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The Florists^ Review 



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cissi after they have flowered, and 

 heel them in thickly in a trench! 

 Later, after the foliage has died away, 

 take them up and store them in flats 

 on a shelf in a cool, dry shed. If you 

 do not wish to go to this trouble, it 

 is best to wait until the foliage is rip- 

 ening off, then plant such easily grown 

 annuals as verbenas, petunias or scarlet 

 salvias among them. These can be de- 

 pended upon to cover the ground and 

 flower well, but all annuals would do 

 much better if the bulbs were removed, 

 the ground manured and spaded over 

 and then planted with such easily 

 grown annuals as those named, or 

 asters, if preferred. Vinca rosea is 

 also a fine annual for the same pur- 

 pose. Sow seed of vincas in February, 

 of asters at the end of March, and 

 petunias or verbenas in February, to 

 insure good plants. Salvia seed could 

 be sown as late as the middle of April. 

 C. W. 



FINANCES OF THE LADIES' S. A. F. 



Mrs. Albert M. Herr, of Lancaster, 

 Pa., treasurer of the Ladies' S. A. F., 

 was not able to attend the San Fran- 

 cisco meeting, but mailed her annual 

 statement of finances to the president 

 there. In some manner it miscarried 

 and Mrs. Herr asks publication in 

 The Review in order that all the mem- 

 bers may see it. The report is as 

 follows : 



RECEIPTS. 



Balance on hand August 14, 1914 $211.88 



Received from dues, pins, etc 265.75 



Received from life member 10.00 



Total $487.63 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



W. R. Nicholson, bowling prize $ 25.00 



W. F. Gude, Smith Memorial Fund 25.00 



^ Copier Placs Hitffiirrrreceptlon 77.75 



fcjg TVypln^ ^jV^^wSttrng 9.25 



•^ ** Miller Jew«lry Co., >lnR 37.50 



Mrs. Maynird, postage and wreath for 



Mrs. Fetters 28.00 



Halllday Bros., flowers for Mrs. Quick.... 2.00 

 H. R. Comley, flowers for Mrs. Mont- 

 gomery 2.00 



Topping & Co., printing 11.75 



Theo. Miller, flowers for Mrs. Berning... 2.00 



Topping & Co., printing 7.50 



De La Mare Ptg. & Pub. Co., printing... 37.5>> 



M. S. Newman, wreath for Mrs. Berning. 5.00 



Miller Jewelry Co., pins 37.50 



Mrs. Maynard, salary 50.00 



Mrs. Maynard, postage, etc 34.75 



Total $392.50 



Balance August, 1915 95.13 



Total $487.63 



BEGONIAS IN WINTER. 



"We have tuberous-rooted begonias in 

 the yard and also in pots. What care 

 shall we give them for winter? Will 

 the bulbs be good for next year? If 

 so, will they stand light frosts? 



D. B.— Ind. 



A light freezing would not harm the 

 roots, but I would prefer to take them 

 up before frost and store them in flats 

 in a coldframe or on a shelf in a shed 

 until all the foliage has ripened off. 

 Then shake away the soil and store the 

 bulbs in dry sand or cocoanut fiber ref- 

 use. Keep them) in a temperature of 

 40 to 45 degrees at night and be sure 

 no water reaches them. C. W. 



HYDRANGEAS FOR EASTER. 



I had some hydrangeas that did not 

 bloom for last Easter. So, in order to 

 provide more room, I put them out in 

 coldframes, protecting them on cold 

 days and at night. The night of June 

 11 I failed to cover them and we had 

 a severe frost, which spoiled both 

 blooms and plants for that season. 

 Some time afterward I cut them back 



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MRS. J. A. PHILIPPS. 



THE Flower Lady of Fourteenth Street" is the sobriquet of Mrs. J. A. Philipps 

 among her trade friends and her customers, at the national capital. Such an 

 appellation is in itself evidence of popularity, but Mrs. Philipps was furnished 

 more appreciable evidence, in the shape of 30,000 votes, which will give her a trip to 

 the Pacific coast. Shortly after the Lyric theater, at Washington, opened the contest 

 last June Mrs. Philipps' name was entered. The friends that she had made in her 

 dozen or so years in business, first with her husband and now at Fourteenth and Har- 

 vard streets, northwest, rallied to her support so strongly that she ran 11,000 votes 

 ahead of her nearest competitor. The voting was done by means of coupons 

 attached to tickets of admission, and so the 30,000 votes represent as many dimes 

 paid the theater management by her friends. 



rather hard and plunged them outside, 

 covering the pots. Since then they 

 have made a Wonderful growth and 1 

 should like to have them in bloom for 

 next Easter. How shall I treat them? 

 Should they be allowed to freeze be- 

 fore I house them, and what tempera- 

 ture should they have? J. P. — Ont. 



Do not allow your plants to^ifet more 

 than a light freezing. Keep them out- 

 side as long as you can with safety. 

 Then, if you have a frame of sufficient 

 depth, place them in it. If the frame 



is not deep enough, dig out to give 

 them the necessary head room. Gradu- 

 ally reduce the water supply as cold 

 weather comes on, and move the plants 

 to a cold greenhouse or to a dry, frost- 

 proof cellar, not too dark, where they 

 can stay .until the middle of January. 

 Then place them in a temperature of 

 50 degrees at night. As growth ad- 

 vances, the temperature can be in- 

 creased 10 degrees. They need lots of 

 water and feeding "until the flower 

 heads show color. At that time gradu- 

 ally lower the temperature. C. W. 



