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The Florists^ Review 



Fbbbuabt 3, 1921 



no disease whatever. Have used boue 

 meal, sheep manure, etc., as fertilizers. 

 Some weeks ago we used carbon sul- 

 phide in the soil for cutworms. Could 

 that have caused it? Kindly advise me, 

 as I am perplexed. F. H. M. — Mich. 



After reading your inquiry, I am iii- 

 ilined to wonder whether you have not 

 the labels on your Matchless and White 

 Wonder switched. Your description of 

 the White Wonder fiLa Matchless exact- 

 ly, while I have never heard of White 

 Wonder Qoming with any color in the 

 bloom. We have never had much color 

 in our Matchless here, but other grow- 

 ers tell us of instances where every 

 bloom will have more or less pink flak- 

 ing in it. This pink will usually fade 

 out if the bloom is allowed to develop on 

 the plant, and Matchless keeps well 

 enough to permit this. To verify the 

 foregoing, send me a bloom or two, or, 

 better still, a whole plant of what you 

 think is White Wonder. A. F. J. B. 



I RUST ON CARNATIONS. 



We have a house of carnations badly 

 affected with brown rust and we have 

 tried £^ fungicide, but it does not seeni 

 to help much. Nearly all the stock is 

 affected and we are anxious to stop it, 

 as the plants are growing nicely and 

 we are getting a nice lot of blooms, but 

 we are afraid the rust will ruin them 

 if we do not find some remedy. What 

 is the cause of rust? What is the best 

 treatment for it? Is it safe to take 

 cuttings from affected stock? 



We use hot water heat and on ex- 

 tremely cold nights have been burnint: 

 gas, the burners being al)0ut two, feet 

 above the plants. We have been using 

 tobacco stems and nicotine to fumigate, 

 and lately have watered the soil, but 

 have been careful not to get water (ni 

 the plants. H. F. C— Okla. 



It is sometimes difficult to deterniiiio 

 just what brings on a case of carnation 

 rust. If the cultural conditions and the 

 weather conditions are correct, we sel- 

 dom see rust. But it is not always pos- 

 sible to have conditions perfect. We 

 do not fear rust as it once was feared. 

 As the sun brightens and the growth 

 becomes stronger, you will probably see 

 it disappear. 



Pick off what you can and then spray 

 the plants thorouglily with Bordeaux 

 mixture. Keep the water off the foliage 

 and ventilate as freely as practicable. 

 Take no cuttings from plants which are 

 badly affected, but a plant which shows 

 only a spotted leaf or two is not weak- 

 ened enough to hurt. See that no rust 

 is on the foliage of the cuttings, as it 

 will spread rapidly in the cutting bench. 

 After the young plants are potted a 

 couple of weeks, spray them with the 

 Bordeaux and repeat it every two or 

 three weeks until planting-out time. It 

 can do them no harm and it might keep 

 away disease. A. F. J. B. 



TRI-STATE FLORISTS' ASSN. 



Formed at Fargo. 



The formation of the Tri-State Florists' 

 Association at Fargo, N. D., January 13, 

 embracing the members of the trade from 

 western Minnesota, northern South' Da- 

 kota and North Dakota*, was most grati- 

 fying. Those present included W. P.. 

 Shotwell, Emory F. Gestie, E. F. Lueth, 



Frank Mayer, B. B. Keith, Wm. J. Tobin, 

 C. J. Moran and Fred Moran, of Fargo; 

 F. P. McElroy and E. G. Lemke, of Grand 

 Forks; H. Osen, Wahpeton, N. D.; W. P. 

 Lindberg, Eugby, N. D.; J. W. and W. B. 

 Briggs, Moorhead, Minn. ; Geo. E. Valker, 

 Minot, N. D.; P. J. Meyers, Bismarck, 

 N. D. ; E. J. Rose, Jamestown, N. D. ; 



E. W. Schuster, Crookston, Minn.; Ben 



F. Siebrecht, Aberdeen, S. D.; Wm. Isaac- 

 son, Fergus Falls, Minn.; E. H. Golden- 

 stein, representing Vaughan's Seed Store, 

 Chicago; Matt Schilz, of the Ove Gnatt 

 Co., Laporte, Ind., and W. Topel, of the 

 O. R. Eckhardt Co., St. Paul, Minn. 



The morning was taken up in getting 

 acquainted. A trip was taken to the 

 Shotwell greenhouses and also to the 

 Briggs establishment, in Moorhead, fol- 

 lowing which luncheon was served the 

 visitors at the Comstock hotel as guests 

 of the Briggs Floral Co. The dining room 

 was beautifully decorated with flowers, 

 and an electric sign with the slogan, ' ' Say 

 It with Flowers," was not ' overlooked. 

