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The Florists^ Review 



Iam ai:v '.1 r.tl.".. 



t(i(l!iy 's lia^is is \vli;it iiiij^lit lio tcinicd 

 just. :i lair :i\ri;i;;(! jn-iic, and tlu> jn'os- 

 Iiofts ar.' tliat llu' jiro.Mit pricfs will 

 prevail tlifouuli'Mir ilir ri.iiiiii;^ vcar, 

 \vil!i I'l'ulialily •^oiin' a.l\anr.' whcti ihr 

 spring Iriiilt' opens uji. 



'"J'lir latter hall' of UMl' has uikiucs- 

 lionalilv seen the lar^e-t ei)iisu!ii|it ion 

 of .i;l:i>s in the hivim-y of the <'(Uiiitry, 

 nnii the pi( -ent in. ii. -at ions ;ire that 

 1in;i Avill ill' ;i Pannei' year for iiuihlini,' 

 throii^hont the ciiiintrN. whivli will 

 mean the l:ii-e-j .jeniand for ^las- of 

 all k indv t hat w ■■ e\ er lia\ e -een. ' ' 



PROPAGATION OF CINCINNATI. 



I Would 'jieatly appieriate it it mui 

 • inild tell me t lie priijier way of pi'ojia 

 ;:atinL' l!e-onia <d(.iy of ( i iie i n nat i : 

 also the ]iroiiei- time for it. ( . A. K'. 



.l>o,<,n)nia (dory of (iminiiati is propa- 

 ^'aled in llie saiiu' manner as llie ordi- 

 nary I.ori;iine liei/onia, namely. \>y leaf 

 ciittitius. and early sjnine- is tlie host 

 lime for Ihe operation. W. 11. '['. 



MEXICAN TUBEROSES. 



I slionld like to ask wlien .Afexicaii 

 tuberoses should lu' taken up in the 

 oliinate of southwestern Texas, how the 

 bulbs shoidd lie separated and how han- 

 dled for markid. W. L. ]I. 



Keidyin<; to the i|uestion about tube- 

 roses in 'J'exas: 'J'liey do not have to 



bi' t.aken nji in the winter south of 

 Au'^lin. or. I mi;;hl say, in the south 

 liall' III' the state; but e\er\ two _\eai'S 

 they should lie taken Up and di\ii|ei|. 

 We luiwiini.' the best time to do it i> in 

 Marrh III Ajiiil. as one kills a croj) of 

 needs at that time ;ind tuberoses Avill 

 md urow nntil the j^roiind <i'ets warm. 

 If not divided afti'r blooniinjx for two 

 yeais tin' llower st:ilks are short and 



slendel . 



In the noitli and noitheastcm part, 

 of the stale Ihey should be taken up 

 alter fiost and dried and laid anywhere 

 just so they do not freeze^, and then 

 pla nted in Mai'i h or Ajiril. 



About oiiei^ in ten or twelve years 

 the tem[)eratiire her(> reaches zero", but 

 onl\ lor a shiut time. If it continties 

 a few days it kills the liulbs near the 

 to|i of the ground. \\ T. I\amse\ . 



TULIPS FOR EASTER. 



1 have L'O.OdO tulips of s(>veral v.arie- 

 lies. many of them of the higher iniced 

 sorts. 'i'hes<> are. however, sinyle 

 early. J ha\e also a lot of Darwins 

 of many varieties. I boxed them all 

 about November 1.", in wliat I eall 

 virgin soil of medium quality. 1 have 

 not given them any manure.' Do these 

 iiulbs want any feeding and Mhat 

 would it be best to give them.' I do 

 not expect to have them early, as I 

 have no glass except coldframe sashes, 

 (.'an I in any way manage, here in 

 British Columbia, to have them in for 



I'^aster.' Any suggestion- regarding 

 this ■will be liii:hl\' a|ipreriated. 



I. v. A. 



\ on should h:i\e nn ti-iiiilile in llower- 

 iiig ;iny oj' the early \arielies of tu- 

 li|is for 1-1,-ister III your i-oldfraint>. .\1- 

 low tlieni to remain invereil until they 

 lia\(.' s|ironteil two to three iiKdies.; 

 then pl:ire them in tin- loldlfame on a 

 bed of real ashes, \\hirli \\ill help to 

 keep out ■worms. (.)n etdd nights it 

 !ii;iy be iieiessai'v to ]ir(deit the sashes 

 with hot lied nuits. I'iaster lonu's (juito 

 early in I'.tl.".. tiie date being March 23. 

 ^'oiir tulips should therefore be placed 

 III llie light not later than the middle 

 of February. 



if you had mixed some sand and old, 

 \\(dl delayed manure in your compost, 

 your bull)s would ha\e done better. 

 llowcviM', seeing you have not done so, 

 you can materially benefit them by 

 watering with liquid cow manure once 

 in four or five days, after they are 

 jdaced in the frame. 1 do not know 

 how low ;i temperature you get in 

 Fcdiruary and -March. If it is cjuite 

 frosty it would be an advantage to use 

 a few inches of warm horse manure in 

 the frame. Tramp it firmly and evenly 

 before spreading the coal ashes on. 



