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The Florists^ Review 



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;u'o irvctiievably iiijiiiod or not. Usually 

 a chill, not to say a freeze, will finish 

 the buds on lilies, eHpecially if they 

 were f^rown warm. If you have been 

 firowin^ your lilies cool, there is a 

 chaiK'e that some may be all right. 



C. W. 



The Store Staff of Grimm & Gorly, Retailers, at St. Louis, Mo. 



liii'li'i iIk' rw.-idiiici V name in tlic I'ldiit 

 111 cla \ iii'iik <(inipart mrnt , and each 

 iii;;lit tlic 1 ;i(iiit'tor uv his d('lei:;ateil au- 

 lli(iiit\' imliM-ks tlic j^lass I'oxcred rear 

 '■f.iiijia; t nicnf and tiansl'ers the daily 

 I'liaij^cs to lilt' |:n|icr hicalinus in tlii' 

 I ci .Man .'111 , oi ■ ■ li lit^ci' " " (ill'. 



Aids Credit Man. 



Tlif 111 I'ormat inn hirlxed under ^lass 

 ^(')\ e-s Iwi) ].\ii jiosc.'-;: l-"ii>t. a jiri\att' 

 m.aidv, mai'it' by the |ii(i]it ictur or I'redit 

 man. may t( 11 llic di'ik tli.'it im fui'thei- 

 '■n'dit slioidd 'm' cxti'iidcd t(i that I'us 

 turner \sitlHUit liis [•crsnnal O. K. 



Second, the (dcrk cnteis on the cus 

 tenner's bill the anmnnt carried forwarit 

 pin- the aniiiiint ut' the mstdniei 's cur- 

 lent jiui'i li;isc. the ciistumer beini^ 

 handed the ilii]d ii;it c >ales sli)i embiidy- 

 iiii^ this information. 



It may lie saiil. in pa.-sin;:. tli:it this 

 act ot" leiiiindin^ the i-iistnmci' ni' his 

 I'lill iiiiltdit eilness e;i(di time he makes :i 



|ilMcli;ise is calclll.'l t ed tn ).re\enl dis- 



jir.les and tn -iiecij nji liLei-.-il iiaynients 

 111 accuunt. 



P>iit tlie m:ij(ir tiue-tiioi nl' thi- new 

 '■ledit fill' is to coni|iel the liliiii; iif all 

 charges ;ind < '. ( ). |). slij.^ in a s.-ife 

 place where they lanniit be mislaid, 

 .•iltered or destroyed. 



Eciually im]iiirt;int is the fact tiiat 

 tlii.s file shou< the pro]iiietiu' ut' anv 

 luisiiiess in a ^ra]diic \\a\\ cudi cxcniii^, 

 i'.\;ictly the extent and ■•unditinn nt' his 

 ■ ■redit business;. 



Fifty jier cent et' the flmists who fail, 

 fail throULrli exlendinu: more credit tlian 

 tlieir cajiital wan;iiit<. 



'I"lie\ .-ire blindly i;;niir;nit ot' the i'act 

 that f.ai tiiii in;iny nt' their cliartji^ cus- 



made in the workroom of (irimin & Clorlx', 

 St. Louis, and the yrou]) incliidc's the 

 stor(> statf. all but tlie emiiloyees in the 

 pacUiiic; room and th(> delivery boys. Tiie 

 si/.(^ of the force will {I'ivo an idea of the 

 xoluine of business necessary to keep so 

 many people busy. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



I "The Diililiu— a Practical Treatise on Its 

 ll.iliits, Chaniclcristics, Cultivation ami History," 

 hy Lawrence K. I'eacock. Kiftli edition. Tub- 

 lislieil by reaiiicli Dalilia P'arnis, l!eiliii. N. .7. 

 Size, about SxlO'c, inches; eighty paces, fully il- 

 histraled. I'riee. in iiaper cover, :i() cents. | 



.Mthough this book may have been in- 

 tended priuciiially or ])rimarily for the 

 use of amateurs, yet it can scarcely be 

 amateurish iu any objectionable sense 

 of the word, since the author's long ex- 

 |ieii('iK'e in the trade should be an as- 

 suriince of the practical n;tture of his 

 opinions. Moreover, by the time he 

 oets h.'ilfway tlirouoh the book he has 

 jiassed beyond tlie rudiments of tlie sub- 

 ject and is addressing himself directly 

 to the commercial growers. The fact 

 that the needs of tiie amateurs receive 

 full coiisideraticMi is probably an advan 

 tage, tending to jtrevent the omission 

 of any of the important elementary prin- 

 (dples. At the end of the book is a 

 "select list of varieties," carefully das 

 silled ;(nd brieflv described. 



