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JDNH 20, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 





Store of M. A. Bowe, New York Qty. 



unflowered seedlings requiring it and 

 remember that they should be kept con- 

 tinuously growing until they bloom. 



Cold Storage Lilies. 



Bulbs of Lilium speciosum and L. 

 auratum, if secured and potted now, 

 will come in flower in late fall, and if 

 grown comparatively cool will be in full 

 crop for Thanksgiving or Christmas. 

 Unpack and pot these bulbs just as soon 

 as they are received, as they start to 

 make roots and shoots quickly. While 

 these may be grown in boxes six inches 

 deep, they do better in pots of extra 

 large size, those from seven to nine 

 inches in diameter answering well. 

 Cover the bulbs to a good depth. Use 

 a rather sandy loam. After potting, if 

 the loam is fairly moist, water need not 

 be given for a few days. Keep them 

 in a coldframe, pit or cool greenhouse. 

 Their growth is quite rapid and they 

 will soon need spacing apart. 



Show Pelargoniums. 



As pelargoniums pass out of flower, 

 stand them outdoors or on any vacant 

 greenhouse bench and keep them con- 

 siderably drier at the root after resting 

 in this way for flve or six weeks. They 

 can be well pruned back and allowed 

 to break away a little before repotting. 

 To increase stock, cuttings may be 

 taken now, or later, when the plants 

 are pruned back. The cuttings root 

 readily, either in a regular cutting 

 bench or in a coldframe, and can be 

 grown into fine salable stock in 6-inch 

 pots for next spring's sales. 



Propagating Hardy Shrubs. 



The last few days in June is an ex- 

 cellent time for taking cuttings of many 

 of the hardy flowering shrubs. A close 

 frame is necessary. Bottom heat is 

 sometimes used, but is not necessary. 

 Cuttings can be placed directly in the 

 frame or in flats or pans, according to 

 the number it is desired to propagate. 

 Cuttings, after insertion, must be kept 

 frequently sprayed. No sun must be 

 allowed to strike them and air must be 

 given sparingly. Frames should be 

 closed up fairly early each afternoon, 

 in order to bottle up a good heat. The 

 following among other shrubs can be 

 propagated now: Loniceras, philadel- 

 phus, euonymus, spiraeas, deutzias, exo- 

 chordas, syringas (lilacs), viburnums, 

 ^eigelas (diervillas), Daphne cneorum, 

 claeagnus, symphoricarpos, kerrias, for- 

 s^ythias, hydrangeas, rhodotypos, xan- 

 t lorrhiza and stephanandra. The in- 

 creasing call for choice flowering shrubs 

 sbould make it worth while for many 



country florists to propagate good 

 batches of such varieties as are in de- 

 mand. 



Privet Hedges. 



Growth is now sufficiently advanced 

 for hedges of California and other 

 privets to receive their first clipping. 

 In order to secure a dense and formal 

 hedge, one or more additional trimmings 

 through the summer will be necessary. 

 Except in the more favored states, it 

 would be well for growers to use less 

 of the California and more of the Jap- 

 anese privet, Ligustrum Ibota. The 

 latter is reliably hardy, while the for- 

 mer, though pretty and quick growing, 

 cannot be depended upon. 



KEDZIE'S NEW KAB. 



Each week brings new names to the 

 list of those using the automobile as a 

 means of making deliveries in the flo- 

 rists' trade and last week brought a 

 report from Hans Rowaldt and Ed- 

 ward Leslie, who form the firm doing 

 a retail business on Chicago's west 

 side under the firm name of Kedzie 

 Florists, that a new Mercury delivery 

 car has been put in service. The Mer- 

 cury Co. also reports that cars were 

 sold last week to F. A. Berger & 

 Sons, Elizabethport, N. J., and J. M. 

 Fox & Son, Milwaukee, Wis. The photo 

 reproduced is that of the car put in 

 service by the Kedzie Florists. 



BOWE'S BOWEB. 



The florists who do retail trade out- 

 side the business centers often are 

 heard to express surprise at the large 

 volume of business the downtown re- 

 tailers are able to handle in small 

 quarters. The high rents downtown 

 are the reason for the ••economy of 

 space, and the pressure is, of course, 

 at its worst in New York, where 

 rents are the highest in the country, 

 with the possible exception of a half 

 mile of State street in Chicago on 

 which no florist has been able to 

 maintain himself for long. The rents 

 are affecting the florists just as they 

 are affecting the architecture — as the 

 building can't spread out they go 

 higher, and so do the flower stores. 

 Many of the downtown stores now oc- 

 cupy two floors and the M. A. Bowe 

 establishment, illustrated herewith, oc- 

 cupies three floors. It is on East 

 Thirty-third street, New York, near the 

 Waldorf-Astoria hotel, in a neighbor- 

 hood where no shopkeeper has more 

 street floor space than he actually 

 needs for selling purposes, stockrooms 

 and workrooms being located 'in places 

 less accessible to the buyers, Mr. Bowe 

 has a basement 20x60 and a second 

 floor room of the same size. The illus- 

 tration showing the exterior of the 

 store gives an idea of how these re- 

 sourceful downtown retailers do their 

 share of the plant trade even in the 

 heart of a great city. Mr. Bowe will 

 be recognized in both pictures. His 

 rotundity makes it seem no more than 

 natural that he years ago adopted ' * The 

 Golden Bule" as his business motto, 

 building his success upon it. Mr. Bowe 

 has just returned from Europe. 



Louisville, Ky. — The Kentucky Soci- 

 ety of Florists held its monthly meeting 

 June 5 at H. Kleinstarink 's. The wives 

 of members were invited to be present 

 and there was a good attendance. 



Portsmouth, N. H. — A. H. Craig & 

 Son, formerly in business at Stratham, 

 N. H., have purchased ten acres of 

 ground here, with some buildings on it, 

 and will at once erect two greenhouses 

 and an office. One of the houses will 

 be 22x100; the other, 18x100. A nurs- 

 ery department will also be included. 

 About a year ago the firm suffered a 

 heavy loss by fire at Stratham. 



Interior of M. A. Bowe's Store, New York City. 



