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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Introducing Individuality In a Conventional Design. 



Tlicsc a_v]is((j)liilns jiii- snitalilc lor 

 toiX'iiii;. ainl, lirouoht intn liiuoiii in a 

 lariiatidu tfiniicraturc iliiiiii;^ .Vpril ami 

 May. aro iisctnl. l^lniits Inr tliis jnii 

 pose r-aii 1)0 placod in jxits <>r lioxcs in 

 late fall, and staitcil .-iftiT ihr\ li;i\c 

 lii'<Mi well t'roziMi. 



Pyrethrums. 



Diuiii;; tlic irKintli of .lunr. the --ini;!!' 

 forms (if 1*_\ it'tiii iini r(i-;ruin arc ex 

 trcniely useful. In llic iidithci ly si.-ites 

 lliosc (1(1 not (ijicn for M(irioii;il ilay, Imt 

 "here tlicy will llower hy tiiat d.'itc llic,\ 

 are a ]iarti(nl:nly desii-ablc liiirdy plant 

 to yrow. Anyone desirino to work np a 

 yood Iiatcli ot' tliesc should procilic seed 

 at once an(| -^ow in shallow drills, citiicr 

 ill a c'didtranic or under (diccsidotli. The 

 soedlinys will appear in .•( week .m icn 

 days, and c-in lie trans|il;intcd inio nnr 

 sery rows avIh'Ii oI' snUicicnt -^i/c to lie 

 conveniently handled. These will make 

 strong plants before winter, and will 

 render .a. yood acconnt of themselves next 

 season. 



PyrethruMis, it' tr.-nisiilanlcd in fall. 

 are liable to wiTiter kill, nnlcss mo\cd by 

 the e;irly part of September. Sjiriny 

 ])lantin(r is the safest, :ind any dividinc; 

 of the (dumps should be done :it that 

 lime. .\ nund)ei' of n.'imed \.irielies ;ire 

 ('atalo(T\if>d by lliiropen specialists, but 

 such a \vi(le ranji(» of colors c:in be had 

 from a ])aoket of seeds that this is inn(di 

 the simjtlest ;ind least exju'tisive method 

 of propagation. In Enrojie dduble forms 

 :ire popular. A small percentage of these 

 will comi^ from seed, but the single flow- 

 ers are to be i>referred for ixnnpn't and 

 vase -n-ork. 



In planting pyrethrums. (dioose a jnece 

 of ground with a little sldjie. <>ii deMd 



le\(d land they nre li.'ible to rdt in win 

 ter. .\ light coating df leaves or straw, 

 applied wIkmi the grolilKl has becdiiie 

 Inird tid/eii, is the only protcietion I'e 

 (|nir(Nl. 



THE COBWEB PLANT. 



The little cacti liaxe been excellent 

 s(dlers in tlower stores and W. II. K'itter, 

 of i'liilad(dphi;i. r(>ports that Sein|iei'- 

 \i\niii ar;i(dinoideuiii is proxing also a 

 taking novelty in 1 IikIi pots. The plant 

 is popularly known as the cubweb, (ir 

 spider web. lions(deek. frdiii the fact that 

 the rosette like growths of pale green .are 

 c(iiiiiecte(| tip td ti|i by lung, soft, white 

 hairs. If gidwn in the sun Mr. K'itter 

 has t'duiid the pl.ants ne\er lose the 

 •'web,"' vvhicli lie siiys is a )irot(>ct ion 

 1 1(1111 the sun ill the ilry season, when 

 the pl.ant (doses up tight and looks like 

 a small b.-ill (if cdttdii. Tlie conimerci.al 

 stock ordinarily is a single head. The 

 growth is made in the spring, when the 

 little ]idt will ((intaiii :i (luster dt the 

 rosette like heads. 



A VENTILATION WRINKLE. 



I'aiiil !\rdll. ;i rose grower for the < hi- 

 c.'igo market, has ado|>ted a no\(d idea 

 tor ventilation. His liouses run east and 

 \\est and lie formerly had ventilators 

 diily on the north side, hinged to the 

 header. The result was that when his 

 ventilators were open in warm Aveather 

 and there was the frequent strong south 

 wind, it caught the top of his ventilators 

 and was carried down into the houses. 

 \yhen he hinged his ventilators at the 

 ridge, he did not get the free eireulation 

 of air that is re([uire(l. One of his neigh- 

 hdrs. (ieorge Damm, eoneeived the idea 



(if so attaching th(> ventilatdis that they 

 could lie raise(| straight up. being kept 

 paralhd with the shipe df the rddt'. and 

 Mr. Kidll. atter experimenting with this 

 style of ;itta(diment, has miw Sd e(|uippe(l 

 his \eiitilatdrs dii eight lidUS(.'S. 



lie uses .-i long, ddulile act idii hinge, 

 :iltaclied td the ridge and In the lower 

 edge (if the \entilatdr. initling three 

 hinges on eaih ventilator sash. There 

 lire tw(i lines ot' venfilnling inaidiiiies. one 

 of which raises the upper edoe of the 

 line of \entil;itor sashes, the other in;i 

 chine raising the lower ('(le,.. ]',\ work- 

 ing one dt' these machines he c;in d[ien 

 his sashe- .-it the tdp. and then by dperat- 

 ine the dtlier machine lie can raise the 

 Idwer edge. Sd tli;tt he can pince his line 

 ot \enlil;(liiig s;is|i .iny iiiiinber ot' 

 iiiidies. tidiii .-I mere crack to eighteen 

 inches, from the gl;iss in the roof. The 

 siishes arc ;it ;ill times directly above the 

 o|ieniiigs they .are intended to close and 

 a slroni; south wind will blow right 

 through nuder the sashes, without creat- 

 ing liny undesir.Mlile dr.aft in the houses. 

 The sasln s do not even have to be (dosed 

 during r;iin. unless it is blowing. 



Mr. Kidll has eight houses of the 

 I>iets(di short roof |iattein. Six of ihem 

 are i:ixl7."i. one l.'.xli'd and due ll'xll'o. 

 His cidjis are Killarnev. b'iidimdiid. .Maid 

 :ind P>ridc. 



.\I.TIM1NA. 1'a.--\V. T. Shields will en 

 ga;;e in the greeilhduse business at 1' bl^ 

 {•'durteeiith ;i\eiiue. 



K A.XKAKKK. h.i,.- It has been Idcallv 

 iep(irt(Ml that Faber Hms. .are idanning 

 td remove their greenlidus(^s fidin the lo- 

 cation .'It .Mer(hants and Wasliingtou 

 strtvts. but on till! .contrary they ,aiv re- 

 building Sd if the hduses there. 



