The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JANUABT 16, 1008. 



storing, but can get frequent shipments 

 from his wholesaler. But he should not 

 forget to sign his full name and address 

 to the order. He overlooked it in send- 

 ing the inquiry. 



ARTISTIC AHHANGEMENTS. 



Bride's Bouquet 



The illustration on page 5 is 

 from a photograph of a bride's bouquet 

 made by Charles Henry Fox, at the 

 Sign of the Bose, Philadelphia. This 

 shower bunch, of white roses and lilies 

 of the valley, tied with gauze and satin 

 taffeta ribbon, is charming in its dainty 

 grace. 



STRONG MEN AND CALVES. 



The Chicago Tribune, having the lion's 

 share of about all there is going in the 



advertising line in Chicago, is conduct- 

 ing an extensive campaign to develop 

 new advertisers. This is the way it in- 

 troduces the subject in a full page ad- 

 vertisement : 



"Suckling calves grow into producing 

 cattle not because they have intelligence 

 enough to wean themselves and drink 

 quietly out of a pail that's set before 

 them, but because somebody is wise 

 enough — and strong enough — to take 

 them at the right time, stick their heads 

 into the pail and hold them there. 



"The main reason that most small 

 advertisers do not grow into merchant 

 princes is not because there is any lack 

 of those wise enough to hold their heads 

 in the pail — but few are strong enough, 

 and it is not the custom to do so. Fool- 

 ish human beings cling to the right 'to 

 do as they please with their own,' as 



their most priceless heritage. Foolish 

 calves have no such rights — therefore the 

 majority of them wax fat. 



"The right of an individual to do as 

 he pleases with his own money is un- 

 doubted — the wisdom of it is not so sure. 

 The records of E, G. Dun & Co. indi- 

 cate that it is about 90 per cent foolish, 

 counting only the real failures. All of 

 the half-successes are included in the 

 other ten per cent. 



* ' Advertising is sometimes made to ap- 

 pear as a royal road to easy wealth. The 

 Tribune does not present it as such. The 

 Tribune knows, however, that advertis- 

 ing, intelligently conceived and capably 

 handled, is the greatest constructive 

 force in modern business, and demands 

 consideration as such by every merchant 

 who hopes to succeed beyond the aver- 

 age. ' ' 



A BEGINNER IN MUMS. 



I have never grown chrysanthemums, 

 but want to try some for next fall. I 

 'will have no room till late in April. Will 

 that be too late to buy good, healthy 

 plants? Is a cool, shady house better 

 than outdoors for the plants? 



A Beginner. 



A Beginner can buy good plants all 

 through the season up to July, many 

 growers advertising stock continuously in 

 the columns of the Review. 



Plants do better with us inside than 

 when grown outside, and I think Be- 

 ginner will find inside culture necessary 

 if he looks for perfect foliage. The 

 cooler the house can be kept the better, 

 but the plants do not need shade, as 

 much of it will make them weak and 

 long-jointed. A little to break the fierce 

 rays of the sun will do no harm, but do 

 not start out by thinking that chrysan- 

 themums must have shade. C. H. T. 



STOCK PLANTS. 



The season is over and interest in the 

 mums is transferred to some other crop, 

 and too frequently at this time do we 

 see the stock plants stuck under the 

 bench and shamefully neglected. After 

 a month or two Mr. Florist will take 

 them up and set them in a flat, and later 

 he will wonder why his stock is so weak. 

 If you want good cuttings, do not let the 

 old plants be put under the bench at 

 all, but if you have, as most places have, 

 a house that runs cold at one end, set 

 your plants out there and let them get 

 all the air and light possible. 



The chrysanthemum is never really 

 dormant. Just as soon as the flower bud 

 is swelling the plant makes suckers at 

 the base for another year, and these 

 suckers, unless frozen hard, keep green 

 and maintain a.' root action and there- 

 fore must have water. I have for years 



argued in favor of taking off these suck- 

 ers after the plant has flowered, rooting 

 them and throwing away the old plant 

 altogether. When the plants, after root- 

 ing, are kept cool and handled right, they 

 give lots of splendid cuttings in the 

 spring and these cuttings have more push 

 and vigor than cuttings from old plants. 

 But if the stock is apt to be neglected 

 in midwinter, as it is in so many com- 

 mercial establishments, then it is hotter 

 to hold over the old stock. 



A night temperature of 4.') degrees is 

 plenty for wintering stock and less than 

 that does no harm in cold weather. 



If any of your stock had rust on it 

 throw it out, after taking what cuttings 

 you need, so that the spores will not be 

 carried over for another year. We hear 

 little of rust now, except from some 

 grower who neglected this simple pre- 

 caution. Charles H. Totty. 



MUMS IN LETTUCE BENCHES. 



I am growing lettuce and cucumbers 

 under glass, and would like to know if 

 I could grow mums, instead of the first 

 crop of lettuce, benched in the lettuce 

 soil, which is a light, black, sandy loam, 

 fertilized with horse and cow manure. 

 I wish to grow one, two and three blooms 

 to the plant. I have raised benches. 

 Could I plunge the mums outside in the 

 spring, as I do not get my cucumbers out 

 until the first part of August? Or, I 

 have two benches in each house that I 

 do not grow cucumbers on, but on a 

 trellis over them. If I plunged the mums 

 in these benches in June, would the 

 spraying of the cucumbers overhead in- 

 jure the mums? Could I use the same 

 soil for lettuce afterward, or would the 

 roots of the mums interfere? My 

 benches are six inches deep. C. H. T. 



I see no reason why C. H. T. should 

 not grow . a crop of mums before he 



plants his lettuce. It is often done and 

 with good success. The roots of the 

 chrysanthemums do not interfere to any 

 extent with the lettuce, but you should 

 have the soil new to start the mums in. 

 I am not a believer in running the same 

 soil in the house for different crops, but 

 I liave seen the mum soil growing fine 

 lettuce so many times that 1 do believe 

 in it to that extent. 



I think I would rather keep the plants 

 outside till August than put them in the 

 house under the cucumber trellis, be- 

 cause, while the spraying of the cucum- 

 bers is more of an advantage than a 

 detriment to the mums, still a trellis 

 covered with vines would mean consider- 

 able shade and this the mum does not 

 want. Instead of plunging the plants out- 

 side, were I in the position of C. H. T., 

 I would prepare a bed outside, using nice 

 soil, and then set out the plants in it. 

 They would be less trouble to take- care 

 of, growth would not get stunted and, if 

 carefully lifted with a nice ball, they 

 would hardly feel the transfer to the 

 house. The chief trouble with plants 

 outside in pots is that the violent thun- 

 der storms we get in July make the 

 plants waterlogged, and rust and leaf 

 disease are inevitable. Plants set out in 

 the open ground keep free of disease un- 

 less the summer is very wet, and the 

 roots do not rot as they do in pots. 



When he has removed the mums, C. H. 

 T. should see that the house is well fumi- 

 gated before the lettuce comes in, as 

 the green and black flies, which are 

 hardly ever absent from chrysanthe- 

 mums, will make lettuce unsalable if not 

 closely watched. Charles H. Totty. 



St. Paul, Minn. — Alfred W. Lemke, 

 formerly of Colberg & Lemke, has asked 

 for a discharge in bankruptcy and the 

 hearing has been set for January 27, 

 when the creditors will be heard. 



