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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



April 25, 1907. 



nerals have been discontinued for some 

 time. In these cases it has been found 

 that there is no loss of business because^ 

 of limiting burials to week days. The 

 same amount of work is called for and 

 the florist has the advantage that it is 

 not necessary to keep open on Sunday to 

 make and deliver funeral designs. There 

 is everything in favor of the proposition 

 to do away with Sunday burials and 

 those cemeteries which are taking up the 

 matter should be encouraged by the flo- 

 rists. Too much Sunday work is done in 

 most flower stores. Those who do busi- 

 ness in cities, like Boston, where blue 

 laws are enforced, lose nothing in money 

 and gain many of the things that make 

 life worth living. 



A CARNATION ARMFUL. 



A loose cluster of carnations, tied near 

 the lower ends of the stems with a few 

 sprays of Asparagus Sprengeri, is all 

 there is to this carnation armful. The 

 arrangement may be described as fan- 

 shaped, but not flat. Every possible 

 chance is given to each flower to take 

 an easy position, whether it stands erect 

 against the person, falls over the elbow, 

 or hangs downward. 



As in other arrangements, each flower 

 seems to have a place of ics own and it 

 is necessary to discover just what and 



some parts and more closely set in others. 



One advantage in this style of arrange- 

 ment is, that it shows prettily from be- 

 hind, and to one side, as when it is 

 properly carried a good portion of the 

 flowers fall out some distance from the 

 elbow. 



With extra long-stemmed flowers a 

 variation in the shape of this armful 

 may be made by lengthening the bunch 

 as it hangs on the arm and reducing its 

 width. Gertrude Blair. 



TENTED FUNERALS. 



At East Lawn cemetery, at Sacra- 

 mento, Cal., tents are erected by under- 

 takers for all funerals, but extra charge 

 is made for decorations, some of which 

 are very elaborate. In one case wreaths 

 and festoons of smilax and Asparagus 

 plumosus were used, not only all the 

 way around the walls of the tent, which 

 is 20x60 feet, but the center poles were 

 covered and long strings extended from 

 the poles to the sides of the tent, and 

 from one pole to the other. On these 

 were hung baskets of ferns. A screen 

 was placed between the mourners and the 

 grave, and all formal pieces and flowers 

 were placed in the compartment with the 

 grave. The grave usually is lined with 

 flowers and covered so that it closes as 

 the casket is lowered. 



The "Armful" Bouquet. 



where that place is. No attempt should 

 be made to produce a imiform weight 

 throughout the bunch. In fact, the op- 

 ])osite is almost necessary for the best 

 efl'ect. Flowers should be scattered in 



YouNGSTOWN, O. — T. E. Milliken has 

 gone to Ashtabula to see some green- 

 houses. He intends to build a greenhouse 

 on his farm and wants to get a few 

 pointers. 



CYCLAMEN. 



[A paper by Joseph Bradley, of Hastlngs-on 

 Hudson, N. Y., read before the Dobbs rorrv 

 Horticultural Association, February 23, 1907.) " 



At the present time there are many 

 different strains of cyclamen and mai/v 

 of the leading seedsmen claim to hase 

 superior strains to what has been on the 

 market before; and I may add, that bit- 

 ter cyclamen are annually appearing. \\(, 

 have blooms twice the size that we hml 

 a few years ago. Some of them aic 

 beautifully fringed and variegated ai)! 

 the colors range all the way from pu,c 

 white to blood red. Also the foliai,c 

 is more marked and if they bore lo 

 flowers they would be well worth grow- 

 ing for their foliage alone. But wih 

 both combined they are among the fim t 

 table plants the greenhouse produces ai i 

 should be more generally grown. 



Sowing the Seeds. 



The seed should be sown during tl ■ 

 month of August, but may be sown .n 

 July or September, according to the tini-' 

 you wish them to bloom. It takes fi' 

 teen to sixteen months from time (>! 

 sowing to time of blooming. They shoui.i 

 be sown in flats about three inches deeji. 

 First make ample drainage by makin^^ 

 plenty of holes in the bottom; then pui 

 in a layer of charcoal about three - 

 fourths of an inch thick; this must 1)t' 

 well broken up. Then fill the flat with a 

 compost of fibrous loam and leaf -mold 

 in equal parts, with some fine charcoal 

 mixed in to keep the soil from souring, 

 as it takes the seeds a long time to 

 germinate. Fill the flat and scrape ofl' 

 level with a lath. Then sow the seeds, 

 press down with a board, and cover the 

 seeds with a thin layer of sand, water 

 and keep in a cool place until the weather 

 gets cool. Then place in a warmer 

 position and keep them in a temperaturo 

 as near to 60 degrees as possible. 



Culture. 



When the bulbs have attained the sizv 

 of a small marble they may be potte(J 

 into small pots; 2%-inch will do. Place 

 some fine charcoal in the bottom for 

 drainage. Use the same compost as be- 

 fore, with a little well-rotted cow ma 

 nure added. Keep them in the same 

 heat until the weather becomes warm; 

 then place them in a cool, shaded house, 

 or frame, and keep them as cool as 

 possible through the summer months. 



When they have started into rapiil 

 growth care should be taken that they 

 never become pot-bound. It is well to 

 knock one or two out of the pots once 

 in a while and examine the roots. If fine 

 plants are wanted they must have plenty 

 of soil to work in. When they arc 

 moved into their second pots the soil 

 should not be sifted, but broken up with 

 the hands and well mixed. For this 

 potting the compost should be two-thirds 

 fibrous loam, the third part equally di- 

 vided between well-rotted cow manure 

 and leaf -mold, with plenty of charcoal in 

 the bottom of the pots; 3%-inch pots 

 should be used. 



Care should be taken to never let the 

 plants become dry, especially during the 

 summer months, as this checks them in 

 their growth, and when a cyclamen is 

 once checked it seldom makes a fine plant. 

 They should be moved into 5-inch pots 

 next, using the same compost as before. 

 After they are well established in these 

 pots they can be fed with liquid ma- 

 nure. I use horse manure for this pur- 

 pose; it induces a more rapid growth. 

 They can be moved out of these pots 



