

MAIttH 11, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



15 



ZWEIFEL'S SUCCESS. 



One of the popular men in the trade 

 :it Milwaukee, and one who is widely 

 known through his regular attendance at 

 all trade gatherings, is Nic Zweifel, the 

 carnation grower, whose establishment is 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. 

 Mr. Zweifel 's place has been growing 

 steadily in recent years and he is now 

 figuring on another addition for the cur 

 rent season. Within the last couple of 

 years Mr. Zweifel has become a competi- 

 tor at the leading flower shows and at 

 Chicago last fall captured some of the 

 principal awards for carnations at the 

 national flower show. The premium which 

 he most prizes is the one shown in the 

 picture, being the gold trophy offered by 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co. for the best vase of 

 carnations exhibited by any grower using 

 hot water for heating. There were 

 eleven entries and Mr. Zweifel 's En- 

 chantress were judged the best of the lot. 

 At the more recent exhibition at Indian- 

 apolis, skilled growers commended the 

 dark pink seedling, No. 108, exhibited 

 by Mr. Zweifel, which was awarded a cer- 

 tificate. He also has a number of other 

 seedlings which are expected to turn out 

 well. 



COLLECT CHECKS PROMPTLY. 



A check was made out to pay a bill 

 and the party to whom it was given 

 failed to deposit it until after, about 

 ten days later, the bank had failed. Then 

 he asked us to assume the loss by cash- 

 ing our check. Is it right or legal that 

 we should be compelled to stand the 

 loss where this party had our check for 

 :i week and more and yet made no at- 

 tempt to cash it? ' J. 0. C. 



It is assumed that the drawer of the 

 check in this case had money enough in 

 the bank to pay it. If that is true, the 

 loss must fall upon the holder of the 

 check. Anyone to whom a check is is- 

 sued has a reasonable time in which to 

 cash it. The depositor insures the safety 

 of the bank during such time, but there- 

 after the money is at the risk of the 

 holder of the check. It is not equitable 

 that he should leave money in a bank in- 

 definitely, for his own convenience, hav- 

 ing in his possession a check by which 

 he might draw it, and then put the loss 

 upon the depositor if the bank fails. 



The courts in a number of cases have 

 defined the reasonable time during which 

 the maker of a check guarantees the sol- 

 vency of the bank. When the depositor 

 and the person to Avhom the check was 

 given and the bank are all in the same 

 city or town, the holder of the check 

 has the remainder of the tlay on which 



he got the check, and the whole of the 

 next day, in which to collect it. If he 

 lets that fraction of a day and full day 

 go by without cashing the check, then 

 the bank is holding the money at hia 

 risk. If the check has to be sent away 

 by mail for collection, it must be put in 

 the mails not later than the next day 

 after it is received, and the agent to 

 whom it is sent for collection must pre- 



Zweifel's Gold Prize. 



sent it to the bank not later than the 

 next day after it comes into his hands. 



A. C. B. 



GARDENIAS FOR CUT BLOOMS. 



' ' The best time for propagation is 

 .January and February. ' ' said Wm. 

 Kleinheinz in a talk before the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia. " Select your cut- 

 tings from strong growing, healthy 

 plants. I have experimented with propa- 

 gating in sand, in half peat and half 

 sand, and also in a mixture of fine 

 chopped sphagnum moss, peat and sand 

 in equal parts, and have found this latter 

 mixture the best, as I always get the 



strongest roots on cuttings propagated in 

 this last mentioned composition. 



* ' It is important to give suflScient heat. 

 I would say 75 to 80 degrees on bottom 

 and 70 to 75 degrees on top. Syringe 

 two or three times a day, protect from 

 the sun, and never allow any draught to 

 strike the cuttings. Under this treatment 

 the cuttings will be rooted in from 

 twenty to twenty-five days. 



' ' Then the young plants must be 

 potted into 2-inch pots in a mixture of 

 half peat and half well-rotted compost. 

 Never allow them to get dry, and protect 

 from the sun for three or four days. 

 Keep the house at a temperature of 68 to 

 72 degrees at night and 75 to 80 degrees 

 in daytime, for about one week, until the 

 young roots are coming through the soil, 

 then commence to reduce the temperature 

 to 65 to 68 degrees at night and 72 to 75 

 degrees during the daytime, and the 

 young plants will soou begin to grow. In 

 from three to four weeks the plants will 

 be ready for a shift into 3-inch or 3%- 

 inch pots, and the shifting must be re- 

 peated as often as necessary. Never al- 

 low the plants to get potbound. 



"All the buds must be removed to 

 secure a good, healthy growth. In the 

 month of July the plants should be in 5- 

 inch or 6-inch pots, and this is the time 

 to plant on benches. Be sure to have a 

 good drainage in all cases, especially in 

 the benches, as this is an important item. 

 The soil must be one part rough peat and 

 two parts well-rotted compost, with a lit- 

 tle sand mixed under. I found it well to 

 mix a little pulverized sheep manure 

 with it. 



' ' The distance to plant is about twelve 

 to fifteen inches each way, but great care 

 must be exercised in planting to see that 

 it is not done too deeply, as the young, 

 fibrous roots always run on top and those 

 are the ones to take care of. Plant sol- 

 idly, but not too firmly, and leave a little 

 drain around each plant, so that each one 

 can be watered separately. 



"Two weeks after this the bench can 

 be leveled off and packed some, but not 

 too firmly, to give the water always a 

 chance to run through the soil quickly. 



"From September 15 on the critical 

 time begins, as the plants will now show 

 })uds, and we all know that the most dith- 

 cult part of flowering gardenias in win- 

 ter is to keep the buds. Great care must 

 be exercised from now until February 15. 

 The falling off of buds is caused by ir- 

 regular temperature, overwatering, run- 

 ning too drj-, and by syringing with too 

 cold water. Great care must be taken to 

 avoid these mishaps. 



"The night temperature should be 65 

 to 68 degrees, a.s nearly as possible, but 

 never below 65 degrees, and in daytime 



Carnation Growing Establuhment of N. Zwdfel, North Milwaukee, Wis. 



