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AOODST 22, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



49 



Two Views From the Center of C. A. Kuehn'i New Store at St. Louis, Mo. 



planting of 50,000 plants, and Manager 

 Guy Bate says the quality of the stock 

 that went into their houses this year 

 could scarcely have been better. Their 

 entire range was planted without shade 

 on the glass, and during the hottest 

 days the plants held up well. This firm 

 also has mums in fine, clean shape, with 

 prospects of a heavy crop this fall. 



Charles Wagner, whose foot was hurt 

 in an accident lately, is able to get 

 around with the help of a cane. 



E. Hoffmann recently returned from 

 a trip to the Fatherland, and has many 

 an interesting story to tell of the old 

 country. F. A. F, 



FOET WAYNE, IND. 



The Market. 



The weather during the first two 

 weeks of August was remarkably cool, 

 and the quality of all kinds of stock 

 was superb. There have been a few 

 warm days lately, but the stock has 

 not been noticeably affected. The sup- 

 ply is plentiful and in most cases 

 greater than the demand, though busi- 

 ness is rather brisk for the summer sea- 

 son. Funeral work is mostly in de- 

 mand and there have been an unusual 

 number of orders for wedding decora- 

 tions during July and August. Some 

 fine gladioli are on the market; a great 

 number of the fancy varieties are to 

 be seen. Asters, grown under glass, are 

 exceedingly thrifty and find a ready 

 market. Easter lilies find a good sale, 

 and hydrangeas are valuable for both 

 decorative purposes and for selling. 

 Carnations are entirely out of the mar- 

 ket. Boses are coming in fairly well. 

 Outdoor flowers, such as Golden Glow, 

 daisies and goldenrod, are used a great 

 deal for decorating and brightening the 

 shops. 



Various Notes. 



The Bradley Flower Shop is the name 

 the new firm has chosen for its busi- 

 ness, which is located at 828 Calhoun 

 street, and which was purchased from 

 the Veseys a few weeks ago, the latter 

 deciding to devote all their time and 

 efforts to their ever increasing whole- 

 ^^e ^usiness and orchid specializing. 



vr T^ ^*^^®y ^^^ ^^ composed of Mrs. 

 M. Bradley and daughter, Miss Marjory 

 Bradley, both formerly of Chicago, 

 ihey will be assisted by Herbert Z. 

 Muehlni, former manager of the store. 

 -M-ra. Bradley possesses good business 



The C A. Kuehn Building. 



ability and initiative. Miss Marjory 

 Bradley has done considerable work in 

 her profession as landscape gardener, 

 and is a graduate of the Michigan Agri- 

 cultural College, Lansing, Mich. They 

 have the best wishes of the trade for 

 success in their business venture. 



Among the visitors to the Chicago 

 convention from this city are: Judge 

 W. J. Vesey, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Vesey, 

 Jr., Miss Margaret Vesey, Miss C. B. 

 Flick, Miss Marguerite Flick, Frank 

 Knecht and A. Shive. 



The carnation houses of the C. B. 

 Flick Floral Co. are iiow complete, with 

 the young stock of fine field-grown 

 plants of their own cultivation. This 

 firm has found a good demand for thou- 

 sands of theise exceedingly fine plants, 



and have been shipping to all points 

 of the country. 



Among recent visitors to this city 

 was I. Eosnosky, of the H. F. Michell 

 Co., who was bound for the Chicago 

 convention. E. E. F. 



POINSETTIAS LOSE FOLIAGE. 



We have 300 poinsettias in 2^ to 

 4-inch pots and pans, made up. How 

 can I keep them from growing tall and 

 from losing foliage? They are apt to 

 get hard and lose their leaves or else 

 grow much too tall. J. T. T. 



Keep the poinsettias in a coldframe 

 or cold greenhouse until the end of 

 September. By that time the nights 

 will be getting so cool that it will be 

 better to move them into a light, airy 

 greenhouse. If you have no cold- 

 frames at disposal, a greenhouse will 

 answer well for them. If kept quite 

 close to the glass, well ventilated and 

 watered carefully, they will not grow 

 too tall, nor will they lose their foliage. 

 When the bracts begin to show, more 

 heat must be afforded. A temperature 

 of 60 degrees at night should be main- 

 tained, in order to insure full develop- 

 ment of the bracts before Christmas. 

 Loss of foliage is due to several 

 causes, such as too low a temperature, 

 excessive feeding and too much or too 

 little moisture at the roots. Be sure 

 to afford the plants good drainage. If 

 once they get water-logged, the foliage 

 will soon turn yellow. C. W. 



LATHYKUS FOB FOECING. 



I have to call on The Eeview again 

 for advice and should like to ask you 

 to allow me space in your paper for the 

 following question: Can Lathyrus lati- 

 folius, the everlasting pea, be forced for 

 winter flowering? If so, when should 

 it be planted to bloom in January or 

 February? How high does it grow? 

 Please give general information about 

 its culture. Is it profitable? B. W. 



I have never grown, nor do I know of 

 anyone who has tried the everlasting 

 pea for winter flowering. I doubt 

 whether it would be a success under 

 glass. Even if so grown, it would not 

 flower before spring, and. even were it 

 possible to grow and flower it well, it 

 is questionable whether the flowers, 

 lacking all odor as they do, would be of 

 much value when sweet peas are to be 

 had in abundance and of fine quality. 



C. W. 



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