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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw43amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
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1J42 The American Florist. Dec. JI the ball of the small pot on the drain- age at the bottom of the large pot and nil around with new soil. If the plant lias not grown high enough to fill the pot, room can be left which can be tilled in later. Our reason for potting this way is because the lily throws (Hit strong feeding roots from the base of the stem, and if the plant is potted so these grow into the soil a much better flower is scoured, as well as a handsomer plant than when these roots are bare and out in the air. Regular fumigations must be followed up all the time to keep the aphis in check. Sometimes the aphis gather in the tender top of the growth and fumi- gating will not dislodge them. A weak solution of tobacco extract sprayed into the center of the growing plant will generally dispose of them. RarablerlRoses. The rambler roses will need all the time between the first of the year and Easter to bring them into perfection, especially if they are field grown plants. The plants should be started in a cool temperature from 40 to 40 degrees at night and the wood syr- inged frequently to soften and open the lower eyes on the long canes. All the weak growths and unripened wood should be cut out. As soon as the eyes begin to swell, the canes should be tied in the form the plant is to be grown, it is far better to do this be- fore the eyes get started, for if delayed imtil the breaks have begun to grow, there are sure to be many rubbed or broken off, in the tieing out. The tieing out may be done in the shape that suits the growers' fancy, some place sticks in the pot and wind the canes around them, carrying some canes across the center of the pot; others bend the canes into arches over the top, but whatever way is followed, it is better to have the top of the cane bent down so as to restrict the flow of sap and cause the lower eyes to open and form growths. As soon as the plants have made good growths, they should be moved into warmer quarters where they may be sprinkled every bright morning to guard against red spider, and carefully ventilated to prevent mildew. There are so many good varieties of the rambler roses that the grower can have all the shades of pink and red, and some of the newer varieties make very attractive plants for the Easter sales. Crimson Ram- blers and Dorothy Perkins are, of course, well known, but Tausendschon, Lady Gay and Hiawatha are all finr- varieties for forcing and give a splendid assortment for the spring. VICTOEIA, TEX.—Miss B. E. Smith has established a floral parlor in this city. New Bedford, Mass.—A disastrous fire on the morning of December 3 de- stroyed the greenhouse and stock of W. E. Mosher on North street. The property was a total loss, estimated at •$1,500. Only the framework of the greenhouses remains standing. Claeksbueg, W. Va.—The Hayman Greenhouse Co., whose range of green- houses is at Bridgeport, has opened a flower store in the new Goff building, on Court street. The floral design de- partment will be in charge of Miss Mary Clemens of Pennsylvania. THE RETAIL TRADE Conducted bv Robt. KUt. Philadelphia. Pa. For the Communion Table. There is a very simple plan of form- ing cj-osses or any other suitable de- vice for vases by having a flat wire frame made in shape like a battle dore, or rather a racket bat with meshes of wire. The stalks of any flower of a light color may be placed in the meshes of the frame in any required form and the remaining parts tilled up with dark leaves or flowers, making the desired figure stand out in relief, as it were. A vase is filled with wet sand and the stalk of the frame inserted. When the form will admit it a semi-globular wire frame may be made to cover the front, and flowers arranged to present the appeai-ance of being piled in banks. The style and amount of church deco- ration depends, in a great measure, upon the character of the interior of the edifice. In churches where it will not admit of the possibility of safely fixing any decoration, it is well to have a frame made of the proper length and in height extending from the ground to the sill of the window above. This should be covered with canvas and over this may be spread cloth or velvet to show the decorations to ad- vantage—the lighter the color of red the better the green leaves will stand out. A. B. K. Casket Covers. .SEE suppleme:ni with this issue. One of the most elaborate, as well as the most expensive, designs or flo- ral arrangements, which is required fine stock can be used for this pur- liose, but the nice covers are, of course, made of the most select stock, and the i-hoicest lilooms the market affords are used in the best of this class of work. Roses, lily of valley, violets and orchids are more often required in the arranging of the casket covers tlian other flowers, and they are used each one exclusively or in combina- tion. Handsome greens are a neces- sary adjunct and asparagus, either sprengerii or plumosus, and the adian- tums are freely used to give the de- ■sign the necessary finish. The finest of these arrangements are made on silk netting, and the greens and flow- ers wired or sewn into the cloth, so when completed the cover can be laid over the casket, making a floral blan- ket to completely cover it. The cover which we illustrate is beautifully exe- cuted, being composed of cattleyas, lily of the valley and adiantums. The lily of the valley is put together in spray or shower form so that it hangs gracefully at the sides and ends, enough of its own foliage being used to give it proper character, and is a most beautiful piece of floral work. Christmas in New York. Never before, at Christmas time, was there such an elegant and alluring ar- ray of flowering and ornamental plants presented to the gaze of an admiring public by retail dealers as has been seen this Christmas. Plant growers have about reached perfection in the science of making plants flower at a given time, the lure of the nimble dol- lar being, of course, the chief incentive in the perfection of the art. Azaleas.
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INTERIOR OF WOLFSKILL BROS. STORE, LOS ANGELES,* CALIF. of the florist at the present time, is the casket cover or blanket, as it is some- times called, and it is an arrange- ment that is meeting with a great deal of favor, and being demanded more and more each year. It is a design that cannot be made up cheaply, for it requires the best of stock and en- tails an immense amount of labor and time, and must bring the designer or store a good remunerative value. .\ny cyclamens, ardisias, solanums and or- anges were never seen in better shape and the retailers certainly had very fine material wherewith to tempt their holiday trade. New York, like all other cities of any size, no doubt, has its several distinct phases of the retail business, ranging from the men who are located in basement shops in the congested districts, to those who oper- ate large plate-glass fronted and lav-

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