L.CTOUEU 22, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



11 



Style Show Window of Wilson's Seed Store, Columbus, O., Which Won a Gold Medal and Much Business. 



-\i ■!■ i^ liccdiiiiiii; st loiij^cr, aihl it is diif 

 I I 1- lo iiimIu' it ;i lit'in'dt, not an 



II ■ I \ , to our liiisiiu'ss. 



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BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



VVinthrop, Mass. — ^liss Kiiiiit'c J:. 



• i liiT. who I'oiicliictod :i ilowoi' stoic 



'■ lor till- last I'our _\ oats, lias filoil a 



'iiioii in Iciiikniptcv. Lialiilitii's air 



' ■ luK'il at .t;Vl-">-, anil assets at .i<.'i-"-. 



WILSON S STYLE SHOW WINDOW. 



\ \\ iinlow display that liroii;i;lit luisi- 



I ' -^ as well as a ^(ild medal to the firm 



\\lii. li sta<;ed it is shown in the illiistia- 



'''■ oil this jiaj^e. This was made \)y 



^^ -curs 8eod Store, at Coliimhiis, C)., 



I' 'lie loeal style show Oetoher (i to .^. 



' 'ne window, at the rijfht, was <levoted 



' OSes; one dozen choice l)looms of a 



' ' i'h(.r of the newer varieties, furnished 



' I'-assett & Washburn, of Chicago. 



^^' I sliovs'u in .Taiianesc \vi(d;er vases 



•■'' I haskets, each variety being tagged. 



'' ''le other window were disidayed a 



-' "Afr bnu(juet of Kaiserin roses, valley 



■'' Adiantuin Farleyense. a brides 



" is hat of Oeeile liruniier roses with 



iiter|d(>ce of Wards, and baskets ol' 



'dragon, against a background of 



' 'cl bo.xes, in wliirh were crotons and 



I'ons. I'.rown vidvet plush on the 



' o)' the windows adiled to the ellVct. 



'I windows were festooned with plu- 



"s strings. 



'"ilMding in a class of florists and 



'Icrs, Wilson's Seed Store was 



"dcij the gold medal for the most 



-tic MiiKlow. This concern, together 



'' all the other merchants of Cohim- 



is strong in jtraiso of the style show 



•'II advertising o[i|iortunity. The 



"littee in (diarge had worked up local 



"'-t and for three days and nights 



-treed s were thronged with iiiter- 



'I sightseers. 



"^v miKdi in favor of this sort of 



- \\ ilson 's Seed Store now is may be 



'rom the firm's own statement: 



' consirler the money invested for 



our windows exceedingly well spent and 

 li(di(Mi' llorists in any town tli.at has :i 

 -<tyle show woiihl fiinl it would pay to 

 I'ompide. \\'(> lia\e lainled several gooil 

 jobs as direct results of our window 

 display. ' ' 



PRINCESS OF WALES VIOLETS. 



Ale there more than one kind id' I'lih 

 revs ol Wales \iolets.' I lia\e grown 

 tiicm t roll! Ii\e dilVereiit sources, ainl 

 tliou^h I did not iia\e live \arietie>. I 

 think I liaci three. I obt:iined Ircini 

 < '. II. l-'rey, Lincoln, Xeii., a \;iii(dy of 

 I'riini'ss ot' Wales wliiidi seenieij the 

 -aiiie in leaf. Ilower and iiabit as sotiie I 

 had (d)taiiied locally. I obtained t'roiii 

 Will. Sim, < 'li t'toiidaie. Mass., a I'riin-es^ 

 ot' W'.ales wliicll roirespoiided to some 

 others obtained loi'allv in Ilower aiel 

 leaf, and froiii David llisset. fiarrett 

 I'aik. .Md., I rec«M\ed another liundred 

 I'liiieess ot' Wales wliirh resemble<l 

 Sim's ,'iiid the l()eall\' obtained ones in 

 Ilower, but %\liii h were n(d so Large aiol 

 loose le;i\ed. All of these were beailti 

 till \ iolets of |>ale mam I' i(dor. inteiisidy 

 t'ragrant. \\itli long steins, MHiietiiiies 

 tw(d\e imdies, but of (|uite scanty 

 bloom, averaging not over live \ iidids to 

 a jdiiiit. .and th.at in l''(diruary. Avheii 

 \ iolets ;ire .at their lowest price. The 

 l''re\' xiobds and my own are a dec|i, 

 dark, beautiful blue. Thev began bloom- 



ing this year Septeinber 111' and average 

 about lil'tv \ iolets to a plant. They 

 eoiitinue ill bloom until about May I. 

 They have line stems ;iiid go()d Mowers, 

 though not so large as the <dhers, btdiig 

 perh.aps two-third- of the >i/.e. The His- 

 set is two-thirds of an im li to one and 

 oiie-t'ourth imdies m cliaineter; the I'rey 

 I- not ijiiite an iih h. The dan: ones .are 

 iMd so t'ragrant as the Marii' Louise or 

 the barge, pale blue of .Siin .-did i^dsset, 

 but thi'v have a ph'a-aiit and iiotieealdo 

 oijoi'. S. 



I tliiiiK It i- iiot at all unlikely that 

 Von mav liave had more tiiaii one \-a- 

 lietv of V iidet sent to you under the 

 name of I'liun-- of \\'ale<. but it is 

 well to reinenilper that last vc.ar xiobds 

 o\iT a large section ot' the country acted 

 peculi.arly, due, in the main, to a long 

 perioil of vvaiiii. w"r and sunless 

 weather, .and l.-ok of t'rost bet'ore the 

 pl.ants were lioii-ed. I'Lants ldoonie(| 

 erratically. ,i j.arve proportion giving 

 about one tliird of a croji until sprin"', 

 whi'ii. of course, all Idoomecl t'recd\-. As 

 a cdiiseipielM-e. tlii- iiiajoritv of the 

 growers ol' siiigli' violets had the re- 

 verse ot' a l;oo(| linamial season. Larlv 

 housing ot' single vi(dids. ind'ore the 

 plants li;i\e liaci the leaf growth (dii'id^ed 

 by one Ol two moilerate I'ree/.i iiLis, ;il- 

 wavs results in a heavy leaf growth at 

 the expelis,. of llowers. vvhlch come 

 p;iler in color ;iiid -m.aller in size. \'io- 

 lets pro(|uced on |ilants house,! before 

 trost and after t'ree/in;^- would pass for 

 distinct varieties, ovviiii: to the (listiiict 

 ccdor ot the tloweis ,aiid the ra!ik(>r leaf 

 t^rowth on the e.ailier jdaiiteil ones. F 

 know for a positive fact tli.at one of 

 the tirnis from wlimii you bought jdants 

 is the largest single v i(det grower in 

 .\nierica. having 7-"i,(mmi plants rai h sea- 

 son, ,aiii| has nothing but I'liiice-s of 

 W.ales on the pla<i'. To produce good 

 single viidets \ oii must grow tlii'iu in a 

 large, light, airy house, with a winter 

 minimum as near In degrees as imssible. 

 .\iiy higher figure will induce leaf 

 growth at the expen-^e of flowers. 



