June 3, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Store of the Fleischtnan Floral Co., Chicago. 



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MEMORIAL DAY. 



I''roni all parts of the emiiitiy coiiics 

 the ropoi't that tlii' Memorial ilay (Iciiiaiul 

 was ill excess of that (if any previous 

 year. For se\oral years the tlouer husi- 

 iH^s for ]\Iay 'M has been iiicreasiiiy- rap 

 idly, and this year it seems to lia\e made 

 a loiifi'ei^jump than ever iiefore. A por- 

 tion of the increasc'd demand felt in 

 wiiolesale eenters was duetto tlie remark- 

 ahh; shortening of snii|)lies (^rtsrT4 hy uii- 

 faxorahle weatiier coiiilitions. in the 

 middle of ^lay there was nnwierdy o\('r- 

 produetion in almost all sections of the 

 eoiintry. .Inst as the last week of the . 

 month came in there was a period of*^ 

 dark, cold, st<iriiiy weather, tirst extond- 

 in<i over the Atlantic states and then 

 moNiiiy inland thronirh the ()hin and 

 U|ppei' .Mis.sissip|)i \ alleys. <'omini4' Jnst 

 at a time when a hi}j cro]) liad lieen 

 riishod ofT, the unfavoral)le weather pro- 

 diicecl ;iii extremely sharp curtailment of 

 sii|iplies. witii the result tliat many who 

 ii^nally lia\r their own stock, or e\cn 

 siiiiie to wholesale. wer«> in the iiiarkei to 

 liiiy lo fill tludr retail orders. Tlie d(^- 

 niainl t'or carnations was ' piii'i icularly 

 strong-. 



Tlie sea.soii lias lieen iiackward I'lxcr a 

 iar^i' section ot' the countiy and many 

 localities that usually are well supplied 

 with outdoor stock wci'i' compcdh'd to rely 

 on the <^reenhoiis(? jiroduct. liaise plan- 

 tat imis of iieonies. some of \\\cw\ put in 

 for the ex{ir(iss jiurjioso of nieetinir the 

 I >e<'oiat i<pn day ilcmand. failed to gi\e 

 anv llower*;^' ('aiie ji^^niines were not 

 ready, (f ^ ' ' I' ■") 



<)iitsidt> of the \vlioles;de center^ ju'ac- 



tically everything of n.sable character 

 found ready sale and ^lemorial day, if 

 it had not done so before, took its place 

 as the leading flower day of the year, 

 l-'ar more stock was s(dil than at Master, 

 ivxcept at the exti(Miie north the de- 

 mand is that bedding out shall be done 

 before Memorial <lay. This ye;ir the 

 business has iieeii hea\ier than it ever 

 was before. The g(>raniuni is. of course, 

 the leading bedding pl;uit and fiU' reel, 

 ]iart iciilai ly, but also for other bright 

 color.s. there has been a demaiiil which 

 has taken practically all the stock wlii(di 

 was in flower. It .•ig.ain has ilemonstratcil 

 tli.at the grower who has his stock well in 

 flower May I'l will make a idean sweep 

 within the fort niulit . There has been a 

 special call for l>raca'na indivisa this 

 se.ason. as it has lieen largtdy used as the 

 cent(M' of lawn ami cemetery \ases. -The 

 large increase in the number of window- 

 boxes and )iia/./,;i boxes now lillt>(l lias in 

 some )ilaces made a shortage of \incas 

 and plants so snuill ;is In (♦tlierwise not 

 be salable h;ive found .a maiket at gooil 

 prices: but from one or two points come 

 I'ejiorts th.at vinc.as lia\e not sold. The 

 owners of this stock should liinc no dilli- 

 culty in finding a wholesale m;iikrt. for 

 the ]ilant trade will hold out longer this 

 year- than usual because ot' the belated 

 s] I ring. 



EUONYMUS RADICANS. 



Kach year iMionymus radicans. the 

 beautiful, dark leaveil eveigreiMi \ine. 

 seems to be more .and moi'e in demand. 

 People .are just b(^giuning to appreciate 

 its many ailmirable (jualities and its all 



tlH>-year around beauty. It is tli(> only 

 abs(diit(dy hardy (limber wc have in our 

 northern states. I'lnglish ivy being only 

 successful in occasional instances. Xot 

 only is it an admirable suliject for cover- 

 ing walls, woodwork, rocks, etc., to any 

 or all of whi(di it will cling i\v-like. but 

 if allowed to grow as an ui)right shrub 

 it makes a handsome spreading plant. 

 Xot in the most severe winter ha\c we 

 had any of (Uir [dants injureil in the 

 least. It is sonn>times (dassed .as slow 

 growing, but in good soil it will make 

 shoots three to five feet long in a season. 

 A wall seventin'u feet high covered witli 

 it. tlu> ]dants being S(>t in .a dry, grav(dly 

 bank, shows what it will do even under 

 untax oralile circumstances. 



I'aionymus can be safely pl;intcd from 

 .\pril until ()ctober, but for the best re- 

 sults wo like to set the |ilantsout in May. 

 .June (U' .Inly. ch(io.--iiig it' pos-^ible cool, 

 moist days t'or the work. There never 

 veems to be all o\orplus of stock in nur- 

 seryinen 's hands, but propagation is so 

 easy that no one necil lack t'or stuck. 

 Where jdanted ag.ainst walls, tin' top 

 ^liiiois are now |iusliing out c|u;intities of 

 young roots. These shoots, cut olV early 

 ill .lime, planted rather thickly in ;i 

 ciild t'i;iine in ordinary loam and kepi well 

 \\,-itered ;ind shaded, will be uell estab- 

 lished ami lit to go in n\u'S(>ry rows within 

 si\' or eight weeks. It is possiide to get 

 two or three crops of' cuttings in a sea- 

 son, t'or, when once the jdants ha\e at- 

 t.'iiiied th(^ desiiN^d lieiLi'ht on a wall, they 

 will need trimming se\eral times e.ach 

 year tn keep them within boiiiiils. Of 

 course, <m ro(d\s or when yrown us biislu's, 

 iici trimming is ne(>ded. It is not possibb^ 



