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Februahy 2, 1911. 



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Wedding Bouquets in a Flower Store, Ready for Delivery. 



to that city. No, gentle reader, it was 

 some weeks before the recent election 

 in New York state; these wreaths were 

 Roman, not mortuary. The two de- 

 signs, one of which stood on each side of 

 the platform from which Col. Roose- 

 velt spoke, were Just alike, save that 

 the inscription on one was "Welcome 

 T. R.," while on the other it was 

 "Welcome to America's Foremost Citi- 

 zen." Each wreath stood on an easel. 



THE WEDDING BUNCHES. 



The illustration on wedding bouquets 

 is reproduced from a photograph made 

 in the store of Jacob Schulz, at' Louis- 

 ville. When a store has a showing like 

 this, of bouquets awaiting packing for 

 delivery, it seems superfluous to com- 

 ment on the satisfactory condition of 

 business. Interest will be taken in the 



fact that of these ten bunches eight 

 were made of sweet peas. The modern 

 sweet pea is quite a different article 

 from the comparatively short-stemmed 

 flower that was the florists' stock in 

 trade before the introduction of the 

 winter flowering varieties and the 

 spring flowering sorts of the Countess 

 Spencer type. With these up-to-date 

 flowers retail florists find themselves 

 able to do some of their best work. 



FERTILIZER FOR GLADIOLI. 



Will you inform me what fertilizers 

 are best to use when planting gladiolus 

 bulbs in the spring? I am going to use 

 new ground plowed last fall, no manure 

 being applied at the time. Would lime 

 be of any benefit? Is sheep manure 

 better than ordinary commercial phos- 

 phates, and in what proportion should 



it be used in the drill? Also what is 

 good for a top-dressing? H. E. M. 



Gladioli prefer naturally sandy 

 ground. Any barnyard manure should 

 be plowed in the fall before planting. 

 You will find a good complete fertilizer, 

 applied at the rate of one-half ton per 

 acre, better than pulverized sheep 

 manure. Harrow this in after applying 

 and before planting. Lime would be 

 useful if your land is naturally low and 

 sour; not otherwise. A dressing of 

 wood ashes, 1,000 pounds per acre, be- 

 fore breaking up new land in the fall is 

 beneficial. It is better not to scatter 

 any manure of any kind in the drills 

 when planting. This is liable to do 

 more harm than good. No top-dressing 

 will be needed during the growing sea- 

 son, but keep the cultivator constantly 

 at work. C. W. 



