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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



««^SA u>«« f VMM- - A-^hif^^,, 



533 



Pocking Cornotion Blooms for Long Distance Shipment. 



(Tn»' iowfp box \» lined, ami hIiowh tlie lower layer of blooii.s. The upper box Is lilled ami icoti, ready for closiiKf up -C. L. Washburn.) 



:it llio l.rittoIH. ill (ll'dl'l- in s|iri';lll till' 



liliiMiiis |iici|i.'i ly. It is fri'i|ii(Ml ly a o,,n(l 

 plan 1(1 use a >-!iiallcr \a'<i than the uni- 

 sn|i[ilii-c| I'd- thf rhass, to a.-coiri|ilish 

 Ihi- .Mi.l, 



When Vol, iM-ojn iiii|ia(l<iii;^. maUo a 

 t'li'sh i-iit on Tlie ends ol" the -icnis as 

 thiy ate taken t'rom tlie lio\. ^i\c the 

 liloiiiii a <,'entle <io\vn\\ar'l iiili with the 

 haMiJ to oNercciini any sliehi ^lee|i\ a|i- 

 jieninnee and lay them ih.wn mi the 

 lalile. spread eut so thai I'aeh lilcmni may 

 I'e examined. When one eha^^ is un 

 |iael<ed. '•aret'iilly selert and leiiiil cuiI tho 

 e\:|et liumliei- ,il" lilooiil-' le(|iiiied liil' tlie 

 ela^v. Keeji liie ~i-.lll' n l' [loillt^ ill niiiid: 



l!vinne-.s lit' iiiji.r lir^i . ^tein v ■r.uiil, and 



^i/e a eliise third. 



In at iailL;in;,f the l,hpiini- select the 



liiii^,.>:t «t,eins first; take tlieiii ii|i one at 

 a time and huh! tlieiii liv the e\t leme end 

 of the ^teni, with the lliiuer li.anyiiiL; 



ihoni. r^e the jolieevt, -t reneest and 



slrai^hle^t -lems t'of a rentl.al luiiieli, 



[d.aeine- the |.hiii|||> exaelly .\.||. Wiilk 



the Miionis .'llelllld this eeiitr.il liiiiirh ill 



eji'ides. it' th;it e\|iressioii ma\ Ke n>e.|, 

 turning tin- hiiiu-li in the h.iiid and add 

 ini.'' Moum^ ei|iiall\ on .ill ^ide^. I'laee 

 the iiiiler iiiW", lit' lihiiiin^ -n that t hex 

 \ull >I;iiid .a Intl.- low a th.an the lentl-.a! 

 ImiihIi. When .iiiiililete. [ihne the whnli 

 I'timh ill a \,a-^e that will Imld tin- ~tem-; 



a- tielitiy .-IS they ha\e lieell h. hi l'\ 1 lie 

 hand, et.d .1. imt ^l:i.\e llieiii t'"i t'.ar 

 diiu II. 



Study Color Effect. 



.Mil r ttie lihinms are air:ini:ed. a -tiidy 

 of .-ohir 1 tlei-t ill iilacint; the \.i»e i- im 

 ||'itaiil. .\ li;;hl seailet r;i iiia t ion may 

 1"' line, lilid di-ei\e to will, luit it' |ilaeei| 

 next to a variety the eojof el' Adnlli-^ it 

 ^\iIl lose inlleii uf \t< elVeel i\ em-s. 



I 'iindaiMeiifalK . nt' iniii-e. i iil I i le-ie 

 iioiii in ill,, tjiiwer^ i heinvcK ,•- -lioiild 

 \\in. Iiiir d' ej. down in the he.ait of the 

 tlorist. who l.iiiiiiie- the iudi;!'. i'^ the 

 aitistie ilisllllel wtliell \\lll tut lie de- 

 Hied, :nii: t. "liis da\ if .In-.;' riim|ieli 



lion, a leeoenit ion of this fact, if eoiii- 

 liiiii'd with hiyh orade stock, will aid 

 materially in rea(drnie- the yoal, first 

 |ilaee aeaiiist, stioni^ eom[iet ition. 



Ill ^-iinimin^' ii|i the |ioints to he laiii 

 sjdered, one rule may lio doilu«-tfd: If 

 >oii want to win, iiothiiifj is too niiieli 



t liilllile. 



CARNATIONS FOR SHIPMENT. 



in 1 . I,, w Asiic.iijN, enii .\oo. 



f\ii :iil.|ii-^~ lidi.ri' Ilic .\iiii'ric:iii ( ':ini:il ieli 

 S...ii-lv :i I III.- I Ii|i-:il;.i imi -cI i ii:;. .1.1 ij I I;i I'.v ','l'. 



