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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEK 7, 1915. 



ODCN LErm^^- KEADEEi6. 



ASPABAQUS HATCHEBI VS. LUTZI. 



I have received Asparagus Lutzi 

 plants from two diflferent concerns. 

 Both lots are alike, and, what is more, 

 they are certainly identical with As- 

 paragus Hatcheri. I cannot see a par- 

 ticle of difference. I note that it has 

 been said of Lutzi that it is a great 

 bloomer, and that the blooms add 

 greatly to its beauty. Hatcheri as I 

 grow it is a free bloomer, but the flow- 

 ers, being small and frail, add no value 

 to it whatever. I grow asparagus for 

 the trade, and I find that Hatcheri 

 takes well, but not because of its 

 blooms. Hatcheri is a great producer, 

 does not require the heat that plumosus 

 does (this is also claimed of Lutzi), 

 and because of its fluffiness and denser 

 appearance, hides flower stems and 

 wires better than does plumosus. Flo- 

 rists like it. 



I should like to hear from others 

 about the similarity of Hatcheri and 

 Lutzi. Have not the Germans put one 

 over on us by renaming our plant? 



S. C. Templin. 



ABUSE OF FUNEBAIi FLOWEBS. 



May I use your valuable paper to 

 offer a protest as to the handling of 

 funeral flowers by undertakers, and, I 

 regret to say, by some florists, when 

 they are taken from house or church 

 after a funeral service? The usual 

 practice is to throw them promiscuously 

 into a vehicle, helter-skelter, as quickly 

 as possible, so that they will occupy as 

 small a space as possible. The feeling 

 seems to be that the show is over, the 

 florist has done his work, and the un- 

 dertaker is in a hurry to complete his 

 part. 



Does the florist ever stop to consider 

 the feelings of the mourners who have 

 sent the flowers? Some of them fre- 

 quently see the way their offerings are 

 treated. Does the florist ever take a 

 moment to consider the effect it is likely 

 to have upon people who have sent, or 



would send, floral tributes to the dead 

 when, they see costly flowers treated 

 like so much rubbish the moment they 

 have served their purpose? Is it good 

 business to show so little regard for the 

 flowers from which we florists get our 

 living? Do they think that a customer 

 who has given perhaps $50 for a design, 

 and sees it treated with such careless- 

 ness, will be likely to repeat an experi- 

 ence of this kind? Is he not more likely 

 to say to himself, "I will send a letter 

 of sympathy, or just a few loose flowers, 

 if that is the way my tribute is 

 treated"? 



In these days, when flowers are pro- 

 duced in great quantities and are 

 placed before the public, in a large 

 measure, by vendors who are neither 

 florists by profession nor instinct, it is 

 necessary more than ever before for the 

 florists who have stores, with all the at- 

 tendant heavy expenses, to be particu- 

 larly watchful to keep up the sentiment 

 of veneration and the love of flowers in 

 the wealthy class, upon whom they have 

 to rely for their support. 



Ghas. A. Dards. 



EUONYMUS BADICANS. 



Euonymus radicans is the hardiest 

 evergreen climber we have. There are 

 several forms of it, some naturally 

 bushy in habit and others of a climbing 

 nature, but all are splendid for ground 

 covers either in sunshine or shade. All 

 can be trimmed so as to make neat 

 hedges. They are well adapted for 

 covering walls, rocks or boulders. The 

 true radicans is a splendid climber, 

 clinging closely to brick, stone, con- 

 crete or wood. The planting of this 

 invaluable evergreen can be successfully 

 done from April until November, but 

 April, May, August and September are 

 the ideal months. The present is a suit- 

 able time to put in cuttings, either in 

 flats or directly in a coldframe. Make 

 short cuttings of two or three joints. 

 Put these in quite closely, firm well and 



spray freely. Keep the frames close 

 for a month and then gradually give 

 more air. A large proportion of the 

 cuttings will be well rooted before cold 

 weather. They can be planted in nur- 

 sery rows in the spring, or potted, if 

 preferred, for long shipments. Use a 

 sandy soil for the cuttings. 



The vg,rieties vegeta and Carrierei 

 are specially well adapted for covering 

 low walls, also for hedges and for grow- 

 ing as individual specimens. Euonymus 

 radicans is not yet sufficiently appre- 

 ciated. It is our finest hardy, low- 

 growing or climbing evergreen. Its 

 propagation and culture are easy and 

 more country florists should stock up 

 with it. W. N. Craig. 



VINCENT'S DAHUA SHOW. 



The annual fall exhibition of dahlias 

 and cannas of K. Vincent, Jr., & Sons 

 Co. was held at its farm, White 

 Marsh, Md., September 28 to October 

 2, and was the most successful show 

 ever held by this concern. During the 

 earlier part of the week the exhibition 

 was viewed by many thousands of 

 people. The rain on Friday and Sat- 

 urday, however, prevented the attend- 

 ance of many intending visitors. 



The exhibition was held in the pack- 

 ing-shed, a building, 25x110, which had 

 been repainted and put in first-class 

 shape for the occasion. Temporary, 

 inclined walls running the full length 

 of the building were erected. On these 

 were displayed the panel and block 

 effects shown in one of the accompany- 

 ing illustrations. A table seven feet 

 across extended from end to end of the 

 building. On it the enormous vases of 

 cut blooms were shown. Several tubs, 

 each containing sixty td seventy-five 

 immense blooms on stems two to four 

 feet long, showed up wonderfully well. 

 The artistic manner in which the 

 funeral designs were arranged excited 

 favorable comment from all who saw 

 them. 



Thousands upon thousands of blooms 

 of every imaginable shade of color 

 were displayed inside the building, but 

 the fields and greenhouses would have 

 yielded a hundred times as many. The 

 exhibition hall was a riot of color 

 which words fail to describe. Those 

 by whom the arrangements were de- 

 vised deserve unlimited praise. The 

 fields were a waving sea of blooms as 

 far as the eye could look in any direc- 



Block Arrangement of Labeled Varieties of Dahlias at the Annual Show of R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons G>. 



