January 2C, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



35 



Haute, Ind., where Pot Plants Are Crowding Other Crops Down. 



: (ji-ts lead in tlie list of plants in which 

 1 lie company specializes. Tlic aim is to 

 . :,rry all popular varieties in all sizes at 

 ..il limes. In blooming plants, eycla- 

 i.iciis easily take the lead. Last year 

 :il.(iut 200, 000 seeds were sown. Seed- 

 iiiij,'s arc sold at first; later in the season 

 stiK'k in 3-inph and -l-ineh pots is of- 

 it red, and after the number of plants 

 h:is been reduced to 50,000 or 60,000, 

 this remainder is flowered for Christ- 

 inas. Other items for that holiday aro 

 iM'irouias, poinsettias, primuhis and cher- 

 rirs. All these are j^rown in j^reat 

 'piantities. At Christmas time, four car- 

 loads of jilants were sold to Chicajjo flo- 

 rists, and carload lots were sent to sev- 

 rr'il eastern cities for the iioliday. A 

 trii'at number of the shipments go to 

 southern states. 



Foliage plants arc grown in important 

 ininibers also. Among them are Pan- 

 daiius Veitchii, crotons, rubber plants 

 ;iiid dracu'iias, of the varieties fragrans, 

 liTininalis and ^Massaiigeaiia. Mr. Da- 

 \ !■• is devoting some of his time in Flor- 

 lia just now to making purchases of 

 I'andauus Veitchii. 



There are now in prejiaration for Eas- 

 t'T thousands of giganteum lilies, hy- 

 'liangeas, of both French and otaksa 

 varieties, and rambler roses. 



In addition to the 120,000 square feet 

 of greenhouse sp.ace devoted to plants, 

 *liere are two lath houses, each 50x200, 

 used for hydrangeas, and also five acres 

 "f land outside, on which the Skinner 

 system lias been installed. 



COAL MINE STRIKE COMING? 



Official Washington holds the opinion 

 ■hat a coal mine strike in the bituminous 

 ;;''lds is int\itable when the existing 

 "iitracts between the miners ami coal 

 I'irators I'xpire in March. Secretary 

 I ('oininerce Hoover declares the stage 

 ■ all set for such a strike and adds that 



' --ifiiis (|\iit rt.-iin that it canimt be 



wrtod. 



Ill discussing; the matter with the cor- 

 ^I'ondiiit ot' Till' Heviiw, Secretary 

 '"ov.T si;itrd that the strike is already 



iiig counteil on ill many of tin- large 

 "liistrial centers, ami this is being re- 

 ■ 'ted ill contracts that are being en- 



'■'■■1 into by many industrial concerns. 



A limited survey made by The l{eview 

 ■'respondent imiicates that the florists 



1 over the country for the most part 

 '■'' Well siipplieil with srift coal with 

 liidi to run their Imilers. Some are 

 -icing orders for inime<liate didivery, 

 ' 'I'To it is possible to obtain the fuel, 

 iiat they niav not be caught short dur- 

 •'^' such a strike. 



The mine owners have declared that 

 hey will stand out for a general wage 

 "t all along +>..% i;..n while on their part 



the miners have announced that tlu^y 

 will not stand any reduction. A dead- 

 lock can bo the only outcome. Secre- 

 tary Hoover has had a number of con- 

 ferences with leaders of tlu; miners and 

 others, and has gained the imjiression 

 that the miners are going to ojipose cuts 

 in wages. T. N. S. 



EXPRESS RATES ATTACKED. 



The rates of the American Kailway 

 I'^xpress Co., charged for the transporta- 

 tion of nursery stotdv for the reforesta- 

 tion of areas in Maryland, were attacked 

 in a brief filed with the interstate com- 

 merce coiiiiiiission last week by the 

 Maryland st.ate board of forestry. The 

 complaint decdared the present charges 



J. W. Davis. 



are excessive and should be reduced 

 without delay, in order that the work of 

 reforestation in the state may prciceed. 