The ile\ehi|i|lle|it of the slli |1[ d Hi,'' iill--i- 



iie^- lias Iceii the •■;i\ise of the remark- 

 aide increase in the erowiiin of c-iin.-i 

 liiiiis in the (liii-aM,, market. Ten \ear^ 



.leii a \ery tew nf the liloonis lliell 

 lieine- eriiwii Would i|o to ^lli|i. while the 



i|uantity ^rowii w.is not o\er ten nr 



twenty per cent of the JU'esent olltliUt. 

 The if'tliaiid t'loiii outside |ioiiiI^ w.a-- 

 \e|y liea\ \- :illd the Jiroluem to --oUl" 

 wav hiiw to '-hi|i the c;i laia I ioii-« vu they 

 would arrive in i^ood condition. This 

 hiiiiieht .a clo^e vindy ot' the methuds 



ef handling the tlowers ;inil also tin n- 



^t.int tri.al et' new \;i riet ies. A-- snoii ,as 

 the "lowers 111 jjan to iniproNi' their ^toi k 

 and their ^y-teiii nf handliiio the tlnwei-, 

 there w.a^ .ail inimeiise increase in the 



delllalld lor tile n,ii,,|<, 



Thi^ \;isl inerea>e iias t.akeli pLaie 

 iiio-tl\ in the la-l >ix or se\eii \e.ir~, 

 .and i-\ir\ \ e. a r h.a-- --huwii .a lar:^er 

 .ainoiint nf earnatioiw |il.anted and 

 li.aiidled th.an the )ire\ious year. It i-^ 

 iiiivv alniii^l iiii|io>si lile to ert .at the 

 1 x.acl .iinoiiiit of carnation liloom-. re- 

 ceived each reason, hut a conservative 

 oi'iiiion Would |iiace the niiiiilier at .aliout 

 ."iii.iiiin lilooins |ier day diirino ()ctolier 

 .and \o\ etiilier, and tlu'ii a Liradu.al iii- 

 i-iea-e til liiii.iiiiii jier day liv niidw inter, 

 •and continued ,at this r.ate tn the rud 



of the ^e.asoll. At le.ast >.ev ellt V- flVe nr 



eieiitv per cent of this anioiiiit is slii|i|iei| 

 •aw.av troiii the citv. .and in the aliilily \<< 



dl-llV-r theve llilWel^ .at tlieil de^till.alinu 



ill lirst class fomlitioii lies tho sui^cessful 

 conducr of the biisinoss. 



The imiiiner ot' h.aiidlino; iIiom' ijloonis 



.as .ado|i|ei| liy most of the l.arner eruvv- 



i-r^ i< as follows: 



Cutting the Blooms. 



The ciittilin- nf )1||. Ijnwi-rs lllll-t bC 



attended to wit., coiisideralile Jiid;;ment 

 .a> re^.aiiU the weather. If the wi'.athor 

 is very cnld the tlowers shniild lie al- 



Inued tn n|ien .a little llinre th.ail II-~Uai, 



.a-- it' cut tnii cliise in Very cnld weather 



theV -null nn tn <lee|i. .V^alll, it' tllOrO 



i^ .a w.iriii wave, with Ints of inoi^turo 

 in the at mos|ihere. the tlowers will be 

 -nil :iiid niu^t lie i-iit pretty c|os.>; .also, 

 dlllilie' these warm siiells the tlowers 

 vliniild lie kept in .a little cooler tempera- 

 ture tiiaii u~-n.ll to make the blooms as 

 tirin ,is iiiKsible. .\fter the tlowers are 

 cut .and tieil in bunches of twenty live 

 e.ach. thev -honld be placed in water as 



^nnll ,a< [invvilile. Tills is best accnin- 

 idi^hed liv h.aviii;x jmils of fresh vv.ater 

 •-t.a iidiiin' handy to the benches, so that 

 ,1^ ^oon as a bunch is tied up it can 

 lie phicei] in the water at oine. This is 

 Very iiecevvarv. .as if helps jiroloiiLT the 



lite i<\' the lliiWer. If the lilnomS .ale lidt 



.lilt lit' water until the ciittiii;^ is .all tin- 

 i-hed. a niimlier nt' them will have wilt- 

 id a little .and the s;i[i in the stem 

 hardened up to '-iicli an extent tlnit the 

 llnwer will nut -lick lip vv.ater freely. 



.\t'lei- the clittinn- and bllllchinL;- is 

 linished the lloWelS should be pl.aced in 



vv.ater in a clo-et or room where the teiu- 

 per:itiire remains -tcady at about ."i.'i di'- 

 n|ee-. and where tio draiiLTlds ot' .air will 

 strike them. When jiackin;,' to simhI to 

 the coiiimissiiin man or whole-ale store, 



ll-e a t"ew sheets of newspaper between 



each lavei" ot' bunches, and keeji the ends 

 nf the <teins t'roiii toiichiiio- .any ot' the 

 tlouei-. Two lavi-rs of buiiehes are 

 enough In put in anv ])aek:ige. a- too 

 iti.any lie.ads oet broken when )iacked in 

 t.iii -nli.jlv. The w linle^.ale or d HI! n; i --i i ill 



