The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBER 81, IWT. 



pen to the artificial a])puratus. tlie coils 

 can be taken out and ice used. The ice 

 chamber is so arranged that it maintains 

 a temperature of from 48 to 52 degrees 

 and a circulation of air is j>rovided for to 

 carry the cut stock in good shape as long 

 as the most favorable conditions will per- 

 mit. 



The refrigerator was built by Orr & 

 Lockett Hardware Co., (^hieago, whose 

 coolrooms are in use in most of the whole- 

 sale houses in the Chicago market, as well 

 as in many leading retail stores, not only 

 in Chicago, but in other cities. 



THE KALISCH STORE. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph taken in the store of Wil- 

 liam Kalisch & Sons, at St. I.ouis, and is 



typical of the well ordered establish- 

 ments where a general trade is done. 

 Kalisch & Sons are located at 4506 

 Delmar boulevard and have an excellent 

 general trade. The store is of good 

 size and well fitted up. The fixtures are 

 all in white enamel and there is a place 

 for everything and everything, as in the 

 old adage, is in its place. They carry a 

 large line of staple supplies; everything 

 that the trade requires. To prevent the 

 soiling of baskets and other easily dam- 

 aged articles, they are all protected by 

 display cases. At one side of the room 

 there is a case for the display of metal 

 and wax wreaths and design3, which in 

 certain localities are an important item 

 of stock, however their handling may be 

 regarded by the retailers who cater to 

 the swell society element. 



CARNATION NOTES. EAST. 



The Question of Green. 



As stevia is in season only from 

 Thanksgiving to about January 15, the 

 greens then to be made use of are ferns, 

 asparagus and carnation foliage. 



Th« largely used fancy ferns are too 

 well known to need more than passing 

 reference here, although it may be well 

 to advise against their too frequent use, 

 as customers soon tire of them. Aspar- 

 agus in its several varieties is always 

 acceptatjle. The growing of Sprengeri 

 as described some time ago by Mr. Scott, 

 i. e., in the empty boxes used for ship- 

 ping glass, materially lessens the-fost of 

 its production. 



I Carnation Folijge at Grreos. 



Last but not least of the greens 1 

 shall mention is the divine .flower 's own 

 foliage, the most appropriate of all, but 

 it is questionable whether most of us 

 realize how expensive it is. Kvery shoot 

 cut is one less would-be bloom and is 

 removed at a time when practically all 

 labor and expense necessary to its de- 

 velopment into a flower have been laid 

 out; a short wait and the shoot would 

 become an unquestionable asset. (!onse 

 quently a dozen sprays gathered here 

 and there, from a bench, while seeming- 

 ly of little value and apparently de- 

 tracting nothing from the plants, is in 

 reality a drain on the grower and plant.** 

 alike.. ■-. -, 



So great is some Hower lovers ' aji 

 preciation of this green that they prefer 

 eight blooms and four sprays of foliage 

 to twelve blooms with other green at 

 the same figure. All patrons of the 

 florist are not of this mind, at least 

 concerning the question of price. 



Real Value of the Foliage. 



If an order came for a bunch to 

 contain, say two dozen fully developed 

 blooms and one dozen buds in all stages 

 of development, you would feel justified 

 'in charging for three dozen blooms at 

 full price and a customer could have no 

 cause to feel overcharge<l. A few sprays 



of foliage are needed to complete the 

 natural effect, and any one appreciative 

 of this green can readily be shown that 

 these sprays are nothing short of blooms. 



By the way, if bunches of this sort 

 were occasionally displayed in retail 

 places, much explanation could be 

 avoided that perhaps would take place 

 at a more critical time. 



It has been our practice not to cut 



foliage under any circumstances until 

 February and then from a variety to be 

 discontinued the year following, or from 

 plants of unusual vigor, young stock of 

 which has been propagated. 



Later in the season, when perhaps it 

 is decided to throw out a bench for 

 room, that material can be used to 



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advantage, but in all cases hold to its 

 value. GEO. S. Osborn. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY . 



Peter Fisher, the originator of Bea 

 con, offers $12 for the best fifty blooms 

 of that variety, $8 for the second best 

 and $5 for the third best, to be exhibiterl 

 at the exhibition of this society in 

 Washington, D. C, January 28 to i<(.K 

 1908." Albert M. Herr, See'y. 



WINTERING HYDRANGEAS. 



Will Hydrangea Otaksa and H, vaiie 

 gata stand storing in a dark underground 

 cellar, where the temperature is near the 

 freezing point for four months f In 

 storing them last year in the same place, 

 they were entirely covered with dry sand, 

 but a good many buds were lost in tak 

 ing them out and I should like to pre 

 vent such damage as much as possible, 

 leaving them packed together on the 

 ground. P. B. B. 



While 1 would prefer a cellar with 

 some light, I see no good reason why 

 your plants should not keep all right in 

 a dark cellar if the temperature is not 

 allowed to go much below freezing. Let 

 the plants be denuded of foliage and 

 have the wood well ripened before stor 

 ing them. Covering with sand is not 



P. J. Hauswirth't New Refrigerator. 



