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Pbbeuary 6, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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BUSINESS EMBABBASSMEin!S. 



Eureka, Cal. — At the meeting of the 

 creditors of the Cottage Gardens Nurs- 

 eries and C. W. Ward, held January 10, 

 the creditors present and represented 

 by proxy agreed to extend the time for 

 payment of their accounts to July 1, 

 1919, the corporation and Mr. Ward 

 personally giving a trust deed of all 

 their property to three trustees for' the 

 benefit of the creditors. Two of the 

 trustees were named by Mr. Ward and 

 the other by the creditors, the latter 

 designating one of their own number, 

 the president of a local bank. It is 

 stated that the trustees expect to be 

 able to arrange for a loan on the prop- 

 erty sufficient to pay off all the unse- 

 cured indebtedness, before July 1. The 

 trustees will continue the business, the 

 belief being held that the approaching 

 federal quarantine will be a large asset 

 and eventually enable them to turn the 

 business back to Mr. Ward to handle 

 "to his own pleasure and profit." 



ASTEBS. 



Will you kindly advise me as to the 

 best varieties to grow in pink, white, 

 purple and lavender asters for outdoor 

 blooming? W. & C— Ind. 



Queen of the Market is much the best 

 variety for early white for a main crop. 

 Late American Branching and Vick's 

 Branching are fine. You can secure all 

 four colors of each of these asters from 

 any reliable dealer. C. W. 



Palm Beach In a New York Flower Store. 



Frankfort, Ky. — Mrs. Z. J. Mont- 

 gomery grows for the retail trade, hav- 

 ing twenty acres planted with flowers. 

 She has conducted a business in market 

 gardening for thirty years. 



ing through the wholesale houses, saw a 

 "Splashme" doll that he thought the 

 prettiest ever. He ordered quite a few 

 for himself and incidentally induced 

 Max Schling to give them a trial. Max 

 Schling is averse to anything which is 

 not strictly flowers, but he took the ad- 

 vice of his friend and bought a few of 

 the Splashme dolls, so the next day there 

 was a scene in his window representing 

 Palm Beach, as Henry Penn said, ' ' Palm 

 Beach on Fifth avenue. ' ' The effect not 

 only was pretty, but drew the attention 

 of passers-by. But to have anything in 

 his window which could not be taken 

 out and s61d was something Mr. Schling 

 could not swallow and so he discarded 

 his Palm Beach and made up small 

 Palm Beaches with a ticket on, "Palm 

 Beach in New York." Then he had 

 something not only salable, but some- 

 thing attractive and something which is 

 just right for valentines. 



Besides Palm Beach in New York for 

 valentines, there are a few other novel- 

 ties interesting and pretty which every 

 florist is able to produce by himself 

 and with which he can offer his patrons 

 something novel. 



BEIEF ANSWERS. 



W. W. C, Ind.— The address of Alex- 

 ander Klokner is Wauwatosa, Wis. 



L. J., Tex.— (1) Eock salt, for red 

 spider; use an Evans sprayer. (2) 

 ihnps. 



H. C. S., Mass.— Address J. M. Thor- 

 burn & Co., 53 Barclay street. New York 

 city. -^ ' 



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