The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 11, 1008. 



Frank Faulk, of the firm of Faulk & 

 Bros., is known throughout Pittsburg 

 and Allegheny for his knowledge of nat- 

 ural history. 



Someone says a man without a hobby 

 loses half the pleasure of living. The 

 photographs here reproduced are flash- 

 light pictures of two corners of Frank 

 Faulk's den. He is an enthusiastic taxi- 

 dermist, besides being a great hunter 

 and fisherman. Most of his specimens 

 are his own trophies and of late he has 

 been turning his collection into a bread- 

 winner, as some of the large department 

 stores are arranging window displays of 

 seasonable hunting and fishing scenes, 



using his material. A window display 

 of his specimens in a flower store, or 

 otherwise, never fails to hold a crowd all 

 day. 



lu connection with his spccimcus of 

 taxidermy he has a curio collection; 

 along one side of his den are hundreds 

 of pistols, each with a history, and noth- 

 ing delights him more than to have his 

 friends spend an evening with him and 

 look over his collection. These things 

 are a part of his home. His business is 

 in the Allegheny market, where he and 

 his brother conduct a very prosperous 

 flower business. 



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The side growths on your pandanus 

 can be rooted at any time during the 

 year. Now, while there is so much sun 

 heat, ■ you will ■ have few failures if 

 you have your propagating bed shaded 

 and keep the sand constantly moist. 



Palms. 



Ficus EtatHca. 



One of the foliage plants which never 

 seems to wane in popularity is the rub- 

 ber plant. It is one of thie best sub- 

 jects for culture in. the home, and with 

 Aspidistra lurida, Kentia Belmoreana 

 and Nephrolepis Bostoniensis makes a 

 quartette hard to beat. 



"Where there is any considerable stock 

 of ficus, it pays to grow them in a lath 

 shed, during the summer months. They 

 become stocky and are of a splendid 

 deep green color when taken indoors. 

 Occasionally we see these stood under 

 the shade of trees. Such treatment, how- 

 ever, superinduces legginess. They ar§, 

 better in such a position, neverthelessjj? 

 than under glass. 



Cuttings produced by ringing during 

 the winter months should now have be- 

 come well rooted in their first pots and 

 should require a shift. Use heavier com- 

 post now and press it quite firmly in 

 the pots. 



If for any reasop you have failed to 

 do the necessary propagation and still 

 wish to do so, keep your old stock plants 

 in a shaded house, where a close, moist 

 atmosphere is maintained. By keeping 

 the moss constantly moist which covers 

 the cuts, the shoots will soon send out 

 roots and make you serviceable plants be- 

 fore winter. 



Pandanus Vdtchii. 



Among colored-leaved foliage plants 

 Pandanus Veitchii is one of the best. 

 It maSes a useful plant for the house, 

 in a small size for the dining-table and 

 in larger sizes for filling jardinieres. 

 It also makes a good piazza specimen, 

 while in mixed tropical beds it is hard 

 to beat. Even the oldest and most un- 

 gainly plants can be iftilized to advan- 

 tage for the latter work. 



While classed as a stove or warm green- 

 house plant, it succeeds much better 

 in summer grown in frames, if these 

 are of sufficient depth to give the plants 

 the required headroom. Put in a coat- 

 ing of coal ashes to stand the pots on. 

 Shade the glass well arid syringe fteely 

 in warm weather, closing up the frames 

 so as to bottle up a brisk heat each 

 afternoon. Allow the temperature to 

 run up to 100 degrees in the shade, 

 with plenty of moisture, and your pan- 

 danus will revel under such conditions. 



The question of additional shading for 

 palms should not be overlooked just now. 

 Heavy rains will soon wash away much 

 of the early coatings, and if more is not 

 added, the foliage will soon take on a 

 yellowish hue. If the houses are glazed 

 with clear glass it is especially nec- 

 essary that no clean panes are to be 

 found in the roof, or the sun may soon 

 ruin the foliage on some valuable plants 

 and render them unsalable. 



Plants which are well rooted in their 

 pots should receive an occasional water- 

 ing with liquid manure, varying this 

 with a surface dressing of some well 

 concentrated chemical fertilizer, of which 

 there are now several on the market and 



which are valuable aids to the growers 

 of all foliage plants. Ply the hose freely 

 among palms, keeping a genial, moist 

 atmosphere at all times. Direct the 

 water through a sprayer with such force 

 as to keep insect pests in check and thus 

 save you much sponging. , 



Sweet Peas Outdoors. 



The flowers from plants under glass 

 present a jaded appearance now that 

 the outdoor crop is coming in season. 

 This remains far the most popular of 

 all flowering annuals and, although sweet 

 peas now are procurable every month in 

 the year, people never seem to weary 

 of them. The odor seems particularly 

 refreshing during the hot months and, 

 while prices may rule low at times, good 

 flowers will always sell. 



To keep the plants flowering during the 

 summer they should have a little attention 

 now. A thorough hoeing and clearing 

 out of weeds should be followed with a 

 liberal mulch of grass, straw, or well 

 decayed manure, the latter being most 

 valuable. This will help to keep the 

 roots cool and moist. In hot, dry weather 

 a hosing overhead in the evenings will 

 refresh the plants and help to keep aphis 

 and red spider in check. Pick the flow- 

 ers clean and do not allow any seed 

 pods to form. 



Each grower will know probably what 

 colors suit his customers best. As a 

 rule, mixtures are not wanted, but sepa- 

 rate colors, like white, light and dark 

 blue, and various shades of pink, will 

 always sell. 



Cultivation* 



It may seem like an old story, but 

 on the persistent use of the cultivator 

 much of the success or failure of an out- 

 door crop will depend. Any practical 

 man can see at a glance the steady im- 

 provement in the crops, if the soil is 

 kept constantly stirred. To allow the 

 ground to become hard and baked is 

 poor policy. Plants will not thrive under 

 such conditions, no matter how generous- 

 ly the land has been prepared for them. 

 A newly cultivated patch of ground is 

 pleasing to the eye and the plants show 

 up much better than on one left to na- 

 ture. We get, during the hot months. 



Floral Horse made by Faulk Bros., Allegheny. 



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