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The Florists' Review 



Mat 19, IWil 



Charles H. Buenning, Easton, Pa., 

 commenting upon the increasing sales 

 on Mothers' day, looks for a pro|»or- 

 tionate advance around Memorial day, 

 when blooming plants take preference. 

 The junior Buenning has taken hold of 

 the growing end. 



• • • • 



Alonzo J. Bryan, Washington, N. J., 

 has fully recovered from the attack of 

 scarlet fever which incapacitated him 

 for six weeks. 



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A. D. Herrick, Hackettstown, N. J., 

 is well pleased with the returns from 

 the new rose house added last summer 

 and it is possible the grower, Thomas 

 Hart, Will get another at an early date, 

 to enable him to supply the needs of 

 their chain of stores. 



• • • • 



The Sunuyside Greenhouses, Dover, 

 N. J., report fine business on Mothers' 

 day and anticipate an equally busy 

 time around Memorial day, although 

 Proprietor Henry Payne says their sea- 

 son for bedding out extends until July 

 4. This promises to be a late one. 

 George Payne, who has charge of the 

 store, was putting the finishing touches 

 on a lovely wreath and commented 

 upon the scarcity of flowers under 

 glass. A fine showing of Darwin tulips 

 around the place in l)Ods and borders 



was noted. 



• • • • 



Arthur Taylor, Boonton, N. J., ex- 

 pressed most optimistic views of gen- 

 eral conditions. The reason was under- 

 stood When it was learned that our 

 fellow craftsman was recently married. 



• • • • 



E. A, Elliott, Morristown, N. J., is 

 doing considerable business through 

 the Claesified columns of The Eeview, 

 but thinks the volume would be more 

 were it not for the high freight rates. 

 Noting some lemon verbanas and Bex 

 begonias, the remark was made that 

 these are almost extinct, an unfortu- 

 nate condition. 



• • • • 



Henry Payne, of the Sunnyside 

 Greenhouses, Dover, N. J., is raising 

 pedigree rabbits as a hobby and, while 

 this note is not floricultural, many of 

 the younger readers of The Review may 

 be interested to know about it. Th»' 

 "rabbitry" is made as attractive as 

 are the greenhouses. 



• « • • 



The delivery car of August C. Bege- 

 row, Newark, N. J., driven by George 

 Ludlow, struck a lad of 15 years on the 

 evening of May 12, resulting in a possi- 

 ble fracture of the skull. 



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Mrs. E. A. Hilton, Morristown, N. J., 

 is, we regret to report, quite ill. 



J. Beavis & Son, Pittville, Pa., are 

 disposing of a house of Rose Killarney 

 to a curb merchant for a niekel apiece, 

 the purchaser to dig up the plants and 

 remove them. Premier will be planted in 

 their place. 



William Wunder, Pittville, Pa., com- 

 menting upon the stable condition of the 



business, sees great possibilities within 

 the grasp of the retailer. 



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J. F. Horn & Bro., AUentown, Pa., 

 have the contract to furnish the plants 

 for decoration around the monument and 

 along the main street. Ficus pandurata, 

 crotons, etc., will be used to give a sub- 

 tropical effect. 



• • • • ' 



Ernest Ashley, as a member of the 

 Kiwanis club of AUentown, Pa., has is- 

 sued an invitation to members and 

 ladies to a "Say It with Flowers" 

 night, May 27, at the Country club. He 

 anticipates a big boost to the cause for 



Memorial day. 



• • • • 



Frank Baker, of C. F. Baker & Son,, 

 irtica, N. Y., commenting upon his ac- 

 ceptance of the mayorship, said that one 

 condition would be the filling in and or- 

 namentation of the old bed of the Erie 

 canal, which runs through the business 

 section of the city and which is an eye- 

 sore to both natives and visitors. 



