

OCTOBKB 12, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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The Goods Are Here 



We can supply any quantity in best quality. 



- New and better varieties added to the list 



every day — all colors. Send along your orders. 



All other stock in season. New crop WILD SMILAX now on 

 hand; all sizes. Send for price list of Cut Flower Boxes. 



VAUGH AN & SPERRY 



56-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



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HICKS &CRAWBICK 



BROOKLYN. N. Y. 



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^JL/^ &f e now located at our new quarters 7^78 Gnirt Street, comer 

 ^'^ of Livineston Street, Brooklyn. We have the entire second 

 floor of a large Buildiag (formerly the Manual Training School), and 

 our increased area will give us exceptional facilitiea for displaying 

 our full and complete line of 



FLORISTS* SUPPLIES 



Our cut flower business will continue to receive our careful attention, as 

 heretofore, and we have a continuous supply of all staple 

 flowers from reliable g^rowers. 



We desire to announce that owing to the inrrf^tanar t^^m^ndj for 

 our specialties, we will be open early every morning throt^out the year. 



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most recent new varieties, does not seem 

 likely to sustain its character. In more 

 than one instance I find it is not doing 

 well this season. I remember the 

 <ild variety "longiflora flammea" when 

 first grown was very good, but it only 

 lasted a few seasons. Dazzler, which 

 was thought so much of when it was first 

 ■*een, has quite lost its character, being 

 'low only a dull red instead of a dazzling 

 scarlet. President Cleveland still holds 

 first place as a scarlet, yet this is in- 

 clined to vary, and growers should be 

 '■areful in selecting stock for propaga- 

 ting purposes. I found at J. Fraser's 

 nursery the stock plants were taken 

 from the earliest batch of plants and 

 'llowed to run up and flower early, and 

 ater on they are placed in the open 

 "here they thoroughly ripen the wood, 

 'nd make the very best material possible 

 *"r securing strong, healthy cuttings 



early in the year. The stock of young 

 plants bears testimony to the fact that 

 the system of culture cannot be much 

 improved upon, and it fully bears out 

 what I have frequently . advocated — that 

 is the selection of the very best material 

 possible for stock purposes. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



At the State Florists' Association's 

 meeting this month it was decided to 

 co-operate with the Indiana Floral Fes- 

 tival Association in entertaining the 

 visitors to the flower show, Thursday 

 evening, November 16. A committee 

 consisting of F. B. Alley, Sidney Smith, 

 and William Billingsly was appointed 

 to arrange details for this matter. 



The railroads have granted a one- 

 fare for the round trip rate all over 

 Indiana during the flower show and 



exhibitors coming to Indianapolis on 

 Monday and Tuesday should apply to 

 the secretary for their railroad rates. 



A complete premium list is being 

 sent out at present and contains heav- 

 ier premiums than have ever been given 

 in Indianapolis. For instance, 100 

 American Beauty has five prizes, name- 

 ly, $100, $75, $50, $35 and $25. 



The decorations for Tomlinson hall 

 are well in hand, it being the object 

 not only to exhibit wholesalers' flow- 

 ers, but to make the show a scene of 

 beauty. While provision is being made 

 for a large number of exhibitors, the 

 secretary is urging that entries be made 

 at an early date, so that all matters 

 will be running smoothly at the opening 

 of the show. 



PROPAGATING DIEFFENBACHIAS. 



Replying to an inquiry relative to the 

 propagation of dieflfenbachias, it may be 

 briefly stated that these plants are 

 readily increased by means of cuttings, 

 the latter rooting without much diffi- 

 culty in a warm propagating house. 



In the case of some of the strong grow- 

 ing dieffenbachias, of which D. imperialis 

 is a type, the top of the plant may be 

 nicked or girdled below the leaves and 

 then the stem mossed up in the same 

 manner as a flcus, and in a short time 

 it will emit roots, after which the top 

 may be cut off and potted up, but should 

 be protected from the sun for a week 

 or so. 



The old stump will break again from 

 the lower eyes, and the young shoots 

 may be cut off with a heel of the older 

 wood and then rooted in sand. 



The lower portion of the stem of a 

 dieffenbachia may also be cut into sin- 

 gle joint sections, the cut surfaces 

 dipped into slaked lime and the sections 

 then barely buried in sand in a warm, 

 propagating house, and with proper care 

 most of them will start to grow and 

 root. Either of these operations is best 

 performed in the spring, at which time 

 the root growth is more prompt and 

 sure. W. H. T. 



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