NOVKMHKIt 7, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Retail Store and Delivery Facilities of Edwards Floral Hall Co., Atlantic City, N. J. 



filled with roots, and t'ontiuue to give 

 moderato stiimilants until they are 

 nicely in flower. iJo not give the same 

 food right along. I'lants, like human 

 beings, thrive lietter with a little 

 change. Avoid strong chemicals, such 

 as nitrate of soda, which would make 

 the T)lants soft ami cause wilting under 

 liright sunshine. A jiinch of line bone 

 or Clay's fertilizer on the surface can 

 be followed by a dose of soot water and 

 then cow or shee]> m;inurt\ 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 Hats 

 of light conijiost. for which one half 

 each of loam and leaf-mold, with plenty 

 of sand, will be found suitable. 8tand 

 the Hats on shelves in a house kept at 

 SS to GO degrees at night, and any 

 later seedlings too small for handling 

 should have a similar location. Keep 

 the surface soil fre(|uently scratthed to 

 keep the little plants growing. 



Tuberous Begonias and Gloxinias. 



The llowering season for tiibcriius 

 begOTiias and gloxinias is now o\('r, and 

 plants which have been resting for 

 some time and are thoicnigiily dried off 

 should be laid away on their sides. Do 

 not l(>t this be under the greenhouse 

 benches, where sow Imgs will ha\e a 



picnic with the tubers, but in a dry 

 shed or frostproof cellar. The glox- 

 inias are better kept in a temperature 

 of ."JO degrees, as are achimenes, tyda-as 

 and gesneras, but tuberous begonias 

 will carry well 10 to 15 degrees lower. 

 ^Vhere jiots or pans are needed, shake 

 out the tuliers and pack in dry sand or 

 cocoanut fiber. They will keep much 

 lietter thus and be less lik(dy to go off 

 with dry rot. Jn the case of the fancy- 

 leaved caladiums the plants can be laid 

 on their sides as the foliage passes. 1 

 like to carry these over winter in their 

 |iots, and to carry them over success- 

 fully the}' should have a temperature of 

 ()0 degrees. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants. 



Where any hardy herbaceous j)lants 

 have not been transplanted, owing to 

 the pressure of other work, there is 

 still tinu' to attend to it before the 

 ground free/.es. With a few exceptions, 

 hanly perennials are better planted in 

 fall than sjtriiig, and November is not 

 too late to move many of these. Tho 

 ground is now moist and in exccdlent 

 condition for work of this kiml. Do 

 not be afraid to cut up the clumps of 

 any varieties which have become un 

 wieldy. Tliey give far better rt>sults 

 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 ns late as 

 November. 



BY THE BOUNDING BILLOW. 



The Kdward I'loral Hall Co., at At- 

 lantic City, N. .1., is successor to D. B. 

 l^dwards, who is president of the cor- 

 jioration. The accompanying illustra- 

 tions sho\v the company's up-to-date 

 establishments. Tlu^ store is at 1716 

 I'acific avenue and is modern in every 

 way. It presents a most attractive ap- 

 pearance to the |ileasure seeking mul- 

 titudes that jtass 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 Houth Caro- 

 lina avenues. A general line of field 

 and greenhouse plants is grown, most 

 of the cut flowers coming from the 

 Philadelphia market. < lose connection 

 is had between store and plant factory 

 by telephone and three t'orni< of motor 

 transportation. 



Vinita, Okla.- Diniiii: a recent hail 

 storm li. i;. Moss lost 1^17 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. 



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Nursery and Greenhouses ot Edwards Floral Hall Co., Atlantic City, N. J. 



