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AFBIL 8, 1915. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



IN THE BRIGHT UOHT. 



That K. G. Wilson, the Brooklyn re- 

 tailer, does not believe in hiding his 

 light under the proverbial bushel is 

 shown by the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. It reproduces the night scene at 

 Mr. Wilson 'a store at 345 Green avenue. 

 Not only is the sign visible at a 

 considerable distance, but the store and 

 greenhouses are the bright spot of the 

 neighborhood. 



WHAT IS THE MEXICAN PINK? 



Review Readers to the Rescue. 



If you want information, just ask the 

 readers of The Eeview; they will know. 

 Last week a subscriber asked about the 

 Mexican Pink; he couldn't locate it in 

 any of the books. But Eeview readers 

 quickly settle all doubt about it. The 

 fact that the first three answers all give 

 a different botanical name needn't 

 matter. 



Here is the question: "A customer 

 asks me what is Mexican Pink, recom- 

 mended as 'fine for window or porch 

 boxes, and smiling under the fiercest 

 sun.' Information as to the identity of 

 the plant and its botanical name 1 

 should appreciate most heartily." 



And here are the answers: 



Mexican Pink cannot be anything but 

 Wahlenbergia grandiflora (Pltttycodon 

 grandiflorum), as it is a fine window 

 box and vase plant. 



Albert J. Mueller. 



Mexican Pink is a common name for 

 Mesembryanthemum roseum, a plant 

 which in some localities is much used 

 in window boxes and vases, as it is a 

 great drought resister and delights in 

 sunlight. W. C. K. 



Mexican Pink, no doubt, is the Mexi- 

 can Pink Vine, Antigonon leptopus. 

 ^metimes it is called Mountain Kose, 

 from the Spanish name, Bosa de Mon- 

 tana. Its native habitat is Central 

 Mexico. It is a popular climber in the 

 south, especially in Texas. The vines 

 are killed to the ground by frost, but 

 it quickly shoots up in the spring and 

 develops flowers from June till frost. 

 The beautiful flowers are rose-colored 

 racemes. I have seen few climbers that 

 equal it in beauty, and none that is so 

 beautiful so long a time. I never saw 

 it used for hanging baskets or window 

 boxes, for which purpose, no doubt, it 

 is well adapted. Paul Winkler. 



BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Syracuse, N. T.— The Pierce-Christian 

 Co., 216 East Fayette street, filed a pe- 

 tition in bankruptcy March 26 in the 

 United States court at Utica, through 

 Its secretary, Harold S. Pierce. The 

 liabilities were scheduled as $6,205 and 

 the assets as $3,766. The directors of 

 the company met March 23 and decided 

 to admit insolvency. The bankruptcy 

 petition followed, it is understood, a 

 futile attempt to make a settlement 

 with creditors on a thirty-three and 

 one-third per cent basis. The directors 

 are Harold H. Will, Louis Will and 

 Harold S. Pierce. The attorneys for 

 the company are Nash, Mitchell & 

 J^ckel. Of the liabilities $149 are 

 wages; $1,210 are listed as secured, and 

 $4,845 as unsecured. The assets con- 

 sist of $1,808 in stock and $1,958 in 

 bills and accounts due. The secured 

 creditors are the National Bank of 

 Syracuse, for $500, the Jefferson County 



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A Night Scene at One of R. G. Wilson's Stores in Brooklyo, N. Y. 



National bank, of Watertown, for $500, 



and the National Cash Eegister Co., 



for $210. About ten per cent of the 



liabilities represent local firms; the 



other creditors are of New York, 



Philadelphia, Dayton and other eastern 



cities. Unsecured creditors in the 



local trade are: 



Baker Floral Co. $355.00 



F. H. Ebellng . . 20.00 



P. R. Qulnlan 36.00 



H. D. MaDn Co 81.00 



Walter MeneiUy & Son 40.00 



Charles -Bourne 8.00 



Miles Henckle 14.00 



Bultman, the Florist 10.00 



Bannister Bros 3.00 



New Bedford, Mass. — William P. 

