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The Florists' Rcvic 



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Januabt 9, 1919. 



that tho spirit of progress abides with 

 the trade in the Sixth City. The name 

 of another club member also is included 

 in the list of directors, that of Robert 

 Weeks, president of the National As- 

 sociation of Gardeners. Frank A. 

 Friedley has been reappointed vice- 

 president for the northern part of the 

 state of Ohio and Herman P. Knoble has 

 been retained upon the publicity finance 

 /"committee. Charles J. Graham has the 

 honor of being the first club president 

 to sit as an S. A. F. director. Mac. 



MORE ABOUT "IBONITE." 



For several months The Review has 

 been trying to locate the manufacturer 

 of "Ironite," a "lawn dressing, not a 

 fertilizer." A. Miller, the sales agent 

 of this preparation, is as active as Josh 

 Billings' flea — "he never stays put." 

 Two months ago he was in the Pacific 

 coast states. There he sold a consider- 

 able quantity of "Ironite" to the flo- 

 rists, but did not get out of one city 

 in time to avoid returning the money. 

 It was not more than two weeks after 

 this experience that he was reported to 

 be calling on the trade in Pennsylvania. 



Now comes G. H. Hennessey, of the 



North Side Greenhouses, Springfield, 



111., who sends The Review one of the 



shipping labels that are attached to 



the bags of "Ironite" that Mr. Miller 



ships ahead of him. On the back of 



this label is written Mr. Miller's name. 



The label is in green and says: 



Lawns made beautiful. Ironite, a lawn dress- 

 ing, not a fertilizer. For trees, plants and 

 lawns. National Tree & Remedy Co. Home 

 office, Denver, Col. P. O. Box 1721, Los Angeles, 

 Cal. 



Mr. Hennessey says: 



"Noticed a request for the address 

 of 'Ironite.' Here is the label. Mr. 

 Miller's handwriting is on the back. 

 His method is to ship a number of sacks 

 of this stuff ahead of him, get it and 

 then hire a taxi and go out and sell it. 

 It is worthless as a plant grower. It 

 looks to me like dust from the emery 

 wheels used in the finishing of iron 

 castings. ' ' 



WINANS' WATER WARMER. 



How do you like to work for an hour 

 or two every day with your thumb over 

 the end of a hose spouting ice-cold 

 water? 



If you are like the average florist you 

 find watering one of the most distaste- 

 ful jobs in the greenhouse in the winter. 

 Not alone is it unpleasant, but it is not 

 conducive to the best of health to work 

 with water at a temperature it now 

 comes out of the city water mains, or 

 out of the florist's own water tank. 

 If a man has rheumatism he does not 

 find that the daily use of water almost 

 ice-cold is in the least beneficial. Nor 

 do the plants in the greenhouse benefit 

 by an icy bath. 



Frank Winans, who appears in the 

 accompanying illustration, is a temper- 

 ance advocate, but not fond of cold 

 water. He found he was apt to neglect 

 the plants in his greenhouses at Pe- 

 toskey, Mich., because it was so unpleas- 

 ant to use the hose in winter. After 

 thinking about it for a while he rigged 

 up the apparatus shown in the illustra- 

 tion. It consists of nothing more than 

 some short lengths of pipe put together 

 with elbows. The center loop is as 

 long as the firebox in his boiler. The 

 two ends project through the fire door 

 and to each «f them he attaches his 



hose, one line running from the faucet 

 and the other into his greenhouses. By 

 simply throwing the "heater" into the 

 fire he raises the temperature of the 

 city water in winter from sometliing 

 like 45 degrees to around 70 degrees, 

 just the temperature one likes for a 

 summer swim. 



With his heater Mr. Winans finds the 

 winter wielding of the hose has lost its 

 unpleasant features. It takes him about 

 an hour each day to go through his 

 greenhouses and he can do it without 

 freezing his hands; nor does he mind 

 the mischance which ;frequently wets 

 the florist in other portions of his anat- 

 omy. The plants, too, like the mild 

 temperature. He has found that all the 

 stock does better since he has used the 

 warmed water. Previously the morn- 

 ing's watering reduced the temperature 



Frank Vf nans' Water Warmer. 



of the house about 8 degrees; now it 

 runs it up nearly as much. 



