FSB9UABT 20, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



I can see no reason why the spring 

 should not be equally good and with 

 :i large increI^le in the volume of busi- 

 ness. Summer business, as usual, prob- 

 ably will not be anything wonderful, 

 but it ought to be fully up to other 

 > ears; in fact, better. The fall should 

 start in good shape. 



I cannot see but that the flower busi- 

 ness for 1919 will be a healthy one in 

 every way. 



TO THE STATES. 



Where Plant Imports Oo. 



The following table is of interest for 

 several reasons. In the first place, 

 showing the distribution by states of 

 all the plants or nursery stock imported 

 in the last five seasons, it gives a line 

 on the parts of the country in which the 

 trade will be most seriously affected by 

 the approaching quarantine. Secondly, 

 it gives a line on war's effects on the 

 plant imports of the trade in the United 

 states. It is seen that the first war 

 y^ar the plant imports were almost ex- 

 actly the same as in Ihe last peace year, 

 bat the next year they increased more 

 than ten per cent. Then came a rapid 

 deoline, the imports in 1916-17 being 

 on/y a little more than half those of 

 tne previous season, while those of last 

 season were only twenty per cent of 

 those of the big year. Here are the fig- 

 ures as shown in the records of the 

 Federal Horticultural Board: 



state 1917-18 1916-17 1915-16 1914-15 1913-14 



Alabama .. 69 173 284 241 125 



Arizona .. .. .. 4 



Arkansas . 2 26 22 95 11 



California 995 4,891 2,403 3,357 1.929 



Colorado .. 11 162 152 150 152 



Conn 413 801 1,972 1,372 1,432 



Delaware . 1 54 53 40 38 



D. ofCol. .. 44 422 491 549 562 



Florida .... 19 200 1,466 2,461 56 



Georgia ... 96 223 191 228 196 



Hawaii .... 10 79 57 20 4 



Idaho 6 4 5 9 



Illinois ... 473 2,891 4,671 3,316 3,942 



Indiana .... 89 464 577 569 545 



Iowa 898 731 905 1,066 394 



Kan., north 15 105 55 51 48 



Kan., south 133 96 292 292 286 



Kentucky .. 77 188 410 320 352 



Louisiana .. 89 228 279 400 416 



Maine 53 65 42 51 



Maryland ..154 808 695 756 653 



Mass 662 2,112 4,769 4,221 5,115 



Michigan . 323 910 1,325 1,562 1,232 



Minnesota . 91 SCO 746 701 628 



Mississippi 17 40 21 23 85 



Missouri .. 68 380 513 593 676 



Montana .... 36 32 20 26 



Nebraska .. 61 151 249 217 149 



Nevada . . . . 1 2 



N. Hamp. . 2 40 44 63 57 



N. Jersey.. 2,369 6,860 13,295 8,829 10,458 



N. Mexico . . . . 1 



New York 3,937 8,058 16,325 12,669 12,363 



N. Carolina 23 70 121 80 162 



N. Dakota 1 20 56 12 8 



Ohio 1,127 2,447 3,314 8,874 3,068 



Oklahonna . 3 14 17 15 13 



Oregon 44 328 355 480 560 



Penn 1,282 3,638 6,096 6,556 9,309 



«■ Island.. 33 212 562 741 606 



S. Carolina. 6 25 41 39 41 



8. Dakota.. 7 19 29 16 16 



Tennessee . 70 161 185 197 200 



Texas no 183 151 139 184 



i;tah 19 25 27 35 



Vermont ... 1 17 41 24 20 



Virginia .. 18 273 379 354 338 



^ash 74 388 421 403 482 



«.: Virgi'a 129 87 87 102 



Wisconsin . 78 429 509 430 334 



Total 13,495 39,358 64,652 57,192 67.225 



It will be possible to dispense with 

 most of the inspectors after June 1, 

 1919, when plant imports will practi- 

 cally cease. 



CARE OF TULIPS AND IRIS. 



I have twelve beds 6x50 feet planted 

 ^ith Darwin tulips and Spanish iris. 

 MtcT the ground was frozen hard 

 enough to drive over, I applied a 2-inch 

 iiulch of old manure taken from last 

 spring's hotbeds. Is that a sufficient 



EDWARD REID. 



ON the day when the new Congress meets, or, to be exact, the fourth day of March, 

 Edward Reid will celebrate the silver anniversay of his start in business. 

 Mr. Held ascribes his success to two things — confidence and no capital: The 

 confidence of his friends who sent him their flowers to sell; the lack of capital that 

 made him extremely careful where he placed those flowers. Mr. Reid has always 

 practiced conservatism, believing that it is best to keep his business within his 

 grasp rather than to extend it beyond his personal supervision. He has impressed 

 his strong personality on the commission trade. For twenty-five years he has sent 

 weekly statements and fortnightly checks. He introduced in Philadelphia the 

 system of attaching jeweler's tags with numbers to the bunches of flowers and 

 returning the proceeds of that identical lot, in place of the old plan of pooling the 

 stock and returning pro rata. 



covering? Should it be removed in the 

 spring, or should the plants be allowed 

 to come up through itf 



I also have several beds of Darwin 

 tulips and Spanish iris planted a year 

 ago. The iris is six or eight inches 

 high. A covering of grass grew over 

 this during the latter part of the 

 season. Should this covering be raked 

 off and a mulch of manure applied? I 

 have been afraid of injuring the plants 

 if I covered them after they had made 

 such a growth. The tulips are covered 

 with a growth of green grass, part of it 

 being timothy that came from a mulch 

 applied last year, and part consisting 

 of a coarse grass that has long, strong 

 roots. The beds under the heavy grass 

 are on low ground. I have refrained 

 from removing this covering also, lest 

 the plants be injured. Any informa- 

 tion on the subject will be appreciated. 



F. M. D.— Mo. 



Darwin tulips. They will come up 

 through it all right and you would break 

 many of the plants if you tried to re- 

 move it in the spring. Do not worry 

 about the Spanish iris, even if it has 

 made considerable growth. Iris is a 

 hardy plant. I have had iris exposed 

 to 20 degrees below zero unmulched and 

 no harm was done. You can scarcely 

 remove the grass from your iris without 

 damaging the plants. In a much colder 

 state than yours, I merely give a light 

 mulch of leaves or strawy manure and 

 this proves ample protection, always pro- 

 vided that the roots are in well drained 

 land. It is dampness at the roots and 

 not cold that kills out this useful iris. 



C. W. 



Leave the old manure mulch on your 



Calumet, Mich. — The floral depart- 

 ment at the Harper & Thomas establish- 

 ment at Fifth and Portland street has 

 been purchased by Henry Kettenbell, of 

 Lake Linden, the change having become 

 effective the second week in January. 



