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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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ZWEIFEL'S SUCCESS. 



< 'lie (j|' llic popuhir men in llic iru'lc 

 .1! Milw.Mlikcc. ;in(| otic wliii is widely 

 i\iiii\Mi throiiyli liis regular atleiidaiuM! at 

 all trade jiatlieriiius. js X'n; Zweit'el, the 

 t-aiiiatidii liiinvcr. whose eslalilisluneiit is 

 ^lidwn ill the accoiiipaiiviii;; i Must ral ion. 

 ^ll•. ZwcilVI's j>l;i<;e has Ik^ch j^i-uw iii<T 

 steadily in recent years ami lie is nuw 

 (iyiiriii^' mi amdlier addiliim fur the cur 

 rent seasiin. W'itiiiii tlie last c(iii]ile of 

 \iais Mr. Zweit'el has liecoine acinnpeti 

 iiir at the leading llnwer sIkiws ;im| ;it 

 ''hieaiiu last fall capliireil some dt' llie 

 iniiici|)al awariis for eaiiialions at the 

 iiatiiiiia! Ilowcr show. The preniiuin wliicli 

 lie iiuist prizes is the line shown in the 

 |iirllMe. I'eini; I lie ytdd trophy (d'fered liy 

 Ki(i!'scliell I'.ros. ( 'o. for the liesi \;ise of 

 rarnatioiis exhibited hy any grower iisiii;;' 

 hot w.-iter t'or heiitin^. There were 



ele\eil entries .'lliil Mr. ZweifeTs i^ll 

 idianlress were .jndycd the liest of the lot. 

 At the mole recent exiiiliit ion at Indian- 

 apolis, skilled i^iduvrs commended 11i(> 

 dark pink s'edliiiM. Xd. Kis. exhihiteil 

 hy Mr. Zweil'id, wliiidi \\,'is awarde<l a cer- 

 tificate. He also has a nnmlier of otiiei' 

 see(lliiins wliicli .are rxperled to tniii out 



W(dl. 



COLLECT CHECKS PROMPTLY. 



A cheid\ was made onl to ji:i\ a liill 

 ami the parly to w liom it was jii\en 

 failed to de|iosit ii until after, alioiit 

 leii days Later, the liank had f.ailed. Then 

 he asked ii-^ to assume the loss li\ casli- 

 iiiii (Mir ehei-k. Is it rinlit 01 le;;al that 

 \M' slioiihl he compelled to -.t;iii,| i|ie 

 loss wliei'e this |iait\ had oiir idieck I'or 

 .•I week ami more ;iml yei made no at 

 leiiipt to cash it .' .!.().( '. 



Il is assumed lliat the drax\(r of ihe 

 check in this c.asi' ii;,d mone\ eiionyh in 

 the bank to pa\ it. If th.at is true, llic 

 loss iiinst tall upon the holdi-r of the 

 check. Anyone to v, Imni ;i clieck is is- 

 sued h;is a reasonable time in whii-li to 

 cash it. The depositor insures the s,-it'ety 

 ol' the b.ank during smh time, but tlic're- 

 al'ti'i- the money is at the risk ot' the 

 h(dder ot the (dieck. It is not ecjuitalile 

 that ho should le;i\e money in a bank in 

 delinitoly, for his own coin enieme. ]ia\ 

 ino in his jiossession a check by which 

 lie mitrlit draw it. .ind then put tlie loss 

 iipoti the depositor it the bank t'.ails. 



The courts ill ;i number of cases li;i\e 

 ■letined the leasonalile time during; which 

 the maker ot' a (dieck i^iiaranlecv tli,. s.d 

 \eiicy oi the bank. When ihe depo^iinr 

 .•iml the person to whom the check was 

 ui\en and the bank ;ire all in the same 

 city or town, the iioldei ot' the chock 

 lias the remainder ot' ihe da\ on which 



he yiit tlie clie<d\, and the wlnde of the 

 next ilay, in \vhicli to collect it. if ho 

 lets that fraction ot' ;i day and lull day 

 ll^o b\ without cashin;^ the cliccd-c, then 

 the bank is holdiii.; the money at his 

 risk. If the check has to be sent away 

 b\- mail for coljoclioii. it niusi be put in 

 the mails not later than the next day 

 at't<'r il is recei\cd. and tlii' aj^ciit to 

 whom it is sent for collection must, pre 



Zweifcl's Gold Prize. 



sent ii III the bank not laii-r ihan the 

 next d;i\ after ir cmnes into Ids hands. 



A. < . 15. 



GARDENIAS FOR CUT BLOOMS. 



file bc^i I i nil' lor pi opa^al loii is 

 •lauuary ami j-'ebi in 1 > . ' ' -aid Win. 

