Fbbruabt 19, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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a corporation which had been taxed, and 

 $50 on which the tax had been paid 

 at the source are next deducted, as 

 well as the specific exemption of 

 $3,333.33, for our taxpayer as a mar- 

 ried man. It should be made clear, 

 though it is not by the report blanks, 

 that the specific exemption this time 

 is only $2,500 or $3,333.33 for single 

 and married persons respectively, as 

 only five-sixths of the stated exemption 

 of $3,000 and $4,000 is allowed, because 

 the return covers only ten months, in- 

 stead of a full year. These three deduc- 

 tions amount to $3,503.33, leaving as 

 the taxable income, $2,191.67. A. F. 

 Lorist has, therefore, no need to bother 

 about the few lines devoted to addi- 

 tional taxes on incomes of five and six 

 figures. One per cent of his taxable 

 income is easily figured and entered at 

 the bottom of the page as $21.92. f 



If a wife has enough income of her 

 own to bring the combined income of 

 herself and husband into the taxable 

 class, they both must file returns. If 

 there is any doubt as to whether one's 

 income is taxable, it is best to be on 

 the Hafe side by filing a return. Though 

 it may be a heavy tax on the brain, it 

 will not afterward be felt so severely 

 as would be the effect on that vital 

 spot, the pocketbook, of a fine of $20 to 

 $1,000. 



GOLDEN SPUES NOT ITX)WERING. 



Will you tell me what is the matter 

 with my Golden Spur narcissi? I 

 brought some flats in before Christmas, 

 putting them under the benches until 

 the plants were from four to five 

 inches high. I have been bringing 

 some in every week. They have grown 

 quite tall, but have no blooms. The 

 buds that appear are like blisters and 

 do not amount to anything. I have 

 1,500 bulbs and it looks as though 

 nearly all of them are worthless. Do 

 you think it was the fault of the 

 bulbs t J. G. S. 



The trouble, probably, has been due 

 to giving the Golden Spurs some wrong 

 treatment. You do not say whether you 

 are growing French, Guernsey or 

 Dutch bulbs. The French bulbs are 

 easily forced for Christmas and the 

 early part of January. The Guernseys 

 immediately follow them. The Dutch, 

 which are by far the most largely 

 grown, cannot be flowered with suc- 

 cess earlier than January 20 and it is 

 a common error to atart these too 

 early; such batches always show a 

 greater or less percentage of blistered 

 buds. I think your later batches will 

 flower all right. Too early housing, 

 before the growths are sufficiently 

 started and when the roots are inade- 

 quate, invariably results in at least 

 partial failure. Also be careful not to 

 overwater your plants; under benches 

 they are liable to get considerable drip, 

 and nothing will more effectively spoil 

 them. C. W. 



TREATMENT FOR AMABYLUS. 



I have a lot of amaryllises, secured 

 last year as blooming bulbs, but only a 

 few of them bloomed. I had them in 

 a coldframe all summer and when I 

 took them in last fall they were in 

 splendid leaf. I placed them, in the 

 pots, on the greenhouse floor, away from 

 drip. They got no water except the 

 moisture of the house. They have kept 

 green all winter, although the soil is 

 dry in the pots. A few of them showed 



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signs of life, so I put them on a bench 

 and watered slightly. "What treatment 

 do they need? L. H. 



Your treatment has been correct in 

 nearly every respect, and, provided 

 your bulbs are of real blooming size, 

 there is no reason why a large propor- 

 tion should not flower this season. It 

 is not necessary to completely dry off 

 the plants, as many imagine, but I like 

 to have the plants lose most of their 

 foliage. If you had put them on their 

 sides last October or November, it 

 would have been a little better for the 

 plants, provided they could be in a 

 fairly dry atmosphere, although if space 

 would permit they could be kept on the 

 beoch right along. 



Before starting up the plants, repot- 

 ting should be done where necessary. 

 If your bulbs were only potted last 

 season, however, all they should require 

 would seem to be the removal of some 

 of the surface soil and a top dressing of 

 fibrous loam and dried cow manure. 

 Also, examine the drainage and see that 

 it is all right. Start in a temperature 

 of 55 to 60 degrees. The flower spikes 

 will usually show before you need to 

 place them on the bench. The flowering 

 period is usually January, February and 

 March, although they can be had in 

 December and April. Amaryllises are 

 of easy culture. In summer they are 

 best plunged in a bed of tanbark, 

 leaves, or cocoanut fiber refuse. 



C. W. 



