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OCTOBKE 14, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



Prize Window by C. L. Baum, KaozvilIe» TeaQ.» In a Competition In which only Home Producti could be Used. 



Robert Craig says, furnished good sub- 

 ject matter for publicity for the show, 

 and it is to be regretted that the ap- 

 proaching frosty season necessitates the 

 withdrawal of the crotons, the beds of 

 which have daily attracted thousands. 

 Looked at from every standpoint, the 

 Fourth National Flower Show, March 

 25 to April 2, 1916, bids fair to more 

 than warrant the slogan that it will be 

 the greatest horticultural event of 

 1916, and then some. 



John Young, Sec'y' 



BAUM'S BBIDE WINDOW. 



Next best to a living figure in a show 

 window seems to be a dry goods store 

 bride; it never seems to grow old. The 

 one illustrated in this issue is repro- 

 duced from a photograph of the win-, 

 dow with which C. L. Baum, of Knox- 

 ville, Tenn., took the prize, October 6, 

 offered by the local board of com- 

 merce for the most artistic arrange- 

 ment of home products. The window 

 represented a bride carrying a shower 

 bouquet of orchids and valley, accom- 

 panied by a flower girl carrying a 

 basket of Ophelia rosea. This window 

 attracted piore attention than any seen 

 in Knoxville for some time. Fifty- 

 three firms, in all lines of business, 

 competed for the prize. 



PLANTINa SPANISH IRIS. 



Will you please tell me how to plant 

 Spanish irist I have put seven bulbs 

 in each 4-inch pot, with the top of the 

 bulbs slightly out of the' soil. When 

 should I bring them inside for forcing! 

 I have the British Queen, Louise and 

 Cajanus. W. A. — Wis. 



The 4-inch pots are much too small 

 for flowering Spanish iris. If you use 

 6-inch pots or deep pans, placing ten 

 bulbs in each, you will have much bet- 

 ter results. Or, if you want them for 

 cutting, the best plan is to plant them 

 in flats five inches deep; a flat 12x24 

 inches will hold seventy-five to eighty 

 bulbs and bloom them well. This iris 

 can also be planted in benches or beds 

 in a cool house. You should cover 



the bulbs entirely. Keep them in a 

 coldframe until after Christmas; then 

 place them in a night temperature of 

 50 degrees. They must not be sub- 

 jected to a high temperature, or they 

 will be a failure. C. W. 



inch or 8-inch pots, or would it be bet- 

 ter to let them bloom in the 6-inch 

 size? D. & K.— Mich. 



BEFOTTING CYCLAMENS. 



We have some cyclamens in 6-inch 

 pots. They are beginning to bloom and 

 are fine, large, thrifty plants. Would 

 it be advisable to shift these into 7- 



Unless you want to hold your plants 

 for early spring, it would be better 

 not to repot them now. Probably you 

 can sell them most profitably at 

 Thanksgiving and Christmas, and in 

 this case a repotting would be inad- 

 visable. Feed the plants, if well pot- 

 bound, with weak liquid manure once 

 a week. C. W. 



STUNTED CABNATION PLANTS. 



We have to ask you to help us out 

 when we are in trouble. We are send- 

 ing you two carnations that were 

 benched in the early part of June. We 

 are at a loss to know what to do with 

 them in this condition. We find that 

 shot-bugs are plentiful among the 

 plants. Some of the plants are in a 

 healthy condition, but none have 

 grown as large and as fast as we think 

 they should. They were pot plants. 

 The soil we used was brought from the 

 hills and mixed properly with cow ma- 

 nure. We shall thank you to reply at 

 once, so that we can get busy. 



C. F. C— Miss. 



that, however. To get rid of the sow- 

 bugs, get some sugar and mix with it 

 enough Paris green to give it a lively 

 green color. Drop a pinch of this here 

 and there, along the edgeboard, etc. 

 You might also spray the plants with 

 arsenate of lead. This insect is not 

 difficult to get rid of; all that is re- 

 quired is a little persistence. 



A. F. J. B. 



If it were a month earlier, I would 

 advise you to tear out those carnation 

 plants and replant with new, field- 

 grown stock. They have not made 

 enough growth to produce a profitable 

 crop this season. Perhaps, in your 

 southern climate, it would be practical 

 to replant even at this late date. You 

 will know better than the writer about 



WIBEWOBMS IN BENCH SOIL. 



Will you kindly let me know what I 

 can do to kill wireworms in my car- 

 nation benches? The soil is new, but 

 some of the plants have already been 

 nearly ruined by the worms cnewing 

 the roots or burrowing in the stalks. 

 Last year about half of my plants were 

 ruined. This year I took particular pre- 

 cautions to get soil free from the 

 worms, but there are a few in it al- 

 ready. Cah I use carbon bisulphide, 

 and to what extent, without harming 

 the plants? I know of nothing else 

 that would serve as a remedy, unless 

 used so strong that it would injure the 



