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The Florists^ Review 



Septbmbeb 15, 1921 



development and knowledge of what is 

 going on in this progressive industry. 



In order to assist the young men who 

 cannot come to the unisersity for the 

 regular four-year course, the depart- 

 ment of floriculture of Cornell Uni- 

 versity is prejjared to give a short 

 course, covering a period of about 

 twelve weeks, along professional lines. 



The Subjects Covered. 



Two highly specialized courses will 

 be offered this winter. The first will be 

 known as "Commercial Floriculture" 

 and will consist of a study of the cul- 

 ture of greenliousc jilants and cut flow- 

 ers for wholesale and retail markets. 

 Floral decoration will also be consid- 

 ered to some extent in this course. The 

 second course will deal with "Com- 

 mercial (ireenhouse (^Construction and 

 Heating," and will include studies in 

 the design, location, cost and main- 

 tenance, and the drafting of specifica- 

 tions. In addition to the courses men- 

 tioned, "Agricultural Chemistrv," 

 "Soils," "Plant Diseases" and ''In- 

 jurious Insects" are required subjects 



■and the student may elect "Gardening 

 and Garden Flowers," "Landscape 

 Planning and Planting" or "Plant 

 Breeding." 



Upon the satisfactory completion of 

 his course and after a student has sub- 

 sequently spent a year in practical 

 work the college grants a certificate of 

 proficiency, on the approval of the pro- 

 fessor in charge of the course and the 

 l)roprietor of the establishment in 

 which the student has been employed. 



The department is making every ef- 

 fort to make the courses more practical 

 and more interesting than ever and 

 this work offers a rare opportunity for 

 the sons of florists and others employed 

 by commercial florists. As usual, some 

 of the best florists in the country will 

 bo called upon to give lectures on spe- 

 cial subjects while the course is in 

 progress. 



A booklet descriptive of all courses 

 given during the winter months in the 

 College of Agriculture will be sent upon 

 request by addressing the Department 

 of Floriculture or the Secretary of the 

 College of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS 



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"I wish that we had known it," 

 commented R. H. Smith, of the Joy 

 Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn.; "we hate 

 to throw away a block of chrysanthe- 

 mums like that, but no one seems to 

 need them." "Nil desperandum," said 

 we, "David Hope, of Atlanta, Ga., was 

 looking for just such a lot and if you 

 write him now, he will doubtless buy 

 what you have." Observed Harold Joy, 

 "Now, if we had only advertised in The 

 Review, who knows what results we 

 might have obtained?" The stock at 

 this pl.'Mjo certainly shows the careful 

 attention given it. Of course. Carna- 

 tion Thomas C. Joy heads the list and 

 those who are familiar with the success 

 here in growing White Wonder will ad- 

 mit that here is another acquisition. 

 There is a pink of the same character, 

 which will be sent out next season, if it 

 meets all the requirements. Here it 

 is alreatly meeting them. Two new 

 rose houses are looking fine with Co- 

 lumbia and Premier, the latter some- 

 what preferred in production. Ameri- 

 can Legion and Priscilla are among 

 the newer asjiirants for fame. Milady 

 is well liked. Russell, Premier and But- 

 terfly about complete the list. Chrys- 

 anthemums, both for cut blooms and 

 in y)0ts, are in i)rime shape. Cyclanieus 

 in 8-inch azalea i)ans sliow what may lie 

 expected for the holidays, to supply the 

 needs of three stores and to cater to 

 the wholesale trade also. 

 * • * * 



"What can I do for youf" sunnily 

 asked a saleslady at the Joy Flower 

 Shop, of Chattanooga, Tenn., and the 

 information dieerfully given, when she 

 found that I was not a customer, con- 

 vinced nie tli.nt careful selection had 

 been made of this one of several who, 

 witli the handsome store .•nul excellent 

 equi])inent, must af)peal to the most 

 exacting. This is a store that a])i)eals 

 to the finest taste. The store window 

 is appropri:ttely staged with the never- 

 tiriim water wheel and some goldfish. 



Tliis miniature scene carries out the idea 

 of a lake and its accompanying scenery. 

 Special attention must be called to a 

 vase of Mrs. Francis King gladioli and 

 to the asters at this store, which are 



also fine. 



• • * • 



John Karsten, Chattanooga, Tenn., is 

 proud, and deservedly so, of a batch 

 of cyclamens, now mostly in 6-inch 

 pots, growing in coldframes. "My first 

 attempt," explained our old-time 

 friend, who was one of the pioneers in 

 the business and who has gladdened the 

 hearts and cheered the spirits of thou- 

 sands with the floral productions of 

 this range of glass. He proposes to 

 retire soon on a comfortable compe- 

 tency, a bachelor on the sunny side of 

 fifty years. 



