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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



April 13, 1911. 



New Rose Range of the Stuppy Floral Co., St. Joseph, Mo. 



which can be hidden by plantations of 

 shrubbery, plant it out. Use shrubbery 

 for all these purposes, because while 

 flower plants are dead seven months in 

 the year, shrubbery partly conceals and 

 has pleasing forms even in winter. 



Do not make a circle in the lawn 

 around every shrub you plant. Plant 

 the shrubs in borders and plant them 

 fairly thick, since if you get them too 

 far apart they will suffer from drought 

 and winter winds. 



CAVEAT EMPTOR. 



A number of letters from florists in 

 the state of Ohio recently have reached 

 The Review, complaining of the treat- 

 ment the florists have received at the 

 hands of a concern, salesmen for which 

 had induced them to put in perfumery 

 as a side-line. The florists state in their 

 letters that the salesmen make it ap- 

 pear that the florist has everything to 

 gain and nothing whatever to lose, but 

 that, having signed his name "to a 

 little printed form," it turns out that 

 the florist has agreed to do a number 

 of things about which the agent said 

 nothing. The florists say that threats 

 are employed to compel them to live up 

 to the agreement signed without under- 

 standing its character. One florist 

 writes: "The company's agent told us 

 they were looking up the florists to in- 

 troduce their goods, and in return for 

 the privilege of placing them on sale 

 would give the florist $150 worth of ad- 

 vertising free. The salesman made the 

 .proposition look like gold, and not to 

 cost the florist a cent, but to insure him 

 a neat little rum at the end of the year 

 for his trouble. The agent winds up 

 with a neat little contract that he reads 

 to the florist, but only the part best 

 suited to hi-3 purpose, and gets the flo- 

 rist to sign bis name to it. When ob- 

 jection is made to signing he says in a 

 smooth way that it is only a little form 

 to show the florist 's good intention in 

 taking care of the stock and giving it a 

 chance to sell. In a few days along 

 comes $200 worth of goods, with a bill 

 showing you have bought the stock at 

 thirty days net, or your notes for four, 

 six, eight and ten months. In my case 

 the bill arrived one day before the goods 

 and I saw at once how the game was 

 going, so I flatly refused to accept the 

 goods. After the goods had lain in the 

 freight house unclaimed for over thirty 

 days, on advice of my attorney I paid 

 the freight both ways and sent them 

 back. The company has since been try- 

 ing to get me to sign the notes in settle- 

 ment, or they would bring suit." 



One of the best rules to apply in deal- 



ing with a plausible stranger is to retain 

 a copy of all his literature and not close 

 the deal until after a sufficient time for 

 consideration and investigation. An- 

 other rule, and one that is so plain that 

 it seems strange any man would fail to 

 observe it, is not to sign any paper 

 until you have taken that paper in your 

 own hands and read it through with 

 care. 



HERE WE SHOW YOU. 



At St. Joseph, in the Show Me state, 

 the Stuppy Floral Co. has two estab- 

 lishments. They are pictured herewith. 

 The older place adjoins the largest 



cemetery in the city and from it the es- 

 tablishment gets the name of Mt, Mora 

 Greenhouses. This range of glass is de- 

 voted entirely to carnations and bedding 

 plants. An extremely large cemetery 

 trade is handled here. The newer es- 

 - tablishment, out in the country, con- 

 sists of eleven houses, each 29x200. All 

 of these are in roses, eight of them be- 

 ing devoted to Killarney and American 

 Beauty. It is an ideal location for cut 

 flower growing, with plenty of good soil 

 right at hand. The picture does not 

 show the service building at the new es- 

 tablishment; it stands just to the right 

 of the houses. 



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SUGGESTIONS 



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Left-over Easter Plants. 



Spiraeas unsold should not be thrown 

 away. It is not generally known how 

 much finer home-grown spiraea roots 

 are than those imported. If large, chop 

 them in two with a sharp spade and 

 plant out in nursery rows in good 

 ground, allowing eighteen inches be- 

 tween the plants. If set out now, these 

 plants should not be dug up until the 

 late fall of 1912, when many of them 

 will need cutting in two or three pieces 

 to make them go in 7-inch pots. 



Azaleas should have all flowers and 

 flower seeds removed. After the middle 

 of May they can be planted out in any 

 good garden soil, where they can be 

 reached with the hose. If kept well 

 syringed, these will bloom earlier and 

 more freely than what are imported. 

 Ericas can have much the same treat- 

 ment as azaleas, at least such varieties 

 as Mediterranea, Caffra densa and me- 

 lanthera. Prune back the long shoot? 

 a little. They can be planted out at 

 the same time as the azaleas, as can 

 any left-over camellias. In the case of 

 rhododendrons, these plants prefer some 

 shade, particularly from the morning 

 sun, and should have a liberal mulch of 

 spent manure or partly decayed leaves. 

 Genistas, if of considerable size, hardly 

 pay to carry over. They cannot be 

 planted out, as they do not lift well, 

 and it is really more work to keep them 

 than to grow along younger stock. 



Memorial Day Crops. 



Hydrangeas should now have their 

 heads just peeping. Give them suffi- 

 cient space so that they will stand clear 

 of each other. Water they must have in 

 abundance. Few plants require greater 

 quantities. Apply liquid manure every 

 third day as soon as the flower heads 

 show, discontinuing it when the flowers 

 show color. In order not to draw the 

 plants, a night temperature not exceed- 

 ing 55 degrees is to be preferred, but 

 in case they are late give them 10 de- 

 grees more for a time. A spraying 

 overhead on clear days will greatly 

 refresh the plants. If a sufficient num- 

 ber of cuttings have not yet been put 

 in, look over the plants and take off a 

 quantity of shoots which will not 

 flower. These will root in about three 

 weeks and make excellent plants for 

 another season. Do not allow the earli- 

 est batch of rooted cuttings to remain 

 too long in the sand or to become much 

 potbound before shifting them. 



Benches containing ten weeks ' stocks, 

 g^ladioli, snapdragOLS, candytuft and 

 other Memorial day crops should be 

 scratched over at least once a week and 

 have all weeds removed. Pull out all 

 single stocks. They have little com- 

 mercial value. Rub the side shoots 

 from the snapdragons and see that they 

 have the necessary supports. Mark 

 plants of extra good varieties and insert 

 a batch of cuttings of each. Lilium 



