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The Florists^ Review 



Mabch 4, 1920 



the light to make them as stocky as 

 possible. In ordinary years I like to 

 bring these along in coldframes which 

 are well protected on cold nights, but, 

 with a yard or more of snow covering 

 all such frames now, we must have re- 

 course to other methods of handling 

 them. As a rule, three weeks is ample 

 time to allow for any of these bulbs 

 after housing. Much will, of course, 

 depend on the weather. Tulips may 

 need covering with papers as the flow- 

 ers start to open, and remember that if 

 we get a warm spell of weather a good, 

 ■cool cellar should be used to accommo- 

 date these useful bulbs. Murillo tulips 

 and Victotia narcissi are the two best 

 pan subjects for Easter, but several 

 •other sorts are available this season. 



Miscellaneous Stock. 



Genistas should never be forced, or 

 they will possess little substance. Grow 



them cool and airy. You can retard 

 them in any temperature above actual 

 freezing. Azalea indica will be scarce 

 and expensive. It can be subjected, 

 if necessary, to hard forcing until 

 flowers start to open; then grow cool. 

 The same applies to rhododendrons, 

 which are fewer than usual, and of 

 course acacias and ericas can hardly 

 be grown too cool. Coming to soft- 

 wooded subjects, it will be necessary to 

 keep cinerarias cool and well shaded, 

 also cyclamens. Primula obconica and 

 malacoides will be available and also 

 need the coolest greenhouse treatment 

 and shade in addition, to keep them in 

 presentable condition. Schizanthus, a 

 lovely Easter plant not much seen, is 

 another cool-loving plant. Water and 

 feed it well. With marguerites remem- 

 ber that you can scarcely overwater 

 them at any stage of their growth when 

 pot-grown. 



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GROWERS' LOCALS 



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OBO WEBS' ASSOCIATION. 



Ammann Offers Aid to Locals. 



March 17 and 18, the committee on 

 •constitution and by-laws for the na- 

 tional growers' association will meet in 

 New York. Suggestions that anyone in 

 the trade has to offer will be appreciat- 

 ed if sent to the secretary. 



Immediately after Easter, I shall be 

 ready to visit any community and as- 

 sist in the forming of a local organi- 

 zation. Write soon in order that dates 

 may be agreed upon. We shall not en- 

 courage the organizing of locals with a 

 membership of less than twenty-five. 

 Let us take time by the forelock and 

 organize as many locals as we can prior 

 to the big national meeting at Cleve- 

 land, O., in August. 



Illinois already has one local with 100 

 members and we expect in the near fu- 

 ture to organize two more locals. Get 

 busy, you other states. Write to the 

 secretary and let us help you. 



The Need of a Growers' Society. 



You need a national growers' associa- 

 tion because: 



It will constantly work for your in- 

 terests as a flower grower. 



It will elevate the flower business in 

 general and make it both more pleasant 

 and more profitable. 



It will safeguard your heavy invest- 

 ments in an extremely hazardous busi- 

 ness. 



It will afford protection from unjust 

 and harmful legislation. 



It will assist you in the production 

 fof high-grade flowers and plants. 



It will remove the drudgery of the 

 grower. 



Its activities will procure prices for 

 a grower's products commensurate with 

 the chances he takes. 



It will help you to solve many per- 

 plexing problems. 



It wiU extend the demand for your 

 products. 



It will minimize the annual waste of 

 flowers. 



Its Need for You. 



The national growers ' association 

 needs you because: 



With you, the organization is 

 stronger than without you. 



Your experience will be a valuable 

 asset. 



Team work is a necessity always. 



More abuses in the trade can be cor- 

 rected with your assistance. 



Meetings are of greater value when 

 many participate. 



We live but a short time, so let us 

 make the most of it. 



Your financial support will permit the 

 ocganization to extend its activities. 



The more intelligence assembled, the 

 greater the force. 



In unity there is strength. 



It will add one more booster for bet- 

 ter conditions in the trade. 



Your interests are common with those 

 of many others. 



J. F. Ammann, Sec'y. 



SOUTHEBN ILLINOIS FLOBISTS. 



To Form Local of National Body. 



As announced in The Eeview of Feb- 

 ruary 5, a movement was started dur- 

 ing the convention of the American 

 Carnation Society in Chicago to organ- 

 ize the florists in southern Illinois and 

 it was planned to hold a meeting for 

 this purpose in Centralia February 25. 

 At that meeting, which was attended by 

 a fair representation of the trade, it 

 was decided to defer organizing until 

 after the national growers' association 

 had been fully organized and then to 

 meet in Springfield sometime in April 

 for the purpose of forming the southern 

 Illinois local of the national growers' 

 association. A call announcing the date 

 will be issued by J. F. Ammann on his 

 return from the east and a letter will be 

 mailed to all those in the southern dis- 

 trict. 



