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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Februabv 25, 1909. 



NEW STYLE MISSION POT COVER 



Just the thing for Bpecimen plants. Takes the place of the expensive jardiniere, and gives plant plenty of air, which Is Impossible with 

 jardinieres. We have them In three shades, a beautiful foliage green, golden oak and a dark mission. Colors must be seen to beapprec iated.We 

 have also a fine line of Mission Handle Baskets in same colors. We will send a complete set of these Baskets and Pot Coveis on approval to 

 any responsible florist In the country, for we are confident they will give satisfaction. Write us about tbem. Now Is the time to place your 

 order for our famous Ever Ready Waterproof Crepe Paper Covers, the largest selling single article in the florist business. There's a reason. 

 Send 15 cents in stamps, and we will mail you sample, price list and booklet. Certiflcate of Merit at S. A. F., Niagara Falls, N. T. 



Send 25 cents for sample of our raised Gold Lettered Inscriptions on White Ribbon. 



EVER READY FLOWER POT COVER CO., 146 Hughes Ave., Buffalo, N. Y. 



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CALLAS ROTTING. 



Will you tell me what ails my callas? 

 I have 800 in 8-inch pots plunged to the 

 rim in cinders on the bench. Over 200 

 have decayed at the base of the plant or 

 top of bulb. I am careful in watering 

 and keep them in a temperature of 60 

 degrees at night and 70 to 80 degrees at 

 day. Am losing more every year. Four 

 years ago we only lost fourteen. They 

 were good, strong plants up to New 

 Year's. The pots are one and one-half 

 inches apart. C. U, 



Your callas will do far better if not 

 plunged in the ashes. Stand them on a 

 bed of these, rather than plunge them in 

 the ashes. This will allow of the pots 

 drying out more and will be better for 

 the plants in every way. Callas need an 

 abundant water supply and, provided 

 drainage is ample, you can hardly over- 

 water them. Your pots are, however, far 

 too close together. Spread them out more 

 to allow light and air getting among 

 them. When you grow them so closely 

 packed, it is impossible to get satisfac- 

 tory results. Throw away all affected 

 plants and give the balance more elbow 

 room. Your temperature of 60 degrees 

 at night is all right. Do not use any 

 shade on the glass. C. W. 



HOUSE CLEANING TIME. 



There is no better time to clean up the 

 establishment than now, when work in 

 general is not rushing and there is plenty 

 of time to do all the odd jobs that have 

 been put off until a better time. 



It is an excellent idea to wash the glass 

 on the inside of the walls of the houses 

 with warm water and a good window 

 brush and pole. It will make the houses 

 look like new and the plf nts will grow 

 much better. 



The drip troughs should be thoroughly 

 cleaned out and all scum and dirt should 

 be cleaned off the lower end of the bars 

 and gutter sides. All weeds should be 

 pulled up from under the benches and all 

 refuse under there should be raked up as 

 clean as one would rake a lawn. It will 

 be surprising what a collection of weeds, 

 dead plants, broken pots, sticks, wire, 

 etc., will be found, to be hauled to the 

 garbage dump. And nothing that a 



grower can do to prevent insects and dis- 

 ease will be more effective than cleanli- 

 ness. Weeds under the benches harbor 

 insects. Rubbish of all kinds harbors 

 diseases. A neglected, unclean house is 

 a stronghold for both these annoyances, 

 and fighting them in such an ambush is 

 hopeless. 



After getting the houses cleaned up, 

 the pots should be washed and dried, and 

 the seed flats got together and repaired. 

 There is no end of work around that 

 ought to be done before the rush comes 

 on, for then there will be no chance to 

 do it. 



Select a bright, nice day to look over 

 the roof for Droken glass and for panes 

 that have slid down, allowing rain to 

 run in, allowing fumigating fumes to es- 

 cape, and encouraging mildew and dis- 

 eases. Now is the time to act. H. G. 



DEPTH TO PLANT BULBS. 



Do bulbs force better with the nose 

 out of the ground or below the top of 

 the soil? Should not tulips, hyacinths 

 and such bulbs be covered entirely to 

 force best or give best blooms? When 

 grown in the ground by growers for 

 blooms, do they not cover narcissus, hya- 

 cinth and tulip bulbs entirely? Do not 

 bulbs with nose covered give the best 

 length of stem? W. F. II. 



Bulbs used for forcing are covered 

 much more lightly than when grown out- 

 doors. In the open ground they are 

 covered from four to six inches deep, 

 according to the size of the bulbs, an 

 average depth being four inches. Hya- 

 cinths grown in pots or flats are best 

 just barely covered. Some growers pre- 

 fer to leave the nose just peeping above 

 ground. Tulips and narcissi are better 

 entirely covered. We do not think, in 

 the case of forcing bulbs, that it will 

 make any material difference to the 

 length of stems whether the noses of the 

 hyacinths show or they are covered an 

 inch deep. All these bulbs are, or should 

 be, covered with cinders or some other 

 material after potting or boxing, and if 

 in a dark cellar, all the better. They 

 should not be taken out until they have 

 sprouts two or three inches long. If 

 taken out too soon they will, of course, 

 come short-stemmed. C. W. 



GOT WHAT HE WANTED. 



We received letters from thirteen 

 states, Canada and the District of Colum- 

 bia, and from a number of the states 

 several letters of inquiry about our adv. 

 of a greenhouse opportunity in the Re- 

 view, issues of January 28 and" February 

 4, and still they come; over fifty already. 

 We have leased the property to C. I. 

 Poor, of Michigan, and he Avill build a 

 range of greenhouses su^cient to amply 

 supply all the needs of this community. 



F. S. HawlEy. 



Eureka Springs, Ark., Feb. 13, 1908. 



Since writing the above I have received 

 a letter of inquiry from another state. 

 To my mind the Florists ' Review is an 

 excellent advertising medium. 



Enclosed you will find the money for 

 the renewal of our subscription. We are 

 nicely started in the violet business and 

 cannot get along without the Review. — 

 H. W. & S. W. Albrecht, North German- 

 town, N. Y. 



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