SKl'lBMBEU -o, lUO'J. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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)„■ tlirown away. Thoy diily spoil tlio 

 ,,,|„.;ii:iiic(' of :i i>lo<-k of (.lliiTwisc tin ifty 



-■.M-k. 



( liiistnias is tlic season wlicii nice cycln 

 i.,iis sell well, ami to have tlit'in in sea 



-,,ii at that tinio tlif iilaiits should he now 



,,„,^,■i\ into a liyht house, where lii(>y <aH 

 ,,. '-Iiiehh'"! from the full lays of the j 



-Ml! and wht'i-e they can have an almn , 

 .,„,.,. of fresh air. Any ('(xhllin-; will i 

 , -lilt ill drawn plants, such as will never 

 ,,|,| ii|i the lea\»'s |iru|)erly, to say nntli 

 , ,, ,,f the llowers. .\ny stakin-^ or sup 

 iTniiiz of cyidainens should be frowned 

 l„,ii. Well j^rown plants will ludd their 



.;i\,- and tlowers erect. 'Tliese will al 

 ;i\-, -M'll, uliich drawn, atteiuiated locd. 

 ,i^ ,uics will not 'lo. Heyin to aj'ply 

 Miiiil iiiannre in weak iloses as soon a-- 

 ,,, puis are j^ettiii^ W(di filled. 'on 



-•:iiii applications of manure wider pre 

 ;,,. rather llabby iihints. Alternate tuji 

 i.s'^iniis with siunr relialdi' idieniical fer 

 li/ei- make the ;ir(>wtli harder and 



_,,,,;ii t(i proniiite lloriferonsnc'ss. This 

 r.|,|h- to all ^oft wooded and Imllmus 



. I;, lit-, whiidi do mindi lietter w ith a 

 . u\\'_ir ,i\' -tiii'idanls. 



Propagating Bedding Plants. 



I "lusts may now ciuuc at any time, and 



Ik' forewarni'il is to be f<irearinci.l. 



Where cuttings of >;i(di tender jiiants as 



'Ims. achyrantlies, alternaiitheras. helio 



..|i,s. a<'alyplias, etc., h:i\c not yet been 



ikcii. a hiTtch shouhl be uutten into the 



' 'pa^^atiiiif iKMndi without further delay. 



iitin<;s ar(^ jirefi'mble tu old plants. 



I l;c>^c latter ate better harbors i'uv niei\ly 



iil; III many cases, ami. unless one is 



not ut stock, there would seem to be no 



:i..ial use in liftin<; them. 



\iiliiiias aie sometinu's pr(j[ia^ated 



-III .iittin^is; a still better plan is to 



1 -• -eedlinjis. which possess <;rcater 



-..I. The same is true of jiotunias, 



' i.h aie not worth carryinu over, unless 



1 -unie specially ^ood variety. In the 



I-. <<\' lubelia. where the eoinpacta type 



^luwii for beddine-, cuttings are to be 



cleired to seedlings and some old 



I lilts can bi' cut iiack and carried o\er 



liuxos. These, if jilaced on a shelf, 



HI furnish an .abundant cro[) of eut- 



n-s in winter and they are not special 



iiks for j)ests. as are some other sorts. 



I oranimn ciittinus. :is we liav(> pre 



usly stated, root all the better by 



iiig left on the jdaids as long as frost 



's away. If cold conies on suddenly, 



n]) tin' stock jdiints and lay them 



Illy on a shed lloor. If away from 



iieat, they will not harm for a day 



two if not i)ropagate<.l right away. 



' er mind if the cuttings show signs 



\\ilting before going into the sand. 



Irving tip of the sujierabiindanee of 



^ture in them is :i good thing, and 



•r cuttings will be liable to rot than 



II they aie inserted while soft and 



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Shading. 



^ liile we ni.iy get some hot days still, 



length of sunlight will steadily de- 



• for the iie.xt three months and it 



be necessary, now that really torrid 



'her lias jiassed, to reduce the shad- 



"n some plants. Ferns of all kinds 



1 still re(|uire |(rotcction from the 



' '-^ rays, but it can be materially re- 



' d. especially in the case of neplirol- 



Adiantnms, especially Farleyense, 



'• of course, want to be fairly well 



•I'd yet. On palms the advantage of 



'"' light is well understood, but this 



dd nnt mean dear glass in any ease. 



