A**li; 27, 1911.' 



ThcWeekhr Florists' Revie^. 



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New Flower Store of Pelicano, Rossi & Co., San Francisco. 



eighty-eighth year and had a" large 

 family of gona, one of whom is a florist 

 and a reader of The Review; but that 

 need make no difference. Any other 

 mother would be as pleased as this one 

 was, and you can recommend the idea 

 to your customers. 



The wide white satin ribbon on the 

 lilies was printed with the heading: 

 "Mothers' Day, May 8, 1910. Greet- 

 ings to Nancy Nysewander in her 

 eighty-eighth year," and following the 

 names of her sons and daughters there 

 was; the following, composed by one of 

 them: 



"No element in either national or domestic life 



is more important than tlie niotbcrs of our 



country. Home virtues are the safeguard 



. of our existence. Our mothers are 



their highest exemplification." 



Mother, we shall meet there, 

 In that Home, sweet Home; 



And each other greet where 

 Sorrow is unknown. 



Yes, we want to meet you, 



Clasp again your hand; 

 We'll be there to greet you 



In that glory land. 



"How firm a foundation, 



Vc saintu uf the Lord, 

 Is laid for your faith 



In Ills esci'llent Word I" 



Pick the flowers early in the morning 

 and in the evening as much as possible. 

 If bunched "vhile cool, you should have 

 no trouble from spotting. Of course, if 

 the flowers touch the water, they are 

 likely to become discolored, especially 

 the white ones. C. W. 



SWEET PEAS SPOTTING. 



Can you tell me what the brown spots 

 on the enclo«ed sweet pea blooms are? 

 When the peas are bunched and stand 

 in water over night they are covered 

 with these spots the next morning, mak- 

 ing them unsalable. C. G. P. 



If the flowers are picked when damp 

 or warm and placed in water in a cold 

 room, they are liable to become spotted. 



FRISCO'S NEWEST STOBE. 



The Flower Palace is the name given 

 by Pelicano, Bossi & Co. to their new 

 store in San Francisco. The location 

 is 123 Kearney street, * between Post 

 and Sutter, in the best retail section of 

 the downtown district. The illustra- 

 tion on this page will show that every- 

 thing in the store is in keeping with 

 the highest class of flower retailing, 

 and it is said that since the opening, 

 April 10, the number of visitors to 

 the store has greatly exceeded anything 

 that the proprietors anticipated as a re- 

 sult of their enterprise. 



Pelicano, Eossi & Co. have been in 

 the retail flower business in San Fran- 

 cisco for twenty years. After the great 

 fire of 1906, theirs was the first flower 

 store to reopen. Mr. Eossi is one of 

 the most active figures in trade ac- 

 tivities on the coast. He was manager 

 of the recent extremely successful 

 spring flower show at San Francisco. 



common name outside of the Latin, I 

 would like to know it. The leaves are 

 slit in quite a distance from the edge. 

 C. B. 



The sketch resembles the foliage of 

 Farfugium grande, commonly named 

 the Leopard plant, but if you forward 

 a leaf for identification it will make it 

 more certain. C. W. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



I should be pleased to know the 

 name of the decorative plant with a 

 leaf similar to the sketch enclosed. The 

 leaves are as large as the caladium and 

 stringers run from the stems of the 

 plant into the ground. If there is a 



GERMINATING ASPARAGUS SEED. 



"Will you please tell- me what length 

 of time is required to germinate seeds 

 of Asparagus plumosus and A. Spren- 

 geri? I should also like to get direc- 

 tions for growing the seedlings. 



S. E. P. 



The length of time required to germi- 

 nate asparagus seed varies somewhat 

 according to the freshness of the seed, 

 but, granted that the seed is fresh, the 

 young plants will appear in three to 

 four weeks when kept in a proper con- 

 dition as to temperature and moisture. 

 The seeds should be sown in flats of 

 light soil, pressed down firmly. The 

 seeds should be just covered with a 

 thin layer of sand. Keep the soil 

 moist and maintain a steady tempera- 

 ture of 65 degrees, and there should 

 be no trouble in germinating these 

 seeds. When large enough to handle, 

 the seedlings should be potted off into 

 214-inch pots and grown on in the same 

 temperature. W. H. T. 



Cumberland Center, Me.— E. H. True 



will build a large greenhouse this 

 spring, for* the growing of vegetables. 