WHEN LILIES FREEZE. 



AMARYLLIS CULTURE. 



I am starting .some aniaryllis bulbs. 

 They now ;ire dormant and I wish to 

 bring them into flower ns soon as possi- 

 ble. Please inform me as to soil, heat 



My lilies were frozcm recently, but I 

 think some' of them could be saved. As and watering, and length of time before 



1 ha\(' a great many, 1 would like to 

 se[)arate the good from tlie bad, and use 

 the s]iace. Some of tloMii are in bloom. 

 <'au these be iiiomnI without injury? 

 .\lso, can those not in bloom be safely 

 nio\ ed to a nother house ? 



M. C. M.— Micli. 



thev will show buds. K. W. I'.— 111. 



I am afraid that if your lilies were 

 leally fiii/.en they will nut amount to 

 much. The tViliage may remain green, 

 but the liuN are likel\- to lie killed. 

 ^'ull ran mu\e the plants you wish to 

 I'leep intu ;tiiuther house, ^'ou will soon 

 lie .'ible til find uiit wheth(>r the buds 



Use a mixture of fibrous loam, three 

 parts; old, dried cow manure, one jiart. 

 and some sliaij) s.aiid. Give the bed 

 good drainage. I'lai'e the bulbs in a 

 temjierature of fiO to fi2 degrees at night, 

 (live them a watering after potting and 

 then run them on the dry side. Flower 

 sjiikes will show within a wetdv or two 

 and flow<'r-' will b(> ojieii within 

 a month from the time the spikes .ajipear. 

 Fstablished plants in tubs give much 

 liner spikes than c;in lie had from dr\- 



bulbs. r. w. ■ 





i TO MEET HIGHER COSTS | 



tom.'rs !ir.| not worthy of the credit ex- ridr.],teil at the meeting in Lincoln sonu 



tended, ('aridess h;ibits of buol<]\eeping 

 .■md filing are f;ital tu .any luisiMess. 



Tt is true, .-ilso, that most mercliant- 

 Ljet into deeji w;iter because tluM- don 't 

 realize huw much out-t.'inding credit 

 bu'-iness they have u]iun their books 

 until it is too lat(^ tu sa\e t hemscK-es. 



This new credit file nut unlv tells them 

 the gener.'il coiiditiuii uf their credit 

 business but the .actu.al st.'itus ni' eacli 

 cfiarge or <'. O. D. accuiint, as well as 

 tlie amounts ji.aid un accuunt each da>' 

 !iT each customer. 



THE GRIMM & GORLY STAFF. 



NEW TERMS AND DISCOUNTS. |ireseiit conditions of increased expenses. 



We, the members of the committee re- 

 For Agents in Smaller Towns. ferred to. certainly feel that it is short 



.\ letter has been sent tu the llorists sighted for florists to continue giving 

 throughout luwa, Xeluaska. Kansas and '•mh large discounts and lose so much in 

 Missouri, in accord.-ince with the ]il;iii their profits, for they I'an certainly ob 



tain business uii other arguments, of 

 ipiality and service rather than di« 

 cuunts. 



It seems that a great many florists are 

 extreimdy negligent in their methods of 

 h.'indling their terms and some do not 

 get out their stateimuits until the mid 

 die of the month. We, therefore, would 

 like to ha\(' The K(^\iew help get the 

 new discounts universally established 

 .and do everything possible to get the 

 fh'rists to enforce their terms more rig 

 idly. Any assistance or suggestions will 

 be greatly appreciated. 



The Letter to the Florists. 



time ago. Abuut I2i)0 copies ot' the let- 

 ter lune been sent out and e\iTv rejiort 

 that has been recei\ed uji to date is fa 

 \ orable and a grcit man\' are now ojier 

 ating under tlo'se new terms .and dis 

 ■viuiits. A committee intends to follow 

 ii]i this camiiaign and do everything ]ios- 

 sible to gtd the trade to adopt tliis pl.'in 

 for agents in smaller towns. 



The commissions alluwed by different 

 fiorists to tlieir agent< seem to ha\e 

 v.'iried frum twciitv' to furtv per cent. It 

 can be readil\' understood that no florist 

 can do a legitimate business and give 

 his customers value if he allows such 



The a(Ooni[ian yiut;- illustration w.as large oommissions. especiallv under the The following is a copy of the letter 



