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JA5DABT 20, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Geranium Queenswood. 



white and the plants keep blooming a 

 long time. I hope anyone who wants 

 early asters will try this variety, ' ' 



Now, "the proof of the pudding is in 

 the eating of it." I followed Mr. Bene- 

 dict's instructions and was well repaid 

 for doing so. As Decoration day drew 

 near I found that I was short on white 

 geraniums, but my asters were coming 

 finely. For the geraniums, therefore, I 

 substituted beautiful, snow-white asters 

 and these were all sold quickly except a 

 few that were in bud. Each stalk pro- 

 duced from four to six flowers. I 

 planted them at intervals and had Dawn 

 of Day asters all the season. I would 

 advise, however, that the seed be planted 

 one week earlier than Mr. Benedict 

 directs. Keep the young plants near the 

 glass, as Mr. Bene<ict says. 



In regard to the Review, I do not 

 know how we could get along without it. 

 Our plan is to file sdl the papers in the 

 order of their publication, marking any 

 special subject with a book-mark, and 

 thus we always have a ready instructor 

 at hand. A. O. Nysewander. 



THAT TAX ON GROWING STOCK. 



A local newspaper at Natick, Mass., 

 has the following to say of the attempt 

 now being made in that state to tax the 

 growing stock in greenhouse benches: 



"The tax commissioners have issued 

 orders to tax the florists for growing 

 plants. This seriously affects Natick 

 tiower growers. This week tax bills have 

 been sent to the several growers and 

 iiaturally enough they are indignant and 

 •ieelare they will not pay the same. We 

 ■sympathize with them and would fight 

 t)ie cause in the legislature before we 

 would pay it. It appears unjust and 

 itnwarranted. The florists today pay 

 itheir full quota of taxes one way or an- 

 other. On May 1 each grower is assessed 

 •'t the rate of the town tax or $22.40 on 

 I'ie $1,000. Here his long rows of glass 

 'iouses, their heating apparatus, benches 

 ■ nd land are all assessed to the limit, 

 !"o same as any farmer's houses, cattle 

 •'nd land are assessed, and at the same 



rate. Now comes an extra tax, an un- 

 warranted tax, a hardship tax, so to 

 speak, in the month of December, mak- 

 ing two tax levies a year. At this rate 

 or by this method of doing business by 

 the state, the assessors should visit every 

 farm in Natick during the spring of the 

 year and tax every field of cabbage, every 

 hill of potatoes and corn; in fact, in 

 order to be consistent with the flower 

 growers' tax they should tax every green 

 thing the land produces, even to grass 

 from which hay is made and sold. There 

 is just as much justice in this idea as 

 in the method now adopted by the tax 

 commissioners. The Natick assessors 

 should not be censured for this new tax 

 levy, they are carrying out the law. We 

 can see, however, that they can have no 



knowledge of the value of the newly as- 

 sessed material or substance, since there 

 is really no value in it until it is pro- 

 ducing. The whole idea is wrong and 

 singles a certain industry for double tax- 

 ation which is already, as we stated 

 above, taxed the limit. There is a strong 

 organization of flower growers who will 

 no doubt have this matter handled ably 

 before the legislature and the tax com- 

 mission and we have no doubt the in- 

 justice of the affair will be straightened 

 out satisfactorily." 



PLANTS FOR SMALL HOUSE. 



I can grow more than I want for my 

 own trade. Could you tell me what would 

 be the most profitable flowers for me to 

 grow under glass in a house 10x28 for 

 summer or winter? I have quite a piece 

 of ground that I can put to flowers dur- 

 ing the spring. What would be the best 

 kind to set out that would be good bloom- 

 ers and for cutting? I can sell quite a 

 number of flowers in the summer. 



S.B. 



Violets in winter and bedding plants 

 to follow them would be the best use you 

 could make of your house. It is too small 

 for carnations or roses, but could be de- 

 voted entirely to bedding plants, such as 

 geraniums, if you have sufficient local 

 call for them. As profitable outdoor flow- 

 ers, which ship well and are popular, the 

 leaders are sweet peas, asters and gladi- 

 oli. To these might be added white 

 candytuft, Gypsophtla paniculata, hardy 

 phloxes, montbretias, Spanish and Ger- 

 man iris, Pyrethrum roseum. Anemone 

 Japonica alba and quite a variety of 

 other perennials and annuals. The first 

 three flowers named, sweet peas, gladioli 

 and asters, are, however, the best if you 

 want to restrict yourself to a few sorts. 



C.W. 



Richmond, Ky. — John Christman, Jr., 

 has purchased the Richmond Greenhouses 

 from the widow of the former owner, 

 Albert Richfar. Mr. Christman is a son 

 of the John Christman who is in the 

 florists' business at Paris, Ky. 



Geranium Mrs. Brown Potter. 