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As the writer happened in the store 

 of the S. 8. Pennock Co., Philadelphia, 

 following the rush of Mothers' day busi- 

 ness, Alvah E. Jones and Ralph Faust 

 were leaving in their Franklin for the 



peony farm of Edward Swayne at West 

 Chester, Pa. As the writer is on the 

 qui vive for anything new, whether in 

 flowers or bugs, he gladly accepted an 

 invitation to go along. 'Twas a delight- 

 ful trip, but, as Mr. Faust, the peony ex- 

 pert, observed, "none of our joys is 

 perfect," for it appears there will be 

 but a partial crop of blooms, even with 

 every condition favorable from nj^yv on, 

 owing to the severe frosts, so that, as 

 the southern crop will be almost past, 

 the outlook for cut flowers for Memorial 

 day is not more promising than it was 

 for Mothers' day. 



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In the absence of W. B. Koehler, 

 Frankf ord. Pa., who was giving personal 

 service to an important order, an oppor- 

 tunity was afforded to interview Joseph 

 Beck, a shell-shocked veteran of the re- 

 cent war, who, by the way, was potting 

 off plants of the famous Ball strain of 

 asters. The young man's nimble fingers 

 equaled the fastest we ever observed 

 and his enthusiasm, as he pointed to a 

 frame filled with sweet alyssum in 2%- 

 inch pots, showed his adaptability to 

 this branch of the business. Later, in 

 conversation with Mr. Koehler, it was 

 learned that this vocational student of 

 the government had in this, his second 

 spring's work, equaled, if not surpassed, 

 any old-timer at the job, and he gives 

 every promise of fully recompensing the 

 patience and sympathy needed to teach 

 him. Among items of interest in the 

 houses is a block of poinsettia stock 

 from California, the pink variety, which 

 will be a seller next Christmas. W. M. 



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VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 



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RICH SOIL VS. INSECTS. 



I am sending specimens of tomato 

 plants which are in some way affected. 

 The trouble, worse in cloudy weather, 

 starts at the lower part of the plants 

 and gradually works upward until it 

 reaches the top leaves, leaving only the 

 stem. It spreads rapidly. I have stirred 

 the soil frequently, have not over- 

 watered, and use soil that is not too 

 rich. From close inspection, it looks as 

 though something is eating the leaves. 

 The trouble is mostly with dwarf va- 

 rieties. F. D. — O. 



with chemical fertilizer. It is quite 

 possible that you may have added a 

 little too much fertilizer where the 

 plants are affected the most. 



Keep a somewhat dry atmosphere, do 

 not spray the plants at all, run the soil 

 a little on the dry side and ventilate 

 freely during pleasant weather. 



0. W. 



The plants received seemed to have 

 been attacked by stem-rot and this is 

 not at all unusual. There are no traces 

 of insects having eaten the foliage, 

 apart from the large tomato worm which 

 rarely finds its way under glass and is 

 easily Jiand-picked and destroyed. There 

 is also a small flea beetle, which punc- 

 tures the foliage early in summer. To- 

 mato leaves are remarkably free from 

 insect attacks. 



The reason for the plants' being thus 

 is probably an overrich soil. I have 

 seen entire batches in both pots and beds 

 wiped out by what the grower believed 

 was not an overdose of chemical manure. 

 The upper parts of the plant will remain 

 green, while the lower foliage turns yel- 

 low and the stem will be found prac- 

 tically rotten a little above the soil 

 line. There is less danger of damping 

 off with decayed animal manure than 



aSAPES X7NDES QIaASS. 



Will you kindly advise me as to the 

 best direction for greenhouses in 

 Georgia, north and south or east and 

 west? Also, can greenhouse grapes, 

 Gros Colman, be grown at a profit, un- 

 der normal conditions, by an expert 

 grower, with a view to shipping north t 



W. A. H.— Ga. 



It does not make much difference 

 whether the houses run north and south 

 or east and west. If they run north and 

 south the sunlight is rather more evenly 

 diffused, however. 



While Gros Colman grapes could un- 

 doubtedly be successfully grown under 

 glass in Georgia, I doubt if it would be 

 a paying proposition, even though you 

 have an expert grower. Gros Colman 

 is a late grape, a good shipper and a 

 good keeper and, although it is only of 

 second-rate flavor, its large, handsome 

 berries make it sell. To realize fair 

 prices on this grape, it should be placed 

 on the market late in the season, there 



