Fbbbuaby 22, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



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NOTICE! OHIO FLORISTS 



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MUST FIREMEN BE LICENSED? 



Or Shall the Law Be Amended? 



The enforcement of the Ohio law ' ' re- 

 quiring a licensed fireman for steam 

 boilers of thirty horsepower and over" 

 lias lately caused considerable trouble 

 in some sections of the state, and it is 

 only through good luck that you have 

 so far escaped and only a question of 

 time when you will be compelled to 

 obey the law. 



This means that you will have to en- 

 gage one licensed fireman for the day 

 and one for the night, which is aU right 

 if you can afford it, but how about the 

 majority of florists, who cannot afford 

 it and who will be compelled to close 

 their establishments and lose allf 



According to the letter of the law, 

 you yourself are not permitted to throw 

 a single shovelful of coal under your 

 own boiler, whatever conditions may ex- 

 ist. 



By concerted action of all florists and 

 market gardeners, we can have this law 

 amended to exempt greenhouse con- 

 cerns, if you will support, by writing to 

 your representative, a measure to be in- 

 troduced into the legislature to that 

 effect. 



Intention of the Law. 



Without passing any comment on the 

 justice of the law, do you think it was 

 the intention of the law to include green- 

 house establishments, which are mostly 

 outside the populated sections of cities 

 and where steam boilers are housed in 

 ordinary barns? An explosion could 

 hardly cause more damage than wreck- 

 ing the building and may never be at- 

 tended by the loss of unsuspecting lives. 



Engaging licensed firemen would add 

 materially to the cost of production, es- 

 pecially in smaller places, and the costs 

 would have to be tacked onto the prices 

 of the products. In the case of vege- 

 table growers, the additional expense 

 would be added to the cost of food, 

 which is already high enough, and wouhl 

 thus cause unnecessary extra costs to 

 the ultimate consumer. 



The "Floating" Sort of Firemen. 



Greenhouses only need firemen for 

 about six months in the year, and fire- 

 men, as a rule, want a steady, all-the- 

 3'ear job. The consequence is that we 

 *'annot get A-1 men, even if we wanted 

 to, and we have to be satisfied with float- 

 ers, who do not want to do anything else 

 l)ut just shovel coal. Can you afford it? 



Is the safety of your boiler greater 

 "nder the attention of a licensed fire- 

 Jnan who is ready to throw up his job 

 at any trifle and at any time, or is it 

 safer under your own personal atten- 

 tion or that of your tried-out employee, 

 ^ho may have been with you for years? 



Does not your insurance company in- 

 spect your boiler several times during 

 the year and run all risks of accidents? 



The intention of the law was evi- 

 dently increased safety for human be- 

 ings living in the same or nearby build- 

 ings, and if this law would actually 

 guarantee or increase the safety of peo- 

 ple, we would welcome it, but does it? 



Write to Your Representative. 



It appears to us that a licensed fire- 

 man is no safety whatever and that this 

 law is superfluous, but it does cost us a 

 lot of money for state inspectors, run- 

 ning into the thousands each year, not 

 mentioning the cost of the license for 

 each fireman per year, all money ex- 

 pended without deriving any benefit. 



We have been at Columbus to get the 

 opinion of several representatives and 

 they have promised to support a bill 

 exempting greenhouses. So, if you will 

 put your shoulder to the wheel and help 

 us now and help us quickly, we can get 

 this through the present session of the 

 legislature. 



Will you write to your representative 

 now and kindly let us know? 



But do it quickly. 



Remember that an amendment means: 

 The saving of trouble and the saving of 

 money to you! Will you save them? 

 J. L. Schiller, Sec 'y. 



929 Prouty Ave., Toledo, O. 



ment was introduced in the Senate with 

 the full knowledge and consent of the 

 nurserymen's and florists' legislative 

 committees. 



The drastic and dangerous measure to 

 which Mr. Gude's report calls the atten- 

 tion of the trade is fathered by a group 

 of entomologists, who, after years of 

 agitation, have secured support from 

 the American Forestry Association. It 

 is designed to stop the importation of 

 all forms of plant and tree life from all 

 sources, and is a menace to the inter- 

 ests of florists, nurserymen and seeds- 

 men. Having failed to get the support 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board to 

 their scheme, this group now 'proposes 

 direct legislation, but agreed to confel 

 first with the legislative committees ot 

 the three allied trades. 



James McHutchison. 



QUARANTINE LEGISLATION. 



