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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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E. C. Amlingf, Chicago, in His Office. 



jlioi.lil L;ivr Villi ;is iii.'inv plants as you 



''Oi|llili' ;illi| allnw I'd!' SDlllc I'Xtias. ()t' 



'•iiiirsi'. Villi (-111 |il;iiii tile rows closer 

 lliaii lull' iiiilii-atcil. Inn it is assuiiicil 

 that y<Mi w i^h til iisr :i Imrsr or liand Ciil 

 ii\afoi' tliroiiiili ilir liiipwiiiy --rasoii. in 

 "vviiirli rasr tliiri\- indicv is none toojinicli. 



c. w. 



COLORING FLOWERS. 



lu coloring flowers for St. Patrick's 



lay, too little attention is given to the 



ilowers nsed. The rullowing siiuaestions 



'iiight be iielpl'iil to sume of thr readers 



■I' the Kkvikw: 



1 >o not use Ijowi'is wliiiji ha\(' been 

 staii'lini:- in wator. it you can help it. 

 ' i'l siiiii,. that are freshly cut. 



-V llower yrown during; bii^ht, sunny 

 v\enther, when all the i-onditions are per 

 I'i'ct I'm rapid ijrowth. \\ill absorb cidor 

 'asti'r and bi-tter than one grown under 

 lull, iloiidy ronditiuiis. Tlie same iile.a 

 'lojds true !(iiiceiiiiiig those cut in the 

 'iioniini; and otliers cut in the at'ternoun. 

 riiose cut in the early morning are j)rac- 

 tioally dormant, Mliile those cut in tiic 

 atternooH have been ton-ed into activity 

 by the sun and are in a better londition 

 'II alisorb the coloring. 



lu a warm, di'v atmosphere more rnois- 

 'iiri' fxaporati'^ troiii the tlowei-s. so the 

 :-olufi(Ui is drawn u|i ami colnrs the 

 Ilowers more (puckly. 



If you wish to harden the Ilowers in a 

 cool room, do il after they are I'olorcd. 

 but Tiever before. ('. R. Ckaxston. 



STARTING CANNAS. 



Will you plr;i>r lell liM' wlial i- the 

 best way tu start iaiiu;is.' I nit the eyes 

 ihr -i/.i t(ir ;; iiH h pots, put tlioni in Hats 

 with s|ii,;iMii,ii|| iiiiiss and -^.■ind and 

 phiii'd thrill nil III,, sir.-iui pipes with an 

 'inpty lliit under tliem. Although the 

 eye- lire ;i|| sound aiicj |i|iiiiip. a large 

 pi'r leiit r<it. C. B. 



theui u\ei. (;i\e no more water for se\- 

 ei-al days mid apply it sparingly until the 

 roots are ]>ushing out. The cause of 

 your roots rotting has undoubtodly been 

 an excess ol' moisture, if you liaNc 

 a uiois). warm hous(\ the roots will neefl 

 Miiy liuiii daaipnii; over until grin\th 

 starts. w. \. r. 



OBITUARY. 



Edwin J. Hill. 



tMwiii .1. Hill, of 40 Hull street. .\iim, 

 Ilia. < iiiiii.. died Siiiiduy. {■'ebruaiy l.'l. 

 after a briel' illness. A week pi'ex ioii-p . 

 while nil a business ti'ip to New lia\en. 

 he wa- taken with a chill. wlii(di devel 

 o|ieiied into [iiieuiniuiia. and his niiuli 



tiiOl -non became such that hope nt' I'e 



eo\eiy wii- pr.icl ically abaiidoncil. lie 

 was :;it year- nld and wa^ the smi nt' the 



late Mnlli- .\. Hill. W hn -llllti'd tile first 



llniist-' i-tablishineni in Ansniiia. Tin 

 elder .\Ir. Hill died a uiiinber nt' ye.ir- 

 a^ii. Ivlwiii -U( eiliiiy' In the bu-iues-.. 



