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The Florists' Review 



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planted in a greenhouse bench. Flats 

 are preferable, as they can be moved 

 around so as to force or retard the 

 growth. These narcissi start to grow 

 quickly and, if given a temperature of 

 60 degrees at night for four or five 

 weeks before being wanted, they will 

 come in all right. 



You can get Roman hyacinths in 

 flower quite easily by the middle of 

 December. Treat them as advised for 

 Pai)er Whites. They do better if stood 

 outdoors, well watered and then' given 

 a covering of sand or coal ashes. Allow 

 their shoots to be two and one-half to 

 three inches long before you start to 

 force them. Both narcissi and Romans 

 will be of better quality if placed in a 

 cooler house to open. 



Easter lilies can be had in flower by 

 the middle of March without much 

 trouble. You can flower Formosa lilies 

 much earlier than the giganteum form 

 of longiflorum. Pot the bulbs as soon 

 as received in September or October. 

 Once the pots are well filled with roots, 

 give the plants an average night tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees. You should al- 

 low six weeks from the time the buds 

 can be distinctly counted to the time 

 the flowers are wanted, in a night tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees. Of course, a 

 mild or a severe winter may necessi- 

 tate some retarding or extra forcing. 

 C. W. 



ANNOUNCING A NEW OONCEBN. 



The Review is authorized to announce 

 this week the organization of the Amer- 

 ican Bulb Co., with headquarters at Chi- 

 cago, about which there has been much 

 speculation since it became known that 

 several men of intimate acquaintance 

 were simultaneously severing connec- 

 tions of long standing. 



The principals of the new concern, 

 which was incorporated last week under 

 the laws of New Jersey, with $100,000 

 capital stock, are A. Miller, Albert 

 Koehler, Samuel Seligman and Robert 

 Newcomb. Mr. Miller, who is to be 

 president of the company, is widely 

 known in the trade, having in recent 

 years been one of the partners in the 

 firm of A. Henderson & Co. Mr. Koeh- 

 ler, who is to be secretary and treas- 

 urer, has for sixteen years been with 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, rising to have 

 charge of credits and the office. Mr. 

 Newcomb has long been one of the trav- 

 elers, covering the west, for the same 

 concern. Mr. Seligman has gained an 

 extremely wide acquaintance among re- 

 tail florists as traveler for Wertheimer 

 Bros. Mr. Newcomb, and Mr, Seligman 

 are to be directors. These four are to 

 be the active workers; there are other 

 undisclosed interests well acquainted 

 with the trade that are putting in capi- 

 tal only, and a number of experienced 

 people have been engaged for the vari- 

 ous departments. 



The name, American Bulb Co., is a 

 misnomer, in that the plans include a 

 much broader business than the corpo- 

 rate title implies. Mr. Seligman 's con- 

 nection with the company presupposes 

 a department of florists' supplies spe- 

 cializing on ribbons and corsage acces- 

 sories and it is stated Mr. Seligman 

 contemplates an early trip to Europe in 

 quest of novelties for the high class re- 

 tail stores to which he has been selling 

 for years. There also is to be a plant 

 department, florists' seeds are to be 

 handled and other lines are to be added 

 as the organization grows. 



The first step after incorporation was 



Standing Wreath Made by Crabb & Hunter Floral Co., Grand Rapids. 



to lease the store at 172 North Wabash 

 avenue, Chicago, adjoining that of the 

 E. C. Amling Co., for accessible office 

 purposes; there are half a dozeji floors 

 upstairs available for stock rooms when 

 they are needed, but of course the 

 greater part of the bulb and plant busi- 

 ness is to be on import orders and the 

 stock never will go into the store. 



The company has made ambitious 

 plans. The organization is composed of 

 young men, full of energy, possessed of 

 wide acquaintance with buyers and their 

 needs, with connections that reach the 

 sources of supply in all the countries of 

 the world. They have complete confi- 

 dence in the opportunity for the devel- 

 opment of a larger business than any 

 now existing in these lines and they 

 start with the determination to reach 

 this goal at as early a date as possible. 



trouble with my palms? The variety 

 is Kentia Forsteriana. At first they 

 put out five or six beautiful leaves, 

 look well and have a good, green color, 

 but after a time the leaves suddenly 

 turn brown, especially at the ends. Fre- 

 quently I find it necessary to cut off 

 three or four leaves at a time. 



M. O. B. H.— Miss. 



KENTIA LEAVES TUBN BROWN. 



Will you please tell me what is the 



Without knowing something of the 

 conditions under which the plants arc 

 growing, it is not easy to say what is 

 the cause of the trouble, but from the 

 description given one would infer that 

 it is caused either by lack of water 

 or by some defect in the soil. If you 

 could send one of the affected leaves — 

 the entire leaf — it would be easier to 

 find the cause, for most of these trou- 

 bles with palms have some particular 

 characteristics that show quite clearly 

 to those familiar with them. 



W. H. T. 



