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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



March 8, 1006. 



iiate week till the buds are well devel- 

 oped and should be discontinued when 

 the buds have so far matured as to show 

 good color. 



The use of ammonia and nitrates at 

 certain stages of growth are also very 

 beneficial, but greater caution must be 

 used when applying them, as they are 

 very powerful and immediate in their 

 action. First applications should be 

 made very weak, increasing the strength 

 as observation of the effect would war- 

 rant. For a first application one pound 

 of either is sufficient for 100 gallons of 

 water. 



During dark and cloudy weather it is 

 safer to use any of the preparations in 

 a weak form and frequently, rather than 

 run any risk by using them too strong. 

 As the days get longer the preparations 

 can be strengthened. Weak or un- 

 healthy stock is unable to use this 

 kind of food and any troubles they may 

 be suffering from will only be aggra- 

 vated. ElBES. 



OLD OR YOUNG STOCK. 



I wish to plant a bed of roses outside 

 for summer blooming and have Ivory, 

 ('.olden Gate, Bride, Bridesmaid, old 

 Hlock, two years on bench and still in 

 splendid condition, and also young stock. 

 Which would give best results outside, 

 to lift the old or plant with young? 



H. H. K. 



If lifted carefully after danger from 

 frost is over, planted in good friable 

 soil and shaded for a few days, if the 

 weather is bright, the two years' stock 

 will give more immediate effect. One 

 year old stock, however, is preferable. 

 Young stock, carefully tended and prop- 

 erly handled, makes a very fine, perma- 

 nent bed after they are fairly estab- 

 lished. BiBES. 



FIFTY BEST ROSES. 



Fifty Best Roses for Amateur Growers 

 is the title of a pamphlet by John Fraser, 

 F. R. H, a., editor of the Gardening 

 "World, London. Full cultural directions 

 are given. It may be of interest to 

 American growers to compare the list 

 with their own sorts. Here it is: 



A. K. Williams 

 Aime Vibert 

 Austrian Copper 

 Austrian Yellow 

 Capt. Hayward 

 Caroline Testout 

 Catherine Mermet 

 Celestial 

 Chas. Lefebvre 

 Common Cabbage 

 Common Moss 

 Olmson Rambler 

 Dorothy Perkins 

 Dupuy Jamaln 

 Kelicile Perpetue 

 Franclsca Kruger 

 Fran K. Druschki 

 Oloire de Dijon 

 (J. Nabonnand 

 (Jruss an Teplitz 

 Ilcr Majesty 

 K. A. Victoria 

 I.a France 

 I.ady Battersea 

 I.ady Penzance 



Laurette Messimy 



Liberty 



Longwortli Kambler 



Mine. Lambard 



Mme. Pernet-Ducher 



Manian Cochet 



Margaret Dickson 



Marie Baumann 



Marquise Litta 



Mildred Grant 



Mrs. E. Mawley 



Mrs. John Lalng 



Mrs. K. G. S. Crawford 



Mrs. J. W. Grant 



Relne O. dc Wurtemburg 



Reve dOr 



Rosa Mundi 



Souv. d'EIlse Vardon 



.S. M. Rodocanachl 



The Bride 



T'lrich Brunner 



Viscountess Folkstone 



Waltham Rambler 



White M. Cochet 



Wm. A. Richardson 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Exhibitors intending to make entries 

 for tiie annual exhibition of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, to be held jointly with 

 the Massachu.setts Horticultural Society 

 at Boston, March 23, 24 and 25, are 

 asked to communicate with the secretary, 

 who will forward schedule for the exhi- 

 bition and entry cards. 



The annual business meeting of the 

 Rose Society will open at 7:30 p. m., 

 Friday, March 23, and will be concluded 



Saturday, the exhibition continuing un- 

 til Sunday night. 



Addresses to be made are: 



"Recent Advances in the Practice of 

 Rose Growing for Cut Flowers, ' ' by J. 

 J. Curran, Elmira, N. Y. 



' * The Retailer 's Part in the Introduc- 

 tion of New Roses," by George Asmus, 

 Chicago, III. 



"The Mail Order Trade," by P. J. 

 Lynch, West Chester, Pa. 



"The Deterioration of Forcing Roses; 

 Its Causes and Effect," a discussion; to 

 bo opened by A. Farenwald, Roslyn, Pa. 



Question — Should the Rose Society 

 issue Certificates to New American 

 Roses ? 



Saturday evening, March 24, a ban- 

 quet will be tendered to the American 

 Rose Society visitors by the allied horti- 

 cultural interests of Boston, under the 

 auspices of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston, at the well known Hotel 

 Brunswick. 



