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OCTOBBB UO, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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STOPPINO THE PAPEB. 



I notice Eeview readers ask for ad- 

 vice on all sorts of subjects and I 

 should like a little information on the 

 following: About seventeen months 

 ago I subscribed for a certain publica- 

 tion, paying for a year in advance. I 

 did not notice when the year was up, 

 for the paper kept on coming and no 

 bill was sent. Now, -however, when I 

 am a ways in the second year, I have 

 received a bill for the full year. Must 

 I pay it? I don't want the paper and 

 wouldn't have subscribed again had I 

 been asked. But I am told a paper can 

 collect such bills. What shall I dof 



F. M. 



In the matter of collecting bills a 

 publisher has the same rights as anyone 

 else; no more and no less. If you get 

 a weekly delivery of coal from a dealer, 

 you are due to pay the bill as long as 

 you accept the coal. 



Nowadays publishers of worth-while 

 papers stop mailing when the time paid 

 for has expired. To do otherwise is 

 to confess a doubt as to whether a re- 

 newal would be forthcoming if the sub- 

 scriber knew the situation. 



The thing for you to do each time 

 it arrives is to write "Eefused" on 

 the wrapper and hand the paper back 

 to the mail carrier. It is done so often 

 in such cases that the post-office has a 

 supply of printed cards to use and it 

 is the duty of the mail carrier to send 

 one of these cards to the publisher, 

 telling him to stop mailing the paper. 

 If the publisher sends a bill for the 

 part of a year, you should pay it, 

 just as you should pay for any other 

 merchandise you accept when delivery 

 is offered. But if he does not send a 

 bill you need not let your conscience 

 disturb you. 



WINTEBING IN FBAMES. 



Could I winter gaillardia, delphinium 

 and achillea seedlings in a coldframef 



G. F. 



Gaillardia, delphinium and achillea 

 seedlings .will winter finely in a cold- 

 frame. Give them a coating of dry 

 leaves, once the soil is well frozen 

 about them. Then place sashes over 

 them. Air out during mild spells. 



C. W. 



SEEMS TO BE A MISNOMEB. 



Kindly explain to me what is the 

 meaning of the word nanus, I have 

 asked several of the florists here and 

 they say they do not know; so by an- 

 swering me in The Review you will 

 undoubtedly enlighten many. I have 

 on several occasions sent for Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus, also for Asparagus plu- 

 wosus, and have specified that I wanted 

 nothing but the climber, yet nothing 

 comes but the 1-foot or 2-foot height. 

 The soil has nothing to do with pre- 

 venting them from growing, as I have 

 about 300 climbers that are planted in 

 the same soil, out in the open ground, 

 and though they are cut down to the 

 ground every year, they come up in the 

 spring and climb twelve to fourteen 

 feet next year. A. W. 



The word nanus signifies dwarf, but 

 in the case of Asparagus plumosus 

 nanus the term seems to be a mis- 

 nomer. It is A. plumosus nanus that 

 is mostly grown for cutting by flo- 



Design by the Wickkr Floral Co^ Grand Forks, N. D. 



rists, and this variety frequently grows 

 from ten to twelve feet in a season 

 after the plants are well established, 

 but such vigorous growth is seldom 

 seen before the plants are three years 

 old. 



The chief distinction between A. plu- 

 mosus and the nanus variety is found 

 in the fact that the latter has branches 

 that are more thickly covered with 

 foliage, and are flatter than those of 

 the original species. W. H. T. 



GODFBEY CALLAS. 



Will you please tell us what treat- 

 ment to give our Godfrey callast We 

 put them just one in a 6-inch pot and 

 set the pots in the ground to the rim. 

 We kept them growing all summer and 

 they made splendid growth, but now 

 each one is surrounded by ten to fif- 

 teen little plants. What shall we do 

 with themf Can they bloom satisfac- 

 torily with all those little plants in 

 the 6-inch pots! If not, how shall we 

 get them out? If we turn the pots 

 upside down and dump the plants out 

 we can separate them and put the little 

 plants in other pots, but would that not 

 affect the big plants so as to retard the 



blooming f We want them to bloom 

 this winter, not in May and June, as 

 they did this year. Please answer as 

 soon as possible, as we do not want to 

 make a mistake in their treatment this 

 year. L. M. S. & C. 



Your treatment of the callas has been 

 a little different from the ordinary 

 method. Where these were rested and 

 allowed to become perfectly dry, it is 

 a simple and easy matter to separate 

 these little bulblets and plant them in 

 pans or small pots. It is really sur- 

 prising what small plants of this calla 

 will flower. Some of ours bloomed in 

 3-inch pots last winter. It would be 

 difficult to detach these growing bulb- 

 lets with roots intact without in some 

 measure hurting the older plant. The 

 better plan, therefore, would be to re- 

 duce their numbers by simply cutting 

 or pulling them out, leaving three of 

 the best in each pot to grow. We 

 have found that by planting three in 

 a 6-inch pot and the same number in 

 an 8-inch pot when stronger, and re- 

 moving all side growths, we get fine 

 results from the Godfrey. Feed regu- 

 larly and tgive a night temperature of 

 55 to 60 degrees. 0. W. 



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