Fbbbuaby 10. 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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a sufficient top growth. Provided they 

 were not heated in transit from Hol- 

 land, they should flower satisfactorily 

 even in these snaall pots if treated 

 properly, but you cannot expert fine 

 r-pikes in such small pots. C. W. 



FEBN FICEEBS' TBOUBLES. 



The area in New England over which 

 ferns can be picked without payment 

 ior the privilege is being steadily nar- 

 rowed and no doubt those in the greens 

 business in Wisconsin and in the south 

 Hoon will suffer the restriction of their 

 iields of activity, "Shrubbery thieves" 

 Js what the News, of Danbury, Conn., 

 calls the fern piafcers. In a recent 

 iirticle it says in pirt: 



"Investigation i^ealed-the fact that 

 jiarties of foreignew' employed by New 

 'I'^ork florists came, to this city every 

 day and went into :the woods, trespass- 

 ing upon the land of various persons at 

 will, and took away large bales of ferns 

 in their season and also of laurel, which 

 were shipped to New York for profit. 

 The result has been that considerable 

 land in the outlying sections has already 

 been shorn of its floral beauty by per- 

 sons who have no right to the products 

 which they have taken, but who tres- 

 pass upon the property of others and 

 cut these pretty growths merely for 

 commercial purposes. * 



"The owners of the land which has 

 been thus despoiled have received no 

 profit, and have tried in vain to catch 

 the shrubbery thieves at their depreda- 

 tions. 



"The law with reference to such 

 thievery reads as follows: 



Every person who shall willfully injure any 

 tree or shrubs standing upon the land of another, 

 or Injure or throw down any ferns, trellis, frame- 

 work or structure on the land of another, or shall 

 willfully cut, destroy or take away from the land 

 of another, any creeping fern, crops, shrubs, fruit 

 or vegetable production, shall be fined not more 

 than $100, or Imprisoned not more than twelve 

 months, or both. 



"The Chamber of Commerce has tak- 

 en up the matter and it is to be brought 

 to the attention of the farmers by the 

 Chamber of Commerce and the county 

 farm bureau, at an early date, so that 

 the united efforts of all may be obtained 

 to stop the wholesale theft that is now 

 going on." 



The alarm clock went off at 

 four o'clock in the morning. 



"I fooled you that toime," 

 said Mike with a grin, "for 

 I wasn't aslape at all." 



aLOXINIAS FOR JULY. 



When should gloxinias be planted in 

 the benches to have them in flower in 

 July and August, and how far apart 

 should they be planted? What soil suits 

 them best, and do they require much 

 water? Please give me other informa- 

 tion as to growing these plants. 



J. H.— R. I. 



While gloxinias can be grown in 

 benches as well as in coldframes during 

 the summer and will make splendid 

 Jf^aves and extra large flowers under 

 this method of treatment, they are 

 nearly always grown in pots. You can 

 Piocuie tubers at any time now, but 

 ^'^ not start them until early April. 

 Start them in flats of sand in a warm 

 house, being sure not to overwater and 

 t'» shade them. Plant in the benches 

 ^"lien they have made a little top and 

 T'l^ttom growth. Do not let the roots 

 b'come matted before planting. Use a 

 s<'il consisting of loam, leaf-mold and 

 ^tll decayed manure, with plenty of 

 ^■■'irp sand added, and place the plants 

 ^ foot apart each way to permit of 

 P'oper development of the leaves. 



When watering be careful not to wet 



The florist fools himself who 

 thinks there is any way of 

 selling goods in thJB trade 

 more efective than adver- 

 tising in The Review. Also, 

 it's the most inexpensive way 

 in proportion to results. 



"We are completely sold out and have 

 had to send money back. The Review 

 is, without doubt, the best advertising 

 medium in the trade."— J. C. Renni- 

 soN Co., Sioux Citr. la. 



Review readers are not 

 asleep. Note this: 



"Please tell us confidentially what you 



think of . Why doesn't be 



advertise In The Review if he is O. 

 K.?"— Miller Floral Co., Farming- 

 ton, Utah. 



