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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Castle of Albert King, Hornell, N. Y. 



11(1 (loiilit ;i yd 

 I in tl\c iic.-ir 



lluweriii^ liciiciiiiiis. ami 

 low will lie chronicli 

 I'uturc. 



Acquisitiuii. robust growth and re 

 iiiaikably iloi'it'ovtMis; a l)ca\ifilul llcsh 

 jiiiik, with palt r iMMitci'. 



Tlu' Ltlooniy iliiys of wintor will be 

 t'llt'otiially biiyhtcntHl \vlicJO\tM' thn ctil 

 tiirc of fiiosf j:oii)s is fakon uy. ]'>oi\ 



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KING AND HIS CASTLE. 



Allji'il J\iiiti. of HoriioU. N. Y., is a 

 lioiii florist and lio lias an ontluisiastic 

 side ]>artnor. their conibinod efforts 

 havint,' built u|i a snug business within 

 •I few years. The accomiianying illus- 

 tration sliows Mr. and Mrs. King and 

 the crown prince in front of their resi- 

 <lenc(>. At the right is the oftiee lead- 

 ing to the yreenlunises. 



COST OF WATER. 



•-ould sonu! 

 who use city 



of The Review readers 

 water tell nie what, it 

 i-osts them for water bv the vcar for 

 each 10,000 feet of glass? I have about 

 10,000 feet, of glass. .'{.OOO of which 1 

 :idded this season. For the hist six 

 months, when my place was 7,000 feet, 

 they charged me"$l().S.') for water, which 

 I feel is too much. Some of the city 

 '•onncil are inclined to give me a spe- 

 'ial rate if other florists get their w;itei' 

 for loss. I, ( ; I; 



THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. 



rin' dalilia and gladiolus grower^ ot 

 'In- central states an- .'ordially invitr,! 

 'o liear in mind tlie coming bulb show 

 "I the Western Dahlia ari.l Gladiolus 

 .\ssociatiou. to be Indd in ('liicago De 

 '■ember If,. ( 'om(> and enjoy the meet- 

 ing. ,\lso bring some sjiecimens of these 

 ■'ulbs and any others vou mav be rais- 

 ing, for exhibition. Xothing of this 

 Kind has been attemjdcd before, and 

 ;it hrst if may not api)»>al to the grower 

 ••<s profitable. lint if is worthy of 

 thought and it will be a good oppor- 

 tunity to place l)eforc the trade "bullis 

 :is they grow." all grades of gladiolus 

 ospecially, from seed, bulblets, voung 

 stock, and from old c<)rms that"^ have 

 stood the test of rears. Tf will be a 



go(>d time to consider I lie diseas;'s of the 

 ;;ladiolus and notice tiie ex|ieriiiieiits 

 that were trie<| last summer. I]\t'ry 

 grower that makes a business ol' dahlia 

 and gladiolus growing I'or a li\(diliood is 

 eariic'^tty in\ iteil to be present the after 

 noon of December \'i. Notice (d' our 

 ]da.-e of miM'ting ami the |irogram will 

 be publislunl next we(d<. For furtlier 

 particulars address the secretary at Hen 

 toil Harbor. .Mich. 



I']. S. Thomiison. Sec 'y. 



CINERARIAS IN BUD. 



I'lease ad\ ise me as to the best way 

 to handle cinerarias. I ha\e about 300 

 jilants, apparently healthy, but only six 

 to eight inches tall, which are setting 

 up bnds. I should like to bring on a 

 few for Christmas, but would hohl the 

 balance until the middle of January': 

 They are in 4-inch pots in a compost of 

 soil, sand, stable manure and leaves, 

 all well rotted. W. E. .1. 



Cinerarias do not usuallv tlower sati 



faciorily so e.-irly as < hristmas. They 

 are one (d' tiie plants whi(di can not 

 be forcecl into bloom. They must have 

 a cmd house all the time and succeed 

 best where tiie night temperature is 40 

 to b"i degrees. Four-incli pots are 

 rafhei small to flower them in; it would 

 pay to shift into iindi jiots if you 

 want ieall\ yood plant--. If you do 

 not care to do so, \ou must f'eed liber 

 ally with lipiiil m.aiiure: a light top 

 dressing of line bone once a fortnight 

 is also ^ood. <'inerarias like a rich 

 -oil; one i-oiiiposed ot' t liret,' parts 

 libroiis loam aiol one part (dd cow or 

 slieep m:iiiui-e. with -~oine fine bone 

 addeil, will be found all right. Leaf 

 inidd. while yiiod I'll!' \iiiing plants, 

 should not be Us, '.I m the later pot 

 tiiie>. A i-ool, ii\\\ huu^i' I- needed and 

 ureen aphis inusi be Iscpt in check, 

 either li\ fiimiyat iiiii' or >fira\ing. 



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EUONYMUS KADICA^rS. 



I'lease t(dl us whether Fnonymu- 

 dapoiiic.-i is hai'dv or nut in the north 

 eiii states, A. G. 



The .lapaiiesf eudnymus. I-], radicaus. 

 .ilso sometimes kiKjwii as !•.'. Japonioa. 

 is perfe( fly hardy in the northern 

 stjites; at ItMst. it withstands tempera 

 tures as low as l'O d(>gri^(>s below zero 

 without the slightest injury. This is 

 the most \aluable liarity e\"ergreen 

 < limber we have. It is also excellent 

 grown in bush form, ])articular]y the 

 form Iv i.idicans rotundifolia. 



A BEDDING ODDITY. 



In Wheeler jiark. in Oklahoma City, 

 this summer, that part of the garden 

 er 's Avorlv which has attracted most at 

 tent ion has been the flower box shown 

 ill the accompanying illustration. It is 

 a full sized '•automobile.'' built of 

 cypress and covered with Cottonwood 

 bark. The ••box'" was filled in all its 

 parts with bediling plants, and the af- 

 fair its(df stood in the center of a big 

 oblong bed of alternanthora. The gar- 

 dener was W. 1». Frantz, and in the 

 ]iicture his 7 year old daughter, Eva 

 Martiaret. is seated at the wheel. 



Spencer. Mass. t'has. II. Green has 

 completed a new carnation house. 'A0\ 

 liiii. 



Rustic Auto Filled with Bedding Plants, Wheeler Park, Oklahoma City. 



