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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mai;. 11 l'l', U>0«. 



on )i;iiiii i:hI\. i i' w • nil li\i^ ii|i in 

 tl!i< jiliiii \\i' '.'.■PiiM ih.i I.I' -d riislinl ihi' 



l;i^l 'l;i\-, .'I-- \c'i\ mMiii :i (•||v|nlll(i Si'i''^ 

 snim .Mil,;. -iKii .-iiik'S lii- t:iii(\ ;iiic|, 

 tiiiiii;^h '.1. u;,- iic-r |...pkMiv: ;iriiiiiii|, 



)il;ii'r-- :i II . .1 .|. I ;r I .|ir. , 



A >- !..,il.' \.,", w I i I )i:i\,- >iiiiir i^ri'i'ii 



1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 U . II . ; I ! 1 ; i i , . ; . i i • > ■ . . 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 ; 1 1 1 1 - : 1 1 m I 

 li;i^l\>'- I" |.i:ii!' !'^ ii.— ; mI .■cpui-i-. m i^ 

 li:i I 1 1 1\ 'I' '■•■--:i I ■. • . "i:, I k ! 1 1 \ |i|;inl--. 

 \':\\ I i:i I I ■•■ii l;i I ;i i : . i ! h .n i . i \ mi i ^lic i\v 

 >vin.liiv-. . i,,i ii_;' p.. 'h' 'ii>|'l;iv .-'■\ir:il 



1 I up '^ . I 1 , I ! ..;_. ; |l. v\ ••! k. 



Ill w ,: I ; - I .;i ! !■ ;iji >nn ll' -, : l|vli;i, | , 1 1' ~|1 ■ 

 llli;^ :il.p'il|.i - .V .1 |.[.| II;.; ^ll1|ll■^, ^I't ;i .^odi 1 

 Mi| 1 1 il ;. • I I ':i I '■ . Imim ~ iii;ii |i' ii|i ; aI-m 

 li'i .k 1 . . I - :i |i|i| \ I 1 i:i |H-i\ i :i l;--, 



I w I 111 . I • .-. 



Care is Essential. 



i '.. . \i - . . '|.' :i I " i l| J \ |. lll'l - . . I 'Mil ill l\\ l'|■- 

 t:i^. 'II !' I i ■' :m I ;i '._;•■• ! ■^ :l li ! Iir >;i lili i-;i |i' 

 <liirii,_: 't,i' l'';i.~l.r • m-Ii :■,- .ii nllu-i' liiiii-. 



'I'hi' I .1 I 'I .• I \ -I > ;- ■ I I \ III |l I 'Ml-ll lillX III 



]ii I', lilt I r "I i-i iiiii ii^ -1 .1 ii . i I II I li'li\ CI 



) ll^. i .r»|. ii - 1 1! I . I ■ I I .,•_; 11. .|r | i I i 1 1 1 'i I 1 1 I I 1 



riL;:i I H-' t ' . .-' 



• Mil _; I r:i ' -'ill, . , i \ : I'll "\|ii'ii'~i .III 

 S|.ii i:ii 'i:..^ ..- • ,li,'i ill i|.. ^1 III I'.'i 1 1\ \i'r\ 



II |l~;i I 1- I'l. !i. I \ I'l'l I . M ' ■ 'i;i : . I illl W 1- III li^l 



l';i\ I' '■ ; -. -. .1.1 II. , III Im'I icr liii.-I \< 



;i 1 1 .'1 IP ! Ill ■ i'. .1 iii:. '.I' I II '»<i 1 ill , >-r.'i ii' II { I 

 Si 'I'll I 'I ■ I'll \\ iiii iii'l|ii-i I \ nil I II riuiiH'i' 

 \i':;r>. lii'T "iil', ! .1 cai i>i' 'lii'<i' will li;i\(' 

 ll.'iil ~i.'i;i I \|ii lli'IP-i'. :i|ll ;iUii lii'r.-iii^i 

 vi III k III i\\ 'ii>I w li;it ;i;i t I nl' 1 iii' Imisi 

 llr^» T 1,1 \ :i I 1' llh'-t -ml ,1 Mr tnl , I I IS 

 J^iiiiil |iiil|i ' til Mill I'M r;i iii'l|i ;i| VI, lliurll 

 )||'r ki'iii. riii-^ .\ill ^ii:iiil \iiii ;il;;i iii.'<I 



;i Int lit' kliklM'.' ,ll|i| ^i;i III III i n^ \\ lll'll il 



»-i.liii< til [iIiviiil; ilT, \ji|iiiiiit --iiliii'i ilir 

 In ki'i'|i i:il' <it '111 ir .11111'. In hiring; ex 

 Illl linlfi -t,.,.| ,'|i';ir "t liinnU ni ri'l;i 

 1i\i'v. .■!< i; i.'v lj:ii.i -n ^1 1 tlin wiiik lilt 

 (t I li'iii. 



