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The Weekly iPIorists^ Review* 



February 2, 1905. 



Would it also be practicable to grow Bed 

 Lawson, Cardinal and Fiancee as above f 



W. S. H. 



You can plant Enchantress from pots 

 like 70U do Lawson with good success. 

 This variety, however, transplants easily 

 and unless you have other reasons for 

 wanting to plant from pots I can see 

 no advantage over planting early from 

 the field. Red Lawson should of course 

 be handled the same as you do Mrs. 

 Lawson. About Cardinal and Fiancee 

 I can say nothing personally, but I 

 understand they both lift well from the 

 field. Neither one has a sprawly habit 

 of growth, however, and I imagine both 

 would readily lend themselves to indoor 

 culture. A. F. J. Baur. 



CARNATION DAY. 



Viewed from a strictly trade stand- 

 point, McKinley day was a keen disap- 

 pointment. Reports are almost unani- 

 mous that in no section of the country 

 did the demand for carnations for Jan- 



uary 29 even approach the dimensions 

 which had been anticipated. There was 

 a ^ood Saturday and Sunday business 

 for carnations and that was all. In 

 many wholesale centers the stocks had 

 been largely augmented by the process 

 of storing up which is practiced at hol- 

 idays and the result was, in many in- 

 stances, that carnations brought more 

 money all through last week than they 

 did on Saturday and Sunday. 



It is noteworthy, however, that very, 

 cold weather prevailed practically over 

 the whole United States on January 29, 

 which kept people indoors and prevented 

 their wearing flowers even did they ven- 

 ture on the street. From several sec- 

 tions the report comes that many carna- 

 tion table centerpieces were asked for 

 and the large number of buyers who 

 make it a practice to take a few flowers 

 home Saturday evening almost invariably 

 asked for carnations. It is quite within 

 the possibilities that on a year when 

 McKinley day weather is milder, the de- 

 mand will reach the proportions which 

 were anticipated for this year. 



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A WINDOW SCHEME. 



The material used in the window dec- 

 oration, illustrated herewith, consists of 

 American Beauty roses. Paper White 

 narcissi, Roman hyacinths, two or three 

 fern pans, half a dozen Boston feme, 

 some sheet moss, an areca, two olive 

 green rattan screens, five yards of rib- 

 bon, the eight or nine receptacles for 

 flowers, and two light strings of Aspara- 

 gus plumosus, with a spray three feet 

 long of Asparagus Sprengeri. 



The scheme is suggestive of a garden 

 gate, where American Beauties are clus- 

 tered about the entrance. The narcissi 

 are growing outside of the left gate, 

 and to be seen through it within the 

 garden. The line of Roman hyacinths 

 forms a border to the walk which ''a 

 supposed to turn to the left. The only 

 glimpse to be had of the interior is the 

 group of Boston ferns and the palm in 

 the distance. The whole design is mere- 

 ly suggestive, not intended to be repre- 

 sentative. 



Now, as to the mechanical part: The 

 bottom of the window is covered with 

 sheet moss, as being the most natural 

 background. Then the screens are set 

 in against the glass, and at different 

 angles, the left one being more nearly 

 parallel with the front of the window. 

 Three small, short vases are then set in 

 front of the left screen, as shown. These 

 vases are concealed under a covering of 

 sheet moss. The effect when finished is 

 that of clumps of narcissi growing from 

 the ground. Just behind this screen are 

 some more narcissi, close enough to 

 throw a few of the fiowers through the 

 meshes of the screen. One large cluster 

 in a green jardiniere, with a few 

 Beauties, is seen on the right edge of 

 the screen. Behind the screen, to the 

 extreme left, is a tall iron plant stand 

 holding a narrow glass vase in which is 



a cluster of American Beauties leaning 

 forward over the top of the screen. 



Against the right screen, in the corner 

 of the window, is another vase of 

 Beauties. Following to the lower left 

 are placed some small ferneries of As- 



paragus plumosus, cocos and pteris, be- 

 hind which is placed a vase of Paper 

 White narcissi. This fills the space im- 

 mediately in front of the screen. Then 

 begins a line of Roman hyacinths in 

 small dishes, hidden by wrappings of 

 sheet moss, which follows a circular di- 

 rection toward the left, behind the left 

 screen. The space between the groups 

 of flowers about the base of both screens 

 is open, exposing to view the bank of 

 Boston ferns in the back of the window. 

 These are placed one above another on 

 stands, and tipped forward, so that the 

 pots are hidden. 



Just behind the inside edge of the 

 right screen is another vase containing 

 American Beauties, falling forward 

 against the screen, and behind it, partly 

 visible from the front. The upper clus- 

 ter of Beauties is fastened on the screen, 

 a few turns of wire being sufficient to 

 hold them in place. They have the ap- 

 pearance of being on a climbing plant. 



The flowers and plants being all in 

 place, a loose drape of broad, soft white 

 ribbon is added, as pictured, and light 

 sprays of asparagus previously fastened 

 to the edges of the screens are drawn 

 together in a loose drape between the 

 screens. The rest of the asparagus is 

 traced lightly over the left gate. 



This style of arrangement is good for 

 a week in a show window, with an occa- 

 sional freshening, all of the ffowers be- 

 ing in water except the upper bunch of 

 Beauties on the right. 



Besides being a window design, this 

 scheme is adaptable to a church decora- 

 tion, or a background for a wedding or 

 reception party, a screen for musicians, 

 or a corner in a hall opposite the front 

 entrance. Carnations or other roses 

 could be used in place of the Beauties. 

 Many pleasing variations could be de- 

 vised. Gertrude Blair. 



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THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF 



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 WABAN ROSE CONSERVATORIES, NATICK. MASS. 



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Carrying the Plants Over. 



There is one other point, also, on 

 which it may be well to say a few 

 words, and that is the method used in 

 handling stock which it is intended 

 to grow more than one year. The gen- 

 eral practice is to force the plants up 

 to the end of June, then gradually dry 

 off the beds, at the same time giving 

 all the air possible day and night, thus 

 allowing roots and wood to become well 

 ripened, although in the case of teas 

 the plants should not actually become 

 dormant; they will start stronger if 

 not allowed to become too hard, but 

 are merely rested — rested describes the 

 condition best of anything. 



If ever the wood of teas begins to 

 get yellow and the leaves fall off, it 

 is a sure sign of the soil being too dry 

 and no time should be lost in correct- 

 ing this, as this condition of too dry 

 soil is the principal cause of failure to 



ripen our rose bushes successfully. The 

 exact point at which to give water or 

 to withhold it altogether is very diffi- 

 cult to state in just so many words, 

 but, as I have said, if the wood in 

 ripening up has not lost its dark- 

 green color and the leaves have not 

 fallen off, then the plants may be con- 

 sidered generally to be in good condi- 

 tion, and an occasional syringing or 

 light watering should be sufficient. 



In from four to six weeks from the 

 time the plants began to rest they will 

 be ready to start into growth, but be- 

 fore starting they most likely will need 

 some pruning. This I shall divide into 

 two classes, taking Brides and Maids 

 as an example of light pruning, and 

 Liberty as a specimen of the class re- 

 quiring close pruning. 



Light Pruning. " 

 For the first kinds it is recommended 

 that only the tops of the plants be cut 



