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June 22, 1911. 



ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



9 



checking up its canceled checks. There 

 is record of one florist who did busi- 

 ness without a bank account, paying 

 out the currency he received and hold- 

 ing the checks, doubtless on the theory 

 that the checks, requiring his endorse- 

 ment before passing on, were less likely 

 to be lost. But if a check is held by 

 the payee, he takes all the risks witli 

 it; the courts repeatedly have ruled 

 that if a check is not presented for 

 payment within a reasonable time, any 

 Joss which may ensue falls not on the 

 one who gave the check, but on the one 

 who failed to cash it promptly. As to 

 what constitutes a reasonable time for 

 cashing a check, the courts have said 

 that a man is using due diligence if 

 he presents the check at the bank on 

 which it is drawn, or deposits it in his 

 own bank, on the day following that on 

 which the check was received. And 

 now the Supreme Court of New York 

 state has ruled that where a check is 

 thus deposited for collection, such 

 further time is to be allowed as is 

 necessary for the check to pass through 

 the clearing house in the usual course 

 of business. If the bank on which 

 the check is drawn refuses to pay the 

 check when presented within such rea- 

 sonable time, the maker of the check 

 still is bound for the debt, but if a 

 greater time has elapsed, the maker of 

 the check, if he can show that its non- 

 payment was due to no fault of his, 

 will be able to fix the loss upon the 

 one who held up the check. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Secretary's Bulletin. 

 At the mid-Lent meeting of the So- 

 ciety of American Flotists the follow- 

 ing appropriations were made for the 

 year 1911: 



Tariff work of Legislative Committee |100.00 



General work of Legislative Committee... 100.00 



Entomologist 50.00 



rathologlst ."W.OO 



Botanist 80.00 



Annual badges 75.00 



Clerical assistance to Secretary at annual 



convention 50.00 



Clorfcal assistance to secretary at ad- 

 journed meeting 25.00 



Sports Committee .50.00 



President's messenger and assistants 25.00 



Or so much of such amounts as might be needed. 



Attention should be called to the 

 work of the entomologist, pathologist 

 and botanist. Prof. H. H. Whetzel, of 

 Cornell University, is the pathologist 

 and has taken up the study of certain 

 plant diseases, upon which he will re- 

 port at the August meeting. Dr. S. A. 

 Forbes, the entomologist, being unable 

 this past year to give the work the 

 proper amount of time, placed it in 

 the hands of J. J. Davis, who presented 

 the report given on pages 34 to 42 of 

 the twenty-sixth annual report. This 

 is well worth studying. The botanist. 

 Prof. J, F. Cowell, is always ready to 

 help the members on any botanical 

 question. I call your attention to the 

 work of these oflBcers, as it is well 

 worth your support. 



At the same meeting, on motion by 

 Mr. Pierson, seconded by Mr. Kasting, 

 the adoption of the following amend- 

 ment was recommended to the society: 



To amend Article IV, Section 2, to read as 

 follows: 



Sec. 2. Fees and Assessments. — Any eligible 

 person may become a member of the society on 

 the payment of $5, and such payment shall cover 

 the annual dues for the balance of the calendar 

 year. The annual dues shall be $3 per year, pay- 

 able In advance on the first day of January. Any 

 person may become a life member on payment of 

 $50 and be exempt from all further assesementa. 



The object of this amendment is to 



make it possible for any person to be- 



The Moft Strikins: Retail Advertisement Yet Published. 



(This advertisement occupied more than a quarter of a page In the Boston Post.) 



come a life member of the S. A. F. on 

 the payment of $50, irrespective of the 

 fact that he is already a member or 

 not. 



A rate of a fare and three-fifths on 

 the certificate plan has been granted 

 by the Trunk Line Association. The 

 New England, the Central and the 

 Eastern Canadian are still to be heard 

 from. Further information regarding 

 rates will appear later. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, 

 public notice is hereby given that the 

 registration of the roses, Euby Queen, 

 May Queen, Pearl Queen and Royal 

 Cluster, by the Conard & Jones Co., of 

 West Grove, Pa., becomes complete. 

 H. B. Dorner, Sec'y^ 



June 15, 1911. ^^ 



ANTS ON LAWNS. 



Can you tell us what to do for ants 

 on lawns and around flower bedsf 



E. & B. 



Mix up powdered borax four parts, 

 fine sugar one part. Let it stand for 

 ten days before using it. Then lay 

 it in little heaps about the places in- 

 fested by the ants. Or take a little 

 potassium cyanide, break it up fine 

 and mix with twenty times the amount 

 of sugar. Allow it to stand for 

 twenty-four hours before using. Re- 

 member, however, that cyanide of 

 potassium is a deadly poison and so 

 must be handled carefully. It should 

 also be placed in holes, so that no 

 children, animals or birds can get it. 



C. W. 



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