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The Florists^ Review 



AuuusT 6, 1914. 



Saturday, August 1, for a two weeks' 

 vacation at Portland, Old Orchard and 

 other Maine resorts. 



John Hunter, with Burnett Bros., is 

 back from two weeks' rest at Woodland 

 beach, S. I. W. Barnwell is in the 

 Adirondacks and Frank Muller at High- 

 lands, N. Y. 



R. A. Johnstone, bookkeeper for the 

 Kervan Co., with his family, returned 

 July 27 from a two weeks' camping in 

 Connecticut. 



L. Bonnot, under the title of Bonnot 

 Bros., has had since January the sole 

 management and ownership of this 

 wholesale business. Mr. Bonnot has 

 doubled his space and facilities and is 

 prepared for a much larger shipping 

 business than at any time since the firm 

 was established, in 1902. 



A great many orders for flowers for 

 the steamers which were to sail Satur- 

 day and were held in New York harbor 

 caused serious losses to many of the 

 retail florists. The complaints were 

 widespread and few of the leading firms 

 escaped. There is no telling what the 

 present week may develop. 



Herman Weiss, of 112 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, will handle the stock of 

 the Lone Oak Greenhouses, at Lone 

 Oak, L. I., which were recently incorpo- 

 rated for $100,000 by Duncan C. Arnold. 

 William "Wincott, formerly manager of 

 the Arnold estate, will be manager of 

 the concern. 



During the convention of the Ameri- 

 can Association of Park Superintend- 

 ents, which will be held at Newburgh, 

 N. Y., Augnist 24 to 27, the headquar- 

 ters of the organization in this city 

 will be at the Hotel Astor, The enter- 

 tainment committee has provided for a 

 visit to Mount Beacon, a boat trip down 

 the Hudson, a luncheon at Arden, by 

 courtesy of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, vis- 

 its to Interstate park and to West 

 Point, and an excursion by automobile 

 through the Newburgh parks and the 

 Tuxedo valley. 



August 11 to 14 the Railway Garden- 

 ing Association will hold its eighth an- 

 nual convention here, with headquar- 

 ters at the Hotel Breslin. Trips to the 

 Duke farms at Ocean Grove, N. J., and 

 to Coney island are scheduled. 



Hitchings & Co. have completed J. W. 

 Beall's iron-frame house, 61x108, at 

 Hanover, Mass. Mr. Beall is a profes- 

 sional architect, but has developed his 

 florists' interests from a small begin- 

 ning until they have become his voca- 

 tion. 



W. R. Cobb, of the Lord & Burnham 

 Co., is on his way home from Canada, 

 where he arranged for an exhibit on 

 the grounds of the National Exposition 

 Co., at Toronto, for the great August 

 horticultural exhibition. 



L. W. C. Tuthill has returned from 

 Troy, O., where he attended the meet- 

 ing of the committee appointed to pass 

 on the tests of the new improvements 

 which the Skinner Irrigation Co. will 

 bring out this fall. 



Among those in the trade marooned 

 in Europe are Mr. Russin, of Russin & 

 Hanfling; Mr. Keller, of Reed & Keller, 

 and Mrs. Jordan, bookkeeper for Wad- 

 ley & Smythe. 



Harry A. Bunyard and wife are en- 

 joying their summer at Patchogue, L. I. 

 John Donaldson has made this beautiful 

 town his pemifinent home and the latch- 

 string always is out. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



SEEDLING PEBENNIAI.S. 



I am sowing the seed of delphinium, 

 aquilegia, Bellis perennis, coreopsis, gail- 

 lardia, iris, Shasta daisy, sweet william, 

 tritoma, peony, poppy, primula, geum 

 and nemesia, and want to advertise 

 some of these plants for sale next spring 

 from 21^ -inch pots. What is the best 

 way to do this — to plant the seedlings 

 in the pots as soon as they are large 

 enough for potting and put them in a 

 glassless coldframe over winter? I will 

 cover the frame with cloth in place of 

 glass, which will not exclude the light 

 but keep out the snow. I will put the 

 cloth on sashes made of plastering lath, 

 but use no glass. I am entering the 

 perennial plant business on a small scale 

 and have no greenhouse at my disposal, 

 so that I must make a start without 

 one. F. T. W. 



