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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_27_2 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Makcii 1G, H)n. The Weekly Florists' Review. 11
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Wedding Decoration in a Large Church, by Jacob Schuiz, Louisville, Ky. As ;i Milr. tlowfis krt'p licst if the tilcxims or IJftaN iiii' Ui;it iliy, liul s;')i';iyiii;.' cif llic fdlinpro is Ijciii'licijil. AVlicii iKit ill iiv,. ,,r (lisplM.v. :i codl iiiiil (larlc place '^iilliiiriilly iiinisl is favuralilc loi- llowcrs. To lu'lp pro.lucr Midi <-(Mi(litlniis, lissuc paper or a liirlit fulirii- placcci nvir ilii'iii and well spfliiKI.'i; is .■nc'tivc. ;i'r iiof. l.iil new sdil. 'I'liis is a «imm1 time to have it don.'. To jilacc tlie pliUil in (lie firecii- lionse is iK.i as a rule sal isfactnry. 'I'lie at- inosplH ric i(.iiilitioiis arc so (liflcn'iil. Mrs. 1). I,. K. -(as- Ave. A paliti Willi oiii or Iwo leaves out off loolis to us liki a li.niilsoiiio cup with a couple of cliips liroken oin of ii .\clilicr is iloir.ilile aroiiiid tlie liousc: a caoiioi lie inemlcil. and a palm will ii'-i' ii;i one I.I olio and one half years (n reproduce two new leaves. 'I'lie "ijiicsl ioiiv ;iii,; .\iiswers" patre can he made of speci,-il iiiicroi. if ,\ on will write us for !iny snecJMl iiiforuial loll .\oii iii.'iy desire regard- ins How.-is aud I heir i:iie. Will you trive ns your lielp hv asUiu;: i;iiest ions V We will not uvr )'oiiiicil \)y the retail florist reccivi^s so much attention as his wedding- deco- ratiniis. Xot only do the weddinj;- guests pass itidoinont on <'acl:i .jtil). but the other j-i'tail llorists who have the op- portunity study tlic decoration ..and profit li\- its iiert'ection or inipm'fec- tioii- .\ weddinj; decoration is difficult to jihotdorajih. This is esjieeially the ' asr \vli cdilire. like a ehui'ili. lit the case of the )iresent illustration, a (diundi deco ration is shown, the worlc of Jacob .Schul/. of TiOuisvilie. Only a portion of till' work apj)(>ars, one of the princi- ;»al fi'atures bein^^ the large wedding iiell, which hung so high tlnit it was beyond the range of the canicn-a. For this decoration, in aildition to several loads of jialins ajid ferns, twenty cases of wilil sTniJii.K wer(> retjuired. and liHi Kaster lilies. PLUMOSUS TURNING YELLOW. In The b'eview of February IG, page no. I noticed tho iiKjuiry <if 11. & K. in rcgaid tn theii- .\sparagus pluinosiis nanus tuiiiing yellow. Now, 1 know of two ways in wiiicli this trouble is likely to be caused. If the t('ni;ieraturo is kept at ()ii degrees at night, on didl days at <••") degiccs and on sunny dtiys at 11' to 7") degree^, the plants will gen- erally have a good color, )iut this im- portant exi'eption must be noted: After a siic'-essi<in n\' three or t'eiir dull diiys, tlie temperature siiunld not exceed aking from experience. ;is 1 grow thousands of th(>se phants for cut spra>"s foi the \e\v \nv\i market. I-), nickenson. THE BRITISH VISITORS. .\- jirex iiuisly stated in The KeMew. a party of about twelve British horti- eiiltural traders intend visiting the I'nited States on a holiday trip next month.' Sailing from Liverpool on the busitani.a Alarcdi lb we hope to spend I'riday. ;March 17. iln New York. tra\ eling the sani'^ night to Philadelphia foi' Satiirdav ;ind Sunday. Monday morn ing. on the way tlo Washingtoih. we intend to giv b'. Alincent. dr., & Sons a cull. ;nul .after twii davs in Washing- ton, March 21 and 2'2, we will go on to E. G. Hill's establishment at Rich- mond; from there to Chicago to spend .March lio and "tJ; thence on to Niagara Fiills, and from there to Boston for the .National Flower Show, arj'iving March ^S, and about Aprilul rt^turn to New York for four d:iys. Our piirty will embrace all sections of the horticultur.al trade, including a ijiiartef of' ('o\cnt (iarden growers; iiaimdy: (I. I'rickott, who excels in (dir\santheinums. one of the oldest mcni hers of the National Chrysant heinuin Society; ^^'. .\. ('nil and (!. i'ratb'y. who grow ferns .and jiot plants by the mil- lion, and I.. .M. (Iraves. in the front rank with cyclamens and primulas. l\oses will be represented by .1. I'.rown, of W. iV .1. ilidwn. Stamford: hardy lloweis by .1. S. (Iiinn, ot' (biiin & Sons, I'.ii iiiingliam, who grow and show phlox ••I lid hardy IIo\\(Ms second to lume. The • arnation wil! be represented by ('. l^n- oelm.aiiii. the I'.aisei- of ( arola. mie ot' inii best oruwers and keenest hybridizers, ;.lso by the writer, one ol' the originators .•ind chairm.an of the Perpetual blower- iiig (arnation Society since its inccp tioii. 'I'he horticultural sundries trade will b(^ vejiresenteil by S. South, of Lon don. .and i;. Darker, of Mancdiester. Should any American frieinls desire lo correspond with the writer or other members of the jiarty, will they please aildress letters in care Messrs. Thomas oidrietor of the South Ijid (ireen houses, recent 1\ fell through a broken Ibior in his plac(> of business ;nid broke one of his ribs.

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