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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mat 5, 1010. 



LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. 



The express company refuses to settle 

 in full a claim for a shipment lost by 

 delay in transit, on the contention that 

 its liability is limited to $50. We are 

 told that if a greater value than $50 ex- 

 isted, it should have been shown on the 

 receipt, where no value at all was re- 

 corded. We claim payment at the full 

 value of our goods, which is easily shown 

 by the invoice enclosed. I have an im- 

 pression that I have read of some lawsuit 

 in which the express company set up this 

 same claim of $50 limit of liability and 



PLATYCLINIS GLUMACEA. 



Platyclinis glumacea, also called Den- 

 drochilum glumaceum, is a graceful and 

 interesting orchid. It is one of the few 

 members of a genus peculiar to the East 

 Indies and the Malay Archipelago. The 

 variety glumacea comes from the Philip- 

 pines. The pendulous, elongated spikes 

 of white flowers are deliciously fragrant. 

 The small pseudo-bulbs are crowded, the 

 younger ones being generally covered 

 with reddish scales. The solitary leaves 

 are lanceolate and taper into the long 

 footstalk. 



Platyclinis Glumacea. 



in which the judgment was against them. 

 Can you tell us what our rights are in 

 the matter? J. & T. 



The receipts issued by express com- 

 panies usually have printed upon them 

 the stipulation that the company is not 

 to be liable beyond $50 unless the value 

 of the package is stated to be greater 

 than that. This document is both a re- 

 ceipt and a contract. The shipper is sup- 

 posed to have read it, as every man is 

 supposed to read his contracts, and, 

 whether he has read it or not, he is 

 bound by it. The courts have frequently 

 held that the stipulation in question is a 

 reasonable one and that the shipper is 

 bound by it. The position of the express 

 company is that it is entitled to know 

 the value of a package in order that it 

 may take extra care of unusually valu- 

 able packages, and also in order that it 

 may make an additional charge for such 

 extra care and unusual liability. 



The case you have in mind where a 

 greater sum than $50 was collected was 

 probably that of an incoming passenger 

 on a train who has given to a local ex- 

 pressman who came through the cars the 

 check for a trunk and asked him to take 

 the baggage to some designated address. 

 The passenger is likely to be more or less 

 inexperienced, the cars are dimly lighted, 

 the transaction is a rapid one, and the 

 courts have held in such cases that the 

 local expressman is bound for the full 

 value of the trunk, notwithstanding a 

 $50 limitation on his receipt, unless he 

 calls the passenger's attention to the 

 fact that the document is a contract, as 

 well as a receipt, and that the limitation 

 is part of it. In the ordinary case of 

 shipment by express the rule is otherwise. 



This species grows well in- pots or 

 pans of fern fiber, to which may be added 

 a little sphagnum moss. The receptacles 

 should be half filled with drainage. The 

 plants are also well adapted for culture 

 in baskets, the graceful, drooping ra- 

 cemes showing off to good advantage in 

 them. Potting or basketing should be 

 , done soon after flowering. A tempera- 

 ture of 60 degrees at night in winter 

 and a moist atmosphere, with overhead 

 syringings in hot weather, suits them. 

 They need but little rest, as compared 

 with the bulk of orchids, and should 

 never be allowed to become very dry at 

 any time. At the warm end of a cattleya 

 house the platyclinis will do well. The 

 flowering time of P. glumacea is early 

 spring. Another species, P. filiformis. 



blooms in summer, and P. Cobbiana 

 blooms in early winter. 



W. N. Craig. 



TANKAGE FOR BENCH CROPS. 



How much tankage can I use on a 

 bed 5x150 feet, and how often f 



B. J. P. 



The quantity of tankage and the num- 

 ber of times to apply it depend so much 

 on the crop for which it is to be used 

 that an answer is difficult. There are 

 also some brands with fifty per cent 

 more ammonia than others. Carnations 

 and Asparagus plumosus should not have 

 this applied earlier than January, nor 

 more frequently than at intervals of a 

 month. We should prefer to change the 

 food, rather than use one only. Do not 

 use over one pound per twenty square 

 feet at a time in late winter or early 

 spring. Later in the season the plants, 

 owing to more frequent and copious 

 waterings, will take up rather more plant 

 food. W. C. 



CARHIED OVER AZALEAS. 



What is the best treatment for azaleas 

 after blooming? F, J. V. 



Pick off all seed pods. Keep the 

 plants carefully watered and syringed. 

 About the middle of May, or as soon 

 as danger of frost has passed, you can 

 plant them outdoors. There is no need 

 to give them any shade. We prefer a 

 sunny spot. Have them where you can 

 use the hose on them freely; two or 

 three sprayings a day in extremely hot 

 weather will be appreciated. Lift and 

 pot the plants about the end of Septem- 

 ber. Any good garden soil will suit the 

 azaleas, but they grow specially well 

 where some leaf-mold, decayed cow ma- 

 nure and gritty material, such as sharp 

 sand, have been added. If kept well 

 watered, you will in the fall have plants 

 better budded than those you may be 

 in the habit of importing. C. W." 



A NEW NEW HAMPSHIRE FIRM. 



There are few business concerns in the 

 city of Manchester, N. H., either in the 

 florists' trade or in any other industry, 

 that have recently experienced a more 

 rapid development than that of the Queen 

 City Floral Co., at 1230 Hanover street. 

 This establishment was formerly the 

 property of A. G. Hood, but since last 

 July it has been owned and conducted by 

 S. H. Mead & Co., whose energy and 



Plant of Queen City Floral Co., Manchester, N. H. 



