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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Canopy of Flowert Over the Bier of a Wealthy Pittsburger. 



law desi-ribts jiractii-ally cvoiy dotail, 

 loaviiiy little (.xcept tlio c|iu'stioii of 

 wages to be settled between employer 

 and Lmplovee. The Imurs ^t' work are 

 fixed by law. ;iul mi ar«^ rlie i>ciio(ls of 

 ■'in and our'' >'iniil(iyiiii'iit wliicii may 

 I'C required. 1-iy in ami unt employment 

 IS meant tip •-(•ndinL; unt ni >luip em- 

 ployees, as iu the i-asi ui iluisc win) go 

 from florists' sLoj's Xn jiut up dc eolations 

 • It the houses of customers. One section 

 "f the law has pi(phibite<l sending out 

 an "'mployee fXifpt during [ho regular 

 liiuirs dt' rmploynu'ut. whicli were them- 

 selves limited. This was so luirilensome 

 th;it the retailers toek the nnitter to 

 '•'Mut. .V report states: 



■"Murii -tie-> was laid nn tiie fact 

 tliat it \\;i> necessary. e-|ii.(i;illy in the 

 l.ondon >ea.'<iiii. in rarry uni decorations 

 at eustcpineis' houses up to the hour of 

 1" p. m. li \\;is -tated by the piincipal 

 lloii^ts that many Lotnlon hosie.sses ro- 

 'pdre iIkit rh.' i!o\\er-< used in ch'i-ora- 

 'i"n> -h.all i.' .alisnliitelv t'l-esh and ar- 

 ranged a- I'.ciiillv ;is [i,is.«ili|r JM'I'ore the 



eiilertainineni-- .ninnieuce. Tiie ciu- 

 ployer> eonti-nde.l that tins work is not 

 arduous and tliat ii i.- eiijovrd li\ tiie 

 a-^i-iaiitv. 



■ ■ ■ ' fe.ar. ■ -,aid the rdurl in Ids deci- 

 sion, -there i- )|,i i-,;|s,ill;ilde cjiancc of 



eiUerlainnieniv in London beginning at 

 any earlier h.Mir in t| \einiig. The 



leildellry^ serUls I,, 1„, ,,, l„.uiii them 



''»'''i' 'Idle cMii.dnsion to which 1 am 

 '''■'^' "• I admit r.diici;iiitl\ . is that these 

 decoration- vvill l,,. demaiide,! in future 

 as heretofor.'. :i„d th.' master tiorists 

 will be ref,niivd by their eustoiners to 

 l"''l''"'' •■'"d Miaiige them as lat(> in 

 ''"■ '^''iiin- :i. heretofore. 'j'lie skilled 



a^-i-t:int- who do this u,ok ar ,,- 



'■'■•l"y I'i'li'" "f artJMi.- tas,,.. ,-in,| nith 



an experience usually acriuired by an 

 apprenticeship of trainino' of .scune vears' 

 duration. ■ 



'J'lu> < ourt tiieii Went on to recommend 

 moditicatioii- of the law permitting ''in 

 and (Hit" employment for two hour.s a 

 day, but t'or Inii d;iys in the year only. 

 Where the outside em|iloyment occurs 

 after the regidai' hours tlie permittc'l two 

 hours slnnilil. in every case, be gi\en 

 liack to the assistant on the morning of 

 the day after the time has been taken, 

 and a period dt' ,it least t\\(d\e hour.s 

 should elapse between the ending of thi; 

 ^MH•k out ot' the workshoji and the r(>- 

 -umption of \\iirk either in or out of 

 the workshop on the next day. .Ml out- 

 sicle work, exceju ijuring regular hours, 

 slnnild be |iaid for as oxeitime. and no 

 deductions -hoiild be made for wages 

 in resjiect oY ilu' Injurs returned to tln^ 

 assist:int. The weekly half holiday .should 

 be allowed at the o|,tion of the occupier 

 of a lloiist 's worksjinp either mi Sat 

 urday or any other day. I'ower to orant 

 the weekly half Ihdidav to assistants in 

 llorists' shops and workshops on <lif 

 fereiU days slKud.l be iii.lude<l in :iiiv 

 future legislation denling with w.uk- 

 ■^hoiis. 



SPIRAEA JAPONICA. 



J he roots of the herbaceous s[iira'as or 

 a.^-tilbes generally arrive from .\o\emb.>r 

 '" '" •"•". .Xfl.'i- unpacking, sonk the 

 clumps well in water and heel them in 

 idosely, either outdoors ur in a cold 

 tramc. Wliere\er they are placed, it is 

 best to let them have one or twn gooil 

 freezings before jiotting or starting them. 

 The old variety, .laponiea, is now l.irgtdy 

 superseiled by the imjiroved varieties, 

 '-mh as gramlitlor.a comp.acta. (!ladstone 



and astilbiddes, all oi' which ,ire now in- 

 expensive. Do 11, It overlook III.' new pink 

 varieties. l'ea<-li I'dossom and (Jueen Alex- 

 andra. The.-e do in»t force so well as 

 the white llowered varieties, but for 

 spring d. 'eolations are superb. (Jueen 

 Alexan.lr.i comes in beautifully at Me- 

 morial day, the smallest clump's making 

 sur[trisingly fine {d.ants. 



AZALEA MOLLIS. 



While less grown than the Indian aza- 

 leas, there can be lu) gainsaying the fact 

 that, the mollis azaleas, e\en while al- 

 most leal-less, as they are when in llower, 

 are the more beautiful of the two sec- 

 tions. The be.iutifnl yellow, orange, old 

 g<dd, pink .and otli.u- "shades are charm 

 ing, ami as there is no ditliculiy in grow- 

 ing and blooming them, it i< imt sur- 

 prising to <ee them l.ar^.'lv Used each 

 winter in all the up to date -.tme-. 



The new st,,ck is now t,, h.and and 

 extra Well biidile.l. In potting we en- 

 deavor to ^(jiiee/e the hnjls into as small 



pot.S ;is possibh', ;ind pl;ice the pl.'intS lU 



a frame where the pots are proteete.l and 

 the plants allowed to get several good 

 freezings. Of c(mrse, it may be an ex- 

 jdodecl theory about fn.st being neces- 

 sary for any plants prnu- to their being 

 forced, but ;i huig exiierience shows a .1.- 

 (dded benefit from these freezings. For 

 late Use. where the plants have h.ad a 

 t(derably long rest since the f.all of the 

 leaf, freezings .are not roijuired. The 

 freezings are supposed to put the phiiit.- 

 to sleep, :ui<l when lulled int,, tliat emit- 

 tion they respomi (luickly to lie.-it .and 

 moisture. A:-, a general rule, it does not 

 }iay to start forcing the mollis azaleas 

 i.nt il ;ifti'r ( h: i-tiiia^. 



