

The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septembek 24, 1908. 



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i THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



SPRAY OF ROSES. 



The spray illustrated on this page is 

 one of the series of funeral designs by 

 C. H. Fox, Columbia avenue and "^wenty- 

 first street, Philadelphia. It is a good 

 example of cycas leaves, with a bunch 

 of roses laid on them, the whole tied 

 with white satin ribbon. The roses used 

 are Brides. Mr. Fox prefers this va- 

 riety when obtainable, where lasting 

 qualities are required. When for imme- 

 diate use, he prefers Kaiserins. The 

 bunch of roses below the bow adds grace 

 to the arrangement. Phil. 



POINTS FOR JUDGING DESIGNS. 



'J'he following query was handed in at 

 the last regular meeting of the Twin 

 City Florists' Club and, as secretary of 

 the association, I was requested to for- 

 ward same. Eeplies can bp s^iH either ta. 

 you and published in yolir paper, or to 

 me. The question was: 



"When floral arrangements, such as 

 designs, bouquets and table decorations, 

 etc., are exhibited in competition and 

 judged by points, what is the proper scale 

 of points to use in judging? 



S. D. Dysinger, Sec'y. 



FREAK ADVERTISING. 



Every now and then there is a man 

 who, being deficient in the sense of the 

 eternal fitness of things, thinks the best 

 advertising is to put his notice where one 

 would least expect to find it. For such 

 advertisers the classified columns of the 

 daily newspapers offer a rare oppor- 

 tunity, as the following will indicate: 



LOST AND FOUND. 



LOST— A Porto Klcan spaniel dog, color 

 brown and white; answers to name of "Don"- 

 owner's name and address on collar. Returti 

 to 04 South Whipple street. Reward. 



FOUND— At McMannion's, the Prescott street 

 Qorist, the greatest bargains ever offered In 

 plants and flowers. Cut asters, Ic; good holly 

 fern, 25c; large rubber plant, 50c each; Ameri- 

 can, German Siberian Iris, 10c. 



Experienced advertisers not in the pat- 

 ent medicine business long ago found out 

 that an advertisement should be just 

 what it purports to be. It should be in 

 keeping with the dignity of the business 

 it represents. It should seek to attract 

 customers to the store by no other meth- 

 ods than the proprietor would use in 

 making a sale once the prospective cus- 

 tomer was within his portals. 



woodwork all you can, as it will eat 

 the paint off whatever it touches. For 

 I this reason it is better not to syringe it 

 on the glass. C. W. 



TO REMOVE WHITEVASH. 



Please give us a good recipe for taking 

 whitewash off glass. C. K. 



If the wash is not heavy, wet the 

 glass and scatter sand over it; then rub 

 with a brush. If the shading is heavy 

 it will be necessary to use a little potash 

 or lye in the water, which should be 

 warm. With a long-handled mop, damp- 

 en the glass with this. An hour or two 

 afterwards turn the hose on and the 

 whitewash should come off with a little 

 rubbing. Keep the potash water off the 



CALLAS. 



Do any florists have callas in bloom 

 all summer? How late do they gener- 

 ally last? F. E. C. 



While it may be possible to have flow- 

 ers of the ordinary white callas every 

 month in the year, we doubt whether 

 they would have any value in the sum- 

 mer months. The bulbs require a rest 



of several months if you intend to get 

 good results in winter. Callas commence 

 flowering in October and will la§t until 

 May. The yellow-flovveriiig jind spotted- 

 leaved callas flower freely in summer 

 outdoors. |i. 3 C. W. 



SCALE ON BOSTONS, 



I notice sortie disease on my ferns in 

 one corner of the greenhouse, of which 

 I am sending you a sample, asking in- 

 formation as to what it is and what to do 

 to check it? A customer brought me a 

 fern to keep for her and I think that 

 was the starter of it, because it is only 

 in this corner and her plant is most iu' 

 fested with the disease. J. Y. 



The fern fronds inclosed with this 

 query proved to be badly infested with 

 a species of scale that is frequently 

 found upon nephrolepis and various othegr 

 ferns. 



The small, white specks that may be 

 readily seen on the under side of the 

 fronds are the young scale insects, the 

 fully developed insect being a small and 

 flat brown object, the presence of which 



Spray of Roses. 



