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The Florists^ Review 



May 18, 1922 



Eibbon, rif>:litly used, is always advan- 

 tageous. 



Tlic businosH in wreaths cau be 

 speeded up by a little advertising dur- 

 ing the week preceding Memorial day. 

 A good idea is to run in a local paper 

 a picture of a well made wreath, with a 

 little description and the price featured 

 prominently, as a number of florists did 

 last year. Under the picture of the 

 wreath put something like this: 

 "Wreath as shown in cut, about sixteen 



inches in diameter, $ , including box 



for shipping. A large selection of ever- 

 lasting wreaths, eitlier with or without 

 clusters of flowers." Such an adver- 

 tisement will bring in business. 



perhaps more will bo extinguished. At 

 the present prices quoted by competi- 

 tors of other countries, the demand for 

 Belgian glass is slack. 



pearance, as there will be few blos- 



soms. 



W. M. 



BELGIAN GLASS INDUSTRY. 



The first three months of 1922 pro- 

 duced a considerable degree of uncer- 

 tainty in the Belgian glass industry, 

 particularly because of price reductions 

 by American window glass manufac- 

 turers, as well as on account of rising 

 ])rices of certain suitable raw materials 

 following the increased activity of the 

 last quarter of 1921. When the Amer- 

 ican producers announced a reduction 

 in price of nearly twenty-five i)er cent, 

 numerous cancellations of orders re- 

 sulted. In an effort to reduce their 

 prices accordingly, the Belgian glass 

 manufacturers immediately announced 

 a wage cut, since price reductions on 

 raw materials and fuel Avere diflicult 

 to obtain. 



In consequence of the decrease in de- 

 mand, furnaces which were to have 

 been relighted have been left idle. Since 

 increased stocks have been reported. 



FOR HOME PLANTING. 



Without excejition the seedsmen of 

 Manhattan are enjoying a banner coun- 

 ter trade, most of which is cash, which 

 means much at this time. Several give 

 credit for much of this enthusiasm to 

 the City Gardens Club of New York, 

 which is trying to beautify the city 

 through the ])lanting of flowers and 

 shrubbery. The i)lanting list distrib- 

 uted by this organiz.'ttion is a most prac- 

 tical one and worthy of wide circulation. 

 ller(! it is: 



SHRUBS. 

 Suiiiiy Ytinl. Sliaded Ynrd. 



Aziiloa. California privpt. 



Syringa. Itliododendron. 



Itarl)i!rry. Jtarberry. 



I.ihiP. 



t'alifornia privet. 

 l'"i]rsytliia. 



Ki.owins.'^. 



Iris. Zinnia. 



Sweet William. ravliysaiulia. 



Sweet alysBuni. Oladiulns. 



Hollyhock. Korset-me-not. 



SprinK bulbs, all kinds. Myrtle. 



Hardy ehrysanthenmm. Ferns. 



.\ster. Violet. 



I'ansv. ruberons-rooted begonia . 



ClInibinK roses. 

 Diitelinian's pipe. 

 MorninR glory. 

 Wisteria. 

 Kiidzii yine. 



VINES. 



Honeysnckle. 

 Virginia ereeper. 

 Ampelopsia. 

 Knglish ivy. 

 Evonymns. 



"Roses need ]denty of sun, air and 

 water," says the circular. "Where 

 there is little sunlight, it is recom- 

 mended the walls be painted a cream 

 yellow or pink to give a cheerful ap- 



CURES PRIMULA POISONING. 



After trying ;ill the known remedies 

 with no success, 1 l)elieve I have discov- 

 ered a cure for primula poisoning that 

 is sure and swift. Peel an orange — one 

 as fresh as can be had, for dried peel 

 will not do — double the yellow side out 

 and hold the convex side near the af- 

 fected jilaces. Squeeze the acid that 

 spurts from the little globules of the 

 peel over tlie jiOisoned places and rub 

 it in well. 



Eepeat this every half hojjr three 

 times. If your hands ar-©-<tlfected all 

 over, grind the peel finely in the meat 

 grinder .-ind rub the pulp all over the 

 hands, letting it start to dry on. Eub 

 it off gradu.ally as it dries. I have nul- 

 lified severe itch and inflammation by 

 this remedy in half an hour. As prim- 

 ulas do not poison everybody, this 

 remedy may not cure everybody af- 

 fected, but try it, anyway. 



L. B. Morris. 



At Meinorial Day the MagnoHajWreath Is the Florists' Stand-by. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Ida, Kan. — The wind and hail storm 

 which visited lola and vicinity Sunday 

 afternoon, April 16, completely demol- 

 ished the glass, as well asnrhe frames 

 holding it, at the lola GreeWnouses, and, 

 according to the statementUjf the pro- 

 prietor, A. L. Dygard, destroyed every 

 plant on the place. Unfortunately, the 

 insurance on the greenhouses had run 

 out a short time before and, by an over- 

 sight, had not been renewed. The loss 

 was complete, and since that time Mr. 

 Dygard has had to buy flowers at whole- 

 sale in order to supply his local trade. 

 In view of the fact that he had a mort- 

 gage of .$4,000 on his real estate and a 

 total sum of .$2,386.32 outstanding as 

 liabilities, due firms in the trade, Mr. 

 Dygard is asking a settlement on the 

 basis of ')() cents on the dollar. He be- 

 lieves that if the accounts against him 

 can he thus settled, he will be able to 

 get on his feet in a ye.ir's time. If, on 

 the other hand, the mortgage is fore- 

 closecl, and the creditors press their 

 claims, he fears the return to them will 

 be sm.'ill. One creditor, in a neighbor- 

 ing city, accepted this settlement after 

 seeing the damage wrought by the 

 storm at lola. To other creditors Mr. 

 Dygard has sent a statement of the sit- 

 u.'ition and asking that they accept a 

 similar settlement. 



Memphis, Tenn. — W. O. King, receiv- 

 er, has advertised for sale the physical 

 assets, trade, name and good will of the 

 Memphis FIor;il Co. This business has 

 been in operation for more than fifty 

 years. Bids will be received Viy W. M. 

 (^ox, clerk and master of the C'hancery 

 court of Shelbv county, until noon 

 May 20. 



Fort Dodge, la. — C. W. Gadd, to whom 

 E. E. Nordwall some time ago made .1 

 common law assignment of his btisiness, 

 lias sold it to Otto A. Schrooder, of 

 Green Bav, Wis., for the sum of .$1.1,000. 

 Tlie terms are ifH.OOO cash, $r),800 by as- 

 siiiiiiiig the mortgages now on the ]irop- 

 erty ;nid the balance of $4,200 in a sec- 

 ond mortgage. ]Mr. Scliroeder took pos- 

 session May 1. A dividend will be de- 

 clared on ."ill claims properly sworn to 

 ;ind filed on or before May 27. As the 

 linbilities are in excess of $20,000, the 

 tot.nl dividends will be, thinks Trustee 

 G.KJiI, between thirty ami forty per cent. 



