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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



May 12, I'JIO. 



ni.-iiiitaincil, csixM-inlly iicMi' tlic licatinjj; 

 |ii|u's. Use till' sprav iio/.zir mi llir liosc 



111 till' first sij^ii.s dl' it. '[' laiiiii aiid 



ilral'ty cuiiilit ions may IcaJ In mildew 

 piitiiii^ ill an a]>|icaraiicr. ( 'n1 woiaiis. if 

 ihcy apinar. miisl lie i-aict'ully IdoUcil 

 alter. A [Mjisiinril liait of sliofts, Paris 

 L;ti'<'ii ami molas--cs will account for 

 many I liaxc iiol foiiiiil tliat iicmatoilcs 

 do much injiirv. A free use of soot dis- 

 courages Ilit'iu and improNos the ])i'as. 



'I'lic iMimlicr ct' idws in ;i house de- 

 lieinN alloLicthei on its wiilth. Do not 

 I'lant oNcr two f<i\\>< aloiicj a (i I'oot ov 



Tf oot lied. 'I'he best growers allow fivo 

 to six feet lietwcen the rows. One row 

 would he all you couhl |iossildy jilnnt on 

 side lienclus. Sweet peas want lots oi' 

 headroom. It should nexcr be loss than 

 four to fivo feet, and six to ei<,dit loot is 

 better. Tlioy will ^row ten to t^volvc feet 

 lii.iih ill suitable houses and llowcr aliun- 

 dantly for some months. The lust houses 

 for them are twenty live to forty foot 

 \\ ide and of any desired loiiyth. The 

 liKViKW contains the advert isemojits at 

 the )iroi>er time of many specialists in 

 sweet pea seeds. ('. W. 



PEONY SOCIETY CONVENTION. 



The llMti nKetin;^ of the .\mrrican 

 I'cony Society will be held at llolticu! 

 tural hall. ;;imi Mas-achnsct ts aviuiue. I'ns 

 ton, -Mass.. in cdiinei-tiou with the re^u 

 lar peony slmw of the .Ma^>achu-'n^ 

 Horticultural Secic'ty, Thuisd;iy and f'n 

 day, Jutie ii ami Id. Tlii'< .hue is -iib 

 ject to chaiiLie it weather condition'- I'e 

 (juire. A. JI. Fkwkks. Sec "y. 



they could be kept if |ilace(| in at the 

 pidper slaof of advancement for keep- 

 iny.' A. F. ('. 



The jieonv sjiecialisis who annuall_\ 

 ^tore laro'e i|iiantities usually carry thoni 

 in a tempera! uif> cooler than 40 to •!'_* 



(loj;reos; they ])ut them in thi' public 

 cold stora<;o warehouses, in the room next 

 coldest above the freezing j)oint. Of 

 course, it is necessary that the teni])era' 

 turo bo evenly niaiulaiued; Thus stored, 

 lieonies will keep iu exeenont ('Oudition 

 for several ^\eeks, jirobably as loucr as 

 there is any real demand for tlioin. 



THE COMMERCIAL CAR. 



The accompanying; illustration is re- 

 ]iroduced from a photograph of a com- 

 mercial car decorated in pri/ewiuning 

 fashion for the Chicago automobile pa- 

 liub' by Muir, but a S[)ocial interest at- 

 taches in that it is a ni'w car, now being 

 ]iut on the market by the t^hicago Pneu- 

 matic Tool Co., that s(>eins excellently 

 adapted to the retjuiremonts of a llorist's 

 deli\i'rv vehicle. 



OBITUARY. 



Henry Blanksma. 



lleiir\ lilanksma. iiu'dl ;'>> \ears, a 

 jtarlner in the groonhonse (iiin ol' 1-Slank.s- 

 ma F>ros., (Jrand K'apids, .Mich., di(>d May 

 o, at KN'cd 's Lake sanatoiiuirt. in that 

 city, of typhoid pneumonia. 



Mr. Blanksma was well and favorably 

 known in trade circles of Lis city and 

 state. Ho is sur\ivod by' one brother, 

 I'eter, who was also his business partner. 

 I'unoral sor\ice.s were held Sunday after- 

 noon at L':;?(i o'(do(d;. from the Aladisou 

 avenue church, interment was in Garfield 

 I'ark cemetery. 



Maurice Charvoz. 



Maurice Charvoz, a veteran gardener 

 of Salt liake City, Utah, died at St. 

 Mary's bosjiital in that city, at the age 

 of 70 years. For years Mr. Charvoz 

 had been director of the gardens at the 



MR. GOOD'S VIEW. 



I'efore the bi;:' frost, it looked as 

 llnuigh the peonies wcuild he in biooin the 

 first wei'k in .May. 'this was ali (dian^c'd 

 one morning, wIhmi the night bet'ore it 

 had frozen so hard that when the sun hit 

 the plants they were flat to the ground. 

 J do not belie\c. though, that the tree/, 

 ing will keeji them from blooming, as 

 at the present time (May ,", ) the buds are 

 well foi'ined and seem to be unhurt. Un- 

 less the weather shiuild turn cold, and 

 as it is a) the juisent time, they \V(udd 

 be in bloom \\\r, wt'i'ks earlier than usual. 



1 might say that the sale of peony 

 roiUs iias iinreasecl w oii<le!-f ullv with us. 

 \ t'i'W yeais a^o we rmihl oidv sell the 

 (•liea|i iniMnres. Xipw the ileinand runs 

 t'o|- the iielter \alii'tie^. where they .'n'O 

 no) too IiIliIi in price. .\ ;.;ii'at maiiv 

 of tile good \arietie> will lie hi:;li priced 

 lor ;i iiumlii'r ol' \ears yet. tor the reason 

 that there is im ;^ieat ainoiiiil of stoid\ in 

 sight. The |ire^enl tarilf on peony I'oots 

 Jncrease> the priee i,i' tlie cheajier mix- 

 tures, but loweis the price on the high- 

 priced varielii's, but, ol' course, there is 

 not much stock of a great lUiiny liigh- 

 jiricod ^arietios in the old countries; 

 tliorefore. it is not going to affect the 

 sales in this country. 



.IdllN 'S\. (IdOl). 



STORING PEONIES. 



A\(' generally kec-p our peonies in stor- 

 age in a fomperafnre of -K) to 4:; degrees. 

 What length of tim<! would you suggest 



Commercial Car Decorated By Muir for the Chicago Auto Parade. 



