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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



March 9, 1911. 



niaiguerites and all kinds of Dutch 

 bulbous flowers, including hyacinths, 

 tulips and narcissi, will succeed well in 

 a carnation house. C. W. 



CYCLAMEN CULTURE. 



Store of Miss Lou Helen Dundore, Lancaster, Pa 



th;- dollars. The Chatham Floral Co., 

 Chatham, X. Y., had such a jtioce to 

 make last summer, in the shape of an 

 automobile in flowers. Tlie outcome is 

 shown ill the sna]>shot sent herewith. 

 The design was cdrrectly proportioned 

 and six feet long, the body and tires 

 being made of asters, the hood or radia- 

 tor, etc., of American Beauties, lilies, 

 valley and other flowers. The lamps 

 were of yellow flowers, with white 

 flowers for the glass. The steering 

 wheel, lexers and wliei'l spokes were 

 wound with chenille. Every detail' 

 was carried out. even to the number on 

 the back of the machine. The design 

 was iiiaile en a specially built wire 

 frame, with six roils affording contact 

 with the ground and holding the de- 

 sign so that the Aveight would not come 

 upon tli<' wheels. The design stood 

 several days in a cemeterv and at- 

 tracted great crowds. Of cours(\ there 

 is nothing artistic to comnieiid in such 

 a design; but mechanical excellence 

 probably counts for as much with the 

 |>iirchasers, and certainly sutrh a design 

 as this automobile attracts vastly more 

 attention than would any number of 

 the nuist ^^killfully arranged sprays. 



R, E. Shuphelt. 



TO GROW WITH CARNATIONS. 



We grow carnations and should like 

 to grow some other plants for cut flow- 

 ers in the same temperature. Will sweet 

 peas and candytuft grow in that tem- 

 perature'.' " L. F. C. 



Sweet [K\is will do well in a carna- 

 tion house. They enjoy a temperature 

 of 4S to ."id degrees at night. Candytuft, 

 while it can be grown with carnations, 

 \\ ill succeed 1 etter if grown •") degrees 

 cooler. (iladioli, both the small and 

 large I idbed varieties, lupines, lark- 

 spurs, ant ii rhiniinis. Sjiaiiisli irises, ten 

 weeks" stocks, nnosotis, sweet aKssunis. 



Sowing the Seed. 



My years of experience in the grow- 

 ing of the cyclamen may perhaps be of 

 use to some of my brother florists in 

 the cultivation of this beautiful winter 

 blooming plant. 



The time to sow cyclamen seed varies 

 according to when you want them in 

 bloom. The latter part of July or the 

 first part of August is a good time to 

 sow in order to make good plants in 

 fifteen to sixteen months, or by the 

 second Christmas after the sowing. 

 Other sowings can be made until Janu- 

 ary. Seed sown as late as January 

 would, perhaps, with good culture and 

 everything favorable, make strong 4- 

 inch and 5 inch pot plants, but do not 

 expect them to bloom as early as those 

 from seed sown in August. Your suc- 

 cess in growing cyclamens depends 

 greatly upon the strain of seed used. 

 Always get the best seed grown and 

 of the highest standard, and your dis- 

 appointments will be less. 



We are sowing our cylamens in flats 

 12x20x3 inches, inside measure, in rows 

 one and one-half inches apart, and we 

 drop 500 seeds about one-fourth of an 

 inch apart in the rows. Of course, we 

 usually make a sowing of from 30,000 

 to C0,000 at a time. For a florist that 

 grows only from 100 to several thou- 

 sands, 1 would advise that he sow the 

 single seeds about one inch apart each 

 wa\', grow them on until the plants 

 have :i nice ball of roots established 

 and then shift them into flats, about 

 two to two and f)iie-lialf inches apart, 

 or into 2'/_.-inch pots. 1 recommend the 

 latter method, as they are thus handled 

 better and make stockier jilants. 



A good soil to sow in would be a 



THE ROSERY. 



The illustrations on this page show 

 the attractiye little flower shop known 

 as The l^osery, at Lancaster, Pa., which 

 was opened for business November 17, 

 1910, by Miss Lou Helen Dundore, who 

 has been connected with the florists' 

 business for some years and is thor- 

 oughly qualified to make her venture a 

 success. The color scheme of the shop 

 is white and green, the woodwork being 

 finished in white enamel, with green 

 for walls and fixtures. The window is 

 tiled in white and green, and the fur- 

 niture is of the mission style, the re- 

 frigerator, of McCray manufacture, also 

 being in the forest green finish. The 

 Rosery is up-to-date in all its equij)- 

 ment and work, and Miss Dundore has 

 enjoyed an excellent patronage ever 

 since her opening day. 



Stoie of Miss Lou Hrfen Dundore, Lancaster, Pa. 



