May L'O, I'JOO. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



21 



Partial View of .the Boys' Garden at the National Ca<ih Re£ister Co., Dayton, O. 



Ill order to stiiiiulalc competition, the 

 same vogetrihles arc .iiltivatod by each 

 hoy. Systoin is iin]iiiitant. The morn- 

 in<,' lioiirs are Irom f;:30 to 7:30 and 

 till' ('\ciiiiiL; lidiirs lidiii 4 to .3:1;"). it' 

 any hoy wislics to work ovortimo. lie 

 must stup wlien llio rest do and jjjet per- 

 mission from tlie head gardener to con- 

 tinue. 



A committee of judges inspects tlu' 

 vegetables during the progress of their 

 growth and wlien tiiey are ready for the 

 market. The judging is done witiiout 

 knowledge as to the ownership nf the 

 different gardens. 



Awarding the Prizes. 



The prizes awardi-d for liir jicst all 

 around rin-urds arc as fnlldws: Fii-st 

 prize. .*lL'; sccimd. ■^ID; thinl. $(>; 

 fourth, $4: liftli. sixth, seventh and 

 eighth, .*- each; ninth, tenth, eleventh 

 aii<l twelftii. .fl each. 



Each gardener is credited on live spe 

 cial counts: First, value of products 

 tiom ills garden; second, condition of 

 garden ami tools; third, regularity of 

 attendance; fourth, deportment; jit'tli. 

 condition of account liook. 



in awarding the prizes these live jioints 

 are credited in the following r.alio; 

 Thirty ]ier cent for value of product, 

 twenty jier <ent for condition of garden 

 and tools, twenty ]hm- cent for attend- 

 ance, twenty |ier cent for deportment 

 .and ten ]'er cent for account hook. 



Techniciil subjects, such as see<l germi 

 nation, the lelatioii of water and air. 

 roots, htids. and the jirocess of fertiliza- 

 tion, are ex|daine(i to the young oar- 

 <ieners. U. A. P.. 



Ai.TOoXA. I'A. Karl Kuny says husi 

 uess is hrighteuiug tip and he expects 

 a big .Memorial day. 



SCOTCH BROOM. 



I'lease let us know if the eiudosc^i sam- 

 ]ile is Sc()tch or Spanish broom. A. X. 



-Vs near as 1 can tell from rather dried 

 sainph^ receivi'd. the plant is f'ytisus sco 

 parius, the coniiiKm hrooiii. often called 

 Scotcdi broom. \V. \. (". 



TIMELY ATTENTION. 

 Stock Plants for Winter. 



4'llis is. Ill course, one of tlie husiest 

 times of the year, ami the time, therefonv 

 when one often finds it per[ilexing to 

 know which w,ay to turn next. Yet it is 

 wtdl to bear in mind that some things are 

 better neglected than others. For in- 

 st.ance. your stock jdaiifs. whi(di you are 

 de[»ending on for next winter's business. 

 1)0 it \iolets. carnations or what not, 

 should stand ahead of stock for transient 

 purposes. Not that I would ;irgne neg- 

 lect of any. but there is, as you might 

 sav. good .Mttentioii ami f.air att(>ntioii. 

 and stock for winter deiiendence sliould 

 stand first. 



In this busy planting time, (uie of the 

 troubles (iiiite likely to arri\i' is the reel 

 spider pest. Itnrrieil w;itering, lu'glect 



'i»f spraying and carcdessness in ventila- 

 tion .all help them to multiply with amaz- 

 'iig rapidity when once the.v get a foot- 

 h(dd. Therefore, as in many other things, 

 an lunii'e of pre\(Mition is worth a j)Ound 

 if lure, to say nothing ahoiit tlu> added 

 i-ost of labor and time later, as wcdl as 

 the W('akem>d stock, or stock that is en- 

 tire|\- spoiled for all practical ]purpos(>s. 



The Grower Who Succeeds. 



l-]\eiythiiig that in .any w.ay tends to 

 lower the \itality of the stoidv means the 

 lowerinc ot' the high (jiiality of' tin' proil- 

 uct that \oii send out. and sn<'cess. wliiidi 

 all .are supposed to be aiming tdr, is 

 e\ciy (lay more and more restricted to the 

 grower that puts the best on the market 



ahscdlilely the hesl. Such a erower is 

 sure ot' a market, and .at tin' brst prices 

 tli.at obtain. ,\ll other growers are at the 

 meii-y ot' the m.arket dem.and. 1 1" there 

 is a shortage they will realize t'air prices, 

 hui it', on the coiitrai'.v, the c:ill is slow, 

 they are at the mercy of the huyi'r, wlut 

 gets his flowers at practically his own 

 ]iiice and this price is niit oiu- of' [irofit 

 t'<ir I he eiiiwer. 



Ilenc(>. to come hack to our text, whitdi 

 iiii^ht he put in two words as •'Timely 

 .\ttention," ■ do not, fiu' the s;ike of minor 

 duties, allow permanent stock to be ueg- 

 lecteil, as this re|presents dollars where 

 ot her kimls rejU'eseiit cents. 



This ,als(( apjdies to planting outdoor 

 stock; also to the tiintdy cleaning up of 

 houses and jdanting them. .\ delay of .a 

 few d.ays when things slnudd be .atteinled 

 to me.aiis frequently a great deficiiMicy in 

 results, out of ;ill proportion to the seem- 

 ingly slight neglect. 



Avoiding a Shortage. 



.ludging from peisoual experience, as 

 Well as obser\,ation ot' other growers. 