 Kieinhein/. in a talk bcfuie tin l-'loiisis' 

 < lilb of IMiiladelphia. ' • S-icc; \ mir cut 

 tin^is t'loiii v||(,ii._. ^luwiiiL;. heahliv 

 I'ianis. 1 h;i\r r\peri meiiti'd with jiropa 

 U^itiiiii in sjiid. il, li.df pe,-ii .'ind h.alf 

 "^^iiul. and -lis,, III ;i mixiuri- ..t' line 

 chopped sph;miiiim imi-v. pcm .•md sand 

 ill ciiiial pai Is, ;iiid have fuiiiid llii-^ latler 

 llliNtllle the be-l. ;is I alwa\~ "et llie 



siron;4('sl roots on cuttings propagated in 

 this last mentioned <Mmi|)osit ion. 



■'Il is im|ioita lit to ^ive siiflicieiil licai. 

 I wimid say 7o to Ml de^ree^- on botloin 

 and 7tl III 7.'> devices on top. SyriiiL;c 

 Iwo ur three times a day. protect I'roin 

 l!ir sun. and never allow any draught '" 

 sliike the cultiiij.;s. I'lidei- Ihi^ t rea t iiiciil 

 the ciitlin^s will be rooted in t'lotn 

 1 w eiily to t w i-nty h- e days. 



' ' 'I hell I he yiiiiii^ pla iil - mtisl In 

 poll I'd into 1! i nch pol s 1 n a m 1 \i nri ol 

 half peat and hall \Mdl lolled ciim|iost, 

 \e\er allow Ihem 111 i^et dry. and proieci 



I'roin the sun for lliit r I'mii i|a\s. 



Ke"p the Innise al a I em per.al ure nf (is i,, 

 7'_' decrees a I, ni^hl and 7-"i to Mt decree- 

 III daytime, for about one week, until the 

 ymiiin' roois are coming: llii'iiu;^li the snil, 

 ihi-n commence to reduce Ihe temperatiiii- 



111 ti.'i to (is de^^reev at lli^hl and 7- to 7"'i 



deyieis during Ihe daytime, .-ind the 

 \onn^' plants will -omi be^in to ^row. In 

 fiiiin three to four weeks I he plants will 

 lie ready for a shift into i! im h or ii'.j 

 inch pots, and the shifiinL; musi be re 

 [leated as nften as necessary, .\e\er al 



low till' plants to L;e| potbiiuiid. 



■ ■ .\ II the buds llinsi be leino\ ed III 

 seciiie a ^iioil, healthy ;;idwlh. In the 

 mouth of .Inly the plants should be in ■' 

 inch 01 (iinch pots, and this is the liiin- 

 to plant on beiudies. I'.e sure to have a 

 Uood drainai^e in all cases, espi^ciiilly in 

 the beiiidies. as this is .-III imporiant item. 

 The soil iniisl beiiiie pari idiiL;h peat and 

 two parts well rotti>d ciimpo--t. with ;i lit 

 lie sand mixed nmhr. I found it well to 

 mix a liltle pul\ ci i/.-d sluep maiinie 

 with it. 



■ ' 'I'he distance in plant is .about lwid\e 

 to lil'ieen inches eaidi way, Iml ^reaf care 

 must be exercised in plaiitino- to seo thai 

 it is not (lone too deepiv . :is the \(>linc. 

 librons roots alw.ays run on top and those 

 ale the ones to take care uf. I'lant sol- 

 idly. l)ut not too lirmly. and li\'ne a little 

 drain around emdi plant, so that e.ach one 

 i-an be watered Sepaiatelx. 



• ' 'fwii weeks ,1 Iter I his I II,. bemdi can 

 be levcded <,{]' .ami packed some, bm nni 

 '00 lirmly. to crive the water alwa\- :i 

 cliaiice 1(1 1 nil <hriiii^li I he xul (|uickl\ . 



■ • l-'ldin Seplember I ."i nil I he i-ril ica I 



li begins. .IS the plants will now show 



bmN. ;iiid we .all know ihat the ino-t dilli 

 'III' pail of flowering; gardenias in win 

 ler is to keep | he biids, ( i rea t care iiiiisi 

 be exercised troiii now until |-'e|iruar\ I ."1. 

 'file falliiiL;- oil' of buds is canse(| bv ir 

 i'e,i;ular 1 emp,-ial are. ii\ ( rwatei'in^. run 

 'liii:; Inn i|r\. and b\ syrin^iny with tee 

 cold w.aler. (iic-il care must be r.\k''\\ to 

 avoid llies,, nii--haps. 



■ ' fhe iiiLiht lemp.a.at lire -limild be (i."i 

 Id li^ decrees, a- Mearl\ a-- |iii-sili||, Lm 

 m \ 1 r bidow (i." i|,.^i,., „. ;ii|,| ,|| ,|.,\ , 1,^, 



Carnation Growing Establishment of N. Zweifcl, North Milwaukee, Wis. 



