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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



J527 



lows: Vesper, The ]iello, The Queen, in 

 wliitc; II. Goddard, ('aiidaoe, in bright 

 jiink; Melody, in liglit pink; iiobert 

 Craig, 0. II. Crane, in reel. Any of 

 tliese are good and well worthy of a 

 trial. Then, there are this season's in- 

 troductions, which, of course, are as yet 

 to the trade an unknown quantity, but 

 which you must try on your place sooner 

 or later, and it will pay you to do it 



you think the first coat of manure was 

 not enough, you can spread on another 

 lot any time just before idowing. This 

 frequent plowing will mix the manure 

 with the soil thoroiiglily and will let the 

 air into it, besides keeping down the 

 weeds. 



You could sow llie ]»]ac(> in oats after 

 the first plowing and turn it uiuler when 

 it is a few im-hes liigli, wliicii would 



s(jnie good soil, but you must be per- 

 sistent. 



J'^or your roses, you can cut sod three 

 inches deep and compost it with manure 

 and by ciioppiiig it down and thoroughly 

 mixing it with tiie maiuire several times 

 between now aiul planting time, it will 

 be in splendid I'onditioii. looses do nut 

 eare for as tine a soil as carnations; in 

 fact, a soil that has considerable liber 

 in it is more to their liking.' Many 

 growers eut sod two inches thick and 

 cover the entire bench with this fresh 

 sod, laying it with the grass side down. 

 On to|) of this is placed a few inches of 

 rotted sod to set the jilants in; and the 

 rosrs certainly seem to thrive on it. 1 

 do not mean to say that this layer of 

 s<i(l is ('sscntinl, but it shows that roses 

 like a rather coarse, fibrous soil with 

 good drainage, while for carnations you 

 want a finer grained soil and more on 

 the sandy order. A. F. J. B. 



Anion Scluiltlii-ls. President. 



Win. McDiinalil. Ti-easiirer 



Officers of the Florists' Club of Scranton, Pa. 



sooner. Buy only a few of each it you 

 cannot afford many, but keep up to date 

 with vour list of varieties. 



A. K. .I.B. 



GETTING SOIL IN SHAPE. 



1 have no soil prepared for the com- 

 ing season's planting, which will consist 

 <it (),U1MI carnations and (iOO roses. What 

 is best to do under tin! circumstances.^ 

 The soil would have to be hauled a mile 

 or more. (.'. U. 



Tlu-re is no re:uson why you siiould 

 not get your soil into good condition if 

 you go at it just as early as jiossible 

 and Icdlow the riglit course. It will take 

 more work to gvt it in shape, or. at 

 least, it will take up your time when 

 you can ill afford to spare it; while, if 

 it hail been put up last fall, you could 

 )ia\e worked it in between yoni' other 

 work without interfering in the least. 



For your carnation soil, if you can 

 find some good, rich soil that lias bevu 

 under cultivation, but which has been 

 kept uj) in gfiod condition by maniiiing, 

 etc., it will do better under the circiini 

 stances than would a lit^avy sod. If you 

 '^•an lea\e it wlieie it is until about the 

 time to use it. I would apply ;i iie;ivy 

 <'oat of inanun' and plow it in riylit 

 away. ho thi^ only it th(> soil is not 

 too wet to plow nieely; if it is too wet. 

 then wait until it is in ])ro])er condi- 

 tion. Don't ]uit on flu> manure until it 

 is in sliajie, because it will take too lon<4 

 1o dry out and if a lii'avy rain should 

 come it might keep you I'roin ]»lowing 

 for some time. So get tiie manure 

 handy and at the projter time spri^ad it 

 on the grouiul and jilow at once. Then 

 plow it o\er everv three weeks ;iui|, if 



mean to skij) at least one plowing. I 

 think it would j>;iy to do this. 



If you cannot follow this plan, then 

 1 would look for some good sod and, in- 

 stead of taking it three inches deep, 1 



SCRANTON FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The Scranton Florists' Club is one of 

 tlie young and hustling trade organiza- 

 tions. It was instituted at a meeting 

 held in Scranton, I'a., November 17, 

 l!in."i, so that tlu; year and a half of its 

 existence iiave shown excellent progress. 

 The club meets on the third I'riday of 

 each month, in tiie (iiiernsey building, 

 ;ind each session sees a good attendance, 

 usually with a considerable number nf 

 exiiibits, for a sihcr cup is olVered to 

 the mendjer who at the end of the year 

 has scored highest umler the i)oint sys- 

 tem of awards. The first exhiliition to 

 whiidi the (dub has invited the general 

 public was held March lo and already 

 has been described at length in the col- 

 umns of the l\i;viKW'. I''.xhibits were 

 attracted all the way from Chii-ago ou 

 the west to Long Island on \\k east. 

 No adinissioii fee was charged, and the 

 atteiidaiiie lit' flower buyers was most 

 encouraging tn the cjuli. The flower 



K<Il';ii- Mc<'iiiinell. Vice-pifsiileni 



Officers of the Florists' 



T. K. McClimock Srcr.iai 



Club of Scrantoiit Pa. 



would take it about six inches deep. 

 File it up as you would in the fall and 

 work it o\er e\ery four weeks, breaking 

 ii|i the sod and mixing it thoroughly 

 eai h time. F>v .\ugust vou can have 



show w;is so successt'iil in all its fea- 

 tures that it will In; an annual event 

 hereafter. Illustrations in this issue of 

 the liKVlKU show the exiiiliition and the 

 club 's oflicers. 



