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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



DKCE.Mimit 14, I'JOa. 



witlioiit (itlu-i ;ncc»(.i-y tliaii a jni'di- 

 iiicit'. Tl,!' ]ii';is^ |nii cdNcr <;(ies sjih-ii- 

 (lidlv with JliL'sc. liul it shiuild lie larj^e 

 c'lKiiii^li 111 taki' ill llic ]Mii, luit iiici'elv 

 In pari cuiicral it, as in tlu' iliiist i-at ion. 

 A jCw'* vrar^ ■■.\ii<' lln' li'iiilciicy was In 

 ii\'>iii(i ilif ' ' I'liiiicllislimciit ' " lit' jilaiits. 



Ill smiir lit' thr iiinst I iTct c lit ii Mis stores. 



■iall\ ill New ^'(l|■k. ll 



plaiih 



Vioiilcl iir sii -<ncii Ihti'iI ill fold at'tfr 

 t'idd .il cii'iir |iaiicr. wiili yard afttT 

 yaid (i| lililiiiii. tliat llir natural iiraiity 

 lit' tlir plant was lust, ni at Icasi uli 

 si-iircd, Init tlir li'iidrriry has Ijecii tlir 

 ntlici' way t'nr tlic past _\car nr sn. If 

 tlifii' arc any plants wliicli will stand 

 t'nr lira\y, lii;^ii wiappiii;^s it is siiridy 

 1 1ll' ( )t ahi'it r ma w^t' and 1 lir t dn-nt 

 a/.alra. mi ai-iuiinl ul' tlic usually liarr 

 liasf. 



Berried Plants. 



Ilrri ill! idanls air pnpidar at < lirist- 

 nias. Itrst 111' all is tin' l-aiylisli liully 

 (tlir iiiajiiiity .ll wliirli riiiiir I iv ',vay vi 

 l'>i'lt;iirn ) and whii-li is smi in ]iartic-u- 

 larly lini' sliapr lliis yrar. allliniiyli it 

 I'li'ijiiriil l\- liisi's lii/tli liiTi'ifs and Icavt^s. 

 Tlii'sr ail' liciii^ iinpiiitrd ill annually 

 iiirrrasiiio nninlicis. Inil lliry ai'i' t'm 

 mily llii' lii'ltm' riass nt' slnri's, vi'tailiii;^ 

 at J'rmn .'fl" tn .'i^l'.") raidi. At the other 

 end 111' till' line are ( 'hrisl mas pi']i|iei-s 

 and deiiisali'in i-lieii it s. Iletweeii. and 

 niiisl n^etiil III llie average man witli a 

 lirst'idass trade, .are Aidisia ereiuilata 

 and '\iienlia da|iiinie.i. The t'oiiner is 

 pjet'iTied liy iiiaiiN tier.-uise III' iis habit; 

 llie aiKulia iisnally has a li;ire base, like 

 ihe spei-iiiien illnsi laled. These arc I'rc- 



(|iiciitly sent, out with liljbiui tied in the 

 ]dants. 



Other Plants. 



I'aliiis and terns, while hardly deserx 

 iii^ placc~ns (hiistmas plants, arc iit'\ 

 crthelcss odihI sellers at Christmas I'oi 

 ,i;ilt purpcisos, and this iiicdudes rubbers, 

 pandanuses, etc.. ,'ind applies ^vith ])ar 

 lieular I'orc-e to the new I'orins of tin 

 Jiephrolcpis, like eleyantissima. The 

 araueaiia is alwavs a yood seller ai 

 Christmas, nearly .always with the put 

 covered with I'oi'to i\iean inattiii>; or 

 crepe jcijicr and with ;i red ribb(ui tiud 

 above the lower whorl of leaves. 



The a/.aiea is jnofit.-ibie at Christinas. 

 as al l-'aster. but the I'ed varieti»>s ran 

 not be had in j^ood llower by th-ii ihite 

 ;iiid ihe rail at the holiday sea.-mi is 

 lirsl for bright rolors. 



The cyrlamen lias i(s orcafpst run at 

 christm.as. It is not a pl.aiil which is 

 easily used in making up liaskcts. etc. 

 A well crow 11 plant should be a <;li)l)e of 

 rirh. dark Idliaee eoniiny down oxer the 

 top of the pot. the (lowers eaiiied well 

 aiiovc the oreeii. The best eiiibellish- 

 inciil for a ryrlamen is a i losedt tine jxjt 

 roxer ot not ton bright red. 



