December 26, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



and all the time, there is the field for 

 the man who has the courage to work 

 up stock and advertise it strongly. The 

 stores without growing facilities stand 

 ready to take all the good stock offered. 

 Indeed, they are hungry for it. 



Let the man take note who is not 

 content with the prosperous little trade 

 of his limited local field — here is an 

 opportunity of which at the present 

 no man can see the limits — a limitless 

 wholesale market easily accessible 

 through The Keview — the opportunity 

 to build up a business and a name that 

 shall be known to the trade the country 

 over — a source of pride and profit. 



C.'H. FREY 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

 FLORIST 



LlDcoIn, Neb., Dae. 21. 1912. 

 Flobibts' Rkttew. 

 Chicago, III. 

 Oentlemea:— Please discontinue my full 

 page ad of Christmas plants-have never 

 sold out so completely. We had an immense 

 stock of everything advertised. Of polnset- 

 tlas alone 6030 3-lnch to 8-lnch, but they are 

 all gone; could have sold m»ny more. 



Plants sold In order named: Polnsettlas, 

 cyclamens, Cincinnati begonias, primulas, 

 azaleas, ferns. 



Will have more advertising later and will 

 surely use The Review. 



Respectfully yours, 



0. H. Fbky. 



Mr. Frey irivertited exclusively in The Review 



When rooted the young plants may 

 be either potted into 2-inch pots or may 

 be put directly into flats, about two 

 and one-half inches apart, using a nice 

 loam which does not contain too much 

 manure. If 2-ineh pots are used, the 

 plants* should be put into flats or 3-inch 

 pots as soon as they show a nice lot of 

 roots around the pot. Give the plants 

 plenty of air as soon as they commence 

 to grow and do not overwater, but 

 allow them to dry out and then water 

 thoroughly, as by doing this you will 

 keep the soil sweet and the plants 

 healthy. 



Pinch the plants when they are high 

 enough for the tops to be broken off 

 clean, leaving four or five joints, which 

 will give you strong side shoots and a 

 sound foundation for good growth. 



Plant out in this locality as soon 

 after May 1 as weather conditions will 

 warrant, so that the roots will have a 

 good foothold before the hot weather 

 comes. 



The soil in the field should be made 



fairly rich with rotted stable manure. 

 Attend strictly to cultivation and top- 

 ping, going over the field at least once 

 a week. Cultivation will bring the 

 plants through a hot, dry summer in 

 a much healthier condition than if 

 watering is resorted to. 



If I were asked which are the most 

 popular varieties of carnations around 

 Boston, I would name Pink Delight a 

 good first, Gloriosa second, with White 

 Enchantress and Whit.e Wonder pretty 

 even for third place. Beacon is always 

 in great demand for the holidays, but 

 will be deposed as soon as one as free 

 and of a better color is produced. 

 Among the new varieties, Benora is do- 

 ing finely and has every appearance of 

 being the best variegated carnation yet 

 raised. 



Future of the Flower. 



The carnation is without dispute a 

 beautiful flower and I often feel that 

 the man who chooses the growing of 

 it for a livelihood derives far more 

 pleasure from it than do his patrons 



who buy them to decorate their tables. 

 There are no secrets in raising this 

 wonderful flower, and there never was 

 one man who could raise such fine flow- 

 ers but that there were others who 

 could raise them just as good. 



In visiting the establishments of 

 some of our leading hybridizers 1 have 

 formed a firm opinion that more than 

 one of the seedlings I have seen are 

 destined to eclipse some of the present 

 standard varieties. 



The flower industry has grown won- 

 derfully during the last twenty years, 

 and the demand for the products of the 

 florist is increasing all the time at a 

 rapid pace. No one can say what the 

 advance will be during the next twenty 

 years. Owing to the enormous strides 

 made iu improvement of greenhouse 

 building, and to the efforts of garden- 

 ers and florists to raise new varieties 

 of sterling worth, the buyiilg public is 

 now able to buy finer flowers at lower 

 prices, which has greatly stimulated 

 trade, for where are the persons who 

 would not deprive themselves of some 

 other luxury in order to have some 

 of nature's most luxurious creations f 



The sale of artiflcial flowers should 

 soon be a thing of the past, as to most 

 people such a substitute must appear 

 as the cheapest of all imitations. 



HOME-MADE BEMEDIES. 



Some time ago The Review printed 

 an article by someone on his trouble 

 with the roller moths and his laborious 

 method of catching them. I think if 

 he will try the following method he 

 will not be troubled so much. Take 

 a large pan, such as a dishpan. Place 

 an oil lamp in it, on a brick or such, 

 and pout in about one and one-half 

 inches of water and just a little oil. 

 The light will attract the moths after 

 dark and they will fall into the oil, 

 which will quickly finish them. 



The same remedy will do the work 

 for those who are troubled with grubs 

 in their grounds outside, except that 

 a lantern should be used instead of a 

 lamp. Try this in your carnation patch 

 in May and June, when the June bugs 

 are seeking a place to deposit their 

 eggs, and see what you get. You will 

 find the ounce of prevention is better 

 than the pound of cure. 



And another article about December 

 5, about a party trying to kill snails 

 with oil. Tell him to try salt and I 

 promise him they will turn their toes 

 up at once. T. M. Fitzgerald. 



TO EEMOVE HAED PUTTY. 



I should like to find out what is the 

 best and easiest way to remove old 

 putty from greenhouse bars. 



E. H. 



If the putty is too hard to be re- 

 moved with a sharp chisel, run over it 

 first with a hot soldering iron, which 

 will loosen it so that it can be readily 

 scraped off. T. 



QX7ITE A STAFF. 



The floriculture department at the 

 University of HKnois now has a staff 

 of six, as follows: 



J. 0. Blair Chief of Department 



H. B. Domer Assistant Chief in charge 



A. H. Nlebrllns AMlstaat In Florlenltan 



F. W. Muncie 



Assistant in Expcritnental Research 



G. L. Peltier 



Assistant in FIoricnHnre Pathology 



James Hutchinson Assistant in Ore«nbonse« 



