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The Florists' Review 



25 



Window Decoration for Easter by Anna Grace Sawyer, Chicago. 



lianks were closed. So I gave lior tlic 

 "•arnatious, thinking we were better 

 aide to lose them than the cash change. 

 Her story was plausible enough; she 

 t'ven went so far as to give her moth- 

 er's address, not over twenty-five miles 

 distant. 



The following Monday her brother 

 • arne in, paid the bill and thanked us 

 lor our courtesy to a stranger, and we 

 added a new customer. Now, I felt 

 like Bill Nye when a friend asked him, 

 •'Whom can we trust?" Bill said, 

 "That is not the question at issue. 

 Who will trust us?" 



Geo. W. Quancc. 



ANNA SAWYER'S WINDOW. 



At her store at 4044 West Madison 

 >treet, Miss Anna Grace Sawyer, one 

 nf Chicago's most enterprising women 

 tlorists, pays particular attention to the 

 .ippearance of her window. She has a 

 large space for the display of cut flow- 

 ers and plants, and makes excellent use 

 of it. The accompanying illustration 

 ^hows only one-half of her window, as 

 it appeared in Easter dress. A group of 

 ■ loves in flight was a sign of tlie sea 

 -on. Below the doves, arranged so as 

 to make as effective a showing as pos- 

 sible, were blooming plants of all 

 kinds for Easter -lilies, lilacs, hydran 

 i:eas, azaleas, hyacinths, etc., all com 

 bining in a strong suggestion to tlie 

 passer-by to do hi-^ K;i-iter llnwei- buy- 

 ing here. 



PUSHING THE TELEGRAPH END. 



Following the idea contained in the 

 description of Edward Sceery "s win- 

 dow, publislieil in The lieview a few 

 weeks ago. Holm cS: Olson, !St. I'aul, 

 have sent the following letter to a eon- 

 sideiable number of retail florists all 

 over America: 



Wc an> iiicinliois of tin- Klorists" ToIeKi'.Tpli 

 Delivery Assdihitioti :iiiil wish to in.ike a window 

 ili-ipliiy fciitiirint; Hint iniit "f tlio business. As 

 we wish t" iniilie tliis ilisplay licfoie Easter, we 

 Mie wLitiiiK le a>k yoiir c-oiiperiition by sendins 

 lis cine nf yciiif sliipiiiriK ta;;s and a liox latiel liy 

 I'eliii'ii mall. 



W«' aie in a K'«i"ins ejty of •jriO.OOO ppo|ilo, and 

 have a teriit<iiy nf ."iou.lKio s(]nare miles depend- 

 inn "II tliis niaikei. I his territory, as yon may 

 know, i-^ line nl Hie rirliost in the eoiintry. in 

 ilndini; ilie fanimis wlieat lielt of the nnrtliwest, 

 is tcrouinji rapidly and is very |irospoi<ins. Tlie 

 ileinand for Mowers in this seetiim is inereasin;; 

 all tlie time. .\ny orders that yon may have for 

 this lily and the imrthwest we will he pleased tn 

 e\eiiile for yon. and any nrde; ~ that we may 

 have fur yniir tnwn and vieiiiily we will he 

 |ileased to fiirward yen f'>r tillini:. 



The possihilitio'^ ef the Teh-iapli I'tdiveiy 

 .\ssoeiatiiiii are almii>t iinliiniteil. and we lielit^ve 

 there iv no hetter Held fur adveitisini; eiir piods 

 tlian tlii<. A ipiiek respmi-ie will he :;reatly 

 appreiialeil. We em In^e liiiewitli iine nf mii- 

 -lii|ipinn la^'s .-ind a lio\ lahel. 



Glenwood Springs, Colo. .Itdm Ten 

 brook has sold the (ileiiwood (Jreen- 

 houses to -Mrs. M. E. t'ljsty. 



DRACAENA INDIVISA. 



• an 1 Lirow 1 »rai;fiia iihli\isa I'roiii 

 .; inch |iots large enough for Memorial 

 ila\ .' 1 also have seedlings. Will tliey 

 lia\e t(j lie plaiited out in the field iie.\t 

 suiiiiiiiT and kept over winter to lia\0 

 plants in ti-incli or 7-iiicli pots.' E. \'. 



IbacMiia indixisa in ;i iiiiii jiots ;tt 

 this date will not make lar^i- ciiouoh 

 plants to ln> of niueh \alue I'm- Meiiio- 

 i-ial day tliis year. If the |.|;int< are 

 W(dl rooted, they may lie sliined into 

 I inch pots ;iiid will jiossiMy make 

 growth enough to lie usel'nl in wiinbjw 

 boxes or \ases ot' mixed |iiants, liiit 

 tliev would not be lai'^e ^lloll^ll t'or 

 center plants. 



The se<'i||in^s would iietter bo 

 planted out in the fi(dd foi tlie smn- 

 mer and liftea and iiotted n|i iiefore 

 frost. They may then be ke|it through 

 the winter in a cool greenliouse, and 

 with |irojiei- attention should m;iko 

 good stock for the following season. 



W. II. T. 



SCALE ON CAMELLIA JAPONICA. 



1 am sending you some leaxcs of 

 Camellia .laponica, which are infested 

 with some kind of insect or scale. The 

 plant is outside, seven or eight feet 

 tall and is now full of bloom. The 

 whole plant is affected, many of the 

 leaves having turned y(dlow, and I am 

 afraid it will die if it is not soon 

 (deaned of this jiest. Please let me 

 know what to do for it. S. B. 



The camellia leaf was covered with 

 San Jose scale. In order to kill this 

 scale, you must lose no time in spray- 

 ing the j>lant with one of the solul)lo 

 oil sprays. Apply at the rate of one 

 part of the oil to fifteen parts of water, 

 ami dampen every vestige of wood and 

 foliage. Another way to kill the scale 

 is to cover the ]ilant with a close, 

 waterproof co\ering and fumigate with 

 hydrocyanic acdd gas. The spraying, 

 while it will kill the scale, will also 

 burn the young growths. C. W. 



Short Hills, N. J. Thomas .lones is 

 suing the Tublic Service (!as Co. for 

 ;f!<i,n(M) for the damage done to l.nno 

 orchid plants and other sto(d\ in his 

 greenhouses by "jis escapitig from a 

 broken main, wliiidi the company failed 

 to rejiair for a month and ;i halt'. 



RETAIL STORE AT LOWELL. 



In the aci-otnpanying illustration nia\ 

 '.e seen tli(^ fliint of the -tore of McHSc^ 

 >v Beals. at Lowell. Mas-. The window 

 1- tilled with artistically airanged \ases 

 lit flou-ers. striin^lv i cinforring the 

 -iiggostion made by the lai^e letters 

 :it the bottom of tin- window. s,„.||i|iu' 

 ••Choice Flow IMS. " In froni of the 

 -tore is the ] yi<ar old delivery car of 

 the finn. \\hi' h holds the iiiii(|iie record 

 iti that town of having traveled every 

 lav this winter. iia\ iiig made all de- 

 liveries, even on the day of the big 

 -form. February lb In the first year 

 i.f the car's use, ending March 19. it 

 accumulated a mileage of over 2i\(iOn 

 miles. 



Store and Delivery Outfit of Morse & Beals, Lowell, Mass. 



