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The Florists" Review 



April 13, 1916. 



this to bo the case if you stop to con- 

 sider tlie number of customers who ask 

 the price before })uyinjf the iirticle you 

 show tlu'in and conipure their number 

 with tiie uumljor of those who buy 

 without asking the price. 



Apply This Test. 



When you liave finished your .'id, read 

 it over and ask vourself tlie question, 

 "Will it sell.'"" If the answer is 

 " Xo, " don't i)rint it; write another. 



.Many people think that plants and 

 cut llowers are like Topsy, wlio "just 

 ;;ro\V(^d,'" but in the trade we know 

 that suiM'oss in <:;'rowing is in propor- 

 tion to the nu'utal and physical efTort 

 put into the work. It is so in ad\('r- 

 tisinyj. There are many ways of reach- 

 ing the buyiM's anil the results are in 

 proportion to the inttdiigeut effort put 

 into tlie appeal. 



BUFFALO'S GREATEST SHOW. 



Elks and Florists Cooperate. 



Tlie eoiiddnation of women's and 

 men's fashions and all that goes with 

 them could not outshiiu^ the inagnitud(> 

 of the exhibits made In' the florists at 

 the flower and fashion show given by 

 the Bullalo 1'.. P. O. E. and the Buffalo 



Florists' Club at the Broadway Audi- 

 torium, Buffalo, April 6 to 12. Charles 

 Schoenhut was chairman of the com- 

 mittee appointed by the Florists' Club 

 to arrange the scheme of decorations 

 and exhibits, and the success of the 

 show in a large measure is credited to 

 the efforts of Mr. Schoenhut. 



Tlie carnations, roses, snapdragons, 

 sweet peas, lilies, tulips, daffodils, nar- 

 cissi, azaleas, rhododendrons, pansies, 

 spira'as and hydrangeas exliibiteil by 

 tlie florists were the finest specimens 

 ever beheld in Buffalo. The judges were 

 Henry 1\ Elbers, of tlie South park con- 

 servatory, George Kayser, of the Dela- 

 ware park conservatory, and Charles 

 Keitsch, of Humboldt park, all of Buf- 

 falo. 



The Awards. 



The awards were: 



Olio liiiiulrt'd pink sweet peas — Daviil .Scott, of 

 Corfu, N. Y.. first; C. F. CiientluT, of il;iiii 

 iHii';;. N. Y.. second; Daviil Scott, tliird. 



One Imiiclred wliite sweet peas — W. I'leisacli, 

 of Corfu, N". Y., lirst. 



l.ili<>s— I.,. II. Xeiilieel;, of Riiflfalo, first; W. .T. 

 I'almer & Son, of lUiffalo, beconil; CliarU's Sandi- 

 lor.l. of linflfalo, tliird. 



Tulips — Charles Sandifonl. first. 



liatTodils — Charles Sandifoni, first. 



Nariissi — Cliarles Sa:idift)rd, lirst. 



Azaleas — W. J. rainier & Son, first; Charles 

 Scliofiihut, of iniffalo. second. 



Azalea's, s|iecinien--W. .1. Talnior & Son. first. 



Itaiiililer roses — Cliarles Sandiford, first. 



Kliudodeiidroiis --Charles Sandiford. lirst. 





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T \\e l.iailMv.4 I'lorisi of (iiitrjl Kansas 



lU" Ki'it Iron .\vc. Phone 26S 



This Was a Full Page Ad in a Small City Paper, Where Space is Cheap. 



Pansies — r.ouis II. Neiilicclv, first. 



Spinvas — \V. .1. I'aliner & Sou, lirst; Charles 

 Sandiford, second. 



II.vdranKpns — \V. ,T. I'almer & Son. first. 



I'Mftv pink carnations— W. J. I'almer & Son, 

 first; C. F. Chrisfc'nsen, of Williamsville, N. Y.. 

 second; Krie Floral Co., of Erie, Pa., third. 



