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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBIB 24, 1907. 



View in the Second Floor G>nicrv&tory of The Sign of the Rote. 



stead of bowls, fancy baskets, etc., might 

 be used, as an automobile filled with 

 daisies. We have used on small tables 

 thin-necked vases, each containing one 

 perfect rose, with not too long a stem, 

 sometimes a different variety in each 

 vase. A little thought will suggest a 

 great variety of ways to decorate small 

 tables. H. O. 



ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS. 



The ' conservatory at the Sign of the 

 Bose, the artistic flower shop of Charles 

 Henry Fox, Philadelphia, is on the sec- 

 ond floor, above the store. It is reached 

 by a winding stair, is very light and 

 always beautifully arranged. The two 

 views shown in this issue show the con- 

 servatory as it appeared at Easter. Un- 

 der it is the demonstrating room, where 

 Mr. Fox shows just how an arrangement 

 will look, and in the rear, his workshop. 

 This conservatory is strong and well- 

 built, with cement floors, made, like 

 many other things about the place, by 

 the employees. Beyond the conserva- 

 tory is Mr. Fox's private oflSce, where 

 he plans his floral arrangements, some- 

 times aided by a masterpiece of art in 

 the shape of a watercolor, as an inspira- 

 tion. Beyond this of3ce is the book- 

 keeping department. 



EUROPEAN REVIEW. 



Owing to the cold, sunless summer, 

 dahlias were in poor form at the early 

 shows and there was a dearth of novel- 

 ties. The glorious weather of Septem- 



ber changed the aspect completely and 

 at the later shows flowers were good 

 and novelties plentiful. J. Stredwick & 

 Son, St. Leonards-on-Sea, our leading 

 specialists for several years, are again 

 on the top with new varieties in the 

 cactus section. 



In England and Germany, and to some 

 extent in France also, the peony-flowered 

 dahlias have been quite a feature at the 

 leading shows and their success is as- 

 sured, owing to the favor bestowed upon 

 them by the public. These were raised 

 by Mr. Hornsveld, a florist at Baarn, 

 in Holland, who spent seven or eight 

 years in hybridizing and sent out a 

 dozen varieties two years ago, followed 

 by another dozen a year ago. How pop- 

 ular they have become for decorative 

 purposes in the gardens may be judged 

 from the large orders placed with 

 growers for spring delivery. They are 

 also beautiful for cut floVer work. A 

 few of the best are: Nicholas II, pure 

 white; King Leopold, pale yellow; Paul 

 Kruger, white grgund flushed rosy red; 

 Queen Emma, apricot; Duke Henry, rich 

 crimson, and Dr. von Korken, soft peach. 

 Hornsveld, the raiser, devotes his time 

 mainly to the raising of new varieties 

 and leaves their distribution to others. 



Some little idea of the gigantic pro- 

 portions which the trade in (^vent Gar- 

 den, London, in chrysanthemums has as- 

 sumed may be gleaned from the fact 

 that one grower alone is sending 3,000 

 dozen specimen blooms daily, varying in 

 price from 6 cents to 12 cents each. 



Novelties in sweet peas offered by the 

 British growers are not quite so numer- 



ous as during the last few years, mainly 

 owing to the rigorous selections of the 

 National Sweet Pea Society. St. 

 George, from Hurst & Son, is one of the 

 best, standard orange red, wings bright 

 rose; Elsie Herbert, white petals, tipped 

 rose; The Marquis, bold lavender 

 flowers; Evelyn Hemus, distinct, creamy 

 white, picotee edge rose-color; Etta 

 Dyke, large pure white, exquisitely 

 formed; Mrs. Wm. King, an improved 

 form of John Ingman, warranted ninety 

 per cent fixity; Nancy Perkins, orange 

 scarlet; Eosie* Adams, heliotrope; Silas 

 Cole, deep maroon ; these are the most 

 promising ones. J. S. B. 



CYCLAMEN MITE. 



I am in trouble and, like many others, 

 come to you for advice. I inclose some 

 leaves and buds of cyclamen, which, 

 when I place them under a glass, I find 

 to be infested with some kind of insect, 

 which is new to me. It causes the leaves 

 and buds to curl. Can you tell me what 

 it is and if there is any remedy! The 

 plants are clean of any ordinary insect. 

 My treatment for them has been fumiga- 

 tion, part of the time with red pepper 

 added. I have also given frequent sprays 

 of To-bak-ine, but none of these seems to 

 do any good. The plants are in 5-inch 

 and 6-inch pots and until about two 

 weeks ago seemed to be in prime condi- 

 tion. F. T. E. 



Your leaves, as nearly as I can see, 

 are badly affected with what is conunon- 

 ly known among cyclamen growers as 

 cyclamen mite. Although it has now 



