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OCTOBEE 7, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Automobile Float Decorated by F. H. Kramer for a Washington Street Parade. 



tr(i])liy to the winner. A luncheon was 

 givin to the judges Thursday afternoon, 

 aii'l on Friday evening they participated 

 with President Gude and the other offi- 

 ceis of the Chamber of Commerce in a 

 retcption to those participating in the 

 parade. 



HYAQNTHS AND VON SIONS. 



1 received my shipment of Dutch hya- 

 cinths and Von Sions a few days ago. I 

 potted and boxed them off, placed them 

 in a frame, wet them down and covered 

 lightly. Was this treatment all right? 



D. W. D. 



tiive the boxes or pots a good covering 

 of ashes or soil. Cover them with board 

 shutters to keep them cooler and throw 

 otl soaking rains. Before severe weather 

 oither protect well with straw and leaves, 

 or better still remove to a cellar floor, 

 01! • where there is no artificial heat. 

 C. W. 



OUTDOOR WORK. 



he calls which florists are receiving for 



ii;e and assistance in the matter of 



iting hardy stock for their customers, 



increasing to a notable extent. This 



1 larticularly true with those florists 



plant tender stock in the spring. There 



a time when the man with a 50-foot 



was content with no other embellish- 



t than a couple of beds of geraniums, 



nowadays he wants as much hardy 



k as he can find room for in his 



e. Indeed, the call is such that some 



sts refer to it as landscape work, and 



'i are enough real landscape jobs 



ing up in most of the smaller cities 



that a florist who pretends to be 



'pped for all outdoor work must have 



'e or less knowledge of landscaping 



' all that it implies. 



•andscaping is a department by itself 



' requires rather more general knowl- 



fe than is needed to plant a bed of 



It-wooded stock. Not only must the 



'nter of hardy stock have a knowledge 



of a large number of varieties and their 

 adaptabilities, but he must be able to 

 devise a different treatment for each 

 job; it will not suffice to make all the 

 properties in a block as like as the peas 

 in a pod. And when one residence 

 grounds has passed under the hands of 

 a capable landscape man, it almost al- 

 ways leads to calls for similar work for 

 the neighbors of the man who lead the 

 way. 



There are several advantages in being 

 able to do hardy planting; it not only 

 offers a chance for largely increasing 

 the volume of business, but it is done in 

 early spring, before the tender stock can 

 go out, and much may be done in autumn 

 and early winter, so that for those who 

 do bedding out the addition of hardy 

 stock greatly lengthens the season. Again, 

 it is the most natural thing in. the world 

 for the house owner to -consult his flo- 



rist on such matters, and if the florist 

 is not equipped to talk intelligently and 

 do business, the customer is likely to be 

 led away by one who has the facilities 

 for doing anything that comes his way. 

 There are a large number of excellent 

 books on landscaping and the handling 

 of hardy plants which will make excel- 

 lent winter reading for any florist who 

 does garden work. 



Crawfordsville, Ind. — McDonald & 

 Steele recently exhibited in their window 

 a fine assortment of dahlias, comprising 

 about sixty varieties. 



Shillington, Pa. — Howard M. Shil- 

 ling met with an accident June 19 which 

 developed into blood poisoning, but he 

 now is again able to attend to his duties 

 in the greenhouses. 



Decorated by Geo. H. Cooke to Represent the Washington Florists' Club. 



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