Fifty white carnations — W. J. I'almer & Son. 

 first: C. F. Cliristenseu, second; Erie Floral Co.. 

 third. 



Fifty red carnations — W. J. Palmer & Sou, 

 first; C. F. Christensen, second; John Prelsaeli. 

 of Corfu, N. Y.. third. 



Fifty llKht pink carnations — David Scott, first; 

 Krie Floral Co., second; W. J. I'almer & Son, 

 third. 



Mi.xed carnations — W. .T. Palmer & Son, first; 

 C. F. (Jnenther. second. 



Killarney— W. .1. Palmer & Son, first; Erie 

 Floral Co." second; C. F. Gueuther, third. 



White Killarney— W. .T. Palmer & Son, first; 

 Erie Floral Co.. second; C. F. C.uenther, third. 



Iton Silene — W. J. Palmer & Son, first. 



Twenty-five Ophelia — W. J. I'almer & Son, 

 first; Krie Iloral Co., second. 



Twentv-livo roses, any red — W. J. Palmer &- 

 Son. first. 



Tweutv-five roses, mixed colors — W. J. Palmer 

 & Son, first. 



Snapdrnpon— W. J. Palmer & Son, first; L. C. 

 Stroll, of Batavia, N. Y., second: David Scott, 

 tliird. 



E. C. B. 



SHORTAGE OF PARIS GREEN. 



With the prices of all raw materials 

 soaring, manufacturers of Paris green 

 have cut down their production consid- 

 erably, and, with the season of strong 

 demand only a few weeks away, ex- 

 press doubt that they will have a suf- 

 ficient stock on hand to fill normal re- 

 quirements. The price of Paris green, 

 which stood at 12 cents a pound a year 

 ago, has advanced to 32 cents, and if 

 the expected shortage develops will 

 probably go higher, but manufacturers 

 do not believe that this will affect the 

 demand to any great extent, as the 

 product is a necessity. They point out 

 that the price has not risen in propor- 

 tion to the increased costs of manufac- 

 ture, and say that every efl'ort will be 

 made to prevent inflation of the market 

 through s]ieculation or otherwise. 



The four main raw^ materials re- 

 quired in the manufacture of Paris 

 green are sulj/hate of copper, or blue 

 vitriol, arsenic, soda ash and acetic 

 acid. All are scarce at the present 

 time and held more dearly than dur- 

 ing other years. The following table 

 shows the price per pound of these ma- 

 terials before the war, a year ago and 

 now: 



July 25, 

 1014 



Acetic acid WWTfX 2/V, 



Arsenic .T dl {\V> 



Rliie vitriol... 4V.f(g 4% 

 Soda ash, 100 



11. > To ^(STU 



The (diief uses of Paris green are as 

 an insecticide in connection with the 

 potato, tobacco and cotton crops, with 

 the consumption by potato growers rep- 

 resenting more than two-thirds of the 

 total. 



POINTERS ON DAHLIAS. 



[ I'olI'Av in;: nri' •■\lr:ii'ts frnm a lediiro on dali- 

 lias ly Kiiliard Vinieiit, .Jr., president of the 

 Auii'rir.iu liaiilia Soriety. delivered at the Fourtli 

 N.-itioii;il riowi-r Show." I'liilade'pliin. .March .SO, 

 l:tli;.I 



Till' iiiost suit.'ible soil for growing 

 d;ilili;is is :i s:iiidy loam. Heavy soils 

 may be lightened by the use of coal 

 ashes, sand or anything that will help 

 to make tl;<^ soil porous. Whenever 

 ]>nssible, the hind for dahlias should be 

 plowed or sjiiicji^l uji the previous fall. 

 The action of freezing helps to make 

 the soil more pliable. 



At Wliite ^larsh, Md., we use little 

 manure, preferring bone meal, with a 

 small addition of potash, to manure. 

 If the ground is spaded in the fall or 

 e.'iily winter the bone couhl well be 

 mixed with the soil at that time. In 



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