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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 2, 1912. 



covered such subjects as decorative ma- 

 terials, accessory materials, studies in 

 arrangements and such other points as 

 are of interest to the decorator. The 

 laboratory work consisted in the prei'a- 

 ration of designs, sprays, baskets and 

 other floral arrangements. The course 

 was completed April 4. 



Early in February the class made a 

 trip to Lafayette, Ind., to study tho 

 details of the new workshop of the 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co. Before the close 

 of the course it was decided that an 

 exhibition of decorative work should be 

 held April 20 in the auditorium of the 

 university. Miss Emily Dorner^ of La- 

 fayette, took part in the exhibition and 

 assisted the students in the preparation 

 of the various floral arrangements. 

 About 1,200 university and town people 

 attended the exhibition. Each visitor 

 was presented with a flower as a 

 souvenir. 



The various exhibits were numbered 

 and catalogued as are the paintings at 

 an art exhibition. The catalogue was 

 neatly printed in the form of a program 

 and gave a description of the flowers 

 used in each of the thirty pieces ex- 

 hibited. The affair was a great success 

 in every way and did much credit to 

 the instructor and the class, who were 

 M. E. Bebb, H. B. Henley, R. M. Hen- 

 ley and W. K. Palmer. Three of the 

 pieces were photographed for The Re- 

 view and are shown on pages 12 and 13. 



SEEDLING PERENNIALS. 



Perennials of all kinds which were 

 started under glass in February or 

 early March can be planted outdoors 

 at once. Choose a cloudy day for set- 

 ting them out. They are all much bet- 

 ter in nursery rows left sufficiently far 

 apart to allow of ample cultivation. 

 Some varieties, such as delphiniums, 

 will need more space than, for instance, 



the weaker growing aquilegias. All 

 like well enriched soil, and, if kept well 

 stirred among, will make strong stock 

 for fall sales. Quite a few of these 

 early started perennials will flower the 

 first year, and you can hardly work up 

 too big a stock of the leading varieties, 

 as the call for them steadily increases. 



BOOTED BUNNEBS PBEFEBABLE. 



In the propagation of violets, can as 

 good results be obtained from separa- 

 tions as from rooted runners? I would 

 be glad to know the experience of other 

 growers. H. A. M. 



Rooted runners are preferable to divi- 

 sions. In his monograph on the violet, 

 published serially in The Review, B. T. 

 Galloway said: "It is highly impor- 

 tant that the grower begin with good 

 stock. Every year from February to 

 the middle of summer the advertisers 

 in The Review offer violet stock for 

 sale. Rooted runners are offered all 

 the way from $5 to $10 per thousand. 

 Our preference has always been for 

 good, strong, sand-rooted runners, which 

 'hould be ready to take from the bench 

 by the middle of March. In many cases 



the growers wait until after the main 

 Easter picking is over and then adver- 

 tise stock for sale. This stock is for 

 the most part divided crowns, which 

 are not as good as sand-rooted runners 

 put in earlier. It is better to pay $io 

 per thousand for good sand-rooted run- 

 ners than $5 for indifferent divided 

 crowns. 



"The stock secured, it may be either 

 potted off into 2-inch pots and placed 

 in coldframes, where plenty of air and 

 water can be given, or in flats. Our 

 preference has always been for flats, for 

 the reason that the plants do not seem 

 to dry out so readily, and make a better 

 root growth. We use flats fifteen inches 

 wide, two feet long and two and one- 

 half inches deep, and put about seventy- 

 five to 100 plants to the flat. Plants 

 will stand in these flats until planting 

 time, the middle or last of April. The 

 young stock will have to be watched 

 carefully, and in addition to keeping 

 them well watered, care should be exer- 

 cised in the matter of syringing for the 

 purpose of keeping off red spider. A 

 thorough syringing once a day will pre 

 yent this pest, taking care to do this 

 work always early in the morning, so 

 that the plants will dry off before 

 night. ' ' 



LABQE VIOLETS. 



Please tell me if our violets arc 

 extra size! We have lots of them that 

 are one and one-quarter inches one way 

 and one and three-quarter inches tho 

 other. They look more like pansies. 

 They have stems twelve inches long. 

 People who come here say they never 

 have seen anything like them. 



J. A. L. 



Your violets are certainly of extra 

 fine quality; 12-inch stems are a sure 

 index that your soil and mode of cul- 



Pillow at the Exhibition Receotlf Held at the University of Illinois. 



