. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. lear out the remains of any cropsthat have been growing on the benchesto be used for propagating, and getthese cleaned up ready for use. Large calla flowers are not alwaysdesirable, but if they are specially need-ed, the plants must be regularly fed withmanure water from now on. Remove a little at a time of the use-less wood on the older roses. Thisdoes not check the plants like takinga lot away at one time. Do as little feeding as possible to theviolets that are to be retained for stockplants. Keep them in cultural conditionof course. T
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. lear out the remains of any cropsthat have been growing on the benchesto be used for propagating, and getthese cleaned up ready for use. Large calla flowers are not alwaysdesirable, but if they are specially need-ed, the plants must be regularly fed withmanure water from now on. Remove a little at a time of the use-less wood on the older roses. Thisdoes not check the plants like takinga lot away at one time. Do as little feeding as possible to theviolets that are to be retained for stockplants. Keep them in cultural conditionof course. Take care of the stock plants ofdouble white petunias. A good strain ofthis plant is extremely useful for deco-ration, and the flowers may be used fordesign work. Cow manure dried and crushed is thebest of all manures for top-dressingrose benches. Soot water is an excellent a bag of soot in a barrel, allowthe contents to settle, and use about onepart to six of water. Fuchsias, bouvardias and similarplants that are to be dried off must be. AT THE PARIS CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW. Sec issue of December 1, page 888. 9o8 The American Florist. Dec. 8, dried gradually, not all at once, as thisis too great a strain on the plant. IN THE STOKE. Arrange cut orchids in small speci-men glasses or some similar of cattleyas. as frequeritly seenin the windows, are not attractive. Always be ready to advise your cus-tomers as to suitable devices or decora-tions if they seem to need it, but donot force your opinions against theirwishes. Get at all banquet and dinner tableorders early enough to allow full timefor cleaning up, but not a minute earlierthan is really necessary, freshness be-ing a great point. Florists who persist in crowding theirwindows pay a heavy price for an un-attractive display. Several shades of one color, no matterhow attractive in themselves, are seldomsatisfactory when arranged contrasts are usually to be pre-ferred. Boxes for shi
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