February o, 1!»14. 



The Florists' Review 



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You will see that in cases of poor de- 

 livery by the carriers, consignees, who 

 are by the law the owners of the goods 

 shipped for their account and risk, will 

 have to accept the goods, of course un- 

 der protest and reserving their rights 

 to claim. They will have to protect 

 the shippers and not try to throw the 

 goods into the shippers' hands. They 

 have to claim from the carriers, not 

 the shippers. The latter will always 

 support any just claim, and' such sup- 

 port has, in our experience, in the ma- 

 jority of instances influenced the car- 

 riers to at least some sort of settle- 

 ment with the consignees', sometimes 

 promptly, sometimes more tardily. But 

 the carriers will have to acknowledge 

 just claims put before them in legal 

 form. The way suggested in your ar- 

 ticle 'does not appear to me to be legal 

 form, but a form to impede the suc- 

 cessful collection of a just claim. 



Winfried Eolker. 



SHORT COURSES AT CORNELL. 



Farmers' week at Cornell University 

 completed the short courses in flori- 

 culture which began November 11, 1913. 

 Three distinct courses have been given 

 this year. The commercial course con- 

 sists of five lectures and two after- 

 noons each wefek devoted to practical 

 and investigational work. The aim is 

 to familiarize the students with the 

 methods of culture of as many com- 

 mercial crops as possible, such as roses, 

 carnations, violets, orchids and the like. 

 Eleven have taken this work during 

 the last session. The course in green- 

 house construction is also for persons 

 interested in commercial problems. 

 Different methods of construction used 

 in houses fqr growing flowers and vege- 

 tables are described, and factors which 

 influence the heating of these are stud- 

 ied. Coldframes and hotbeds are also 

 considered. Twelve have been taking 

 this work. 



The course in amateur flower grow- 

 ing is designed principally foj; those 

 interested in home flower growing. So 

 far as possible, this course is given 

 without reference to greenhouses. The 

 physiological principles of plant growth 

 are considered in so far as they apply 

 to the growing of house plants and 

 garden flowers. Practical exercises in 

 propagation by seeds, cuttings and 

 other methods are given. Two lectures 

 each week are also given in tho cul- 

 ture of various plants adapted to home 

 growing, including house plants, plants 

 for window and piazza boxes and gar- 

 den flowers. Fifteen have taken this 

 course. The accompanying illustration 

 shows the students who have taken 

 these short courses in floriculture dur- 

 ing the last session. 



GLADIOLI IN JUNE AND JULY. 



When should America and Mrs. King 

 gladiolus bulbs be planted under glass 

 to have them in flower from June 15 to 

 July 4 ! J. C. H, 



Plant the bulbs in the benches at the 

 end of March. If planted outside as 

 soon as frost leaves the ground, a good 

 many will be in bipom. You can start 

 them singly in SVj-lnch pots in a cold- 

 frame about March lo and plant outside 

 at the end of April; a good many of 

 these will bloom from June 15 to July 

 4, but indoor culture w^U give you the 

 surest crop. ^ C. W. 



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Short Course Students in Floriculture at College of Agriculture, Cornell University. 



OBITUARY 



William Algle. 



William Algie, who, since the death 

 of the late Henry Dale, fourteen years 

 ago, has acted as co-executor with T. W. 

 Duggan in the management of the Dale 

 Estate, Brampton, Ont., died at his resi- 

 dence at Alton February 1. 



Charles Mauff. 



