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November 2, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J 329 



the accompanying illustration of a 

 truss of flowen?. There is no ques- 

 tion whatever that this is the rambling 

 rose of the year, and it is very prob- 

 able that in a few years it will be as 

 ■widely grown as Crimson Rambler. 



TEAS OUTDOORS. 



I have been growing some tea roses 

 Kjutdoors in southern Kansas this sum- 

 mer, equal to any grown in greenhouses, 

 but I want some information as to their 

 care in winter. Can I take them up and 

 store them in a cold frame or cellar 

 through the winter and set them out in 

 the spring?, Ple?ise tell me how to treat 

 them., . , A. T. B. 



With such a salubrious climate as yours 

 I do not think there will be any neces- 

 sity for lifting the tea roses during the 

 winter, as they can withstand 20 de- 

 grees of frost without injury when they 

 are in a dormant state. However, it 

 might be safest to lift and store a part 

 of them and experiment. 



They should be thoroughly ripe before 

 being lifted and then heeled in in a pit 

 or cellar where they would not be ex- 

 posed to draughts. The material used 

 for heeling in should be moderately dry, 

 just moist enough to keep the bark on 

 the roots from shriveling. Plant out as 

 soon as danger of frost is past. 



RiBES. 



VIOLETS IN DESIGNS. 



It seems to me that growers of violets 

 who have a good retail trade at home 

 could greatly increase that trade by de- 

 vising new and original combinations in 

 design work for funerals, etc. In spite 

 of what are used at present, still there 

 is a preponderance of roses, carnations 

 and the regulation assortment of stiff set 

 pieces. 



If you do not readily think of new 

 combinations, keep a sharp eye out for 

 cards of all sorts, Christmas, New Year 's, 

 birthday, etc. ; photographs and, in fact, 

 pictures of many kinds. Artists are 

 plentiful nowadays and you can get many 

 suggestions in this way that can be ap- 

 plied to violets as well as other flowers. 

 Again, if a customer comes in with an 

 idea, don 't scoff or advise something 

 easier, for you may find out to your as- 

 tonishment before you are done that you 

 have not only pleased your customer but 

 received a new idea or so yourself. For 

 example: A lady came into a store one 

 day saying that she had seen at one time 

 one of Prang's chromo cards of a bunch 

 of callas with violet all through and 

 wanted a bunch fixed just like that. 

 When it was finished, with sprays of vio- 

 lets arranged loosely and carried between 

 and around the callas, it made a pleas- 

 ing change from the usual arrangements. 

 This particular, way may be old to some, 

 but it is doubtless new to many, as it 

 was to this florist. 



I believe you will find it a good plan 

 to try and vary your style of making 



Ficus Pandurata. 



pieces from week to week, so as to have 

 them ever different and not have every 

 piece coming from your establishment 

 easily recognizable from their looks, as 

 though they all came out of the same 

 mold. Try lettering a pillow diagonally 

 and filling the lower triangle caused by 

 so doing with violets, using something 

 lighter for the upper corner, again bor- 

 dering the lettering panel with them; 

 sometimes where there is no lettering 

 make it solidly of violets, with a spray 

 of carnations, roses or orchids, with 

 adiantum, tied with ribbon to harmonize, 

 laid over the top. Of course you must 

 be sure to have just the right tint in 

 flower and ribbon or the whole thing is 

 killed. 



It does seem as if there is not much 

 chance for originality nowadays in design 

 work, yet you can, with study, make con- 

 stant little changes that will give your 

 customers an impression of newness, 

 even if not strictly new. All this is 

 somewhat off the subject of violets, but 

 unless your trade is entirely wholesale it 

 has its bearing on your business, espe- 

 cially on your pocketbook, for of course 

 there is more to be made, in putting out 

 your violets the most of the season in 

 such ways than there is in the • bunch 

 trade, unless you have more wealthy 

 customers than many of us have, and 

 with the winters that we have been having 

 lately you have to sell many a thousand 

 to keep the boilers full of coal, to say 

 nothing about having anything left over 

 at the coming of summer. 



nCUS PANDURATA. 



The strong growth and massive foliage 

 of this fine ficus are well shown in the 

 accompanying illustration, which gives 

 some idea of the decorative value of this 

 comparatively new species. As indicated 

 by the specific name, the leaves of this 

 plant have some resemblance in outline 

 to the body of a fiddle, and one of the 

 strong features of the plant is found in 

 the tough texture of its foliage, from 

 which it has proved to be an excellent 

 house plant, enduring dust and draughts 

 with almost as much impunity as an aspi- 

 distra. 



Tops of this ficus may be mossed and 

 rooted just as readily as those of the 

 common FiCus elastica, and when rooted 

 will flourish under the same conditions 

 as its better known relative, but the cut 

 back plants do not break away quite so 

 freely, and consequently the propagation 

 of Ficus pandurata is somewhat slower 

 than that of the ordinary rubber. 



This is a plant that occupies a good 

 deal of space, and consequently must 

 bring a good price to the grower, but 

 there are some of the prominent retail 

 dealers who see its possibilities and are 

 willing to pay the price for good speci- 

 mens. W. H. Tapun. 



The Review sends Saltford's Violet 

 Book for 25 cents. 



Jacksonville, III.— Harry Hoffman 

 opened his new flower department at the 

 Kuechler drug store October 25. 



Kenosha, Wis. — The Edgecombe Co., 

 makers of pipe- joint compound and other 

 heating specialties, has removed to this 

 city from Indianapolis. 



