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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



JOLt 2, 1008. 



General Outdoor Work. 



The more constantly you keep the hoe 

 or cultivator at work, the better your 

 crops will grow. Quite a little hand- 

 weeding will be needed, especially when 

 there are young seedlings. Do not leave 

 these in picturesque piles to adorn the 

 landscape, but remove to the rubbish 

 heap. 



If your sweet peas are not mulched 

 keep them clear of weeds and well hoed 

 among. To make them bloom freely re- 

 move all seed pods as they form. If 

 the weather is dry let a sprinkler run 

 between the rows, changing it every three 

 or four hours. 



If asters show signs of aphis at the 

 roots, pour tobacco water around those 

 affected. 



Keep the loam piles clear of weeds and 

 if you have not yet chopped down and 

 mixed up your compost for carnations 

 and other crops, do so at once. 



Eemove ashes and other debris. Keep 

 your front entrance neat and attractive. 

 It pays to keep a good appearance, es- 

 pecially if you are catering to a home 

 trade. The grower who persistently neg- 

 lects to keep even his own lawn tidy 

 need not be surprised if would-be cus- 

 tomers pass him by for his neater and 

 more up-to-date neighbor. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



A Lesson From Experience. 



We are sending to the Toledo market 

 some fine sweet peas, of which we are 

 justly proud. We have Burpee's new 

 White Spencer and also the new Pink 

 Spencer. We cannot see any difference 

 between the new Pink Spencer and the 

 old Countess Spencer. Florists prefer 

 Dorothy Eckford to the new White 

 Spencer, as the former is stronger 

 stemmed and its flowers are of firmer 

 texture. We have had only one or two 

 Spencers with crinkled or waved stand- 

 ards. 



A good motto for a florist is this: 

 "Never count your chickens before they 

 are hatched." 



As we have only been in the florists' 

 business about three years. I do not feel 

 competent to furnish information valu- 

 able to others. The Review is a fine 

 paper; I should not want to be without 

 it. We have often read in the Review 

 of the damage rats could do in a green- 

 house, but we calmly slept all last fall 

 while Mr. Bat's feet went pit-a-pat up 

 and down the cellar steps of our green- 

 house. Just before Christmas, when we 

 were watching every carnation bud, he 

 got in his work, and it was surprising 

 how many buds and blossoms Mr. Bat 

 could carry away in one night. "Ex- 

 perience is a dear teacher, but fools won 't 

 learn from any other." 



Mes. L. N. Bryant. 



An Inquiry From Havanat Cuba. 



Some years ago I saw a machine in 

 Kansas for weaving lath with wire so as 

 to make a fence that can be taken down 

 very easily. I would like to know where 

 I can buy such a machine. Also in build- 

 ing lath houses for plants, I would like 

 to know which is the better way to run 

 the lath, north to south or east to west. 



I have started in the wholesale flo- 

 rists' business here and would like to 

 receive quotations on all plants that are 

 suitable for tropical countries. 



H. Price-Willums. 



Wilmington, O.— George H. Moores, 

 proprietor of the Wilmington Floral Co., 

 has sold out to H. E. Mitting, of Ko- 

 komo, Ind. 



Liberty, Ind,— The firm of Tharp & 

 Cully has been dissolved. Edward Cully, 

 having purchased his partner's interest 

 in the firm, will continue the business as 

 heretofore, at the plant known as the 

 City Garden, on North Market street. 



Sterling, III. — Some months ago Rob- 

 ert Lundstrom, of the Sterling Floral 

 Co., received a few choice orchid plants 

 from a friend in South America, and the 

 plants are said to be so rare as to be a 

 feature of much interest in the green- 

 houses. The blooms began to appear on 

 them June 20 and attracted many vis- 

 itors. 



Hi* Kdltor Is plMtaed 

 wben a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subleot treated la 



eVkO^ 



As ezperlenoe Is tbe best 

 teaober, so do we 

 leam fastest by aa 

 ezctaanee of experiences. 

 Bfany valuable points 

 are brought out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling' and grram- 

 mar, tnough desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk wben 

 doing your best. 



WK SHALX BK GLAD 

 TO HKAR FROM YOU. 



