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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



AiMtii- 27, 1911. 



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THE RETAIL 



FLORIST 



HELPER FLOWERS. 



^•'yr»^•^yr»!>•■yr»>.f 



To Develop the Slender, Airy Ones. 



'J'ljcic is a liost of sli'iiilcr pct.-ilcil 

 llo\V(Ms. ■sluiwcry and airy. Id wliich no 

 one can (iciiy a <-i:ariniiii^' cliaractcr. Imt 

 vvliit'li iKH'il tlic inoic yorycoiis llowcis 

 to throw llicin into iiroininciicc, 1o say 

 Jiotliiiij,' of tlic softriiiii(,f tone Avliicii 1 iiV 

 frailer liowcis lend to their more con 

 spicnoiis sisters. l']\en thouj;li sonic of 

 the sIpihUt ones liaxc the lichei' ami 

 hoaviei' color tones, they are so linel\ 

 4-nt thai tliey melt into thin air withont 

 th(> aid of a developei-. If a whole col 

 liM'tion of them were dnni|ii'd together. 

 they wonld never make a strikin<i oi 

 even Jioticealde ai>pearam-e, Imt when 

 set ayainst other (lowers of the correct 

 color and style a most Ix^antifnl eJfect 

 is j)roduced. 



JSonie of these more chdicato flowers 

 iTiay be recalled, as the honeysnckle. lo 

 bolia. «irass llowers, freesia, if\ psophila, 

 *inijj;n()nette, sweet alyssnm, fory-et ine- 

 Jiot, "Tarden heliotro]ie, i\pins \Jne. tree 

 catkin, the \arioiis kinds of asparayns 

 and smilax in l)looin. aiol the mmleira 

 vino, besides a halfway list containing; 

 tlioso neither esjiecially dainty nor 

 <]\iite decided, snch as the ^wainsoiia. 

 i^jonista. Clematis panicnlata. .acliiUea. 

 the lioweriii<.j beyonias. etc. 



Some Effective Contrasts. 



]V1i<;iioiietto Imnyi'rs for yellow, 'j'rv 

 it witli salmon jiink or yellow sna]i 

 dra^oirs. l-Jridesmaid roses, dalfodils. oi- 

 j)ldox of the salmon jiink jiersnasion. 



1'\iryct ine-nots are desiialde with dnll 

 oranjj;e, coppei cidored, |iink and white 

 tlowei s. 



The loininon hone\sn<kle ma\ be as 

 soci:ite<i with scarlet carnation-, K.ais 

 <'rin roses, .and nastnrtinnis in the or.anyc 

 and red tones. 



liOlp(di;i shows wtdl ayainst yellow 

 <'alce<d;nias or white .-iikI xadlow snap- 

 dragons. 



Tlie grasses in llowci look well o\-er 

 njjninst aster-, mnnis. dahlias. y:iillar 

 dia.s, coreojisis. dovci-, etc. 



l'''reesi;is 'nmldne W(dl with \iolets, 

 yellow tnlip>. sinyle dalfodils. <-attleyas 

 and cydripe(|inm>. 



(Jypsophila li<^litens with a fairv 

 loncdi masses ot jiink anij \ iidet swi'cl 

 ))eas, ma 1 t^iH'i i t IS. ;isters ur liydranyeas 



Sweet ;ilys-nni is trne In its name 

 rmion^ white ; nd \ iidet |M'as. white (■;ir- 

 nation-. maiLznerit es en- lilacs. (■.•iiulv 

 fnft )ieeds about tln^ s;irnc c-las- n\' (|c 



VOlopiMS. 



(i;irden lieliotrope makes ,•, tilmy 

 back;,' roil ml for funeral sjoays tit 1,'ich 

 snond roses, \ i<det .and \ iolet pink peas, 

 violot. i>ink sn.ajidrayons .and stocks, li 

 )ncs, iiisis and asters. 



Tree catkins, with dalfodils. lilais. 

 3?i'ide ;;ladioli. irises ninl sjiira'as, are 

 real indices ot' spiiny .and new life. 



'i'he \ari(nr~ kinds ot' asp.ar.ayns nnd 

 sDiilax. when in bloom, m.ake iile.al bri 

 iljiJ .and cors;io,. showfis; aNo casket 



fringes, interior decor.ative and cascado 

 wicath showers, with roses, lilii's, car- 

 n.ations, sn.apdr.ayons, etc. 



