MABCH 6, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



31 



Ectablishment of B. Lipman, Columbia City, Ind. 



LIPMAN'S SUCCESS. 



To the general public Indiana is 

 known as the birthplace of poets, just 

 as Ohio is known as the birthplace of 

 presidents, but in the trade the Hoosier 

 State has its renown as the home of 

 successful florists. 



Since taking possession of the D. C. 

 Noble place at Columbia City, Ind., B. 

 Lipman has done splendidly. Before 

 removing to Indiana Mr. Lipman was 

 employed at a number of well-known 

 eastern establishments, among them the 

 Floral Exchange, Edgely, Pa.; 8. J. 

 Reuter & Son, Westerly, E. I.; L. A. 

 Noe, Madison, N. J.; J.' J. Habermehl's 

 Sons, Philadelphia, and D. B. Edwards, 

 Atlantic City, N. J. When he followed 

 the star of empire on its westward way 

 he located with the South Park Floral 

 Co., at New Castle, Ind. This was in 

 October, 1904. For two years he was a 

 grower of roses there, and then he 

 transferred to the shipping department, 

 where he remained until April 29, 1911. 

 He took possession of the Noble estab- 

 lishment May 1 of that year, having 

 made a lease for ten years. The place 

 at that time was devoted entirely to 

 carnations. Mr. Lipman dropped a part 

 of the carnations to make space for 

 Killarney, White Killarney, Bride and 

 Richmond, with a few Beauties to test 

 the growing qualities of the soil. Let 

 him tell the rest of it: 



"I found that this was a good loca- 

 tion and that a good paying business 

 could be built up here. I therefore de- 

 cided to purchase the plant, instead of 

 continuing with my lease. This I did, 

 taking over the Northside Greenhouse 

 April 1, 1912. I have been successful in 

 the rose growing line up to the present, 

 inis season I am growing 2,000 

 iJeauties, with which I have had good 

 success, having had a continuous cut 

 and producing some fine flowers. My 

 place consists of six houses 21x150, one 

 house 14x72 and one house 10x50, 

 nf ^ ^ith the following: One house 

 n^i ^x^n*'^^' *^'"ee houses of Killarney 

 and White Killarney; 500 Brides and 

 ooZf f^^ations. I have been so suc- 

 rWi^"!,T*^' the Beauties that I have 

 o^virn *'' add two houses this spring, 

 r, nnn T^^'*'^^' ^^^^^^ I '"tend to fill with 

 pS .T'i*^ P^^°t«- My stock is dis- 

 iia? w*> E. G. Gillett, of Cincin- 

 bv n . . ■ kerning, of St. Louis, and 

 Atl.^r^o^'^* «^<^er with a big firm in 

 natfnn ' T*-' ^^''^^ handles all my car- 

 "n^- 1 employ three men, besides' 



myself, to run the plant — night fireman, 

 day fireman and helper — and Paul 

 Kopanka, an experienced rose grower 

 who came with me from the South Park 

 Floral Co. 



"The picture represents a part of the 

 stock shipped out for the holiday trade 

 and contains 5,000 blooms; we shipped 

 in all 15,000 blooms for the Christmas 

 trade." The other picture is the ex- 

 terior view of the plant. 



ASTERS FOR INSIDE CULTURE. 



If we plant, in benches under glass, 

 Queen of the Market aster plants from 

 214-inch pots, April 15, "when will they 

 be in crop for cut flowers? Is it bet- 

 ter to grow them to a single flower per 

 plant or several to a plant, as in out- 

 door growing? If grown several flow- 

 ers to a plant, what will be a safe aver- 

 age number of high-grade flowers per 

 plant? If grown to a single bloom per 

 plant, how closely should the plants be 

 set or spaced? 



W. G. 



Queen of the Market asters planted 

 in benches about the middle of April 

 should give a few flowers by the middle 

 of June, and will continue flowering for 

 quite a number of weeks. It will not 

 pay you to grow these to a single bloom 

 per plant. They do not come very dou- 



ble, like the Coojut*) Victorias and 

 Vick's branching varieties. Most of 

 the grower* of asters who plant inside 

 allow all the flowers to develop, having 

 use for even the shortest-stemmed ones 

 for funeral work. Queen of the Market 

 is a wonderfully prolific aster, and I 

 would suggest taking out the first ter- 

 minal flower and then allowing the ter- 

 minals on all side shoots to develop, 

 rubbing off any side buds which appear. 

 This will give you nice, salable flowers. 

 I have had g«|od results by setting 

 the plants eight inches apart in the 

 rows and running the rows twelve 

 inches apart. If you should decide to 

 grow, say, only four to six flowers per 

 plant, the rows could be as close as 

 nine inches. If only one flower per 

 plant is desired, six by six inches will 

 be sufficient, but you will find the me- 

 dium flowers are more desirable. Use 

 a compost such as will grow good carna- 

 tions or mums, and treat similarly to 

 mums. C. W. 



CORNFLOWERS FOR MAY 30. 



Will you kindly tell me the best way 

 to grow the double blue cornflowers out- 

 doors, to come in right for Decoration 

 day here, in southern New Jersey? I 

 grew these in pots last year, from seed- 

 lings started in the fall, but they 

 damped off in the field. They were cool 

 grown, so I cannot understand it. I 

 thought of sowing the seed outdoors and 

 thinning out. If this is advisable, when 

 is the best time to sow the seed? 



H. K. 



Sow the seeds at once in 3-inch pots. 

 Thin the seedlings out to three in each 

 pot. Start in a moderately cool house, 

 kept at 45 to 48 degrees at night. The 

 little plants should be gradually hard- 

 ened off and planted out by April 10 

 in well manured ground, where the cul- 

 tivator should be frequently plied among 

 them. Whether these cornflowers will 

 give a heavy crop for Memorial day 

 outdoors will depend much, of course, 

 on the season. 



The seed can be sown outdoors just as 

 soon as frost has left the ground and 

 the soil has sufficiently dried. With you 

 this should be possible toward the end 

 of March, possiblv a little earlier. 



C. W. 



B. Lipman's Cut, December 21, 1912. 



