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The Florists^ Review 



October 11, 1917. 



ranges are connected with the packing 

 shed by subways, so that during the 

 coldest day in winter the work can go 

 i)u without interruption. 



No Lost Motion Here. 



Along one side of this shed is a pot- 

 ting bench tliat runs the length of the 

 building, at which about twenty young 

 women pot plants either from the prop- 

 agating bench or shifting from 2 to 3- 

 inch pots. Here is where another bit 

 of system comes in that I was not 

 familiar with. The employees work in 

 teams, four girls and two boys to a 

 team. Two of the girls do the potting, 

 the boys wheel the trays that hold 100 

 o-in9h pots and the other two girls set 

 thej'pots on the benches in the green- 

 lioufia^,! with three or four men keeping 

 the Ifei^h heaped with soil. 



Each' Monday morning a report is 

 l)lac«l on E. A. Vincent's desk, giving 

 the ^act number of plants shipped dur- < 

 ing tlie previous wc^k; then, at the end ' 

 of tR'e^.year, there is a recapitulation of 

 the is«f;eekly reports. In this way Mr. 

 Vinc'eiit keeps track of his stock. Take 

 salvias, for instance. The yearly report 

 for 1917 shows that 100,000 were sold. 

 He knowJB- wliether they were short or 

 had too' much' for this year, and as 

 thesaare all sold dujing the spring sea-, 

 son, J[e can look over the stock in March ' 

 and khow just how they stand for 1918. 

 I could go on with the system indefi- 

 iiiteljr, but I know that system is like 

 statiMics; it becomes tiresome. Last 

 year six tons o:^heavy paper were used , 

 for lining boi^s and ten tons of light 

 pap^ for wrapping the plants. " if 



j, A Family Success. 



As I was waiting for the maohii^e to 

 ^o toJ^ie station, Mr. Vincent asked me 

 if I ^d gotten all the notes I needed. 

 I re^ed that "it would be easier to 

 writ«aibout what they did not have than 

 whai , ^^ey had. ' ' While on tlie well 

 kopt^'lawn, this pioneer, who now" is. 

 74 years of age, got reminiscent, and 

 I am sure I am not betraying any con- 

 tidence, for any man that has reached 

 such success from a humble beginning 

 has a right to be proud of it. He told 

 me liow lie had started without a dollar; 

 how his faithful wife had shared with 

 him the burdew; liow, step by step, they 

 had grown; how he had incorporated the 

 business and there arc just five members 

 of the corporation, himself and wife 

 and three sons. In this way the boys 

 wore kept at home, and, today, with 

 )iis oliildren, grandchiblrou ancl great- 

 grandchildren about liim, Mr. Vincent 

 is still the lioad of this grout business, 

 over ready to loud a friend a helping 

 hand, and loved by everyone. Tate. 



Greenville, O. — Mrs. Sarali Frost, wife 

 of James Frost, died rooontly of can- 

 vor, from wliich slio liad suffered for sev- 

 'ral years. 



Springfield, O. — Henry Ilinkle, of the 



♦laxwell grooiiliousos, sustained a 



broken loft log recently when the chain 



nf a dumping truck broke and struck 



liim. 



Louisville, Ky. — The Jacob Sdnilz Co. 

 save four free lectures on the dahlia at 

 its greenhouses, 550 South Fourth ave- 

 nue, October 4 and .". The invitations 

 were contained in tlie October number 

 of Flowers Beautiful, the Schulz Co. 

 advertising booklet. 



THE AUTUMNAL GARDEN. 



Boltonias. 



Closely allied to the asters are the 

 boltonias, or false chamomiles. They 

 are tall flowering subjects and are bet- 

 ter if divided every two years. B. aster- 

 oides is the variety most in evidence 

 now, with large heads of pure white 

 aster-like flowers. B. latisquama is a 

 little less hardy and vigorous than B. 

 asteroides. Its pink flowers tinged with 

 lavender are pretty. There is a dwarf 

 form of this variety, growing only 

 thirty inches in height, named nana, 

 which is a desirable border plant. 



Helianthus. 



