. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BEDDING PLANS. Plan of Flower Garden at Washington Park, Chicago. ors use one color, green and white, and no mistake can occur. OUTDOORS. Get the small ragged shoots and frost killed ends trimmed out of the dwarf flowering shrubs without further delay. Continue to sow sweet peas at regu- lar intervals on well prepared soil, ac- cording to requirements. Get all the help available now at plant- ing deciduous subjects. Every day such plants are out of the ground lessens their chance of success. Where the soil works w
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. BEDDING PLANS. Plan of Flower Garden at Washington Park, Chicago. ors use one color, green and white, and no mistake can occur. OUTDOORS. Get the small ragged shoots and frost killed ends trimmed out of the dwarf flowering shrubs without further delay. Continue to sow sweet peas at regu- lar intervals on well prepared soil, ac- cording to requirements. Get all the help available now at plant- ing deciduous subjects. Every day such plants are out of the ground lessens their chance of success. Where the soil works well enough sow lawn grass seed, either for new lawns or the repair of old ones. Push on with tidying up the herba- ceous borders, pricking in what remains of the winter mulch. Never neglect staking of all standard trees directly they are planted, as a wind whipped tree cannot obtain a hold. Frequent hoeing and a little nitrate of soda to push along the early cabbage plants. _ Obtain and plant suitable climbers and vines for veranda posts, dead trees or other objects it is necessary to cover. OBITUARY. Warren Ewell. The death of AYarren Ewell on April 2, removes one of the best known florists of Boston, Mass., and one who has been a familiar figure in the local floral interests for over a generation. He was long identified with the Old Guard by whom he was best known and held in great esteem. Physical ailments have prohibited his associating with the trade for the past few years, and his death was the result of heart trouble. He was one of the largest bulb growers of this section, the establishment over which he presided at Dorchester being long famed for its products. B. Edward H. Pratt. Major Edward H. Pratt, president of the T. S. Hubbard Nursery Co., of Fre- donia, N. Y., died April 1. Blajor Pratt was born in Dansville 70 years ago, and at the outbreak of the civil war organ- ized a company and with it served through the early campaigns of the Army of the Potomac until afte
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