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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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witli many novcltit's, sliowiiifj the 

 lliirists liow saiiii' I'lHiM hr used to jjooiI 

 ml^iuitajie. ' ' 



Grotto of M. Rice & Co., Convention Week. 



■^o-called red ficcsia, I r;iii say that it 

 i.s as cusy to grow as the fiiisia ami as 

 |)Ositive to flower, ami rnr. while tlie 

 hlooin is biiiliaiit, atxl <liiraliie. Seed is 

 freely jn-odiiced am! self sown s Is un- 

 der favorable comlitinns will, 1 believe, 

 tlouer the following seasoii. In latei- 

 sta<;eM of oi-owtli the amniialheca will 

 enjoy e\en more coiiioiis wateriiii^ than 

 tli(> frtH'sia. '^I'he llowerini; season is 

 from Ajiril to .lane, hnt it may be had 

 earlier. I ean recommend it as ;i yem 

 for the am.ateur. TiiKo I'. IJkckkkt. 



incry day frmn Tuesday nntil I'riday, 

 fidin !t a. m. nnlil !> ji. m.. and refresh 

 meats wcie ser\('(l u> ovtv (ioo |ieii|de. 

 ''The store was liamlsnmelv decioated 



ASPARAGUS SPRENGERI. 



Will .\si)ara{j;ns S|)i-eii<^eri yro>T sue 

 eessfnily idante<l in a s(did bed between 

 rows of sweet peas.' How <'ari t fjrow it 

 best, in bemdies or s(diil beds? I{. S. ]i. 



.\s|)arajj;iis SpreuLiiii will yr()\T well 

 either in solid becls or in benches. The 

 latter yive nnire sprays ilurini; the win- 

 tri' and are, therefore, tn be [)r(dVried. 

 \\i' lia\e ne\er seen S|iriMio|.|i ^rown bf 

 iween sweet peas. The temperature 

 wiiidd be a little low. Sweet peas pret'er 

 l."p dei^rees to 1^ decrees at niyht in w In- 

 tel', while the Spreiij^eri will do mmdi 



better if kept ~i deurces tii lit ile;^reeH 



warmer. If ynu r;iyi- f(] try the experi- 

 ment, hi>wc\ei-, we think you will ha\e 

 fair success nntil the sweet peas eiow 

 tall enouoli to shut out the lij^ht to(( 

 much. We are afraid ni.atiy cd' the sjirays 

 Would be tram|deil iipcoi in oisinu the 

 sweet peas the necessary attention. 



Why tad try clouble or sino;le violets 

 between the sweet pi'Us .' These ciudd be 

 imlled out in e.arly spring. They woi.dd 

 i:i\e you a nice lot ot' llowers all winter. 

 It will be more sat isf.Mi-tory to oi(HV''the 

 asjiaraeus in benches by itsi>lf. ' '. W. 



II Kill!, AND. it, I.. Sim-e the reiiiemenl 

 ot' .lose|)ll Widmer last (tctober, the busi- 

 ness has Iieen ill i-har^e ,it' his son, Man- 

 lie;' I'. Widmer. 



I'l.AixviKU-. Tkx. II. W. Wri^lil. for- 

 merly of .\inarillo. Te.\., h.-is removed to 

 this place and will coiitinne in liusiimss 



here. 



CONVENTION VIEWS. 



The accompanyiiii^ illiist i .it imis are 

 from photoj^raplis taken ilurine the S. 

 A. !•". cotnentioa in I'hiiadelpjiia. The 

 first \ i<'w shows the urotto of .M. K'ii-e 

 & Co. This eiutto w a.s an artistic 

 trinniph, every trace of the warehouse 

 beinjr remo\ed or hicldeii from the brise- 

 ment by the re.-illy beautiful deioratious 

 of beech and birch l'(di;iee o\er dr;i- 

 peries, with sweet sceiit,ed pine, and 

 flowers on the tables. The second \ iew 

 sliowti the store ;is ymi entered the idlice 

 on the rieht, the showcases and w.-ills in 

 i;a!;i .attire. i, 



In describine the yrotto, b'ice iV (n. 

 -ay: ''It was about eio;hly t'eet lon:^, 

 the sides ami walls bein^ coxered with 

 'ed reji cloth, covcieil with birch atid 

 lieech sprays, and piiii' branches. Ilacli 

 side id' the jriotto was di\ided b\ 

 v\icker dic(uat i nt^ Screens into si\ booths, 



the screens lieino (| rated with biicli 



and beeih s|>rays ami natural llipwcis. 

 The center of the oi'ntto w;is arclie.l 

 from booth to booth. The wiiide 

 ejVect, wa.s certainly \ery (iiie, and w;is 

 favoj'ably commented loi iiy -^ome o|' lue 

 best decorators who vi^iteil I'hilailel 

 pliia. Kach booth cont.ained a table :it 

 which f(Mir or (i\e person-- could be com- 

 forttibly scaled, ami was ilei-or;if ed with 

 •1 \ase of fresh tlowers, which Were 

 ■haneed d.ailv. The eiotto wa-- ooeneil 



View in the Store of M, Rice & Co., Convention Week. 