R. H. Murphey. 



or scalding of the foliage is more than 

 probable. I'ale foliage is also a result 

 of too sudden removal of shading. < ru 

 tons and many warm house plants |)rcfer 

 a little cloudy covering on the glass, even 

 in winter. Oridiids of all kinds wtiiii 

 more light and a considerably reduced 

 sliatle. ( 'vidamens, calceolarias, cinera 

 rias and primulas want protectiioi .luriiit; 

 till' hottest part of the day. 



ROGER H. MURPHEY. 



Roger II. .Murphey. of I'lbaiia. • >.. 

 presidentelect of tlw S|iriiiglield l-'hnists' 

 ('liib, is a native of I'rbaii.i ;tnd the sou 

 of (Jharles Muri»hey. ■lei-eased. 'J'he 

 father was engageil in gi-owing shrub 

 bery when Koger was a boy. but the 

 latter always had an andiition to wurk 

 under glass. 



.\s a result ni' tins ambition, in ITe^ 

 early manhood he obtained the aid of a 

 brother, and together tlu-y let his trunk 

 down by a rope, thrtnigli .-i window (d" his 

 upstairs bedroom, and (dV he went into 

 the world to seek fame and fortune^. 

 Dayton, ()., was his tirst stopping p(dnt. 

 wh«e he went to work for a .Mr. .Muinin.a, 

 nurseryman and llorist. < )ne <lay, while 

 he was standing in market engaged in 

 the sale of jdants, to his great surprise 

 his father appeared mi the scene, and 

 after some consultatiim induced Roger 

 to return home. LatcM', with the parental 

 consent, he worked for Frank Pentl.-md, 

 of Loekland, (>.. near Cimdiinati. 



Something like thirty-fix e years ago, 

 greenhouses wore erected by th<> father 

 at Urbana, and were jointly o|)erated by 

 father and son until the death of the 

 former, when they wore taken in charge 

 by Koger and conducted in the growing 

 oif a general line of stock for the 

 local trade and througluuit the surround- 



ing coiiiltiy. milcli 111' the M'llilli; ill tlin-i' 

 days being done from a wagon. 



Mr. .Murphey served his town as jm,--; 

 master during Ihe ,\b Kiiiley and (ii'-t 

 Koosevelt administrations, to the full sat 

 isfaction of his fellow townsmen, ami had 

 their backing fur a tliinl term, but tin 

 game of jiolitics was worked -^o strouglv 

 as to make the upposiiiL; .ipplicani 

 \ ictorious. 



l-"or about eight y e;u s past, ruse plant 

 glowing hits been followed almost excln 

 si\ely. a market t'or the greater [lortion 

 of the product being found among tlic 

 iiiimeroiis llorists of Springfield. 



The present style of the iirm is li. II 

 Murphey 's Sons, ( 'harles R., Frank and 

 Win. M. being now associated witli 

 their fatlu'r in the business, and the latter 

 states that, in the e\ont id" his demise, 

 the business is theirs .-ind ina\' go liLilit 

 ahead under the same style. 



Ill addition to the tlorists ' business. 

 .Mr. .Murphey is interested in a canning 

 fact<irv and a colVee roastiiiLT enterpri'-e 

 in his town. 



The membeis uf the .Spiiugliel.l Flu 

 lists' t'lnb anticipate a jdeasurable oc 

 casion on the evoning of Otitolier II. 

 when they expect to partake of the Iki'^ 

 pitality of h'oeoi Murphey and his son<. 



*<r. D.M.i;. 



Z.\.\Ksvii.i.K, (). II. r. tioodhve, llo' 

 (iieenwood avenue llorist, <.ipened :i 

 flower emporium in the Atlia buildiiiL: 

 September 17. 



K.vsi 1I.\I)|,KV, .M.v.ss. Till- cunceii) 

 wliiih Ixnight fifty-two acres of land ben' 

 last spring, on which to start :i rose con 

 servat<iry, has been incorporated under 

 the name of the Montgoincry ^o., ami 

 has atlvertise<l for a contractor to do ;* 

 large amount of grading. 



