June IJO, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 





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THE RETAIL 



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IS THIS THE RECORD? 



How iii:iiiy Avcddings did you ever 

 ■ 'I'uniish " in one day? Did the nundjcr 

 exceed seventeen? 



That's the record to date. 



11. II. KuhlnKum. of Jloiiston. Tex.. 

 • loes not claim to li(dd the record — 

 only that his record of one day's work 

 <'xceeds the best so far published. Ifeie 

 is what he says: "I read in one of the 

 recent issues of The lievicw about a 

 retail florist who had made 'a record' 

 iiir the number of weddings for which 

 lie had furnished decorations or bou- 

 <|uets in any one day; the number was 

 . iyht or nine. 1 tliink that 1 can 

 l>eat tliat badly, as on Wednesday, June 

 ^. I had sc'\cnteen wed<lings to furnish 

 liridc and bridesmaid bouquets for, 

 Millie of tiu'Ui being shipped out of 

 I own, but most of them were used in 

 I own. l-"or about ten of thcni wo fur- 

 Mi>lu'd palms and ferns, etc., as well as 

 I he bouquets. I think that was going 



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So does The li(!view, and will 

 lie glad to tell about it if anyone went 

 -omc more on anv one dav this June. 



PANDANUS UTILIS. 



The late Peter Henderson, whose 

 .'iiemory is revered by all good gardeners, 

 ^id whose judgment was of the highest 

 order, in passing a plant of PandanuB 

 utilis in the hall of his residence once 

 ivmarked to William Scott: "The best 

 house i)lant I know of." All dealers in 

 palms and decorative plants find it 

 imong the most popular of the 

 foliage plants used in dwellings. 

 ' They are especially suited for fern 

 ans and table decoration," accord- 

 ng to Wilhelm Miller, who wa-s Prof. 

 'alley's right hand man in compiling the 

 ydopedia of American Horticulture, and 

 ' ho took for that monumental publica- 

 >nn an account of pandanus written by 

 V. H. Taplin for the Review, in which 

 Ir. Taplin said: "The specific name of 

 Ills pandanus, utilis, which signifies use- 

 id, seems to be especially applicable to 

 lit' plant. As a florist's plant it is most 

 >''ful in small sizes, for example, in pots 

 ' binch to 8 inch sizes, there being but 

 limited demand for plants larger than 

 nose." 



The accompanying illustration givea 



i; idea of a specimen of large size, bnt 

 'I'll was not the case. Receptacle, plant 

 ii'i all .'<tood not more than twenty-four 

 "lies high, the plant itself being in an 

 'linary flower pot, which was slipped 



'thin the miniature garden vase, the 

 "it and soil being concealed by green 

 I'li.'ignum moss. One of the principal 

 'I'l'iis of the plant is its ability to en- 



irc neglect in the matter of watering. 

 '"'•■ed. under average dwelling-house 



I'Klitions it appears to do fully as well 



hi'n kept fairly dry as when given fre- 

 i'li 'It waterings. Uniler greenhouse glass 

 ' lequires warm, moist treatment and 

 '"'il<|'s rapid growth and gives little trou- 



le, unless spot develops. This spot is 



caused by the boring of a minute insect 

 in the leaf, and its progress seems to be 

 favored by overwatering. Propagation is 

 generally by seeds, which are a regular 

 commodity with all seed houses catering 

 to tho florists, and which germinate weU 

 if planted in light soil and placed in a 

 warm house. The seed should preferably 

 set with the bottom end up, this being 

 the end from which the germs emerge. 

 The seeds are a little peculiar, being 

 closely set in a more or less globular 

 ma>s that hangs down on a stout stem, 

 while the individual seeds, or rather 

 fruits, are compound and often contain 

 eight or ten germs, the latter being en- 



tioii'^ .'ifid ;ispar;igus. He was lying up 

 I III' lio\ wherewith til (h'li^lit a hospital 

 [■aiieiii. ll was an ea-y, ''straight'' 

 I'l'iler. Iiiil 1 lie lilt llower mail casu.ally 

 :iii|iiired : 



■ ■ \'ou gave them plniiio^iis .' ' ' 

 The \d,iiigster gapeii. 



■ ■ riiimosus. " reiterateil i lie packer, 

 '■j.ike this,'' lie eorit i iiiieij, poinliiig to 

 a ^iririL; oi t lie ])0{iular fern. 



■■| ^ave tiierii ;isp;iragiis, ' ' stoutly 

 a-^i-ileil t he noviiM\ 



■■j.ei me see.'' The box was o[ieii(Ml, 

 ainl there, ^^niiLjIy re'-tiiig iqioii some 

 Kiii-h;i lit re>s. were two |irini liuiiehes of 

 |i;i r^ley ! 



What the recipient, on his lied of 

 ■-ii-l<ii"-s. Would lKi\e said had tiie car- 

 i.alidiis iieen served witii '' dressing, ' ' 

 iii;i\- lie \;iriouslv conjectured. 



\V. .1. II. 



HOW ABOUT IT? 



When your ciistomcfs step into your 

 nici-. clean, well-appointed retail store 

 ilii they liiid you or your clerks |iii(ling 

 on a ciuai — -or worse.' 



With what class of llower store do 

 Villi a-sociato the signs jirinted with 



Pandanus Utilis. 



closed in cells of a tough, horny sub 

 stance within the frtiit. Some growers 

 soak the seeds before planting them, but 

 others have found no gain in the time of 

 germination through this practice. P. 

 utilis is a native of some of the South 

 Sea islands, where it reaches a height 

 sometimes as great as sixty feet. 



DISCOVERED IN TIME. 



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'iil.l'er stamps mi 

 :,- \ on SCO jia^t ei 

 .•ill .-ip rest aui.a lit s ,' 



if it is true I hat ' ' line 

 line birds, ' ' \\ liat -uit oi' 

 -hoiild ;i flower -tun- | 

 \ iiiirs do it .' 



paper, 

 win. low 



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 - of 



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It hers make 

 ;ili|ie;ir;inct> 

 elll .' l>oes 



I'.ven the st 

 peiHiI shall I'C 



ate in wh 

 l;;illiele-s! 



He was a raw hainl .'in 

 cut llower season lie wa> 

 service. The order calh 



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THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET. 



The wedding -i.i^on is on the wane, 

 for June is iiiel'iiiinently the bride's 

 iiwn month, lnit interest in the subject 

 lit' bride's boiiijiiet-. is perennial — the 

 i.'tail llorist i< c.alle.l on io make fewer 

 .it' them ill tin In.; iiiuiitliv. Imt that 



