JULV lo, 1 !)()!». 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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



is iiaturaliy of national interest to the 

 tlorist.s tludiiylioiit tlio (.•oiintry. Other 

 llorists besides ourselves also (l<'eorate(l 

 |irize-\viiiniiii; automobiles; uaiuelv: 

 Ulackistone. Marciie. Siiatl'er, auci, we be 

 jieve, one or two others. 



•'I want to say that viewinij the par- 

 ade from the .ju'lj;'es' stand on K'iver.side 

 dii\(', where it eould be seen yciuir aud 

 coming for a distance of two miles, just 

 about sunset, with the I'otomae river on 

 two sides lined with green trees and sm ■ 

 era! bands of music playing, was one of 

 tlie 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 Avere Mrs. Senator 

 Scott, of Wesf X'irginia. one of tlu' lead 

 ing society ladies; Major .ludsoii. l'. S. 

 A., engini'ci' of the District of Columbia, 

 and three of the highest cla.ss artists. 

 The whole j)arad(^ was on a graml scale, 

 well worthy of all the puldicity that can 

 be given it," 



.Mr. (>ude, as is well known to all who 

 attend the meetings of mir national trade 

 societies, possesses a s|)lendid voice, ami 

 was called upon to read the Decdaration 

 of ludepeiuh'uco at the morning celcbra 

 tion in Washington, July 5. 



The Washington daily jiapcrs made a 

 ^reat s|iecial featui'r of the automobile 

 jpiiradc and the I'ost devoted a whole page 

 to illust lat ions (d' the prize \ehicdes. Ju 

 tile class for ('(Mnmercial cars the delivi'ry 

 inotor wagon of (inde ]>ids. ( d. look tii'st 

 l)rize, a silver cup \alued ;it .+ blii. It was 

 trimmed in white an<l gieeii cloth with 

 iiiscs. In the class for gasoline anil steam 

 cars the entry of Arthur Moses, deco- 

 rated by dude, look liist, a c;niopie(l car 

 with .M l.-ii'ge basket of pink (lowers on 

 lo|>. .\ sjiecial juize A\as wiui by JOriu'st 

 Loefller, decorated by (!ude liros., with 

 American Hags only. The sweepstakes 



prize w;is awaided to a car representing 

 a swan boat and was decorated by Z. D, 

 Hlackistone. A special prize was awarded 

 to -Mr. Hlackistone for the work. Jlis 

 customer received a silver loving cup val- 

 ued at ^'AW, on which 

 caused to be engi'aved a 

 winning decorateil car. 



This parade of decoi'ateil autiunobiles 

 undoubtedly ccliiised anything of similar 

 charactei' e\cr held in this country and 

 brought to the florists no small amount of 

 business as Avell as \aluabh> ad\ertising. 



the committee 

 ]iicture of the 



SALT IN MANURE. 



b'eferring to the articde in the Hkvieu' 

 (d' .lune :J4, by U. K. Slmphelt, under the 

 head of "'Xicdets — Seasonable Ad\ice," 

 can you t(dl nu- how uaudi salt he uses in 

 his manuic i>ih>, aud if it is safe to use 

 it for anv cinp.' Also if slaked lime is 



good.' ' J. w. i;. 



T ha\e Ikmmi planning to say more about 

 salt, ami J. W. K'. "s ijuestion brings it 

 up at oiu'e. 



I ha\e my doul)ts if many that read 

 this ;irti(d(> will follow out my sugges- 

 tions, and I doubt this from jiast ex|)eri- 

 ence, as nearly everybody is (>ither a lit- 

 tle doubt fid as to its value, or else, thinks 



it too nuich troubh> and grows careless, 

 e\('n if he starts out to do this. I paid 

 •+o for this knowledge* and a small book 

 of fornudas for mi.xing fertilizers, a 

 luiiidier of years ago, ami really it is 

 wDith many times the i)rice, if used reg- 

 ularly and with judgment. 



If you keep horses aud cows, the 

 proper thing is to keep a good supply of 

 salt in the stables. The cheai)cst kind of 

 >;ill that you can buy is just as good a.s 

 any, ami in many places one can buy fac- 

 tor\ sweepings. Keep at least a l)arrel- 

 lul when' it is conxcnient of access when 

 cleaning the stables, and before cleaning 

 tliise .-scatter ;i, good iuiudful on the 

 ciiaiiure back of each ;iniuuil. In this 

 way it gets pretty thoroughly mixed, and 

 ol' ciiuise this is what ynu are after. The 

 uKire bedding in the manure, the more 

 salt you cau nsi'. I li;t\i> found that, as 

 a general thing, people are iiudijU'd t() 

 use too small a cpiaiitily rather than too 

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

 kee|i experimenting, one or two seasons' 

 trial will teach you the jiroper ((uantity 

 t(i use. ( )ne cau use nnu-li more on 

 liiuse niamire than on cow nuiiuire, as it 

 heats .so nundi moi'e, and if yoji use' 

 eniMigh it \\ill entiiidy jirexi'iit its burn- 

 ing and you will not xvaste lU' lose half 

 of it by ' ' firefang. " ' 



W here this method is t'ldlnwrd up regu 

 laily and systtMuatically, ynu will tind 

 your maiuire ]iile in ]ireity goocl couclition 

 when you arc reaily to draw it out, but 

 it' conditions are such that you can turn 

 it o\er occasionally, so nuich the better, 

 and you will generally want to scatter 

 sniiie more salt oxer the ]iile at such 

 times, espeidally in spots wher(> you can 

 see that there is luit a sidlicient (piantity. 

 If your stables ai-e so arranged that you 

 collect your liipiid manure, you will find 

 it well to use all the manure; will holil 

 each time xou turn it owv. 