 It is urged that the commission should 

 reduce the rates on forest tree seedlings 

 to encourage reforistat ion. The rates 

 charged by the express coiii[);iny on 

 young trees and nursery stock from the 

 state colleee ;it College I'ark, Mil., are 

 declared to !ie altogether too high, and 

 the comiilaint sets torth that if the work 

 of reforestation is to be continued, the 

 cost must be held to the minimum. 



T. X. S. 



BILL TO INSPECT RATES. 



S(>nator Trammel, of Fi^ida, has in- 

 troduced a bill in congri'ss, directing the 

 interstate commerce committee of the 

 senate to investigate the "present high 

 express rates being charged on citrus 

 fruits, vegetables and other perishable 



farm products, with a view to bringing 

 about (M)rly b^gislation that will result 

 in a reduction of the existing t^xpres.s 

 rates on such perishable products. " Thb 

 bill was referred to the s(;nato commit- 

 tee on interstate commerce. T. N. S. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS, 



Lebanon, Pa. —Clarke M. Seltzer has 

 been iippointed receiver of the green- 

 houses and other projierty of Jolin L. 

 BernsttMU, whose liabilities ;ire placed 

 at $18,000. Hearing will be held in the 

 Court of Common Fleas February 4 at 

 10 a. III. 



ANOTHER BOOST. 



The following anecdote, culled from 

 a New York newsjiaper by B. Ks(diner, 

 president of the M. Rice. Co., Philadel- 

 phia, was not {laid for by the national 

 publicity committee, though it was 

 worth recompense: 



"SAY IT WITH FLOWKUS." 



Into (iiif (if tlic iK'st art sluips en Kiftli avenue 

 this iiftiTiiiiiin ciiiiit! nil ciioriiioiisly wciillliy 

 (Jotliaiii Imly wMo Iia8 two luimcs. one liorf and 

 one iu I'aris. Initli utorcliouaes of precioiiH things, 

 paintings and poltciv. 



"I want soIll(•llliIl^' for a iirospnt," Mtie Httiii, 

 Slip sat in an cinlirMNiin- ami wat(tii'<l ilmii- 

 Bands of dollarH' wortli of vases, plac|i"'« and 

 what nots faki'ii from tlicir sliclves and raiined 

 liffcirt? liiT. Finally she lialtcd tlic parado of uii 

 tUnirs and said: "I li.ivc ctianf,-c(l my mind, I 

 shall send Bonio (lowers." 



TRADESMEN SPEAK AT CORNELL. 



Tuesday, January 17, Ivar Ringdahl, 

 of Home, N. Y., lectured on "The Cul- 

 ture of Christm.as anrl Faster Plants." 

 Mr. Ringdahl has attained a reputation 

 as a grower of pot {>laiits and was for 

 fourteen years in charge of the pot plant 

 department for Thomas Holand, Nah.ant, 

 Mass. 



Monday evening, .Taiin.ary Iti, .Mex 

 TiUrie, a graduate of Cornell and at pres 

 enf store manager for the Bool Floral 

 Co., Ithaca, .V. Y., a.ldressed the Cornell 

 Florists' Club -on "The Organization of 

 a Retail FIow<t Store." His talk wa.«i 

 extremely interesting and instructive. 

 After the lecture Mr. Liirie gave a dem- 

 onstration in (lower arrangement, bring- 

 ing out some of the various methods em- 

 ployed by desit,'ners in different sections 

 of t he country. 



The jiolicy of the (b'partment of flori 

 culture at Cornell is to bring commercial 

 men to the college from time to time, So 

 as to give the students actual contact 

 with the leaders in the profession. 



Brooklyn, N. Y.— The business of S. H 

 I'owell. ,S5n Jamaica avenue, who <lio<l 

 last September after sj)ending more than 

 a quarter of a century in the trade, \h 

 being continued by the estate, of whifh 

 Mrs. Powell is exe<nitrix. 



