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The Florists' Review 



Mat 20, 1916. 



BUSINISSS EMBABBASSMENTS. 



Dallas, Tex. — Pursuant to a call re- 

 cently issued by the Brown-Dawson Co., 

 a meeting of its creditors was held, at 

 which one-third in number and amount 

 were represented. The Brown-Dawson 

 Co. made a proposition to the creditors 

 of an extension of one and two years, 

 the indebtedness of each creditor to be 

 evidenced by four notes of even date, 

 payable on or before January 15, 1916; 

 . May 15, 1916; January 15, 1917; May 

 15, 1917, with interest at six per cent 

 per annum, each note to be for twenty- 

 five per cent of the full amount of the 

 claim proved. A counter proposition 

 was offered by a creditor, to the effect 

 that one creditor or a committee be 

 appointed to confer with Mr. Dawson, 

 or any person designated by him and 

 who at the time is in charge of the 

 business of the firm, at least once every 

 thirty days and see that overhead ex- 

 penses are not increased, and that the 

 assets are not being dissipated, such 

 committee or individual representative 

 to have free access to the books at all 

 times and be able to make a report to 

 the creditors of the exact financial con- 

 dition of the concern. It was further 

 proposed that in case the property or 

 any part of it was sold, the proceeds 

 should be immediately available to all 

 creditors. The above proposition was 

 accepted by vote and the following 

 were elected to constitute a creditors' 

 committee: H. R. Perkins, C. W. Rob- 

 inson, Robert Nicholson, H. E. John- 

 son. The Brown-Dawson Co. started in 

 business in August, 1913. Soon after- 

 ward E. P. Brown, the president of 

 the concern, contracted tuberculosis 

 and has been unable to remain actively 

 in the business. In addition to this, 

 the business conditions of the last year 

 have been unfavorable. The statement 

 submitted to the creditors showed lia- 

 bilities of $12,000 with assets of nearly 

 three times that amount, $33,000, but 

 of not readily available character. 



Springfield, Mass. — The fraudulent 

 conveyance of some Pine street real es- 

 tate by Nelson F. Higgins to his wife, 

 Harriet E. Higgins, is alleged in an 

 equity suit brought in the Superior court 

 May 8 by A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Crom- 

 well, against Mr. and Mrs. Higgins and 

 Sidney A. Saunders, all of this city. 

 The plaintiff sues to recover $517.28 on 

 an account for goods sold to Mr. Hig- 

 gins. The bill of complaint filed by 

 the plaintiff states that Mr. Higgins is 

 the payee named in a promissory note 

 for $3,000, given him by Mr. Saunders. 

 This note, which is dated April 30, 

 1914, is payable in yearly installments 

 of $1,000 and is secured by a mortgage 

 on personal property, consisting of 

 stock and fixtures in the store at 150 

 State street, which Mr. Higgins sold to 

 Mr. Saunders about a year ago. It is 

 claimed that Mr. Higgins has com- 

 menced proceedings to foreclose the 

 mortgage for default in payment of 

 the first $1,000 installment. It is also 

 claimed that Mr. Higgins conveyed the 

 Pine street property to his wife by a 

 deed dated April 23. This property was 

 liable to be attached in an action at 

 law against Mr. Higgins and it is al- 

 leged that this conveyance was made 

 with intent to defraud creditors. A 

 temporary restraining order was granted 

 in the Superior court by Judge Hamil- 

 ton to prevent Mr, Higgins from col- 

 lecting on or disposing of the note, and 

 enjoining Mr. Saunders from making 



any payment on it, and preventing Mr. 

 and Mrs. Higgins from conveying or en- 

 cumbering the Pine street property. 

 William P. Hayes is the plaintiff's at- 

 torney. 



Springfield, Mass. — Sidney A. Saun- 

 ders filed a petition in bankruptcy May 

 11. His liabilities are scheduled as 

 $6,236.23; his assets as $4,711.64. 



Bansomvllle, N. T. — ^Hearings in the 

 bankruptcy case of John C, William L. 

 and Harry J. Rogers, whose filing of 

 voluntary petitions was reported in The 

 Review of April 1, led to the reduction 

 of the assets, May 7, from the original 

 figure of $4,971. The testimony was 

 heard in the court at Lockport. The 

 case was adjourned for further hearing. 



