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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBKIt 10, 1921 



tlie preceding program. The young 

 folks danced between courses and the 

 older ones, under the skillful guidance 

 of J. F. Aminann as toastmaster of the 

 evening, interposed more varied enter- 

 tainment. The remarks were brief and 

 appropriate, from those of Philip J. 

 Foley to the final eulogy of the Chat- 

 tanoogans' hospitality by Mr. Ammann. 

 In between spoke G. A. Kimmell, G. M. 

 Bentley, D. C. Horgan, Robert Q. Shoch, 

 Edward C. Truett, Charles L, Baum, 

 Harold M. Joy, W. H. Englehart, Mrs. 

 Edith Goetz, William F. Gude, H. G. 

 Bramm, E. A. Merriam, Ove Gnatt and 

 several others. 



How interesting and valuable a ques- 

 tion box could be when' properly con- 

 ducted was shown by H. G. Bramm at 

 the final session. A number of valuable 

 points were gained by those present as 

 the result of his expert questioning. 



A somewhat spirited debate between 

 Floyd Bralliar and A. Van Zonneveld 

 brought out a good deal of information 

 regarding the extent to which bulbs 

 are now being grown in the south, an 

 extent not generally realized. A num- 

 ber of florists grow their own stocks of 

 some sorts; some grow hyacinths, some 

 narcissi, some lilies. Wholesale quanti- 

 ties will doubtless be produced in due 

 course. 



The contributions of cut flowers from 

 Chicago -wholesalers, the E. C. Amling 

 Co. and the A. L. Eandall Co., were de- 

 layed en route, but served excellently 

 as decorations for the banquet. 



Those "Say It with Flowers" cigar- 

 ettes were again distributed by J. C. 

 Anderson, of Lebanon, Tenn. 



Karl P. Baum was handing out pencils 

 bearing the publicity of Baum's Home 

 of Flowers, Knoxville, Tenn. The slogan 

 appeared in red. as did also the query, 

 "Whose birthday is today?" 



NEW TENNESSEE PRESIDENT. 



When the S. A. V. board of dircetors 

 holds its next midwinter mooting two 

 members of the Joy family, of Nash- 

 ville, Tenn.. will attend, a unique rep- 

 resentation of a family at such a meet- 

 ing. Thomas H. Joy took his place on 

 the board this year, having been elected 

 for a 3 year term at the Cleveland con- 

 vention. His brother, Harold M. Joy, 

 will next year represent the Teunosseo 

 State Florists' Association as its presi- 

 dent, having been elected to that office 

 November 1, as clironicled in the tele- 

 graph report of the Chattanooga meet- 

 ing in The Review last week, when his 

 ])ortrait also appeared. 



Mr. Joy is a youthful director, being 

 but 29 years old. He has been secretary 

 and general manager of the Joy Floral 

 Co. for four years. He is in charge of 

 the greenhouses, a range of approxi- 

 mately 400,000 feet of glass, his brother 

 being in charge of the company's stores 

 and president and treasurer of the com- 

 pany. Since leaving school, eleven 

 years ago, Harold Joy has worked in the 

 greenhouses and during his father's life- 

 time helped superintend them. In 1914 

 he worked for Thomas Roland, at Na- 

 hant, Mass. He is a thirty-second de- 

 gree Scottish Rite Mason and a Shriner. 

 In 1915 he married Miss Ethel McAlis- 

 ter, of Nashville, and has one daughter, 

 3% years old, named for her mother. 

 Last year Mr. Joy was vice-president of 

 the Tennessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion and his valued service led to his 

 election as president of the organiza- 

 tion for the coming year. 



CLEANING OFF THE QLASS. 



Greenhouse owners whose ranges have 

 been subjected to an involuntary coat 

 of shading by neighboring factories 

 may receive a helpful hint from the ex- 

 perience of Geny Bros., at Nashville, 

 Tenn. Sulphur smoke from a nearby 

 chemical factory caused a deposit to 

 form on their glass. Ultimately the fac- 

 tory installed a system by which the 

 fumes, before escaping to the open air, 

 are passed through water, in which the 

 damaging chemical is removed. Panes 

 of glass from the greenhouses were sub- 

 .iected to tests by the factory chemists 

 with a view to determining the simplest 

 way of cleaning off the deposit. Their 

 report was that the chemical seemed to 

 imbed itself in the glass. So no remedy 

 was found. Geny Bros., however, set to 

 work this fall, now that the fumes had 

 ceased their damage, to remove the coat- 

 ing. It was found that powdered ooal 

 ashes, of which there were plenty avail- 

 able, were efficacious, being applied with 

 a wet cloth in a housewife's fashion. 

