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The Florists^ Review 



SEl'TKMHi;lt I'l. I'.l-l 



Kentia Seedlings Under Glass at Sierra Madre, Cal. 



|)iiy ;iim1 ciiii I Howor tlic same iihiiits 

 in tlio sjiriiifr.' Any otlicr inforinntion 

 (111 the siilijcct will tic apjirci'intcd. 

 H. K. W.— X. Y. 



lidtli of the (juestioiis as rcfraids the 

 ficraniuiii plant may In- answered in 

 tlie affirmative, Imt tlie jilants must lie 

 <;ivi'n good care to obtain tlu' best re- 

 sults. As a cultural method, the 

 tollowiiiK is a {j;ooil plan to follow: Re- 

 move the cuttings from the ]ilants any 

 time after September I.'). Then allow 

 the jilants to remain in the field for 

 about ten days after the cuttings havi' 

 been taken frovi the plants, before lift- 

 ing them for potting. Do not cut the 

 plants too severely when removing the 

 cuttings, but let the surplus wood re- 

 main on the plants until they have 

 commenced to take root in the soil after 

 potting. Then the shoots can be trim- 

 med bai-k to where the growths are 

 beginning to break out. Heasonalile 

 caution must be taken to guard against 

 the Jilants becoming badly frozen 

 while in the field. Some seasons heavy 

 frosts will come late in September and 

 again it may lie late in October before 

 we get any frost to injure the plants, 

 but this must be taken into con 

 sideration, because, when the stock 

 plants are alloweil to get badly frozen, 

 the loss of the shoots from rotting re 

 duces their value ;is cutting jiroducers. 



l)o not use an extr.i rich soil for pot 

 ting. Ordinary soil, such as is generally 

 used for benching carnations, is best 

 suited for ger;iniuiiw. The iiupiiry 

 mentions good sized ]i(its for ]i(itting 

 the tield grown plaiit-^. This is a broad 

 (|uestion and should be goxcrned by the 

 size of the jilants, but it is best not to 

 use pots that are e.xtra large for the 

 l)lants to start out in, the better yilan 

 being to use as small jiots as they will 

 stand eonifortalily and to repot as they 

 grow and become in need of it. They 

 will require good, light (|u;irters in the 

 greenhouse during the wint(>r and will 



need a temperature close to ."56 degrees 

 at all times. The watering of geraniums 

 during the winter months is one of the 

 most important i>art9 of their culture. 

 They do best when kept a little on the 

 dry side, both at the roots and in their 

 surroundings. Careless watering, to- 

 gether with damp, (dose quarters, is the 

 jirineipal cause of geranium diseases. 

 Cuttings can be taken from the plants 

 up to February l."i and still there will 

 be time to grow the original plants 

 into fine specimens in bloom for spring 

 sales. Do not attemjit to take cuttings 

 after the date mentioned and then ex- 

 pect the cut-back jilants to make good 

 Jilants in bloom for spring sales. It 

 cannot be done. M. P. 



ASPARAGUS FOR MAY. 



Will you give me some information 

 as to how I may grow Asparagus Sjircn- 

 geri for about the first week in M,iy ? 1 

 li.ave grown it for some time, l)ut 1 

 am not satisfied with the quality. 

 What age should the plants be at this 

 date? D. R.— Xeb. 



I do not know what size of jilants you 

 desire to sell. It is assumed that you 

 want 4inch stock. In this case it would 

 be advisable to sow the seeds now. 

 Then you will be sure of jilants of 

 umjile size. Sown in January, yoii 

 could get nice 3-inch pots. Howcvei'. 

 the e.'irlier sown stock might suit yim 

 better. ('. W. 



HOW A SIGN CAN TALK. 



