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Apbil 1, 1916. 



The Florists^ Review 



13 



BUSINESS EMBABRASSMENTS. 



Bansomvllle, N. Y. — Voluntary peti- 

 tions in bankruptcy were filed in the 

 United States District court at Buffalo 

 March 22 by John C. Kogers, William 

 L. Rogers and Harry J. Rogers as in- 

 dividuals and copartners of the firm 

 of J. C. Rogers & Sons. They con- 

 ducted a greenhouse, cooperage shop 

 and farm, and scheduled joint liabili- 

 ties as $10,959.52 and assets as $4,971. 



St Matthews, Ky.— Nicholas Riehl- 

 man filed a voluntary petition in bank- 

 ruptcy March 20 in the Federal court 

 at Louisville. His liabilities are listed^, 

 at $14,581.45, and his assets at $13,268, 

 less $1,200 personal property and home- 

 stead, which he claims exempt. The 

 largest creditors are the Jefferson Sav- 

 ings & Building Association, to whom he 

 owes $3,000, and the Louisville Title Co., 

 to whom he owes $1,800, for money 

 loaned on notes and other security. 



New York, N. Y.— H. D. Sears, attor- 

 ney, 27 Cedar street, has sent out the 

 following notice: "The business of 

 the firm of Oscar Hauschild & Co., cut 

 flower dealers at 37 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, is being liquidated and 

 its business discontinued. The partner- 

 ship consists of Oscar Hauschild and 

 Alexander Golden, both young men, and 

 while the assets of the firm are not suf- 

 ficient to make a substantial payment 

 to the creditors, it is intended that all 

 creditors shall be treated similarly. 

 The assets, after collections are made, 

 will amount to only about twelve per 

 cent of the liabilities and Mr. Haus- 

 child volunteers to raise in some way 

 enough to make up twenty-five per cent, 

 which it is planned to pay in cash, the 

 same to be in full settlement." The 

 statement of liabilities accompanying 

 the notice is as follows: 



Mrs. A. J. Dlttell, La GranReTllle, N. Y..$ 11.70 



Royal Fern Co., Eltmouth Sprtngs, Fla. .. 16.24 



Telephone Co., New York city 18.00 



Ed. Norton, Red Hook, N. Y 89.6.3 



M. Graf, Elmsford, N. Y 40.45 



M. J. Fingar, Rhlnebeck, N. Y 180.00 



Y«laha Conservatories, Yalaha, Fla 12.75 



Wy A. Riley, Rbinebeck, N. Y 202.62 



Vincent Van Keupen, Rhlnebeck, N. Y... 38.00 



Lake Store Ferneries, Leesburg, Fla 13.80 



W. F. Wlldey, Barrytown, N. Y 12.89 



C. C. Emery, Rhlnebeck, N. Y 19.44 



Florists' Exchange, New York city 7.00 



Florists' Review, Chicago 3,00 



Hugh Nelson, New York city 10.00 



Total $675.R2 



Total assets 82.20 



PLANTS TO QBOW IN HOTBEDS. 



I have A frame of four sashes and 

 have just purchased twenty - seven 

 sashes more. I have not had time to 

 provide heat for them, and they will 

 have to be used as coldframes. The 

 frame of four sashes is heated with 

 manure. What can I g^ow in these 

 frames? As I have no greenhouse, I 

 have to depend entirely on the frames. 

 What time should the seed be sown! 



F. H.— Mass. 



You can grow a large variety of 

 plants in hotbeds and coldframes. In 

 your latitude, it will pay you to use 

 warm manure, no matter if no more 

 than nine to twelve inches thick, well 

 tramped, in order to make a nice, 

 genial heat for the plants you wish to 

 grow. 



_ The following annuals can be started 

 in hotbeds; they can be sown directly 

 m the beds in rows four to six inches 

 apart if you have suitable soil, which 

 should, of course, be light: Asters, 

 zinnias, petunias, verbenas. Phlox 



Lilac Princess Alexandra, an Old Favorite in America. 



Drummondi, dianthus, balsams, stocks, 

 ageratums, salvias, vincas, antirrhi- 

 nums, pentstemons, cosmos, dahlias, 

 salpiglossis, marigolds, calendulas and 

 everlastings of all sorts. The majority 

 of these can be sown now. Some, like 

 asters, can be sown at intervals until 

 May 10 for successional crops. 



The hotbeds, or coldframes, will also 

 be found suitable for starting many 

 perennials, such as delphiniums, lychnis, 

 coreopsis, Shasta daisies, aquilegias and 

 pyrethrums. Later in the season they 

 can be utilized for hollyhocks, sweet 

 Williams, pansies, myosotis, double 

 daisies, violas, rockets, etc. 



Such vegetables as tomatoes, egg- 

 plants, peppers, lettuce, cauliflowers, 

 cabbages, celery, cucumbers and melons 

 can be started in these frames. Mats 

 and board shutters will be necessary 

 on cold nights. Be sure to use light 

 soil and cover the seeds according to 

 their size. C. W. 



dust over them. In the soil they can 

 be killed by using either carbon bisul- 

 phide or Vermine. The latter is di- 

 luted in water and the infested soil 

 watered. It will not harm any plants. 

 Use the carbon bisulphide in holes bored 

 with a pointed stick. Make the holes 

 four inches deep and twelve to fifteen 

 inches apart each way in the beds. 

 Pour half a teaspoonful in each hole, 

 then immediately fill up the hole. The 

 carbon bisulphide forms a gas which 

 destroys all insect life in the soil. Do 

 not use any naked lights near it, as it 

 is explosive. Carbon bisulphide costs 

 25 cents per pound can at retail. 



C. W. 



TO DESTROY MILLEPEDES. 



We are troubled with worms or bugs, 

 which, we think, are millepedes. They 

 breed in decayed cow manure. We have 

 tried a mixture of Paris green and 

 sugar, which destroys the angleworms 

 and sow bugs, but not the millepedes. 

 Can you suggest a remedy! 



R. C. S.— Wis. 



Where the pests appear on the surface 

 you can kill them by sprinkling tobacco 



BOOTING EUPHOBBIA SPLENDENS. 



Please tell me how to propagate 

 crown of thorns. I have had the cut- 

 tings in sand a month and no roots 

 have yet started. W. W. H. — Kan. 



The so-called crown of thorns, or 

 Euphorbia splendens, is of easy propa- 

 gation, provided you select the young 

 shoots for cuttings; those rubbed off 

 with a heel are particularly good. 

 Probably your lack of success has been 

 due to using the old wood for cuttings. 

 Given a good cutting bench and a little 

 bottom heat, the new shoots will root 

 with the greatest of ease. C. W. 



