Mabch 17, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



31 



Give Novelty to the Easter Stock by Planting the Flowering Bulbs in Different ^ays. 



crime which requires indictment and 

 trial, but that such a bankrupt is guilty 

 also of contempt of court, for which he 

 ••an be summarily and immediately pun- 

 ished without being entitled to a jury 

 trial. 



The testimony of the. bankrupt upon 

 which this decision was rendered con- 

 sisted mainly of answers of, "I don't 

 romember" and "I don't understand," 

 to all questions as to his assets and lia- 

 liilities and as to the disposition of his 

 property. 



The effect of this decision is to en- 

 force eflfectivo administration of the 

 hankruptcy law. to put bankrupts, in tlio 

 position of being obliged to disclose to 

 their creditors the true cause of their 

 Jmnkruptcy, and in default of such dis- 

 <'ovory it is acknowledged and settled that 

 bankruots can be summarily committed 

 to jail for contempt of court. 



FERTILIZER FOR REX BEGONIA. 



"What is the best fertilizer to uso for 

 the Rex bogonia, and what quantity 



should be used? 



S. N. C. 



The best and safest fertilizer for Be- 

 gonia Rex is liquid cow or sheep manure 

 applied once every week or ten days' 

 Soot water is an excellent food also. It 

 will be safer for you to use liquid ani- 

 mal manures than chemical fertilizers. 



C. 



WHITE FLY. 



Having noticed frequent inquiries in 

 the Rkvikw as to treatment for white 

 fly, I think the following will be of in- 

 terest: Persistent fumigating with to- 

 bacco for a week or ten days and then 

 regularly once a week will, I think do 

 away witn the white fly. It did for' me 

 For years they were a nuisance to me' 



S5 3 ' ^™^ °° pelargoniums, but 

 did not seem to settle on anything else 

 I got out of tobacco stems during mum 

 growmg time and before I could get^ny 



the mums were a sight with black fly. 

 It takes about two weeks of almost con- 

 stant smoking to clean them out. That 

 was three or four years ago. No white 

 fly since till this winter. The house was 

 not smoked since last fall, except what 

 leaked through from the carnation house. 



Wm. Chisholm. 



SEASONABLE ADVICE. 



Preparing for Easter. 



How easiy it is at this time of tlie 

 year to "alibw the temperature of the 

 violet houses to run up too high, either 

 at some time during the day or at night! 

 This is brought forcibly to mind by a 

 recent inquiry. Keep the houses cool, 

 clean, airy, and watered with fresh water, 

 and of this much more can be used from 

 now on. 



The near approach of Easter makes 

 one think of what he can do to increase 

 his trade. Well, one good way is always 

 to keep just a little ahead of your cus- 

 tomers. Of course, if you have a large 

 pity trade, you can adopt any or all of 

 the latest fads or frills in accessories, but 

 in the smaller towns and villages one 

 must closely study his patrons, their likes 

 and dislikes, their pocketbooks and about 

 how much they will stand that is new 

 and novel— at least to them. That is why 

 I say, always keep a little ahead of them. 

 Lead them to expect always to find you 

 up-to-date and reasonable. You can get 



people upstairs a step at a time easily 

 enough, but if you try to have tliem get 

 up with one or two steps, you will find 

 few that are able. As a result, they re- 

 fua»-^o try, but will go up somebody 

 else's stairs. Therefore, while you un- 

 doubtedly ought to get a better price for 

 your flowers than you do, educate your 

 customers to appreciate quality and lead 

 them to advance gradually from vear to 

 year. 



Remember that there is no flower 

 grown that cannot be improved and have 

 its beauty enhanced by a proper setting; 

 so I say, study all the accessories that 

 the wholesale house offers, selecting those 

 that you are sure will please your trade, 

 and then use them to their best ad- 

 vantage, remembering that if the right 

 ones are used it will be the violets that 

 will get the credit, as you will find few 

 people that Avill realize that half of the 

 superior looks of the flowers comes from 

 this proper setting. Of course. I am not 

 expecting that you will use poor flowers 

 a^nd get good results, but you can make 

 good ones look twice as good. Take care, 

 however, not to overdo this, or the at- 

 tention will be drawn from the flowers 

 themselves. 



Packing and Delivering. 



As to packing for delivery, if vour 

 trade will not take tlie fancy' boxes— al- 

 though I doubt this— be sure that what- 

 ever you use is neat and perfectly odor- 

 less. Never allow a violet box to stand 

 where it can absorb an odor of any kind, 

 not even the odor of roses or carnations. 

 Remember that people buy violets, first 

 and last, for the odor, and anvthing for- 

 eign, even though not bad of itself, is 

 had when out of place, as it surely is in a 

 bunch of violets. 



There is another thing tiiat the dealer 

 in a small place may thoughtlessly over- 

 look, and that is the looks of his de- 

 livery boy. True, you cannot aflPord to 

 keep him in livery, like your citv brothers, 

 but you can see to it that he' is always 



