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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Al'itil. .S, id^^. 



(•lose 1 laiiics, tlicy will iiuw ijo well ill 

 llii'rii, ]ir(i\ iilt'<| ;i layer of warm iiiauurr 

 !•< (iist 1 1 aiii|ilcil in and (■(latcij with coal 

 ,i-ii('--. ill which llic |piits can lie |iar!ly 

 |iliili;^''i|. The inauiirc uiNi's a slij^lil 

 warnith, which lucvciits llic chaiijic I'iumi 

 ^Icani HI hot walcr heat |p|n\iii:^ idn siid 

 dcii. 



'J'licre is still linu' \" ]iin|iai;atc ami 

 net nice jijaiits of cdlcus, licliot r(i|pc, al- 

 ternant licra ami nijier (juick nintin^ ami 

 miiwiliLi lieildillL; |dailts. (li\i' these, 

 wliiii |intte(l nil. a warm lidii-e. nut K's> 

 than lid cleyrees at ni<:hl. I'ettinias, 

 ajjjt'i'atiinis. \crlieiias, SaKia s|ilem|ens 

 and (ithcr stiicdv, whet he; >eedlini^> nr 

 cnttilies. slidllld lie Jieilted nlV liel'nre the 

 scedliiiex liecdihc crowded or the ciittiiii;s 

 hard. ]'>>■ suie tn use cheesecloth I'oi' 

 shade ii\er newly luitied LeddiiiL; stock 

 lor a low days. 



'i'liel'c is still time t(i .Siiw seeds cit' 

 i|nick er(i\\iiii; sulijects, like Salvia splen 

 dons, zinnias, cantor nil ]plaiits ami < 'o- 

 lia'a scandens. J'nt in a siicces^idiial snw 

 iiil;' 111' asters ami --lork-- ami Lzradually 

 harden ulY the earliest ^owin^;, which will 

 now siicci-cd well ill a I'rame. I'.alsams. 

 celosia--. maiii;iili|s. annual cureci|isis and 

 sal|iid|(>s..i> ;iie all annual- whiidi can also 



I le SiiW II lliiW . 



Brief Reminders. 



liake o\ei lawns, scrattdi ii\ei nms-y 

 s|iots. ajiply suiiie I'resli luaiii and leveed. 

 A dres^in;: nl' a --pecial lawn chemical 

 i'ortili/.er. jiiil\eii/.(>(l sheep iiianiiic or a 

 projinrat ion ot' line liniio and wimd ashes, 

 i1' Hot already apidied. shnnM he oi\cii. 

 ('so a heavy loller when t he cnmlii ion nf 

 the Lrnniml will permit, to make the turf 

 as firm as ]insyilile. 



1 >ii iml ill inw .-I w ;i\- an\ left ii\ er 



Miiich liner idiimps than any you can im- 

 port. 



Siaii iiilierdsev in Hals emit ainiiii;' 

 fiiii-s ami ■^and, nr in small pots. It is 

 I 'a ily tn plant 1 hose (intdixHs yet. 



.Make a first plantiiij^' of gladioli imt 

 d(.ois ;il unci'; siu'cossioiia 1 |ila lit i n,<;s 

 iiiav lie niadi' until Juno. 



I'lai-e s.mio ailditimial sliadiii;: (i\cr 

 palms and teiidi'r ferns, smdi as ailian 

 t iims. 



liieniiials and |ioronnials wintored in 

 coldfraiiies s!iiiul(| have sa-^hes reinovoil. 

 .\ 11 this sto(d\ will lie lieitor plailtecj as 

 sunn as possilde. 



I'laiit a hatch ef lily of the \;illoy in 

 a (diise frame. 'I'his will uive as fine 

 •spikes ami liettor foliage than when 

 yrowu in a warm ixroonlioiiHo. 



Start aidiimims. iicsiioras, tyda'as and 

 t ulierc'iis iiioted lici^oiiias in Hats coiitain- 

 iii.U liiiely chopped s|dia^iii;m ami sand. 



lie siiii' ycMi take off all aiiipli' su])ply 

 of \iidet inniiers liefoie di-c;i idi iil; your 

 idiiin|is u| sinj^le \ioh't-. 



1 )o no; ;^row dahlias in .-i close, stuIVy 

 hoii-e. Thev want li^lit and jilonty of 

 air to make them stocky. Conliniie to 

 insert ciiitii.d^ rulilied nW with a lieol, 

 of vaiieiiis you are ;in\iou'< to incroaso 

 ; hi stock II I . 



\'i i^etaMe plant-, -iich as cilihnj^o, 

 c-aulillower. leitiico and lom.alo, will do 

 ii'i'ch liettei- in fr.'iims lli.'in Lireonliousos. 

 Sowiu<;s ot' celery, tomato, e;^;;plaiit and 

 peppers are still timely. As a rulo, all 

 lliese xe^etaliles sell host ill small lltlts 

 ceiiiai ni iil;' one or two dozen |ilants each. 



A HOUSE OF CALLAS. 



dosejih ,\. Martin, manaj^cr 1'or .Mrs. 

