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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



May 11. 1911. 



self .(. K. Jay, thinks so well of his ideii 

 that lie niters himsolf as the first sarri- 

 fipc. Ik' sends the t)hot()fi;raph of the 

 staiidin<^ cross rej)rodurrd herewith and 

 in\ites criticisins of it. .lust to see 

 what is in the idea, Tiie R(^\ii'W will 

 yi\e ;i Iialf colunin space to anvone wlio 

 cares to olfer criticism of this desif;n, 

 or su^ij^est ions fur its iiii|)roveiuent. 

 yij^n your coiit liluition, for the editor's 

 henotit ; yuiii' name \siil not be pub 

 lished. 



WEDDING BUNCHES. 



If there is any one thiny that count- 

 most for or aj^ainst a liorist, it is the 

 character of tlie wedding work he turns 

 out. Pretty nearly all the guests at a 

 wedding know who supjdied the flowers 

 — and you may be sure tliat nothing at 

 such an event escapes critical considera- 

 tion. It is to the favor with which its 

 wedding work has been received that 

 the Uoldsboro Floral Co., (Joldsboro, 

 N. C, attributes nundi of its success. 

 The concern, which is owned by .1. L. 

 U'Quinn and 11. ( '. Smith, is only 

 eighteen months old. lL_3vtis started 

 with about (i.niiu feet of glass, but the 

 business is growing so rapidly that 

 additional supplies are required. The 

 man.-iger is fci. A. Starr, who is only 21 

 years of age. The illustration on jiagi 

 11 is reproduced from a photograph of 

 one of Mr Starr's boucjuets of \ alley 

 and idumosus. 



PROPAGATION OF AZALEAS. 



Please explain . how a/aleas are best 

 grown, from seed or cuttings. Where 

 can the seed be procured? Also gi\t; a 

 descrijttion of tlie dillerent varieties. 



.J. K. 



Piububly yuu ha\e in mind the green- 

 iiouse or hulian azaleas only. Tlie fam- 

 ily is quite an i'Xleiisi\e one and in 

 eluiles quit(.' a number of beaut il'ul 

 outdoor Ameiirai] \;irieties. .\/.ale;i In- 

 dica is seldom raised from s<cil, except 

 it may be by Pelgian and other sjn'- 

 cialists. This is a slow method of pro|i- 

 agutiou. The two methods usually 

 adopted are cuttings of half rijiened 

 wood in .\ugust or Sej)t ember in a close 

 frame with some bottom heat, or by 

 tongue grafting. It is mmdi cheaju-r 

 to import than to try to raise Azab'i 

 Indica at home, i-xcejtt in the case (,r 

 some of the dwarf sorts, like < li i b's 

 Encke, Firefly and sonu' others. hout 

 all azaleas from Furoj»e are grafted. 

 Strong growing azaleas and, to some 

 extent, rhudodentirons are uscij for 

 stocks, tlie azali'as being raised lioin 

 cuttings. 



A few populai \aneties of a/ale.as 

 are: I)euts(die I'erle, double white, 

 early; Mmjiress of India, double rosy 

 salmon; Mnie. \ an der ('ruyssen, semi- 

 double, light pink; Vervajneana, dou- 

 ble, salmon rose; Ajiollo, vermilion red; 

 s.'ilmon rose; Ajnillo. vermilion ri-d ; 

 Bernard Andre alba, late, double 

 whit*^: I >e Sidiry veriana, double rose, 

 shaded red; Prof. W'olters. single, brii^ht 

 pink; Simon Mardner. double, velvety 

 rose; Indica alba, fine single white; 

 Sigismnnd Rucker, rose, bordered white, 

 spf)tted crimson, .a fine single; FieMer's 

 White, single white; Rajihael, double 

 white; Xi(d«e, double white; Empereur 

 du Presil. double rose, banded white. 

 C. W. 



Oklahoma City. Okla.— .1. G. Angel 

 lost nearly l.dOO feet of glass during a 

 recent hail storm. 



By a British Visitor. 