COVERED WITH RUST. 



Our young carnation plants, which 

 we purchased for next winter's bloom- 

 ing stock, are literally covered with 

 what we suppose is rust. If these are 

 planted in the field, will the rust dis- 

 appear? If it does disappear, is there 

 any danger of its reappearing next fall 

 or winter, after the plants are placed 

 in the greenhouse? Give us what in- 

 formation you can as to what is the 

 best way to fight the disease while the 

 plants are in the field. 



S. E. C— Kan. 



Rust on carnations is caused by cul- 

 tural conditions. It will appear or dis- 

 appear, according to whether the con- 

 ditions are favorable or unfavorable. 

 When young stock is affected, the rust 

 usually disappears soon after the plants 

 are planted in the field. It will not 

 reappear the next season, unless the 

 cultural conditions are favorable to its 

 development. Spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture is considered excellent for its 

 prevention. A. F. J. B. 



PROBABLY CARNATION MITE. 



Under separate cover we are mailing 

 you two carnation buds which are not 

 as they should be. Can you give ug 

 any information as to the cause? A 

 year ago, in May, about twenty-five 

 per cent of them came this way, but in 

 most cases the stems were hollow. We 

 attributed the trouble at that time to 

 overfeeding and having too much 

 shade on the glass. This is the first 

 appearance of it this season and they 

 have not been overfed. We have 3,000 

 plants and these are the first to be af- 

 fected, but we do not wish it to get 

 any worse if it can be helped. 



J. B. H.— Ohio. 



The specimens submitted showed 

 every evidence of having been injured 

 by the carnation mite, except that the 

 usual cluster of eggs was not present. 

 The absence of these may not have 

 any special significance, however. I 

 would suggest that you spray fre- 

 'quently with the tobacco extracts dur- 

 ing the rest of this blooming season. 

 Then, before replanting the benches for 

 next season, fumigate the houses with 

 sulphur or a strong dose of hydrocyanic 

 acid gas. These mites have been quite 

 destructive in certain sections in re- 

 cent years. Growers who failed to 

 exercise proper caution in dealing with 



the pest when it made its appearance 

 would suddenly find their carnations 

 so badly infested that a large per- 

 centage of the crop would be destroyed 

 before it could be got under control. 

 All such blooms should be cut off and 

 burned right away. To throw them 

 into the walk or under the benches is 

 as bad as to leave them on the plants, 

 as the eggs will hatch about as well 

 in one place as another, A. F. J. B. 



MAY BE LAWSON-ENCHANTEESS. 



I am sending to you for identification 

 a specimen of some variety of carna- 

 tion. We got the variety several years 

 ago, in a batch of rooted cuttings of 

 Rose-pink Enchantress. We have 

 found it to be a good grower and an 

 easy rooter. It produces an abundance 

 of cuttings along the flowering shoots 

 and produces a large percentage of 

 split flowers during the winter, but the 

 color is attractive and it sells well in 

 our retail store. I should like to know 

 its name, as we have several thousands 

 in the field. When we wrote to the 

 people from whom we originally got 

 the stock, they suggested that it might 

 be Lawson-Enchantress, but they were 

 not sure. Will you kindly let us know 

 the name of the variety? 



D. H. M.— Pa. 



We have not seen the variety 

 Lawson-Enchantress for several years, 

 but believe the plant you sent is 

 that variety. There is at least a strik- 

 ing similarity. This variety did not 

 take well with the trade, on account of 

 its splitting propensities and the soft- 

 ness of the petals, but that is no reason 

 why you should not grow it if you find 

 your trade likes it. A. F. J. B. 



CARNATION WASHINGTON. 



Kindly give a description through 

 The Review of Carnation Washington, 

 in regard to color, popularity and pro- 

 ductiveness. L. N. B. — Ohio. 



Washington is the dark pink sport of 

 Enchantress. It originated at Joliet, 

 111., being disseminated by the Chicago 

 Carnation Co. In spite of its relation 

 to the Enchantress family, it has not 

 caught on, many growers comparing it 

 to Rose-pink Enchantress rather than 

 to Enchantress or White Enchantress. 

 A few of those who have tried it have 

 later planted it largely, but in the ma- 

 jority of cases some other dark pink 

 has been used, at least by the carna- 

 tion specialists. No fault is found with 

 its productiveness. 



