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The Florists^ Review 



11 



A ''Different*' Wreath, Made by A. Linke & Son, Alpena, Mich. 



spikes are cut long and close to the 

 ground. In such case^ while the plants 

 may make up fairly gotySi bulbs, they 

 will not flower so satisfactorily as those 

 which have been grown outdoors, and 

 which did not have their spikes and 

 foliage cut back hard. Gladioli may be 

 planted in the greenhouse any time 

 after December 1. They like a night 

 temperature of 50 degrees, but can be 

 grown warmer, and it might pay you 

 to plant some in place of your most 

 unpromising roses. The same soil will 

 do for them. Some of the best sorts to 

 grow are: America, Shakespeare, 

 Brenchleyensis, Mrs. F. King, May and 

 Augusta. The small bulbed sorts, such 

 as The Bride, Peach Bossom, Blushing 

 Bride, etc., mostly varieties of G. 

 nanus, are ready to plant as early as 

 October 1, and start to grow much 

 earlier than the large bulbed ones. 



C. W. 



FOEOING PUSSY WILLOWS. 



Will you tell me if I can force pussy 

 willows in a greenhouse for winter sale 

 from November 25 on and about what 

 price a bunch could I expect f Sample 

 of willow enclosed. S. S. H. 



The shoots of several of the salix or 

 willows can be easily forced and opened 

 in a warm, moist greenhouse. All that 

 is necessary is to stand them in jars or 

 tubs of fresh water. The shoots, how- 

 ever, will not expand well if started 

 thus early. It will be better to wait 

 until Christmas before starting them. 

 The price per bunch is hard to give; 

 it depends on local conditions. C. W. 



ing is attached. Of course this style 

 of lettering is not new; probably it is 

 not even particularly uncommon, but it 

 is a little less common — not to say 

 commonplace — than much of the let- 

 tering that is seen in the ordinary run 

 of trade. Perhaps it may furnish some 

 slight suggestion for some workman 

 who has exhausted his own ingenuity 

 in devising ways of avoiding monot- 

 ony. The makers of this design say 

 that the purchaser of it objected to 

 the stereotyped manner of "pasting 

 the letters on ribbon," and wanted 

 something different; so the letters, 

 which are gilt, wero fastened to the 

 cycas leaves. The other materials used 

 were pink and white roses, white alys- 

 sutn, maidenhair ferns and asparagus. 



A GOOD BROKEN WHEEL. 



The accompanying illustration is re- 

 produced from a photograph of a design 

 made by the Archias Floral Co., Seda- 

 lia. Mo. The broken wheel is a diffi- 

 cult design to do well. Unless made as 

 a fairly large piece, the outlines are 

 likely to be obscured through the use 

 of too much material. In this case the 

 outlines were well preserved and the 

 character of the piece and its message 

 could not be mistaken. The stock used 

 was principally roses, marguerites, sweet 

 peas and maidenhair fern. 



TIME TO PLANT GLADIOLI. 



How soon can I plant gladiolus bulbs 

 that are left from last summer's crop 

 under glass? They were fine flowers, 

 and I have a nice lot of bulbs. 



C. B. G. 



Bulbs saved from gladioli forced un- 

 der glass "are not to be recommended 

 for forcing. As a rule, the gladiolus 



A Broken Whml of Botes, Margucritct and Adiantum. 



