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The Florists' Review 



Habch 9. 1922 



play. This is his letter to New York 

 state florists: 



The New York state legiBlature will probably 

 close during the week beginnliiK March 10. As 

 you are, no doubt, aware, quite a few of the 

 senators and assemblymen receive flowers from 

 their constituents or from the political orguni- 

 zatlons in their districts. The Albany county 

 Republican organization always sends roses to 

 the senator and each of the assemblymen from 

 this county. Schenectady, Renssalaer and other 

 county organizations do the same. As a rule, 

 they spend about $10 for each bouquet. 



I tliink tbls Is a part of our business that we 

 have neglected In the past, but there Is no rea- 

 son in the world why every senator and assembly- 

 man should not have a basket or vase of dowers 

 on his desk on closing day. 



Do not confine yourself to political orgnnizn- 

 tions alone. Clubs and friends of the members 

 will willingly send flowers If their attention is 

 called to the matter. You can point out that tlie 

 senators aad assemblymen work night and day 

 for a meager salary of $1,500 and the onl.y way 

 their constituents can show their good will is 

 by sending them a few flowers when their work 

 la done. 



You have just about two weeks to work this 

 thing up, so do not put It off until the Inst 

 minute. Oet at it right away and get an order. 

 Please remember — if ever you get them started 

 it means an order for you at least twice a year — 

 on the opening day In January and on the clos 

 Ing day in March or April. 



GUDE BEOS. CO, TO MOVE. 



Steps have been taken for the re- 

 moval of the business of Gude Bros. Co. 

 from 1214 to 1212 F street, northwest, 

 Washington, D. C. Bids are being re- 

 quested for construction work and re 

 frigeration engineers have been con- 

 sulted by William F. Gude, head of the 

 firm, preparatory to making the new 



F. H. B. CONFERENCE 



quarters one of the handsomest flower 

 shops in the city of Washington. 



The premises are now divided into 

 two stores and it will be necessary to 

 remove the dividing wall. In accom- 

 plishing this, large iron beams will have 

 to be installed. This will take a con- 

 siderable length of time, and the entire 

 interior will have to be redecorated. 



According to the plans which are in 

 a preparatory stage, two large iceboxes 

 will be put in on the first floor, one for 

 storage and the other for display pur- 

 poses. The refrigerating plant now at 

 1214 F street will be transferred to the 

 new quarters. The office will be located 

 at the rear of the store and will be 

 equipped with all modern office fixtures 

 by Buchbinder Bros., Chicago. New 

 fixtures will also be installed in the 

 sales department and will include mar- 

 ble-topped tables, pier glasses, and mod- 

 ern devices for increasing the efficiency 

 of the Gude service. 



While it is planned to begin this work 

 within the next few weeks, it will prob- 

 ably be July 1 before the firm can move 

 in. The property was recently bought 

 by Gude Bros. Co. in anticipation of 

 this move. At the time of purchase the 

 front was remodeled and new display 

 windows installed that will prove adapt- 

 able to the new business. Until recent- 

 ly the two stores were occupied by firms 

 dealing in women's wear of high grade. 



T. N. S. 



any material way the protection which 

 the quarantine now gives, but it impost i- 

 ble that some minor amendments can be 

 made without risk. 0. L. Marlatt. ' ' 



DB. MAHLATT EXPI.AINS. 



Call for Conference. 



Though Dr. Marlatt has termed the 

 notice of the coming conference on quar- 

 antine 37 as "complete and fully in- 

 forming," members of the trade have 

 been so insistent in their queries as to 

 what it was to be about that he has at 

 length issued a statement of explana- 

 tion. Under date of March 2, the follow- 

 ing announcement was made by him: 



' ' Recent correspondence indicates 

 that the call for a conference at Wash- 

 ington April 19, to discuss the classes of 

 plants to be admitted under the limita 

 tions established in regulation 3 of quar- 

 antine 37, is not clearly understood. 



"Since the establishment of quaran 

 tine 37, the classes of plants included un- 

 der regulation 3 have been criticised as 

 either including too much or not 

 enough; in other words, the criticisins 

 have been of such contradictory char- 

 acter as not to warrant making any 

 changes in the operation of the quar 

 antine. 



"The Federal Horticultural Board 

 has, however, repeatedly announced that 

 it was ready at any time to confer witli 

 ])ropagators and also importers to con- 

 sider any additions to the classes ot 

 plants included under regulation 3 

 which could be shown to be justified and 

 reasonably safe. The board has given 

 hearings also to two foreign delegations; 

 one from Belgium last May and the 

 other from Holland last June, and prom- 

 ised them that a conference on the gen- 

 eral subject of regulation 3 would be 

 held sometime during the present year. 

