May 20, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



21 



Partial View of the Boys' Garden at the National Ca^ Register Co., Dayton, O. 



In order to stimulate competition, the 

 same vegetables are cultivated by each 

 boy. System is important. The morn- 

 ing hours are from 6:30 to 7:30 and 

 the evening hours from 4 to 5:15. If 

 any boy wishes to work overtime, he 

 must stop when the rest do and get per- 

 mission from the head gardener to con- 

 tinue. 



A committee of judges inspects the 

 vegetables during the progress of their 

 growth and when they are ready for the 

 market. The judging is done without 

 knowledge as to the ownership of the 

 different gardens. 



Awarding the Prizes. 



The prizes awarded for the best all- 

 around records are as follows: First 

 prize, $12; second, $10 j third, $6; 

 fourth, $4; fifth, sixth, seventh and 

 eighth, $2 each; ninth, tenth, eleventh 

 and twelfth, $1 each. 



Each gardener is credited on five spe- 

 cial counts: First, value of products 

 from his garden; second, condition of 

 garden and tools; third, regularity of 

 attendance; fourth, deportment; fifth, 

 condition of account book. 



In awarding the prizes these five points 

 are credited in the following ratio: 

 Thirty per cent for value of product, 

 twenty per cent for condition of garden 

 and tools, twenty per cent for attend- 

 ance, twenty per cent for deportment 

 and ten per cent for account book. 



Technical subjects, such as seed germi- 

 nation, the relation of water and air, 

 roots, buds, and the process of fertiliza- 

 tion, are explained to the young gar- 

 deners. R. A. B. 



Altoona, Pa. — Karl Kuny says busi- 

 ness is brightening up and he expects 

 a big Memorial day. 



SCOTCH BROOM. 



Please let us know if the enclosed sam- 

 ple is Scotch or Spanish broom. A. N. 



As near as I can tell from rather dried 

 sample received, the plant is Cytisus sco- 

 parius, the common broom, often called 

 Scotch broom. W. N. C. 



TIMELY ATTENTION. 



Stock Plants for ^Tinter. 



This is, of course, one of the busiest 

 times of the year, and the time, therefore, 

 when one often finds it perplexing to 

 know which way to turn next. Yet it is 

 well to bear in mind that some things are 

 better neglected than others. For in- 

 stance, your stock plants, which you are 

 depending on for next winter's business, 

 be it violets, carnations or what not, 

 should stand ahead of stock for transient 

 purposes. Not that I would argue neg- 

 lect of any, but there is, as you might 

 say, good attention and fair attention, 

 and stock for winter dependence should 

 stand first. 



In this busy planting time, one of the 

 troubles quite likely to arrive is the red 

 spider pest. Hurried watering, neglect 



of spraying and carelessness in ventila- 

 tion all help them to multiply with amaz- 

 ing rapidity when once they get a foot- 

 hold. Therefore, as in many other things, 

 an ounce of prevention is worth a pound 

 of cure, to say nothing about the added 

 cost of labor and time later, as well aa 

 the weakened stock, or stock that is en- 

 tirely spoiled for all practical purposes. 



The Grower Who Succeeds. 



Everything that in any way tends to 

 lower the vitality of the stock means the 

 lowering of the high quality of the prod- 

 uct that you send out, and success, which 

 all are supposed to be aiming for, is 

 every day more and more restricted to the 

 grower that puts the best on the market 

 — absolutely the best. Such a grower is 

 sure of a market, and at the best prices 

 that obtain. All other growers are at the 

 mercy of the market demand. If there 

 is a shortage they will realize fair prices, 

 but if, on the contrary, the call is slow, 

 they are at the mercy of the buyer, who 

 gets his flowers at practically his own 

 price and this price is not one of profit 

 for the grower. 



Hence, to come back to our text, which 

 might be put in two words as * ' Timely 

 Attention, ' ' do not, for the sake of minor 

 duties, allow permanent stock to be neg- 

 lected, as this represents dollars where 

 other kinds represent cents. 



This also applies to planting outdoor 

 stock; also to the timely cleaning up of 

 houses and planting them. A delay of a 

 few days when things should be attended 

 to means frequently a great deficiency in 

 results, out of all proportion to the seem- 

 ingly slight neglect. 



Avoiding a Shortage. 



Judging from personal experience, as 

 well as observation of other growers, 



