Fbbboahy 24, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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E. C. Amltns^y Chica£Ot in His Office. 



should give you as many plants as you 

 require and allow for some extras. Of 

 course, you can plant the rows closer 

 than here indicated, but it is assumed 

 that you wish to use a horse or hand cul 

 tivator through the growing season, in 

 which case thirty inches is none too much. 



C.W. 



COLORING FLOWERS. 



In coloring flowers for St. Patrick's 

 day, too little attention is given to the 

 flowers used. The following suggestions 

 might be helpful to some of the readers 

 of the Review: 



Do not use flowers which have been 

 standing in water, if you can help it. 

 (!et some that are freshly cut. 



A flower grown during bright, sunny 

 weather, when all the conditions are per- 

 fect for rapid growth, will absorb color 

 faster and better than one grown under 

 dull, cloudy conditions. The same idea 

 holds true concerning those cut in the 

 morning and others cut in the afternoon. 

 Those cut in the early morning are prac- 

 tically dormant, while those cut in the 

 afternoon have been forced into activity 

 by the sun and are in a better condition 

 to absorb the coloring. 



In a warm, dry atmosphere more mois- 

 ture evaporates from the flowers, so the 

 solution is drawn up and colors the 

 flowers more quickly. 



If you wish to harden the flowers in a 

 cool room, do it after they are colored, 

 but never before. C. R. Cranston. 



STARTING CANNAS. 



Will you please tell mc what is the 

 best way to start cannas? I cut the eyes 

 the size for 3-inch pots, put them in flats 

 with sphagnum moss and sand and 

 placed them on the steam pipes with an 

 empty flat under them. Although the 

 eyes are all sound and plump, a large 

 per cent rot. C. B. 



Clear a piece of bench in a warm 

 house, under which heating pipes run, 

 and place a layer of moss containing u 

 little sand on the boards. Cut your can- 

 nas so that they will have one good eye 

 each and lay them on this moss. Scatter 

 a little fine moss among them and damp 



them over. Give no more water for sev- 

 eral days and apply it sparingly until the 

 roots are pushing out. The cause of 

 your roots rotting has undoubtedly been 

 an excess of moisture. If you have 

 a moist, warm house, the roots will need 

 (inlv light damping over until growth 

 starts. W. N. C. . 



OBITUARY. 



Edwin J. Hill. 



Edwin J. Hill, of 40 Hull street, Anso- 

 nia, Conn., died Sunday, February 13, 

 after a brief illness. A week previously, 

 while on a business trip to New Haven, 

 he was taken with a chill, which devel- 

 opcned into pneumonia, and his condi- 

 tion soon became $ach that hope of re- 

 covery was practically abandoned. He 

 was 39 years old and was the son of the 

 late Morris A. Hill, who started the first 

 florists' establishment in Ansonia. The 

 elder Mr. Hill died a number of years 

 ago, Edwin succeeding to the business. 



A few years later Mr. Hill vacated the 

 old greenhouses on North Main street, 

 which were afterwards occupied by the 

 Ansonia Floral Co., and built a small 

 range of houses on Hull street. He was 

 married to Miss^ Jennie Potter, of Anso- 

 nia, who survives him. Two children, 

 Charles and Merrill Hill, are also left, 

 besides his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Hill, of 

 New York. Among the other survivors are 

 two brothers, George Hill, of Waterbury, 

 Conn., and Albert Hill, of New York; 

 and one sister, Mrs. Elsie Betts, of 

 Bridgeport. 



Mr. Hill was a member of the Eagle 

 Hose and Hook and Ladder Co.; Nauga 

 tuck lodge, L O. O. F., and F. D. Grin 

 nell lodge, N. E. O. P., all of Ansonia. 

 The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon 

 from Immanuel Episcopal church, burial 

 being at Pine Grove cemetery, Ansonia. 

 Delegations attended from the various or- 

 ganiza^ons of which the deceased was a 

 member, and the funeral was a large one. 

 There were many flowers, testifying to 

 the respect and esteem in which Mr. Hill 

 was held. 



James Buxton. 



.lames Buxton, formerly a florist in 

 Buffalo, N. Y., was accidentally killed 

 last week. Mr. Buxton started in the 

 l)usiness when the florists of Buffalo 

 could have been counted on one hand. 

 He was then employed by W. J. Palmer, 

 when the Palmer greenhouses were still 

 witliin the limits of the city. After leav- 

 ing Mr. Palmer, he started in business 

 for himself on Richmond avenue, wliere 

 lio remained until his property became 

 too valuable for greenhouse space. After 

 selling out, he retired from the florists' 

 trade and was engaged in the wholesale 

 business for Philip Becker, where he 

 met his death in a jjcculiar way, and the 

 news was particularly sad to those who 

 knew him. Going to the open door of 

 an elevator shaft, he shouted a message 

 to someone on the floor above. As he 

 held his head in the shaft, the elevator 

 came down and struck liis head, killing 

 him instantly. He was a member of the 

 Florists' Club for years and the pall- 

 bearers were all members of the club. 

 The funeral was held Fridav, Febru- 

 ary IS. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety was incorporated in 1829. 



Store and Staff of E. C. Amlin;, Chicago. 