.\. few years later Mr. Hill \a<ated the 



old gre(?ahouses on Xoi'th Main -treet. 



which wfre aflei'wtirds occupied by the 



.\nsonia I'^'loral < 'o.. and buili a -laall 



range of houses on Hull street, lie wa- 



' married in Miss .leiinie I'ntter. ■>{' Ansn 



iii;i. who siir\i\es him. Twn rhildreii. 



• ha lies and .Merrill Hill, are also leti. 



besides his mother, Airs. I'hoebe Hill, ni 



\'e\\ York. Annuie t he ot her survi\'ors a I . 



I twn brntliers, (aviiiic Hill, nt' Walerbiii \ , 



[ < oiiii.. and .Vlben Hill, of .\eu ^ mk ; 



j and nlle sisti'l'. Mi'S. I'd-ie lleM-. n| 

 I liriduepnl't . 



! Mr. Hill was .i niember nt' i he ilauh 



llosr iiinl Hook ami Ladder ' n. ; \aiiL;a 

 Uirk lodye, I. C). (). I'\, and I". D. Ci^in 

 iiell iodn,.. \. i:. ( ). I'., ,.|l| nf Ansonia 

 I The I'lineial wa- lield Tuesday a I't eriioon 

 ' from Immaiiuel l'j[iiscopal church, burial 

 j bein;^ at I'iiie (iro\e cemetery, Ansonia. 

 ] lJ(deyat ions at leiided from the \ariousoi 

 I ;iani/.at,ions nl' which the deceased was a 

 meinbei'. and the I'liiieial was :i larg(> om . 

 There were many Ilowers. testifvino' ti 

 the respect and esteem in which Mr. Hill 

 wa- held. 



James Buxton. 



• lallK^ IlllXinll. Inrniel|\ a llnl l-l 111 



liiiffahi. \. ^■.. w.is acridentallv kiljiil 

 last week. Mr. r.iixton started in tin 

 business when the llnri-ts ot' HiilValn 



ciiuld ha\e been ciillllted n|i nlle liailij 



lie was then einployed by \\ . .1. I'alniei. 

 \\ hell iiie Palmer ^reeii house- were still 

 within the limits nt the city, .\fter h'a\ 

 iii4 Mr. I'abiier. he -larled in Inisiiies- 



t'lil hilliselt' nil li'ichinond a\eillle. where 



il" remained until his pio|iert\ became 

 tun valuable t'l'l' ;.; leel I llollse -pace, .\fter 

 -ellill^ out. he retired t'rolll the llorists' 

 trade ,iiii| was eii^,|e|.|| in the whole-ale 

 biisiiii'ss lor I'hilip HeckiU'. wIkm'c he 

 met his deatli In a peculiar way. and the 

 new- was particularly sad In thuse whn 

 knew him. (loiiie in tin. npen ilmn' nf 

 an elevator sliat't. he -hniiti'd a message 



III ^iilUeolle nil I he llnnr abnve. .\ s he 



liehl !ii- Inail in the s|ia 1 1 . the ehnatnr 

 i-anie dnwii ii'mI -truck hi- head, killine 

 hihi in-taiillv. lie wa- a member of the 

 I'ii'iisl s ' I lell fill veal'- and the pall- 

 bearer- well all iliembeis i,\ the chdi. 

 The I'linera I w a- held 1 "ridav . I 'ebrii 

 a,\ Is 



Till. Ma-saciin-eii- Ibu't icnlt n ral So- 

 le! v wa- ■ iicni pnrated i n 1 silii. 



' h'ar a jui-ce of beiicli m a warm 

 house, umler whiidi heating jfipes run, 

 and [dace a layer of nn)ss coiitaiiung l 

 little sand on the boai'ds. ( nt your can- 

 iias -n that they will have one eimd eye 

 cacli and lay iIkmii (Ui this moss. Scatter 

 'I little (in,, nin-- aiiiniio tli,>iit and ilainp 



Store and Staff of E. C. Amling, Chicago. 



