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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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,'( vil\cr iii|i \,-iiu<-<| a) $•_'." I'm' llic lic^l 

 twrhf liliiiiiiis, mil' \;irirlv, (i|i('ii In 

 j.i'\;it(' ^;i I il' iiiT.> (iiily. 



S(|i!(>o,.l iV rnltlci- ('(P.. r.dStdll, nlVcr 

 S-lf. lor lilt' l""~t \;i^i' of (l;irk ])iiik cariKi 

 I I..II-, 1(11) liMiiii^ I'll hf \ nsc. 



Win. Nil IhiIshii, rr.'uniiijiiiain. Mass., 

 ' tV>-rs .'flu 1 If tlic l)t>t lifty I'lodiiis oi' a 

 ilaik pink i-;! inal inn. 



r.-ilU'U \ < ".. 'rc\\kslmr\ . Mass.. olVcr 

 .Tild for till' lust inn blooms of a varif- 

 jjalcd raiiiatioii of .Mr<. M. .\. I'attcii 

 type. 



The prominiu list will lie ready the iirst 

 v\('('k in January with all |n-einiinns, in- 

 stinct ions and I'litiy hhiiiks, every! Iiiii<,f 

 iieri'ssiiry to inleiidin<i exliibitors for the 

 sliow at l^osloii. .laimary Ll-1 and "J."), 

 r.tiH;. AVi'iti- to tlio secretary for a copy. 

 Ai.UKKT M. IIi':i!i:, Sec "y. 



THE VERSATILE FLORIST. 



'I'lio aNcra^^e llorist, unless lie is the 

 lMisse.sor of a luil^iinti' liaiik account, and 

 so can s.ay to another, a car]ieiiter or a 

 plumber, for instance, " J )o this.'* and 

 he does it. iiiiist tte capalile of doing 

 in.'iny tliiiiLis himself. 



lie must lie alile to htiild a green- 



house, to l;iy lirick, 1o ilo pluinliiiig ami 

 steam-llttin<i, to butt in ;ind set glass, 

 to grow good jilaiit.s ami sell them, to 

 arrange .a tasteful dei-oi;ition, on tiireo 

 minutes' notice, to m.ako out bills, and 

 collect tiiem, and to L;i\e sensible ad\ice 

 on di\ers subjects, to all sorts of peojile. 



We lia\t' always been rea<ly, willing 

 and able, to mark a card neatly, but re 

 < eiitly one of our ]»atrons gaxc me an 

 order for some chrvsanthenuims, to lie 

 sent to liis wife on in'r birthday, and 

 when 1 asked him if we sliouM send his 

 card, or any eoinplinientarv eommunica- 

 tioa with the flowers, he said, jokingly, 

 that we might send a little iioetry with 

 them. 



I knew his wife, and her n;im(\ ami 

 partly as a ,joke on my p;irt, I hatciied 

 and sent tile following couplet on his 

 card : 



l'";iir .Miir!,';iri't. (o you, riiy pet. 

 Cciuii' iii:niy li;ii>i)y birtluluys yc(. 



Meeting the lady a few ilays after, 1 

 asked if I had gotten her husband into 

 tiduble; l»iit she .said 1 had not, and that 

 sh(i appreciated my |ioetry very much. 

 Think of it. she not onlv .appreciated it 

 but calle.l it poetry. ' W. T. Rki.i,. 



CUTTING THE BLOOMS. 



I a I e vlooild be taken w hen cut I in^ 

 llie blooiii^ to le;i\e the most suitable 

 f\i'S to |Ud\ ii|e stems 1'or the I'nlure 

 ■ rop. Duilny the winter, and esp(>cially 

 during holiday season. Avhen every imdi 

 .,f ;! stem Mieans a higlii'i' i>rii-e. thi'r(> is 

 ,1 st roiii; t eiu|pi ;it ion to cut low in order 

 to nfi this longer stem. This, of course, 

 coiisidi-riibly enhances the \alue of that 

 p.articnlar I'lop. but at wli.at ;i price! 



Tile next clojp must of necessity be lon- 



ucc in coming to m.atniity and the 

 chances .ire that it will be of an in- 

 ferior i;r;ide. 



The oju'ration of cutting should never 

 be done in a huirieil iiianiier, nor 

 -liould an\' c;i lelesslless be tolerated, as 

 this is ;i certain way to deirease tile cut 

 in ipi.aiitity and also lo lowi'r the 

 (pi.ality. 



TIm-' juact ice of cuttino by i.amiilighl 

 during the early hours of the morning 

 loads to the >auie result. I'llder such 

 condition^ ii is almost impossible for 

 ,.\,.ii the uio-t c.ireful and experienced 

 li, vrlect the proper eye at whicli to cut. 



If there were aiiv real necessity for 

 iliis practice it miuhl. e\.'ii with .all its 

 attendant -vil^. be tolerated, but it is 

 siirelv ;ii:ain^t the best interests nf the 

 Ir.adi' to pack- .ind shiii this hurried .-ut 

 immediatelv it is taken in oi.jef to tiet 



it into in.'iiket the same nioiiiin;^. with- 

 out gixiiii: it .any more |)rep;i rat iou 

 tli;iii ,a dip in w.aler for a few niiniile^. 



Storing the Blooms. 



