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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Store of Joseph Haube, Charleroit Pa. 



As SDou .-IS tlic [il;ints Ikmmpiiic well »'s- 

 t;ililislu'(l, he sure to yivc all the air and 

 light possible, for )>laiits tliat are al- 

 lowed to iiiakf a soft, tender trrowth at 

 this season of liic year will have no o|>- 

 ])ort unify to ''make yodd'' latiM'. Avhen 

 conditions are nnluiaily aj^ainst [ilant 

 growth. 



Now. as soon as y((u lia\e tiie house 

 filletl, you should lift ••iini pot up a good 

 supjily of extra plants, to be iudil in ns- 

 ser\(' and |)ut in the place of a i)lant here 

 and there tiiat does not take hold widl 

 ;nid an occasioiuil one that in.iy jiossibly 

 die. This will enai)le you to h.-ive your 

 l)e<ls or benches look nn)re uniform and 

 e\cn than if you rely on lifting from out- 

 side, even alhtwing that the weather holds 

 on to ])erinit this. Then, also, if you 

 ha\e a h(did;iy plant trade — which, if you 

 h.ive not. you should work up — you want 

 to j)ot up a su|)i)ly 1(U- tliis. as a well 

 grown pot of \iolfls in fnll bloom is a 

 very satisfactory gift, liked and .appre- 

 ciatecl liy nearly everyluiiiy. In our 

 ftwu experience we have never fouiicl ;inv 

 \;irii'ty to exi-el the l.ady Hume (amp 

 b(dl for this ]iurposc, and. if well grown, 

 the (lowers will be large, ot' good color, 

 and |ir(duscly boiiie on long, stroiif 

 stems. Tiiey also i.asi longer and will 

 stand the high temperature that they on- 

 counter ill most living rooms. Thus the 

 v\(dl grown jdaiits are the most satis- 

 f.'ictiuy in the loiiy run. botii to custom- 

 ers ami to yourself. What is lu'st for 

 one's customers is what one sliould be 

 always looking out for. since a satisfied 

 customer is the one that brings the ])ro(it 

 to the grower. In tiiese days of keen 

 rivalry and price cutting, the grower Iuim 

 to look well to his ways to keep Ins 

 profits up to the projier nnirk. and it is 

 and always will be the grower tii.at puts 

 the best on tlie market th.at will receive 



the rewards he is looking for. both in 

 money and in satisfaction. 



E. E. SlIL'I'HKI.T. 



NOTES ON BEDDING PLANTS. 



I A paper read li.v ,1. 'I'. 1). I'lilinor. ^janlenor 

 ill (il.v I'aiks. lies Moines. Iowa. Iidnie tlic 

 Society of Iowa l-'lurists, in session September 

 1, l!Mi!l.l 



This topie is one that is many .sided 

 and the writer realizes fully the impor- 

 tain-e and necessity of keeping within a 

 reasonable scope. 



Hedding jil.ants in jiarks are largely 

 composed of two grou]is. The first con 

 tains the old-time favorites, such as canna.s. 

 geranium.s, coh'us, saiitolina. .alternan 



theras, ecdieverias. Stevia variegata, i)etu- 

 nias, dahlias, roses, alyssuin, arteini.sia, 

 .•Hdiyrantiies. lieliotrope, salvia, begonias, 

 celosia. pennisetums. verbena.s, jihloxes 

 and p;insies. The second group contains 

 some of the newer ones, as arauc.arias. 

 crotons, |iaiidanus. palms, dracu'iias. aea 

 lyjihas. agaves and cactus. 



To the first group we look for our 

 iiuiin supply, for the reason that in this 

 (dimale they do better than many in the 

 latter group. 



Selection of Combinations. 



We pret'er to use but one cidor of cann.a 

 or geranium in a bed, and above all, to 

 avoid using a border which iloes not har- 

 monize with that color. Thus a bronze 

 foliaged canna should be bordered with 

 .•irteinisi;i rather than with Colons Ver- 

 schalfeltii. and a green foliaged eanna 

 should be bordered with a dark colons 

 rather than with ( 'oleus .(ohn (iood. We 

 know of no border so elfectivo for a 

 large bed of c.innas as I'ennisetum IJup 

 pelianum. In good soil it .should be set 

 about twelve iiiciies apart to secure best 

 results. 



For tlark geraniums, as S. A. Nutt, "we 

 use .Mnu'. Salleroi foi- border. We prefei' 

 to have our gi'ianiiims in 4-iu(di pots, 

 gootl strong plants, well watered just 

 liefore planting out. ('annas also .should 

 be strong 4 inch stuff at i>lanting time, 

 which in this vicinity is troin Nlay lo 

 to .lune 1. 



We are fully aware that there is a 

 strong feeling against the so-called ear- 

 jiet-bedding, but wc arc willing to go on 

 record as saying that seven-tenths of 

 those who deride it are unable to prop 

 erly do such work themselves and thus 

 we fiinl it merely a ca.so of "sour 

 grapes." If one cares to see which kind 

 of bedding is admired i)y the flower-lov- 

 ing public. Just watch them as they pass 

 by a line bed of geraniums or canmis, and 

 stop to admire an artistic beil of this 

 mu(di (leri<led car])et work. 



Again. I do not think a bed of coleus, 

 however well arranged in its planting, 

 looks w<dl uidess it is pinched regularly 

 and evenly. We all kimvv that alternan 

 theiiis, santolina and achyrantlics must 

 be kept topped to appear at their best. 



Crotons, strong, well colored plants, are 

 good bedding plants either massed alone, 

 or with araucarias and dr.aca'iia.s. The 

 crotons may be taken out of the pots, or 



The Railroa(i Gardeners at Dreer's, August 25. 



