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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Electrics Decorated by C. A . Samuelson, for the Chicago A utomobile Parade. 



Brief Reminders. 



Chrysantliemuins should be potted on 

 if benches are not ready. They speedily 

 spoil if left to mat in the pots and once 

 they become hard are of little value. 



Water spring planted evergreens if 

 weather continues cool and dry. Keep a 

 good mulch around the roots. 



Put in poinsettia cuttings before they 

 get too long. They are preferable if 

 taken off -with a heel. 



Provide shade for gloxinias and tuber- 

 ous begonias, to prevent scorching of the 

 foliage. 



Do any pruning to lilacs while they 

 are in flower. A good plan is to head 

 back the long, strong center shoots. 



Spray hardy roses with hellebore water, 

 or use the poison blown through a powder 

 bellows while the foliage is damp. 



Get the spraying pumps in readiness 

 to fight the elm tree beetle and other in- 

 jurious pests. Arsenate of lead can be 

 recommended as a sovereign remedy. 



Jot down the names of some desirable 

 late tulips and plan to grow a few at 

 least another season. 



Palms should be hosed well at least 

 once a day. Use the spray nozzle. It 

 helps to keep the foliage clean. 



Keep a sharp look-out for cutworms 

 and use poisoned mash directly after any 

 signs of their attacks are visible. 



Do not forget to pot along the little 

 seedlings of Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri. Give them a moderately. warm 

 house and some shade for a time. 



In selling geraniums and other bedding 

 stock, be sure not to forget to save suffi- 

 ci«nt stock for yourself and do not keep 

 all the weakest plants, although the temp- 

 tation to do so is often strong. 



DECORATING AUTOMOBILES. 



The decoration of automobiles for pa- 

 rades promises to become an important 

 part of the business. But one fact should 

 be recognized at the outset: If the own- 

 er of the automobile is not prepared to 

 spend a fair sum, it is just as well to 

 let the job go to the fellow down tlie 

 street ; those who have tried decorating 

 automobiles with greenhouse flowers have 

 found that considerable outlay is required 

 to make a showing that anybody con- 

 cerned will consider creditable. 



The accompanying illustrations are re- 

 |)roduced from photographs of automo- 

 biles decorated by leading Chicago re- 

 tailers for the recent parauo in that city. 



Marlboro, Mass. — The firm of G, C. 

 & B. A. Stevens consists of Grace C. and 

 Belle A. They have been established in 

 the retail flower business for eight years 

 and are doing a prosperous trade. 



PURE SUPERPHOSPHATE. 



' Where can superphosphate be pur- 

 chased in a form tiiat is completely sol- 

 uble in water? G. W. D. & S. 



The best place to secure this ailicle in 

 its purest state, or in fact in any jdegree 

 <if purity, is at some wholesale cjjcmist's. 

 If iie doQs not have it in stock, he will 

 he able to say where it can be got. 



RiBES. 



DISTANCE APART FOR COLEUS. 



Would you kindly let us know how far 

 apart to set coleus when a solid coleus 

 bed is made for lettering in various col- 

 ors? Also, how many inches apart when 

 u.'^^ed for bordering canna beds, etc.? 



M. &J. 



If you have plants of average bedding- 

 out size, allow them eight to nine inches 

 apart each way. With a little necessary 

 topping they will soon cover the ground. 

 For borderings, ten to twelve inches apart 

 is sufficiently close, although they are 

 sometimes planted much closer; in some 

 cases only six to eight inches apart. The 

 latter is, however, altogether too close, 

 unless it is wished to use as many plants 

 as possible, not a policy to be recom- 

 mended. C. W. 









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Cars Decorated by Fleischmann Floral Co., for the Chicago Automobile Parade. 



