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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_20_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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June 27, 1907. The Weekly Florists^ Review* formity with them is none the less use- ful. A bouquet is a symphony of odors, and should we not grant that in making it we must follow rules as rigid as those of harmony? It is a heresy to hold that flowers should be grouped with a view solely to the pleasure of the eye, since they have perfume; and if the theory of complementaries governs the assemblage of colors, we should not forget that there are also complementary odors, and that odors have value and intensity which should be combined happily when we de- sire to achieve a really artistic result." CULTURAL REFERENCES. In the issue of May 30, Mrs. K. S. EstiH" generously pays tribute to the Ee- viEW, to which she concedes her great indebtedness, telling of her frequent con- sultations of the back numbers when in doubt on any question of growing or management, feeling assured, as she writes, that she "can always find light by looking long enough. By adopting my plan, I think, with some little labor—which, however, is en- tirely pleasurable—she can always find light, and the necessity of a long search will be entirely obviated. After accu- mulating two years of the Review, when the nights grew long, I commenced cut- ting out all the instructive articles on timely subjects to which I knew I would sooner or later have occasion to refer, making the selections broad, even be- yond the topics in which I was inter- ested at the time, or in which I expected to be interested in the near future. Somewhere on each clipping, in ink, I noted the date when the article appeared. I had previously purchased a large scrap book, 12x15 inches, bound, contain- ing sixty pages of quite heavy paper, but when my clippings were all gotten together, I realized that they would more than fill the one book, leaving no room for additions in the future; so I in- vested in a second scrap book of the same size, giving me two volumes. I set aside an appropriate number of pages of the first volume for each letter of the alphabet up to and including M, while the second volume was apportioned among the remaining letters down to Z. Having classified my clippings by sub- ject-matter, alphabetically, during the winter evenings, when there was leisure time, I pasted them in under the appro- priate letter. My classifications may not always have been the best, but they were known to me and have answered the purpose. I recall I classified arti- cles specifying remedies for all diseases and enemies to plant life under I— In- sects." To glance at those particular pages would occasion surprise that so much has been published concerning cy- anide as a destroyer of the white fly, in- cluding even the experience of the florist who used a flower pot for holding the mixture and then stood calmly in the door, curious to see how the old thing worked. I have Wni. Scott's book—yes, I might almost properly say his three books, for his contributions to my two scrap books are so frequent, so voluminous and so highly valuable as to entitle him to be termed the author—almost. But then, there are Totty, Ribes and the others, all interesting and instructive, who are able collaborators with the grand old man. I am constantly referring to these scrap books for needed information. They are excellent reading after the daily paper and magazines are disposed of. Xext
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Fourth of July at R. W. Barrow's, Merideo, Conn. winter I shall add the clippings of this year. Sometimes an article in the last col- umn laps over on to the first column of the following page. I can generally save both sides by pasting the clipping all along one margin, so it can be folded over, permitting the reverse side to be read. From these books one can best form a correct idea of the magnitude and value of the work being accomplished by the Review. From the standpoint—a selfish one—of a comparatively recent recruit to the florist aggregation, its value could be possibly increased during the summer, when inside work is much diminished, by devoting two or more pages weekly to the planting, caring for and protecting of outside plants, not only the more rare, but the ordinary ones—the roses, asters, dahlias, etc. Many young men whose only education is the practical one re- ceived inside, find themselves minus ex- perience or familiarity with outside work when they make an onward step and branch out for themselves. But without that, the Review is all right, and long may it live and flourish. W. A. S. BEGONIAS FOR BEDDING. Will you kindly let me know where I could get a few Begonia Vesuvius and Begonia Erfordii? Also tell me if they can be raised from seed as easily as Begonia Vernon, and when to sow them, in spring or in fall, for spring bedding. I have read an article in the Review about them and would like to try a bed of them. How should they be cultivated for next spring? L. A. G. It is now a little late to purchase begonias of the semperflorens type for bedding this srason. They are easily raised from seed, however. The best time to sow seed is in January or the early part of February, in a house where a night temperature of 60 degrees is maintained. Use pans or shallow flats and a compost of fine loam, leaf-mold and sand. Make the surface perfectly smooth, water through a fine sprinkler and then scatter the seeds on the sur- face. Scatter a little very fine sand over the seed, but no loam. The seeds are dust-Uke and need careful handling. Keep moist and covered with paper un- til the seeds germinate. Prick off into flats when large enough to handle, and later transfer to other flats or, better still, pot them singly if you want fine plants. This class of begonias stands full sunshine, except in the early stages of growth, and is invaluable for carpet and other forms of bedding. There are quite a number of desirable varieties of bedding begonias. Vernon has red flowers and bronze red foliage. There are also pale rose and pure white colors. Of Erfordii, the old type has green leaves and rosy carmine flowers. A new variety has deep red flowers and coppery foliage. The Vernons average four to six inches high, tne Erfordii six to eight inches, while Vesuvius or La Vesuve, which is more graceful in habit, with scarlet flowers, attains a height of eight to sixteen inches. All stand sun- shine well, which is more than can be said of the tuberous-rooted section. C. W. The Review will send Herrington's Chrysanthemum Book, with complete cultural details, on receipt of 50 cents.

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