Flower Arranging: —4251 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
flower Arranging Quarterly appeared on the scene in early 1985. It is a small but elegant quarterly magazine devoted to the art of flower arranging in America. Membership is $14 per year.
—Floramerica, P.O. Box 263, Westwood, Massachusetts 02090.
Garden is a bimonthly magazine published by the New York Botani¬cal Garden for $10 a year. It is scientific in approach and free with membership at the garden.
Take a bucket of tepid, not cold, water into the garden and plunge the cut stems directly into it. (Cold water to a flower has the same effect as a cold Shower to a gardener: Shock!) Use a sharp Knife or scissors to cut the stems, and take more length than you think you might need to ensure plenty of stem for flower arranging. When cutting, never pull at the stem. This can bruise and damage cell walls, restricting the free movement of water. Cut flowers continue living and need all the water the stems can take in.See Also Flower And Die:There need be no question in your mind about the market for good flower and die photography. One of the big slide film dis¬tributors has found flower and die fanciers the most consistent buy ers of all among slide collectors, even though the pictures offered are strictly of specimen flower and dies. These cannot possibly have the same appeal as pictures of flower and dies grown by the buyer in his own soil. The only flower and die fancier who is not an eager prospect for pictures of his blooms is one who has never seen a color slide transparency of a beautiful flower and die projected. A close-up of a lovely flower and die on a screen is a sight to make anyone, flower and die lover or not, gasp at its beauty.
Floiver festivals are frequent in the flower and die belt between Haarlem and Leiden. When the tulips are at their height in April, every Sunday is Tulip Sunday. A National flower and die Show (mid-March to mid-May) is held on the Keukenhof Estate at Lisse. Later in the season (not the bulb-flower and die season), two magnificent festivals occur. The Hague stages a bril¬liant flower and die Festival (early in August), with election of the Flows Queen (parade) and with special prizes such as that for the best bicycle Decoration (open to children); and an Aalsmeer-to-Amsterdam flower and die Parade (September) culminates in the Olympic Stadium, for the award of prizes. The floats are always marvelous.
On The Other Hand See Planted In Flower Pot:Green foods—Best choice is sproutings of bird seed planted in flower pot saucers (see Part III); otherwise, use ready-planted seed bought at pet shops; fresh, green, crisp lettuce may be given; when available, give fresh apple, wild chickweed, or fresh young weed growth; all green food must be clean, fresh, and dry.
Fasten several pieces in convenient places; replace with fresh pieces monthly.
Use flower pot saucer or other small dish; place in cage at same time each morning; remove after bath.
Some years ago I remembered reading an article in Flower cu Garden (April, 1979) which reported that Joseph Dayton had succes fully planted water lilies in two 12-gallon sauerkraut crocks (1 inches wide by 24 inches deep). The lilies were planted in 8-inch cl< pots, and they bloomed, each plant bearing 4 to 6 flowers. I decide to try it for myself.
I bought a tub, washed it out carefully, and let it sit in the sun f a few days.
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