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The Florists' Review 



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Range of the Restland Floral Co., Mendota, 111. 



THE TYPIOAI. FLORIST AGAIN. 



' ' Such florists as compose the backbone 

 of.thevtrade are typified in the abcom- 

 panying illustrations, showing the estab- 

 lishmentDf thj-Bestland PlorahCo^j'Men- 

 dota, 111. The proprietor is B. K^tz- 

 'wiiikle.' The first house' fn the raiige'was 

 built six -years a^o/'When-he statted in 

 'buBinesd. The citvhas grown, -but; the 

 opportunities tp sell cut flow^ers, .bedding 

 'stocTc and pot plants have . developed 

 touch fastei^ than the population has- in- 

 creased. The place now consists of seven 

 houses in good dhape, all the stock being 

 sold locally at retail, with frequent ne- 

 cessity to draw additional supplies, . es- 

 pecially of cut flowers, from outside 

 sources. All over the country there are i 

 hundreds and hundreds of such well- 

 kept, prosperous places, seldom heard of 

 but really constituting the backbone of 

 the business. . ", 



NEW ENGLAND QUARANTINE. 



The Secretary of Agriculture, acting 

 under the authority of the plant quar- 

 antine act, Eas issued an order broad- 

 ening the scope of the original New 

 England quarantine against the gipsy 

 and brown-tail moths. It is of great 

 importance because it covers certain 

 florists' stock, which, after August 1, 

 can only be moved after inspection. 



After reciting his authority the sec- 

 retary "does hereby order that (1) conif- 

 erous trees such as spruce, fir, hemlock, 

 pine, juniper (cedar), and arbor-vitse 

 (white cedar), knoWn and described as 

 'Christmas trees,' and parts thereof, 

 and decorative pli^nts such as holly and 

 laurel, known and described as 'Christ- 

 mas greens or greenery,' and (2) forest 

 plant products, including logs, tanbark, 

 p6sts, poles, railroad ties, cordwood, 

 and lumber, and field-grown florists' 

 stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and 

 other plants and plant products for 

 planting or propagation, excepting 

 fruit pits, seeds of fruit and ornamental 

 trees and shrubs, field, vegetable, and 

 flower seeds, bedding plants, and other 

 herbaceous plants and roots, shall not 

 be moved or allowed to move interstate' 

 from any point in the areas herein 

 quarantined to any point not located in 

 sj^id quarantined areas in manner or 

 method or under conditions other than 

 those prescribed in the rules and regu- 

 lations hereinafter made, and amend- 

 ments thereto. ' ' 



The following towns and all the ter- 

 ritory between said towns and the At- 

 lantic ocean are quarantined for the 

 brown-tail moth, namely: 



Lubec, Perry, Robblnston, Charlotte, C!ooper. 

 PlantaticM) XIX, Wesley, Plantations XXXI and 

 XXX, Devereaux, Plantations XXVIII, XXXIII. 

 and XXXII, Mllford, Alton, LaGrange, 

 MMford, Orneville, Atkinson, Dover, SangerTlUe, 

 Parkman, Wellington, Brigtiton, Solon, Bbden, 

 New Portland, Freeman, Salem, Phillips, Berlin 

 No. 6, Byron, Andover N. Sarp., and Grafton, 

 Maine; Cambridge, Dnmmer, Stark, and Northum- 

 berland, New Hampshire; Guildhall, Granby, 

 Victory, Bnrke, Sutton, Sheffield, Wheelock, 

 Sttinnard, Walden, Cabot, Marshfield, Plalnfleld, 

 Btirre, WilUamstown, Brookfleld, Randolph, 

 Bethel, Stockbrldge, Barnard, Pomfret, Wood- 

 st^lc, Reading, CaTendish, Chester, Grafton, 

 TcMnshend, Newfane, Marlboro, and Halifax, 

 Vermont; Coleraln, Shelburne, Conway, WiUiams- 

 bul-g, Westhampton, Southampton, Westfleld, 

 and Soutbwick, Massachusetts; Suffleld, Windsor 

 Locks, Windsor, Bloomfleld, West Hartford, 

 Hartford, East Hartford, Manchester, Bolton, 

 Colventry, Windham, Franklin, Boxrah, Norwich, 

 Piieston, North Stonington, and Stontngton, Con- 

 ne|:tlcut. 



