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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBUB 24, 1907. 



raHRYSANTHENUNS 



iS WHITE YFIinW PINK 



Per Doz. 

 American Beauties, long stems, $4.00 



30-inch stems 3.00 



24-inch stems 2 50 



20-inch stems 2.00 



18-inch stems 1.75 



15-inch stems 1.50 



12-inch stems 1.25 



Short 1.00 



YELLOW 



-iS.OO to 98.00 Per Dos«n. — 



Per 100 

 Bridesmaid and Bride.. $4.00 to $6.00 



Killarney 4.00 to 6.00 



Chatenay 4.00 to 6.00 



Sunrise 4.00 to 6.00 



KateMoulton 6.00 to 8.00 



Ricttmond 4.00 to 6.00 



Uncle John 4.00 to 6,00 



Perle 3.00 to 5.00 



PINK 



Per 100 



Carnations $ 2.00 to $3.00 



Harrisii 15.00 



Valley 4.00 to 5.00 



Adiantum 1.00 



Sprengeri 50c per bunch 



Ferns $1.60 per 1000 



Galax 1.50 per 1000 



ROSES« OUR SELECTION, $3.00 PER 100. 



WIETOR BROS., 51 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



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Southern WILD SMI LAX 



NOW READY IN QUANTITY. 



E. A. BEAVEN, EVERGREEN, ALA. 



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spection of the articles for which they 

 are charged. — Gardeners ' Chronicle. 



MICHELL ADOPTS NEW SYSTEM. 



The best informed members of the 

 trade recognize in Henry F. Michel!, of 

 Philadelphia, a far-seeing, progressive 

 business man. His capacity for organiza- 

 tion, combined with close application, 

 has yielded remarkable results. From 

 the simple beginning in the home of an 

 exploded concern he has in seventeen 

 years created a seed business requiring 

 the services of over eighty employees. 

 The office on the second-story front, from 

 whence the policy of the house emanates, 

 overlooks Market street. Mr. Michell was 

 hard at work at his desk when Phil was 

 ushered in by appointment. "You want 

 my age first?" Mr. Michell asked with a 

 pleasant smile. But Phil was not that 

 kind of an interviewer; he does not be- 

 lieve in reporters who ask visitors to this 

 country about their impressions of 

 America as they step off the gangplank, 

 and he does not believe that the garden- 

 ers, nursery, seed or supply men are in- 

 terested in personal affairs. So his face 

 assumed a far-away expression as he an- 

 swered, "You said something about a 

 new system." Mr. Michell 's face bright- 

 ened at once. "The Baker- V'awter Sys- 

 tem, ' ' he replied, and then came one of 

 the most interesting discourses Phil has 

 ever enjoyed. 



The Heary F. Michell Co. introduced 

 the Baker-Vawter system of bookkeeping 

 in its seed store in the middle of Sep- 

 tember. The objects of the system are 

 to expedite the transaction of business 

 and to avoid errors. It cost the com- 

 pany nearly $3,000 to make the change, 

 but it saves three bill clerks, the annoy- 

 ance and loss occasioned by small errors 

 and greatly expedites the work of the 

 order-filling and shipping departments. 



The principal points in the system con- 

 sist in typewriting in duplicate and in 

 keeping all items of each account to- 

 gether at all stages of the account. When 

 an order is received it is turned over to 

 the person operating the billing machine. 

 That machine makes three copies of the 



RAFFIA and 



SPHAGNIM MOSS 



Oscar Smith & Sons Co. ^e'^^p^^ 



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"Daoendable" Brand Rstfla, Clean, 

 Brtsbt and of Kxtra Width. 



We are exclusive afirents for the largest ship- 

 pers of Prime Madagascar Raflla, importlnK 

 direct and Baving you all brokerage and 

 handling in London. 



Sptaamum Hoss of our own gathering. A 

 large Btock of best quality always on band. 



order simultaneously, and these, to dis- 

 tinguish them, are on papers of three 

 different colors. Yellow is the color sent 

 to the customer, pink to the order clerk, 

 while white goes to the office. 



Another point in the system is the ar- 

 rangement for payments by which the 

 check to be paid for stock purchased is 

 attached to a statement of amount in the 

 same way that it is ordinarily attached 

 to the stub of a check-book. The num- 

 bers of these checks correspond with the 

 numbers in the stub-book, which is much 

 larger than that of the ordinary check- 

 book, in order to give room for memo- 

 randa. The system corresponds to all 

 branches of the ledger and of the order 

 and shipping departments, and through 

 its aid every department has already 

 benefited. 



This description is not intended as a 

 lesson on the Baker-Vawter system, but 

 simply to give an idea of the problems 

 arising in handling a large seed business 

 and how these problems are being met. 



Phil. 



DISCOLORED PANDANUS LEAVES. 



We write for information relative to 

 the color of foliage on Pandanus utilis. 

 Among a lot of seedlings which are now 

 in 3-inch and 4-inch pots, and all of 

 which were originally bright green with 

 red or maroon edges, are a lot of plants 

 on which all of the foliage has turned a 

 dull shade of brown. These plants are 

 otherwise in a desirable condition; they 

 are appjirently healthy and robust and 

 are growing rapidly. C. P. N. 



Without having seen these plants, or 

 at least a sample of the foliage, it is not 



Coats no more, and where quality Isconsldered 

 it worth more than doable. 



SliUman's Every 8prlg Berried brand of 



MISTLETOE 



Sixteenth year. Now booking orders December 

 shipment. Write for prices. 



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easy to say just what the trouble is. If 

 the discoloration of the leaves is gen- 

 eral, it would seem to be due to either 

 thrips or red spider, and a dipping in a 

 tobacco or tobacco-soap solution would 

 be likely to do good. Pandanus utilis is 

 also subject to a leaf spot disease, but 

 this shows itself in spots or patches 

 rather than in a general change of color. 

 The spot is said to be due to a minute 

 insect that burrows in the tissue of the 

 leaf, and applications of sulphur have 

 been recommended as a cure. 



W. H. Taplin. 