You could winter the perennials in the 

 way suggested, but, even in New Jersey, 

 if you pot up the plants and give them 

 merely a cloth covering, the frost' will 

 break a large proportion of the pots. 

 By using some of the better made paper 

 pots this might be avoided, but the lat- 

 ter are not so desirable as earthenware 

 pots. If you decide to pot your plants 

 this summer or early next fall, you 

 should be able to protect them from 

 frost.- If not, a better plan would be 

 to prick the various seedlings into cold- 

 frames, allow them to freeze firmly, then 

 cover with dry leaves and later with 

 board shutters or sashes. 



It will pay you to buy sufficient sashes 

 to cover your frames. This will insure 

 the leaves keeping dry, and when spring 

 arrives the plants will be as fresh as 

 when covered up. You could pot up the 

 plants in spring if desired, but person- 

 ally I would much prefer the plants 

 from the frames to any which had been 

 potted. While a few of the plants 

 named could be carried in 2 1/^ -inch pots, 

 such sorts as coreopsis, gaillardia, sweet 

 william, Shasta daisy, etc., would be 

 simply starved in such small receptacles. 

 Nemesia, which you mention, is an an- 

 nual, and should not be sown before 

 February or March. All the perennials 

 named should winter well outdoors with 

 you, if given a light mulch of leaves or 

 pine needles after the ground freezes. 

 C. W. 



POINSETTIAS IN BENCHES. 



Kindly tell us through your columns 

 the. proper date for benching poinsettia 

 plants to get good bracts and not too 

 long stems. We are limited for hea^ 

 room in' the house, one bench having 

 but three to four feet, the other bench 

 more. Also, what is the proper date to 

 fill pans of poinsettias? J. P. K. 



If you want good bracts on your poin- 

 settias, the young plants should be 

 benched at once. If they are now in 

 2% -inch or 3-inch pots and not over six 

 inches in height, the head room you men- 

 tion should suffice. 



Pans of poinsettias can be made up 

 from now until the middle of Septem- 

 ber. Those made up will grow moder- 

 ately tall and should go into 8-inch or 

 10-inch pans; smaller sizes do not con- 

 tain sufficient compost to support them. 

 The pans made up late are dwarf and 

 considerably in demand, but the bracts 

 are, of course, small. The early made 

 up pans will produce large bracts, and 

 careful watering and a suitable temper- 

 ature will insure foliage down to the 

 pans. C. W. 



Want ini For Sale Department 



•VAdrertlaementa ander ttal* hMtd 10 oMito 

 per line, casta wltta order from kll who do not do 

 otbor adrertislBK. In aeDdlnv remltUnc* oonnt 

 MTen words to the Hue. 



Display sdrertlsements In ttals department $1.80 

 lor one Incb space. 



When answers are to be sent In oar care, add 10 

 centa (or (orwardlng. 



Plant advertisements not admitted under this head 



SITUATION 'WANTED— Good position as rose 

 grower wanted; can furnish good references; 

 single, age 23. Address No. 400, care Florists' 

 It eTJew, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By a German florist, 

 married; private or commercial place; New 

 England state preferred. Address No. 411, care 

 Flo rists' Review, Chicag o. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young German ex- 

 pert window decorator; arranging baskets, 

 boxes, etc. ; best of references. Address No. 

 4C4, care Florists' Review, Chicag o. 



SITUATION WANTED— By experienced young 

 man, in flower shop as designer and clerk; 

 ready to accept same Sept. 1 ; south preferred. 

