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SKiTBMBieR 10, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



13 



Street Front at E. D. Ellswotth's Place, The Rosery, at Kansas City, Mo. 



note of the bank on which it is drawn. 

 Observe if the person signing the cheque 

 is the same as the one having goods. 

 Thon ask your own bank manager to 

 Msccrtain from the other bank if the in- 

 ilividual is a satisfactory client and 

 whether he actually meets the cheques 

 lie draws. 



"It is always an additional safeguard 

 before giving credit to obtain a special 

 rejiort from one of the firms who spe- 

 rialize in this class of work. 



"If after adopting these necessary 

 Iirecautions you make a bad debt, you 

 will find yourself in company with the 

 best firms in the trade, and that the rea- 

 son for non-payment is misfortune or 

 other unforeseen cause, but when you 

 make bad debts without using the sug- 

 fjested safeguards you will invariably 

 find the list of creditors made up of 

 firms adopting the same easy but care- 

 less system as your own." 



WOOD FEENS FOR WINTER USE. 



Please let me know when I should cut 

 the fancy wood ferns for winter use 

 and how I should take care of them so 

 as to make them keep well into the win- 

 ter. I cut a few hundreds now and 

 then and put them right in cold water, 

 hut they are not there over a week be- 

 fore they turn yellow and spoil. I 

 kcpp them in a dark place. W. A, 



The ferns should be cut as late in the 

 «f!ison as possible, before frost, and 

 Piiiked away in a cool and damp place. 

 If they are packed away on damp 

 iiioss, and covered with a thin coating 

 "t the same material, they usually keep 

 l^'ll, provided the temperature is kept 

 l"^\ enough to prevent heating. 



W. H. T. 



^'ATEEING WHEN SUN SHINES. 



I'o you approve of watering flowers 

 ^^'"'" the sun shines upon them? 



F. A. P. 



I '''■tainly, I approve of watering 

 ' ,"'7 whenever they need it, no matter 



"•'tl'or the sun shines or not. In 



r.,'«*^T®^ many crops are greatly 



iente( by sprayings overhead on hot, 



^UM V days. The old idea that it 



^1 ' "<i never do to moisten foliage when 



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','«"• Vou have probably seen thun- 

 siorms come on days of intense 



heat, with drenching rains, and havie 

 seen the sun come out in full brilliancy 

 a few minutes later on the dripping 

 plants. Did you ever find them burnecl, 

 or injured in any way, unless hailstones 

 accompanied the thunder? As to water- 

 ing plants outdoors during hot weather, 

 1 believe the best time to do it is in 

 the morning or evening; less is lost then 

 by evaporation. In using sprinklers, 

 from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m. is the time when 

 the plants receive the most real benefit, 

 but pot plants and bench crops must 

 have water irrespective of whether the 

 sun shines or not. C. W. 



after planting and, after growth has 

 started, maintain a minimum of 60 de- 

 grees. Of course the bulbs can be flow- 

 ered in somewhat less time by using 

 more heat, but too much forcing is not 

 desirable. C. W. 



ANTIRRHINUMS IN BENCHES. 



Will snapdragons grow in six inches 

 of soil in raised beds and bloom in a 

 night temperature of 4.5 to 48 degrees? 



L. F. C. 



6IOANTEUMS FOR EASTER. 



Easter in 1915 falls eight days earlier 

 than this year, the date being April 4. 

 Kindly state when one located in cen- 

 tral New York should plant giganteum 

 lily bulbs to have them in bloom for 

 Easter? W. E. .7. 



Plant not later than November 15; 

 give a temperature of 55 to 60 degrees 



A niininiuni of 45 to 48 degrees will 

 be just right for antirrhinums. They 

 do not need six inches of soil. Make 

 it four and one-half to five inches and 

 you will have the roots under better 

 control. For a winter crop, raised 

 benches are much superior to solid beds 

 for snapdragons. No time should be 

 lost in benching these plants if you 

 want a winter crop. C. W. 



Greeu Bay, Wis. — Carl Meier is mak- 

 ing a iuunl)er of improvenir^nts in his 

 ^.toro and redecorating the interior. 



Interior of E. D. Ellsworth's, The Rosery, at Kansas City, Mo. 



