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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Septembbb 29, 191*. 



SEASONABLE SUGOESTIONS. 



Early Varieties. 



During the last days of September 

 the commercial grower is always hop- 

 ing for a good frost. Sometimes he 

 gets it and sometimes he does not, but 

 when he does, it creates immediately a 

 healthy demand for good mums and 

 then the grower who has been specu- 

 lating mostly on early varieties reaps 

 his harvest. It cannot be denied that, 

 from this year's experience, Golden 

 Glow has done the market more harm 

 than good, as it has been in flower and 

 on sale in the market for the last month. 

 Some of the later flowers were ex- 

 cellent in quality. 



Now, just when the large flowered 

 types are ready to come in and the mar- 

 ket should be in a healthy condition to 

 receive them, we are confronted with 

 the low prices at which Golden Glow 

 has been sold, and the professed in- 

 ability of the buyer to see why he has 

 to pay more for other kinds. The new- 

 ness has worn off and the man who has 

 been anticipating a good call at a fair 

 price for his early stock, like Monrovia 

 or Crocus, seems doomed to disappoint- 

 ment unless he is helped by the weather. 



Monrovia, I always think, is a much 

 better flower than Golden Glow. It is 

 also of a deeper color, and, under nor- 

 mal conditions, will keep better, but 

 one cannot afford to grow Monrovia in 

 competition with Golden Glow, as it 

 needs more care and the quantity of 

 first-class flowers from a given space 

 in a bench is not so large. 



"We have, at the present time, some 

 excellent flowers of Yellow October 

 Frost, on 6-foot stems, and these are 

 better than either Golden Glow or Mon- 

 rovia. This only goes to prove that 

 we must try to get something a little 

 better than the other fellows, all the 

 time, if we arc to keep in the front 

 rank. 



Comoleta is looking well, as is also 

 Gloria, and before we know it the rush 

 will be on in full swing. 



There is plenty of room for a really 

 good early pink, to be ready October 1. 

 A new French variety that we are 

 trying this year, called Chateau des 

 Rodrets, seems to possess some good 

 qualifications, but it is rather early yet 

 to pass judgment on it. Certainly it 

 will be poor if the color does not beat 

 that of Montmort, as the color of the 

 latter on early buds is always wretched. 



Midseason Varieties. 



Midseason varieties, particularly 

 where they are growing in the same 

 house with the early kinds, must be 

 looked after so that, before the flower 

 shows col6r, the insects may be all dis- 

 posed of. One is too often prone, when 

 cutting begins, to neglect the later va- 



rieties, and while one cannot well fumi- 

 gate heavily with a section of the house 

 in flower, still a light smoking will do 

 no harm if the ventilators are opened 

 early in the morning. 



Cut off all feeding on all varieties 

 as soon as the buds show color. Any 

 plant that is properly grown should 

 finish its flowers without any difficulty 

 when it is brought to that stage, where- 

 as feeding, if carried on too long, 

 makes the flowers extremely soft and 

 unsatisfactory. 



The question of ventilation should 

 also be considered from now on. Dur- 

 ing all the summer and early fall 

 months the ventilators have been left 

 open night and day, but now, with a 

 temperature which may often range 

 down to several degrees of frost at 

 night, more care is necessary. 



The temperature of the house should 

 not be allowed to go below 45 degrees. 

 At the same time, it is not advisable 

 to close the ventilators tight, with the 

 idea of retaining the sun heat in that 

 manner. Leave two inches or so of air 

 on at the top of the house and, if nec- 

 essary, run a coil of steam around. 

 This will create a dry atmosphere and 

 keep the moisture from settling on the 



petals. Chrysanthemum flowers object, 

 above everything else, to being sweated 

 in any way. They will endure the cold 

 far better. Chas. H. Totty. 



AEE YOU SOLD OUT? 



The Keview always has brought its 

 advertisers good results, but increasing 

 circulation is this year giving even bet- 

 ter returns than heretofore. For in- 

 stance, all the following letters were 

 in one ''^y's mail: 



Please discontinue my ad In the Classified De- 

 partment; sold out. — John F. Flood, Montvale, 

 Mass., September 19, 1910. 



Cut out our ada for cinerarias and sterlas, as 

 we are completely sold out. — M. S. Wlecklng Co., 

 Blufftcn. Ind., September 21, 1910. 



Discontinue our Chinese primrose ad, as we are 

 all sold out.— E. J. Ullrich, Tlffln, O., September 

 21, 1910. 



Talce out our advertisement of field-grown car- 

 nation plants, as we are sold out. — Jacob Doerrer, 

 Columbia, Pa., September 20, 1910. 



Plenso utop my ad for carnations, as I was sold 

 out quicli. — J. W. Furst, Dayton, O., September 

 20. 1910. 



Cut out our ad for asparagus, as we are en- 

 tirely sold out. — Daut Bros., Decatur, 111., Sep- 

 tember 21, 1910. 



riease cancel my ad In The Reyiew. two Issues 

 sold nie out. — R. P. Atwell, Fort Dodge, la., 

 September 21, 1910. 



Are you sold out! If not, why not 



tell The Heview readers what you have 



for sale? 



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COBSAGE BOUQUETS. 



In leading flower stores, especially 

 those that cater to transient trade, such 

 as is done at a hotel store, corsage bou- 

 quets are an important item. Their 

 variety is infinite. They may consist of 

 a simple spray of cattleyas and a tie to 

 match, or they may be built to any size 

 and include many flowers. In the win- 

 ter season the most popular corsage 

 bouquet for ordinary uses is made of 

 violets, with a gardenia standing up 

 just a little way in the center of the 

 bunch, or a few spikes of valley. Since 

 violets have gone out and the Spencer 

 varieties of sweet peas have come into 

 season, corsage bouquets of the long- 

 stemmed peas have been the vogue. 

 Made up by a man who has the knack, 

 their popularity is well deserved. But 

 it isn't every cut flower worker who 

 knows how to make up corsage bouquets 

 of peas. "Bunch" is the trade word 



for any arrangement of flowers in the 

 form of a bouquet, and it is accurately 

 descriptive of the work of some who 

 style themselves "floral artists" — did 

 you ever get a first-class haircut at the 

 hands of a "tonsorial artist "f 



There is only one use for a corsage 

 bouquet, but the occasions for its use 

 are as various as the flowers of which 

 it is made. Most corsage bouquets are 

 for street or dinner wear, but sometimes 

 an order for wedding flowers includes a 

 corsage bouquet of roses and valley. 

 This usually is worn by the mother of 

 the bride, but sometimes at a morning 

 wedding the bridesmaids wear instead 

 of carrying flowers. The accompanying 

 illustration is from a photograph of 

 such a corsage bouquet made by K. 

 Irving Gresham, manager of the C. A. 

 Dahl Co., Atlanta, Ga. He makes it of 

 white, pink, yellow or, sometimes, even 

 of red roses and valley, with a little 

 Adiantum Farleyense mixed in. A cor- 



