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The Horists^ Review 



Maiuh 17. 1921. 



SIMPLE RULES FOB ASTERS. 



Everybody can grow asters success- 

 fully, says J. K. Rugowski, of Manito- 

 woc, Wis., whose large blooms have been 

 seen at several exhibitions in the last 

 year, if he or she will provide three 

 things — a good strain of seed, good 

 plant food and good tillage. Any soil, 

 he says, will produce good asters where 

 these three points are observed. His 

 further directions are: 



* ' The soil must be free from fungus or 

 acid. If your soil contains fungus to 

 any extent, use as much coal ashes as 

 you possibly can get, well sifted through 

 a 1/4 -inch screen. I'ut on broadcast at 

 the rate of four or five tons an acre. 

 Although they contain no plant food, 

 they will do away with certain fungi 

 that do harm to the plants. 



"If your soil contains acid, tile it a1 

 once. Use about one and one-half tons 

 of air-slaked lime per acre or three tons 

 of ground limestone. This is the only 

 remedy for acid soil. 



"You can never get too much plant 

 food. Where humus is available, it 

 should be used freely; also a good 

 commercial fertilizer of high grade at 

 the rate of twenty-five pounds per thou- 

 sand square feet. Use a good bone 

 meal, 3-24 formula, or a complete fer- 

 tilizer, L'-.H-4 or 3-8-(5. That is, two ])arts 

 of nitrogen, eight parts of |)liosphiit(' 

 and four ])iirts of potash. Use this 

 broadcast just before prei)aring your 

 land. It should be well worked into the 

 soil, about four or five inches deep. 



"It is absolutelv necessarv to have 



May until July 1 if succession is 

 wanted. 



"When the plant shows its first bud, 

 pinch it off. This will spread the 

 plant." 



DEFEATS HIGH TRAFFIC RATES, 



Have you ever had a grower bring 

 stock to your store a distance of 140 

 miles? This is the run made by a 

 Canadian grower recently, to insure 

 good handling and prompt delivery. Be- 

 cause of the tremendous increases in 

 the cost of transportation by rail, nu- 

 merous growers are shipping their goods 

 by truck, l)ut so far as is known, this is 

 one of the longest .iourneys made by this 

 means. 



This delivery was undertaken by Carl 

 Groljba, of Toronto, Ont., one of the 

 largest and most widely known growers 

 in the Dominion. The trip was made 

 to London, Out., to the West Floral 

 (;o. The undertaking would not be con- 

 sid(>red so great in the summer and on 

 a stretch of well paved highway. The 

 weather, however, was cold; March 3 

 was the day. The roads were anything 

 but good; in fact, a part of the trip was 

 ma<le over roads under the process of 

 construction. Despite these undesirable 

 conditions, Mr. Beckwith, the driver, 

 made the distance in a period of ten 

 hours. The truck was filled to capacity 

 with Easter lilies and the top was be- 

 decked with decorative plants. The il- 

 lustration shows the truck and driver 

 upon arrival at London. The truck is 

 ('f|uii)pe(l with a heater, using the heat 

 from tlie exliaiist pipe, so the flowers 



Canadian's Load of Easter and Decorative Plants After 150-Mile Trip. 



a good strain of seed to produce a good 

 flower or vegetable. 



"Good tillage is as important as good 

 seed, for if you neglect to work your 

 crops the best seed is of no account. 



"Asters should not be crowded to 

 get the best results from them. Where 

 land is plentiful they should be set out 

 at least two by three feet apart each 

 way. 



"Seed should not be put in too early. 

 We never start our seed until April 1, 

 in a hotbed or greenhouse. Transplant 

 the seedlings from the latter part of 



were in no danger of freezing. E. B. 

 Hamilton, manager of the West Floral 

 Co., commended Mr. Grobba on tlie re- 

 sults of his venture. 



Enid, Okla. — The Oklahoma Floral Co. 

 lias on its Dodge dcliv(>ry ear the ac- 

 cepted emblem of telc^,Maph delivery of 

 flowers, to advertise this service, in ad- 

 dition to a stylish arrangement of the 

 company name. The oflicirs of this 

 concern are: President, Clarence Cline; 

 vice-president. Will C. Allen; treasurer, 

 l.iniis Morrell; manager, Frank Bieber. 



OBITUARY 



wmiam Wilcox Barnard. 



One of the pioneer seedsmen of Chi- 

 cago and one of the best known in the 

 entire trade, William Wilcox Barnard, 

 died at Los Angeles, C.al., Thursday, 

 March 10. 



Mr. Barnard had not been in the best 

 of health since 1915 and had gone to 

 California to build up his constitution. 

 He was born in Chicago, July 4, 1856, 

 the son of William and Miranda Wilcox 

 Barnard. He attended the Englewood 

 high school. At the age of 18 he en- 

 tered the employ of the D. S. Heffron 

 Seed Co. In 1880 he started in the 

 office of Hiram Sibley & Co., as book- 

 keeper and cashier. Experience sug- 

 gested that much might j'et be done to 

 raise the standard of garden seeds and, 

 with that as his chief purpose, he 

 started in business for himself in 1888, 

 by purchasing the garden seed depart- 

 ment of Hiram Sibley & Co. The busi- 

 ness, upon consolidation with Goodwin, 

 Harris & Co., in 1905, was incorporated 

 as the W. W. Barnard Co., of which he 

 was president and treasurer. Charles 

 D. Coventry is secret.ary of the com- 

 pany. 



Mr. Barnard was at one time treas- 

 urer of the village of Washington 

 Heights. He held membership in the 

 Chicago Association of Commerce, in 

 the Bethany Union church, of which he 

 was a devoted member, being a trustee 

 and deacon, and in the Ridge Country 

 Club. 



Major Ralph B. Howe, a nephew, has 

 been connected with the company for 

 some years, becoming actively engaged 

 in the business in 1910. At the pres- 

 ent time he is general manager of the 

 firm. Upon learning of Mr. Barnard's 

 critical condition, be and his mother, 

 Mrs. E. G. Howe, a sister of Mr. Bar- 

 nard, left for California. En route they 

 were notified of his death. They then 

 returned to Chicago. 



Mr. Barnard was unmarried and is 

 survived by three sisters, Miss Alice S. 

 Barnard, Mrs. E. G. Howe and Mrs. 

 George Graham, four nephews and three 

 nieces. 



The funeral services were held 

 Wednesday afternoon, March 16, at 

 2:1;' o'clock, at the Bethany Union 

 church, Rev. Clyde McGee officiating. 

 Interment was at Mount Greenwood 

 i-nineterv. 



Fred Hall. 



Fred Hall, one of the pioneer florists 

 of Denver, Colo., died March 4 at San 

 Diego, Cal., where he had been spend- 

 ing the winter. He was born in Eng- 

 land fifty-six years ago, and for the 

 past thirty years had been engaged in 

 the florists' business in Denver, his 

 greenhouses being located at 860 Jersey 

 street. 



Until a year ago Mr. Hall had en- 

 joyed the best of health, but since that 

 time, on account of hardening of the 

 arteries, ho had not taken an active part 

 in the operation of his business. On 

 the advice of his physician, he went to 

 California last September, accompanied 

 by his wife and daughter, where it was 

 hoped the lower altitude would be of 

 benefit to him. But February 22 he had 



