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OCTOBBBlO, 1912. 



The Horists' Review 



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A Really Good Picture of a Really Good Float for an Industrial Parade. 



plants from where they are plunged 

 and stand them in a sunny spot. Ee- 

 duce the water supply to assist in ripen- 

 ing the wood. You can lay them on 

 their sides after the middle of the 

 month and an occasional hosing over- 

 head will keep them sufficiently plump. 

 Easter comes at an unusually early date 

 next year; therefore your plants should 

 be started by Christmas in a tempera- 

 ture of 50 degrees, advancing this to 60 

 degrees at night once they are well 

 started. I would not repot the plants 

 at this time, but pick away some of the 

 surface soil and give a liberal top- 

 dressing of fibrous loam and bone or 

 dry cow manure. C. W. 



0ANTEBBX7BY BEIJ.S. 



I am growing some Canterbury bells 

 this year and would like to know how 

 to handle them. About what time 

 should they be potted and what size of 

 pots should I • use ? How soon should 

 they be taken into the greenhouse, and 

 about what time will they commence to 

 bloom? J. E. S. 



The Canterbury bells can be lifted 

 and potted at once. Use a liberal com- 

 post, such as you would use for mums 

 or roses, and after potting place in a 

 coldframe. Expose to the weather so 

 that the plants can have some frost to 

 check their growth. House the first 

 batch at Christmas, in a temperature of 

 50 degrees. These will flower early in 

 April. You will find them especially 

 valuable in May and particularly for 

 Memorial day, either for selling in pots 

 or for cutting. For the latter date 

 start the plants about the end of Feb- 

 ruary. The size of the pots will de- 

 pend on the size of the plants. Larger 

 ones need 10-inch pots, but usually 6- 

 inch, 7-inch and 8-inch suffice. 



' C. W. 



OUTDOOR PLUMOSUS. 



Will you please tell us where we can 

 get full information about the florists' 

 asparagus that is grown in the open 

 in the south? We want to put in an 

 atre or so of this asparagus, here in 

 southern Alabama, and should like to 

 know where we could get the best 

 seed, how much seed is needed per acre 

 aiitl something about the cultivation 

 *ud time of sowing of this crop. 



C. S. L. 



The asparagus grown by florists for 

 cutting is chiefly A. plumosus nanus, 

 'eeds of which may be had from sev- 



eral of the dealers who advertise in 

 The Review. The average cost is 

 about $3.50 per thousand seeds. 



It would probably prove much more 

 satisfactory to get young plants for 

 the purpose, rather than to sow the 

 seeds in the open, from the fact that 

 the weeds may easily choke the young 

 seedlings before the latter make much 

 headway. Plant in spring, in rows 

 that are far enough apart to allow 

 easy cultivation. The ground should 

 be well prepared and thoroughly ma- 

 nured before planting. Seedlings of 

 asparagus are offered by numerous deal- 

 ers at $7.50 to $10 per thousand, and 

 plants from 2-inch pots at $20 to $25 

 per thousand. W. H. T. 



VICK'S ASTER FLOAT. 



A few weeks ago Rochester cele- 

 brated its centennial and held an in- 

 dustrial parade. The James Vick 's Sons 

 corporation was in it, with the float 

 shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. In speaking of it C. H. Vick 

 said: "The float attracted a great deal 

 of attention and met with applause all 

 along the line. It was made up entirely 

 of aster blooms, taking over 20,000 of 

 them. A huge bouquet, arranged in a 

 large basket containing over 10,000 



asters, occupied the rear of the float. 

 The bouquet was nine feet in height 

 from the bottom of the basket to the 

 top of the handle, and about eight feet 

 in width. Smaller bouquets were ar- 

 ranged around the float, with a group 

 of young ladies and children seated in 

 the center, each one carrying a large 

 bouquet of asters. The float was drawn 

 by six black horses, each led by a page 

 wearing a streamer with the name 

 Vick on it in purple. The horses wore 

 white blankets bordered with purple 

 asters, with the name Vick in the cen- 

 ter, also made of purple asters." 



METZMAIER'S AUTO. 



At Columbus, O., a centennial re- 

 cently was celebrated, and as a fea- 

 ture of the event there was the usual 

 industrial parade. Among the mer- 

 chants who decorated their delivery 

 vehicles and participated in the pro- 

 cession was Metzmaier, the florist. His 

 auto is shown in the accompanying 

 illustration. As a special feature, note 

 the window box on the running board. 



Olean, N. Y. — A 10-pound son has ar- 

 rived at the home of J. G. Lyton, who 

 is foreman for D. R. Herron. 



Metzmafer't Auto Decorated for a Columbus Parade. 



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