.1 il--t i|n\\ l;i I ,;.■ Ill 1. 1\ :i iirp 1 n 1 Irr 1 , 1 

 ]il;p (' I'm' '.'lit llnwi'i'- \iiii iiiii'^t kiinw 

 Villi I vi'|\ !•< Ill, til Inriin'r \(';ii>" n\|n'i'i 



tMlrc. Iilit |.|;ii-i 1; I'.-lli;.. I wnillil ;|i|\l>i' 

 yn:i Mnt '1 I'lV 'Il 'nil lli;ill\ ni tliii-r 

 t;l I'l'll I'.'l I Ii:it lllll^. I Inll '' k'l l|n II ' 



Using Old Baskets. 



It \"i, ti;.\i' ;iii^ li;i~ki'l.- Uiii^ .iiniiipl 

 fiiiiii l;i--t \i':ii. 'ji'iiii tjp'iii ii[i ,'iiii| 111! 

 >vitli -;ii':ili|c ii|.'iiil>: 'In- i> ymii nin' 



fh;illi-i' !n net !'l,i ,,t -1,1 ijil li;iski't-. 



Alsii -«'t tn it 'li;il '.(III |i;i\c a iiiri' ;i-i 



sortriii'iit i.r iP'',\ !i;i.sKi't-, lii'siil,.^ a n j 



Siipl'lv nl |il:Mti'il \\a\ |ia)i('r ami rililmii. 

 I'lpjii tin I'l I i-ii;ii.'-t a iH-i - '.\ill \\f liiitluT 

 uitii I'll |ic |i:.|''r ;inaiii; il 1- iiii--atis 



I'aitnlV I'lltll In \ii|l|S('it IMil \'n|l| i'll<- 



tdliii'i'. a- '111 .laiiijiMi'v.- -iinii v|,,,||s all 

 V(iin III. Ill, I, t.'iki'ii ]ii •|iiniiiiiin III,. |in|. 

 Till |.|ai'iii ;i.'i|M'r i^ \ii\ ijiiirkh ail 

 Ju^tiii :ii,..i ill,- ,-n ra-il\ alVi'i'Iiii |.\ 



w.'iti'i. \, 11111:1- ■nliii'i'il mat'- .'il- IIP 



i'l \i'i\ 'i::ii'!\ till' ; nilllllllin ; |,v fii..,! 

 ll,ni-li'I, III;: till III tlll'V will lint I'lC'lk alpi 



;i I r mill'!, ai'iii' ia>ily ma 11 i |iii l;itpi|. 



.\- '.'•' :.ii' ii'i; .-ill HI ;i jiosiiiiiii will'],' 

 V.i- la'i allni'i a Htiiiiiiii ii II - I'l ir ilcli wi 1 11^. 

 Iiia'ki .'111 a I.;,'! i:'i III- I'ni i\(ra >\aL;ntis 

 C.'iiK, >• I' tint .'ill \niii |]iii,-fs aic '.\ ■ 1 1 

 slnii. ,- .: 'iia_\ i,i' .-li|.[ii'iy went Ik I 



The Shipping Department. 



It !■- ,. i ■-, liut I ly ii'^i'i'>.-ary tn njvn i 

 great ili.'il ,i| aitnitinii \n ymir lieln i.'i'v 

 cu' siii[i(iiiiL; ill ji.'i it iiii'iil . .'i.'^ iiKuiv a ^(,(,,1 

 oustnifi.-r i,av iici n In-t tliri>iii;li Ttii<- 

 ttiKi'.- Ill .|< ii\ 1 ri IIP. ,11 t'tirt. lll'll- IS 

 \\i;i-i> ii'.ili'y till' wlinln iiniililc ami \\iiii\' 

 Coiiii' III ,i! ' iiristmtis i.r I'ia.sti'i. It' :i 

 i-aiil '- in-', |ilants lnuki i;. a liorsp j'alU 

 ilnwii nl' a iiii\rr Pits ilnink, wlm ;j;'f1s 



tl'r I iair.i .' TJii -hllipill^ rit'lk. lit' 



iniirsr. I.c'a\iiip tlif slii|i|iiiip till in 1lu> 

 Ii.'iikK nl line man wlm ddi's imtliiiirr else 

 I 111' tliirr iir I'liiir nl' 1 lip liusicst dtiy.s is 

 till' iiiily \\;iy In lia\i' it attoiidpil to stitis- 

 lai'lnrily. Tiiis rli'ik slmiild In' some ulil 

 i'iii|iln\i' 111 ymiis wlm imt only luious llio 

 iit\ I'lnjii .\ |i) 7.. iiiit wlm knows luiw to 

 liamlli .1 Ini 1 1 1' ilii\pi'> ami cii'timl hoys 

 aipl will ;;i\i' r\i'i\ ili'tail his iiipI i\ iilfil 



,' 1 M I ' 1 1 1 I n 1 1 . 



