174 FRITZ BAHR'S COMMERCIAL FLORICULTURE 



have ways" afid means of properly caring for their plants so as to 

 have them just at their best for Easter Sunday. 



Prepabations for Easter 



. Perhaps as important as anything, besides having an Easter 

 display, is to provide proper facilities for keeping the flowering pot 

 plants such as Roses, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Hydrangeas, Lilies, 

 etc., in good shape. You must have a place where plants can be kept, 

 ifi'lpund necessary, in a cool, shaded position. There the flowers 

 &^lmbst anything wiU improve; they wiU get a finish not possible 

 m ajbot, sunny house. I have yet to go through an Easter season 

 li^Traioli, at didn't happen that, just a few days or maybe a week or 

 ^^ie-,i)efore Easter, a hot, windy speU set in^ That meant getting 

 b^V tn<i moving things to cooler quarters. 



It helps a batch of late 

 LilifS perhaps, but other stock, if left unprotected, would surely 

 Mil.' Therefore, always provide either a well-ventilated and heavily 

 shaded hDi|se, a frostproof shed or some other place, according to 

 your needs, to properly take care of your plants. For bulb stock 

 a deep coldframe is usually an ideal place to keep the flats and pans 

 in good condition; such a frame can be shaded and ventilated to 

 best suit the stock. 



What I have said about the Christmas rush is equally true in 

 regard to preparing for Easter — you want to be well supplied with 



everything necessary for doing 

 business. Baskets, hampers, 

 pot-covers and ribbon play a 

 more important part today 

 than ever. It is the way some 

 plants are dressed up that 

 seUs them. Seeing what the 

 big feUow in the large city 

 does is a good way to get new 

 ideas, for people want some- 

 thing different, some new crea- 

 tion and these usually come 

 from the large cities. Not 

 that the city florist is so much 

 smarter than his brother from 

 the country, but competition 

 and the fact that he devotes 

 his entire time to the selling 

 end of the business make the 

 city florist naturaUy a leader 

 when it comes to a floral ar- 

 rangement or dressing up a 

 plant for the counter. It is 



Fig. 59.— Another Tasteful Easter Ab- 

 RANGEMBNT. Narcissus Victoria and Cin- 

 eranas can both be grown for Easter by 

 even the smallest grower and then used most 

 eflectively m such a basket arrangement 

 as is illustrated here 



