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The Florists^ Review 



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his piiitiicr. The result uf tliis would 

 be that eacli would have aa e(|ual in 

 vestiiu'ut. ill tho business and would 

 share alike in the profits without (pies 

 tion on either side. 



Where one partner eontriluites his 

 experience as a grower and the other 

 manages the business end of tlie eiiter- 

 j)rise and furnishes the ea[iital, the di- 

 vision of the profits is not so easily 

 arrived at. One way of adjustment 

 would be for the grower to draw a sal- 

 ary eommensurate with his exjierience 

 and responsibility, while the ]>artner 

 would also draw a salary which would 

 be fair payment for the type of work 

 he does. The profits after the salaries 

 of both are paid might be divided on 

 any agreed basis. In this case, also, 

 the grower might plan to pay into the 

 firm a sum of money ecpial to that 

 invested by his partner at the outset, 

 so that they would thereby beeome 

 e(|ual i)artners. Of course, if either 

 member of the firm is satisfied to draw 

 a minor shiire of the profits, he may 

 arrange to make his investment ])r()|i(ir 

 tionately smaller. 



If both jiartners contribute (a|iital 

 at tlie beginning of the enterj)rise, and 

 their experience in the trade is widel\' 

 disproportionate, the solution a'jaiii 

 would seem to lie in ])aying a salar\ 

 in jiroportion to the services and rx|ie 

 rience of each and in dividing the 

 jtrofits remaining in accordance with 

 the capital invested. 



In case the partner witlioul <-a|iil.il 

 wishes to pay in enough to |Mit him on 

 an e(|ual footing with the man who has 

 the money, the latter might ask, not 

 witliout fairness, that the former give 

 to the firm promissory notes, which 

 would ])ay the current rate of iiit(>rest. 

 Tliis arrangement sliould satisfy one 

 who wislied to keep the books on a 

 ical and mathematical basis. 



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MAKING SPACE COUNT. 



Among carnation men the name ol 

 W. D. Howard has meaning, both be 

 cause he recently completed a term as 

 president of the American Carnation 

 Society and because he is one of the 

 foremost of a number of skilled grow- 

 ers of carnations in New England. Kis 

 greonhoiises, at Miiford, Masii are pri- 

 marily devoted to t'lia one fl (\i'r, but, 

 believing in making < very foe of s))ace 

 •■iiunt, Mr. Howard grows some sweet 

 peas on the posts and runs a line of 

 boxes down the side walls and along the 

 supjiorts, in which lie can grow enough 

 stock to pay the wages of a heliicr. A 

 look at the illustration on this ])age, 

 which shows the interior of one of Mr. 

 Howard's carnation liouses, reveals how 

 well he utilizes every foot of space. 



-\side from these "plants that fill odd 

 sjiaces, the whole range at Milford is 

 devoted to carnations except one house, 

 where they do not do well, which is 

 given over to Godfrey callas. Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward is a favorite variety. 

 Matchless comes next in favor. White 

 Delight, Pink Delight and Cottage Maid 

 are grown in considerable numbers, 

 wiiile Benora, the only variegnt(Ml va 

 riety grown, has a house to itself. A 

 small lot of Morning Glow is grown and 

 a few benches of L.addie. Main Sun- 

 shine, Bernice and lOureka ilo well, and 

 some Belle Wasliburn are still giown. 

 All plants are grown in raised })enches. 



The view in Mr. Howard's largest 

 house, which is fi.lxIWO feet and con 

 tains ten benches four aii<l one half feet 



Big Carnation House of W. D. Howard, at Milford, Mass. 



wide, holding 27,000 plants, is a line 

 sight, as may well be imagined after a 

 gl.ance at the illustration. Altliough 

 Mr. Howard did not begin his career as 

 a grower until his health gave out as a 

 Miacliinist when he was about :50, lie 

 now has a most thorough knowledge of 

 carnation culture and his son Kay, his 

 \alued assistant, absorbs his fatlier 's 

 ureenhouse ieai'iiing. 



GROWING DELPHINIUMS. 



Will you kincjly ad\ise me how to 

 i:row delpliiniunis .' 



S. .\l. r. i: S.— Mich. 



Vou d> not state whether you wish 

 to grow the dcd))hiniums from seed, 

 from cuttings or by means of root di 

 vision, but all of these methods are 

 e(|ually simple. They will do well ii; 

 garden soil, but better results will In 

 obtained if a deep, rich, sandy loam 

 which is exposed to the sun is used. 



The annuals are raised from the seed, 

 while the perennials are generali>' 

 grown from cuttinys or by means of 

 root division. The seeds should lie 

 ]>lanted in the gi-eenhouse in 'March or 

 earlier. Sufficient growing s|iace must 

 be given the young seedlings by trans 

 ]ilantiiig them as fast as they grow. 

 Set outdoors in dune. If the seeds are 

 planted in late sjtring or early sunimei', 

 careful watering must be done during 

 the dry weather. These plants will 

 flower the next summer. To grow them 

 from cuttings, take a few cuttings from 

 the jilants e;irly in the s|iriiig, or use 

 cuttings from the jdants ;if1er the 

 Mower stems ha\i' been |-emn\('(l. These 

 cuttings will root easily in a frame 

 which is shaded, and no bottom heat 

 will be re<|uired. .\n occasional s]irin 

 l<ling will be necessary during the hot 

 weather. After the cuttings .-iri' rooted. 



they are treateil in the same manin'r as 

 the see<llings spoken of ;iliove. 



The roots of the ])erennials are .ofti'ii 

 left unprotected in the garden (iuriiig 

 the winter. It is best, however, to 

 co\er the bed with a dressing of barn- 

 yard manure when the ground begins 

 to freeze. This will not only protect 

 the underground buds, but will also en- 

 rich the soil. It will be better also to 

 sjiade fill' manure into tho ground in 

 tile sjiriiig ratlier than remove it en- 

 tii'ejy. as the delphinium can easily use 

 a great deal of fertility, and bi'tter 

 flowers will result. 



TEXAS-GROWN FREESIAS. 



Will you gi\'e us information as to 

 how Texas-grown freesias llower.' Are 

 the\- as good as California-grown stock? 



J. S. S.— O. 



I ha\e nexcr handled Texas-grown 

 freesias, but I see no reason whatever 

 why they should not be just as good as 

 those grown in California. If you can 

 secure long, thin bulbs, they will ])lease 

 glowers better than the round, heavy 

 ones usually (if['er«>d. I have never been 

 able to ]nir(diase as satisfactory freesia 

 liulbs grown outdoors as are grown un 

 der glass. If only the tojis of the spikes 

 are cut, without tli(> foliage, and the 

 plants are allowecl to ripen off naturally, 

 freesias, no matter whetluM- grown in 

 ]i(its. ]iai's, flats or beiiclies. jiroduce 

 bulbs of the highest (luality for grow- 

 ing. I'erha])s some reader can tell us 

 about Texas-grown freesias. Why not 

 send a few to good i;rowers in your 

 \icinity to try nut for forcing? C. W. 



Frost, O. — John S. Le;i(di, who for- 

 iiierlv owned the range of flu! Hartford 

 City' Floral Co., Hartford City, Ind., 

 and wlio is now farming, will enter the 

 tra(b' with outdoor flowers. 



