July 1. 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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equal that imported from Bolfriuin. 

 Sovoral million plants were in the prop- 

 ajjating houses and in the liclds at 

 VMcn at one time. The magnitude of 

 the undertaking made this work of 

 Charles Willis Ward watched by the 

 whole trade with great interest. 



Local difficulties forced the enter- 

 prise at T'lureka to go into the hands of 

 ii committee of creditors in December, 

 iniS, since when it has been run i)y G. 

 Van den Abeele ns receiver, ;it Kureka, 

 nnd W. B. Clarke as sales niiuiager, at 

 San Jose. At that time Mr. Ward tiled 

 assets of $1,llfi,000 and liabilities of 

 $277,l()t).17. 



Mr. Ward was especially active in 

 the American Carnation Society, Ameri- 

 can Peony Society and Sfjciely of 

 American Florist^, 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 Ilorticuitural 

 Society, Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society and the National Ceograjjliical 

 Society, and a member of the California 

 Nurserymen's Association, Pacific Coast 

 XursiM'ymen 's Association, .Vinerican 

 I'omological Society, California Forest 

 I'rotection Association, Audubon So 

 ciety and Eivers and Harbors Congress. 



Robert Malcolm Craig. 



Robert Malcolm Craig, the eldest son 

 of W. N. Craig, supcrintcn.lent of 

 Faulkner Farm, Brooklin(\ :Mass., an(V 

 P>oston reprt>sontative of The Review, 

 was accidently drowned in the Cliarles 

 river ;it Dedham, ]\Iass.. .June I'd. He 

 ]»l_anned to })ass the Jiight in canoes 

 with .some friends and his liody was 

 found below his boat in only two feet 

 of water. As he was a goml swimmer, 

 it is l.eJieved he rolled out of the boat 

 in his sleep and became enlangled in 

 the mud and herbage. 



He liad just completed his first year 

 of study at .\ort heastei-n College, where 

 he had taken up cluMuical engineering. 

 He had Just celebrated his eighteenth 

 birthday an<l was a youth of great 

 Iiroinise. 



Fnner.al services were lield from his 

 I.'tfe home :it Faulkner V:\vu\. P.rookline, 

 ■Tune L'9. A great wealth of floral 

 tributes came from friends, including 

 niany in the florists' trade. 



REMOVING DIRT FROM GLASS. 



Use of Acids Necessary. 



Cleaning gn'enhouse glass. ;i job that 

 many growers wish to nmlertake ;it this 

 time, is sometimes not an easy task. 

 Tlie chaning of that wiiich is in the 

 i^nslus and that which i< not are fw(, 

 different problems. Tin re are those 

 who, because of tli(> high cost of every- 

 thing connected with the erection aiid 

 mainten.'iiice of a grecMihonse, are using 

 ^'■cond-Iiaiol materials and a large 

 amount of old glass is being nse.l now. 

 This ol,] jriass. for the most part, is 

 dirty, liaving been f.akcii out of the 

 sashes without thoiiglit being given to 

 cleaning it. 



. • '"'''e have been nianv formulas used 

 •n ffofting th,. ,|i,.t off -lass, but the 

 riasis of „i,,st f,,rmu]as is Iivdrofbioric 

 ■■"■'''• " is dilute'd with water. The 

 nietiio,! fi,.,j gjjjj^ ^^^^^^ iH-rson niav not 



le suit(>d to another, so sever.ai methods 

 tli.-it have l,^.,,„ jjj,j,,j 1,^. j^ri-owers are 

 '^'^'''"- '" a case wlien even Ivr woiihi 



Charles Wdlis Ward. 



FiiiiH ;i |iIh)|c ii.'i:i|'n rii.nli' :M S.ei I- 



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not remo\(' dirt on glass, corrosive sub- 

 limate was used. Put this, as well as 

 the rest of tlie ' ' reino\ ers,' ' must be 

 handled carefiiliv, as it will burn tlo' 

 hands. 



