Oi-roBEU 13, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Wedding Decoration by the Stegall Floral Co., Texarkana, 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 

 tailors, but the inscription over the 

 wedding bell would better be omitted. 

 Kv-ery now and then this is called for, 

 and florists, of course, have to provide 

 that which their patrons wish, but it 

 uiay 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 WATERPROOF RIBBON. 



In the flower business, as in Wall 

 street, water appears to be a necessary 

 evil, and every florist knows the trou- 

 h\e 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 tlu> freshness of 

 the flowers. Wertheimer Uros., 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 chitTon. and they say that 

 their waterproof ribbon will prove a 

 worthy companion, marking an epoch 

 in the florists' ribbon business. 



STORING GLADIOLUS BULBS. 



Will you kindly inform me how 1 

 best can store gladiolus bulbs through 

 the winter? What is tlie best tempera 

 ture to keep them in? Is it a good way 

 to pack them in dry sand in tiu^ cellar 

 after they are well cured? W. K. 



Bryantville, Mass. — The Halifax Oar- 

 •lens Co., which formerly devoted its 

 glass to vegetables, is this season gi\ing 

 half its space to carnations, (dirysan 

 themums and sweet peas. 



After lifting, cut the stems back to 

 within four to six inches of the bulb. 

 Let them dry well Ijefore housing. 

 Shelves in any <'ellar or shed, where an 

 average winter temperature a little 

 above freezing can be maintained, will 

 keep gladioli well. Any place whi<h 

 will keep potatoes or dahlia tubers will 

 be suitable for gladioli. If frosts can 

 be excluded without recourse to tire 

 heat, all the better. The bulbs will 

 keep well packed in dry sand, and if 

 your store place goes a few degrees be 

 low freezing, the Imlbs will then take 

 no harm. A dry atmosphere is of course 

 necessarv. C W. 



GOV. HERRICK VIOLETS. 



In The Review n1' Sc|it('mb('r -'2 we 

 find }•:. V. Hice's little talk on the 

 (^ov. Ilerrick violet. Now. we have 

 good success with Herricks. We h;i\<' 

 them in frames containing hot water 

 |iipes and keep the temperature ;it A'l 

 to .~)0 degrees in winter. Piut ours are 

 always late, because some writers ad 

 \(icate freezing before jiutting on the 

 glass. Do you find this necessary for 



any violet.' Hesides Ilerrick, we grow 

 I'rinecss of Wales and California. 



Could we jilaiit our Herricks from the 

 field now in a bench in an Kiu-h.'intress 

 carnation house which we run at 4S to 

 .")2 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. 



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

 lateness of his Cov. Ilerrick violets, I 

 would say that they sluudd not be 

 froste<l, as that sto[)s the growth. In 

 case he has u;iy uncovered now, it will 

 be well to ]iut on ttie glass as soon as 

 possible. They must have plenty of 

 water. I water my violets e\ery night 

 ■after the sun is down, as that makes 

 the stems longer and keeps icd sjiider 

 down. 



As )'oi- growing them with carnations, 

 they will do wtdl if on ground beils, but 

 if on benches, I cannot say, at i(>;ist \in 

 less tiicv iire ke{)t wet. I'irld grown 

 plants will not bloom as will (ir as 

 early as pot groWn ones, as the field 

 yrowii plants make lots of roots .-ind you 

 cut them oil' when <ligging tlicin. and 

 \oiir plant is then too hirge l'(U' the 

 roots it li:is left. 



I'riricess ot' W;ile^ ;iiid ('alifornia 

 should lia\(^ a little froxi to ciii^ck the 

 l^rowth, iiut if lliey arc pl.'inted where 

 tliey .arc to renin in tliev will go on 

 Idooming with but few days of ibday. 

 whi(di means ipiick returns. 



As an exanqde of good returns from 

 (!o\. Ilerrick vi(dets. it might be well 

 to state what we are now doing. About 

 th(^ middle of August we set L'.OOO 2i.\- 

 incli (iov. llerri(d\ iti tin' house. We aie 

 now -in tilt" first w(^(dc of Oct(d)er — 

 picking about -loo \i(dets per day. and 

 in ;i week we expect to [ii<'k l.OOO per 

 da\ from the s:inie lot (d" plants. I have 

 fried all otiicr kinds of single violets, 

 lint none can e<pi.'il th<> Gov. Ileri'ick. 



E. V. Rice. 



