Sbftkmbkb 5, 1912. 



'Fhc Florists^ Review 



17 



Frank A. Windier, Vice-President and Treasurer. 



Albert J. Windier, President. 



A. W. Oumz, Secretary. 



OUicen of The Windier CZo^ a N«w Wholesale Conc«m Jutt Starting at St. Loois, Mo. 



will answer well. Syringing freely 

 with cold water is also much disliked 

 by the white fly. C. W. 



A NEW ST. LOUIS FIBM. 



The Windier Co., St. Louis, will be 

 launched on the business sea September 

 16, quarters having been secured at 

 1310 Pine street, in the vicinity of the 

 older St. Louis houses dealing in flo- 

 rists ' supplies and wholesale cut flowers. 



The members of the new company are 

 Albert J. Windier, president; Frank A. 

 Windier, vice-president and treasurer, 

 and A. W. Gumz, secretary. The Win- 

 dlers are brothers of Robert J. Win- 

 dier and George B. Windier, well known 

 St. Louis florists. Albert J. Windier, 

 the president, has never been connected 

 with the florists' business, having been 

 manager of a large manufacturing busi- 

 ness. Prank A. Windier, the vice-presi- 

 dent and treasurer, was until recently 

 vice-president of the W. C. Smith 

 Wholesale Floral Co. A. W. Gumz, the 

 secretary, has been with Geo. H. Anger- 

 mueller for the last five years. The last 

 two are well known to all in the trade 

 in the St. Louis district and their long 

 experience should be a great help to 

 them in their new venture. They say 

 they have promises of the stock of a 

 number of good consignors and that 

 , their specialty will be roses. They will 

 handle a full line of florists' supplies. 



This will make five wholesale houses 

 within a few doors of each other and 

 will go some way toward making the 

 St. Louis market one of prime impor- 

 tance in the eyes of the trade in the 

 southwest. J. J. B. 



LILIES FOR COOL HOUSE. 



I want to grow a few lilies for Eas- 

 ter, if possible, and cannot give them 

 anything higher than a carnation tem- 

 perature. What bulbs shall I get! I 

 think Formosa is what I want. 



A. D. S. 



Gigsmteum lilies, which are the most 

 popular for Easter, need a higher tem- 

 perature than a carnation house af- 

 fords. Multiflorum has smaller blooms 



thaj.li giganteum, but flowers earlier 

 anS does well in a somewhat lower 

 teitxiperature. This would really be the 

 beset for you to grow as a pot plant. 

 Ha -nisii, -where it does well, as was 

 thes case last season with some grow- 

 ers s, would come along in good season 

 forr you. It would not be wise to de- 

 petaid too much on Formosa. This is 



good for cutting, but is too irregular 

 in flowering and too varied in height 

 to make a desirable pot plant. Some 

 may be eighteen inches high, but 

 many four to six feet. Again, some 

 spikes will carry only one or two 

 flowers, while others may have eight 

 to twelve. Try multiflorum and Har- 

 risii. C. W. 



TLANTINQ TIME. 



The popular peonies seem to be more 

 ia - demand than ever. It is true there 

 is a surfeit of varieties with undesirable 

 coolers, but when it comes to clear, 

 deocided sliades, such as pure white, pink 

 annd rose, there is no great surplus. Such 

 vaarieties as Festiva Maxima, Felix 

 CtB-ousse, Mme. de Verneville, Duchesse 

 d^ Nemours, Avalanche, Marguerite 

 6»«rard, Venus, Baroness Schroeder, 

 FHoral Treasure, Mme. Crousse, M. Du- 

 pCDnt, Couronne d'Or, Mme. Calot and 

 QT-ueen Victoria are such as no florist 

 neeed be afraid to plant and stock up on. 

 Tr lie above are all moderate priced sorts. 

 T~'liere are newer, scarcer and more ex- 

 p»«nsive ones, including some gems, but 

 tifte older ones . are still well in the 

 rmnning. 



September to November may be given 

 a: 8 the planting season, but in the more 

 oaortherly states September is the month 



par excellence for making new plant- 

 ings. If put in now the peonies get nicely 

 established before winter and will 

 floKwer quite nicely the first year after 

 planting. Old clumps, which are going 

 blind, should be divided. I have seen 

 clumps flower splendidly without divid-. 

 ing for fifteen to twenty years; then, 

 again, they sometimes deteriorate in 

 five to seven years. The more flower- 

 ing stems are cut away, the greater 

 will be the decline in the plants. If 

 long stems, reaching practically to the 

 ground, are taken, the plants will be 

 severely hurt. Growers should be care- 

 ful to leave at least two sets of leaves 

 on each stem. If this is not done the 

 plants will flower disappointingly the 

 next year. 



It need hardly be said that to grow 

 good peonies, or, for that matter, any 

 other herbaceous perennial, the soil 

 should be deeply spaded or plowed 

 and liberally manured. Well decayed 



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