 The arrival of colder weather led to the 

 discovery that frost somehow made the 

 work easier. Possibly the sun baked the 

 coat on. At any rate, after the first 

 frost progress was faster; so the work 

 was delayed until another cold snap or 

 two had done its share toward removing 

 the coating. 



That Geny Bros, have been able to 

 keep up the quality of their stock so 

 well as they have under the handicap 

 imposed is remarkable. Mums are in 

 first-class shape just now and other 



stock is doing well. Cleaner glass will 

 do much toward keeping up the high 

 quality when dark winter days come. 



M'INTYRE'S CONCRETE BENCHES. 



Ten years ago the Mclntyre Floral 

 Co., Nashville, Tenn., replaced all its 

 wooden benches with concrete ones. In 

 all the houses save those where mums 

 are grown in solid beds these concrete 

 benches stand today. Since it was cal- 

 culated at the time of installation that 

 the concrete benches cost about two 

 and a half times as much as the wood 

 benches, they have shown themselves to 

 be, in the long run, cheaper, for, whereas 

 the wooden benches would have to be 

 renewed about every four years, the 

 concrete are in shape to stand another 

 ten years ' wear. They show no signs of 

 the decade already passed. 



The benches rest on concrete bases, 

 cast in cylindrical molds. A slot extend- 

 ing downward from the top holds the 

 support, about 2x6 inches, that crosses 

 to the opposite leg. The sides are in one 

 piece, L-shaped, resting on the legs and 

 holding the slabs, about l%xlO inches, 

 which form the bottom of the bench. 

 The benches are in uniform sections and 

 can be taken down and set up at will. 

 Either %-inch or %-inch steel rods rein- 

 force all pieces except the legs, the 

 number varying from two, in the 2x4 

 stringers, to five, in the L-shaped sides. 



The Mclntyres are so much pleased 

 that more benches will be made when 

 time permits to occupy additional 

 houses which will be erected. The stock 

 in the benches is in good condition. 



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EXTEND BORER QUARANTINE. 



Flowers Not Affected. 



Decision to continue its fight against 

 the European corn borer in this coun- 

 try along the lines now pursued was an- 

 nounced November 3 by the Federal 

 Horticultural Board of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. A 

 revision of the present quarantine, ef- 

 fective November 15, includes the new 

 territory, chiefly along the southern 

 shore of Lake Erie, now known to be in- 

 fested by the pest, as well as such adja- 

 cent areas as are necessary to afford a 

 reasonable zone of safety and to meet 

 the needs of local markets. But flowers 

 are not affected in this added territory. 



Under the new quarantine notice 

 made public, the quarantine has been 

 further modified as to the western areas, 

 where the insect is one-brooded, by the 

 limitation of the restricted products to 

 corn and related plants. The quaran- 

 tine as revised covers the areas of infes- 

 tation in Massachusetts and New Hamp- 

 shire, in eastern and western New York, 

 in Erie county, Pa., and the Lake strip 

 in northern Ohio, together with three 

 townships bordering Lake Erie in Mon- 

 roe county, Mich. Only in Massachu- 

 setts and New Hampshire does it affect 

 flowers. 



The quarantine as it goes into effect 

 November 15 will involve a continuation 

 of the control measures substantially on 

 the present basis both as to the nature 

 of the restrictions enforced and as to 



the cost of the federal government. It 

 is believed that the control can be ex- 

 tended to the added territory without 

 increase in the current appropriation for 

 the work, which is $275,000. This is on 

 the basis of state cooperation and aid, 

 assurances of which have been given by 

 most of the states concerned. 



Revised Rules. 



Under the revised quarantine the sec- 

 retary of agriculture orders "that the 

 following articles shall not Jje moved or 

 allowed to be moved interstate from any 

 areas in said quarantined states desig- 

 nated, in the regulations supplemental 

 hereto, as the areas infested with the 

 corn borer, in manner or method or un- 

 der conditions other than those pre- 

 scribed in the rules and regulations 

 hereinafter made and amendments 

 thereto: 



" (1) Corn and broom corn (including 

 all parts of the stalk), all sorghums, 

 Sudan grass, celery, green beans in the 

 pod, beets with tops, spinach, rhubarb, 

 oat and rye straw as such or when used 

 as packing, cut flowers or entire plants 

 of chrysanthemum, aster, cosmos, zin- 

 nia, hollyhock, and cut flowers or entire 

 plants of gladiolus and dahlia, except 

 the bulbs thereof, without stems, from 

 infested areas in Massachusetts and 

 New Hampshire. 



" (2) Corn and broom corn (including 

 all parts of the stalk), all sorghums, and 

 Sudan grass from infested areas in New 

 York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Mich- 

 igan." 



