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ocwBisR 15, 1914. 



The Florists^ Re^^cw 



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BUSINESS BMBABKASSMENTS. 



Ail)aiiy» N* ^* — Ed™"'^^ S. Hazel- 

 ♦iue who conducts a retail store on 

 Pentra' avenue, filed a petition in bank- 

 X,pto\ October 5, showing liabilities of 

 *29 7- *°^ assets of $4,665, consisting 

 larcei- of mortgaged real estate in 

 ffhieli )'0 has an interest. The petition 

 is thf ;esult of the creditors of a mov- 

 ing 1" 'ure theater at Catskill, N. Y., 

 n w) h Mr. Hazel tine was interested, 

 filing fQS amounting to about $10,000 

 on tl I heater, bankruptcy proceedings 

 bein< onsidered necessary to conserve 

 the ■' ^''t". The florists' business of 

 the J ■ 'tioner is not involved, ^8 all of 

 the r -ditors are well secured.! ^d ,«. 



Bal' tnore, Md. — Upon comp4ali]?t 6t'' 

 the P ^- Bond Paper Co. and H. Bay- 

 ersdo.'ier & Co., an order was signed 

 Octo>' r 8 in the Circuit court requiring ' 

 cause -0 be shown by October 19 Why a 

 recei^•■r should not be appoinftfd for 

 the F oithuber Bros. Co., 1905 Green- 

 mount avenue, with four greenhouses 

 on tho Belair road. It is alleged in the 

 bill of complaint, filed through James J. 

 CarmoJy and Harris A. Eome, attor- 

 neys, that the Forthuber Bros. Co. owes 

 the complainants $16.92 and $145.12 

 and is insolvent. 



Philadelphia, Pa. — Robert Kift, for 

 many years in the retail florists' busi- 

 ness on Chestnut street, has filed a vol- 

 untary petition in bankruptcy. His 

 troubles are said to have resulted from 

 losses on property at 1821 Chestnut 

 street acquired as an outside venture. 

 Mr. Kift is one of the pleasantest of 

 men and has a wide circle of friends in 

 the trade who will hope to see his dif- 

 ficulties adjusted so that he can con- 

 tinue in business. 



New York, N. Y.— Otto Burkard, 

 who ran a flower store at 1402 Madison 

 avenue, has made an assignment to 

 Anna Burkard. He has been in busi- 

 ness eight years. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. — Olson Sher- 

 wood, a violet grower near here, has 

 filed a petition in bankruptcy, witii 

 liabilities of $6,364 and assets $3,650, 

 consisting of greenhouses and building, 

 $2,500, covered by a chattel mortgage 

 of $3,750; horses and wagons, $850, and 

 a lease, $300. 



Eeuosha, Wis. — The creditors' com- 

 mittee appointed to look into the affairs 

 of tho United Refrigerator & Ice Ma- 

 chine Co., which recently became em- 

 barrassed, at a meeting October 13 

 recommended that the merchandise 

 "'reditors, with claims aggregating 

 to8,0()0, accept sixty per cent, payable 

 semiaunually beginning July 1, 1915. 

 1^' this ia accepted the business will 

 be eoutinued under the direction of 

 the < ommittee. Many florists use ap- 

 paraiis from this concern. 



DAHLIAS FOR CUTTING. 



. ' you give the names of some 



gooc lahliaa for commercial use as cut 



°" -i? I want good, large blooms in 



yi'' pink and yellow. I should prefer 



"0 'nd cactus varieties. P.J. G. 



are 1 ^^^^ dahlias for your purpose 

 ^ff^: ^- J>- Livoni, soft pink^ John 



Lightship, clear yellow; Indomitable, 

 rich rosy pink. 



The decoratives are excellent for 

 cutting. Good sorts are: Mme. Van 

 den Dael, shell pii^, shading to white 

 at center; Jeanne Charmet, pretty color, 

 pink edges shading to white, pale yel- 

 low margins; Innocence, pure white, not 

 large but free; C. W. Bruton, bright 

 yellow. 



Peony-flowered dahlias are today 

 more in favor than any others for cut- 

 ting. A small selection you could grow 

 are: Bertha von Suttner, salmon pink 

 shading to pale yellow; H. Hornsveld, 

 light salmon; Snow Queen, pure white; 

 Sonnenblume, clear yellow; Queen Wjl- 

 helmina, pure white. C. W. 



^ PLANT BEOEIPTS HEAVY. 



That azaleas and other plant stock 

 from Belgium will not only ^ be on hand 

 for the coming seasoa, imt will also be 

 as plentiful as in previous years, is 

 borne out by the manifests of incom- 

 ing vessels as well as by advices from 

 abroad. Over 1,000 cases — 1,060 to be 



exact — arrived on the steamer Byndam 

 from Rotterdam, which reached New 

 York October 7. In this shipment were 

 several large consignments and a num- 

 ber of small ones. They were as fol- 

 lows: 



Consignee. Caeee. 



