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The Florists^ Review 



Maech 31. 1921. 



were abundant, but sold well at from $2 

 to $4 per hundred. Carnations were not 

 so popular as some of the other flowers. 

 High-priced roses moved none too well, 

 either. 



Various Notes. 



The April meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association will be held 

 April 5 at the office of the Smith & 

 Young Co. 



The Circle Flower Store enjoyed the 

 largest Easter business in the history 

 of the firm. Besides the holiday busi- 

 ness, this store was quite busy with 

 funeral work for the Fletcher and Mur- 

 dock funerals. Mrs. Reynolds had per- 

 sonal charge of all the flowers at the 

 latter funeral. 



Oscar Carlatedt recently bought a 

 new pleasure car. 



Greene's Flower Shop had an excel- 

 lent telegraph business in both incom- 

 ing and outgoing orders for Easter. 



The demand for potted plants at the 

 Claypool Flower Shop was so heavy that 

 the supply was out early and it was 

 necessary to substitute cut flowers. 



Bert Hetz has been cutting some line 

 Madame Butterfly and Premier roses. 



A, Wiegand's Sons Co. states that it 

 had a nice lot of stock for Easter and 

 plenty of it, and that it enjoyed the 

 largest Easter business to date. 



Baur & Steinkamp had a large cut of 

 carnations for last week. 



Temperley's, Florists, had a large 

 wholesale business for the Easter 

 period. 



John Rieman's excellent Easter offer- 

 ing was entirely disposed of. 



Bertermann Bros. Co. enjoyed an es- 

 pecially good business in potted plants 

 and corsage flowers. Telegraph busi- 

 ness was excellent. E. E. T. 



PROPAGATING DATE PALMS. 



A customer of mine has a large date 

 palm. Last season it bloomed and pro- 

 duced seed. Several small palms have 

 grown from its roots and are of fair 

 size. Would it be safe to remove these? 

 Would it injure the parent tree or not? 

 .lust how should it be done? 



M. E. H.— Tenn. 



The young growths, or suckers, may 

 be removed from the base of the date 

 palm and potted up into small pots, pro- 

 vided they already have some roots. 

 But it is not easy to establish these 

 suckers if they are taken off before they 

 form roots, for they require heat, mois- 

 ture and a rather close atmosphere and 

 even then may take several months to 

 make much root. On the whole, it 

 would be inadvisable to adopt this meth- 

 od of propagating, as seedlings are 

 easier to manage and more easilv ob- 

 tained. W. H. T. 



THERE'S A HINT IN THIS. 



In a great many cooperative tests con- 

 ducted on Missouri farms by the Mis- 

 souri College of Agriculture, tomato 

 yields have been increased 159 per cent 

 by the application of eight tons of stable 

 manure an acre, 153 per cent by 250 

 pounds of 4-8-5 fertilizer, 152 per cent 

 by 250 pounds of 4-8-0 and 106 per 

 cent by 250 pounds of acid phosphate. 

 The most economical gain for the can- 

 nery tomato crop was produced by acid 

 phosphate. Commercial fertilizers also 

 increase the earliness of the crop. To- 

 matoes receiving complete fertilizer 

 came into bearing three to four weeks 

 earlier than the unfertilized plants. 



Hanging: Baskets 



New style, attractive, convenieut 



8-in.. $15.00; lO-In.. $20.00; 12-in., $25.00 per 100 



Green Thread 



Strong^ 



Box of 8 Spools $0.75 



Cut Asparagus Sprays 



Fresh every day. Every spray a tip. 

 Order a trial shipment. If you wish 

 it regularly once or twice a week we 

 can supply you. 



Fancy Ferns 



The best that grow; per 1000, $2.50. 



Send for 



U New Illustrated Catalogue 



Ribbons and Chiffons 



Largest and most complete assortment 

 of any supply house in America. 

 Prices are low. 



The KERVAN COMPANY 



119 W. 28th St., NEW YORK 



Prepared Magnolia Leaves 



WILL NOT MOLD 



In cases or cartons 



Reeves Foliage Co., Inc., ""ALlSAi* 



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