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The Florists^ Review 



Jdly 7. 1921 



POINSETTIAS 



We are shipping daily now. Our plants are fine and we have a large supply. Plants intended for 

 cutting should be started off now. Pots and pans will be made up in August and September. We will 

 ship them whenever you say. Let us know how many, but place your order NOW. 



IS Know now many, out piace your oraer vh\ 



$8.00 per 100, $75.00 per 1000. 



CARNATIONS 



eties and orices on nlants from the. fipld. Tnd 



Let us quote you varieties and prices on plants from the field. Indications point to a decided 

 shortage this season. We are having a fair amount of rains and our plants will be good. 



We charge 5% of invoice for packing. 



BAUR & STEINKAMP 



3800 Rookwood Ave. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



insufficiency of moisture at the roots is 

 the cause of the shoots dying out. 



C. W. 



MAGNOLIA FEOM CUTTINGS. 



Will magnolias grow from cuttings? 

 If so, how are the cuttings treated? 



W. G.— 0. 



Magnolias are occasionally propa- 

 gated from green-wood cuttings or half- 

 ripened wood taken with a heel and 

 rooted under glass in a warm, moist 

 propagating house. This practice is not 

 general and results are not always en- 

 couraging. Usually seeds, layers and 

 grafting are preferred as methods of 

 propagation, grafting being done under 

 glass on established plants of M. acu- 

 minata or tripetala. Seeds should be 

 stratified before sowing. 



FREIGHT DAMAGE CLAIMS. 



In the case of Durant Nursery Co. 

 against the receivers of the Rock Island 

 railroad (188 Pacific Reporter, 104), 

 the Oklahoma Supreme court deals with 

 questions of law relating to the ship- 

 ment of goods between points in the 

 same state. 



It is held that where a contract for 

 through transportation of goods is made, 

 calling for delivery on the line of a 

 railroad connecting with the road which 

 receives the shipment, and the owner 

 of the goods sues the delivering carrier 

 for damages claimed to have resulted 

 from delayed transportation, a state- 

 ment in the bill of lading that the goods 

 were received "in apparent good order" 

 places the burden on the sued railroad 

 company to prove that the goods were 

 damaged before reaching its line. 



Another point decided in the same 

 case is that where a railway company 

 has different freight rates for a ship- 

 ment, according to the valuation at 

 whicli the shipment is madp, a contract 

 releasing the company's liability down 

 to a reasonable sum, in consideration of 

 the lower rate, is valid. So it; was de- 

 cided that a contract reducing the li- 

 ability of the railway company for the 

 safe carriage of a shipment of fruit 

 trees down to $5 per hundred pounds 

 was valid, a lower freight rate being 

 thereupon applied than would have ap- 