Mr. Winans has no patent on the 

 device and offers it in this fashion to 

 the free use of any florist who wants 

 to make one like it. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



M. H., Kan. — It was published as re- 

 cently as November 21, 1918. We sent 

 you the page, as your name is not on 

 the subscription list, but the postoffice 

 returned the letter marked "Un- 

 claimed. ' ' 



J. J. U., Mich. — Bouvardia, at least 

 60 degrees at night. Gardenia, 50 de- 

 grees at night. As to carrying over the 

 carnation plants, no; the results would 

 not be worth the effort. 



O. J. N., Ga.— See The Review of De- 

 cember 5, 1918, page 14. 



MIOHIOAN FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The next regular meeting of the Sag- 

 inaw-Bay City Floricultural Society will 

 be held Monday, January 13, at 7:30 

 p. m., at the store of Charles Frueh & 

 Sons, Saginaw. All members are urged 

 to attend, as there is plenty of business 

 of importance to be transacted at this 



meeting. The "flu" epidemic was the 

 cause of the loss of the recent meetings. 

 Henry W. F. Goetz, See'y. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Eureka, CaJ. — A committee chosen at 

 a meeting of creditors of the Cottage 

 Gardens Nurseries, Inc., and (or) Charles 

 W. Ward reports as follows: "This 

 corporation and Mr. Ward individually 

 were understood to have asked through 

 their attorney, Pierce H. Ryan, an ex- 

 tension of ninety days, during which 

 time local creditors would be requested 

 to allow their accounts to remain in 

 status quo, it being understood that 

 this request does not comprehend those 

 who have at present levied attachments 

 to release such attachments, the purpose 

 intended being that creditors are asked 

 to refrain from starting additional pro- 

 ceedings and stay all pending suits un- 

 til expiration of the time asked for. 

 During this time it is the intention of 

 the debtors to liquidate outstanding ac- 

 counts by either selling a portion of 

 their timber lands or negotiating a loan 

 upon the property of sufficient size to 

 pay off all claims. Attorney for debtors 

 states that negotiations are now under 

 way on both these propositions with 

 what he considers good prospects for 

 success." 



The statement submitted to the credi- 

 tors showed assets of $1,116,000 and 

 liabilities of $297,106.47._^ The commit- 

 tee concedes assets which would, at 

 forced sale, bring more than $437,000, 

 which leaves an excess over liabilities 

 of at least $157,000. 



"From the above it will be seen," 

 says the committee, "that a great deal 

 of pruning has been done and after all 

 of this is accomplished we are of the 

 opinion, based on such statements as 

 have beeo submitted to us, that Mr. 

 Ward and his corporations are perfectly 

 solvent and that if the business can be 

 continued under the proper management 

 all creditors will ultimately receive all 

 moneys due them. 



"It would seem to the committee that 

 if Mr. Ward were willing to allow the 

 creditors to choose a trustee for their 

 benefit, such trustee to control the 

 finances of the various corporations, etc., 

 in question, and if in the meantime the 

 creditors would work in harmony to the 

 end that the nursery business would be 

 conducted without hindrance by reason 

 of numerous attachment suits and the 

 like, the properties could be turned 

 back to Mr. Ward free of floating in- 

 debtedness and in such shape that he 

 could ultimately handle them to his own 

 pleasure and profit. 



"A second meeting of the creditors 

 is called for 10 a. m. January 10, at 

 the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce 

 at Eureka, for the purpose of further 

 considering this matter." 



Mishawaka, Ind. — C. L. Powell has 

 leased the store at 121 Main street and 

 will establish a flower and seed busi- 

 ness. His greenhouses are on the north 

 side of the city. 



Louisville, Ky.— Two sons of Simon 

 Pontrich, who has a flower store on 

 South Twenty-eighth street, were in an 

 automobile accident December 30, when 

 the car they were in was upset by a 

 larger car. Raphael, the elder, 18 years 

 old, suffered severe injuries and was 

 taken to a hospital. 