W 1' ni'iipra ll\ iiiaiiani' to liavc nodd 

 ii'-i' Ini li\i' w.-ipoiis aiiil tliipp or t'oiir 

 I'l rami lin\s ilui'iiip' the holidays, ami mi- 

 iiin ill I ho i-apacily ot' .slu|i|iiiip clrrk 1 

 h.'ivp ailii|itpi| till' J-idlowiiip systi'in; 



Arranging for Delivery. 



.^I'li. 1 -oiiic comcniriit |ilac(' wlicrc till 

 -nlil artii-li< arc jilarod liv tlie salcsiiUMi, 

 ami ri'niii tiiii,' til liim^ arraiij^o o\'t'i'y 

 ^allll^■ nl' plant li\' itsidt' \\ilii the ta'^ 

 III [ilaiii \irw. I ha\p a caliiiicl in.'ido 

 111 I'inlii linxi-s. just lainp piidiiph lo hold 

 lip diili'i' -lip.s nii-idy; in a|i|i(';iranro il 

 I- -imilar Id a spipo caliiiipl. lint instrnd 

 .if ln'iiin jaliolfd • ' shdpst riii;^s, ' " 



''nail.-,"' I'll'., It lioai's tlm I'dlldwili;^- nil 

 I iiti'i I'st ihl; l.'ilirls, ••Idday,"' "•rar."" 

 ••iinrtli."' ''oast,'" '•wp-l,'" ••iimth- 

 • .'i-l . ' ' ' ■ iidi I hwi'sl ■ ■ ami • ' s|ipi'i;il. ' ' 



III all t 111' oi'ili'is 111 111- ilclivpii'il, say. 

 nil Sal unlay, t lip .s|i|i:. ai'p |int into tho 

 imiay Imx liv llic dill'i'i'i'iit -.ah'Sim'ii 

 .1- -nnii as an order is taken for that 

 da\. lilt tloweis ;iml I'liiieial work .slijis 

 I xie[iled: ! Iiese are [ilaeed ill eharyc of 

 -mill line .'i|i|i()iiitei| to till tiieso orders. 

 when the slips are ehecked oil' and jdaeed 

 iiio I ill' tddav liox lor delixery. l''.\'i'i'y 

 niii-e in a while I take the slijis out nl' 



ihe Iiiilav lio.X and di\iiie llielll illtd their 

 ii'-peeti\e lioxeS, as t'l'l' ilistaiiee, 74<! 

 < a-s .'iNeliUP would Po into the llol'lh 



liox. and .'111 express order into the spp. 

 I lal lidx. 



The Trip. 



Xiiw I'm a triji, I'iek atioiii twenty 

 li\p 111' ihii'ly "-lijis out ol', say. the east 

 iinx il' yon intend an east trip to eo 

 next. I'ilid tlie jirtiides i-orrespolidillp 

 with \iii!i order slips, see that every 

 pl.'iiit IS i-aret'iiih' tied up, eard tin it ami 

 pot liiinined if order rails foi' it, put 

 .'ill in one )ijai-e near where you lii.-ul. 



\v Null timi an artii le. rlierk nil' the inr- 

 I r.-pdiidiiin slip, then lay the slips in the 

 nl'drr til lir delivered and Write in route 



I k. Ill the liook 1 use every other 



pane IS tissue, usiiin- ropyiup; paper; tiie 

 heavy .sheet is torti out and oiveii to the 

 ilrivi'i'. Sir that etirli ;iml every aitirle 

 I- sipfird I'or liy the I'emvcr; this will 

 .i\iiii| a pieat deal ot' worry later on, 



'I'lii- lirst way is to keep yniir wagons 

 .iiid I'livs ;ilways on tlir n,,, hnii'f waif 

 lor voiir orders to pile uji. .\ trip of 



tWi'lvr tn lit'teell stoJiS i< Illllrll lllol'i 

 .-lire til lie delivrl'ed properly tiiail iillr 



with thirty nr thirty-live, .\ diivir 

 n.al iirally pets rareless :it the end of a 



In|i;_r nip, esprriaily in rnld nl' -IiillllV 

 w I .'itliel 



Kri'|i the dilfi'li'iit tiatrhes ot' -lips 

 I'astrnrd tiinrtlmr aini marked with ;i 

 'iiiinl'ir rnrresjioiid I iin vvitii thr rniiii'. 

 -II that ill (■:[<t' an arlirle mairs liaj-k 

 Villi ran plan.' your hand i'i;^lir nii tlir 

 pioper -lifi. 



