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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBKU 7, i:)!."). 



OPEN LETTEn^-/^- READED3. 



ASPARAGUS HATCHERI VS. LUTZI. 



I li;i\(' recchoil Asji;ir:iL;iis Liit/.i 

 j^laiiTs t'ldiM two (lifl'ficnt c()ini.'riis. 

 Hoth lots ;ne alike, ami, \\liat is inoie, 

 they aio ct'ilaiiily idfutical with As- 

 ])aiamis HatclKMi. I caiiiiot soo a j)ar- 

 tii'lc of <lil]'rt('iic(', 1 note tliat it lias 

 hcoii said of l.iiizi that it is ;i groat 

 l)loorii('r, ami that the lilooms adil 

 <;ioatly tn its hcaiity. llatchcii as 1 

 yrow it is a free hlooiiici', Imt the ilow- 

 ci's. l)('iii^ small and frail, add no \alur 

 to it whatever. I jjrow aspara.uus for 

 till- tr.ade, .and I find that llatchori 

 takes well, luit not liei-;ni>e of its 

 Idooiiis. llat(dieri is a ^reat )iroducei-, 

 does not leciuire the heat that iiluiiiosus 

 (lo(^s (this is also (daiined of Liitzi), 

 and liciause of its flutliness and deiisei- 

 ajipeaiance. liidi-s flower stems anil 

 wires liett<>r than does plumosus. Flo- 

 rists like it. 



I slundd like to hear from utluMs 

 about the similarity' of liatiheri and 

 Liit/i. Jiaxe not the (iermatis put one 

 over on us hy reiianiini^ i>uv ]ilant .' 



s. ( '. Teniplin. 



ABUSE OF FUNERAL FLOWERS. 



May 1 use youi' \alual>le jiaper to 

 offer a protest as 1o the liandlini,' of 

 fiintM;il Ihjwers liy nndeitakers, and, I 

 rcjrret to say. liy <onii' lli>rists, \\lit'n 

 tliey aie t.aken Iroin house or rliurrli 

 after ;i funeral seivirr.' Tlie usual 

 jiractice is to throw them jiiomisciunisly 

 into a \eliicde, lielter skidttM'. as (iuiid<]y 

 as jiossiidc, so that they will iiccu|iy ;is 

 small a s|iai-e as pos-^ilde. The I'cclinLT 

 seems to lie that the ^-luiw is u\ ci'. the 

 llori>-t has done his Wdrk. and the un- 

 deitaker is in a liuriy tu i-omplctf liis 

 ]iart. 



])oes the llrjii'it ever sti>|i to cunsiilcr 

 the leidiiiLr^ ot' the mourner-- who haxc 

 sent the flowers.' Some of them fre 

 ijuently sec the way their ofl'erin^s ;ne 

 treateil. I)ot's the lloi i-t r\ or take ;i 

 moment to consider the cifcct it is lik(d\- 

 to h;i\e u|ion jicoplo who liavc >rnt, or 



would send, floral tributes to the dead 

 wluMi. tliev see costly liowers treated 

 like so much rubbish the moment tlicy 

 ha\e served tiioir purpose? Is it good 

 business to show so little rcfjard for the 

 flowers I'rom whitdi we florists get our 

 living.' Do they think th.at a customer 

 who has given perhaps $'>i) lor 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 syni])athy, or just a fe\v loose flowers, 

 if that is the way my tribute is 

 treated"? 



In th<>se days, when flowers are ])ro- 

 duccd in gieat (plant ities and are 

 jdaced before the public, in a large 

 measure, by vendors who are neither 

 florists by ])rofession nor instinct, it is 

 iu>cessary more than ever before for the 

 floiists who have stores, with all the at- 

 t(Midant hea\y e.xjienses, to be ]iarticu- 

 larly watchful to keep up the sentiment 

 (d' \(MU'r!ition ami the loxc of flowers in 

 the wealthy (dass, upon whom they liave 

 to lelv for their support. 



Chas. A. Dards. 



EUONYMUS RADICANS. 



iMionymus radicans is the hardiest 

 e\ergrecn climber we have. There aie 

 se\('i;il t'orms of it, some naturally 

 bushy in habit and others of a (dimbing 

 iKiture, but all are s])lendi(l for ground 

 co\ crs eithei- in sunsliine or shade. .Ml 

 can be trimmeil so as to make neat 

 hedges. They are well adapted for 

 co\c'iing w.alls, rotdis or bouldiMs. The 

 tiue i.'idicans is a sjdtMnliil climber, 

 clinging (lostdy to biick, stone, con- 

 <'r(>te III' wood. 'ITie [planting of this 

 in\:ilualde evergreen can be successfully 

 done fidin .\pril until .\ovembei-, but 

 Apiil, M:iy, .\ugust and September are 

 the ideal months. Th(> present is a suit- 

 able time to ])ut in oittings. either in 

 llats oi' directly in a coldframe. ]\rakc 

 short cuttings of two or three joints. 

 I'ut these in (juite closidy, firm wcdl ami 



spray freely. Keoj) 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 varieties vegeta and Carricrei 

 are specially well adapted for covering 

 low walls, also for hedges and for grow- 

 ing as individual specimens. Euonymus 

 radicans is not yet sufliciently appre- 

 ciated. It is our finest hardy, low- 

 growing or climbing evergreen. Its 

 ])ropagation and culture are easy and 

 more country florists should stock up 

 with it. ' W. N. Craig. 



VINCENT'S DAHLIA SHOW. 



The annual fall exhibition of dahlias 

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

 < ;o. was held at its farm, White 

 ^larsh, Md., September 28 to October 

 L', and was the most successful show 

 ever held liy this concern. Duiing the 

 earlier part of the week the exhibition 

 was viewed by many thousands of 

 peoj>le. 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 buibling, 2.j.xll0, wlii(di had 

 bei'ii i(>painteil and put in first-class 

 shape for the occasion. Tcniporaiy, 

 in(dine(l walls running the full l(>ngth 

 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 extemled from eml to end of the 

 building. On it the enormous vases of 

 cut blooms weie shown. Several tubs, 

 each containing sixty trt seventy-five 

 immense blooms on stems two to four 

 feet long, sliowe<l up wonderfully well. 

 T\\o artistii- manner in which the 

 funeral designs were arrangetl excited 

 f iNorable comment fiom all who saw 

 them. 



Thousands upon thousands of blooms 

 of e\erv imaginable sli.ade of color 

 were displayed insidt> the building, but 

 the fields ami greeidiouses would have 

 yielded a hundred times as many. The 

 twhibition hall was a riot of color 

 which words fail to describe. Those 

 by whom the airangements wore do- 

 \ isod deserve unlimited jiraiso. The 

 fields wore a w.aviiig sea of blooms as 

 far as the eve could look in anv diroc- 



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



