Dkckmbes 16, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



29 



A Christmas Dinner Decoration of Poinsettias and Red Bells. 



\\li;it .-ilMiiit tliiisc lldiists wild arc iint 

 iM. Aiiicrs ; Wlii'ii tlicy realize that ell'drts 

 •'II'- ruiistautly lieiiiy inade t<i secure re- 

 -''!•'' 1lial will lieiieliT tlieiii. there are 

 l''\ 111' tlieiii tliat will lint (•(intriluite 

 'ii'ir purtioii of the e.\|)eiise. Ivich |ires- 

 '111 member slioiilil start tiie ii(>w year 

 li^lit liy yetting- a new jiieiiiher. 



I'lll yuiir frieiiils that the next jirosi- 

 'i' ii! was niK' (it the men whn spent their 

 "uii iiiniie\- ami went tn U'asliinutdii ami 

 |'i'"lm-ei| results. It is safe tn preilict 

 tii;it still yr-ater results will lie the out- 

 UKiuth of Ills administration. 



I lie I'etailers are yoing 1o lie witii us 

 •'■ till- next cenx-ent inn. Tliey are ;il 

 '' I'ly kmu-kinti at the iliinr liy simmcs. 

 '"' we ai'e sli(iwin<r them that tliere is 

 - nii-tliiiiu- inside that is wnrtii eniiiiiiu- 

 ■'^ ''■!'. Tlie cdnimittee in (diar<ie nt' that 

 I' '^inifMit is actively at work. 



^ly personal tlianks are dno to every 

 ■ I'^'sident wiio lias done liis duty, 

 nearly all of lliem liave. Some few 

 iiem seem to iiave overlmiked the fact 

 when they .accept an :ip|idintinent 

 therehy incur an olilio.al ien to work 

 'he society that honors Ihem. 

 " the meinbei'S of the different c(un 

 ' 's [ ackiKHvlednc a debt nt' yrati 

 <'<ir th(> hard wurk they ha\e done 

 the results secured. 

 ' Mr. Kudd, tiio eHicient S(>eretary, is 

 'ly due the credit for tiie .advance 

 •society has made durin<i llie ]).ast 

 His years of experience witli the 

 ■.■^' ha\e m.aile his counsel invalu.able 



' h.ave frecjuently jirodted by his 



'I '. 



■'' society is larger and liclier tlian 



licforo. Let us work toijether the 



"a year and see if we can not jjreet 



ident I'ierson witii a membership of 



L.'.niin at b'ochester. instead of l.niiii, .as 

 at < incinnati. 



K'i'|iorts indicate an unusually pi'osper 

 diis cdiiditidU ill all paits of the cduntry. 

 ;ind the duthink t'dr the imme(liati' liiture 

 is eiiccJiiraiiiny. but histury shdiihl teach 

 us that bdonis are followe<l by depres- 

 sidUS. bet us. t heiefnre, use |pi'esent pl'iit' 

 its ill ,a cdiiser\ati\e m.anner. sd that, if 

 hard times shouhl cnme in twi> dr three 

 years, we sliali li;i\<' iiidiiey in the b.aiik 

 instead df r.Miiiics nt' new ;;lass that are 

 not yet paid tor. 



With cdrili.al (liiistmas nrcetinfi for 

 e\-ery mie nt' ynu. I ,am cut husiasticallv 

 vdiirs. .1. A. \' Ai.KxriNK, I'resident. 



HOUSE FOR VIOLETS. 



r li.a\(' a small house in which T want 

 td try <;rowin(f violets, but do not know 

 whether it is th(> place for lliein or not, 

 •as it is sdinewhat shaded in tlie nidrn 

 iii^' by twd large hons(>s and in tlie aft- 

 ernoon liy the ilwclliiiir hous(\ I liave 

 never grown any \iolets, but h.ave been 

 reading about growing them in cold- 

 fr.ames and dugouts, so T tliought that 

 this would be a much lietter place. 



J. E. R. 



Of cours(\ a, house wln^re there would 



be lid sii.ado Wcillld be better adapted for 

 \ idlet culture. They reijuire ;ill the sun 

 and light jidssible in winter. K'dses and 

 cainatidiis wmiid net ihi at all in such 

 ;i hdiise, but there is no I'easdii why you 

 c-aniidt grnw \idlels in it with a fair 

 anidiint df surcos. \'diir jiick <luriiig 

 niidw inter will br inateri.ally rediu'ed on 

 .accdiint cit' the shade, but it will h.'ivi^ 

 an aihantage d\er stdck in c(ddframes, 

 whii-li can diily be (Irpi^nded iipdii for a 

 -^iii.all I'all ;ini| Icaxy spring picking. 

 Maintain an .average night lemp(>rature 

 df (H degrees ,'iihl gi\i' abundance ol' 

 fresh .air. I'liinr--^ nf W'.ales, single, and 

 l,;idy 1 1 nine < ;i inphell, double, are twn 

 reliable xaiietie-^. W. ('. 



SPIRAEAS FOR EASTER. 



Ibiw ^linnld I treat spira'.a^ ^n as td 

 ha\e tlieni in blddui for Master.' What 

 teinper.at lire (Id they rei|uii-o ami when 

 shdllhl lhe\- lie staite(l fur the M;i>ter 

 trade.' C. II. ]'. 



Ixei|i the clumps cdld and exposed td 

 t'l'ds; alter being i-e<-ei\cd. 'I'liev can In' 

 iMiited any time after the midille df I le- 

 cenibei' ;,|iil ■^hdiihl be ilehl in a cohl 



frame i.r pit. tlaster Sunday comes 

 Maiih :'7 next year. liy starting your 

 plants in a night temperature of (id de- 

 grees on or about Janu.ary 20, they will 

 !i(^ in season. The old varit^ty, S. Japon- 

 ica. will ((Uiie intii bloom a few da\s 

 e.ai'lier th.an <iich \arieties .'is gr.anditldra, 

 (il.adsione and astilboides. I'ink kinds, 

 such as I'each l^lossom .and (Jueen Alex- 

 .andr.a, should be allowed twelve weeks. 

 Tliey .are not as gooil (\arlv forccM's as 

 the white \arieties. houexer. Spira-as will 

 stand haiil for.-iiig ainl can be tlowereil 



