June 26, 1913. 



Th« Ror&tis' Revic\)i7 



Giant Wreath Sent to the Funeral of a St. Paul Florist 



report, the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society's schedule amounts to about 

 $500 and we are expecting to apportion 

 a similar amount from our own treas- 

 ury. With the special prizes offered, 

 this will make an attractive schedule 

 and should be productive of the best ex- 

 hibition ever held under our auspices. 



The following firms and gentlemen 

 have contributed generously toward the 

 prize and general fund: The W. Atlee 

 Burpee Co., Peter Henderson & Co., Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington, Thomas Eoland, 

 William Sim, C. C. Morse & Co., the 

 Aphine Mfg. Co. and Duncan Finlayson. 



We are still open to receive addi- 

 tional special prizes and contributions 

 toward the general fund, which should 

 reach me not later than next week. 

 Harry A. Bunyard, Sec'y, 

 342 West Fourteenth St., 



New York, N. Y. 



VARIOUS QUEEIES. 



Please answer the following ques- 

 tions in your next issue: Can the tall 

 marigolds be pinched back? Is it a,\\ 

 right to pick off fading flowers of 

 petunias? Would you advise planting 

 geraniums with the pots buried? Will 

 you kindly name four or five kinds of 

 perennials that could be sown now and 

 wintered over in a coldframe, and that 

 would bloom next year all summer? I 

 have several plants of Shasta daisy 

 Alaska. How high do they grow on 

 good ground and how long do they 

 bloom? Are they permanent, or do 

 they die away, or must they be di- 

 vided every year? G. F. 



Marigolds should not be pinched 

 back. They do not break out as many 

 other plants do. 



It is all right to pick fading flowers 



from petunias, or, in fact, from any 

 other plants. 



There is no special advantage in 

 planting out geraniums with the pots 

 buried. If you want to take up the 

 plants for stock, the plan is all right. 

 Some growers imagine the plants bloom 

 better if the roots are somewhat re- 

 stricted, but if you are careful not to 

 have the soil in the bed too rich they 

 will be much better planted out. 



The following are a few good peren- 

 nials to sow now for wintering over in 

 a coldframe or in the open, but you 

 cannot rely on any one kind blooming 

 all summer: Digitalis, or foxglove; 

 Aquilegia chrysantha and A. cserulea; 

 Delphinium formosum and D. formo- 

 sum ccelestinum; Chrysanthemum maxi- 

 mum King Edward VII; Lychnis Vis- 



caria splendens; Lupinus polyf 

 blue and white; Papaver orw 

 Pyrethrum roseum; Dianthus barV»>»w., 

 or sweet william. " ^--y^- 



Shasta daisy Alaska grows three to 

 five feet high, according to the soil and 

 location. It is not so permanent as 

 some perennials. They need dividing 

 ever second year. Early September is 

 a good time to do this. C. W, 



HOW ABOUT TESTIMONIALS? 



Do you believe that the best indica- 

 tion of the value of a thing to you is 

 the value it has proved to others? If 

 you believe in testimonials and have 

 not advertised in The Eeview, you will 

 be interested in the following letters, 

 which, it should be noted, come from 

 all parts of the country: 



We are sold out and have had to return several 

 pliecks, thank you. — E. Borowskl, BoilindAle, 

 Hasi., June 18, 1913. 



Kesults have been good, thanks. — Tidewater 

 Plant Co., Franklin, Va., June 18, 1913. 



I would gladly continue my ad, but orders 

 from it are coming so fast I fear I will have 

 to return some mom y, and you know that is 

 bad business. — John G. Witt, Chicago, 111., June 

 18, 1913. 



Please omit Asparagus plumosus from our ad, 

 as we are sold out and are tired sending back 

 checks. — Everett Floral Co., Everett, wuh,, 

 June 6, 1913. 



Please make the enclosed change in our ad- 

 vertisement and continue until further orders. 

 As to the general merit of The . Review, we 

 concede it to be incomparably the best trade 

 journal published today — and we have had some 

 experience with other trade papers, too. , ^ an 

 ailvertislng medium we have never received less 

 than |10 worth of business for every $1 worth 

 of advertising In The Review. — C. G. James ft 

 Son. Hp^Il«^ll. K. Y., June 17, 1913. 



The purpose of publishing these let- 

 ters is to interest in advertising some 

 of those who have not yet realized the 

 possibilities of increasing their business 

 through the use of The Review. 



WINTERINa PANSIES. 



My pansies have frozen out badly 

 the last two winters. They are planted 

 where the water does not stand, in 

 clay soil. Would they do better in 

 raised beds? How would it be to set 

 up a frame around the beds and cover 

 with burlap in the winter? V. R. F. 



It would be a good plan to raise your 

 beds a little and also an excellent idea 

 to set up a frame around the beds and 

 cover them either with sashes or bur- 

 lap. The latter would answer, but 

 sashes would make surer of the plants 

 all coming through in prime condition. 



C. W. 



Indoor Window Box Filled by Ernest L. Johnson, Palmer, Mast. 



