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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



September 29, 1919. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



Early Varieties. 



Duriiifr tho last ilays of September 

 the coiiunercial grower is always hop- 

 intj for a jjood frost. Sometimes he 

 ijets it and soiiietiiiics he does not, but 

 when lie does, it creates immediately a 

 iiealthy demand for jjood mums and 

 then the j^rower who has been specu- 

 lating mostly on early varieties reaj)S 

 his liarvest. ' It cannot be denied that, 

 from tliis year's experience. tJolden 

 (ilow has done the market more harm 

 than fjood, as it lias been in iiower and 

 on sale in the market for the last month. 

 Some of the later flowers were ex- 

 cellent in quality. 



Now, just when the larfje flowered 

 types are ready to come in an<l the mar 

 ket should be in a healthy condition to 

 receive them, we are confronted with 

 the low prices at which Golden (ilow 

 has hccn sold, and the jirofessed in- 

 .'ibility of the buyer to see whv he has 

 to pay more for other kinds. The new- 

 ness iias worn off and the man who has 

 been anticipating a good call at a fair 

 price for his early sto(dv, like Monrovia 

 or Crocus, seems doomed to disapi>oint- 

 meiit unless he is heljied by the weather. 



Monrovia. 1 always think, is a itiudi 

 l)etter flower than Colden Glow. It is 

 also of a deeper color, and, under nor- 

 UKil conditions, will keej) better, but 

 one cannot alfoul to grow Monrovia in 

 comjietition with CoMcn (How. as it. 

 needs more care and tli(> (juantity (^t 

 tirst-(dass flowers fmin a given space 

 in a bench is imt so large. 



We have, at the present time, some 

 excellent floweis of Yellow October 

 Vrost. on ()-fo(it stems, and tlu^se are 

 better than either (loldcn (ilnw or Mon- 

 ro\ia. This otdy gnes ti> prove that 

 we must try tu get sdiuetliing a little 



better than tl tlier fi'lluws. .all the 



time, if we are in k( I'ji in the fnuit 



rank. 



Comolet.'i is hiiiking well, as is also 

 Gloria, and bifdrr we know it the rush 

 will be on in full swing. 



There is ]>liMity of loom for a reallv 

 good eail\- pink, to be i-e;i(|\- ((rtober 1. 

 A new I''r« iii-li xaiidy iliat -we are 

 trving this xc'ir. ciillcl <liate;iM i\r- 

 IJodrets. seeHi>- 1o |,ii--e.., some good 

 "pialifieat ions. I'ut il i- i:illier early yei 



to ]i;iss judgment (jU il. < 'er1;iiiily it 

 •will be pool- it' till' color iloe- not beat 

 that of Monlmoit. a> the color of the 

 latter on eailv bud'- is .•il\\:i\s wretched. 



Midser.son Varieties. 



^Fiilse.'i'-on xaiictie^. |i;irt iciilarly 

 where they are giowino in tlie Mime 

 house with the e;iil\ knnU. mn'-t be 

 looked after so that, betdre the flower 

 shows (-olor. the insects may be nil dis 

 loosed of. One is too id'ten jirone. \\heri 

 cutting liegins, to neglei-t 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 

 j)lant that is jiroperly grown should 

 finish its flowers without any difliculty 

 when it is brought to that stage, where- 

 as feeding, if carried on too long, 

 makes the flowers extremely soft and 

 unsal isfactory. 



The (juestion of ventilation should 

 also be consiilered from now on. Dur- 

 ing all the summer and early fall 

 months the ventilators have been left 

 oj)en 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 .'I coil of steam around. 

 This will create a dry atmosphere and 

 keep the moisture from settling on the 



petals. Chrysanthemum flowers objeti 

 above everything else, to being sweated 

 in anv way. They will endure the cold 

 far better. Chas. 11. 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 wcrt 

 in one 'Vy's mail: 



Please discontinue niy n<l in tlie Cl.issifiod Df 

 Itariniont; sold out. — Juliii F. Fiood, iloutvalc 

 Mass.. Scpteniljer 1!), 1910. 



Cut t)nt our ads for cinerarias and stevlas, ;i 

 we are conipietelv sold out. — -M. S. Wiecliinj; C'<i- 

 151ii(Tl<n. Ind.. Septenibcr 21. 1910. 



Discontinue our Ciiincse primrose ad, as we ar^ 

 all sold out.— K. J. L'ilrieli, Titiin, 0.. Seplendjc: 

 21. 1910. 



Talie out our advertisement of fudd frrown e:n 

 nation plants, as we are sold out. — ,Iaeol) Doom i 

 Ciduniliia, I'a.. .Septendier 2(J, 1910. 



I'leiise t top ni.v u<l fur carnations, as I was sole 

 out c.uick. — J. W. Furst, Uayton, O., Septeiuljci 

 L'U. 1910. 



Cut out our ad for asparagus, as we are en 

 firelv snld out. — Daut I'.ros., iJecatur, 111.. Sc|i 

 tiiiii.er 21. 1910. 



rieiise cancel my ad in Tin' Heview : two issw - 

 sold me out. — U. I'. Alwell. Fori Dodge, la 

 Seplcmi.er 21, 1910. 



Are you sold out? If not, why not 

 tell The Keview readers what you have 

 for sale? 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



CORSAGE BOUQUETS. 



In leading flower stores, (>si)ecially 

 those that cater to transient trade, such 

 as is done at a liotel store, corsage bou- 

 quets are an important item. Their 

 variety is infinite. They may consist of 

 ;i simph^ sjjray of cattleyas and a tie to 

 mat<di, or they may be luiilt to any size 

 and iiudiide m:iny flowers. In the win- 

 ter season the most yxjpular corsage 

 lionqnet for ordinary uses is made of 

 vi(jlets. with a gardenia standing up 

 jnst a little way in the center of the 

 biuich, or a few spikes of valley. Since 

 \iolets have gfuie out and the Spencer 

 varieties ni' sweet jieas have come into 

 se;ison, corsage boiupiets of the long- 

 stiMiimed ]>e;is have been the vogue. 

 M.-ide up by a man who has the knack, 

 tludr juqjtilarity 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" — diil 

 you ever get a first-class haircut at thi 

 hands of a "tonsorial artist"? 



There is only one use for a corsage 

 bouquet, but the occasions for its uS' 

 are as various as the flowers of whicl 

 it is made. ]\Iost corsage bouquets ari 

 for street or dinner wear, but sometime- 

 an order for wedding flowers includes : 

 corsage bouquet of roses and valle\ 

 This usually is worn by the mother oi 

 the bride, but sometimes at a morninL 

 wedding the liridesmaids wear instea' 

 of carrying flowers. The accompanying 

 illustration is from a pholograjdi "i 

 such a corsage bouquet made l)y b' 

 Irving Gresham, manager of the C. A 

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

 white, pink, yellow or, sometimes, evei 

 of red roses and valley, with a litth 

 .Adiantum Farleyense mixed in. A cor 



