PTEMBKB 10, 11 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



631 



The government has got to take tin- 

 duty off azaleas, and appoint a horticul- 

 tural expert as appraiser, ' ' and so say 

 we all of us." 



More time is wanted to do business at 

 the trade exhibit. Certificates and honor- 

 able mentions should be given to deserv- 

 ing exhibitors. 



The question box was well used. Ot- 

 tawa next year. E. 



CARNATION NOTES-EAST. 



Early Blooms. 



The early blooming varieties, if housed 

 in July, will by this time have become 

 sufficiently established to give fairly 

 good bloom and stem, making the temp- 

 tation very strong to allow a crop to 

 mature, especially at this time, when 

 carnations are in short supply. If you 

 are sure of a market at remunerative 

 prices, it will, perhaps, be good policy 

 to get into evidence, but do not over-do 

 the matter, especially with varieties you 

 know will be in great demand at the 

 holidays, with prices to correspond. 



Pink and white are the colors most 

 likely to be sought for, and Nelson and 

 Queen Louise are good ones to depend 

 upon to furnish these. Crane is the best 

 scarlet for early, but had best be held 

 for future high prices. Estelle ought 

 on no account to be allowed to bloom 

 early. It is most beautiful in color, but 

 throws many single flowers if allowed 

 to bloom before getting exceedingly well 

 established. 



Mrs. Potter Palmer should be handled 

 with a view to producing a supply at 

 Christmas and thereafter. It is some- 

 what impatient of disturbance in lifting 

 in hot weather, and the blooms being of 

 very large size it requires a lower tem- 

 perature than can be had for some time 

 yet to develop its blooms to perfection. 

 With all this, it is surprising how well 

 its color holds under the hot sun of 

 spring and early summer. We -are grow- 

 ing it this year in solid beds in a cool 

 house, and from present appearances, it 

 will go ahead of last year's fine show- 

 ing. 



Supports. 



So much has been written on this mat- 

 ted, and growers in general being pos- 

 sessed of inventive brains, I cannot add 

 much but to advise the use of such as 

 will not prevent free circulation of air 

 among the foliage or free access to the 

 soil for the removal of weeds, applica- 

 tion of top dressing or liquid food, and 

 the introduction of water at times when 

 wetting the foliage is not desirable. 



The actual cost of material used in 

 some systems may be small, while the 

 labor involved in putting up may over- 

 balance the total expense incurred by 

 the use of a method which at first cost 

 may seem large. Then comes the ques- 

 tion of how many years the same ma- 

 terial may be used without additional 

 outlay. This is our fifth year with the 

 Model stake, which has given much sat- 

 isfaction and no repairs have been 

 needed. Whatever you use the sooner the 

 supports are put up the better. 



Last year I advised the use of aphis 

 punk for the prevention and destruction 

 of greenfly, but I find that this handy 

 and effective insecticide seems to have 

 gone the way of many other, good ar- 

 ticles, deteriorated in strength; at least 

 this was the case with a lot I saw opened 



Crop of Carlson's Improved Aster, White, Growing for Seed. 



very recently. I am very sorry to make 

 these remarks, but I feel that I cannot 

 at present recommend its use. We are 

 now using tobacco dust, burning it fre- 

 quently as a preventive, which is far 

 better than to wait until a cure is needed. 

 Geo. S. Osbokn. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Before the opening of the sen-. mi ai 

 rives, we should have all the arrange 

 ments made for the successful storagi 

 and care of the buds between the timi 

 of cutting and that of dispatching t< 

 our customers. The care and skill be 

 stowed on the cut during this period i 

 iportant factor 



of the blooms, ai 



^Mr- 



far in gaining their good will and 

 taining their trade. 



Arrangements should also be made to 

 keep a record of all blooms cut duri- 

 the s.'.-,snn. We start this record-keep- 

 ing on October 1 and continue up till 

 Memorial day, which embraces the real 

 harvest season. By this method we 

 can, at the end of the season, know defi- 

 nitely the relative value of each variety 

 grown, as no amount of guesswork can 

 in any way give a satisfactory idea of 

 what has been done. It has frequently 

 happened in my experience, both with 

 roses and carnations, that the varieties 

 which got the most credit from mere 

 guesswork were not by any means en- 

 titled to it when the total for the season 

 was reckoned. 



An easy and convenient method of 

 keeping a true record is to have a sheet 

 of cardboard tacked up in each house, 

 with columns for each of the varieties in 

 the house, and spaced off with lines for 

 each day of the month. These sheets 

 can either be filed or the totals copied 

 into the journal and totaled at the end 

 of the season. Similar sheets should also 

 be in use in the sorting room, with col- 

 umns added to show the numbers of the 

 different grades. 



There are many advantages to be de- 

 rived from such a system, one of the 

 most important being" that by a careful 

 study of the records from day to day 



it is a simple matter to find out whether 

 the crop is on the increase or on the 

 wane, and to take orders accordingly. 

 The man in charge of each house or sec- 

 tion of houses can also at any time find 

 out just how he stands by comparison 

 with his neighbor in charge of another 

 section and naturally tries to emulate his 

 most successful rival. 



Of course, we cannot confine ourselves 

 to growing only those varieties which are 

 proved to be the most profitable in our 

 soils and conditions, as our customers ' 

 wants have also to be considered, but 

 witli the facts before us when laying 

 down our future planting plans, while 

 giving every consideration to the cus- 

 tomer end of the question, we must have 

 it so that there will be a generous profit 

 left for the labor, trouble and anxiety 

 of the year. Kibes. 



"AT BUYER'S RISK." 



The following ' ' opinion ' ' should be 

 of much interest to everyone in the trade 

 as it was prepared by W. T. Alden, of 

 the law firm of Alden, Latham & Young. 

 Chicago, at the solicitation of a whole- 

 sale florist who iikes to be sure of the 

 ground upon which he stands. It covers, 

 in a most explicit way a point which 

 probably arises more often than any other 

 in the too frequent controversies between 

 shipper and consignee. An understand- 

 ing of the legal phase of the question 

 may hero be obtained: 



"Regarding your request for an opin- 

 ion as to your rights where buyers of 

 your goods refuse to accept the same and 

 refuse to pay the purchase price, claim- 

 ing that the goods have deteriorated in 

 transit, we desire to submit the follow- 

 ing: 



"The law is well settled in the states 

 of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ne- 

 braska, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, 

 Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Mas 

 saehusetts and New York, that where 

 there is nothing in the contract of sale 

 to the contrary, a delivery of goods by 

 the seller to a transportation company 

 amounts to a delivery of goods to the 

 buyer, and the goods are, during transit, 

 wholly at the risk of the buyer, and if 

 they deteriorate in value while in transit, 