•The following towns and all the ter- 

 ritory between said towns and the At- 

 lantic ocean are quarantined for the 

 gipsy moth, namely: 



Llncolnville, Belmont, Searsmont, Montville, 

 KOox, Brooks, Unity, Troy, Albion, China, Vas- 

 8a)borougb, Augusta, Chelsea, Farmlngdale, West 

 Gardiner, Winthrop, Monmouth, Leeds, Turner, 

 Minot, Oxford, Otlsfleld, Casco, Sebago, Hiram, 

 and Brownfleld, Maine; Conway, Madison, Tam- 

 worth. Sandwich, Thornton, Ellsworth, Bumney, 

 Groton, Alexandria, Danbury, Springfield, Suna- 

 pee, Goshen, Washington, Stoddard. Sullivan, 

 Keene, Swanzey, and Winchester, New Hamp- 

 shire; Warwick, Orange, New Salem, Petersham, 

 Barre, New Braintree, Northfleld, Spencer, 

 Charlton, Oxford, and Douglas, Massachusetts; 

 Burrillvllle, Glocester, Johnston, Cranston, War- 

 wick, North Kingstown, Portsmouth, and Bristol, 

 Rhode Island; Somerset, Fall River, and West- 

 port, Massachusetts. The towns of Eden, Mount 

 Desert, Tremont, Surry, Penobscot, Blue Hill, 

 Sedgwick, Deer Isle, Vinal Haven, North Haven, 

 Islesborough, Searsport, Stockton Springs, Frank- 

 fort, and Wlnterport, Maine, are also infested 

 and are also quarantined for the gipsy moth. 



The gipsy moth regulations provide 



that Christmas trees and ChristmasI 



greens shall not be moved or allowed 



to move interstate to points outside 



the quarantined area. Forest plant 



products and field-growu florists' stocks 

 trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and other 

 plants and plant products for planting 

 or propagation, excepting fruit pits, 

 seeds of fruit, and ornamental trees and 

 shrubs, field, vegetable and flower seeds, 

 bedding plants and other herbaceous 

 plants and roots shall not be moved or 

 allowed to move interstate to any point 

 outside the quarantined area until such 

 plants and plant products have been 

 insp^ted by the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture and pronounced 

 free from the gipsy moth. 



Deciduous trees or shrubs of the area 

 quarantined for the brown-tail moth, or 

 such parts thereof as bear leaves, in- 

 cluding all deciduous field-grown flo- 

 rists' stock, vines, cuttings, grafts, and 

 scions, but excepting forest plant prod- 

 ucts, shall not be moved interstate to 

 points outside the quarantined area un- 

 til such plants and plant products have 

 been inspected and pronounced free 

 from the brown-tail moth. 



Where inspection and certification are 

 required by the regulations,^ inspection 

 and certification by an inspector or 

 other agent of the Federal Horticul- 

 tural Board are meant, and such inspec- 

 tion and certification will be furnished 

 without the payment of fees or charges 

 of any nature. Blanks on which to 

 make application for inspection or for 

 permits will be furnished upon request 

 by the United States Department of 

 Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology, 43 

 Tremont street, Boston, Mass. 



WBONG SOET OF HTDBANGEA. 



I am sending you under separate 

 cover some hydrangea blossoms. These 

 never come out any more than the speci- 

 mens sent. What is the matter with 

 them? They are a beautiful blue color. 

 J. T. 



The hydrangea from which you are 

 cutting always produces heads like 

 those forwarded. The trouble is in the 

 variety and not in your culture. In 

 order to get big heads, which are popu- 

 lar commercially, you must purchase 

 some of Otaksa or, better still, some of 

 the new French hybrids, which are fine 

 and embrace quite a variety of colors. 



C. W. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — The H. A. Fisher 

 Co., in order to add to the interest in 

 the flower tag day June 28, offered ten 

 prizes for the ladies who made the 

 largest sales. The Fisher store was 

 headquarters for the taggers. 



Residence and Grounds of a Successf^sl Mendota Florist. 



