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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Portion of the Work Made at J. F. Ammann's Alton Store for a Recent Funeral. 



is naturally of national interest to the 

 florists throughout the country. Other 

 florists besides ourselves also decorated 

 prize-winning automobiles ; namely : 

 Blackistone, Marche, Shaffer, and, we be- 

 lieve, one or two others. 



* ' I want to say that viewing the par- 

 ade from the judges' stand on Riverside 

 drive, where it could be seen going and 

 coming for a distance of two miles, just 

 about sunset, with the Potomac river on 

 two sides lined with green trees and sev- 

 eral bands of music playing, was one of 

 the grandest scenes that it has ever been 

 my pleasure to witness in this or any 

 other country. 



"I might further state that the judges 

 for this occasion were Mrs. Senator 

 Scott, of "West Virginia, one of the lead- 

 ing society ladies; Major Judson, U. S. 

 A., engineer of the District of Columbia, 

 and three of the highest class artists. 

 The whole parade was on a grand scale, 

 well worthy of all the publicity that can 

 be given it." 



Mr. Gude, as is well known to all who 

 attend the meetings of our national trade 

 societies, possesses a splendid voice, and 

 was called upon to read the Declaration 

 of Independence at the morning celebra- 

 tion in Washington, July 5. 



The Washington daily papers made a 

 great special feature of-^e automobile 

 parade and the Post devoted a whole page 

 to illustrations of the prize vehicles. In 

 the class for commercial cars the delivery 

 motor wagon of Gude Bros. Co. took first 

 prize, a silver cup valued at $100. It was 

 trimmed in white and green cloth with 

 roses. In the class for gasoline and steam 

 cars the entry of Arthur Moses, deco- 

 rated by Gude, took first, a canopied car 

 with a large basket of pink flowers on 

 top. A special prize was won by Ernest 

 LoeflSer, decorated by Gude Bros., with 

 American flags only. The sweepstakes 



prize was awarded to a car representing 

 a swan boat and was decorated by Z. D. 

 Blackistone. A special prize was awarded 

 to Mr. Blackistone for the work. His 

 customer received a silver loving cup val- 

 ued at $300, on which the committee 

 caused to be engraved a picture of the 

 winning decorated car. 



This parade of decorated automobiles 

 undoubtedly eclipsed anything of similar 

 character ever held in this country and 

 brought to the florists no small amount of 

 business as well as valuable advertising. 



SALT IN MANURE. 



Referring to the article in the Review 

 of June 24, by R. E. Shuphelt, under the 

 head of "Violets — Seasonable Advice," 

 pan you tell me how much salt he uses in 

 his manure pile, and if it is safe to use 

 it for any crop? Also if slaked lime is 

 good? J. W. R, 



I have been planning to say more about 

 salt, and J. W, R. 's question brings it 

 up at once. 



I have my doubts if many that read 

 this article will follow out my sugges- 

 tions, and I doubt this from past experi- 

 ence, as nearly everybody is either a lit- 

 tle doubtful as to its value, or else thinks 



it too much trouble and grows careless, 

 even if he starts out to do this. I paid 

 $5 for this knowledge and a small book 

 of formulas for mixing fertilizers, a 

 number of years ago, and really it is 

 worth many times the price, if used reg- 

 ularly and with judgment. 



If you keep horses and cows, the 

 proper thing is to keep a good supply of 

 salt in the stables. The cheapest kind of 

 salt that you can buy is just as good as 

 any, and in many places one can buy fac- 

 tory sweepings. Keep at least a barrel- 

 ful where it is convenient of access when 

 cleaning the stables, and before cleaning 

 these scatter a good handful on the 

 manure back of each animal. In this 

 way it gets pretty thoroughly mixed, and 

 of course this is what you are after. The 

 more bedding in the manure, the more 

 salt you can use. I have found that, as 

 a general thing, people are inclined to 

 use too small a quantity rather than too 

 much, as they are afraid of it, but if you 

 keep experimenting, one or two seasons' 

 trial will teach you the proper quantity 

 to use. One can use much more on 

 horse manure than on cow manure, as it 

 heats so much more, and if you use 

 enough it will entirely prevent its burn- 

 ing and you will not waste or lose half 

 of it by "firefang. " 



Where this method is followed up regu- 

 larly and systematically, you will find 

 your manure pile in pretty good condition 

 when you are ready to draw it out, but 

 if conditions are such that you can turn 

 it over occasionally, so much the better, 

 and you will generally want to scatter 

 some more salt over the pile at such 

 times, especially in spots where you can 

 see that there is not a suflBcient quantity. 

 If your stables are so arranged that you 

 collect your liquid manure, you will find 

 it well to use all the manure will hold 

 each time you turn it over. 