If you were to go sjieediiig in your 

 .iiitomobile up Grand avenue, that an- 

 tomotively busiest of St. Louis 

 thoroughfares, and to hold your course 

 jiast Charles Beyer's store, your at- 

 tention wouM be arrested by one of 

 those slogan boards which admonish the 

 public to "Say It with Flowers." And 

 as if jiracticing what it incessantly 

 preaches, this sign sjie.aks el(i(|U('ntlv, 



for over it, about it and in front of 

 it are vines, jilants and flowers. Four 

 large vines, one on each side and two 

 in the center of the large signboard, 

 suspend themselves from the toji, while 

 cannas and other plants bloom at the 

 base in front. This sign successfully 

 teaches the worth of flowers, for many 

 stop in their swift course up the avenue 

 to gaze at the unusual piece of pub- 

 licity. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Cleveland, O. — (ieorge Bate, receiver 

 for the Smith & Fetters Co., apjiointed 

 last Maj' at the instance of one of the 

 conijiany's creditors, has distributed a 

 first payment to creditors amounting to 

 thirty per cent of their (daims. Inas- 

 much as the assets were found to be 

 approximately ,$10,000, as against li- 

 abilities of about .$13,000, it is exjiected 

 that further settlement will be made. 



Wichita, Kan. — Voluntary bankruptcy 

 jiroceedings were filed in the court of 

 Referee Paul J. Wall by the Ross Bros. 

 Seed Co. September 6. Decline in the 

 value of large stocks ou hand and differ- 

 ences of opinions among those concerned 

 in the company, are ascrilied as the rea- 

 sons for the action. The Ross Bros. Seed 

 t-o. has been in business in Wichita 

 nearly forty years and generally the firm 

 has been regarded as a successful and 

 financially strong one. 



Seattle, Wash. — A receiver has been 

 appointed to handle the affairs of the 

 Randall-McLoughlin Co. 



Cleveland, O. — A petition in bank- 

 ruptcy has been filed bv the Heights 

 C.arden & Flower Co., 12431 Cedar road. 

 The referee in bankruptcy, C. D. Frie- 

 bolin, will hold a hearing Sejitember 

 -'0, when the creditors will meet to de- 

 cide upon the disposition of the prop- 

 erty. 



Newark, N. J.— S. A. Rogers & Co., 

 seedsmen and nurserymen, at 4.').'* Broad 

 street, Newark, N. J., have been sold 

 out by order of the T'nitcd States Dis- 

 trict court to satisfy the creditors. The 

 sale was made under the direction of 

 William A. Hurley as receiver. Hilder 

 ii: Bilder were the attorneys. 



Memphis, Tenn. — E. E. Hughes. W. O. 

 King and .1. E. B. Harris, who have- 

 been doing business under the jiartner- 

 siiiji name of the Menijihis Kloral Co., 

 went into chancery Sejitember - with 

 an apjilication for the ajijidiiit iiieiit of 

 .1 receiver for the coni-ern to wind uji 

 its business for the benefit, first, of cred- 

 itors and then the members of the firm. 

 While they also are the main if not sole 

 owners of the Memjdiis Floral Co., Inc., 

 that corporation is not affected by the 

 proceedings. At the request of W. P. 

 .Meicalf and E. B. Klewcr, who filed the 

 bill, Mr. King w;is n;inied receiver, with 

 .1 bond of $"),niiO. There seems no 

 doubt that the debts of the concern will 

 lie jiaid in full and that in a short time. 

 The bill lists them at .■f;ll',L'(i4.4;!. cxclu- 

 si\t' of the idaims of the iiiciiilnrs of 

 the firm. The assets are given ,is far 

 in excess of that. The l.tst appraisal 

 of the range of the conijiany .it Walker 

 and College was .$(i4.()L'4.1fi, but since 

 that time niucli of the iiiateiial there 

 lias been sold. The liills receivable 

 .•iiiKiuiit to $(i,:'i82.(!.". I'lider various 

 ownershijis there h;is licen ;i greenhouse 

 range ;it the south gate of Elmwood 

 cemetery for many years, and most of 

 the time it has been a good one. The 

 lease on the land there to the present 

 firm will exjiire in July of next vear. 



