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ORTICULTURE, 



January 19, 1907 



Wild ^milaX, pe*^cl*^e 



THE ONLY PLACE WHERE YOU GAM ALWAYS GET IT. 



Long Needle Pines, Si.oo per dozen. Palm Crowns, $2.50 per dozen. Extra nice 



long-stemmed Palm LcaveS, $2.50 per 100. MagnOlla, ^2.50 per case, 16 cubic 



feet. Sheet Moss, S2.00 per sack. Grey Moss, ?2.oo per sack. GalaX, 5i.oo per looo. 



Speed a Specialty. Write for Catalogue. 



CALDWELL, THE WOODSMAN, 



Introducer of the Wild Smilax. 



Caldwell, the Woodsman Decorating Co., inc., 



EVERGREEN, 

 ALA. 



OUR CREDIT SYSTEM: ITS USES 

 AND ABUSES. 



( Continued gro/n paee "J^.} 



a good will of its own towards its 

 patrons. 



3rd. Resolved, That no florist is en- 

 titled to credit and to all the advan- 

 tages accruing therefrom unless he 

 realizes the need of paying heed to 

 statements, of answering business let- 

 ters, and of honoring drafts. 



4th. Resolved, That any florist of 

 good standing reserves the right to 

 ■exact the most liberal terms possible, 

 but when once agreed upon, such 

 terms are to be honored, not in the 

 breach, but in the observance; and 



5th. Be it further Resolved, That 

 if any florist finds himself in 

 strained circumstances and is not 

 able to meet his obligations in 

 due time, such florist is obliged to 

 write and explain matters to his cred- 

 itors, said creditors to make all due 

 allowances and to show all due con- 

 sideration as the case might warrant. 



One of our great shortcomings in 

 the regulation of our credit system, it 

 seems to me, lies in the fact of our 

 very loose methods in dealing with the 

 "four hundreds" of our towns. It is a 

 matter of record that "society folks," 

 while in nowise backward in following 

 the dictates of fashion, are decidedly 

 so in paying their flower bills. It is 

 not unusual to hear Mr. So and So, a 

 prominent man about town, occupying 

 a magnificent mansion, driving fast 

 torses, or a $5,000 automobile, has not 

 paid his flower bill since "June a 

 year ago." Nor is it out of the ordi- 

 nary to learn that Madam Blanc who 

 gave Mr. Florist a carte blanche order 

 some ten months ago, has left for the 

 seashore, the mountains, or for Europe 



without giving her flower bill the least 

 thought. "Of course, Mr. Florist 

 tells us the money is good, and it 

 won't do at all to send a second bill, 

 much less to press for a settlement." 

 Mr. So and So or Madam Blanc might 

 feel offended. No, it won't do at all. 

 Then, there is another reason to be 

 considered. There is a competitor 

 around the corner who is just looking 

 for the chance of carrying such ac- 

 counts on his books for one or two 

 years. 



That our credit system is defective, 

 antiquated and out of accord with our 

 present business conditions is self- 

 evident, and need not be dwelt upon at 

 greater length here. Nor is it my ob- 

 ject to suggest any new methods to 

 you or to point out the remedy. I 

 submit this question to your own good 

 judgment, and sincerely hope that 

 you may give it your earnest and seri- 

 ous consideration. It is a question 

 that concerns us all alike, the whole- 

 saler as well as the retailer, the man 

 who has already made his start in life, 

 as well as the young man who bends 

 all his energies and all his ingenuity 

 towards that end. 



Philadelphia, the horticultural centre 

 of the United States, a city, whence so 

 many good things have sprung in the 

 past, is pre-eminently fit to take up 

 the work of reform. And this is a 

 most opportune time to undertake a 

 work of this sort. Our national so- 

 ciety meets here in August. There 

 are many good things in store for us, 

 we may be sure of that. Some may tell 

 us something about the ideal gardener 

 or employer, some about conducting 

 our stores, others about operating our 

 greenhouses with profit Let us hope 

 that some good soul may tell us how 

 to bring about the much needed reform 



in our credit system, a subject well 

 worthy of the earnest consideration of 

 the best men in our society. 



Begonias 



Fine large plump bulbs just received 

 from Belgium. 



SINGLE DOUBLE 



Doz. ICO icoo Doz. loo looo 



Orange 



Scarlet 



Pink 



White 



Yellow 



Mixed 



Gloxinias 



These should be planted now 

 to have fine large plants for 

 Easter Sales. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 In the fire which occurred in the 

 greenhouse of W. B. Perry, Cresco, 

 Iowa, on January 1, the heating plant 

 was destroyed and much damage done 

 by smoke. 



The J. H. Rebstock Co., Buffalo, 

 have leased another store, 20 East 

 Chippewa street, where extensive al- 

 terations are being made for a fine 

 retail establishment. 



The American Society of Landscape 

 Architects hopes soon to have 

 published Humphrey Repton's "Art 

 of Landscape Gardening"; Thomas 

 Whately's "Theory and Practise ol 

 Landscape Gardening" edited by 

 Frederic Law Olmsted, Jr., and the 

 work of Furst Puckler von Muskau, 

 edited and translated by Samuel Par- 

 sons, Jr. It is expected that the ap- 

 pearance of these works wil give an 

 impetus to the art of landscape gar- 

 dening. 



Chas. Knauss, a very prominent De- 

 troit citizen, who bought out Geo. M. 

 Leadley, has started suit against Lead- 

 ley to have the deal annulled. The busi- 

 ness was represented to him as aver- 

 aging $5,000 to $7,000 per year profit 

 but he claims that the book accounts 

 were padded showing that the busi- 

 ness was not on a paying basis. Judge 

 Hosmer has granted an injunction to 

 prevent Leadley to put incumbrances 

 on the flat he received in trade from 

 Mr. Knauss. Mr. Leadley is now act- 

 ing as manager for the Lachman 

 Floral Co., which recently opened a 

 store on Wilcox street, two blocks 

 trom Leadley's former store. 



PERSONAL. 



Visitor in Boston — H. Frank Dar- 

 row. New York. 



D. F. Roy, whose able superinten- 

 dence of the Converse grounds has 

 made that one of the notable estates 

 of the city, has just been appointed 

 park commissioner for Maiden, Mass. 



INCORPORATED. 



Furrow & Co., Guthrie, Okla.; E. H., 

 E. E. and J. W. Furrow, incorporators, 

 capital $15,000. 



