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every root to work and help push things 

 along. Spider can easily be seen by the 

 condition of the leaf, which always loses 

 its dark, glossy appearance when spider 

 is working on it, , 



Grasshoppers ■ also must be closely 

 watched at this time, as they have a play- 

 ful habit of nipping through the stem 

 just below the bud, or taking one side 

 out of the bud, which is as bad, as either 

 renders the flower useless. The mornings 

 are cool now and the grasshopper can be 

 caught easily enough with the fingers if 

 one chooses to be an early bird and get 

 around before the sun is up. 



Feeding. 



Now is the time that feeding is bene- 

 ficial to the plant, because it is taken up 

 by the bud and goes directly toward in- 

 creasing the size of the flower. It seems 

 unnecessary every year to caution against 

 overfeeding, yet every year one sees or 

 hears of losses from this cause. To feed 

 lightly and all the time from now On is 



far better policy than giving a heavy 

 dose and then changing oflf to clear water 

 again. Liquid made from cow or sheep 

 manure is fine, particularly if a chemical 

 is used in between. Sulphate of ammonia 

 is generally used for this purpose, though 

 latterly I have been using a complete 

 chemical, which seems effective. 



A safe proportion of either of the 

 chemicals is one pound in a 50 -gallon 

 barrel, and a bushel of sheep or cow ma- 

 nure in a bag will make a good liquid 

 that will stand some thinning down for 

 first applications. 



The exhibitor with a perfect knowledge 

 of his plants, and years of experience 

 back of it, feeds much more heavily than 

 could be recommended for general con- 

 ditions, and, while the novice may be 

 anxious to make a big showing, it is bet- 

 ter to err on the safe side, and go slow 

 till one is familiar with the effects of the 

 different chemicals. 



Charles H. Totty. 



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SPRAY OF CARNATIONS. 



The spray of carnations is one of the 





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funeral designs by C. H. Tox, Columbia 

 avenue and Twenty-first street, Phila- 

 delphia. The groundwork for the spray 

 is Cibotium Schiedei, which is favored 

 by Mr. Fox as a background. The car- 

 nations are Enchantress, arranged loose- 

 ly to bring out the individual beauty of 

 each flower. The spray is tied with 

 gauze ribbon. Phil. 



A JAPANESE WINDOW. 



Speaking of window decorating, I 

 send herewith a photograph of a minia- 

 ture Japanese tea garden, consisting of 

 grounds, walks, lake, mountains, etc., 

 which is placed in a window 9x10 feet, 

 thinking it will interest readers of the 

 Eeview. It is in the window of the 

 Weimar Floral Co., Mount Vernon, N. Y. 



The entire piece of work is raised ten 

 inches from the tile flooring of the win- 

 dow. The foundation is lumber, covered 

 with club moss. The walks are made 

 with sea gravel. The rustic tea hquses, 

 settees, bridges and sun shade are of 

 twigs, the roofs of wheat straw. Small 

 electric lights surmount the different 

 posts or gateways which lead to the tea 

 houses, and others to the mountains. 

 In each house I have placed an electric 

 light. In the lake there is an island of 

 cement inlaid with large pebbles. On this 

 island I have another house, reached 

 by a rustic bridge. In the rear of the 

 lake there is an inlet of water, also 

 crossed by a bridge. Around different 

 parts of the grounds there are rustic 

 settees and miniature Japanese figures; 

 a rustic well adds much to the show. 

 In the lake I have a collection of Jap- 

 anese fan-tail goldfish, also pond lilies. 

 Bunning around the grounds are small, 

 live terrapin, diamond-back turtles and 

 southern chameleons, which are famous 

 for the changing of their colors. 



The mountain range consists of three 

 mountains, first made of bent laths, to 

 form the shapes, then covered with bur- 

 lap, and last with sheet moss, the high- 

 est mountain being covered with white 

 sand and powdered cement, to represent 

 a barren mountain. 



The plants used around the grounds 

 are dwarf specimens of thuya, retinis- 

 pora and pines. I also used variegated 

 euonymus and Euonymus radicans pinned 

 to the moss to represent the low-growing 

 vegetation on the side of mountains. 



The window has drawn immense crowds 

 daily. Samuel J. Clark. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR WINDOWS. 



An Idea From Museums. 



During the last few months it was my 

 privilege to visit two museums of im- 



portance. The impressions made upon 

 my mind by the two exhibits are the 

 best illustration at hand of the kinds of 

 window display put out by florists of 

 different tastes. The museum at A sur- 

 passed in thie number and variety of 

 specimens, preservation of which was ap- 

 parently perfect, and the mechanical con- 

 trivances for protecting the individuals 

 of the collection were all that could be 

 asked. But it was a triumph of science 

 without the touch of art. Hundreds of 

 beautiful birds were mounted in a single 

 case, with none but accidental regard for 

 their homes and habits. They were 

 roosted in rows, big and little, while 

 across the aisle were fish and fish all 

 headed the same way, neatly catalogued. 

 All that a visitor could retain was a maze 

 of birds, butterflies and a confusion of 

 queer legs and fins. But it is no diflS- 

 cult matter to produce a long list of 

 specimens viewed at the other museum. 

 There was a group of Kocky Mountain 

 goats climing their native rocks, nib- 

 bling at the scanty grass under the snow. 

 There was an eagle's nest constructed 

 according to eagle orthodoxy, with the 

 mother bird feeding her young. There 

 were snipe, heron and birds of paradise, 

 each mounted separately, according to 

 its own locality and surroundings. There 

 was a herd of buffalo, and their foot- 

 prints behind them in the trail down to 

 the drinking place. It is needless to add 

 that there was a suflScient amount of 

 sage grass in evidence. The pheasants 

 were not only there in their Chinese 

 plumage, but their haunts were there, 

 too. 



There could be no better object lesson 

 for many a florist than to study this 

 beautiful Burchert collection in City 

 Park museum, Denver. If he could dis- 

 play his flowers as these animals are 

 exhibited, he would show himself a ca- 

 pable artist. • 



A Sweet Pea Scheme. 



Following along this line was an ar- 

 rangement of sweet peas which would 

 make an attractive window decoration. 

 This was a plot in a Japanese tea gar- 

 den: A rustic enclosure, about square, 

 was set up of undressed poles, one hori- 

 zontal piece three feet or less from the 

 ground, supported at the corners by up- 

 rights. To these poles were trained low 

 vines of a brilliant pink sweet pea, 

 scantily planted, so that each vine showed 

 its graceful lines of stem and flower. 



A Japanese Garden Window. 