 I. I.. .Miller, ill .Newark. ( >.. has Llivoii 



House of Callas That Pays Ninety Cents per Foot of Bench, 



azale.'i-. I'ick off the fiowei'- and seed 

 pods. Keep 111 a cool house and jiLaiil 

 outdoors ;it the end ot' .May. Those will 

 inako oxcolleiit stoid-; tor aiioiher year, es- 

 poci;ill>' if yoii |ilaci' them whore they 

 can lio liosed o\er, 



Kei p left ii\er -|Hiaa- in a I'lamo and 

 plant outdoors alter daii^for of frost lias 

 fjoiio. (Irow for two years, and Ihoy will 

 niako yrand clump'-. <'iit larye (diinii)s in 

 piocos lief'ore ]dantin}r. These will make 



|iraclic;il denioii-i lal ion. he thinks, that 

 it ]•- not nocessarv to lie a specialist in 

 callas in order to ^mw them siiccossf idlv. 

 He started, lie -ay-, with lifty Imllis, and 

 as those multiplied he tirndiially jravc 

 them mole space, iiiiiil he li.ad (illod flic 

 house. Ilixlim feet. wlii(di is shown in 

 the illiist rat ion. liesides stockiii<x this 

 house ^\ith liiO plants, he has -old alioiit 

 400 })iillis. 



The calla hoii-e contains two 4 foot 



honclu's, with a ;5()inch walk tliroueh 

 eontcn' and about fifteen inches of -| ,, 

 hot ween \\\o, lioiiclios and tlio walls, 

 lionclies are raised aliout six inches, 

 plants .are placed twelve hy ei;^le ,, 

 imdios apart, in six iiudios of soil, 

 average tomperatiiro of the house i- ', 

 degrees at iiij^ht and liO decrees in 

 dayt ime. 



.Mr. .Martin says that after Decorai 

 day lie (|uits watering the jdiints lo 

 jioriod of feu to twelve weeks, and i ■■, 

 repl.ants or niulclies flic bods, as the i 

 may lie. Tlie replanting is done one. 

 two years, about Sej)tembor 1, after 

 benches have boon repaired. In tin 

 ternate years a muhdi is applied, con-' 

 iiig of eijiial parts of soil and maiinii 



Last year .Mr. .Miirfiii cut about ;!. ' < 

 lilies, or an a\erago of about five bin.., - 

 ami a half per plant. The blooms, 

 says, have been i|iiito satisfactory in - 

 and i|iiality, and readily brought the . 

 or.age local |)rico, which is about llo cii;;, 

 a|iioce .at retail. The icfuriis from ):,■ 

 croji lia\(' fhorel'ori^ b(>eii about !hi ren;, 

 for eaidi si)uare foot of bench space. 



HOW OLD IS ANN? 



.\iigiist I'oelilniaiiii, head of the li'o-. 

 Soi-iety and secretary and troasui'or •■]' 

 the I'oehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, is li, 

 bom at .Milwaukee, October 1^1, ISd'.t. Il- 

 ls president of the villagi; of .Morten 

 (iii/vo, where this firm's cut fU)Wt'r lai 

 toi'v- is the town's principal industry, 



riiilip Brcitnieycr, His Honor, the 

 Mayo", is 45. Boin in Deli'oir, May 1- 

 ( 1* is supposed to have boon Fridav.' 

 ll.> niari'iod a girl from I'hiladidphia, 

 which brought him good luck. 



Fred Burki, president of the Pittshuri; 

 K'ose and (tarnation Co,, is 5(J, Born in 

 Switzerlaml, he is a quiet man, but at 

 1 ndianaiiolis in .lauuarv he talked sn 

 much they told him to "go hire a hall'' 



he's looking for the biggest one in 

 I'itlsburg to hold the next ctinialioii 

 show in, 



.\dolpliiis (Inde, ot W'ashingl on, \ n-i 

 |ilosidellt ot' the dllde llros. <'o., ma" 

 ager of a brick yard tiiid diri'Ctor of an 

 orph.an asylum, is almost 4(). !!(> wa- 

 born at Knoxville, Teiiii., April I'd. If 

 ihou''s auytliing in .Masoni'y in the Bi~ 

 trict ho hasn't h.ad or been, call his .ii 

 tonfion ;iiid he'll doubtless go back aid 

 get it. 



Philili •'• P"lt',y. president of the Foi'y 

 -Mfg. Co., Chicago, is li'. lie woiul'S 

 only M.'id pmimls and eight ounces w' '■ 

 his incrcoaf oil'. 



William .1. Yosoy, director of the S. 

 F., lawyoi', bank director and (\\-judge 

 l''oit W.ayne, Ind., will be 52 Aiiril ' '• 

 His house account at the Columbia Cli. . 

 rndianapolis. gets an awful boost oi 

 '■very se\en yeai's. 



(iooigo Wittbold is 77, He was b. 

 in Hanover, Cormaiiy, but stai'tod 

 greenhouses on the [iresont site when 

 was all open |irairie for over a mile 

 w.ard the city. Now he's tlni old 

 lioiist ill ('hicago and the town g' ' 

 miles beyond. 



.losoph lleacock, of Wyncote, Pa., ^ 



t'l.'t. Because of his (Quaker training, e\ ' 



though yon act liKe the teufel, he'll gi ' 

 thoo thy due, 



.Albert J'\ Aniling, president of t '' 

 company that liears his name, at M- 

 wood. 111.,' is 4;^. Ihi was Ixirn in t ' 

 town and has lived there all his life. ' 

 in s|Mte of that they made him vt 

 president of their one bank — that's r. > 

 his liobbv. 



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