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The Florists^ Review 



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similar crop, allowing it to lie for a 

 period of several years. I have seen 

 and heard of many attempts at grow- 

 ing carnations in old soil, but have seen 

 exceedingly few successes and my ad- 

 vice to you is to use new soil each year. 



A. F. J. B. 



STEEL SITUATION CUBAREJR. 



Greenhousemen who have been dis- 

 turbed in their calculations regarding 

 the erection of new glass by the difficul- 

 ties in the steel industry will find signs 

 of relief in the following excerpt from 

 a leading journal's report of the steel 

 situation: 



"The labor situation which has been 

 hanging like a fog over the steel and 

 iron industry for some weeks shows 

 hopeful signs of clearing. The action 

 of the workers' organization in post- 

 poning action from time to time and the 

 fact that the vote taken by the men on 

 the strike has not been announced, give 

 evidence that the strength of the agita- 

 tors had been overestimated, and now 

 the feeling is general that there will be 

 no strike. The United States Steel Cor- 

 poration made its determination plain 

 in the correspondence passing between 

 the labor leaders and the chairman of 

 the board of directors, that in no cir- 

 cumstances would they treat with the 

 union as such. Nothing remains now 

 but to wait developments and the tem- 

 per of the majority of the men is be- 

 lieved not to be favorable to a strike. 

 The stability of the market has not been 

 shaken by the possibility of serious la- 

 bor trouble, and now that prospects are 

 for harmony the undertone has been 

 considerably strengthened." 



' BUSINESS BOOMINO. 



There never has been a time when 

 the demand for stock of all kinds was 

 stronger than nowj as witness the fol- 

 lowing extracts from letters received at 

 the office of The Review last week: 



We aold out our 20,000 carnation plants in 

 short order through our last week's ad. — The 

 Brown Floral Co., Canton, O., August 19, 1919. 



We appreciate the rush of business which is 

 coming to us through our ad in The Review. — 

 Los Angeles Geranium Co., August 13, 1919. 



We sold all our carnation plants on telegraph 

 orders before we received The Review that con- 

 tained the ad. — John Bitel Sc Son, Qreencastle, 

 Ind., August 18, 1919. 



The Review certainly brings the buyers. I 

 have returned over $2,000 worth of orders for 

 chrysanthemums and carnation plants in the 

 last two weeks. Enclosed find check for bill of 

 $7.74.— William H. Ford, Marshalltown, la., 

 August 18, 1919. 



We are oversold as a result of the classified 

 ads and are busy returning money sent us for 

 carnation plants and geraniums. — Tniltt's Green- 

 houses, Chanute, Kan., August 20, 1919. 



If you hear a florist complain of the 



cost of advertising you may be pretty 



certain he spends a good bit of money 



elsewhere than in The Review. 



THBIPS ON ASTERS. 



Will you kindly tell me how to destroy 

 thrips on asters grown in greenhouses t 



W. L. E.— Ky. 



The most effective remedy that I 

 know for destroying thrips on any kind 

 of plants is Hammond's Thrip Juice No. 

 2, made by Hammond's Paint & Slug 

 Shot Works, Beacon, N. Y. 



Follow^ out the directions given with 

 the juice, being sure to spray all parts 

 of the plant thoroughly. It should be 

 applied through a fine nozzle, so as to 

 make- a misty spray that will reach both 

 sides of the leaves. After the first 

 spraying, according to directions, it is 

 a good plan to reduce the strength of 



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H. E. MEADER. 



THE new president of the American Gladiolus Society is a New Hampshire man, 

 coming of rugged New England stock, and is not yet 40 years of age. For 

 over a decade he has specialized in gladioli, of late years devoting most of his 

 ground to the newer and choicer varieties. Some time ago he purchased for $3,000 

 the main stock of A. E. Kunderd's Lily White, perhaps the finest commercial whitp 

 yet seen, for which he received numerous orders at the Detroit convention. Mr. 

 Header has been vice-president of the American Gladiolus Society for two years 

 and is a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society and other organiza- 

 tions. He has won many prizes and medals at gladiolus shows in Boston, New 

 York and other cities. He has just opened a fine flower store in his home city of 

 Dover, N. H., and will undoubtedly succeed as well in this as in his other lines of 

 activity. W. N. C. 



the solution slightly. Spray regularly 

 about once a week. The thrips are most 

 active during the hottest part of the 

 day, but there is danger of burning some 

 of the foliage if the spraying is done at 

 that time. Therefore it is best to do it 

 in the cool of the evening. M. P. 



DES MOINES, lA. 



hibits in this class, the Iowa Seed Co. 

 won sixteen first prizes, the other ten 

 first prizes being divided among the 

 other three exhibitors.*' 



There was little competition in the 

 cut flower classes. The prizes were 

 divided between the Wilson Floral Co. 

 and the Alpha Floral Co. 



State Fair. 



BRIEF ANSWERS. 



The Iowa state fair, just closed, was 

 one of the most successful fairs ever 

 held here, both in point of attendance 

 and in number and excellence of ex- 

 hibits. 



In the flower department the plant 

 exhibits were especially large and fine. 

 There were four exhibitors in this class, 

 the Alpha Floral Co., the Wilson Floral 

 Co., the Iowa Seed Co., and the Kirk- 

 wood Floral Co. Out of twenty-six ex- 



G. E. L., Pa. — The culture has been 

 described many times in The Review. 

 We will send a page if you will supply 

 your name and address. 



H. S. V. H., 8. D.— The war is over. 

 Why change names of German varieties 

 at this late day! 



McK. F. S., Tex.— Plant calla bulbs 

 directly in bench or start in pots and 

 shift. Freesias can be flowered in ap- 

 proximately the same time as Paper 

 Whites. 



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