While the helianthus or h'ardy sun- 

 flowers are nearly all tall growers and 

 in some cajges spread almost too rapidly, 

 we cannot^, well do without them in the 

 hardy border, but their use must be 

 carefully considered or there may be 



Vtoo much" yellow. H. rigidus Miss Mel- 

 lish, with large, single, golden yellow 

 flowers, is one of the best. Fine also 

 is H. rigidus Miss Wilmott. The rigidus 



-varieties spread tremendously and must 

 be kept in check. H. orgyaiis, the wil- 

 low-leaved sunflower, grows six to nine 

 feet in height and carries its medium- 

 sized single yellow flowers practically 

 the whole length of the stem, if the 

 stems are thinned out well. II. Maxi- 

 milianii ife a late sort, just starting to 

 Hower. It will not be at its best before 

 mid-October in. good soil. This often 

 grows eight to ten feet high. H. gigan- 

 toum sometimes attains a height of ten 

 to twelve feet. It carries bright canary 



yellow flowers now. One of the finest 

 of all sunflowers, now on the wane, is 

 H. mollis, with downy foliage and large, 

 single pale yellow flowers. It grows 

 four to six feet high. All the sunflowers 

 are fine for cutting. 



Budbeckias. 



The rudbeckias, or coneflowers, are to 

 be found right through the summer and 

 one or two varieties are good in late 

 September. Among these are E. nitida 

 Autumn Sun, with large primrose yellow 

 flowers with long petals, a striking vari- 

 ety of robust habit, now eight to nine 

 feet high, but in poorer land it does not 

 exceed six feet. E. maxima, with 

 flowers five to six inches across, grows 

 six feet high and is a most attractive 

 sort. E. purpurea, which started to 

 bloom in late July, looked quite 

 presentable, and E. Newmanii, with 

 orange yellow flowers, also was bloom 

 ing abundantly in late September. 



Pyrethrum Uliginosmn. 



Pyrethrum uliginosum, the giant white 

 daisy, one of the best of all perennials 

 for cutting, makes a mass of flowers. 

 In some seasons the attacks of the tar- 

 nished plant bugs cripple the flower 

 spikes, but this season for some reason 

 we have seen but few of the chinch 

 bugs, as they are more commonly called. 

 Effective clumps of this daisy are note- 

 worthy and here is a plant, quite hardy, 

 which increases abundantly each year, 

 which every florist should grow. If 

 some hybridizer would give us pink and 

 blue forms, what glorious acquisitions 

 they would be! 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS 

 FOR SOUTHERN FLORISTS 



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FRENCH BULBS IN SOUTH. 



The Paper White iiaroissi and Roman 

 liyacintlis liavo arrived. Tlio Eoman 

 liyacinths should liave been boxed off 

 at once, especially those wanted for 

 tlie holidays or earlier, and those for 

 later use a month or six weeks after- 

 ward. Paper Whites wanted for the 

 holidays may be boxed in October. A 

 batch for early cutting may be ]ilaiitcd 

 in a bench in tlie groonhousc or in a 

 coldframc, with sash protection in the 

 oxtrome southorn states. Bulbs for late 

 ]ilantiiig should be kept in cold storage. 

 The middle of January is about as late 

 as they can be kept, to flower satisfac- 

 torily. Bulbs for Christmas cutting 

 may be ]»laiitod on a table five weeks 

 before that date, and in a rose house 

 temperature will be in on time. L. 



sand, put them in 2^^-inch pots, using a 

 rather light soil for potting. Place 

 them in a coldframe, in the full sun. 

 Water them thoroughly the first time, 

 but only sparingly thereafter until 

 they are rooted, which should be in 

 aliout three weeks. The one thing 

 needful to insure a good strike is to 

 liave sashes handy to protect the cut- 

 tings from the rains. If the cuttings 

 got one or two heavy showers they will 

 assuredly rot off. In the milder sections 

 of the soutli these plants are better 

 handled in a coldframe all the time, 

 using sashes only on cold nights. L. 



GERANIUMS IN THE SOUTH. 



This month is a good time in the south 

 to take a large batch of geranium cut- 

 tings. Instead of putting them in the 



POINSETTIAS IN THE SOUTH. 



As soon as the cuttings or layers of 

 poinsettias are well established in small 

 pots they can be made up in pans with 

 ferns, etc., for sale at the holidays. 

 There is no trouble in having them in 

 good shajie then, with full, healthy fo- 

 liage, if only two things are remem- 

 bered: First, do not overwater, but 