('Ommercial floriculture in Americ:i 

 is inn very much on the lines that I 

 .•iii1 icip.'ited. l''or ni.aiiy years I ha\'e 

 been a leader of the .American liorti 

 ciiltnial picss, ;ind therefore conversant 

 with floricuitural affairs as record-MJ 

 therein. I iiad formed definite^ views 

 of what to e\|)ect at ea(di establish 

 ment that I \isited. ,iiid so faithfully 

 had eai-h been ])oitiayed in the col 

 nmns of The Review from time to tinn^ 

 that T received no surprises. .\ll tliat 

 I expected to see w;is there and Just 

 as 1 expect(>d to see it. 



T was fortunate in visiting .\nierica 

 just before k'aster. thertdiv obtaining 

 a view of the jdant and llower cultures 

 iit their best, .\ccording to poi^ilation. 

 the American plant trade is Tiot so 

 extensive as ours, but in most lines ttie 

 culture is eqii»f to the axeiage of < o 

 vent (Jarden market. In Amerira iiit 

 flower growers specialize on fewer \aii 

 eties; this tends to working the estab 

 lishments with less ex]iense. though 

 at the same time it gives the American 



Will You Offer Criticism ? 



piiblir a sm;iller 

 selei-t troni. 



Iiop-e lit' \ a net ies t' 



Carnations English and American. 



In carnations I anticipated great 

 things and I was not disappointed. The 

 fine, healthy plants and tlieir cropping 

 qualities are marvelous, but for quality 

 our English blooms .ire (jiiite equal to 

 the American standard, and when I say 

 that I take as the standard the blooms 

 shown at tlio T'oston show. Our Britisli 

 Carnation Society, established in IHOO. 



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brings out larger displays from indi- 

 vidual growers, with blooms equal to 

 tliose in America and the entire show 

 more artistically arranged. I think 

 I'l. G. Hill, of Richmond, who visited 

 one of our shows last year, will endorse 

 my views, and .T. R. Fotheringham, of 

 the F. R. I'ierson Co., who was an eye- 

 witness of one of our first shows in 

 London, must also carry favorable im- 

 pressions in his memory. 



The Wonderful American Beauty. 



< lit roses, .\merican l^eauty excepted, 

 ;ire on a ](>v(d with ours; probably you 

 surpass us in the first two months of 

 the year. American P.eauty has not 

 installed itself as a favorite with our 

 growers, and to me the blooms and 

 stems seen in .\merica were most won- 

 derful; we have nothing approaching 

 them ill England. 



Sweet peas, as seen at Boston, are 

 tar ahead of anything we produce in 

 March. We do not obtain equal quality 

 until late in .'Vjiril and in the first part 

 of May. T\'o doubt the clearer atmos- 

 phere in America is an important factor 

 in bringing about the result. 



In cut flowerii_I was delighted with 

 the ])ink antirrhinums which frequently 

 came under my notice, a line we have 

 not struck in England yet for early 

 work. For c|ec<iiat i\ e purposes they are 

 -iiperb. 



The Immense Chicago Ranges. 



The extent of the glass establish- 

 ments ."iround Chicago is marvelous. In 

 niir small island there is no room for 

 such; our markets could not take the 

 produce. A few of our largest mo<iern 

 establishments excepted, the American 

 systems of greenhouse building, heat- 

 ing and ventilating are ahead of ours. 

 I admire the skill and enterprise of 

 \our horticultural builders. I congratu- 

 l.ite them on their skillfully planned 

 advertisements in the trade press. They 

 know how to build and they know how 

 to make it known that they can build. 



(ireat as the floricuitural industry is 

 in .\merica, it appears to me that it 

 has a still greater future, and that at 

 no distant date. The cut flower tradi' 

 is no iloubf abreast of the times. There 

 i- room for the development of the 

 |.lani trade. 



Opportunities in Plants. 



In our iionies. our hotels and restau- 

 rants we decorate freely with plants. 

 In the American hotels 1 noted the ab- 

 sinre of l.'irge )ialms in the halls and 

 'orridors. foliage and flowering plants 

 ill the lounging places and public rooms, 

 sinh as we are accustomed to in sum- 

 mer and winter, were also lacking, and 

 I'lants were conspicuous by their ab- 

 sence from the dinnt>r tables. There is 

 ••111 opportunity there for the develop- 

 ment of the jd.ant trade. It appeared 

 to me that the American public does 

 not take such a keen and enthusiastic 

 interest in home gardening as we do. 