 Till' lall for the conf'ereutu recently i"' 



sued is, therefore, in response to indi- 

 vidual recjuests and carries out the 

 promise to these foreign delegates. 



Fruit Stocks in Danger. 



" A.S representing another phase of the 

 subject, during the last season the in- 

 festation of fruit and rose stocks has 

 been unusually heavy with larval nests 

 of the brown -tail moth and also with 

 similar but much smaller larval nests 

 of an insect new to the United States, 

 whivli might jtossibly prove to be a se- 

 rious t'ui'iiiy to the horticulture of this 

 <-ouiitrv. In spite o1' repeated warnings 

 to Kurojic'iii sliipjx'is, the condition in 

 this rcsjicct of imported stocks does not 

 appear to lie improving, jiiid it becomes 

 fifcfssary to consider what further steps 

 sliould be taken to protect the country 

 from the entry of these and other pests 

 in connection with the imjiortation of 

 such stocks. 



"The board .Iocs not feel that at the 

 present time it has sufficient informa- 

 tion to warrant making any changes in 

 the classes of plants included in regula- 

 tion 3, but hoi)es to secure from this con- 

 ference information that will clearly 

 justify action on one or more of the fol- 

 lowing projiositions: (1) The continua- 

 tion of th(> ('lasses now in r(>gulation .'i, 

 i'2) the need, if any, for restricting the 

 classes of plants now included in this 

 regulation, and (3) the need, if any, of 

 adding to the classes of bulbs or plants 

 under this regulation. 



"Except as outlined above, the l)oard 

 has no program, drastic or otherwise, of 

 changes in regulation ?> in mind, and has 

 merely opened the subject, in response 

 to requests, for free and full discussion. 

 There is no thought of weakening in 



TO ENIJUbaE BOTANIC GABDEN. 



The first definite step was take n 

 March 4 toward enlargement of the 

 National Botanic Garden, Washingto i, 

 D. C, looking forward to making it or e 

 of the greatest botanic gardens in tl e 

 world, when Lieut. Col. Clarence (). 

 Sherrill, ofScer in charge of public build- 

 ings and grounds and executive offic(r 

 of the fine arts commission, assured a 

 joint conference of senators and House 

 members that he is ready to turn over 

 to the Botanic Garden the requisite Ian 1 

 already owned by the government. 



It was agreed that land south of tho 

 present site of the Botanic Gardei., 

 which lies on Pennsylvania avenue be- 

 tween First and Third streets, and fol- 

 lowing the line of the old James Creek 

 canal bed from Third street to the Cap- 

 itol power plant, and thence south to the 

 Potomac river, joining the grounds of 

 the War College on the south and Buz- 

 zards point on the east, should be turned 

 over to the jurisdiction of George W. 

 Hess, director of the Botanic Garden, for 

 development. 



A joint resolution authorizing the 

 transfer is to be introduced this week 

 in the House by Bepresentative John 

 Langley, of Kentucky, chairman of the 

 House committee on public buildings 

 and grounds, and in the Senate by Sena- 

 tor Bert M. Fernald, of Maine. 



This plan for extension of the garden 

 has long been advocated by Director 

 Hess, who is ambitious to develop it into 

 the greatest botanic garden in the world 

 and who has received promises of co- 

 operation from many foreign countries. 



NATIONAL FLOWER. 



The mountain laurel will become the 

 national flower of the United States if 

 the joint resolution introduced in the 

 House of Representatives by Bepresent- 

 ative Taylor, of New Jersey, is adopted 

 by Congress. The resolution sets forth 

 that, whereas the United States is with 

 out an official national flower and where 

 as there has been much discussion 

 throughout the country in regard to the 

 adoption of a suitable flower for that 

 purpo.se, the mountain laurel be adopted 

 and thereafter be recognized as such an 

 official national flower on all official oc 

 casions and ceremonies, both foreign and 

 domestic, where the United States or its 

 representatives are participants. 



T. N. S. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



New York, N. Y. — James G. Bruce. 

 Inc., wholesale florists, 43 West Eight- 

 eenth street, filed a voluntary petition 

 in bankruptcy March 2. The liabilities 

 are given as $3,534, with assets of 

 .f2,742. The principal creditor listed is 

 Clarence Slinn, $2,249. 



New York, N. Y.— Charles Shongood, 

 auctioneer, will sell March 13, by order 

 of the court, the assets of Sam Selig- 

 iiian, whose bankruptcy was reported in 

 la.st week's Review. The sale will take 

 place at 10:30 a. m. at 116 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, the office of Mr. Selig- 

 man, and will include his assets, consist- 

 ing of florists' supplies, novelties, office 

 fixtures, etc. The place will be open for 

 inspection of the assets from 9 a. m. to 

 i p. ui. March 10 and 11. 