Judges for the exhibition are: J. F. 

 Huss, Hartford, Conn.; S. S. Pennock, 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; J. J. Curran, Elmira, 

 N. Y. 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Too add variety to funeral sprays try 

 the combination of violets and freesias. 

 Cut the tight bunches of violets and re- 

 bunch into little knots of ten or a dozen, 

 with foliage, and arrange with fine ferns 

 like Pteris serrulata in a long slender 

 spray. Work in the violets spacingly at 

 the tip, then more freely towards the 

 base. Throw a bunch of freesia across 

 the stems and tie with violet cord in a 

 generous cluster. 



Tulips and Easter lilies make a pleas- 

 ing combination, either for sprays or 

 decorative pieces; also Paper White 

 narcissi with Easter lilies. The Paper 

 Whites make a fine material for sprays. 

 These should form a long, slender clus- 

 ter, tied with green or white ribbon, 

 about No. 3, in many long bows. Keep 

 the natural foliage for background with 

 a few ferns added. To avoid a too 

 bulky stem to the spray, tie the ribbon 

 above the base of the stems inside the 

 foliage and allow the leaves to fall to 

 one side or the other, or backwards from 

 the flower stalks. 



For a change in trimming the base 

 of a large standing piece, bed m two or 

 three Boston ferns so as to cover the 

 sphagnum. Use no flowers whatever in 

 the iDase. You wil.> like the effect. 



The popularity of boxwood wreaths 

 continues unabated. It appeals alike to 

 extensive flower buyers and occasional 

 customers of moderate means. Red and 

 whjte flowers in a simple spray over 

 one side of the wreath are the favorite 

 colors for trimming, violets being close 

 seconds. Its durability, size and beauty 

 are strong points in its favor. The sim- 

 plicity appeals to one after an over- 

 abundance of the everlasting mixtures 

 seen at every funeral. 



Try a generous spray of Richmond 

 roses with a knot of changeable red and 

 green taffeta ribbon for an elderly per- 

 son 's fimeral, or Bride roses tied with 

 embroidered chiffon for a child's fu- 

 neral. 



Clusters may be made long and taper- 

 ing with only the natural foliage and 

 set on the boxwood wreath, or stemmed 

 six to eight inches long, three or four 

 to half a match-stick and inserted among 

 the boxwood foliage, at pleasure. Long 

 clusters, heavy at the top of the wreath 

 and tipped by buda, extending half way 

 around the wreath, seem to be the best 



takers. The richer flowers^ 

 quality or color, are best fitted 

 style of design. 



Leave the valley, Romans, etc., in pos- 

 session of their own field in delicate 

 sprays and designs, 



Gertrude Blair. 



TRANSFER ORDERS. 



Any retailer should easily be able to 

 get orders for delivery through other 

 retailers if he has a neat sign in his 

 window, or about his store, stating that 

 cut flowers or funeral designs can be 

 delivered in any city at brief notice. 

 Several Chicago retailers have quite 

 elaborate signs in their windows to get 

 this transfer business. One man has a 

 ground glass, which looks like a tam- 

 bourine, with a sign painted on it, and 

 back of it an electric light which goes 

 out for five seconds every half minute. 

 Another has a large wheel representing 

 a ship's steering apparatus supported 

 by crossed oars. In the center is a 

 blackboard. In the summer he posts 

 steamer sailings on the blackboard; in 

 the winter a bid for orders for funeral 

 or gift flowers to deliver in other cities. 

 Those who are sending out orders to 

 florists in other cities are naturally the 

 ones who are favored in the matter of 

 orders for delivery in their town. 



ENGLISH FLQRAL FASHIONS. > 



Where floral decorations have to be 

 done continuously through the season, 

 the practice of making some different 

 and distinct feature each time is much 

 more interesting and also more effective 

 than using mixed material every time. 

 At the Savoy hotel, London, where the 

 floral decorations have long been a great 

 feature each Sunday, they still carry 

 out the work well and make a distinct 

 change each week. The Horticultural 

 Trade Journal says that one Sunday it 

 was pink and white carnations; the pre- 

 vious week it was pink and white tulips. 

 It would seem that pink is to be as 

 popular as ever in London this season. 



Robt. Green, Ltd., a leading London 

 retailer, has a number of various de- 

 signs made up in artificial flowers. 

 These are not intended for sale, but to 

 give customers an idea of the various 

 styles. The shower bouquet, which was 

 a creation of Mrs. Robert Green when 



