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The Rorists^ Review 



OCTOBSB 10, 1916. 





•were busy shipping stock of ajll kinds, 

 some of the shipments going as far 

 north as Duluth and others going to 

 Houston, Tex. The company does a 

 large business in its plant department, 

 having been engaged in this line for 

 many years and making a specialty of 

 this class of trade. 



The plant houses, however, did not 

 efface the memory of the visit to the 



wonderful new cut flower range. Taken 

 all in all, the Gullett placd at Lincoln 

 is worth anybody's time and railroad 

 fare. Any who have never seen it have 

 missed seeing one of the most interest- 

 ing florists' establishments in the coun- 

 try. Ed. Gullett and Wilbur Gullett 

 offered the visitors every courtesy and 

 did everything possible to make the 

 stay in Lincoln pleasant. 



HANDS ACROSS THE OHIO 



Toast, "Thd Ladies," August B. Baomer,^ 

 Kentucky. 



Toast, "The 8. A. F.," Irwin' Bertermann. 

 Indiana. 



Toastmaster, Anders Basmussen;, Indiana and 

 Kentucky. 



From the close of the banquet until 12 o'clock 

 there was dancing. 



Wednesday was devoted to recrea- 

 tion. A printed list of the trade places 

 to visit was given each person present. 

 There was an interstate bowling match 

 during the forenoon, luncheon being 

 served at the alleys. At 1:30 the party 

 took cars for the William Walker Co. 

 establishment at Ormsby Station, Ky., 

 where the afternoon was spent in look- 

 ing over the Walker plant and in games 

 of different kinds. 



HOOSIEBS AND COLONELS MEET. 



Hist Joint Session. 



The state florists' societies of Indiana 

 and Kentucky held their first joint 

 meeting October 17 and 18, the party 

 gathering at the establishment of An- 

 ders Basmussen, in New Albany, Ind., 

 going thence to Louisville for the sec- 

 ond day, which was devoted to recrea- 

 tion. 



The affair was highly successful in 

 every way. The attendance was large 

 and the affair enjoyable from beginning 

 to end. Arriving at the Basmussen es- 

 tablishment, which is one of the largest 

 and most thoroughly up-to-date in 

 southern Indiana, the late morning 

 hours were devoted to getting acquaint- 

 ed and to the inspection of the green- 

 houses. Shortly after noon an excel- 

 lent luncheon was spread in the large 

 service building for the 150 visitors. 



Business Session. 



After luncheon the regular monthly 

 meeting of the State Florists' Associa- 

 tion of Indiana was held, with Presi- 

 dent W. J. Vesey in the chair. A. F. 

 J. Baur read a paper entitled "False 

 Economy," which brought out an ex- 

 cellent discussion, participated in by 

 Herbert Walker, Fred Lenson, George 

 Schultz, H. Kleinstarink and others. 

 The paper appears in this issue of The 

 Beview and is open for further discus- 

 sion in its columns. Edwin Morner, of 

 Shelbyville, was elected to membership. 



An invitation was extended by Earl 

 Mann, of the E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, 

 Ind., to the Kentucky Society of Flo- 

 rists to attend the next regular meet- 

 ing of the Indiana State Florists' As- 

 sociation, November 2, at Bichmond. 



Indiana Experiment Work. 



A report was made for the commit- 

 tee of the Indiana association appointed 

 to advise in the work for florists at 

 Purdue University experiment station. 

 The committee consists of F. E. Dorner, 

 Joseph H. Hill, A. F. J. Baur, A. E. 

 Basmussen and John Hartje. A meet- 

 ing was held September 14, at the 

 university, at which Mr. Dorner was 

 elected chairman and Prof. Woodbury 

 appointed secretary. There waa ex- 

 tended discussion of the various prob- 

 lems of Indiana florists and it was sug- 

 gested that work might well be done on 

 aster blight, stem-rot, fairy ring and 

 yellows of the carnation, testing new 

 plants before dissemination, mealy bug, 

 why sweet peas drop buds, the rose 

 midge, florists ' fertilizers and the most 

 profitable methods of handling -various 

 crops. The belief was that the work 

 done in Indiana should not duplicate 



the work done at other state experi- 

 ment stations, although some members 

 of the committee disagreed with the 

 methods and conclusions of certain 

 other stations. The matter was left 

 open for investigation and further con- 

 sideration, but tlie committee was able 

 to give every assurance that the trade 

 interests will be well looked after at 

 Purdue. 



