OCTOBEB 24, 1912. 



The Rorists' Review 



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Float that Represented Norwich, G>na., in a Recent Parade at New Haven. 



lilacs, which usually stand still during 

 the first year following transplanting. 

 Where such early planting as this is 

 practiced, it is necessary to strip all 

 of the stock and thoroughly water it. 



The grounds of the Hudson Motor 

 Car Co., in front of the factory and 

 ofl&ce buildings, might be cited as an 

 example of late planting, where the 

 work was completed in November of 

 last year, and the loss during the win- 

 ter, which was an unusually severe one, 

 was less than a dozen pieces out of 

 some 1,700. No protection was given 

 in this case, but only the hardiest of 

 deciduous shrubs were used, and the 

 beds were unusually well prepared, the 

 soil being of a sandy nature. 



Bight here a word might be said in 

 regard to the preparation of the ground, 

 which is really the foundation of all 

 planting. One of the commonest mis- 

 takes of the average planter is the 

 placing of shrubs in the complicated 

 mixture of clay, bricks, laths, shingles, 

 etc., which the excavator and builder 

 have so considerately left him for this 

 purpose. A little foresight in this mat- 

 ter, where filling is necessary, would 

 prompt the home builder to scrape his 

 good soil into piles that could later be 

 graded on top of whatever underfilling 

 is required, and thus escape the aggra- 

 vation that many experience, through 

 the knowledge that some four or five 

 feet beneath the surface of clay is a 

 depth of good soil that would suit all 

 planting purposes could it only claim its 

 rightful position on top. Where such 

 conditions as these exist, it will pay, in 

 every instance, to remove the clay and 

 refill with good sandy soil and manure, 

 to a depth of eighteen inches. While 

 most shrubs will grow in hard clay when 

 once established, the working of the 

 ground around them is an incentive to 

 profanity, and the loss of time spent 

 in trying to pulverize the soil annually 

 will more than offset the amount spent 

 in proper preparation. 



In relation to spring planting, the 

 fall has many advantages, except in 

 the case of a few of the less hardy 

 subjects, such as the althaeas, for in- 

 stance, which are not entirely hardy 

 in Detroit. 



Fall planted stock will always show 

 a much better growth during the first 

 year than that put in during the spring 

 season, due to its being in position to 

 start away with the first warm days in 



April, without suffering any check. The 

 gardener, too, has always more time to 

 give attention to details at this season, 

 when his energies are not directed in 

 many different channels, as is the case 

 early in the year. In the spring the 

 ground is not in condition to work 

 when planting ought to be begun, but 

 by the time the stock has been dug in 

 the nursery, reposed in a box car from 

 one to two weeks, become heated and 

 made a growth of several inches, much 

 valuable growing time has been lost 

 and a severe shock administered to the 

 plants. 



Where it is absolutely necessary to 

 delay planting until spring, the stock 

 should be procured in fall and heeled 

 in over winter; ready to be placed in 

 its permanent position just as soon as 

 the condition of the ground will permit. 



THE ROSE OF NEW ENOLAND. 



At New Haven recently there was 

 an especially large parade of decorated 

 floats, some of which showed especially 

 well the skill of the florists. From 

 Geduldig's Greenhouses, of Norwich, 

 comes the photograph, here reproduced, 

 of the float that won first prize for 

 Norwich in a contest in which most of 

 the nearby towns took part. 



The float was of pergola design. The 

 white enameled arbor was trimmed 

 with red cloth roses and southern 

 smilax, with a variety of palms ar- 

 ranged along the sides. A screen of 

 smilax hung over the wheels, entirely 

 hiding them from view, and on one 

 side in white letters were the words, 

 "The Eose of New England," and on 

 the other ' ' 1659-1912. ' ' The floor of 

 the float consisted of green sod. White 

 doves hung suspended from the roof, 

 carrying roses and "Norwich" ban- 

 ners in their bills. The pole of the 

 vehicle was covered in white and the 

 six handsome gray horses wore large 

 white pompons. Six of the prettiest 

 girls of Norwich were selected to ride 

 in the float. They were daintily 

 gowned in white and threw American 

 Beauty roses as the float proceeded 

 along the march, causing a wild 

 scramble. 



THE WHITE CLOVER. 



What variety of shamrock bears the 

 white blossoms? C. S. F. 



Trifolium repens, the white clover, is 

 probably the variety referred to. In 

 Ireland this is usually considered the 

 true shamrock. C. W. 



There Must be Some Consfiracy Afoot Here. 



