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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 19, lUlU. 



(linj^- jihiiits. Mi'c f;ir Ijottcr in tlu' liotlicds 

 than in tlu' Liiccnliunsos. j^iNiny plcnly ol' 

 room l'i)i' till' s|ii('ailliiji out of line 'j,t-v:\- 

 ninms. c-awnns ami caladiuiMs. 



l-{('(|(linL; jilaiits arc all soli wunili'd and 

 while llifv rol laryidy, ni laii lir just 

 kept slo\\ ly i^rowiny during winter, tliey 

 feel the suns df spring and nnist li;i\e 

 attention wlicn it i> needcl or it is too 

 late. How iificn y(iu hear tin' rcniark: 

 •'No, 1 am -<lioit on tlii-^ oi- that. Was 

 too hu'^y and noyln-ird llicni."' 'fins at 



you should put down in your daybook 

 .just I'ow many jdants of eaeh variety it 

 look to fill the diU'erent bods. Then, it 

 the iMislomer oiders tlu^ bed filled with 

 ncianinms ayain next year you will refer 

 to till' (diaiyc of hist year and liiid that it 

 took a eertain mimlK'r of [)]anfs to do 

 the job. Whether you plant the same 

 or \aiy it, you will know exaetly how 

 nmny are needed. Aj^ain, one is asked a 

 hundi-e(| times this (|uestion: ''I have 

 a llowcr ]>oi\ eiolit I'cet across. How 



A View of the Flo>yer Show at the Brussels Expositiop. 



teufion i- i)nl\' rlosi- ap|dication and yood 

 mana>;i'in('iit . Having sntiit-ient hrlp at 

 the i'i;^l:t time, and seltin;^ the men at 

 the \\ork most suited to thcai. is ihi' 

 very best cit' uood manayenn'nt. ( )nr 

 would lia\e haril wiirl< to suLiyi'st a bnsi 

 ness '.\hcif neyh'i-f to do wcok at the 

 propel tithe will briii:^ .Mliont wnrsr ic 

 suits. 



Iball' iIh' sncri s- with linldin;^ plants 

 depi'iid^ upon thr planting out. Thosr 

 who dn mnrh ol' tliis wurk i'hari;r notli 

 iny for plantin;^ it' tlio licd i< du;^ and 

 prej>airi| .-ini! the jdant'^ to fill it amount 

 to, s:iy, >^"i Ol' more. It not |irrpareil 

 they i-liaij;c' for laboi-. manni'i', etr. Thr 

 florist who is trying to yi\e results always 

 ' prefei'^ to plant wliere tliei'e i^ no L;ar 

 doner ki^pt. foi- then it i^ propi'ily doni'. 

 Suflieienr jdants are put in to make a 

 jjooil appeai'.i m-e. If tlie IkmI Iii(i|.:< -kim py. 

 you don": want it to Ijc known that 

 tliey \'. eie vdiir plants, and yon will )ier 



haps ;^er the blame for ) r er'nel';"i| et' 



feet, fill' there ;ire ]'lenly ot' nnreasnii 

 able pi'ople nliout. 



Good planters ari'an;^(' tlie pl;iiii'< r;iie- 

 fully, just |ilacinir them in the hide<. bni 

 not filling in the soil, and then when all 

 are in jdaee give e.'icli jtlant ;i ;^oo<l soak 

 ing and in a i'ow minutes fill in with 

 the dry >oil. That w.'iteriny is woi-th- 

 ten .ip|)lied on the snrfaee. Tell vour 

 customers th;il c'lnnas and calailiums can 

 be soaked every dry e\enin<i. but thai 

 geraniums iiml beds of colons and almost 

 everythini;- els(! should be left alone ox 

 cept in dry times, when a thorough soak- 

 ing should be given oiu-e a week, fol- 

 lowed by a hoeing the next morning if 

 the plants are not tinitdiing each othei-. 



Jii charging for the be(|(ling plants. 



many geraniums will it take to fill it''" 

 I'l.anfers geiieially re(d\on ten inches 

 apart lor t-imli geraniums, about nine 

 inches tor colens. fifteen imdies for can- 

 nas ;ind caladiums. \'ou c;in have a 

 card with the sizes of the be<ls ;ind f|uaii- 

 titie< needed , d I mad<' (Ud, so that you 

 i-;ii! give ail .answer in :i tew minutes, 

 wliei'e,-i'~, it' yon do not have the thing fig- 



ured (uit you will have to do a sum ii 

 nnithematics while somebody else is wait 

 ing for ;ni interview. 



BRUSSELS EXPOSITION. 



From ]Iaarlcni's paradise of flowers i 

 went on 1o Brussels, and here anothei 

 feast of flowers was in store. The horti 

 cultuial 'lection is part of the great inter- 

 national industrial e.xhibition in Brussels 

 vvliich runs from May to October, and, t( 

 the credit of horticulture, llie llower ex- 

 hibition was the only complete section in 

 the gt'eat area devoted to tln^ ])roducts 

 of nations. The; grcninds arouiul the half- 

 finished buildings were in a state of dis- 

 order, and, in spite of the activity on all 

 sides, it will be well into ,luiu! before 

 everything is shi|)shape. Horticulturists, 

 liowiwcr, were hard pressed to get their 

 <'xhibits staged on lime, owing to the 

 general confusicm. but the .jury com- 

 menced business only an Inmr or so l.'ite, 

 with .M. Trufl'ant, from Paris, as presi- 

 dent, anil ^\'. AVatson. of Kew, i'mgland, 

 and ArtliiU' 1 )e Smet. (dient. i'xdgium.tis 

 \ ice-|ires!dents. 



The display was (daiiacteiized by a 

 most artistic arrangement of grou]is of 

 plants and llo\\('i>. ail of the highest 

 merit, especi;dly the orchids, lilacs, carna- 

 tions and azaleas. In orchids, ('h. VuyJ- 

 stehe, i.,oochiMsty. was awardoil three gold 

 meilals; in iiybrid odontoglos^ums he is 

 unassailable. Cli". Dietrich was awarded 

 ,1 g(dd medal for a pretty <-idleclion of 

 i-attleyas, miltcmia.s and odouloglossums. 

 < li. .Xlaion, fiom Brunsy, frjince, re- 

 <-ei\«'d a similar aw.ard. In the same sec- 

 tion gold medals were awarded to Stuart 

 Low tV: Co., Bush Hill Park, Kngland, and 

 III Charlesworfh ic Co., llaywards Heath, 

 I'liigland. 



The best carnations were 1'roin i']nglish 

 exhihiioi's. n.amely: ( '. l']nge!m;inn. Saf- 

 fron Walden, -who received a liirge gold 

 medal for a magnificent group of splendid 

 blooms, and Stuart how \- < 'o., who wer(> 

 •awarded ;i gold medal for a smaller grcnip. 



.Xalurally. .azaleas wcr'e an im|iortant 

 feature. <'li. X'uylstehe again came to 

 the t'roiit with nicely llowered Specimens, 

 ;ind .\iigust llaereiis. SomergcMii, had a 

 mo>^t extensive exhibit. Lady Eoosevelt, 



Exhibit of Plants by Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris, at Brussels Exposition. 