Anolhei' formula used successl'iilly by 

 a grower is to slak(> tliree pounds of 

 i|uicklinu' with water and add one 

 ])Ound of Aineric.'in [learlash, making 

 the mixture about tiie consistency oi' 

 thick ])aint. Ap]i]y this to tlie glass 

 .and let it remain twenty-four hours. 

 Then remo\r it with a stitV lnaisti. 



Keep Hands from Acid. 



Muriatic acid hav been known to 

 "turn the trick" an.l will not liarni the 

 glass. ;is some aei'U dc. The (liri^ctioiis 

 are to mix the acid half .and h.alf witli 

 water. I'ut it in some big udfKb'ii \es 

 sel and put the i^lass in it for about 

 fifteen minutes, when .-ill dirt will be 

 "iissolved and it must then be washed 

 «n' with a cloth .and water. Tlie usual 

 w.ariiiii^- is given: l»oii't get your 

 li.'inds ill the solution. 



A different method oi' applying mu- 

 riatic acid is the fcdlouiiii:: For loose 

 glass li.'ive a W(io<|eii trou;:li larger than 

 the glass. Take the pure aei.i in an 

 earthenware ,jar and apply it to the 

 glass with a swab, or a pi'i'ce of sfi(dv 

 with a r.ag tied on the end. Lay the 

 glass on a box or a table. leNelwitli 

 the trough. Apjdx- the ari,| e\eniv and 

 rub only a little.' Turn the glass over 

 by means of another sti<d< .and rub the 

 other side. Then slide it into the trough, 

 "into \jliieli ;i stie.am of water is run- 

 iii'ig yiMi! iniioiivjv f,-,,,„ ;i ie.se. After 

 applying jdi'ufy ,,f water, vow mav tlieii 

 remove th.> gla.s. with yoiir hands and 

 ^<d the jiaiies (.n edi,re to drv off. This 

 acid is .sai,| to renio\.> anvt'hiim. 



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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 

 aiid is too strong tiie glass cleaned 

 will loid; like I'rosted glass and will be 

 ruined foi- greeiihoiisi' purposes. 



In cle.aiiin^' glass that is in the roof, 

 tiie process is more comjdic.ated. Care 

 must lie talcen not to injure the putty 

 or the sashliars. Acetic acid is said 

 !o be siiitalde, es[ieciaily i"or the re- 

 mo\;il ot' liiiie. .\pplv tliis ai-iil with a 

 brush, ;^oing o\er the ^Hass two or three 

 times it' necessary, and the dirt and 

 iiine will be softened S(J that it can be 

 re.adiU' scrulilied vtT. 



Chestertown, Md.— Walt.r 1.. Ell. urn, 

 who ha-; one greenhouse, plans to build 

 .'1 largrr one. 



Elgin, 111. .[. 11. Martin lias five 

 acres of peonies, t'roin wliiidi bv .June 

 II he had cut I.-'itiii blooms. His work 

 is .all in the lieM, with jieonies, asters, 

 ;;ladioli .-iiid ^t ra w li.'rries. 



AublU'n, N. Y.--.\ubnrn 's third an- 

 nual rose show was heM Weilnesday, 

 • luiie u;;. The Con.inl \; .loues Co., 

 West (iro\«'. Pa., roo|,,'r:ited with the 

 otiii-ers of till' .\iiliiirii Rosi' .""^oidety to 

 make the show a sueeess. 



Cwosso, Mich. — Hermann Tliiemann 

 h.as sold tiie Owosso Fhu-al Co. to two 

 young men. M.ari-iis Anderson anil 

 .loseiili Smith, ret;tiiiing the seed and 

 nursery liiisinevs in his o\v n n.ame. at 

 o.'..''. tiast ('oiii'-tork street. The new 

 projiriet oi-s took cIiai'Lie June 1,1. Mr. 

 and .Mrs. Thiemann saih'd t'rom Mon- 

 treal ,'(ii I'liirope .Fune '2'> and will re- 

 turn ill Septemlier. 



