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The Florists^ Review 



Makch 18, 1»20 



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Boston 3-inch 15.00 140.00 



Asparagus Plumosus, 214-inch 4.00 35.00 



2iu-inch 6.00 4=>.00 



** 3-inch 8.00 75.00 



•Sprengeri . 15.00 130.00 



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The Springfield Floral & Fern Co., Springfield, 



SucceMors to the Springfield Floral Co. OHIO 



plish the purpose of protecting the con- 

 sumer and at the same time develop 

 and strengthen the nursery industry. 



Common sense tells us that the laws 

 controlling other industries must have 

 been drawn up by parties who knew all 

 the details of the business to be con- 

 trolled. For instance, laws on banking 

 must have been drawn up by bankers, 

 laws on insurance by insurance men, 

 etc., and these industries have flourished 

 more since such laws were passed than 

 in the old days of wild-cat banking. 



Grower to Consumer. 



It matters little if we have to change 

 our mode of doing business. If the busi- 

 ness itself grows, we are sure to profit 

 individually, even though we have to 

 reconstruct our methods entirely. One 

 plan that suggests itself is a law pro- 

 hibiting the rehandling of fruit trees. 

 There might be as many selling agencies 

 as necessary for selling the trees to the 

 ultimate consumer, but when the sale is 

 made, the tree itself goes direct from 

 the grower to the consumer. The con- 

 sumer then knows whom to make re- 

 sponsible. This plan would involve ad- 

 vertising the name of the producer 

 rather than the selling organization. 

 There are many precedents for this and, 

 from an advertising point of view, it 

 has advantages. Practically all cloth- 

 ing is sold in this way. The names of 

 various brands of clothing are adver- 

 tised from one end of the country to 

 the other and the stores selling those 

 brands, although entirely independent 

 of the manufacturer, still have the ad- 

 vantage of the advertising. 



The point I wish to make is that if 

 we have a problem we should study and 

 solve it in one way or another and not 

 wait to have a solution made by others. 

 Nursery associations have for years had 

 legislative committees. These commit- 

 tees, it seems to me, have been merely 

 watchdogs for the purpose of opposing 

 and modifying legislation, but it is now 

 time for us to have a legislative com- 

 mittee which will propose constructive 

 measures for the benefit, not only of the 

 public, but of the nurserymen as well. 



PABIS OB£EN SUBSTITUTE. 



Additional experience confirms the 

 conclusion, reported last year by the 

 bureau of entomology of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, that arsenate of 

 litne may be used in all situations as a 

 substitute for Paris green and that for 

 pomaceous fruits — apples, pears and 

 quinces — it may prove a satisfactory 

 substitute for arsenate of lead when 



Golden Callas for Easter 



Clear yellow flowers, with beautiful 

 mottled foliage. It makes a grand 

 Easter plant. Flowers last a month. 



Made up, three plants in a 7-inch pot, $2.00 each 



For general list see last week's issue of The Review. 



John Bader Company 



Mt. Troy 



N. S. PITTSBURGH, PA. 



GODFREY CALLAS 



VARIETY DEVONIENSIS. The way to make money on Callas— 

 buy these plants, grow them on vigorously all summer They will 

 begin blooming early in the Fall and bloom freely all winter. 



Strong, 3-iiich, $8.00 per 100; $75.00 per 1000 



FRED H. LEMON & CO. 



RICHMOND, IND. 



5000 EASTER LILIES 



Short Plants, 25c per bud and bloom 

 Medium Plants, 30c per bud and bloom 



Cash— No C. O. D. 

 Packing free in paper pots. Clay pots Wlc extra. 



L. J. ROWE, Box 244, Titusville, Pa. 



used with lime or fungicides contain- 

 ing lime. A less expensive substitute 



for nicotine sulphate also is being 

 sought. 



