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The Florists' Review 



Sbftbmbbb 23, 1916. 



ODCN LETTEli^^" READERS, 



TO KILL WORMS ON FEBNS. 



We note, under the head of "Worms 

 on Perns," in The Review for Sep- 

 tember 9, the inquiry of T. N. C, and 

 we think that we may be able to give 

 some information that will be useful 

 to him and others that are troubled 

 with the worms. We have been troubled 

 with the same worms about this time 

 every year. We call them army worms. 

 They are green and dark brown in 

 color, and work all through the day. 



We have used mostly arsenate of 

 lead, mixing it according to directions 

 on jar and spraying with a fine spray. 

 We go over our ferns about three times 

 a week. We know this kills them, be- 

 cause we have found large ones dried' 

 up on the ferns. 



Another remedy we have used is bran, 

 Paris green and syrup mixed together. 

 Enough Paris green should be mixed 

 with the bran so that you can see a 

 greenish tint. Mix a 4ittle water with 

 the syrup; then add enough to the bran 

 and Paris green to make the mixture 

 soft and mealy. Put this among the 

 ferns, and it will give the worms a 

 stomach ache. 



Currey & McCormick. 



"YOUB MONEY BACK." 



In the last two months we have had 

 occasion to use the Classified columns 

 of The Review freely, in offering our 

 various plants for sale, especially En- 

 chantress carnations, in which we spe- 

 cialize, in each and every case offering 

 the purchasers their money back if the 

 plants we sent were not satisfactory. 

 We did not ask cash in advance, yet 

 out of some forty purchasers but five 

 did not send check with order. This 

 proves most conclusively to us that 

 when one sells in such good faith the 

 purchaser is ready to buy in equally 

 good faith, to the benefit of both 

 parties. 



In our ten years' existence we have 

 received good, bad and indifferent 

 stock, when first-class stock was or- 

 dered. Three years ago we adopted 

 John Wanaraaker's policy, "Your 

 money back if dissatisfied," and recom- 

 mend the system to florists generally, 

 as we believe it is the one square way 

 to do business. 



Terre Haute Rose & Carnation Co. 



HIPKIS3 HOLDS FORTH. 



I should feel it a loss to miss one 

 issue of The Review. It is a source 

 of pleasure to scan its pages, where the 

 best of us can find valuable informa- 

 tion in regard to the care and diseases 

 of plants needed for bedding and house 

 purposes. 



It is a pleasure to deal with the 

 many who advertise in the paper. 

 Nothing creates more confidence in a 

 buyer than to see in every issue the 

 old reliables, on whom you can depend 

 in every purchase. Sometimes it is 

 hard to get just what you need for the 

 purpose intended. This necessitates 

 making inquiries of others unknown to 

 you. This is good experience, in my 

 estimation, for it puts one on guard 

 against the fakir. It has been my 

 pleasure to deal with perhaps twenty- 

 five different houses in the course of 

 a season. This year we purchased 20,- 

 000 bedding plants from Review adver- 

 tisers. 



It is interesting to note at the bot- 

 tom of so many of the advertisements, 

 "Cash, please." Well now, that's busi- 

 ness, and every purchaser, large and 

 small, should be compelled in some way 

 to be honorable with every business 

 house carrying an advertisement in 

 the paper. 



I rather think the business houses 

 are to blame in some cases. The rule 

 should be, full amount forwarded with 

 each order. Every season I have to 

 buy in large orders, and it has always 



been my policy to forward payment by 

 check on all orders. I am sorry that 

 some of those who cry, * ' Cash, please, ' ' 

 fail to give credit for the remittance 

 on their books, and at later dates for- 

 ward bills. That's where the check 

 system talks at both ends. How some 

 firms can niake such mistakes after 

 indorsing the check, I fail to see. 



Again, there are others who will ship 

 any old stuff, after receiving your order 

 and check, when they have not the 

 plants that were ordered by name. This 

 makes one's work "look like 2 cents," 

 especially if it is carpet bedding. I 

 lose all confidence in a concern that 

 does this. 



The slogan in all transactions should 

 be "Cash, and all bills paid." But 

 the purchaser should get full value, 

 proper credit and named plants that 

 have been ordered by the advertise- 

 'ment, so that he will not be disap- 

 pointed after laboring over some valua- 

 ble bedding only to find at a later date 

 that he has not received what he paid 

 for. Wm. Hipkiss. 



A VISIT TO MB. BEBWIND. 



During the recent exhibition of the 

 American Gladiolus Society at New- 

 port, several of the members were af- 

 forded the opportunity to inspect the 

 estate of Edward T. Berwind, through 

 the courtesy of Bruce Butterton, the 

 head gardener, who for over twenty- 

 three years has performed his duties in 

 a manner possible only to genius. 



Many technical descriptions of this 

 important estate have been published 

 in architectural papers, and it is not 

 the purpose of the writer to attempt 

 to enlarge or improve upon them — sim- 

 ply to thank Mr, Butterton for his 

 kindness. At the same time it is de- 

 sired to record the feeling of those 

 who gazed spellbound at the chaste 

 beauty of the grounds that at every 

 step unfolded new vistas, until the 

 climax was reached at the sunken gar- 

 den, where masses of reddish pink be- 

 gonias grouped in central beds lent 

 such magnificence to the scene as to 

 render adequate description impossible. 



Nature under Mr. Butterton 's clever 

 touch has not been bettered — simply 

 assisted to do her best, as she always 

 does when all obstacles are removed. 

 Her varied charms are displayed to the 

 observer only at the most opportune 



Exhibits of B. Hammond Tracy and Forbes & Keith at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco. 