 Peirce, 232 Union street, has filed a pe- 

 tition in bankruptcy, scheduling $6,857 

 liabilities and $500 assets. 



Washington, Pa. — The McCallum Co., 

 of Pittsburgh, has filed a suit against 

 B. W. Spragg to recover the sum of 

 $698.34, with interest on $400 from 

 October 22, 1913, and on $298.34 from 

 October 23, 1913. This sum is alleged 

 due on a certain promissory note, given 

 as security for certain merchandise sold 

 and delivered to the defendant. A suit 

 has also been filed by the same plaintiff 

 against B. W. Spragg and W. L. Spragg, 

 formerly partners, trading under the 

 style of Spragg Flower Store. In this 

 action there is claimed the sum of 

 $1,500, with interest on $750 from April 

 21, 1914, and on $750 from October 21, 

 1914. These sums are alleged due on 

 two promissory notes. Another suit 

 brought by the same plaintiff is against 

 B. W. Spragg and J. B. Martin, for- 

 merly partners, trading under the firm 

 name of Spraggs' Flower Shop. The 

 amount alleged due is $96.93, with in- 

 terest from July 14, 1914, alleged due 

 on a certain promissory note. 



CLUB ROOT ON BEGONIAS. 



We are enclosing a begonia plant 

 herewith and should like to know what 

 is the trouble with thfe roots. If this 

 is a disease, kindly let us know the 

 remedy for it. O. F. C. — Ala. 



The fibrous-rooted begonia forwarded 

 was attacked by what is commonly 

 called club root, or club foot, which 

 is a contorted swelling of the roots. 

 Such plants are useless and should be 

 burned, not thrown on the rubbish heap 

 or in the field, as that would only mean 

 a probable propagation of the disease. 



Barnyard manure aggravates the dis- 

 ease, while lime helps to correct it. 

 Fall is the proper time to spread lime 

 on the land which produces club foot, 

 and, where it appears outdoors, the 

 crops should be changed. Your soil un- 

 doubtedly contains too much acid. 



_ C. W. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



What promised to become the best 

 cut flower market at Easter for years, 

 became early on Saturday the most 

 hopeless and discouraging in the mem- 

 ory of the pioneers of the wholesale 

 business in New York. Everything was 

 moving normally and cheerfully on 

 Good lYiday evening, and even on 

 Saturday morning the weather was not 

 aggressive, but before noon the worst 

 blizzard of the winter was at its height, 

 continuing until long after midnight. 

 By that time nearly a foot of snow 

 had fallen, with a 60-mile gale raging. 

 Business of every kind was seriously 

 interrupted, but no trade suffered as 

 did the florists' business. The total 

 loss must be enormous. Prices on al- 

 most everything fell all day Saturday 

 and the buyers were masters of the situ- 

 ation. Even after the all-night session, 

 great quantities of roses and lilies re- 

 mained. With the one exception of or- 

 chids, the supply of which was limited, 

 everything declined. 



American Beauties dropped to $12 

 per hundred and they carried the whole 

 rose family, or most of it, with them. 

 Brunner and Hadley held up better than 

 the others. Carnations were uncount- 

 able, there were so many of them. 

 Starting at 4 cents and 5 cents for the 

 best, one could not hear a bid of 3 

 cents as the night wore on. It's hard 

 to say how low anything but the se- 

 lected will go before the iceboxes are 

 empty. Gardenias were up, but there 

 were plenty of them. Lilies were es- 

 pecially weak. There must have been 

 a quarter million of them. From 8 

 cents to 3 cents is a tremendous fall. 

 Of tulips, daffodils and all the spring 

 flowers there was no end. The best of 

 the sweet peas held fairly well. There 

 were stocks, snapdragon, pansies, lilac, 

 daisies and mignonette in unlimited sup- 

 ply. Violets came down from Dutchess 

 county April 3 in lots of a hundred 

 boxes and were sold at half the figure 

 the wholesalers had anticipated. 