The Second Day. 



After adjournment a group photo- 

 graph was made and the rest of the 

 afternoon spent in looking over the city 

 of New Albany, proceeding thence 

 across the Ohio to Louisville, where a 

 banquet was held at the Henry Wat- 

 terson hotel in the evening, with the 

 following program: 



Address of Welcome, President Kleinstarink, 

 Kentucky. 



Besponse, President Vesey, of Indiana. 



Toast, "Our Honored Guests," William Mann, 

 Kentucky. 



Toast, "Goodfellowship," W. W. Coles, In- 

 diana. . 



PAPEB WHITES FOB OHBISTMAS. 



Will you please tell me how late Pa- 

 per Whites may be planted to bloom 

 for Christmas f I have been told of a 

 grower who planted them in his mum 

 beds after the mums were removed, 

 about eight weeks before he wished to 

 cut them. Is it advisable to do this, or 

 should they be allowed to make their 

 root growth before being brought into 

 the heat and light? V. E. F.— Ind. 



In a warm house Paper Whites can 

 be planted and flowered for Christmas 

 in eight to ten weeks. Tou would have 

 better success, however, by planting in 

 flats now. The longer the bulbs are 

 kept out of the soil, the more poorly 

 will they grow and flower. It is not 

 necessary to place Paper Whites in the 

 dark to make growth. Give them full 

 light all the time. Place them in cold- 

 frames now, or even outdoors. If they 

 are placed outside, give the flats a cov- 

 ering of sand or coal ashes and move 

 them before we get sharp frosts. 



■ C. W. 



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ECONOMY is a subject most vital 

 to us all. Indeed, it is a vital 

 issue with practically every citizen, 

 whether he is a poor laborer who lives 

 by the sweat of his brow, or the 

 manager of a large corporation with 

 millions of capital at his command. 

 Economy is considered of such great 

 importance as to engage the best 

 thoughts of some of our brainiest men. 

 In the factory, on the farm, in the 

 kitchen, in the bank and in civil gov- 

 ernment, "Economy" is the watch- 

 word, and wherever true economy is 

 practiced there is progress and accumu- 

 lation of wealth. 



But, unfortunately, the average per- 

 son 'sJ)ereeption of economy is merely 

 the saving of material or money and 

 any kind of saving is considered econ- 

 omy, when, really there is a point where 

 it loses its virtue and becomes a men- 

 ace, kno^n as false' ieionomy, which is 

 as bad as real economy is good. It is 

 of this false economy I want to talk 

 to you today. It will be my purpose 

 tdt peint out to you some of the things 



A paper by A. F. J. Baur, of Indianapolis, 

 Ind., read at the Joint meeting of the State 

 Florists' Association of Indiana and the Ken- 

 tucky Society of Florists, at New Albany, Ind., 

 October 17, 1916. 



many of us do from day to day under 

 the impression that we are economizing, 

 when really we are wasting our re- 

 sources in so doing. You have heard 

 the old saying, * ' Penny- wise and pound- 

 foolish. " Well, that phrase is made 

 a reality every day by members of our 

 profession. For instance: 



Poor Sites at Low Prices. 



Why do we find so many greenhouse 

 plants poorly located f Usually it is 

 because the land could be purchased 

 at a low price, little thought being 

 given to proximity to the markets 

 where the stock is to be sold or accessi- 

 bility to an adequate water supply, 

 which in most cases is the city water 

 mains, or a handy railway switch for 

 unloading coal and other materials, to 

 say nothing of future real estate val- 

 ues. The benefits from these things 

 would easily pay the interest on sev- 

 eral thousands 6f dollars invested in a 

 desirable location. To locate on low- 

 lying ground, with its constant danger 

 from floods, is foolhardy, to say the 

 least. 



In planning a greenhouse range and 

 the heating system, not enough thought 

 is given to future extensions. Growers 



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