Kkbkiakv 22, 1012. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Northeast Exposure Porch Planting by Fred C. Morris, Hinsdale, III. 



tuii.itc part is thiit so many arc using 

 every dollar for glass and stock that 

 til' \ I'eel they must get along for a 

 >■ without printed stationery. 8ome 

 make progress otherwise never 

 so fur as having a printed letter- 

 I. Then there is another class who 

 starting in the business either 

 ■'Ugh developing what was at first 

 'djby or as a sideline of some other 

 -mess. The stationery used by the 

 lii!!'r is more apt to give the idea that 

 til' are not entitled to trade prices' 

 til '11 that they are entitled to them. 

 '» hen there is no evidence that a 

 I'l-bc buyer is entitled to trade 

 I's there really is only one thing to 

 'lone — ask either retail prices or 

 missing evidence. ]Many of the 

 houses <!() this, and the trad(> at 

 r certainly is entitled to this pro- 

 ion. Jf the custom were general 

 •' would be no trouble — the only 

 'ulty would be in drawing the line, 

 it'termining just which ones of the 

 Hitlers are sufficiently interested in 

 trade to be entitled to wholesale 

 ■^. The fact that there are so many 

 are Just on the border line, deriv- 

 ■' only part of their income from the 

 ■' >ts' business, jierliaps leads to the 

 t tice of the firms that give whole- 

 ■ ■ rates to anyone who buys in whole- 

 ' ' • quantities and under the usual 

 '' 'le conditions. But this is not the 

 ■' -t practice; there are wealthy ama- 

 ' lis who buy in trade (juantities but 

 ' 'I'J should be the customers of the 

 '" al florists and not of the out-of-town 

 'lolesale grower or dealer. Still, if 

 ' '"c is taken to investigate the doubt- 

 ■"1 inquiries, it will be found that tliose 

 '^lio ask for trade rates usually are 

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gates e\ery doubtful name that i-onu's 

 into the oliice. Now and then someone 

 is found to be sailing under false colors, 

 but it almost always turns out that the 

 l>arty is Just starting in the business, 

 though there is a sprinkling of those 

 who have been in it a considerable 

 length of time without having advanced 

 to the dignity of printed stationery, or 

 becoming rated or listed anywhere. 



The trade certainly should suppfut 

 the houses that offer the retailer the 

 ])rotection of turning down the onlers 

 of those who ask wholesale prices with 

 out being entitled to them. 



A NORTHEAST EXPOSURE. 



The accompanying illustration is re 

 prtiduced from a photograph supplied 

 by Fred ('. Morris. Hinsdale, ]ll. "IMy 

 object in sending it," writes Mr. ^lor- 

 ris, "is to show what can l)e done 

 with a north porch, as I have no doubt 

 most florists hear frequently the ex 

 pression, 'Oh, l>ut my ponh faces the 

 north and gets little sun.' My porch 

 fronts north and east. ^'ou will no- 

 tice the growth to th(^ north is the 

 most luxuriant. 'rh(> jxjrch boxe-. are 

 placed on brackets outside th(> rail. 

 le\(d with tlie floor, and '.wo fillcl on 

 the north with ferns, white petunias, 

 red and white tuberous begonias. Sola 

 num jasminoides, (lermnn ivy anil 

 Vinca variegata. On the east, yer.a 

 niuins, red and white, are used instead 

 of begonias. The bed below is lille'l 

 with sal\'ias, coleus, a few cannas ami 

 an odd ])alm or two that 'had seen 

 better days,' having been used for deco 

 rating all winter, edgeil witli white 

 lobelia. The baskets are filled to match 

 the boxes; the \ ines are rir>niatis panic- 



ulata ami one white colKca. Tin' whole 

 color scheme is red and white: no other 

 color. 



TEMPERATURE FOR ISMENES. 



Ill The TJeview of February S, page 

 is, 1 noticed an inquiry from M. C. in 

 regard to the culture of Tsniene cala- 

 thina. May I give -M. C. just one im- 

 jxirtaiit hint? If he keeps his ismenes 

 in a temperature lower than :15 or 60 

 degrees he is liable to lose them; 60 

 to 70 ileurees suits them better. 



E. S. :Miller. 



CAN THE WATER BE PURIFIED? 



• 'an artesian well water, containing 

 white sulphur, be jnirilie'l -^ci it can be 

 used for plants and lawns.' Please give 

 all information possibl(\ as it injures 

 \(>getatioii when ustvl in it-^ I'resent 

 condition. \\'. G. 



Sulphur \vater may contain .alkalis 

 whii-h ari> e\en more injurious th.m the 

 sulphur, and it will not be found feasi- 

 ble to attempt to purify the water if 

 in its jiresent form it can not be used 

 with sal'ety upon the plant--. The fact 

 that it kills grass where it has been 

 allowed to soak away in lar;;e ijuanti- 

 tii's does not 7iec('ss;iril v iiii[ily that it 

 can not be usi^l in tli(> greenhouse with- 

 out injury, if care is taken that the 

 jdaiits are not oN'erwati'reii. l)ut all 

 experiments with it should be carried 

 on upon a small scale. 



Great Neck, N. Y.— Wm. W. Mathews 

 is cutting an enormous crop of Freesia 

 I'liritv ami will h;ir\('st many 

 -^.aii'h ot' bulbs, as ii<u;il. 



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