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Title: Florists' review (microform)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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APRIL 26, 1900. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 661
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A Comer in Stumpp's Store. New York Stores at Easter. that of other years. The quality of many varieties of plants "was much finer, and that of itself may have de- creased over-elaborateness of dressing. Each store endeavored to have some- thing different from the other and many of them succeeded admirably. Thorley had his lilies in ordinary plant pots which were painted a bright yellow; saucers were furnished and painted similarly; bowi of yellow rib- bon were tied half way up the lily stalks. His window in the early part of the week was entirely composed of lilies thus treated, and it was rather striking and distinct. Painted pots promise to be popular in future; per- haps the pot-makers may wake up and give us something good and cheap which will dispense with store bother- ations. But let us discuss the pictures and what they teach; if we criticise ad- versely, remember it is only in the in- terests of education; that is the only reason we present them. No. 1 is a view of some of the bas- kets arranged in Fleischmann's win- dow. The center is the new birch-bark basket which was quite popular this Blaster. Paper trimmed baskets are in the rear. Both gauze and taffeta rib- bons are used on the plants shown and you will notice a round card price tag instead of the ordinary wooden label. Mr. Fleischmann's work was better be- cause it was less artificial than we have seen it for some time in his store, and the comparisons ev'en in this pic- ture will be enough to convince. No. 2 shows Stumpp's style of Easter work. The crepe paper fad, though distinctly of French origin, can be said to have been introduced to New York first from this store. Now you will no- tice that their best work is confined to baskets, and very well and rich it looks. Satin ribbons and silk taseeled cords are used to good effect, and you will also notice the card price tag, which has also a dry goods tinge to it. We don't believe in any sort of price tags on plants because they are gener- ally left on. No. 3 is a very good picture of Thor- ley's window, showing hampers filled with growing violets and baskets of mixed plants. The handles are twisted and tied with taffeta ribbons to match the flowers. No papers were used here. IVERA. (Other views will appear next week. —Ed.) WINTER FLOWERING PLANTS. "Young Florist" writes: "Please give a list of plants which flower con- stantly during the winter, such as Pri- mula Forbesii, mignonette and forget- me-not. Also the main cultural points, so as to have them ready for blooming early in the winter." To do justice to this question would take a volume, and I can only men- tion what occurs to me as the "cut and come again" flowers that are useful to the florist. First, there are the three leading flowers of our business, the rose, carnation and violet, the cul- tivation of which has been written up a thousand times and still going on. That important class known as bulb- ous is made continuous by successive crops, beginning with paper white narcissus and Roman hyacinths in No- vember, and lasting till we get the gay tulips outside in May. The longiflorum lily and its varieties we constantly have by bringing on consecutive batches. Among the continuous blooming plants that are available for cutting we have Bouvardia, propagated in Feb- ruary, flowering from November to May; mignonette, sown in July, flow- ering from November till late spring; sweet alyssum, planted in the houses in August, continuous throughout the winter; Primula Forbesii and P. ob- conica. Of the latter there are now some splendid strains. Sown in May, they flower from November through- out the winter. Zonal geraniums, plants selected in April, shifted on and not allowed to flower till October, flower continuously for many months. Stevia serratifolia is invaluable Tor Christmas, but it is only one crop. Many of the abutilons flower pro- fusely through the winter, but it is only in designs that their flowers can be used. Antirrhinums are most use- ful decorative plants. Sow in April and keep in flats or pots and plant out in cool house in August. Begonias: Of this large and beautiful genus there are scarcely any that would pay to grow for cut flowers. We find the most useful to be what we know as incarnata grandiflora, but there is but one cutting, though most useful at Christmas and later. Propagated m March, the calla lily (Richardia) blooms well in pots from October to May, and since the Harrisii are so much affected with disease there is an inclination to grow more of them. Chrysanthemums can now be had from October 1st to New Year's. Cyclamen are not only the most beautiful of pot plants, but their flow- ers are equally useful and are not out of place among the choicest flowers. Sown in November, they flower from November to April. The Marguerites, or Paris daisies, flower from Novem- ber on till spring, if kept cut, and are graceful and pretty. Heliotrope is liked by all, but the only way to grow it profltably to cut is to have a large plant at the end of a house and cut or spur it back as you would a grape - -c9.MSmr- ■

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