<)iiiissimi has thus far been made of 

 what many \\(nild jilare first on the list 

 of (■hiistmas jdaiits, l-Jejionia tlloii'c de 

 l,orr;iint\ In neaily all lirst-idass stores 

 lliis is one of the \ery best sellers and 

 It miojit lasily be in all, but it is one of 

 llie li.ardtst ])laids to deli\ei' in ened 

 shape, esperially at this Inisy season, 

 when more or less iou;ih liaiidliiie is 

 ii:i\itable ami il is the rause of tie- 



iiueiit complaint, tor not all Lorraines 

 hold their flowers in living rooms «<.• 

 well as in the instances we hear about. 

 Ill one store tlie com])laints have been 

 so nnmerous that the clerks have in- 

 slrnrtimis to tell the customers that, 

 while sometimes tha plants last lirst 

 lale. usually their life is not much 

 i^realer than the life of cut tlowt'rs. 

 M.any otliei's ri'frain from jmsliin^' Lor- 

 raine tor the same reason and il is well 

 to always disclaim in adxaiU'C all re- 

 sponsibility for its lastiny' (pialitics; 

 with one customer it may endure for 

 w(M'ks and xvith aiiothi'r the lloweis may 

 fall in a dav or two. 



BOX SALES. 



In many cities leadinji' retailers have 

 foiiini that sales of special boxes of cut 

 floxveis on certain days of earh week are 

 an excellent means of ad\'i>rtisiiio- and 

 increasing- liusiness. John C. lleinl \- 

 Soii, Terre ILaute, Iiid., have just sent 

 mil a neatly printed card which reads: 

 ' • ( 'oininenciiifj this Avcek we are jinttinr; 

 ii^to effect a nine! ]ilan w(^ beli(we will 

 ]iio\e \ery jioinilar. \ ix. : To prejiare e\ery 

 Satnn'ay and Sunday, for promjit de 

 livi'iy. boxes of fresh nit llowers. rany 

 ine in price from ."d eciits to $3. Jii 

 earli case they will emilain oenerous 

 \alne for the price, and will afford 

 paij-ons an inexpensixi^ means of provid- 

 iiiL! llowers foj- the table or as gifts to 

 friends, ■without any trouble of persona! 

 selection, it is only necessary that you 

 telephone us and advise the price you 

 \\\s\i to pay. Onr reputation for band- 

 liiiL'' onlv the licst insures you entire 

 satisfaction. ' ' 



Primula in a Brass Receptacle. 



A GOOD SIDE LINE. 



A number ot leading retail tlorists are 

 linding dceorati\e jiottery a \ery profit- 

 lablc side line. A stock of odd and at- 

 tractive pieces of art pottery occupies 

 liltle room, makes an attractive feature 

 of a stoi'e, is useful in the display of 

 goods and a source of nuu-h assistance in 

 any outside work. A llorist who uses in 

 a decoration a vase of attractive mate- 

 1 ial, sjiape, color or workmanship, fi'c- 

 i|nently finds that his patron wishes to 

 iia\e the vase remain after his guests 

 have admired it. lie likes to have it on 

 hand when they come again and is not 

 iiii lined to (|uestion the llorist 's price. 

 Connter sales also afford a \ery good 

 maigiii of profit. 



A numlier of retailers have bought 

 storks (d' sindi goods and the demand has 

 been so .'ipparent that the m.aniifacturers 

 ;ind jobbeis of lliem are mnv looking for 

 the trade. Among the leading dealers 

 in snrli lines are Hurley iS; Tyrrell and 

 I'ilkiii \- IJrooks. Chicago, and handsome 

 bins are manufactur(.'il by the IJookwood 

 roileiy Co., Cincinnati. ;iiid ihe Zaiies- 

 •-die I'otteiv Co.. Zaiiesville. ( >. 



DISEASED GERANIUMS. 



I s,.||,l SOUK- geranium lea\es. asking 

 III km w wli.'it is the mailer with them 

 and what to do for llieiii. Nntiee tin; 

 inider side of the leaves .and tell me if 

 \on ran what the trouble is ;ind how to 

 Ileal it. 1 lost several hundred ]>lants 

 last winter and il is beginning earlier 

 this winter. W. X. T. 



The i^eranium ]e;i\es li;i\e blotrhes of 

 .velliiw .'iiid some almost black, which, of 

 riiiiise. greatly impairs the liealth of 

 the plant. We ha\e iiexer been troubled 