Charles Mauff, vice-president of the 

 Mauff Floral Co., Denver, Colo., died 

 January 24 of pneumonia. Mr. Mauff" 

 was 53 years old and had lived in Den- 

 ver all his life. His mother, Mrs. Rosa- 

 lie Mauff, was for many years a florist, 

 operating the Capitol Hill Greenhouses, 

 of which Charles Mauff and his brother, 

 Albert Mauff, at one time state horti- 

 culturist, took charge under the corpo- 

 rate title when Mrs. Mauff went to Los 

 Angeles, Cal., to live. Mr. Mauff is 

 survived by his widow, two brothers, 

 Albert and Robert Mauff; four sisters, 

 Mrs. A. D. Pickens, Mrs. A. B. Briggs 

 and Mrs. R. V. Brown, of Denver, and 

 Mrs. Roy Hartz, of New York city, and 

 his mother, Mrs. Rosalie Mauff, of Los 

 Angeles, Cal. 



Charles David Thayer. 



Charles Dq.yid Thayer, one of the old- 

 est florists in Mi4 state of Massachusetts, 

 died at his home, 16 Ripley street, 

 Worcester, Mass., January 24 of valv- 

 ular heart disease at the age of 63 

 years. Mr. Thayer 's health had been 

 failing since the death of his wife two 

 years ago, 



Mr. Thayer was born in Worcester 

 .luly 7, 1850. He went into the florists' 

 business when he was 19 years old and 

 two years later opened a store on Main 

 street,, which he conducted for twenty 

 years. At one time he also operated 

 stores in Millbury, Marlboro, Clinton 

 and Spencer. He gradually enlarged 

 "his plant and built up his business until 

 he had one of the largest in the state. 

 Of late years Mr. Thayer handled real 

 estate on th^ side and had a large stock 

 farm, on which were a large number of 

 high-bred cattle. He was past com- 

 mander of the Knights of Malta and a 

 member of several horticultural socie- 

 ties. 



Mr. Thayer leaves five children, Mrs. 



A. L. Halford, of Ludlow; C. D. Thayer, 

 Jr.; Mrs. -John Beveridge, Alfred D. and 

 Joseph Thayer. A sister. Miss Anna 

 E. Thayer, also survives him. The 

 funeral was held at his home the fol- 

 lowing Tuesday. ^ "" 



Joseph H. Towell. 



From New York comes the report, 

 this week, of the death of Joseph H. 

 Towell, of Paterson, N. J., who had for 

 many years been bedridden but who had 

 continued to conduct his florists' busi- 

 ness. 



IRIS FOR MEMORIAL DAY. 



Please tell me how long a time is re- 

 quired to have Spanish iris in bloom for 

 Memorial day. I planted iiis In flats 

 January 15, and covered them with four 

 inches of soil. When mu^t I bring them 

 in to have them in bloom for Memorial 

 day? F. H. 



Spanish iris will need extremely little 

 forcing to be in flower for Memorial 

 day, as their natural flowering time out- 

 doors is in June. You need not have 

 covered your flats with soil. These 

 irises commence to grow quickly when 

 planted and should not be covered, as 

 are the general run of Dutch bulbs. If 

 you leave them covered, the growths 

 will become weak and drawn. Remove 

 them to coldframes or a light cellar. 

 \ever mind if they get an occasional 

 ligiit freezing, as it will not hurt them. 

 About the middle oi" April place your 

 irises in a cool house, run at about 48 

 degrees at night, and they will be in 

 ample time for Memorial day. You 

 planted your bulbs quite late; another 

 season get them in during October and 

 the results will be better. C. W. 



Joliet, 111. — There is a case pending 

 in chancery in which the Thompson 

 and Fish families are continuing the 

 fight for control of the J. D. Thomp- 

 son Carnation ;*Co., a corporation cap- 

 italized, at $58,000. In 1908 the Fish 

 interests secured the upper hand. Vera 

 Thompson, sister of Mrs. Charles M. 

 Fish, now has sued for the possession 

 of six and one-half shares of stock 

 heretofore voted by the Fish family. 

 Charles M. Fish, Mrs. Helen Fish, P. 

 W. Peterson, B. Wunderlich and the 

 J. D. Thompson Carnation Co.. defend- 

 ants in the case, have filed an answer 

 in which they deny the claims of own- 

 ership made by the plaintiff. 