The Medium-fragile Sorts. 



Then there .are the ''betwixt and 1)0- 

 twcen'' kinds, ■sn(di as swainson.as, 

 ycnist.as, ('lematis ]).anicnlat.a and the 

 a(diill(>as, whi(di nei^d the di^iiit.v of a 

 few larger ilowers to settle them in 

 faxdiite jilaces. .\ii (Mitire shower of 

 swainsona, hnny o\er ,a few stalks of 

 c.amlidnms or idioict' white I'oses, makes 

 a f.airy shower b(ni(piet. Cieiiista with 

 <ypripe(linms or ytdlow tidips is a 

 (diarminy .armfnl for the bridesmaids, 

 (lematis panicnlata will (lrap(,' a mantel 

 or sid(dioard mirroi'. with a few choice 

 l;i\'ender asters or calendulas. 



.\ 'madeira \ ine in bloom, cut down 

 to the root, will diajie wli(M'e\'er ili'apory 

 is needeil nnd scd'ten a diyiiiiied ^roup 

 of yl.adioli ill the distama'. 



These ,ai'e nieiidy suggestions, whiidi 

 should lead to scores nf better combina- 

 tions, suited to till' iii'eds and the supply 

 of eacdi locality. 



M;in.\- of these \ ines and cut (lowers 

 are soft .ami perishable and it will bo 

 found wise to use th(! whole plant and 

 root in some hidden dish of w.ater. 

 Mmdi depeihls upon the way they ar(^ 

 handled, ,at the time of cuttiny and 

 later. .\'(d a minute should be lost in 

 pliinoinu the roots and stems wtdl into 

 water .and keeping them tlieic. 



I'ack for d'dixcry with as little hand- 

 ling ;is jiossible. {'reipient ly tlie.v can 

 be hauled to their destin.ation in the 

 wati'f .ami stoieil in .a cotd basement 

 till the Last minute. 



(iertriide I'.lair. 



BENSON'S BUBBLE. 



Tlie accompanying illustration .shows 

 the Buick autoniobiJo used by Lester 

 l'\ Benson, lndiana])olis, for delivery 

 purposes. L'eferring to it, Mr. Bf!n- 

 son sa.ys: "Oiierating between the 

 greenhouses at 112 1 (J Park avenue and 

 the store at '.VM Massachusetts avenue, 

 and making deliveries from both places, 

 wf have found that the tiutomobile 

 do(^s as mucli work as two delivery 

 wagons, in addition to making better 

 time than can be done with horses. 

 The cost is not so great as was the 

 case with horso delivery." 



Mr. Benson's auto is finished in 

 white, with gold trimmings. On eacli 

 side is ii representation of the globe, 

 showing the western hemis[)here with 

 the inscrijition: "We give the earth 

 with every jilant." This is a feature 

 of all Mr. Benson's advertising, aji- 

 pearing not onl.v in his newspaper ad- 

 vertisements, but on his business card, 

 letter-heads, envelofies and other printed 

 matter. 



GLADIOLUS BULB EOT. 



Experiments at Cornell University. 



.\boiit three vi-ars ago the depart- 

 ment of jil.ant }(atliolog.v at Cornell 

 I'liixcrsitv startcl some investigations 

 on the bulb rots of gladiolus. This 

 work was dont! by E. Wallace, a 

 graduate student in the department 

 who undertook the investigation as a 

 thesis for his master's degree. Mr. 

 Wallace continued these studies for 

 about a \o:\r and a lialf and made good 

 |irogress toward the solution of the 

 cause of those various bulb rots, lie 

 isolated and studied tiiree or four dif- 

 ferent fungi and jproveij tli.at thev were 

 in each case the cause of ditferent 

 t.\pes of bulb rots. However, for the 

 lack of funds wt> were not .able to 

 continue tli.'se investigations further, 

 and while Mr. W.alhua* has <iuite (dearly 

 shown that there are at least tiiree 

 dif!'<'rent kinds of bulb rots of tht> gla 

 diolus in this countr.v .and tliat thev 

 are in ea(di case caused by a different 

 fungus, it has not bet>n jiossible for us 

 to make further stuilies on these p.ara 

 sites to determine .just liow they get 

 into the bulbs, or to carr.v on experi- 



Delivery Car Used by Lester F. Benson, Indianapolis. 