• • • • 



Admiring a group of fine specimens 

 of Latania borbonica, Areca lutescens 

 and Kentia Forsteriana in a private 

 yard at Evansville, Ind., we were in- 

 formed that the Niednagel Floral Co. 

 took especial pains in housing them 

 tlirough the winter, on the theory, apart 

 from the pecuniary return, the publicity 

 was worth far more. Doubtless the com- 

 jiany is right, for 'tis a lamentable fact 

 tliat this class of plant has been almost 

 completely banished, from purely a 

 shortsighted economical viewpoint, and 

 'twill be a job to get it back. 



• * • * 



George Blackman, of the William 

 Blackman Floral Co., Evansville, is a 

 judge at the Indi.-inapolis state fair. 

 Walter Blackman and the ladies are 

 holding things down at the store in his 

 :il)scnce and report no big rush, but 

 steady business. 



• * • • 



George E. Scliulz, of the Jacob 

 tScliulz Co., Louisville, Ky., commenting 

 upon the v.-ilue of the dahlia at this 

 season, called attention to a rose pink 

 seedling which is almost as large again 

 as King of Autumn. He suggests the 

 name of "Kentucky Wonder," it be- 



ing in the same class among flowers as 



its namesake is in the bean family. 



The growers believe it will create a 



big impression when it is sent out. 



Dorothy Peacock is considered one of 



the best in its class today. "See you 



at Toronto," said Mr. Schulz, at 



parting. 



« * • * 



E. T. Wigginton, of Wood, Stubbs & 

 Co., Louisville, Ky., grows dahlias as 

 a hobby, having some 300 varieties 

 under cultivation, including some re- 

 markably fine seedlings suitable for 

 florists' use. This locality seems well 

 suited to the growing of this popular 



flower. 



* • • • 



William Walker, of the William 

 Walker Co., Louisville, Ky., was remi- 

 niscent. "Forty years right here on the 

 job and had anyone long ago predicted 

 that we should be found, at this time, 

 in this elegant store, putting in a hus- 

 tling day with my good wife and my able 

 manager, David E. Weller, what do you 

 think I should have said?" Comment- 

 ing upon the news item of Norfolk's 

 being .a likely home for roses outdoors, 

 Mr. Walker, who has made the growing 

 of roses a specialty, predicted success 

 because of the entire absence of fog 



there. 



* • * * 



It was Labor day. Anders Rasmussen, 

 of New Albany, Ind., was found resting 

 at his palatial hilltop home amid thirty- 

 five acres of rolling land, listening to 

 the strains of Sullivan's "Lost 

 Chord," being played upon the grand 

 organ in this mansion. Going over the 

 greenhouses alone, we saw what con- 

 vinced us that all here is "rosy." In 

 passing, a noble pair of sycamores were 

 noted at the entrance; this tree, with 

 the oak, seems to have withstood the 

 long drought in the south best of all. 



W. M. 



FROM DYE TO FLOWERS. 



Homell Florist's Change. 



From the dyeing business to the flo- 

 rists' business seems like a long jump. 

 About the only similarity between the 

 two is the fact that there is a variation 

 in color in both of them. Yet that is 

 just the extent of the jump that C. G. 

 James, of Homell, N. Y., took. He 

 worked in the dye shops of the car 

 works at Buffalo for years and became 

 unusually proficient in the knowledge 

 of that business. But the dyeing busi- 

 ness was not congenial to him, so he 

 sought out one that would be, and he 

 chose the florists' business. 



He was born at Wells, England, in 

 1866. He arrived in America in 1883 

 and stopped a while at Detroit. From 

 there he went to Kansas City, where 

 he worked in the car shops for a few 

 years. Later he drifted to Buffalo and 

 found work in the car shops there. There 

 he picked up the art of dyeing and, al- 

 though self-taught and starting from a 

 crude beginning, he became somewhat 

 of an authority on the subject. But he 

 did not like the business. So in 1912 

 he began his career as a florist by erect- 

 ing his -first greenhouse. It was ex- 

 tremely small, 9x12 feet in size, but it 

 was a start. He then began to learn the 

 florists' business as he had learned the 

 (l>^in,g_Uusiness, alone ;ind thoroughly. 



itional Assistance. 



With the i^sdstancc of a local cap- 

 italist, he built 'another house in 1913. 



