I'Eum'AKY 17, 1!»21 



The Florists^ Review 



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For Those Who Give Them the Requisite Culture, Asters Are a Quite Profitable Crop. 



witli ;i- less f^ross return Ix'c'iiisc Iii' ilocs 

 not liiivf tlic heavy expense iiunlved in 

 }jro\vin;i winter crojis. 



Tlio seeds should l)e sown Apiil 1, ;nii| 

 t'vory two weeks thereiit'ter iiiilil .Inne .'i. 

 The phuits must be kept growiii}i: with 

 out any check, if yjood tlowers :ire 

 wanted. 



Bunching Blooms for Market. 



A \:\T^c part of success in ;ister cul- 

 ture lies in the ability of tlu> grower to 

 market the l)looms proj)orly. It is a 

 coinniou sijjht to see first-class asters so 

 carelessly bunched that the flowers have 

 no sal(>. while somewhat ]>oorer flowers 

 attractively bunched .-ind tied sell 

 readily. When the flowers fro to a com- 

 mission house, the buyers want the 

 bunch so made tliat eacli flower can be 

 seen and that the stems will be of oven 

 length. A bnnch of .asters, twenty-six 

 blooms, sliould have all the leaves 

 stripped off the lower three inches of 

 the stems and should be tied securelv 

 about two inches from the ends of the 

 stems. The flowi'rs should be cut when 

 nearly open and jdaced in water during 

 the d.'iy or overnight before shipping. 



LIBERAL PROVISIONS MADE. 



Announcement is ma.le by ('. T.. M;ir 

 latt, cliairmnn of the Federal llorticul 

 'nral Board, that provision i^ in;ide 

 under rcijulation It ..f Qnar.-mtine :i7 

 for the imjtortalion of ;ill plants, what 

 soever, in <pi;int it ies to meet .anv le- 

 gitimate introduction needs. 



'In order to give n fair opportiiuitv 

 fo secure necessary stocks for such pur 

 poses." states Mr. Marlatt, "the board 

 will issue to all applicants, during the 

 hrst 2-year period of the quarantine, 

 special permits for nnv particular plain 



\aiiely. new or ohl, which is coninier- 

 liaily un.available in the United States. 

 In other words, such jiermits will not be 

 ri'fuseil to I;ite-c(Mners liecause jiernLits 

 for adeiju.ite ipiautities of the pl.ant con- 

 iiiiied have, |M'rha|is. alre.adv been is 

 sued to others. A L' year ]ieriod. how 

 e\('r. Wdlild seem to be sullicielit to allow 

 pr.'ict ically all plant projiagators to stock 

 up with una\;iilable pl:ints. Thereafter, 

 the issuance of permits foi' such jilants 

 will be made .aiisolutely de])endeiit on 

 ;i showing of need ami of commercial 

 uiia\ailability in the I'nited Siatis. It 

 siKiuld go without saying tliat tins ]iro 

 vision will not restrict the issuance of 

 spi'ci.-il permit- foi- the im]>ort;it ion of 

 new hurt icMiit 111 al creatiniis or ili--c(i\ cr 

 ies. 



Correction Made. 



"This decision of the board is to 

 correct :i situ.-ition which had arisen in 

 the administration of the iiuar.ant iiii', 

 where jiermits wer.' being refuseil with 

 resjioct to plants for which entry had 

 ]ir(>\ iously been authorized, anil it was 

 felt that it was better to give all an 

 opportunity, for a definite^ jieriod, to 

 secur(> ;iny of the idaiits which had once 

 been authori/.ed, rather than arbitrarily 

 to stoi> the issuance of jiermits, jierhajis. 

 .after only a few individuals had secured 

 the id.ants in (|U(>stion. under the belief 

 that sullicient stocks of these plants had 

 already been import<'(|. 



'•Imjiorters ,ind the iniblic prcdi.-ildy 

 now fully understand that import.at ions 

 under special permits are only for re- 

 jtrodiietion imri.oses. and the plants so 

 import e.l must be kejd for a perioil of 

 one to five years, designated in the 

 permit, and employed for such reproduc- 

 tion imrpose under the contr(il of the 

 benrd and subject to such inspection 



I'rom lime to time as the lioaiii may ro- 

 ipiiie. 



Special Permits Issued. 



■"In t his connect ion it may In' ;i mat 

 ter of interest to state th;it siiecial per- 

 mits umler regulation It have been 

 issued iiiithori/ing impfirtat ifin of ap- 

 proximatelv '(.Dim difl'erent varieties of 

 plants. ^lany of these viirieties have 

 been included in many differtMit pciinits, 

 and the imjiortat ion of some of them, 

 notably in the case of bulbs and bulb- 

 lets, hjis been authorized in large quan- 

 tities. Since the quarantine was jironiul- 

 izated sonii' (i."iii permits ha\'e been is 

 sued for the entry, for this ],iii|iose, of 

 the so-called ' jiroji ibit im1 plants.' These 

 permits ;iiithorize tin' importation, if 

 tlii'\- c;iu be found for puridi.ase abroad, 

 of iipw.ards of Ml.OiKi.DuO plants, includ- 

 ing bulbs and bulbhts, and also several 

 hundred thousand ornamentals and other 

 idaiits. lm|)ortati(.ns mailc under these 

 permits are now being siii'cessfully 

 propiieateil and reproduced in hundreds 

 ol' establishments in about tucntv five 

 diff(M-(Mit states. 



"The jiolicy of the board and dejiart- 

 nieiit has Ix^en liberal as to the amount 

 of plants whii h may be imported under 

 these Jiermits. with the intention of 

 gixing amjde ojijiortunity to est.ablish 

 ) .•jirnductiou enterjirises on as large a 

 comnirrci.al scale as the m.arket d(>ni;inds 

 of this country warr.ant. and with the 

 object of eliminating. ;is rajddly as jins- 

 sible. the dependency on foreign sup- 

 plies, .and tints attaining the main pur- 

 I'ose of the (pi.arantine in greatly les- 

 sening the risk of entry of new jdnnt 

 jiests. " 



Topeka. Kan.— The TTniversity of 

 Kansas is contemplating the erection of 

 a greenhouse, which will cost $1.',000. 



