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December 10, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



27 



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FLORISTS • • • • 



DECORATORS 

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Night View of the Store ofthe Bell Floral Co, Franklin, Pa. 



ber 12, at the Art Institute, from 3 to 

 9 p. m. Christmas plants will be shown. 

 Baskets of plants will receive premiums 

 of $5 and $3. For each of the follow- 

 ing classes first premiums are $.5 and 

 second $3: 



Best single stem kentia, pot not to exceed 

 twelve inches diameter. 



Best made-up kentia, pot not to exceed twelve 

 Inches diameter. 



Best Fandanus Veltchil, pot not to exceed ten 

 inches diameter. 



Best araucaria, pot not to exceed ten inches 

 diameter. 



Best pot or pan of polnsettias. stems not to 

 exceed thirty-six inches in length, pots or pans 

 not to exceed ten inches diameter. 



Best pot or pan of polnsettias, stems not to 

 exceed nine inches in length, pot or pan not to 

 exceed ten inches diameter. 



Best Otahelte orange, pot not to exceed ten 

 inches diameter. 



Best Solanum capsicastrum, pot not to exceed 

 ten Inches diameter. 



Best decorative pepper in pot not to exceed 

 ten inches diameter. 



Best any other foliage plant. 



Best azalea in pot not to exceed ten inches 

 diameter. 



Best rhododendron In pot not to exceed ten 

 inches diameter. 



Best Begonia Glolre de Lorraine. 



Best any other winter flowering begonia. 



Best LlUura longlflorum (any form) in pot, 

 single stem. 



Best Lilium longlflorum (any form) in pot or 

 pan not to exceed ten inches diameter, not more 

 than three bulbs in pot or pan. 



Best any other flowering plant. 



TIME TO SOW SEEDS. 



When should I sow seeds of the fol- 

 lowing varieties, here in Tennessee, to 

 have plants ready for spring sales: Pan- 

 sies, moonvines, salvias, verbenas, petu- 

 nias and forget-me-nots? J. F. C. 



Pansies and forget-me-nots would have 

 been better sown late in August or the 

 early part of September, in your latitude. 

 It will now be better to wait until the 

 early part of February, when they can 

 be sown in a house not kept too warm; 

 55 degrees at night should ndt be ex- 

 ceeded, or weak, spindling plants will 

 result. The moonvines will be all right 

 if sown at the end of February. Petu- 

 nias would be better sown from the mid- 

 dle to the end of January, but the salvia 

 (splendens, we suppose, being the variety 

 wanted) ought not to bo sown more than 



eight weeks before it is wanted for sal^s, 

 as it is a rapid grower. The last three 

 varieties of seeds germinate best in a 

 moist, warm house, 60 to 65 degrees at 

 night being about right. The salvia must 

 not be kept in this heat long, or it will 

 become long and drawn. C. W. 



LEAF CURL ON VIOLETS. 



We are enclosing violet leaves which 

 you will notice are curled on the edges, 

 and then the leaves wither, also gettiag 

 the green spots. We have just noticed 

 this during the last three days. We 

 looked through the violet book, but can- 

 not find anything in regard to the with- 

 ering and curling of the leaf. 



We planted the violets in October and 

 they were getting along nicely. We are 

 heating with natural gas in a stove, with 

 stove pipes, so that the fumes cannot 

 affect the violets. Will you kindly let us 

 know if the curling and the spots are 

 harmful to the violets? C. H. 



The leaf curl and withering you refer 

 to are not at all uncommon with the 

 single violets. From the foliage I should 

 judge that your variety is Princess of 

 Wales. The cause of this disease I do 

 not know. The best remedy is to pick 

 off any affected leaves as fast as they 

 appear. Any plants badly diseased had 

 better be pulled up. Keep the plants 

 moist at the root. Scratch the surface 

 soil occasionally to prevent its becoming 

 baked. Hold the night temperature as 



near 40 degrees as possible and you will 

 do about all that is possible to prevent 

 the spread of disease. C. W. 



VIOLETS UNDER BENCH. 



Will violets bloom and be of any value 

 if planted under the edge of a bench on 

 the north side of the greenhouse, where 

 there are pipes under the bench! I keep 

 the house at 60 to 65 degrees. 



J. F. C. 



Neither double nor single violets will 

 do anything planted in such a location. 

 Both want an abundance of light and 

 sun, which conditions would be entirely 

 lacking under any bench. Furthermore, 

 the temperature, 60 to 65 degrees, is 

 much too high for violets, which succeed 

 best in winter in a night temperature of 

 40 to 42 degrees. Unless you can give 

 your plants a light bench or bed, it would 

 be much better to grow them in cold- 

 frames. 



BELL'S WINDOWS AT NIGHT. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a really exceptional picture made at 

 night. It shows the store front of the 

 Bell Floral Co., at Franklin, Pa., dur- 

 ing the recent annual encapipment ot the 

 Odd Fellows. The picture was made 

 entirely with the light regularly used in 

 the windows, one Tungsten burner of 

 110 candle power in each window, the 

 exposure being about twenty minutes. 



The Bell store is the only one of its 

 kind in Franklin and was started only 

 last summer. The light causes the signs 

 above the awning to stand out boldly 

 and, whatever the window decoration may 

 be, it never fails to attract attention 

 when illuminated. During Odd Fellows' 

 week one window was in red, white and 

 blue, with the weil-known three links 

 worked out in immortelles, while the 

 other window was in purple and gold, 

 with a large vase of yellow mums draped 



ith purple chiffon and the Odd Fellows 

 pin worked out in immortelles. 