The IJarwiu tnliiis will tlower well 

 during April. They would hardly be 

 in condition for Easter. Another sea- 

 son endeavor to box your tulips a 

 month earlier and they will do better; 

 November 15 is rather late. C. W. 



THE ART OF FLOWER 

 j^ ARRANGEMENT j^ 



By FRED C. W. BROWN 



DOUBLE INTEREST DESIGNS. 



The Broken Column. 



In (Oil l;i-t in-tallnient we int i ndueed 

 the Milijii-t iif diiiilili' interest designs 

 and We w i-h lure to eniphasi/e more 

 stronL;l\ the nei-es-ity of 'delinileiiess 

 and simpiicit\ in the lonst rind ion. 



It is eoMipu-it ion tli.'it ciiimts in these 

 larger lornis. ;iiid it would be well al 

 wavs to kee|i before you 1 lie fact that 

 composition is like ;i monogram, in 

 whirh the letters interlaee one with 

 anolher in pleasing projiortion. So, also, 

 in your de>-igns. the parts mu-l knit to 

 getiier into one harmonious whole. 



Note the first of the two jdetures of 

 broken columns. This sort id' design. 

 iH'cause (jf its double interest, is neces- 

 sarily comjilicated; heni'e we must be 

 careful, in our treatment of it, to sim- 

 plify it as much as possible. 



The Barber-pole Twist. 



We find th.at tlie double interest of 

 shaft and base h,is been further com 

 idicated by the barber qiole idfect, which 

 ;tlmr)st seems to shout at you, " l'. h'. 

 next'"' This i>< jnior ticatmeiit, for 

 we liiid that it further inteiisilie< the 



cuniple.xily of the -ubjeit. 



lie simple, but in your simjdiriU- be 

 forcible. 



flowers iniLilil ;.'row in some viich 

 simple fiiiin a- is -Imw n in the second 

 illustration, where mdv half the mate 



Mr. Brown will be pleased to answer, as this 

 series ot articles progresses, any criticisms or 

 questions that may occur to his readers. The 

 first article of the series was printed in the issue 

 of October 10. The next installment will appear 

 in an early issue. 



li.al \\;is used t'or the cluster, but the\' 

 will never be considered g-acidul wh(Mi 

 placed with the mathematical accurac\ 

 of a barber-jude twist. 



Just here 1 wish to de\ iate fium the 

 consideration (d' the art features and 

 utter a strong warning against the use 

 of those big designs that »o manv of us 

 still seem to admiri'. 



Opposition to Funeral Flowers. 



.\moiig the general public at the pros 

 ent time there is a custnin. more or less 

 ]irev;ilent . of inserting in the death no- 

 tices in the newspajiers a request that 

 there; be no tiowers. It is impossible to 

 I'stimate the loss to llorists through 

 this ( lianml alone, and it is surjirising 



that so little effort has I n made to 



trace this public custom to its origin or 

 to locate the cause. 1 have heard it 

 suggested that it is simply a fashion or 

 fad, and also that it is often done on 

 account of a fear th.it there will not 

 be :i LlelieriiU-^ rev|,iinse of friends in 

 send i ng lima 1 I riliiii e-. 



After c;irel'id in ve^t ii;at inn, lnnve\-er, 

 the writer has cniiie to the conclusion 

 that till'- uiifa\ iir.able .■ittilude of cer 

 t.ain of the |iublic tiiw;iid fuii'ial tiow- 



ers is largely due to our l;ick of under- 

 standing of the ]»rinciples of art. 



flowers are sent to a liere.aved home 

 as an expression of sorrow, and are 

 suiqiosed to litdp remo\ e ^otne of the 

 bitter thoughts of the human loss, 

 flowers ha\e been chosen as th(> mes- 

 sengers of peace liecause of thidr sim- 

 plicity and I'urity. lla\e we been faith- 

 ful to what has been required of us? 



Is It the Florists' Own Fault? 



1 believe we lia\e only ourselves to 

 blame tor this "'no tlower'" advertising. 



We are su]i|)Osei| to understand our 

 business and so w ,• ha\e been entrusted 

 with the contideiice of tin- buving pub- 

 lic, for our customer^ generally accept 

 our suggestions. f.iit, through a lack 

 of artistic training and understanding, 

 we ha\e abused the conlideiice placed 

 III us, I'or we h;i\e (dVer(>ii, iis a niaxi- 

 miim of our skill, fre;ik and cuniber- 

 sonie .arr.angements cd' (loueis and have 

 styled them "works of art.'" Unfor- 

 tunately, they are frequently glaring 

 ex.amples of thoughtlessness and bad 

 taste and so we find oiirs(d\es \ ictims 

 of these ridiculous creations of minds 

 disea-^ed by tile greed for money. We 

 li,'i\e been trusted to produce soothing 

 aira ngeiiieiit s. ioit lia\e gradually al- 

 lowed our ide.a- to be so ]ier\erted that 

 We li;i\e advocated these llliconth mon- 

 strosities. \eritalde trax'csties on sor- 

 row, and lia\e for<ed them on a be 



