November 24, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



545 



Made-Up Plants 



■When making up lily of the valley, Roman hyacinths 

 or other bulbous stock they should be placed as closely 

 as it is possible to place them, but, of course, all this 

 work should be done under a guidance of sense for sym- 

 metry and pleasing outlines. It always pays to strive 

 for light, graceful effect. Well-flowered plants of Be- 

 gonia de Lorraine, cyclamen, primula, etc. will produce 

 a fine effect when intermixed with foliage plants of 

 varying kinds in pans, baskets, hampers, jardinieres and 

 other receptacles of fanciful designs. Before commence 

 ing see that the stock you are about to use is given a 

 thorough watering or dipping. All plants are usually 

 firmly rootbound and should never be made up when the 

 least bit dry. 



Stock Plants for Next Winter 



The small grower doesn't want to take a lot of 

 cuttings in early fall to occupy valuable space on the 

 good propagation bench. Don't overlook the setting 

 aside of a good number of stock plants such as lobelia, 

 ageratum, heliotrope, rose geranium, coleus, sweet 



alyssum, fuchsia and many others outside of the geran- 

 iums, which YOU will need to propagate from in the 

 winter. Shift a good number, also put a few dozens of 

 sweet alyssum into S-J's to 4's. They will come in 

 very handy to be planted out along the carnation 

 bench to furnish flowers the whole wanter long. 



Repairs and Painting 



Materials are away up and there is little hope of 

 their coming down in the near future so the only way 

 is to be game and pay the price to have the necessary 

 repairs made. Broken glass means drip, draft, loss of 

 heat and many other things, every one of which means 

 loss for the grower. There is still time to repair broken 

 glass and do painting. Do some rather than let the 

 place go. Help will hardly be more plentiful or 

 cheaper. 



THE S. A. F. PUBLiaTY CAMPAIGN 



Chairman George Asmus of the 

 Finance Committee reports the follow- 

 ing additional subscriptions to be paid 

 annually for four years: 



By Max SchUng — Louis Dupuy, White- 

 stone, N. 1'., $50.00 ; Max SchUng Seed Store, 

 ?50.00. 



By W. E. Pierson— W. W. Thompson Co., 

 W. Hartford, Conn., 15.00. 



By J. G. Esler— John G. Esler. Saddle 

 River, N. J., $25.00; Madsen & Christensen, 

 Wood Kidge. N. J., $10.00; John Lange, 

 Englewood, N. J., $5.00; Stein Bros., Warren 



Point, N. J., $10.00. 



By .Tulius Koehrs — Herman Schoelzel. New 

 Durham, N. J., $25.00; Henry Baumann, 

 W. Hoboken, N. J.. $10.00; Henry Schmidt, 

 No. Bergen, N. J., $10.00. 



At New York Florists' Club Meeting, Nov. 

 12th — Employees Max Schling, New York, 

 $25.00; Scott Bros., Eimsford, N. Y., $10.00; 



A. Kottmiller. New York, $100.00: Leo Klein, 

 New York, $10.00; P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, 

 N. Y., $10.01): A. N. Pierson. Inc.. Cromwell, 

 Conn., $250.00; (second subscription); John 

 Canning, Ardsley, N. Y.. $10.00; Maurice 

 Fuld, New York, $10.00; Koman J. Irwin. 

 New York, $23.00; Henry Weston, Hemp- 

 atead, N. Y., $25.00; 



By Chas. Schenck — Patrick .T. Smith, 

 $15.00; H. E. Fremont, $15.00; Wm. Kessier, 

 $15.00; Altn-d H. Laugjahr. $15.00; W F. 

 Sheridan, $15.00; H. C. Weiss, $15.00; L. 