Council Bluffs, Ia. — The florists' 

 business of Herman Bros, has been in- 

 corporated under the name, of Herman 

 Bros. Co. Articles of incorporation 

 were filed June 22. 



Cumberland, R, I. — William Taylor, 

 a florist of Lincoln, an adjoining town, 

 was probably fatally shot June 24 when 

 he attempted to assist Chief of Police 

 Philip Bishop, of Lincoln, in arresting 

 Louis Demalas, a Greek, 19 years old, 



Richmond, Va, — The new green- 

 houses of Ratcliffe & Tanner will soon 

 be finished, and this added glass, with 

 other improvements that are being hur- 

 ried to completion, will about double 

 the firm's capacity for business. E. L. 

 Tanner, who is at the head of the green- 

 house department, returned recently 

 from a two weeks' tour of the north, 

 where he visited some of the large 

 greenhouses and selected some species 

 of orchids, palms, ferns, roses, etc., 

 which have heretofore been little known 

 in this city. 



Derry, N. H. — W. J. Kingsbury ad- 

 vertised in the local papers that he would 

 have an auction sale, June 20, of bedding 

 plants and of tomato and cabbage plants, 

 in order to clean out his stock, prepara- 

 tory to making alterations in his green- 

 house benches. 



New Haven, Conn. — George Hunter 

 returned June 18 from a year 's sojourn 

 in Australia and New Zealand. After 

 staying several weeks in New Zealand, 

 he had spent most of the remaining time 

 in Australia. He reports his trip as a 

 most enjoyable one. 



Columbus, O. — At a meeting of the 

 Columbus Florists' Club, June 24, Al- 

 bert Knopf was presented with a beau- 

 tiful locket charm engraved with a 

 handsome floral design and the club 

 monogram. Mr. Knopf is about to 

 leave for California, to be gone for at 

 least two years. 



Fort Dodge, Ia. — Otto Hansen and 

 E. E. Nordwall, former employees of P. 

 L. Larson, have organized the North 

 Floral Co., which has been incorporated 

 with $10,000 authorized capital, and 

 will build a range of houses. Otto 

 Hansen is named president, in the arti- 

 cles of incorporation; J. H, Schaffner, 

 vice president, and Elmer E. Nordwall 

 secretary and treasurer. 



Lowell, Mass. — James J. McMan- 

 mon, whose grounds and nursery at 

 Brookside are already noted for their at- 

 tractiveness, has purchased from the pro- 

 prietors of the Essex Co., at Lawrence, 

 the land along the river bank fronting 

 on his property. He intends to lay out 

 the space between the river and the rail- 

 road tracks in a park, with lawns and 

 various kinds of shrubbery and trees. 



Glen Cove, N. Y. — The Nassau Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society gave its first 

 annual exhibition of roses at Pembroke 

 hall, Tuesday evening, June 23. Medals 

 were awarded for the best exhibits. 

 These were presented by Adolph Jaen- 

 ecke, of Floral Park, president of the 

 society, and by C. H. Bertanzel, of the 

 Wheatley Gardens, Roslyn. A silver cup 

 was given by Ernest Pester, of Glen 

 Cove. 



Bar Harbor, Me. — The Mt, Desert 

 Nurseries' uptown ofSce and flower 

 store, which last fall was moved direct- 

 ly across the street, is receiving exten- 

 sive alterations and repairs. The front 

 of the building haa been torn out and 

 a handsome set of plate-glass windows 

 that extend nearly half around the 

 building have been put in, while the 

 block is being painted an attractive 

 shade of gray, 



Indianapolis, Ind, — Walter J. Hassel- 

 man was arrested June 22 on a warrant 

 signed by Humane Inspector John Shine, 

 charging cruelty to animals. Mr, Has- 

 selman gave bond and was released. He 

 will fight the case, which the Humane So- 

 ciety is interested in pushing. Accord- 

 ing to Inspector Shine, Mr. Hasselman 

 caused Charles Fellows, an employee, to 

 cut the throat of a bulldog which had 

 seized Mr, Hasselman 's fox terrier in a 

 grip which it was evident nothing but 

 death would release. 



