January 11, lOOG. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



485 



H. H. Ritter. 



\\r were 1(il(l ill ••iii^wrr Id ;i mild .•iinl 

 l/ii^i iicss liki' i-(ini|il;i iiil In '^<> .■ilicjiil :\\i'\ 

 ^iiiw the iiHits, '"llicy wcii' ;ill I'i^lit. ' ' 

 'I'd ihis w c^ wci'c real iiiipmli'ii!. 'I'n think 

 111,-,) \\i> ii;iil li\t'<| ni^li nil t(i tin years 

 ,iii I ([id lint i\im\v a I'dtirii, iiM'hss lily 

 dl' the Nalli'V ]iip hurt; (iiir tVcliii^s. I 

 am idlil I ha I I no low a 1i'm|iiTat iiiv will 

 ;^r:i.|iia ll\' sa|i lln' \ilalily nl' the rnni 

 .iiiil miilu'\ii llnwcr. They may emliire it 

 inr -n\ci:,j mniitlw, lull al'ter :i time tiii'y 

 uill <-nlla|i^e. Ill (■lUlclusidii, 1 ;|||| at'iaiW 

 \niii i'i|i< wei'i- ill i)i)nr di(|iT, ami it' 

 IImx were iidt, ydii slidnhl imt haxe ;ii\i'ii 

 III. ■hi aMNthiiin' like sii'-h a l'ni'i-iiin' heal. 



W. S. 



THE USEFUL BOXWOOD. 



'I'hr iinXWddil has ]il'n\ell lint nllly nli<' 

 nl ihe MTy l)i'St nt' till- niceiis useful In 

 iIh' i-u, lld\\i|- wnrker, hut it has made a 

 hil ill mau\ |ilaiit a iTaiinnuimits, its <lark 

 -le.ii t'nlia^e cnul cast iii^ I'V lileiidiiin 

 \\. II with many feccptaelcs and associated 

 |i|,iii1s. Aiinllier \"iy n,idd use t'oi- Imx 

 WM.(| is I'or wiuter wiiulnw Imxes. .\ 

 Mi,.:i| maii\' nf llie>-c are now i-alled t'er in 

 ill.. |,-ird,.|- cijiix ;ind they al'l'ord a ^ood 

 np'lii In the llnri'-t who has t'aeilities I'or 

 handling thi.~ (lass o I' trade. A IhirisI 

 '•an siijijilv wiiiddw lin\i's nt' jdiie painted 



nrei 11 ami maki' a l; 1 prnlit at ."nt r(uit> 



p. r t'nni. When tilliiiL; tlm^n with hex- 

 Wd.id a lirst (das- -tniv can nvulily ffet 

 7.") cmd-^ JHT plunt. ii-iie^ stnck lit'lcfii 



tn n!L;hteell illcllcS hl^li. Smdl Jihlllts 



wholesale ill this enuutiy at :f'_'.") per hun- 

 dred, eniuiuu' t'rnni r>(d^ium. 



^\ . KdMii \:\. M.\ns. !■!. li. Lowe is 

 iir.|,:i riiin ln (li-( ( iiit nine his Itusiiiess. 



\nii did last, year and were siicccsslul. 

 tlimi it would be Ixdd for me to say you 

 di(l w roller. )iut I will say that there was 



no 11 1 of your pu.ttin<i these cold sinr 



•'ii'' I'ip^ intn any sueli heat as so to '.til 

 (lei^rees. Thai is the Irealineiit for the 

 newly iin]Mirted root-, wlii(di ymi are 

 fiuciue;' into growth ami llower three uv 

 four months luddre their normal -eas(Ui 

 ol' llo'.\ eriiiL;', it is entirely a dillereiit 

 -t(uy with the cold -toraye stoidv. \i>\\ 

 lia\e .arrested their natural ei-dwth and 

 at any lime after tlio first of la-t .May, 

 diie.dly they \\t re relii'\ed from the 

 ariistinn cidd, they A\ere i'eail\ .'Uid 

 anxious to ^row, so tin to (io de;^rees w;is 

 warm eiidiieli l<>r their roots or jdps. 

 Noll mention flats as lieiii;;- used. That 



Would lie (d' little cou-in jUellce, liut I 



\^ould rather hear id' six inches nt' saml 

 nil ail ordinary lieiich wiihout liottoiu 

 heat and (Uily protected fiiun diaui;lits 

 or luiiiht sun. 



It is possililo that tlieso ])ip< had le- 

 cei\C(| an iii.iuiv during their la-t I'l w 



^'.eeks ill stniaee. It' the J'i]'- Were Unt 



tirm, -nli(l ami -oiii!(| it \\a- li'lle u-( 

 plaiitiii;^ theiM. 



Three \Cal- a^n we lecci\ed Irnlll U 



N( w ^'nlk lirm a few liiindiid \alley 

 lints wi-ekl', diiriiin the -uiiriier ainl t'.all. 

 every time in |(i ime comlitieii. and there 

 \\a- iin failure in 1 riiiL;iiiL; theiii iiit(( 

 llnwer. until the first ol' jtecemlier. when 

 our extra (|naiitity t'nr the holidavs ar- 

 rive I. d'llex Were Snt't. llidlliV alld USe 



ie-s. A \ew \>ivk ihui-t reluiniiin t'mm 

 liri^htnii I'.each, where he had pl.a.cd hi- 

 little wad oil the WliMI^ l'"".^'. '^^■1^ "et 

 half sn wilted. We tlioiitiht the trouble 

 was (lint they had been expo-ed to :i 

 i'ew de;^i-e(^s abo\o frceziufj and made a 

 start ami then bem aaaiii frozen haril. 



Frank H. Tracndly. 