Fixing Prices. 



A lengthy discussion of spring busi- 

 ness brought out the fact that none of 

 those present knew just what it cost to 

 produce potted plants, but that all were 

 selling them too cheap. It was decided 

 to make the minimum price of 4-inch 

 geraniums $2.50 for such varieties as 



S. A. Nutt and the whites and $3 for 

 such as Poitevine, with $1 per dozen as 

 the minimum price for 2i/^-inch pots of 

 soft-wooded plants like salvias, ver- 

 benas and coleus. Many were in doubt 

 as to whether these prices would show a 

 profit and a discussion ensued as to the 

 cost of production. One firm reported 

 a good profit last year in its cut flower 

 department, but a heavy loss in the pot- 

 ted plant department. 



This discussion will stimulate many 

 to try to find out the actual cost of pro- 

 duction and lany who have such figures 

 will do the trade a valuable service by 

 sharing such information with the other 

 members of it. The idea seems to be 

 prevalent that many are losing money 

 on the potted plant department and are 

 bleeding the cut flower department to 

 keep up the other. 



Watch for the date of the meeting at 

 Springfield in April and arrange to be 

 there. J. W. Boss, Sec'y. 



MIOHiaAN PLACES EMBABOO. 



Fears Com Borer from New England. 



Following in the footsteps of Illinois, 

 Michigan has barred such plants as may 

 harbor the corn borer if they come from 

 the New England states, New York or 

 Pennsylvania. In his proclamation of 

 the embargo L. B. Taft, state inspector 

 of orchards and nurseries. East Lansing, 

 excludes cut flowers or entire plants 

 of chrysanthemums, asters, cosmos, 

 zinnias, hollyhocks, gladioli, cannas, 

 peonies, dahlias and such other herba- 

 ceous plants as have a hollow stem or a 

 large pith likely to shelter the corn 

 borer. The edict, however, specifically 

 excludes the bulbs of any of these, if 

 no stem is attached, a wise revision of 

 the Illinois embargo. 



The proclamation reads as follows: 



Wbeicas, the European corn borer, Pyrausta 

 nubllalia, an insect not known to be present 

 in the state of Michigan, has been found in the 

 states of New York, Massachusetts, New Hamp- 

 shire and Pennsylvania, and is likely to be 

 in the neighboring states, since it has been 

 shown that this insect is a serious pest and 

 causes great damage to corn, broom com and 

 other farm and garden crops, and l>ecause this 

 insect spreads rapidly and will be extremely 

 difficult to eradicate if it is brought into the 

 state of Michigan upon any of the plants upon 

 which It feeds. 



Now, therefore, the undersigned, state In- 

 spector of nurseries and orchards of the state 

 of Michigan, by virtue of the authority vested 

 in me by the provisions of an act entitled: 

 "An act to prevent the importation from other 

 states and the spread within this state of 

 dangerous insects and dangerously contagious 

 diseases affecting trees, shrubs, vines, plants 

 and fruits," (Compiled Laws, Section 7422), 

 hereby prohibits and declares unlawful, from 

 and after the first day of March, 1920, until 

 otherwise by blm proclaimed, the importation 

 into the state of Michigan and the shipment 

 within said state, of any com or broom corn, 

 including all parts of the ear or stalk, the 

 shelled grain only excepted; and also celery, 

 beans in the pod, beets with tops, spinach, 

 rhubarb; rye, oat, wheftt or other straw,* sedges 

 or rushes, whether used as such or as packing 

 materials; cut flowers or entire plants of chrys- 

 anthemum, aster, cosmos, zinnia or hollyhock; 

 also cut flowers, or entire plants of gladiolus, 

 canna, peony and dahlia, except the bulbs there- 

 of without stems, and such other herbaceous 

 plants and shrubs as have hollow stems, or 

 a large pith likely to shelter the European 

 com borer, and which have been grown or 

 propagated in the states of Maine, New Hamp- 

 shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 

 Connecticut, New York and Pennsylvania. 



Notice is hereby given to all persons, flrmi 

 and corporations, and especially to all common 

 carriers, that anyone who brings into the state 

 of Michigan, any of the plants enumerated 

 above, which have been grown or propagated 

 in the states named, will be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor, and if any plants are brought 

 into the state of Michigan, contrary to the 

 provisions of this quarantine, such plants -will 

 be destroyed. The penalty for such misde- 

 meanor is a fine not exceeding $100 or im- 

 prisonment for not more than ninety days, or 

 both such fine and imprisonment at the dis- 

 cretion of the court. L. R. Taft. 