The alarm clock rings in The 

 Review office at 4 o'clock (p.m.. 

 not a. m.) every Tuesday. It is 

 to let everybody know adver- 

 tising forms close for that 

 week's issue in just sixty 

 minutes. 



the foliage any more than can be 

 helped. Shade the plants from sun- 

 shine, for the foliage is rather easily 

 burned. Fumigate occasionally to keep 

 the plants free from thrips. This fre- 

 quently attacks them in summer. You 

 can sow seeds now in pans of finely 

 prepared soil. Keep the pans in a 

 warm, moist house, transplant into flats 

 and later pot off to secure flowering 

 plants in July and August. These will 

 not be so large as those produced from 

 tubers. C. W. 



Morris, 111. — The Morris Floral Co. 

 was hard hit by the recent flood result- 

 ing from a rise in the river near here. 

 The boiler room was flooded, but further 

 trouble was warded off by installing a 

 water pump and forcing the water out. 

 All stock, especially roses, was badly set 

 back, but it was said conditions would 

 be normal by February 15. 



OBITUABY. 



Elislia Mimro. 



Elisha Munro, who in his early days 

 was in charge of some of the well 

 known estates in Bristol, E. I., died at 

 his home in Bristol January 27, in his 

 eighty-ninth year. He had been in 

 poor health for the last few months 

 and had been confined to his bed for 

 three weeks. He was born in Bristol, 

 November 16, 1827. W. H. M. 



John J. Moriarty. 



John J. Moriarty, of Newport, B. I., 

 died at his home, 13 Stockholm street, 

 J'ebruary 2, after an illness of almost 

 a year, in his seventy-sixth year. He 

 was born in Ireland, but came to New- 

 port about thirty-six years ago. He 

 was em]ployed as gardener on the estate 

 of Hugh T. Dickey. He is survived by 

 his wife, eight children, fifteen grand- 

 children and one great-grandchild. 



W. H. M. 



BEGONIAS AND GLOXINIAS. 



Please tell me how to grow tuberous- 

 rooted begonias and gloxinias from 

 seed. What length of time is required 

 to bring them into bloom? 



H. H.— HI. 



January and February are the best 

 months in the year for sowing begonia 

 and gloxinia seeds. Use pans, which 

 should be well drained. jLay some 

 moss or other coarse material over the 

 drainage. A compost consisting large- 

 ly of leaf-mold, with sand added, 

 makes the best medium in which to 

 start these seeds. Pass the soil for the 

 surfaces of the pans through a fine 

 screen; level and firm a little, then 

 water with a fine rose can before sow- 

 ing the seeds. The seeds are fine and 

 must be sown with great care, dis- 

 tributing them as evenly as possible. 

 Scatter a thin dusting of fine sand 

 over the seeds. Cover the pans with 

 squares of glass and cover with paper 

 to prevent drying out. Water care- 

 fully and gradually discard the glass 

 and paper coverings as the seedlings 

 appear. The seed must be sown in 

 a warm, close and moist house. 



When large enough to handle, the 

 seedlings can be pricked off into flats 

 of light, sandy soil, and from these 

 they can be potted, using a little heav- 

 ier compost, with a little decayed ma- 

 nure added. Both begonias and 

 gloxinias will flower the same season. 

 The former require cooler treatment 

 and less shade than the latter. Each 

 succeeds well in a compost of fibrous 

 loam, leaf-mold, decayed manure and 

 sand, not too firmly pressed in the pots. 



C. W. 



Springfield, O.— Calvin II. Cox, who 

 has been growing cut flowers in a small 

 way, says that the spring will see an 

 enlargement of his facilities. 



Helena, Mont. — With the thermometer 

 at 40 degrees below zero, .January 27, T. 

 E. Mills, president and manager of the 

 State Nursery & Seed Co., was greatly 

 surprised upon entering the packing 

 shed to find all the employees of the 

 firm there with a chest of sterling silver 

 containing fifty-six pieces, beautifully 

 engraved, to commemorate his silver 

 wedding anniversary. In the evening 

 Mr. and Mrs. Mills were again surprised 

 by a large number of their friends at 

 their home and were the recipients of 

 many beautiful, useful and valuable 

 "ifts in silver. 



