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The Florists^ Review 



July 3, 19ly. 



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Gentlemen: 



The order for flowere delivered by 



has aiTived in ' 



Remarks 



Yours truly, 



Date and Time- 



City, State, 



We had our correspondent in 



deliver to your address- 



We are very much interested in the orders of our patrons and will 

 consider it a great favor if you will kindly let us know by return postal 

 how your order has reached you. 



Thanking you for this favor, we are 



Very truly yours, 



Return Postal Card Sent to Person to Whom Flowers are to be Delivered. 



most delightful time was had at the four 

 large tables arranged for the occasion. 



At 8 o'clock all repaired to the ball- 

 room, where, between numbers, some 

 specialties which were a surprise to all 

 present were staged. 



Among out-of-state visitors were A. 

 F. Longren, of Chicago, representing 

 the Burlington Willow Ware Shops, Bur- 

 lington, la.; Joseph Marks, of Chicago, 

 representing A. Henderson & Co.; S. 

 Dunser, of Chicago, representing the 

 American Bulb Co., and Guy French, 

 Morton Grove, 111. 



BRITISH VIEW OF QUARANTINE. 



Among members of the horticultural 

 trades on the other side of the water 

 there are some questions concerning 

 Quarantine No. 37 as an embargo de- 

 signed to keep out infested stock. The 

 explanation of C. Xi. Marlatt, chairman 

 of the Federal Horticultural Board, con- 

 cerning the provision for the entry of 

 plants into the United States fails to 

 calm their doubts. A British horticul- 

 tural journal comments thus: 



"Unfortunately, the explanation, so 

 full in other ways, does not contain a 

 detinition of what are dangerous insects 

 or diseases. This indeed is the fatally 

 weak part of all these regulations. The 

 Federal Board appear to us to be fly- 

 ing from dangers that they know not 

 of, and we should feel more reassured 

 if they would say what are the dan- 



gerous pests and diseases of the entry of 

 which into the United States they bode 

 so much evil. 



"In a notice issued to the press, the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture gives statistics of the numbers of 

 'infested' shipments received from va- 

 rious European countries, but again 

 they are silent as to what these infes- 

 tations were. We suggest that it is only 

 just that they should publish this infor- 

 mation. For example, they aver that 

 since 1912 there have been 154 infested 

 shipments from Great Britain, involving 

 sixty-two kinds of insects. Would the 

 United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture add to our instruction by stating 

 the names of these sixty-two insects? 

 We should then be in a position to as- 

 certain how many of them are pests in 

 the proper sense of the word, and how 

 many are harmless, or already well es- 

 tablished in the United States. It 

 sounds very formidable to speak of so 

 many hundreds of 'infested' shipments, 

 but the information in its present form 

 is certainly valueless, and may be se- 

 riously misleading. 



"However, the 'explanations' now is- 

 sued seem to provide the means for 

 keeping alive part, at all events, of the 

 export trade between Europe and the 

 United States; though why, after in- 

 spection in 'specially equipped inspec- 

 tion houses' and certificates that the im- 

 ported articles are free from dangerous 



insects or disease, it should be necessary 

 to prevent the immaculate article from 

 being sold directly, it is not possible to 



conceive. 



INTRODUCING MR. GUDE. 



The name of William F. Gude needs 

 no introduction to members of the flo- 

 rists' trade. His home town is Wash- 

 ington, D. C, but he is known all over 

 the country. Mr. Gude himself may 

 need to be introduced, however, lest his 

 many friends should pass him by un- 

 recognized when they meet him at the 

 S. A. F. convention in Detroit. You 

 knew something was wrong, something 

 was missing in the portrait of Mr. Gude 

 that is shown herewith. Those big, black 

 mustaches, that curled so gracefully, 

 are gone, all gone. That's the secret. 

 Knowing that, you'll recognize Mr. 

 Gude when you see him in Detroit. 



BUGS OPEN PANSY PODS? 



Enclosed find some beetles and pansy 

 pods, which they caused to open appar- 

 ently by sucking them, thus spoiling the 

 seeds. As I cannot buy this strain of 

 seed, it means considerable loss. The 

 bugs do not seem to gnaw. They suck 

 the juice. Is there any remedy? 



C. A. P.— Me. 



The best means of getting rid of the 

 beetles is by spraying with arsenate of 

 lead solution. This insecticide may be 

 obtained as a paste, which is the most 

 convenient form of using it. Dissolve 

 the paste, according to directions, stir 

 well, then add enough granulated sugar 

 or syrup to make it sweet to the beetles' 

 taste and cause the solution to stick to 

 the stem and foliage of the plants. The 

 best time to spray the plants^is in the 

 cool of the evening. Repeat e;v'ery day 

 or two until the beetles disappear. 



There was nothing the matter with 

 the pansy seed sent. It looked to be 

 perfectly good seed and it is only natu- 

 ral for the pods of seed to burst open 

 whei} they arrive at the right stage of 

 ripeness. I do not think the beetles are 

 the cause of the pods opening. It is 

 best to gather the pods just as the seed 

 is turning to ripe color, place in l)oxes 

 covered with fine cheescloth and sot on 

 a shelf in the greenhouse or drying shed. 



M. P. 



FRENCH BULB PRICES. 



The Review has received three com- 

 ments on last week's item about the 

 French bulb situation, the following be- 

 ing typical of the criticisms: 



"On page 13 of the June 26 issue, you 

 have a little item regarding the French 

 bulb business. There should be a correc- 

 tion made in connection with this, in the 

 coming week's Review. 



"The ending of this article is as fol- 

 lows: 'But it looks as though the florist 

 who wants to plant Paper Whites this 

 season will have to pay about $20 per 

 case for them.' You should have said 

 $20 per thousand. There are 1,250 bulbs 

 of the regular commercial size (12 to 15 

 ctm.), in a case and at $20 per case this 

 would mean that the bulbs would sell 

 for $16 per thousand, and no one can 

 get them at that figure unless they are 

 sold at a loss." 



Caulsteo, N. Y. — Leroy Ordway is en- 

 larging his greenhouses. The addition 

 will be used for cut flowers. 



