ALGCST 6, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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dead is not at all commendable, and 

 hence we direct that the use of flowers 

 at the obsequies in church must not be 

 permitted in future. 



"This letter should be read and its 

 purpose explained to the people on the 

 Sunday following its receipt and also 

 on occasions when arrangements for 

 funerals are being made." 



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BUSINESS EMBARRASSMENTS. 



Orand Rapids, Mich. — The following 



is the schedule filed in the United States 



District court here July 24, by the H. A. 



Fisher Co., of Kalamazoo, Mich., which 



asked to be adjudged bankrupt: 



LIABILITIES. 



Wages $ 267.44 



Taxes due 92.39 



Secured claims 1,201.12 



Unsecured claims 17,074.86 



Total $18,635.81 



ASSETS. 



Stock In trade $ 1,500.00 



Machinery, tools, etc 1,. 500.00 



Book accountR 930.65 



Policies of Insurance (tire) 0,000.00 



Total $ 0,030.65 



DETAirjiD LIABILITIES. 



In Kalamazoo, Mich. : 



A. Grofert $ 62.55 



Commonwealth Power t'o 34.90 



Kalamazoo Loose Leaf Binder Co.... 13.00 



Harry G. Scott & Co 67.75 



Kalamazoo Auto Sales Co 25.45 



.Michigan State Telephone Co 67.60 



James Jackson 342.74 



Benj. Shapers 185.00 



In Chicago: 



Chicago Rubber Co 22.20 



K. C. Amling Co 247.05 



Wletor Bros 427.8S 



Peter Relnberg :{06.42 



A. L. Randall Co 991.10 



(Jeorge Relnberg 201.28 



1). K. Freres 227..'i!t 



Frank Oechslin 41.56 



Sefton litis. Co 108.82 



Botanical Decorating Co ;!2.2ti 



Vaughen's Seed Store 76.30 



J. A. Budlong 1,621.76 



Philip Schupp lOO.OO 



Chicago Flower Growers' Assoeiution 1,955.03 



John Krucbten 175.00 



Poetalmann Bros. Co 1,247.69 



Zech & Mann 474.4:! 



Kennicott Bros. Co 3,400.00 



Klrchheimer Bros. C«i 15.00 



Other liabilities: 



David Clarke's Sous. New York.,... 72.50 



American Foil Co., New York 15.00 



Lion & Co.. New York 65.59 



.M. Kice Co., Philadelphia 141.75 



II. Bayerstdorfer & Co., Philadelphia. 64.31 



\. U. Stickle, lied Hook, N. Y '5.62 



L. V. Schaeirer, Bed Hook, N. Y 98.:J5 



Irving Stickle, Bed Hook. N. Y 45.00 



Crescent Paper Co., Indianapolis.... 45.78 



<.'liarles Zinn & Co., New York ;!l."_'i> 



Peters & Heed Pottery Co., Zanes- 



ville, 0.0<1 



W. H. Kttluger, Waterloo, Ind 4.50 



Jordan B. Smith, Lansing, .Mich 400.00 



The case was referred to Referee in 



Bankruptcy Banyon, of St. Joseph, 



Mich., in whose district Kalamazoo is 



included. 



WINTEEINO DELPHINIUMS. 



Noticing the reference to delphiniums 

 in the article on "The Hardy Peren- 

 nial Garden" in The Review of July 9, 

 I wish to ask what treatment the del- 

 phiniums should receive from Septem- 

 ber on through the winter? Last sea- 

 son I grew some fine plants in the 

 greenhouse and left them there for the 

 winter. No fire was kept in the win- 

 ter and the house was not used. It was 

 simply a coldframe. I lost the plants. 

 What should bo the winter treatment 

 of these plants and others of the same 

 nature! Where can they best be win- 

 tered here, in the climate of southern 

 Michigan? E. S. T. 



Delphiniums, such as were described 

 iu a recent issue of The Review, are 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand a winter 

 minimum of 20 to 25 degrees below 

 zero; at least, they have withstood such 

 temperatures with me, and this is 

 probably about as cold as you will get 



Emblem of the Order of the Eastern Star. 



it. If there is a good snow protection, 

 delphiniums are about as hardy as any 

 perennials we have. After the first 

 t-rop of flowers has passed, these should 

 1)6 cut back and a second crop will 

 then come up for August and Septem- 

 ber flowering. Any transplanting should 

 1)0 done from the middle to the end of 

 October. Just before the ground 

 freezes up, give your plants a top- 

 dressing of well rotted manure. If your 

 ( limate is extremely severe, supplement 

 this with a further light mulch of hav 

 or strawy litter. A thick mulch is 

 more likely to be harmful than helpful. 

 Delphiniums should not have wet feet 

 iu winter, or they will rot. Give them 

 land where water will not stand. 



If, for any reason, you are unable to 

 winter perennials successfully out- 

 doors, lift them and plant them' closely 

 in a coldframe and, when the ground is 

 frozen hard, cover with dry leaves; 

 tljen place the sashes over them. The 

 floor of a cold cellar, covered with 

 coarse sand, can be used to pack away 

 many perennials of doubtful hardiness, 

 such as incarvilleas, rehmannias, knip- 

 hofias. Anemone Japonica, Helianthus 

 multiflorus plenus, pompon ehrvsanthe- 



inums, montbretias, etc. In a sandy, 

 ]>orous soil even these stand a good 

 (leal of cold — much more than when 

 planted in a retentive, davev loam. 



C. W. 



THE ILLINOIS EQUIPMENT. 



The equipment for floriculture at the 

 TTniversity of Illinois now consists of 

 eight greenhouses, covering an area of 

 28,000 square feet, which is devoted to 

 experimental and instructional work. 

 In addition to this, there is a service 

 building 35x95 feet, of two stories and 

 a basement. 



Because of the backing of the Illinois 



State Florists' Association, the state 



legislature not only has provided this 



equipment but has made the following 



appropriatious for its maintenance and 



operation. 



July, 1907, to July, 1909 $15,000.00 



July, 1909, to July, 1911 16,000.00 



July, 1911, to July, 1913 16,000.00 



July, 1913, to July, 1915 16,000.00 



Newton, la. — Mrs. James Lister has 

 sold the City Greenhouses to C. S. Simp- 

 son, of Davenport. W. F. Behring will 

 have charge of the plant. 



