

JCLT 1. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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equal that imported from Belgium. 

 Several million plants were in the prop- 

 agating houses and in the fields at 

 Eden at one time. The magnitude of 

 fi the undertaking made this work of 

 Charles Willis Ward watched by the 

 whole trade with great interest. 



Local difficulties forced the enter- 

 prise at Eureka to go into the hands of 

 a committee of creditors in December, 

 1918, since when it has been run by G. 

 Van den Abeele as receiver, at Eureka, 

 and W. B. Clarke as sales manager, at 

 San Jose. At that time Mr. Ward filed 

 assets of $1,116,000 and liabilities of 

 $277,106.47. 



Mr. Ward was especially active in 

 the American Carnation Society, Ameri- 

 can Peony Society and Society of 

 American Florist;9, serving as president 

 of the first two organizations. He was 

 also a life member of the New York 

 Academy of Science, Brooklyn Academy 

 of Science, Horticultural Society of 

 New York, Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society and the National Geographical 

 Society, and a member of the California 

 Nurserymen 's Association, Pacific Coast 

 Nurserymen 's Association, American 

 Pomological Society, California Forest 

 Protection Association, Audubon So- 

 ciety and Rivers and Harbors Congress. 



Bobert Malcolm Craig. 



Robert Malcolm Craig, the eldest son 

 of W. N, Craig, superintendent of 

 Faulkner Farm, Brookline, Mass., and 

 Boston representative of The Review, 

 was accidently drowned in the Charles 

 river at Dedham, Mass., June 26. He 

 planned to pass the night in canoes 

 with some friends and his body was 

 found below his boat in only two feet 

 of water. As he was a good swimmer, 

 it is believed he rolled out of the boat 

 in his sleep and became entangled in 

 the mud and herbage. 



He had just completed his first year 

 of study at Northeastern College, where 

 he had taken up chemical engineering. 

 He had just celebrated his eighteenth 

 birthday and was a youth of great 

 promise. 



Funeral services were held from his 

 late home at Faulkner Farm, Brookline, 

 June 29. A great wealth of floral 

 tributes came from friends, including 

 many in the florists' trade. 



REMOVING DIRT FROM GLASS. 



Use of Acids Necessary. 



Cleaning greenhouse glass, a job that 

 many growers wish to undertake at this 

 time, is sometimes not an easy task. 

 The cleaning of that which is in the 

 sashes and that which is not are two 

 different problems. There are those 

 who, because of the high cost of every- 

 thing connected with the erection and 

 maintenance of a greenhouse, are using 

 second-hand materials and a large 

 amount of old glass is being used now. 

 This old glass, for the most part, is 

 dirty, having been taken out of the 

 sashes without thought being given to 

 cleaning it. 



There have been manv formulas used 

 in getting the dirt off" glass, but the 

 basis of most formulas is hydrofluoric 

 .acid It ig diluted with water. The 

 method that suits one person may not 

 be suited to another, so several methods 

 that have been used by growers are 

 given. In a ^^^^ when even lye would 



Charles WiIHs Ward. 



(From a photnjjnipli hiiiilc at Sail Fnuiclsco on his flfty-iiiiith birthday 

 anniversary, Dfccnihcr II, I'JKi.) > 



not remove dirt on glass, corrosive sub- 

 limate was used. But this, as well as 

 the rest of the "removers," must be 

 handled carefully, as it will burn the 

 hands. 



Another formula used successfully by 

 a grower is to slake three pounds of 

 quicklime with water and add one 

 pound of American pearlash, making 

 the mixture about the consistency of 

 thick paint. Apply this to the glass 

 and let it remain twenty-four hours. 

 Then remove it with a stiff brush. 



Keep Hands from Acid. "^ 



Muriatic acid has been known to 

 "turn the trick" and will not harm the 

 glass, as some acids do. The directions 

 are to mix the acid half and half with 

 water. Put it in some big wooden ves- 

 sel and put the glass in it for about 

 fifteen minutes, when all dirt will be 

 dissolved and it must then be washed 

 off with a cloth and water. The usual 

 warning is given: Don't get your 

 hands in the solution. 



A different method of applying mu- 

 riatic acid is the following: For loose 

 glass have a wooden trough larger than 

 the glass. Take the pure acid in an 

 earthenware jar and apply it to the 

 glass with a swab, or a piece of stick 

 with a rag tied o.n the end. Lay the 

 glass on a box or a table, level with 

 the trough. Apply the acid evenly and 

 rub only a little. Turn the glass over 

 by means of another stick and rub the 

 other side. Then slide it into the trough, 

 into which a stream of water is run- 

 ning continuously from a hose. After 

 applying plenty of water, you may then 

 remove the glass with your hands and 

 set the panes on edge to dry off. This 

 acid is said to remove anything. 



Care must always be taken, first, with 

 the handling and, secondly, as to the 

 strength of the acid. The operator 

 must use good rubber gloves. If the 

 acid is too strong the glass cleaned 

 will look like frosted glass and will be 

 ruined for greenhouse purposes. 



In cleaning glass that is in the roof, 

 the process is more complicated. Care 

 must be taken not to injure the putty 

 or the sashbars. Acetic acid ia said 

 to be suitable, especially for the re- 

 moval of lime. Apply this acid with a 

 brush, going over the glass two or three 

 times if necessary, and the dirt and 

 lime will be softened so that it can be 

 readilv scrubbed off. 



Chestertovm, Md. — Walter L. Elburn, 

 who has one greenhouse, plans to build 

 a larger one. 



Elgin, 111.— J. H. Martin has five 

 acres of peonies, from which by June 

 14 he had cut 1,500 blooms. His work 

 is all in the field, with peonies, asters, 

 gladioli and strawberries. 



Auburn, N. Y. — Auburn's third an- 

 nual rose show was held Wednesday, 

 June 23. The Conard & Jones Co., 

 West Grove, Pa., coiiperated with the 

 officers of the Auburn Rose Society to 

 make the show a success. 



Owosso, Mich. — Honnann Thiemann 

 has sold the Owosso Floral Co. to two 

 young men, Marcus Anderson and 

 Joseph Smith, retaining the seed and 

 nursery business in his own name, at 

 5.33 East Comstock street. The new 

 proprietors took charge June 15. Mr. 

 and ^Irs. Thiemann sailed from Mon- 

 treal i'ov Europe June 25 and will re- 

 turn in September. 