Protecting the Plants. 



i'or furthering tlie safe didivcry of 

 pl.ants, ptirtiiailariy lilies, we have had 

 in.adr a nuniiier of lioxes of '■.-inih 

 lioards. laxloxf; iiwlie.s inside iiira-iiii 

 iiieiit, divided into four eoiiip;irtnii nts ; 

 these .are kept in the wagon, tiinl hplj) to 

 keep plants fioin fallint; over, the pltinl- 



I lieillP |ilarril in the riunpartlliellt.s. 



do to your liiitter and ytjt a load of 

 |ia|ter li.at boxes; plare large tniiinied- 

 iip pots in tlieiii to protect tlio ptipcr or 

 niatting. 



It is ;idvis;ilile to wrap a slioel of 

 some soft tissue around (,'a(di jilant to 

 keej) it from get ting ln'okeii, for of MJiat 

 good is all your previous care and art in 

 decorating a plant it' it gets sjioiled in 

 delivering .' 



'riiaiiking you for your kind tittention, 

 I nio.st sincerely hope that, these few re- 

 marks will lie of some lienelit to vou all. 



GOLD FISH AND GAS. 



I want to make inf|niries about the 

 use of livilrocyanic acid gas. 1 have 

 two iionses, one iL'.xSia, the other 10x75. 

 'i'lie lirst hi occupied by ctirnations anil 

 ger.-iiiinms. The other is devoted to 

 miscellaneous stock, gloxinias, beg'oniay, 

 rubbers and alaiost rverything that 

 grows, Tiiere is also a pond in this 

 house slocked with |i»M Pdld lisli. Will 

 it. be .safe to use hydrocyanic arid gas 

 in the latter house, and in what ipiaiiti- 

 lies.' The houses .•ire not very riose. 

 1 am troubled with the white liv and 



gleellllv. Tdbarrii ddi'S lliit Seem In do 



the work. .1. I'. S. 



The ga.s will rertainly kill vour gieeii- 

 l!y and white liv if used arcording to the 

 formiil.a so often [uiiited in the Rkvikw. 

 One a|i|dic;itioii iiitiy not sutlice, as it 

 will iiol atlect Ihe eggs, which woiiKl 

 eventually hatch .and iiuickly breed an- 

 other swarm ot the My. Whether the 

 gas would be injurious to the fish is 

 ipiile .anoiher (|uestidn and would ttike a 

 ii.atiiral scientist to knowingly discuss. 

 .My own opinion is that il would do them 

 no harm; the gas being so iiuich lighter 

 than the water, it would not jienetrate 

 or mix with tlu' water. 



This reminds me of tiie long ago, 

 "■')] or '">!' of last reiitui'v. There was 

 built .'it my bii'th|d;ice a house, especially 

 constructed to grow the \'ictoria regia, 

 the m.'iiiimoth water lily of the .\iiia/oii, 

 and it is werth mentioning that it was 

 in tlitit vei'v house tlitit this giant of 

 ai|ualics w;is first successfully grown in 

 (!re;it P.ritain. The house vvas thirty- 

 live ftet ill di.'imeter .'iini the water basin 

 thirty feet. A few gi.ld fish were in- 

 troduced ill the basin the first year and 

 in fiuir or five years they had so iii- 

 ci'eased and niiiltiplied that there were 

 thousands (d" them, so many that one of 

 the trilling expenses of this betiutiful 

 garden w.'is ' ' brcid for the gold fish,'' 



It was noticed that when \ isitoi's eii- 



leled the Vestibule le;idillg to the b.'isill 



the tish would I'liiue swimming up in 

 -Imals of many thniisands to the nearest 

 point to tile sound, and this gave rise in 

 a siiiail ddinestir rinde to the i)iiestion. 

 '■(';iii li-h hear.''" I diiii't remember 

 whethi 1 till' (|nestinn was evi-r definitely 

 solved, but tlm !'rei|iient disriission of 

 the loave> .'iipI li-hes will arroiinf for 

 the iiitiaiaii' snipt lira I knowledge in the 

 writer's pos--ps-,idii, Thei'e was one fe.'i 

 lure ali-eiit, \i/., the baskets ol' I rag 

 ineiits hd't ; but as that is thr miracle 

 p.'irt ot' it. we will cut it out of ours. 

 There v\;i- im fragment left. .\s the 

 fish vvei'e roiiiist and heiilthy, tiie two or 

 liree lo.'ives Were till devoured. 



J'isli li.'ive no externtil ears, but that is 

 Illl proof that tiiey Inive not the sense id.' 

 hetiring. .Fohn W(»sfc(dt liti.s told nie he 

 never caught a tish by the ear, but he 

 did tell nip that iie ciuglit liy the tail at 

 Tiariiegat b.'iy a tldunder weighing 

 t w eiit v-sev ill and one li.-i 1 1' pounds. It is 