B. Nason. $15.00; J. J. Fcllouris, $15.00; 

 Clarence Slinn, $15.00 ; Gunther Bros., $15.00 ; 

 N. Lecakes. $1.5.00; F. Lexy, .$15.00; Gold- 

 stein & Futterman, $15.00; Badglcy & 

 Bishop, $15.00; Geo. W. Crawbuck, $15.00; 

 Riedel & Meyer, .$15.00; Jos. Fenrich. $1.5.00; 

 John Yi>uug .t Co.. $15.00; E. C. Horau, 

 $15.00; N. Y. Supply Co.. $15.00; Jas. Mc- 

 Manus. $1,5.00; W'm. P. Ford. $15.00; Geo. 



C. Siebrecht. $15.00; United Cut Flower Co., 

 .$15.00; S. S. Pennock Co., .$15.00; L. W. 

 Korvan Co., $15.00; Henshaw Flower Co., 

 $15.00; M. C. Ford, .$15.00; J. J. Conn, Inc., 

 .$15.00; P. F. Kcssler. $15.00; Ilentz & Nash, 

 .$15.00; Paul Meconl, .?15.(Ki ; 11. M. Robinson 

 Co., .$15.00; J. J. Levy, $15.00; Charles Mil- 



hiug. .$15.00; Traendly & Schenck, $15.00: 

 Geo. Polykranas, $10.00; A. Sauter, $5.00; all 

 of New York City. 



By Florists' Telegraph Delivery Associa- 

 tion — Charles H. Brown, New York, (second 

 subscription), $50.00. 



By Secretary's Office — Valentin Burgevin, 

 Inc., Kingston, N. Y., $25.00; Chas. A. Moss, 

 Spartanburg, S. C., $25.00. 



By D. C. Horgan — P. J. Berckmans Co., 

 Augusta, Ga., $5.00; Brunswick Floral Co., 

 Brunswick, Ga., $5.00; Lawrence Floral Co., 

 Atlanta, Ga., $10.00. 



By Werthelmer Bros. — Bool Floral Co., 

 Ithaca, N. Y., $5.00. 



T..t^il. $l,:jli5.00. Previously reporteil 

 Irom all .sources, $23,225.50. Grand total, 

 $24,5!K).50. 



John Young, Secy. 



Nov. 17th, 1917. 



IS YOUR BUSINESS DRAB? 

 L. W. C. Tuthill. 



Walk up the main street of 

 your town some day. You see 

 a dozen people. They are all 

 dressed palpably alike. If you 

 were to recognize them by their 

 dress alone, you would call them 

 all the same name. Along comes 

 a man with his shoulders back 

 and an air about him and a little 

 touch to his clothes that makes 

 him stand out head and shoul- 

 ders above anybody else you 

 pass. 



It is exactly the same in busi- 

 ness. There is a lot of drab 

 business that looks just like the 

 other ten. It is the fellow that 

 can put the touch, the distinc- 

 tion, the bit of color, the sun- 

 shine into his proposition, that 

 wins, and wins big. 



Don't be just one of the ten. Be 

 the head-and-shoulders eleventh 

 man. 



PRIMULA LA LORRAINE 

 This is a vigorous, hardy, free- 

 flowering plant, soon forming a strong 

 clump. It was raised by Lemoine of 

 Nancy by crossing Primula Veitchii 

 with the pollen of a variety of P. Sie- 

 boldii. The foliage is bold and hand- 

 some; the flower-stalks are strong and 

 hairy, carrying one or two whorls of 

 beautiful pink magenta flowers. As 

 this hybrid Primula responds well to 

 pot treatment, a batch should be 

 grown in the cold greenhouse, where, 

 if well shaded from the sun, it makes 

 a fine show, flowering in May and 

 June. — John Macwatt, in "The. Gar- 

 den." 



LIME SHOULD BE ORDERED NOW. 



Orders should be placed at this 

 time by planters who intend to use 

 lime on their land in order to Increase 

 next season's crop. The manufactur- 

 ers say it will be difficult to supply 

 the demand if deferred until spring. 

 If orders are placed at the present 

 time they will be able, they say, to 

 supply the agricultural needs. Lime 

 applied in the fall or winter is as ef- 

 fective as when applied in the spring. 

 Fall and winter application of lime is 

 urged by the Dept. of Agriculture as 

 good farm practice and also as an 

 emergency war measure. 