 Ad dress No. 401, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As rose grower, by a 

 Gorman gardener, 32 years of age, single; 

 life experience; best references; please state 

 wages in first letter. B. Peter, 2014 Blue Island 

 Ave., Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— A store man; designer, 

 decorator and general maker-up wishes to 

 correspond for future permanent position; Chi- 

 cago preferred. Address No. 892, care Florists' 

 Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By flrst-class storeman. 

 desigrner and decorator, of good address, able 

 to take charge; can come at once; eight years 

 with last firm; married. Address No. 886, care 

 Florists' Review, Chica go. 



SITUATION WANTED — Young man, age 24, 

 as A-1 assistant; life experience in growing 

 a general line of stock; strictly sober; goOd 

 reference; state particulars In first letter. Ad- 

 d ress No. 406, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— 31 years of age, Ger- 

 man gardener, with life experience, would 

 Hccept a position as private gardener; good on 

 Inside and outside work; nlease state wages In 

 first letter. Address No. 418, care Florists' Re- 

 view, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— By young married 

 Scotchman as head In private or commercial 

 establishment; can furnish flrst-class references 

 from all past employers; please state wages and 

 full particulars in flrst letter. Address No. 418, 

 c are Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— Young man of 17, with 

 clean hnblts and very ambitious, wants t» 

 leam the trade In a respectable place; has bad 

 2 years! e.xp^rience In small greenhouse; please 

 slate f'ull particulars In flrst letter. Address 

 No. 414, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As working manager 

 or foreman; expert plantsman, grower and 

 propagator of greenhouse and nursery stock Is 

 open for engagement with good commerclnl 

 establishment; highest credentials. F. W., care 

 Essex- Greenhouses, North Olmsted, Ohio. 



SITUATION WANTED— By American, young 

 man, 16 years' experience In general green- 

 iMuse work, geod grower of mums, bulbs, Easter 

 stock and bedding plants; good designer; state 

 wages; will be at liberty in Sept. Mr. O. W. 

 Matthews, 1721 Union St., Schenectady, N. Y. 



SITUATION WANTED— By an experienced far- 

 dener and florist on a private place; :;(> 

 years' practical experience In all branches of 

 gardening, fruit, flowers and vegetables under 

 glass and out in the open; best of references. 

 Address No. 884, care Florists' Review, Chica go. 



SITUATION WANTED— Florist, 29. single. 

 flrst-class grower of roses, carnations, bu!l> 

 stock, etc., and propagator; can do designln.'. 

 repair work, handle help tactfully; strictly s^ ' 

 ber, honest and industrious; no runabout. A.l- 

 dress No. 408, care Florists' Review, Chlcag '^ 



SITUATION WANTED— By practical grower, 

 lifetime experience growing carnattoii'. 

 mums and general stock; American, 35, mur- 

 ried; New England states preferred, wltli some 

 reliable firm; state wages; strictly tempera!'; 

 have handled men; capable of taking charge. 

 Add ress No. 409, care Florists' Review, Chicag o- 



HELP WANTED— A reliable man at once, to 

 take charge of 10,000 ft. of glass, gro^v 

 Ing roses, ciirnatlons, violets, plants, etc. A. ^■ 

 J ewett, Sparta, Wis. ^ 



HELP WANTED— Rose grower; temperaio. 

 hustler; state how long in last place; e-'*'* 

 references, salary expected, etc. Frank G i""' 

 land. Pes Plalncs, 111. 



HELP WANTED— Colorado nursery will t^k^ 

 young man as working partner; small in- 

 vestment required. Address No. 402, care 1 1" 

 r lstsi Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED— A good, sober, all-ro'in(l 

 florist; must be a gwA propagator and 1"'*'. 

 ding stock grower. Felsch Bros., 10th Ave. "'"' 

 M adison St., Maywood, 111. __^ 



HELP WANTED — Experienced grower of ms* 

 and general line of cut flowers; give refe''' 

 ence and salary wanted. The Meredith Flowe' 

 and Vegetable Co., LIbertyville, 111. 