,\s soon ;is possibli' .attei the cut is 

 taken, and bet'ore the wound has had 



lil!:e to iliy. the stems shonid be i|ee|il\ 

 immersed ill w;itel .at .'i t em |ie r;i t Ule not 

 lo exceed the temperature nf the house 



iicua which llie\' were cut. nor yet so 

 low as to .a |iproa(di II degrees. They 

 vhoiibl tlieii be |d:iced ill .a roimi and 

 p;illl\- excluded from the light. This 



r 11 shiMlhl he at a 1 emper;it llie ot' 



t'roiii I "> to •":.' degrees. 



idle most satisfactory shipments are 

 those iii.ade from stock wliiidi has been 

 tre.-ited in this ni.anner t'or at least ten 

 hiMirs. It they .are not shipped in 

 twenty-four hours they should be reas 

 sorted and li.a\e the w.aler changed. 

 After beiii;^ in tile i-o(dei- t'or thirty six 



hours t lie <-ollSiient icUl^ o|-,i\\,.|- will re 



fuse to shiji them to ills customers. 



I'Ini'I \ \e;il we lie.ir the same c(MII 

 pl.aints from r.'taileis ami commission 

 men. w lio. during the holid.ay seiisoii. ie 

 cei\ e );ir;ie consignments of pickh'd 

 stock from the growers. The ilama^^e 

 done to the trade by sncii t r.ansact ions 

 is inealenlable, besides destroying the 

 coiifideiice and friendship whi(di oiii,dit 



to exi^t ailiolle- the ci;ift. 



Packing. 



The ^leati'st i-are should 1 xerciseil 



in pneking. so that the neid<s may not 

 iret brid\eii or the petiils bruis(>d. 



The use ,.f clean boxes .and cle.ail 



j)aper, especiall\- next the buds, gives 

 the lloweis a much fresher appetiranee 

 ih.aii if soiled jiaper or newsptiper be 

 I he material n.-ied. 



The w rajipings shoiiM always be 

 .abundant ami suHicieiit to withstand 

 severe t'rost. 



The addresses .'Hid nuifiiig instruc 

 lion sluMild be plain .■iml legible, ;is the 

 I'Xpressnien li;i\i' usually snUicieiit 

 troubles of their own and .'ire not. nsii- 

 • illy experts a1 hieroglyphics. 



\'>y aitendino to these matters, wlii<di 

 we slnuild do it' we wish for the pros- 

 perity of oil!- customers, which is iden- 

 tical with iMir own. we will please the 

 m.ajority id' them ami lia\e ;i (dear eon 

 science, wliiidi is a great reward in 

 itself. HiBE.S. 



TOO DRY. 



I am sending you, under separ.ale 

 cover, two diseased rose pl.ants, one a 

 young pl;int, the other .an old one. Th(>y 

 seemeil to yrow nicely for awliil(>; then 

 the new leaves turned yellow .and 

 wilted: then the stem di<l likewise. 1 

 think the trouble is in the roots, iuit 

 cannot htcate the cause. The soil is a 

 yood, he.avv loam. The ]dants h.avi' 

 ii.ad plenty of ventilation ;nid kept a 

 little on the dry side; never have been 

 roo wet to cause the ground to sour. 

 Would a spray of whale oil soap or 

 .ilher similar s(diilioiis be injurious to 

 roses and ninnis alfected with aphis? 

 I have been using t(d).acco stems, but it 

 is not elfi>(dive enough. 1 do not can' 

 to use ni<-otiiie extracts unless coni- 

 p(dled to. :is T have plenty of tobaci-o 

 stems and wli.ale oil so.ap. K. !■;. • ". 



These specimens reaidied me in very 

 poor shajie; in f:icl, one <d' the spe(d- 

 meiis must li.ave been dead a very long 

 lime and was therefore entindy useless 

 for diagnosis. 'J'lie other spe<Mmen pos- 

 sessecl no le.ives and very litth" wood, 

 which also makes an examin.ation 

 rat her unsat isfactory. 



I'ldui wli.at evideni-e \ luol there was 

 everv apiiearam-e that the |il;uits had 

 sulVered from wanl of water, never 

 h.avinLf had enough even to sustain the 

 foii.a^e. They are also slightly af- 

 fecied with eel-worms, but not to the 

 est( lit of killing till' plants. 



The fuiiK's from tob.acco stems, if 

 piojierlv applied, are boiiml to be ef- 

 fective so f.ar as aphis is concerned, as 

 no ajiliis can exist in ;i limise which is 

 periodically and systematically sub- 

 ji'cted to these fumes. 



Wli.ale oil so.ap. if not used to excess, 

 will li.ave no injurious effect on roses, 

 but roses are grown yt^arly by the mil- 

 lion, .ami good I'oses too. and which 

 never even get a snudl of it. 



Kee|i the night teiiiper;:Mir(^ as near 

 .".li deurees as possible .and with a small 

 <r;nk (d" veiitilatioTi on to keep the air 

 swei't whenever tlie weather will per- 

 mit, and .allow the temper.atiire to run 

 up to 7." degrees during the day, when 

 the sun is shining^ 



See that the soil is thoroughly mois- 

 tened throughout and md wet on the 

 ^uit'.ico only, anl do md attempt to 



f I in any manner until the plants 



liave loLMimMl tluii- health. KlHFS. 



IN THE OIL REGIONS. 



Will you allow me s[)ace in your paper 

 to give some id' our rea<lcrs ,1 chance to 

 studv and expl;iin .after carefully read- 

 iny till- fidlowing statement of facta? 



We have ,i hmise 1*^x1 'J.""), three-quarter 



