Ddckmbeb 28, 1916. 



The FIorists^ Review 



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dow display in themselves, nothing ad- 

 ditional being needed to fill in. 



In speaking of the display, Mr. Blaek- 

 istone said: "We have found this one 

 of the best things for exhibition in the 

 window, as it is a display in itself. 

 Put a corsage bouquet in the window 

 and it hardly would be seen, but when 

 it is placed on the palette everybody 

 stops to look at it. The result has been 

 that perhaps a week or ten days after 

 some particular design has appeared, a 

 passer-by will come into the store and 

 ask us to make up a piece 'similar to 

 that displayed in the window the other 



day, made up of .' It gives the 



people ideas, for a display of this type is 

 apt to remain for some time in one's 

 mind, making, as it does, a strong im- 

 pression, and we find that it is creating 

 a demand for make-up work that here- 

 tofore did not come to us. It enables 

 us to sell a much better grade of stock 

 — the price of the individual articles 

 being much larger than would otherwise 

 be the case. The whole thing is simple 

 to make and does not require the use 

 of so many flowers as other displays." 

 C. L. L. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Wheeling, W. Va. — A. M. Plfiming, 

 owner of the Virginia Flower Shop, has 

 made an assignment to Wm. B. Casey as 

 trustee. Trustee Casey is authority for 

 the statement that the property was ap- 

 praised at $240, but that he has suc- 

 ceeded in disposing of it for $550. The 

 liabilities amount to $875. 



PLANTS FROM HOLI.AND. 



Spiraeas have been the main item of 

 the plant imports the last few weeks, 

 constituting a large part of the total 

 plant shipments of the Noordam, from 

 Kotterdam, according to its manifest 

 filed at the New York customhouse De- 

 cember 18, as follows: 



Foster, W. A., 3 cases roots. 



Roehrs, J., & Co., 40 cases trees, 17 cases 

 shnibs. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, 3 cases plants. 



Lunham & Moore, 2 cases plants, 28 cases trees. 



American Shipping Co., 22 cases plants. 



Schwake, C, & Co., 5 cases trees. 



Wadley & Smythe, 8 cases trees. 



Van Warcren, M., & Sons, 226 packages roots. 



Hempsteaa, O. G., & Co., 70 packages shrubs. 



Southern Pacific Co., 37 cases trees. 



Boosa, I. P., 5 cases roots. 



Ward, R. M., & Co., 146 cases roots. 



Henderson, P., & Co., 3 cases trees. 



American Express Co., 249 cases plants, 



Richard, C. B., & Co., 66 cases trees. 



McHutchison & Co., 69 cases trees, 120 cases 

 roots. 



Stumpp & "Walter Co., 2 cases plants. 



Maltus & Ware, 385 cases shrubs, 7 cases 

 plants, 409 cases roots. 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co., 171 cases shrubs, 125 

 ''OSes trees. 



MacNiff Horticultural Co., 3 cases shrubs. 



Sheldon, G. W., & Co., 151 cases roots. 



BEDS OB BENCHES. 



I would like to get some information 

 on greenhouse benches. Which is better 

 for commercial use for roses and carna- 

 tions, raised or solid benches! Is there 

 any difference in time of producing a 

 crop! Would the difference of produc- 

 tion on raised benches offset the cost of 

 building themf R. H.— Kan. 



In the Atlantic coast states the most 

 expert rose growers use ground beds, 

 ■JUt in the middle west roses are grown 

 on raised benches exclusively. Few 

 growers anywhere now use ground beds 

 for carnations. The evidence is that the 

 stock is easier to handle on raised 

 benches and that results for the average 

 ^an will be enough better to more than 



How Blacklstonc, Washington, Displays His Stock, with Daily Changes* 



repay the cost of building and maintain- 

 ing the tables. F. R. 



TO EXTERMINATE MOLES. 



We are growing sweet peas in solid 

 beds and moles are making a tunnel 

 under each row. We have tried corn 

 soaked in arsenic and Paris green with 

 meal, but with no effect. Will carbon 

 bisulphide kill the peas? What can we 

 do to get rid of the moles? They also 

 are in our violets. F. W. & C. — Ind. 



One remedy is to mix arsenic with 

 bran, punch a hole with a broomstick 

 through the runs, then pour a little 

 poisoned bran in the hole. Moles are 

 particularly fond of bran. Pieces of fat 

 meat rolled in arsenic, the size of the 

 end of one 's small finger, dropped down 

 the holes also prove effective. Another 

 plan of proven success is to open one or 

 two places in the runs ten to twelve 

 inches long, sprinkle these well with 



powdered lye, lay a narrow board so 

 that it will fit down just below the sur- 

 face of the ground and cover with soil. 

 The place should then be avoided for 

 some hours. Moles have a keen sense of 

 smell, but lye is odorless, so they walk 

 into it. As the lye sticks to their feet, 

 they naturally lick it off and are killed. 

 Leave ample room between the board 

 and bottom of the run. 



Carbon bisulphide will suffocate moles, 

 woodchucks, rabbits and other pests if 

 it is placed in runs where they are and 

 if the exits are closed at once. An old 

 sponge or some cotton waste soaked 

 with the carbon should be pushed well 

 into the run with a stick. There are 

 some good mole traps on the market, of 

 which I have found the Eeddick the 

 most effective. C. W. 



Paxton, 111.— Addems, Morgan & Co. 

 say they had by far the best Christmas 

 trade they ever enjoyed. 



