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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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December 9, 1897. The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 75
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Iberis Sempervirens. Pereonials for Cut Flowers. base of the old stalk will in turn form new flower stems, thus keeping up a succession until frost stops all further growth; but where the flowers are left to mature and decay on the plants we must not expect a great quantity of flowers after their first blooming. They are propa- gated either by cuttings or divisions, preferably in the early spring. In August and September the helian- thuses are generally in great demand. Various good sorts may be recommended, but if only one kind is to be planted, H. laetiflorus is by all means the one which takes best in the market. The flowers are of medium size, very regularly shaped, brilliant yellow in color, and the heads are just heavy enough to slightly bend over the stems so as to add to the general graceful appearance of the long sprays. Two rows of petals make this a semi- double variety, otherwise it very nearly resembles H. ri^dus in h bit and growth. About five feet is its height. It is easily increased by division; no special care is needed in successfully growing this plant. but too dry a situation should be avoided. As I am restricted to but half a dozen species, we are nearing the end. Only one more is to be mentioned, and with so much material to select from, considering everything, I decide in favor of the often mentioned Anemone japonica. We can work these up everywhere, in large and small decorations, in vases, baskets, or designs, with long or short stems. They are never objected to, and come at a time when desirable white flowers are not overplenty. I have seen it recommended many times to give tHese plants a place partially shaded by trees, but have never seen them in such situations to grow as vigorously and bloom so abundantly as they will in full exposure to the sun. Old plantings will attain a height of six feet, the whole sides and tops a mass of buds and bloom and the foliage large and luxuriant. No such results can be ex- pected for the first two years after plant- ing, whether we use small young plants or several well developed old crowns in a hill to start with. It we are in posses- sion of only aj few old plants, root cut- tings an inch or so long can be potted singly in small pots, and, this is a quick way of working up a stock. In spring the young plants should be planted out in their permanent position; these will gen- erally bloom freely the first fall and increase their crop with every succeeding year. Nobody can afford to do without a row or bed of this useful and profitable plant. K. SUPPORT OF FLOWER SHOWS. In a report of the New York Gardeners' Society's exhibition published in a con- temporary, it is written that "it is evident that the key to New York's appreciation and support of flower shows has not yet been aiscovered." It strikes me very forcibly that the same may be said of any other city's appreciation and support on this continent. In none of the accounts does it appear that the shows have aroused that enthusiasm which brings everybody —young and old, rich and poor—out to see them. I am not one of those who be- lieve that this enthusiasm can be aroused in a single year, but I do believe that the key that will unlock the first and most important door of the safe in which this enthusiasm is stored is nothing else than the price of admission. Of course the show must be a good one—they gener- ally are good, though more attention might be paid to small details than is usu- ally done—but what is the use of having a good show if the people don't come and see it? In this city when the show was open on Thanks^ving day the hall was always simply jammed both afternoon and evening, the price of admission being twenty-five cents; the people were all out for a good time and they did not mind so much what money they spent. But this year the show was held earlier by two weeks, and it was a better show, but the crowd did not ceme, the reason being I contend that the crowd thought they could not afford it. The show was open free for a few hours on Sunday afternoon (this not being advertised until after 8 p. m, on the Saturday) and an admiring and most orderly crowd filled the building all the time. I mention this instance to demonstrate the fact that the crowd wants to attend these shows but (except on a holiday) cannot or will not pay the ad- mission fee. Twenty-five cents certainly does not seem to be much, and to those who always attend any way it does not amount to much, but to by far the larger portion of the population of a city who live fully up to their income it amounts to a great deal, especially when the wife, mother-in- law, daughters, cousins or aunts have to be taken too. Now no show is really successful unless it is attended by a great number of peo- ple, in proportion to the population of the city in which the show is held. Those who love flowers and have plenty of money can be easily brought, and some will come to show their good clothes, but there are those who love flowers and have very little money, and many more who don't know anything about flowers into whom it is desirable to instil the love for

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