NOVEHBBB 7, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Retail Store and Delivery Facilities of Edwards Floral Hall Ce^ Atlantic Qty, N. J. 



filled with roots, and continue to give 

 moderate stimulants until they are 

 nicely in flower. Do not give the same 

 food right along. Plants, like human 

 beings, thrive better with a little 

 change. Avoid strong chemicals, such 

 as nitrate of soda, which would make 

 the plants soft and cause wilting under 

 bright sunshine. A pinch of fine bone 

 or Clay's fertilizer on the surface can 

 be followed by a dose of soot water and 

 then cow or sheep manure, but always 

 avoid heavy doses. 



How are the early fall-sown seed- 

 lings coming on? If not yet trans- 

 planted, get them out into shallow flats 

 of light compost, for which one-half 

 each of loam and leaf -mold, with plenty 

 of sand, will be found suitable. Stand 

 the flats on shelves in a house kept at 

 55 to 60 degrees at night, and any 

 later seedlings too small for handling 

 should have a similar location. Keep 

 the surface soil frequently scratched to 

 keep the little plants growing. 



Tuberous Begonias and Gloxinias. 



The flowering season for tuberous 

 begonias and gloxinias is now over, and 

 plants which have been resting for 

 some time and are thoroughly dried ofE 

 should be laid away on their sides. Do 

 not let this be under the greenhouse 

 benches, where sow bugs will have a 



picnic with the tubers, but in a dry 

 shed or frostproof cellar. The glox- 

 inias are better kept in a temperature 

 of 50 degrees, as are achimenes, tydseas 

 and gesneras, but tuberous begonias 

 will carry well 10 to 15 degrees lower. 

 Where pots or pans are needed, shake 

 out the tubers and pack in dry sand or 

 cocoanut fiber. They will keep much 

 better thus and be less likely to go off 

 with dry rot. In the case of the fancy- 

 leaved caladiums the plants can be laid 

 on their sides as the foliage passes. I 

 like to carry these over winter in their 

 pots, and to carry them over success- 

 fully they should have a temperature of 

 60 degrees. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 



Where any hardy herbaceous plants 

 have not been transplanted, owing to 

 the pressure of other work, there is 

 still time to attend to it before the 

 ground freezes. With a few exceptions, 

 hardy perennials are better planted in 

 fall than spring, and November is not 

 too late to move many of these. The 

 ground is now moist and in excellent 

 condition for work of this kind. Do 

 not be afraid to cut up the clumps of 

 any varieties which have become un- 

 wieldy. They give far better results 

 thus divided. If your ground has been 

 well prepared you can reasonably ex- 



pect a first-class show from any peren- 

 nial beds planted even as late as 

 November. 



BY THE BOUNDING BILIX>W. 



The Edward Floral Hall Co., at At- 

 lantic City, N. J., is successor to D. B. 

 Edwards, who is president of the cor- 

 poration. The accompanying illustra- 

 tions show the company's up-to-date 

 establishments. The store is at 1716 

 Pacific avenue and is modern in every 

 way. It presents a most attractive ap- 

 pearance to the pleasure-seeking mul- 

 titudes that pass the window. In the 

 rear there is a convenient conservatory, 

 an important feature at Christmas and 

 Easter. The nursery and greenhouses 

 are at Mediterranean and South Caro- 

 lina avenues. A general line of field 

 and greenhouse plants is grown, most 

 of the cut flowers coming from the 

 Philadelphia market. Close connection 

 is had between store and plant factory 

 by telephone and three forms of motor 

 transportation. 



Vinita, Okla. — During a recent hail 

 storm E. E. Moss lost 217 panes of 

 glass, but repairs were made the next 

 day. During the dahlia season he made 

 a fine show in the windows of a down- 

 town furniture store. 



Nursery and Greenhouses oi Edwards Floral Hall G)^ Atlantic City, N. J. 



