OCTOBEK 10, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



11 



STOPPING THE PAPER. 



I notice Review readers ask for ad- 



,io on all sorts of subjects and I 



'ould like a little information on the 



..llowing: About seventeen months 



,..o I subscribed for a certain publiea- 



uii, paying for a year in advance. I 



1,1 not notice when the year was up, 



r the paper kept on coming and no 



,11 was sent. Now, however, when I 



ii a ways in the second year, I have 



, oived a bill for the full year. Must 



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



uuldn't have subscribed again had I 



,n asked. But I am told a paper can 



,llect such bills. What shall I do? 



F. M. 



in the matter of collecting bills a 



iiblisher has the same rights as anyone 



;-o; no more and no less. If you get 



. weekly delivery of coal from a dealer, 



,>a are due to pay the bill as long as 



i>u accept the coal. 



Xowadays publishers of worth-while 



; .ipors stop mailing when the time paid 



or has expired. To do otherwise is 



■0 confess a doubt as to whether a re- 



■:,>wal would be forthcoming if the sub- 



-, liber knew the situation. 



The thing for you to do each time 

 ,1 arrives is to write "Refused" on 

 I ho wrapper and hand the paper back 

 :i) the mail carrier. It is done so often 

 111 such cases that the post-office has a 

 >iipply of printed cards to use and it 

 is the duty of the mail carrier to send 

 one of these cards to the publisher, 

 foiling him to stop mailing the paper, 

 if tiic publisher sends a bill for the 

 part of a year, you should pay it, 

 just as you should pay for any other 

 inorchandise you accept when delivery 

 is offered. But if he does not send a 

 iiill you need not let your conscience 

 lisinrb you. 



WINTERING IN FRAMES. 



Could I winter gaillardia, doljihinium 

 ind achillea seedlings in a coldframe? 



G. F. 



Gaillardia, delphinium and achillea 

 •'•'odlings will winter finely in a cold- 

 I'rnme. Give them a coating of dry 

 ioavos, once the soil is well frozen 

 about them. Then place sashes over 

 ■hoin. Air out during mild spells. 



^ 0. W. 



SEEMS TO BE A MISNOMER. 



Kindly explain to me what is the 



noaning of the word nanus. I have 



isked several of the florists here and 



lioy say they do not know; so by an- 



woring me in The Review you will 



'iidoubtodly enlighten many. I have 



'II several occasions sent for Asparagus 



■luniosus nanus, also for Asparagus plu- 



iitsus, and have specified that 1 wanted 



•/thing but the climber, yet nothing 



limes but the 1-foot or L'-foot height. 



liic soil has nothing to do with pre- 



I nting them from growing, as 1 have 



I bout ;^00 climbers that are plantc<l in 



'le same soil, out in the open ground, 



tnd though they are cut down to the 



round every year, thoy come up in the 



jTing and climb twelve to fourteen 



<et next year. A. W. 



The word nanus signifies dwarf, but 

 11 the case of Asparagus plumosus 

 anus the term seems to be a mis- 

 on»er. It is A. plumosus nanus that 

 ^ mostly grown for cutting by flo- 



Design by the Wickler 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. 



GODFREY CALLAS. 



Will you ]ilease tell us what treat- 

 ment to give our Godfrey callas? We 

 put them just one in a 6-ineh pot and 

 sot 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 them? Can they bloom satisfac- 

 torily with all those little plants in 

 the l3-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 

 affeet the l>ig plants so as to retard the 



blooming? We want them to bloom 

 this winter, not in May and June, as 

 they did this year. Please answer as 

 s(M)n as jiossilile, as we do not want to 

 maUe a mistake in their treatment this 

 year. L. M. S. i^- C. 



"i'our troatmont of the callas has been 

 a little (lifTorent from the ordinary 

 method. Whore these Avere rested and 

 allowed to become perfectly dry, it is 

 a simj)le 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-incl! pots last winter. It would be 

 ditlicult 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 -give a night temperature of 

 .").") to GO (legrees. C. W. 



