. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo4. The American Florist. 805. "m ^w| if:' •-^^p ^^^^^^^ ^wkL '^SM 5^- - 4 CHRISTMAS PLANTS. NOS. 2 AND 3. Long white chip baskets for American Beauty roses and other long stemmed flowers will be seen this season, and are a pleasing change from boxes. Every care should be taken to have cut flowers put up tastefully. Nothing looks worse than flowers thrown into a box. Plenty of green should be used to hold up the flowers, which should be laid in carefully with regard to color combina- tion as far as possible
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igo4. The American Florist. 805. "m ^w| if:' •-^^p ^^^^^^^ ^wkL '^SM 5^- - 4 CHRISTMAS PLANTS. NOS. 2 AND 3. Long white chip baskets for American Beauty roses and other long stemmed flowers will be seen this season, and are a pleasing change from boxes. Every care should be taken to have cut flowers put up tastefully. Nothing looks worse than flowers thrown into a box. Plenty of green should be used to hold up the flowers, which should be laid in carefully with regard to color combina- tion as far as possible. A little Adiantum cuneatum interspersed as a finishing touch is worth while. Handlins: Holiday Plants. The preparation of an assortment of plants suitable tor the holiday trade is a matter of some anxiety to the grower, the weather problem being one of the questions difficult to solve, in addition to which there frequently is some ques- tion as to the probable turn of the mar- ket. It seems quite natural that the retailer should prefer to sell cut flowers rather than plants at that season, so much less trouble being experienced in the safe delivery of cut flowers during severe weather than there is with flower- ing plants. But there is unquestionably a growing trade in plants at the holiday season, and the growers are preparing for it and hoping for reasonable tempera- tures at the time of delivery. Among the flowering plants presented at that time, those having bright colored blossoms are naturally most in favor, and of these the azaleas form a promi- nent part, the reds and pinks being usually first choice, though there are also many white ones forced for this occasion. These plants will have been in heat for several weeks, and should be beginning to show their flowers by this time in a temperature of 60°, from which the plants should be removed to a cooler and more airy house as soon as the buds are well up and about ready to burst, for these early forced flowers need t
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