The amendment the Senate has made 

 to the agricultural appropriation bill is 

 not objectionable to florists or nursery 

 interests. It gives the Federal Hor- 

 ticultural Board more power over inter- 

 state trade in controlling new diseases, 

 such as the pine blister rust, but no in- 

 creased power over imports. The amend- 



BLIND PAPER WHITES. 



-Our Golden Spurs have been in the 

 coldframe about ten weeks and have 

 made strong roots. They have tops about 

 one to two inches high. Is it best to 

 place them under the bench to draw 

 them up? What causes Paper Whites 

 to come blind? About one-third of 

 mine have been affected this way. _ 



A. L.— Mo. 



If you place your flats below the 

 benches they will draw up nicely. Lift 

 them up to the light as the flowers start 

 to open. Extremely wet and cold condi- 

 tions at the root are responsible for some 

 Paper Whites coming blind, but more 

 probably it is due to heating of the 

 bulbs in transit and the consequent 

 killing of the embryo flower buds. This 

 frequently happens to various narcissi. 

 Then they will produce leaves, but no 

 flowers. C. W. 



HOW OLD IS ANN? 



WHAT IS AN AMATEUR? 



I have been requested by our society 

 to invite The Review to publish Prof. 

 Hall's classification of exhibitors at 

 flower shows. The classification, of 

 course, has been drawn up particularly 

 for the American Dahlia Society, and 

 was formally discussed by some mem- 

 bers of the executive committee Febru- 

 ary 12, but these recommendations, or 

 definitions, by Prof. Hall, were not 

 adopted by the Dahlia Society and are 

 sent with a view to having discussion 

 on this subject, as it is one that con- 

 cerns all flower show societies, and if 

 an agreement can be reached and widely 

 accepted, we feel that much good will 

 have been accomplished. 



J. Harrison Dick, Sec'y. 



1. Novirp Amntpurs — This section slinll in- 

 rliule tliosp growers who raise tlie flower or plant 

 for personal pleasure or satisfaction only, wlio 

 do not profit financially in any way throiiRh its 

 culture, who employ no skilled Inlwr in its 

 (xrowth or haiidlini;, and wlio have been frrowinc 

 tlio species not more tlian fifty years or who have 

 jrrown less than 100 plants (or forty varieties) of 

 it during tlie season of the exhibit (or show) at 

 which the display is made. 



\i. Amateurs — Tliis section shall include grow- 

 ers as described in Section 1, hut witliout limita- 

 tion as to length of time or extent of cultivation 

 of flower or plant. 



3. Advanced Growers — This section shall in- 



clude those growers who raise tlie flower or plant 

 mainly for personal pleasure or satisfaction or 

 through scientific interest in its development, 

 who employ no skilled lal)or in its care or han- 

 dling, who do not advertise as growers by signs, 

 cards or announcements at the field or garden, 

 by statements or letter-beads or by price lists 

 or catalogues, and whose expenditures for new 

 varieties, for the development of seedlings, or 

 for other testing or experimental work to pro- 

 mote the Interests of the flower exceeds all re- 

 ceipts from sales of flowers, stock, or seedlings 

 developed. Expenditures for added sto<'k of va- 

 rieties already grown are not to be considered in 

 the preceding computation. 



4. Professional Gardeners and Their Employ- 

 ers — This section shall include owners of estates 

 and other growers who raise the flower or plant 

 for personal pleasure or satisfaction only, who do 

 not profit financially In any way through Us cul- 

 tivation, but who employ paid skilled assistance in 

 managements of the plants, or in the handling 

 the selection of varieties, in tlie arrangements and 

 of the flowers. The section shall also Include 

 the professional gardeners employed by such 

 growers when exhibiting flowers grown by their 

 employers. Exhibits from such gardeners grow- 

 ing flowers for themselves shall be classed in 

 such other sections as conditions determine. 



5. Semi-professional Growers — This section 

 shall include those growers who raise the flower 

 or plant mainly for personal pleasure or satisfac- 

 tion, who may or may not employ skilled labor 

 in connection with its culture, wlio do not regu- 

 larly advertise as growers by any of the means 

 indicated in Section 2, but wliose returns from the 

 sale of tlie flowers, stock and seedlings exceed 

 the limit specified in Section 2. 



6. I'rofessional or Commercial Growers — This 

 section shall include all growers who raise the 

 flower or plant for tlie financial return from its 

 cultivation, whether from sale of flowers, stock 

 or seedlings, at wholesale or retail, and who ad- 

 vertise as growers by signs, cards or announce- 

 ments at garden or field, by statements or letter- 

 heads or by price lists or catalogues. 



