from you, otherwise we wlU 

 take It for granted that you agree with U8 and 

 we will put same In effect. 



No objections were received, so the 



plan is being tried out. The result will 



be watched, with inter«Btt,> : 