 After the repast the party inspected the 

 range of the Smedley Floral Co., after 

 which they returned to the Waldorf hotel, 

 where the business meeting was held. 



Geo. E. Valker was appointed tempo- 

 rary chairman. A. discussion on organi- 

 zation was called for, and action was soon 

 decided upon. OfScers were then elected 

 as follows: President, W. B. Shotwell; 



vice-president, B. F, Siebrecht; secretary 

 and treasurer, Emory F. Gestie; direc- 

 tors, Geo. E. Valker and P. J. Meyer. It 

 was decided to hold two meetings each 

 year, in January and in June, dates to 

 be decided by tiie president. Brief ad- 

 dresses were made by E. J. Goldenstein, 

 W. B. Shotwell, Geo. E. Valker, W. P. 

 Lindberg, Ben Siebrecht and E, J. Schu- 

 ster. The object of the new organiza- 

 tion will be to promote better cooperation, 

 keep prices on a living scale, investigate 

 railroad claims and coal prices and, if 

 justified, buy commodities near home. 



J. W. Briggs, of Moorhead, introduced 

 a folding easel which he has patented and 

 which met with approval. 



An enjoyable banquet was held at the 

 Waldorf hotel, with the Shotwell and 

 Smedley companies as hosts, marking the 

 close of a profitable and pleasant occa- 

 sion. 



Joplln, Mo. — Major D. M. Page has 

 sold his large greenhouses to J. H. 

 Farnsworth, of St. Louis, and is re- 

 tiring from this branch of the business. 

 Mr. Farnsworth has long been engaged 

 in landscaping and kindred activities. 

 He is remodeling and improving the 

 greenhouse range with a view to en- 

 larging the production of flowers. Mr. 

 Page retains his fruit and vegetable 

 garden, containing twenty acres. 



IN RE PHOLEY. 



At 6:05 p. m. on a night when the snow- 

 tlakes were falling thickly and the writer 

 was placing purchases in the car for the 

 cook shack at the greenhouses and hurry- 

 ing as fast as possible to get home to 

 a good hot dinner awaiting him, he was 

 surprised when reentering the store to 

 find all available room occupied by a big 

 lump of human flesh accompanied by a 

 lady with a beautiful face. His first 

 thoughts were of days long ago when the 

 writer graced metropolitan flower stores, 

 and he sized up the intruder as a live one 

 who could be pried loose from about $25. 



The writer approached the prospective 

 customer with his best smile and asked 

 if there was any service he could render. 

 To my great surprise and pleasure, he an- 

 nounced himself as the world-known 

 Philip Foley, of Chicago, 111., a suburb 

 of Lake Forest, and the builder of green- 

 houses that last forever. With open arms 

 the writer received him and after a second 

 look at the visitor decided that he was a 

 graduate from the University of Blarney, 

 which later was confirmed. 



Having such a distinguished guest with 

 him, the writer led him through mysteri- 

 ous passages to the chamber where those 

 who have proved their worth will find 

 the spring of the desert and where the 

 Honorable Phil Foley, with the justice of 

 his race, showed his appreciation with 

 keen satisfaction and a smacking of the 

 lips. 



I imjdorcd that he stay with us for 

 several days, but the tears gathered in his 

 eyes and he remarked that he was bound 

 lor the town of Poison, where his brother 



was located, and as it was on the Flat- 

 head Indian reservation he was worried 

 over his brother's safety among all the 

 Indians. I believe he meant business, as 

 I am positive I saw a revolver protruding 

 from his hip pocket, and from its size I 

 should have judged it was a 22-caliber. 



A few days later the writer, in com- 

 pany of the grand chancellor of the K. of 

 P. domain of Montana, was crossing the 

 reservation and at Ronan entered a store 

 almost the size of Montgomery Ward's. 

 I noticed a commotion at the candy de- 

 partment and, thinking that some one 

 had been shot, forced my way through 

 the crowd. Behold the great Philip ask- 

 ing for Bunte's candy, a product of Chi- 

 cago, and in addition several buckets of 

 loose candy. I asked him the big idea, 

 and he whispered that he was giving it to 

 the Indians so that he would be able to 

 mingle among them unharmed. 



The last seen of Philip the Great was 

 in a speeding car followed by hundreds of 

 Indians all craving for candy. 



The R. & S. Flower Store appreciates 

 the honor bestowed on it by such a dis- 

 tinguished visitor and will always be 

 ready to receive any of the profession 

 happening this way, assuring them that 

 we will make them remember Missoula, 

 Mont., forever. 



If the mortal remains of Philip are re- 

 turned to Chicago, we should appreciate 

 a wire, so that we could decorate his 

 casket with a floral remembrance to show 

 the high esteem in which we hold him. 



Please let us know if the Indians 

 scalped him, as we have an old toupee we 

 should gladly donate. 



Frank X. Scully, 

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