OCTOBKB 13, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Wedding: Decoration by tlie StegaJI Floral G>^ Tezarkana^ Texas. 



these might be taken as the standard 

 style of decoration at the corner where 

 Arkansas and Texas join hands. 



This decoration, composed principally 

 of palms, ferns, smilax and green fes- 

 tooning, with chrysanthemums, roses 

 and carnations for cut flowers, is an 

 excellent example of a tasteful decora- 

 tion and worthy of study by other re- 

 tailers, but the inscription over the 

 wedding bell would better be omitted. 

 Every now and then this is called for, 

 and florists, of course, have to provide 

 that which their patrons wish, but it 

 may be taken that those who receive 

 invitations to the wedding are likely 

 to know what is going on, without hav- 

 ing the names of the contracting par- 

 ties lettered in chenille, as lettering still 

 is done on a certain class of funeral 

 designs. 



A WATERPEOOF KIBBON. 



In the flower business, as in Wall 

 street, water appears to be a necessary 

 evil, and every florist knows the trou- 

 ble occasioned through the wetting of 

 the ribbons, which have come to be an 

 indispensable part of up-to-date flower 

 arrangements. Often the condition of 

 the textiles reflects little credit on the 

 florist, after exposure to the moisture 

 necessary to preserve the freshness of 

 the flowers. Wertheimer Bros., of New 

 York, now come forward with the 

 statement that they have perfected a 

 waterproof ribbon without injuring the 

 luster of fabric in any way. It will be 

 recalled that this firm was the intro- 

 ducer of the now quite generally used 

 Sprinkleproof chiffon, and they say that 

 their waterproof ribbon will prove a 

 worthy companion, marking an epoch 

 in the florists' ribbon business. 



Bryantville, Mass. — The Halifax Gar- 

 dens Co., which formerly devoted its 

 glass to vegetables, is this season giving 

 half its space to carnations, chrysan- 

 themums and sweet peas. 



STORING GLADIOLUS BULBS. 



Will you kindly inform me how I 

 best can store gladiolus bulbs through 

 the winter? What is the best tempera- 

 ture to keep them in? Is it a good way 

 to pack them in dry sand in the cellar 

 after they are well cured? W. E. 



After lifting, cut the stems back to 

 within four to six inches of the bulb. 

 Let them dry well before housing. 

 Shelves in any cellar or shed, where an 

 average winter temperature a little 

 above freezing can be maintained, will 

 keep gladioli well. Any place which 

 "wilMieep potatoes or dahlia tubers will 

 be suitable for gladioli. I^ frosts can 

 be excnided withotfr^Tentmrse to fire 

 heat, alAthe better. The bulbs will 

 keep welr-p5$k^ in dry sand, and if 

 your store place goes a few degrees be- 

 low freezing, the bulbs will then take 

 no harm. A dry atmosphere is of course 

 necessary. C. W. 



any violet? Besides Herrick, we grow 

 Princess of Wales and California. 



Could we plant our Herricks from the 

 field now in a bench in an Enchantress 

 carnation house which we run at 48 to 

 52 degrees, and obtain good results 

 financially? The climate in this part of 

 Washington state is moist and the tem- 

 perature scarcely falls to zero during 

 winter. c. "K. 



GOV. HEBBICK VIOLETS. 



In The Eeview of September 22 wc 

 find E. V. Rice's little talk on the 

 Gov. Herrick violet. Now, we have 

 good success with Herricks. We have 

 them in frames containing hot water 

 pipes and keep the temperature at 45 

 to 50 degrees in winter. But ours are 

 always late, because some writers ad- 

 vocate freezing before putting on the 

 glass. Do you find this necessary for 



In reply to C. K.'s inquiry about the 

 lateness of his Gov. Herrick violets, I 

 would say that they should not be 

 frosted, as that stops the growth. In 

 case he has apy uncovered now, it will 

 be well to put on the glass as soon as 

 possible. They must have plenty of 

 water. I water my violets every night 

 after the sun is down, as that makes 

 the stems longer and keeps red spider 

 down. 



As for growing them with carnations, 

 they will do well if on ground beds, but 

 if on benches, I cannot say, at least un- 

 less they are kept wet. Field-grown 

 plants will not bloom as well or as 

 early as pot-grown ones, as the field- 

 grown plants make lots of roots and yon 

 cut them off when digging them, and 

 your plant is then too large for the 

 roots it has left. 



Princess of Wales and California 

 should have a little frost to check the 

 growth, but if they are planted where 

 they are to remain they will go on 

 blooming with but few days of delay, 

 which means quick returns. 



As an example of good returns from 

 Gov. Herrick violets, it might be well 

 to state what we are now doing. About 

 the middle of August we set 2,000 2^^- 

 inch Gov. Herrick in the house. We are 

 now — in the first week of October — 

 picking about 500 violets per day, and 

 in a week we expect to pick 1,000 per 

 day from the same lot of plants. I have 

 tried all other kinds of single violets, 

 but none can equal the Gov. Herrick. 



E. V. Eice. 



