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bunch and of different lengths, to avoid 

 a machine-made effect. 



A wreath of all violets is also very 

 pretty. Stem about ten or twelve of 

 them at a time to a toothpick, using 

 some of their own foliage as green. A 

 wreath of valley or violets should not be 

 made up too long before use. H. S. 



ARTISTIC ARRANGEMENTS. 



Tabk Decorations. 

 The accompanying illustration shows a 

 dinner-table decoration arranged in the 

 conventional style by Charles Henry Fox, 



of the Sign of the Rose, Philadelphia. 

 The plateau, or centerpiece, is made of 

 dahlias with corner-pieces to match, of 

 a single color. The arrangement is car- 

 ried_.^t for a luncheon or dinner at 

 which the guests are seated, the idea 

 being not to interfere with the view. 

 The dahlias were grown under glass, the 

 date at which this arrangement was used 

 having been February, 1907. 



The dinner-table arrangement is one in 

 which the retailer finds his best oppor- 

 tunity for the display of individuality. 

 Patrons complain of montony in the ar- 

 rangements. , 



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^ SUGGESTIONS 



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Rambler Roses. * 



Rambler roses with well ripened canes, 

 more especially such as have been pot- 

 grown all summer, may be had in bloom 

 from the middle to the end of March by 

 starting now. Repotting is neither neces- 

 sary nor desirable at this season, but a 

 quantity of the surface soil should be 

 removed with a pointed stick and a sur- 

 facing of fibrous loam and bone meal 

 applied. If the latter has been mixed 

 in a pile for some time it will be all the 

 better for it. For this early forcing 

 Crimson Rambler is to be preferred to 

 the pink varieties, such as Lady Gay and 

 Dorothy Perkins, which latter are all 

 right after January 1. The canes should 

 have any weak or dead wood removed; 

 any thin shoots are better cut away en- 

 tirely. In orifer to make them break 

 evenly, twist them around three or four 

 stakes stood uprightly around the sides 

 of the pots. A night temperature of 45 

 degrees is ample at the start, raising it 

 to 50 degrees as the plants break, and a 

 few degrees higher later^ lowering it 

 again as the flowers start to open, but 

 not too suddenly. Syringe the canes 

 twice a day. Discontinue this after the 

 shoots are started, or mildew may be en- 

 couraged. 



Double Feverfew. 



This easily grown but Very useful 

 plant should now be planted where any 

 vacant bench room is at disposal. While 

 a common flower and with the reverse 

 of a pleasing odor, double white fever- 

 fews prove very useful in the spring and 

 are especially valuable at Memorial day, 

 at which time quantities of white flow- 

 ers at moderate cost are in keen demand. 

 No special culture is needed for double 

 feverfews. Soil which has been used 

 for chrysanthemums will answer very 

 well for them if given a dressing of rot- 

 ten manure. A cool house, 45 degrees 

 at night, is better than one 10 degrees 

 higher. 



Marsfuerites. 



Old plants grown in pots during the 

 summer will have given a fine crop of 

 Christmas flowers. With the passing of 

 the chrysanthemums, there will be a bet- 

 ter call for the smaller but more grace- 

 ful marguerites. Plants from which a 

 supply of Easter and Memorial day flow- 

 ers are expected should not be neglected. 



Do not allow them to become potbound 

 before giving them a shift, and spread 

 them out so that they can have room to 

 grow. If you want them in flower early, 

 discontinue pinching. The tops can be 

 removed once more from those being kept 

 for Easter. Marguerites are gross feed- 

 ers and heavy drinkers. They resent any- 

 thing in the nature of forcing and should 

 always be grown cool; 50 degrees at 

 night is ample. 



Dendrobiums. 



That useful and ever popular orchid, 

 Dendrobium nobile, will now be com- 

 mencing to push its flower nodes. The 

 plants ought now to be resting in a mod- 

 erately cool and dry house; 45 to 50 de- 

 grees at night is sufficiently warm. Only 

 enough water to prevent shriveling of 

 the pseudo bulbs should be given. A 



little careless watering will cause many 

 of the nodes to produce growths in lieu 

 of flowers. A syringing overhead twice 

 a week on bright days should provide all 

 water necessary. Let the plants have the 

 fullest sunlight. Never mind if the 

 foliage and bulbs take on a yellowish 

 hue; they will flower all the more satis- 

 factorily. As the nodes iJecome a fourth 

 of an inch long the plants may be taken 

 to a warmer house, using judgment in 

 watering until the flower buds can be 

 seen, when a more generoys supply can 

 be afforded them. Dendrobium Wardi- 

 anum requires very similar treatment to 

 that recommended for D. nobile. 



Codogync G4stata. 



In February and March no florists' or- 

 chid is as valuable as Coelogyne cristata. 

 It flowers over quite a long season, and 

 being a good grower, it succeeds with 

 ordinary care. It never should have a 

 high temperature, even when growing. At 

 present a house kept at 55 degrees at 

 night will be high enough. The flower 

 spikes can now be easily seen and counted 

 at the base of the newly-made bulbs. It 

 is the height of folly to force coelogynes 

 at all. It does not advance them at all, 

 but leaves the plants weakened and the 

 flowers are more puny and wretched look- 

 ing. Keep the plants all on the dry side 

 now. Never mind if the bulbs shrivel 

 a little; they will plump up again when 

 watered more freely. 



Gittleya Trianae. 



This is the standard winter cattleya, 

 being indispensable from December 1 

 until April 1. If the plants have been 

 grown together with a miscellaneous 

 batch and have been kept well watered 

 and shaded, they are probably deep green 

 in color and, grown under these condi- 

 tions, many of the flowering bulbs will 

 produce one and two blooms only. Had 

 they been subjected to more sunshine, the 

 plants would have bloomed very much 



Loosely Arranged Wreath of Bride Roses and Valley. 



