OCTOBBS 11, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1333 



old and neglected rose plants, both in- 

 side and outside of the greenhouse. They 

 can be controlled by spraying with whale 

 oil soap, kerosene emulsion, or, if they 

 are in the greenhouse, by the fumes of 

 hydrocyanic acid gas. If they are not too 

 numerous they can be removed by using 

 a stiff brush and a wash of any pure 

 soap. BiBES. 



CLOTHILDE SOUPERT ROSES. 



Will you please let me know how 

 Baby Sambler roses and Clotiuiue Sou- 

 pert should be treated at this time of 

 the yearf Plants are out in the field. 



C. U. 



A liberal treatment of these roses 

 would be to lift them at the end of 

 October, or before we get very severe 

 weather. Pot them in sizes that will 

 just hold their roots and plunge the 

 pots in a coldframe. Cuttings of both 

 these roses of the moderately ripened 

 summer's growth will root readily now, 

 or a week or two later. If there is a 

 slight bottom heat so much the better. 

 Keep the plants in frames from severe 

 freezing and do not let the soil in the 

 pots get dry. Freezing when the roots 

 are starved and the sap is all out of the 

 wood is what kills. W. S. 



NECK CRACKING. 



Please tell me what is the trouble 

 with my Wm. Duckham chrysanthe- 

 mums f The buds have attained the size 

 of a silver quarter and are splitting 

 off at the neck, just under the bud, 

 with a horizontal crack. The bench was 

 watered three times with weak fertilizer 

 made from cow manure and about the 

 end of July received a top-dressing of 

 about a quarter of an inch of loam and 

 manure. The Duckham is in a bench 

 with other varieties that are all right. 

 "Will the flowers develop? How can I 

 stop the splitting f Exhibitor. 



The trouble is caused by the pumping 

 up of more sap than the bud can assimi- 

 late and the cracking of the stem is 

 Nature's way of checking the flow. 

 Duckham, in common with other very 

 strong growers, needs little stimulant 

 to cause some of the buds to crack, and 

 even in extreme cases to snap right off 

 the stem. Boses, when growing rapidly 

 and highly fed, will do the same thing, 

 hybrids growing in pots more particu- 

 larly. In the case of the mum I believe 

 a heavy watering, even with clear water 

 when the roots are dry and thirsty, will 

 produce this trouble. Exhibitor's flowers 

 will finish all right and the split stem 

 will be hidden by the flower except in 

 one or two cases, but he at once should 

 stop feeding any varieties so affected 

 and keep the beds more on the dry side 

 from now on. Always heed the danger 

 signal and when you see the neck of a 

 flower splitting at once stop feeding. 



C. H. TOTTY. 



THE STANDING WREATH. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of a large funeral piece 

 made by George Launey, who conducts 

 a store at 42 State street, Chicago. It 

 was for the funeral of young Mr. Steele, 

 of the Steele, Wedeles Co., where the 

 funeral flowers were estimated to rep- 

 resent $2,000. This piece stood eight 

 feet high. In it were used 600 Mar- 

 shall Field roses for the wreath. Lilies 



Wreath of MantuU Fidi Roses by 0. Laaoey; 



of the valley were the only other flowers 

 used in the wreath, which was of loose 

 construction now considered essential in 

 the best type of funeral work. The 

 green was adiantum and heightened the 

 loose ettect. The base wreath was o^ 

 American Beauty roses. The fact that 

 the ribbon used was eight inches wide 

 will give some idea of the size of the 

 design. 



FUNERAL FLOWEBS. 



How many galax leaves are required 

 to make a first-class job in constructing 

 a wreath on a 20-inch or 24-inch frame! 

 Should one or two leaves be wired to 

 each pick? Also, what is the latest and 

 best way to make a flat bunch of roses 

 or carnations? Is it necessary to use a 

 form of any kind? A. H. D. 



A first-class job might be done in mak- 

 ing galax wreaths by the use of widely 

 varying numbers of leaves. Some flo- 

 rists make a galax wreath with the leaves 

 flat on the moss, simply overlapping each 

 other; 100 to 150 leaves will suflSce. The 

 best style of galax wreath is made by 

 wiring one, two, or three leaves with full 

 length stem on a toothpick. The use of 

 varying numbers of leaves to a pick fa- 

 cilitates the making of a finished job. 

 Two leaves to the pick would be used 

 for most of the work. The leaves being 



wired on long isteqis makes the wreath 

 loose and full. Such a wreath on a 20- 

 inch to 24-inch frame would require 250 

 to 300 galax leaves. 



Flat bunches of roses or carnations 

 are made without any sort of frame 

 where the stock used has sufficiently long 

 and strong stems. Where shorter stock 

 is used the maker-up usually takes leu- 

 cothoe sprays for the base, merely at- 

 taching his flowers by wrapping the 

 stems with silkaline or No. 24 wire. 



K. 



WASHINGTON. 



A Commiktion House. 



It may surprise many to learn that 

 a market or commission house for the 

 exclusive handling of flowers, has never 

 been established at the national capital. 

 While flowers are sold in the Center, 

 Biggs and other markets, they are but 

 a cipher compared to the other lines of 

 business carried on at these places. 

 Briefly stated, there is not, and never 

 has been, a place where a retailer can 

 go and be reasonably sure of getting 

 what he wants. It is now proposed to 

 remedy this inconvenience and at the 

 same time provide a place where the 

 small and large growers will, with good 

 stock, be placed on an equal footing. 

 On October 5 a meeting of growers and 



