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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



October 18, 1906. 



cation, or until the plants get accus- 

 tbmed to this class of food. Care should 

 be taken not to allow the benches to be- 

 come too dry when this is to be applied, 

 as the plants, if thirsty, will absorb too 

 much, which will cause the young wood 

 to wilt. 



A light sprinkling of bone-meal or 

 wood ashes, lightly ruffled in, is also of 

 great benefit to roses which are requir- 

 ing a stimulant. If any mulching is to 

 be applied, it should be put on very thin, 

 in fact barely sufficient to cover the sur- 

 face. This can be repeated frequently 

 during the winter, and is much safer 

 and more beneficial than applying it in 

 heavy doses. Eibes. 



A VARIEGATED TESTOUT. 



A blotched and striped variety of 



Mme. Caroline Testout rose recently has 

 been exhibited at MUnchen-Gladbach, ex- 

 citing much interest among the visitors. 

 The plant has the exact habit of the 

 parent, is as vigorous in growth, and as 

 abundant a bloomer, and the blooms are 

 the same in form and size, but they 

 differ in being striped or blotched with 

 deep rose; the latter less frequently, and 

 the blotching occurs on the upper or 

 lower half of the petals, whereas the 

 stripes run longitudinally from base to 

 end of the petals. These markings are 

 not regularly disposed over the entire 

 bloom, but partially only, as in the York 

 and Lancaster rose. As is well known, 

 Mme. Caroline Testout is a capital va- 

 riety for forcing, and this sport from it 

 is likely to be much sought after should 

 it prove constant. — H. T. J. 



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SYMBOLIC DESIGNS. 



Please tell us the meaning of the fol- 

 lowing designs: Wreath, rock of ages, 

 sheaf of wheat, pillow, open book, scroll, 

 harp, star and crescent, broken wheel, 

 lyre, broken column, gates ajar, etc., as 

 cross for faith, anchor for hope, etc. 



A. C. S. 



It is likely that few of the designs 

 mentioned are symbols of anything in 

 particular, as cross for faith, anchor for 

 hope, etc. We will try and give you our 

 idea of what the meanings of several of 

 tne designs are. Some may be inven- 

 tions of the artist and have no symbolic 

 or emblematic meaning. 



The wreath is a symbol of victory. It 

 was the custom of the Greeks to crown 

 victors in a combat with a wreath or 

 garland. Webster says, "A garland, a 

 chaplet, especially one given to a vic- 

 tor. ' ' 



Eock of ages, probably the same as 

 the ordinary cross, but admitting of 

 more elaboration; sheaf of wheat, the 

 harvest has come; pillow, blissful rest; 

 open book, as used in floral designs, an 

 emblem of the holy bible. 



A scroll really is only a roll of paper 

 or parchment ready to record your deeds, 

 or your name will be inscribed with the 

 blessed. ' ' Here is the scroll of every 

 man's name" (Shakspere). Harp and 

 lyre, usually used at death of a musical 

 artist or lover of music, perhaps a sym- 

 bol of celestial music. Star and cres- 

 cent, a combination invented by some 

 florist, and symbolic of nothing in par- 

 ticular. Poets allude to the crescent. 

 Tennyson says, "I see the crescent 

 promise of my spirit hath not set." 

 Broken wheel, the cycle of life is broken. 

 Broken column, meaning that death has 

 come during the prime of life; cut off 

 prematurely. 



Gates ajar, the gates of heaven are 

 opened to you ; the door is left ajar that 

 you may enter. 



Speaking about the gates or portals of 

 the supposed heaven, I cannot refrain 

 from repeating a short story. When I 

 had the pleasure to call on Wm. Nichol- 



son, of Framingham, Mass., he intro- 

 duced me to a well known M. D., a 

 neighbor, and a half hour's ride towards 

 Boston discovered to me that this M. D. 

 was the most delightful companion and 

 finished gentleman I ever had met, a type 

 of man and civilization you cannot meet 

 in any other part of this great conti- 

 nent. He told me that recently Dr. 

 Watson (Ian Maelaren), the famous au- 

 thor of that sweet gem, "The Bonnie 

 Brier Bush," was given a banquet in 

 Boston, and following the talented au- 

 thor was a young lawyer who assumed 

 embarrassment and said: "Ladies and 

 gentlemen, can you expect me to follow 

 the learned doctor? I am incapable. I 

 can only tell you of a dream I had a 



few nights since," and then he wanted 

 to sit down, but, as usual, everybody 

 shouted, "Let's have the dream," and 

 then he proceeded: "I dreamt I was 

 ascending the golden stairs and there 

 was an ante-room just outside the door 

 where St. Peter was on duty. In this 

 room was a large blackboard, and on 

 this board all those privileged to climb 

 the stairs were supposed to record their 

 misdeeds while in the flesh. To my sur- 

 prise, on the last step of the stairs I met 

 Dr. Watson coming down. I exclaimed, 

 ' What 's the matter, doctor ? Surely you 

 have not been rejected ! ' * No, ' said Dr. 

 Watson, 'it's all right, but I am going 

 for more chalk." W. S. 



A PENNSYLVANIA STORE. 



In the provincial cities of Pennsyl- 

 vania there are a large number of well 

 furnished and prosperous retail flower 

 stores. Such a one is that shown in 

 the accompanying illustration from a 

 photograph taken at Sewickley. J. K. 

 Hutchison is proprietor of the Sewick- 

 ley Cut Flower Co. He reports business 

 as excellent in the last year and says 

 he thinks it will be much better this fail. 

 Indeed, he believes that his facilities 

 will be taxed to the utmost. 



ALPHA AND OMEGA. 



Alpha St. C. Eberfield is the proprie- 

 tor of the Alpha Floral Co., at Kansas 

 City. The business was started October 

 18, 1903, at 802 Walnut street. Mr. 

 Eberfield realized the necessity of pub- 

 licity and judiciously used liberal space 

 in newspapers and billboards. The out- 

 come was to make it necessary to move 

 to more commodious quarters at 819 

 Walnut street. A strong point which 

 characterizes Mr. Eberfield 's success is 

 the sincerity he maintains with, everyone. 

 He carries out to the letter all state- 

 ments in advertising, and when he says 

 that he will do a thing the public has 

 learned that he will do it. But Alpha 

 believes that the short cut to Omega, the 



Prosperous Place in a Provincial Penosylvan/a Qty. 