Langeler, H 34 



KOlker, A., & Song 106 



Lnnham & Mooi-e 69 



r.an«, R. P 7 



Smith, C. F 62 



McHutchlson & Co 1 



Hampton, J. W., Jr., & Co 199 



Maltus & Ware 560 



Vandegrlft, F. B., & Co 16 



Kuyper, P. C, & Co 7 



Total 1 .060 



WINTERINO SANTOLINAS. 



Will you please tell me how to care 

 for santolinas during the winter and 

 when to take cuttings for springt Vj 



J. F. C. 



Winter the pl<tnts on a shelf or a 

 light, sunny bench in a temperature of 

 50 degrees at night. Take spring cut- 

 tings in February and March. This 

 plant is a rapid grower. 0. W. 



i^ews from 



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London, England. — The council of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, over 

 the signatures of the officers, has issued 

 a full-page advertisement in gardening 

 papers, the essence of which is: "Whilst 

 rightly denying oneself all unnecessary 

 luxuries, it is, in our opinion, an act 

 of the highest patriotism to live our 

 normal lives as far as possible, cultivat- 

 ing the same area of land, employing 

 the same staff, transacting, in fact, all 

 our usual business and household ar- 

 rangements. ' ' 



Leiden, Holland. — De Graaff Bros., 

 Ltd., state: "A great part of the or- 

 ders from England for Dutch bulbs has 

 been canceled, and where that has not 

 been done wholly the orders have been 

 diminished to half or one-third or so. 

 This, combined with no chance of send- 

 ing anything to the continent of Eu- 

 rope, makes things extremely bad here. 

 We do not believe people realize that 

 the culture of bulbs in one part of 

 Holland is the sole means of existence 

 in that part." 



Ghent, Belgium. — The nearest place 

 near the nursery district of Ghent 

 where actual fighting has taken place 

 is Melle, some five miles distant from 

 Ghent, famous for its begonia fields, 

 and where among the hundred nur- 

 series are those well known of Francois 

 Spae, De Coster, Vercauteren, Bier & 

 Ankessmit, Dekoker, etc. The nurseries 

 did not suffer any real damage, the 

 fighting not reaching quite so far, 

 "but," says a nurseryman who was 

 there at the time, "had it extended 

 half a mile farther down the road to 

 Ghent we should have to deplore an 

 unequaled disaster for the nurserymen. 

 I can assure you we felt rather uncom- 

 fortable to hear the artillery barking at 

 80 close a range, so that the ground 

 trembled and set the glass in the green- 

 houses rattling. ' ' 



Surrey, England. — Jackman & Son 

 indicate that the shipments of Manetti 

 stocks from this district to America 

 will not go out on time as usual. 



Ghent, Belgium. — Jean Van Acker, 

 who yearly grows a million begonia 

 bulbs and quantities of gloxinias, states 

 that he expects to make his usual de- 

 liveries in spite of the armies. 



Pinte Gand, Belgium. — Julien Au 

 thierens says the situation is fully as 

 bad as the worst reports have made out. 

 He has been unable to move any con- 

 siderable part of his stock. Not one 

 plant has been shipped to his customers 

 in France, Russia and Germany. Trans- 

 portation to America has been open and 

 that country is the sole source of busi- 

 ness. 



Paris, France.— Philippe de Vilmorin, 

 of Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., is an offi- 

 cer and on active service. M. Cayeux, 

 of the firm of Cayeux & Le Clerc, Paris 

 seedsmen, also is an officer and on serv- 

 ice. Emile Rosette, the well-known 

 chrysanthemum grower of Caen, is in 

 the field. Gaston Clement, another 

 chrysanthemum specialist, is in the Gar- 

 rison Artillery in one of the forts in 

 the east of France. A. Truffaut's two 

 sons and his two sons-in-law are in the 

 field. M. Rivoire, of Lyons, secretary 

 of the French Chrysanthemum Society, 

 is an officer of Reserve; so, too, is M. 

 Nomblot, of the firm of Nomblot-Bru- 

 neau & Co., of Paris, the newly ap- 

 pointed secretary of the National Hor- 

 ticultural Society of France. Henri 

 Nonin, the only son of Aug. Nonin, the 

 well-known chrysanthemum raiser, is a 

 sergeant in a line regiment, is wounded 

 and in hospital. M. Ripard, son-in-law 

 of George Schneider, president of the 

 French Horticultural Society of Lon- 

 don, is with his regiment in the vicinity 

 of Versailles. 



