Jamuabx 7, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



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GOINC* AFTER THE PUBLIC. 



A New Year's day conference at De- 

 troit was held, by Albert Pochelon, 

 secretary of the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery, and L. W. C. Tuthill, of New 

 York, well known as a specialist in 

 horticultural advertising. The subject 

 under discussion was a campaign that 

 will bring the sending of flowers by 

 wire to the attention of the public. 

 Thus far the special effort has been 

 to develop the facilities for the prompt 

 delivery of flowers at distant points, 

 and so successful has this effort been 

 that any florist may now feel safe in 

 promising safe and speedy execution of 

 an order almost anywhere in America. 

 With this object attained, it has been 

 apparent that the time has arrived for 

 acquainting the public with the facili- 

 ties that have been provided. Up to 

 now the public has heard nothing of 

 the telegraph delivery of flowers ex- 

 cept as individual florists have adver- 

 tised the service, but it is hoped to 

 scon institute a campaign that will 

 reach flower buyers everywhere. Mr. 

 Tuthill submitted a plan to Mr. 

 Pochelon, 



Since a national campaign of any im- 

 portance will call for the employment 

 of quite a sum, it is probable that, in- 

 stead of waiting for F. T. D. dues to 

 accumulate, the funds will be obtained 

 by subscription, many of those in the 

 trade not F. T. D. members standing 

 ready to contribute. 



BUSINESS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Poughkeepsie, N. T. — A petition in 

 bankruptcy has been filed against Gott- 

 lieb F. Knauss, grower of violets at 

 Hyde Park, N. TjT, by these creditors: 

 Fallkill National Bank, $13,535; Clara 

 F. Lent, $5,000, and Minnie Frank, 

 $C,000, all of Poughkeepsie. The claims 

 are largely as endorser of notes of the 

 Bridgeport Construction Co., state road 

 contractor, which went into bankruptcy 

 November 19. It was alleged that he 

 is insolvent and has transferred all his 

 real estate. He transferred eleven and 

 one-half acres of land in Poughkeepsie 

 to Wm. B, Knauss, a brother, for 

 $2,500, and seventy-four acres in Hyde 

 Park to Christian F. Behret for $4,000, 



HOOSIEB FLOBISTS TO MEET, 



The annual meeting of the State Flo- 

 rists ' Association of Indiana will be 

 held at the Claypool hotel, Indianapolis, 

 January 12, The business session will 

 commence promptly at 1:30 p, m., fol- 

 lowed'Tjy a supper in the evening, which 

 wilKcost each member $1.25 per plate. 



The secretary has written the grow- 

 ers and disseminators of novelties to 

 send sample blooms for this exhibition 

 and he requests that the members bring 

 along something in the way of a plant 

 or cut flower to add to the exhibition. 



In order to create more interest in 

 the annual meeting, the society appro- 

 priated $.50 for the purchase of two 

 silver trophies to be competed for from 

 year to year, A committee consisting 

 of A, F. J, Baur, John Hartje and Her- 

 man Junge has prepared rules for the 

 competition, as follows: 



The Indiana rose trophy: Twenty-' 

 five blooms, in three or more varieties, 

 shall be shown in one vase,^ Blooms 

 must be the exhibitor's own' produc- 

 tion. 



The Indiana carnation trophy: Fifty 

 blooms, in four or more varieties, shall 



A GOOD PAPER: GOOD RETURNS 



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January 2, 1815. 



FlprlBts' ReTlew, 

 508 S. Dearborn St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



Centlemen:- 



How do you manage to send out euch a 



uniformly good paper every week? Perhaps this is 



none of our businese, but it concerne us -because it 



affects advertising returns. 



At any rate, we intend to more than double 



our advertising epaoe in your columns for 1915. 



Yours very truly, 



iCER BFICK Si, TILE CO, 



be shown in one vase. Blooms must be 

 the exhibitor's own production. 



Competition 'shall be open to the membera of 

 the State Florists' Association of Indiana only. 



Tho quality of the stock shown shall be the only 

 consideration in making the award. 



Only disseminated varieties shall be used. 



Judging shall be done according to the American 

 Society's scale of points. 



The trophy shall be competed for annually, at 

 the January meeting. 



The winner's name shall be engraved on the 

 trophy, and he shall have it in his custody until 

 the next following annual meeting. 



Entries must be in the bands of the secretary 

 two days bofore the meeting. Address O. E. 

 Steinkamp, 3800 Rockwood avenue, Indianapolis. 



PINCHING BACK ANTIRRHINUMS, 



Would it be unwise or in any way 

 injurious to pinch back seedling snap- 

 dragons the second time while they 

 are in the small pots before benching, 

 provided they are rather tall and have 

 only two or three branches? 



W, G, K. 



If you pinch the snapdragons while 

 the shoots are young and soft, they will 

 break weakly. However, if you per- 

 mit the shoots to run up a few flowers 

 en each, and then cut back, the plants 

 may have a somewhat stumpy appear- 

 ance for a short time, but will send up 

 much stronger shoots. C. W. 



NITRATE OF SODA. 



In what proportion should nitrate of 

 soda be used in watering plants? How 

 often should it be used? H, A. B. 



Use at the rate of one ounce to a 12- 

 quart can of water, or one pound to a 



Manager 



50-gallon barrel. In midwinter, if used 

 at all, it must be with great care. It is 

 a forcing fertilizer, and if used fre- 

 quently will soon soften the plants so 

 that they are of little value. It is of 

 use in toning up sickly plants. One or, 

 at most, two doses twelve to fourteen 

 days apart are usually suflficient. Then 

 use some fertilizer containing less nitro- 

 gen. For bench crops do not use it if 

 the soil is dry; water with clear water 

 first, C, W. 



PARTITIONS IN HOUSES. 



My houses run north and south and 

 are seven feet to the eaves. The 

 houses are connected and most of them 

 arc planted with carnations; so the 

 temperature is the same all through 

 the range, I want to plant the house 

 at the west with roses and the house 

 east .of it with miscellaneous stock 

 that requires a different temperature 

 from that of the carnations. Could I 

 put glass partitions between these 

 houses, or would Ithe heat from one 

 house penetrate ihe glass into the 

 other? I do not like to put partitions 

 oi' lumber between the houses, on account 

 of the direction in which the houses 

 stand. The ground slopes to the east 

 and I think the wood partition would 

 cast too much shade on the carnations. 

 E. C, 



Use boards next to the ground, to the 

 level of the beds or benches, and let 

 the rest be glass, A tight partition wUl 

 not permit any heat to escape. 



C. W. 



