Apeil 14, 1921 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



ton, Vt. "Easter business was remark- 

 ably good and the lily took the lead 

 with a record of 700 plants. Any other 

 kind of blooming plants sold well. 

 •Mothers' day is on the horizon and we 

 look for good sales." 



• • • * 



Mrs. C. C. Gove, proprietor of the 

 store of Gove the Florist, Burlington, 

 Vt., also speaks enthusiastically of busi- 

 ness in general. Telegraph orders 

 through the pink section of The Review 

 added to the grand total at Easter. 

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The greenhouses of George E. Hunt, 

 Rutland, Vt., had the appearance of a 

 cyclonic visit following the Easter sea- 

 son. There was nothing left for Moth- 

 ers' day, which promises to be as good. 



• • • • 



A Courcelle & Son, Rutland, Vt., in- 

 vested in a new auto delivery truck and 

 gave it a severe test. "Don't see how 

 wo could have gotten through Easter 

 without it," observed the senior Cour- 

 celle, "and, believe me, we are going to 

 see just as good a general spring trade, 

 for which we are preparing." 



• • • • 



Kennedy & Ledoux, St. Albans, Vt., 

 while preparing for a good spring busi- 

 ness, following a phenomenal Easter, 

 are among the cautious, who are reef- 

 ing the sails to allow the ship to ride 

 out the storm, should it arise. 



• • • • 



"Best ever," replied Harry E. Cook, 

 Plattsburg, N. Y., to the now some- 

 what stereotyped, though satisfactory 

 inquiry touching Easter business, "for 

 'tis granted by almost every trade other 

 than ours that conditions could be far 

 better than they are and we must con- 

 gratulate ourselves that the public taste 

 is educated to the high degree it has 

 reached. 'Tis up to us to keep up the 

 good work by example, even if we do 

 not feel able to contribute to the gen- 

 eral fund as liberally as one would 

 wish." W. M. 



NEW YOBK CLUB MEETING. 



[Concluded from paere 26.] 



to Mr. Fernald for his excellent ad- 

 . dress. 



, New Jersey Night. 



President Hendrickson announced 

 that the next meeting would be New 

 Jersey night and would be in the hands 

 of a committee of New Jersey members, 

 comprising Joseph A. Manda, A. M. 

 Henshaw, Arthur Herrington, W. H. 

 Duckham, Julius Roehrs, Fred L. At- 

 kins, J. H. Fiesser, Philip Cox and Ed- 

 ward Sceery. The committee was ex- 

 pected to make an effort to bring flo- 

 rists who are not members to the meet- 

 ing, and make a membership drive in 

 the territory mentioned. He also an- 

 nounced that lie would award prizes of 

 peony plantings to the members bring- 

 ing in the largest numbers of new mem- 

 bers from New Jersey on this night, 

 and similar prizes to the two members 

 bringing in the largest and next largest 

 number of members during the year. 



The secretary reported a communica- 

 tion from J. P. Amniann, chairman of 

 the R. A. F. membership drive commit- 

 tee, requesting the club to appoint a 

 conniiittce to aid in tlie drive locally. 

 The request was complied with. 



Exhibits. 



The exhibits included vases of Car- 

 nations Laddie and Belle Washburn, 



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Herman Jungc. 



THIRTY-ONE years ago this spring, there landed in New York a young man who 

 became, not many years later, the pioneer wholesale florist in the state of 

 Indiana. He was Herman Junge, now the Young half of the Smith & Young Co., 

 Indianapolis. He was born in Weimar, Germany, October 14, 1865, and emigrated 

 to this country in 1890. He worked a short time in the packing room of Peter 

 Henderson & Co., New York. Then he went to Colorado and lost most of his savings 

 in an attempt to grow garden truck. He started in business in Indianapolis in 1894, 

 with Carl Sonnenschmidt as his partner. They operated under the name of Smith 

 & Young. In 1912, the partners launched the first wholesale cut flower and florists' 

 supply house in Indiana, incorporating as the Smith & Young Co. in 1920. Mr. 

 Junge is one of the hard workers among the Indiana trade, active in organization 

 affairs as well as in his own business. 



shown by the Springfield Floral Co., 

 Springfield, N. J., awarded cultural cer- 

 tificate; vase of Antirrhinum Golden 

 Pink Queen, by G. S. Ranisburg, Som- 

 ersworth, N. H., awarded a certificate 

 of merit; vase of a new rose, dark ])ink 

 sport of Columbia, by A. N. Pierson, 

 Inc., Cromwell, Conn., highly com- 

 mended. ,1. II. P. 



FIGHTING FERN SCALE. 



Can you tell us wlint is infecting !i 

 fern which belongs to one of our pa- 

 trons? We have ni.iilod you souk^ fronds. 

 What should we do for it? 



H. F. C— Okla. 



of this character. The best treatment 

 for such a plant is to burn it, but if this 

 is not advisable, cut off the worst fronds 

 and destroy them. Dip the plant in a 

 solution of soap and nicotine, either 

 Ivorv soap or wliale oil soap, one-half 

 an ounce of soap and one tcaspoonful 

 of nicotine to a gallon of water. Dis- 

 solve the soap in liot water and add the 

 nicotine after the solution is coM. Keep 

 the ]>lant out of the sunshine when wet 

 with tliis solution. Repeat this dose 

 (•\('rv week for a time. W. H. T. 



The fern in question is bndly infesicd 

 with fern scale, an insect th;it sprciids 

 rapidly and does much in.iury to pl.-uits 



Washburn, Wis.— J. P. Quagg, former- 

 l.v of the Willis Bros. Co., M iiiiienpolis, 

 Minn., is erecting a greenhouse. lie will 

 move in as soon as it is finished. This 

 is the first greenhouse at Wasliburn. 

 Hi>retofore \ho closest were located at 

 Ashlniid Ji^id Superior. 



