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The Florists^ Review 



ITBBRUARy 3, 1921 



may be had in bloom from October till 

 May. In winter a temperature of 40 

 degrees will suiEce. 



Varieties of C. japonica have been 

 most commonly seen, but C. Sasanqua, of 

 which there are single, semi-double and 

 double forms, is preferred by some 



growers, as it is believed to be of more 

 vigorous habit and its flowers are some- 

 what fragrant. The semi-double types 

 of C. japonica are said to be more satis- 

 factory than the decidedly double 

 kinds, which are more liable to drop 

 their buds. 



ODGN U^Xm^J^ DEADEEi^ 



MOLES AND THE RICINUS. 



A bed infested by moles can be 

 cleared of the pest by planting here 

 and there a few ricinus beans, two or 

 three times in the season. E. Stride. 



MORE ABOUT TRACTORS. 



Replying to your subscriber from 

 Texas, under the heading, ' ' What About 

 Tractors?" I will say for the benefit of 

 him and brother florists in Dallas, Fort 

 Worth, Waco, Houston and wlierever 

 we grow flowers or anything that needs 

 cultivation, that I have a one horse 

 tractor that I would not trade for the 

 best horse to be had. I am more than 

 pleased with the things I can accoinplisli 

 with it. It is one of the Beeman ty])e. 

 Joseph I. Schaeffer. 



BETTER THAN BEIOIUM. 



I am growing azaleas arid have a 

 good start on tlie following, of v.hich I 

 have several thousand in various sizes: 

 Van der Cruyssen mostly, also some 

 Simon Mardner. I want to get hold of 

 some of the other commercial varieties. I 

 find .-izaleas grow better in the Adiron- 

 dack mountains than they do in Belgium. 

 They make a stronger growth and liavc 

 better foliage, and they also have larger 

 and bettor buds than in Belgium. I 

 hope others will take up the growing of 

 azaleas, so as to make us independent 

 of Europe, for it can be done easily, 

 after finding out the proper mixture of 

 soil. There is always a large market 

 for them; so if a man goes to work and 

 gives azaleas an honest trial there 

 should be no trouble at all. Yours for 

 success, R. E. LoeVien. 



- MORE ABOUT PAPER WHItES. 



I read with interest the question and 

 answer about old Paper White bulbs in 

 the January 27 issue of The Review. 



Let mc write a few lines about an 

 experiment of mine. In 1918 I planted 

 Paper Whites on the off side of a car- 

 nation bench, two bulbs close together 

 at the end of each cross row. In win- 

 ter only the flowers were cut. The 

 leaves were left standing, which in time 

 dried off. As this bench was emptied 

 in June the ne.xt year, I found the bulbs 

 well ripened. They were replanted in 

 fall. It took these bulbs longer to come 

 into bloom. The flowers were somewhat 

 smaller, but I thought it worth while 

 to jilant all my bulbs this way last year. 

 I have now bulbs in bloom that are 2 

 and 3 years old, which are not kept 

 separate, and I have not found any 

 blind ones. 



I am sending you two of these old 

 Paper Whites. You will notice that 

 thev have a number of smaller bulbs 



in one. Some of them have produced 

 as high as four flowers, but most of 

 them have two. F. F. Scheel. 



WHAT WILL SEEDS PRODUCE? 



I saw in The Review for January 20 

 another small mention of Howard & 

 Smith's new aster. Peach Blossom. I 

 have been much interested. This year I 

 had seven plants of the Crego type, but 

 of distinctly different color and non- 

 lateral. My stems were about fifteen 

 inches long and nearly every bloom 

 measured five inches across and was 

 almost white when opening, turning to 

 lavender-pink with age. They were per- 

 fect keepers, one being placed in water 

 and kept for two weeks with no special 

 care. They were much admired by vis- 

 itors as well as by ourselves. I saved 

 all seeds and am wondering just what 

 will come from the new stock. I know 

 what the blooms are, but will they be 

 nonlateral the next planting? 



Mrs. Mvrtle Hall. 



LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP. 



I most heartily agree with the article 

 written by Mrs. Annie O. Howard, ap- 

 pearing in the January 20 number of 

 The Review, regarding delinquents, and 

 have always been in favor of a pub- 

 lished black list as in other mercantile 

 associations. It seems, to me it would 

 be greatly appreciated, except, of course, 

 by those whose names would appear 

 thereon. It seems certain that no hon- 

 est florist would be afraid to have such 

 a credit list established. 



T had one experience with a man who, 

 if blacklisted, would not be able 

 to pull the same thing again on some 

 brother tradesman. This person drove 

 to my store at Defiance, O., last spring, 

 a couple of weeks before Memorial day, 

 with a truck, a distance of 125 miles 

 from where he lived. He picked out 

 stock amounting to $34;'). He loaded 

 his truck to capacity and the balance 

 we shipped by express. 



He gave us three checks, the last one 

 due in thirty days. When the stock 

 arrived at destination, he refused one 

 lot. Part of the remainder he made 

 complaint on as not being what he or- 

 dered, although he saw the identical 

 stock at the time of ordering. He 

 stopped payment on his last check, the 

 one due thirty days after purchase. 

 When I wrote asking the cause of such 

 action, he began complaining about the 

 stock, as not being what he ordered. 

 After this wrangle he consented to jiay 

 for a snuiU amount of the last shipment, 

 which amounted to $140. It was $50 

 that he said he would remit. I accepted 

 his own figure, to insure prompt 

 jiayment, because I had looked up his 

 credit standing in the meantime anil 



found him unreliable. Since then I have 

 never been able even to get an answer 

 to my letters, after accepting his own 

 figure of one-third the original amount. 



I liave found since a florist, who is 

 now working for me, whom this same 

 deadbeat stung a few years ago on 

 geratiiums. Ho ordered a shipment by 

 wire, saying he was sending his check 

 that day. The geraniums were sent, 

 and another wire was received saying 

 they arrived in good shape and to du- 

 plicate the order, as he was mailing a 

 check for the entire lot. To this day 

 he has received just $10 on the entire 

 order, and that through a lawyer. This 

 deadbeat has a large range and built 

 a new greenhouse last summer, but it is 

 impossible to collect even through at- 

 torneys and collecting agencies. 



He is one who has been operating a 

 business in a crooked way for years and 

 will continue to do so until we have a 

 credit association to blacklist him so 

 he will not be able to purchase stock 

 without paying cash. However, he is 

 not the only one conducting business 

 in such a manner. There are several 

 others 1 know of, who are supposed to 

 be abouf all right in the trade, but who 

 are ii. g. wlien it comes to paying bills. 

 They are clever enough to telephone 

 their orders or telegraph them, so as 

 to keep them out of the mail. 



There are others who are perfectly re- 

 liable and able to pay for their goods, 

 but imt it off with the thought, "What 

 is the hurry? I am good for it any 

 time. ' ' However, that does not help the 

 other man to pay his bills. A black list 

 published every month or so would help 

 a great deal, and also save many dollars 

 for brother florists. 



Winfield S. Kircher. 



MR. BARD AND CHAS. CHAPLIN. 



Here is a delightful little snapshot 

 that is rigiit up to the last number. It 

 discloses Roberf H. C. Bard, the well 

 known tlorist of Syracuse, N. Y., in 

 friendly ])roximity to Charlie Chaplin, 

 the movie star. They must be pretty 

 good friends, for Mr. Bard says 

 ''Cholly" recalls li;ipj)ily the things 

 tiiev did together during the days they 

 spent at Miami, F-'la. Phil. 



Robert Bard and Movie Star. 



