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March 13, 1013. 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



The Lily no Looker is the Whole Thing at Easter, but it Still is Indispensable, in Pots or Cut. 



Marguerites. 



The fine varieties of marguerites, 

 Queen Alexandra and Mrs. P. Sander, 

 make great Easter plants. They do not 

 bloom so profusely as the older and 

 smaller flowered sorts, but their big 

 flowers rivet attention at once. Mar- 

 guerites stand considerable rough treat- 

 ment, provided always they have water 

 in abundance at the roots. In addition 

 to the plants of large specimen size, 

 small plants carrying a few flowers in 

 4-inch or 5-inch pots are salable and 

 pretty effects can be produced with 

 them in baskets and boxes. The yellow 

 varieties do not make as shapely plants 

 as the white ones, or they also would be 

 in demand. 



Cinerarias. 



For a cheap Easter plant, the cinera- 

 ria is in the front rank. Its many-hued 

 flowers are hard to arrange pleasingly 

 with other plants. Better stand them 

 in a group by themselves in the store 

 or greenhouse. As they do not like 

 inuch sunshine, give them a shaded po- 

 sition, and if instead of mixing the 

 colors up indiscriminately, the whites, 

 pinks, light blues, dark blues and reds 

 are grouped together, the effect will be 

 much more pleasing. 



Orchids. 



For high-class trade some of the more 

 popular orchids cannot well be over- 

 looked. While this is not the height 

 of the orchid season, a fair assortment 

 IS now to be had and some of these can 

 be sold at a moderate price. Late plants 

 of Cattleya Trianse can still be had, 

 while C. Schroederae is in good crop. 

 Dendrobium nobile in its many forms 



and D. Wardianum are beautiful varie- 

 ties. If white flowers are wanted, noth- 

 ing could be better than Coelogyne cris- 

 tata, while in cypripediums the old C. 

 villosum, Sallieri and others are to be 

 had. One thing about orchids is that 

 cost may be comparatively high but the 

 flowers have great lasting properties. 

 A drying out will not harm the plants 

 at all and they can be carried over and 

 flowered again if necessary. 



INTEENATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The board of management has made 

 the following dates for meetings of 

 the societies cooperating in the show 

 at New York: 



April 7. Society of American Florists. 



April 8. American Rose Society. 



April 9. American Carnation Society. 



April 10. National Association of Gardeners. 



April 11. American Sweet Pea Society. 



April 12. American Gladiolus Society. 

 The meetings will be held at 10:30 a. m. each 

 day. 



Each afternoon and evening during 

 the show the lecture room will be re- 

 served for public lectures on horticul- 

 tural subjects. In addition to the lec- 

 turers already announced, Arthur 

 Cowee, of Berlin, N. Y., will lecture 

 on "The Gladiolus"; Arthur Herring- 

 ton, of Madison, N. J., on "The Whys 

 and Wherefores of Tree Planting"; 

 and L. W. C. Tuthill, of New York, on 

 "Greenhouses and Frames for Ama- 

 teurs. ' * 



Members of the Rose, Carnation, 

 Sweet Pea and Gladiolus Societies and 

 of the S. A. F. in good standing will 

 be furnished with tickets or badges 

 admitting them to the show at all 

 times. 



The show will be opened at 6 p. m. 



Saturday, April 5, with an appropriate 

 ceremony, and on other days will be 

 open from 10 a. m. until 10 p. m. 

 Posters and hangers, in colors, are now 

 in course of distribution. 



The advertising forms for the official 

 program will close March 15, so that 

 anyone who has not already taken 

 space in the same and intends doing 

 so should lose no time in making his 

 wants known to John Young, secretary, 

 54 West Twenty-eighth street. New 

 York, who also is still able to furnish 

 a few excellent locations for exhibits 

 in the trade exhibition. 



OBANQE TBEES IN GREENHOUSE. 



You would do me a great favor if 

 you would let me know of a nursery 

 where I can buy some good sized orange 

 trees for planting in a greenhouse, to 

 be grown for the fruit. When would 

 be the best time to plant them? 



T. N. 



You should secure these from one of 

 the firms in Florida or California which 

 make a specialty of growing them. 

 Such firms as Beasoner Bros., of the 

 Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco, Fla., 

 could supply you. Winter is the proper 

 time to secure the plants. C. W. 



Nantucket, Mass.— Robert B. King 

 says funeral work has been unpriece- 

 dentedly heavy in the last few weeks 

 and speaks in praise of the prompt 

 service obtained on telegraph orders 

 sent to Boston for stock. Zooneveld, a 

 Holland florist, has built up quite a 

 plant here and all the smaller places 

 also seem to be prospering. 



