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The Florists' Review 



Apbil 24, 1913. 



BUSINESS EMBAKBASSMENTS. 



Grand Bapids, Mich.— Samuel J. Perry, 

 former manager of the Grand Bapids 

 Greenhouse Co., has filed a petition in 

 voluntary bankruptcy. His direct lia- 

 bilities are given at $6,800, all but a 

 $100 coal bill secured by mortgages or 

 land contracts. His indirect liabilities 

 aggregate $21,750, the amount of his in- 

 dorsements on the notes of the green- 

 house company. The cause of the action, 

 it is stated, is to eliminate this liability. 



Stockton, Cal. — ^Moses J. Shaw, doing 

 business under the name of the San 

 Joaquin Floral Co., whose financial dif- 

 ficulties were mentioned in The Review 

 of April 10, filed a voluntary petition in 

 bankruptcy April 12, placing his assets 

 at $6,459.64 and his liabilities at $1,749. 



New York. — Henry J. Leffers has 

 been appointed receiver for Philip L. 

 Shaeffer, 1247 Lexington avenue, whose 

 financial embarrassment was noted in 

 The Review of April 17. 



THE HABDY PEBENNIAL QABDEN. 



All covering should have been re- 

 moved before now from the hardy her- 

 baceous perennials. The season is such 

 an advanced one that many plants have 

 already grown as much as is custom- 

 arily seen a full month later. Of 

 course, we may have considerable cool 

 weather yet in the northern states, but 

 it is unlikely that frost will occur of 

 sufficient severity to injure any of the 

 plants now. If a mulch of decayed 

 manure was given in the fall, this can 

 be worked in with ' b fork about the 

 plants; otherwise a coating of sheep 

 manure, fine bone and potash, or a spe- 

 cial chemical fertilizer should be ap- 

 plied, loosening up the surface soil 

 after applying it. Nitrate of soda must 

 be used with extreme care, or more in- 

 jury than benefit will result; be sure 

 not to let any of it touch the foliage. 



Where a sufficient quantity of phlox 

 cuttings have not been put in, a good 

 batch should now be secured. They 

 root readily in an ordinary cutting 

 bench in a cool house. Do not place 

 them in a warm house, or they will 

 damp off. Peonies which are just start- 

 ing into growth will be benefited by a 

 top-dressing of a fertilizer containing 

 considerable potash. A good potato 

 manure is suitable. A little later a lit- 

 tle dried blood or nitrate of soda will 

 prove beneficial. 



Any replanting left over from the 

 fall should now be completed. Plants 

 which have been carried over in cold- 

 frames, and which are in many local- 

 ities of doubtful hardiness, should be 

 planted out soon. These include aquile- 



fias, incarvilleas, rehmannias, knipho- 

 as, digitalis, Campanula Medium and 

 the so-called hardy chrysanthemums; 

 also a number of small bedding or bor- 

 dering plants, such as daisies, myosbtis, 

 pansies, aubrietias, violas, etc. 



C. W. 



MILDEW ON OTAESA. 



What can I do to stop mildew on my 

 Hydrangea Otaksa, of which I enclose 

 a leaf? They were field-grown, potted 

 up in October and set under a bench 

 in the greenhouse to - harden up. I 

 brought them out and potted them over 

 in the latter part of February. The 

 buds have startled and are beginning 

 to swell, but 'tbey do not leaf out as 

 they should, arid •vO'hen they do start 

 they turn brown, mildew and fall off. 



The average temperature is 55 degrees 

 during winter. I want them in bloom 

 for Memorial day. C. J. S. 



The hydrangeas should be in a light, 

 sunny house, and if properly treated 

 should never be affected by mildew. 

 Cold draughts, due to careless ventila- 

 tion, usually start mildew, and it must 

 be attended to at once or the plants will 

 be at least badly disfigured. If you 

 use steam, drop a little sulphur here 

 and there on tT-e flow pipe. If you use 

 hot water, paint some on and blow some 

 of the powdered sulphur over the af- 

 fected plants through a bellows. Avoid 

 spraying: over the mildewed plants, as 

 that would only aggravate the evil. Do 

 not crowd the plants. "Ventilate and 

 water carefully, and with the aid of the 

 sulphur you should soon see a marked 

 improvement. C. W. 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAN FLOBISTS. 



Directors' Meeting. 



At an adjourned meeting of the board 

 of directors, held in New York, April 8, 

 Vice-President Theo. Wirth reported 

 that he had leased, by order of the 

 board of directors, the Armory and Col- 

 osseum in Minneapolis, from August 15 

 to 23, for the next annual convention. 

 The vice-president also gave a detailed 

 report of the outdoor plant exhibit, stat- 

 ing what progress had been made in 

 this important project. It was decided 

 to rent this space at 10 cents per square 

 foot for the inside bedding space and 

 5 cents for the borders, intended for 

 perennials, shrubs, etc. Mr. Wirth stated 

 that there would be 13,000 square feet 

 in this garden available for bedding 

 plants and 17,000 square feet available 

 for shrubbery, making the total avail- 

 able space 30,000 square feet. Mr. Wirth 

 was empowered to hire such additional 

 assistance as is necessary and render a 

 bUl to the S. A. F. 



Secretary Young, who was unable to 

 be at the meeting of the board of di- 

 rectors in February, was instructed to 

 make a trip to Minneapolis at an early 

 date so that he might become entirely 

 familiar with all the possibilities of the*^ 

 convention. 



April 10 the board had another meet- 

 ing, when ex-President Vincent brought 

 up the question of the flood siifferers 

 in the middle west, stating that those 

 sufferers who had so much stock de- 

 stroyed should have as much help as 

 possible from this society. The plan 

 outlined was that we cooperate with 

 them as far as possible and ask tbem to 

 make their wants known and publish 

 the fact that certain sufferers were in 

 need of different kinds of stock. Those 

 having surplus stock might communi- 

 cate with a committee appointed for the 

 purpose and find out the names of those 

 who are in need. It vtsls finally decided 

 that a committee of three be appointed 

 with power to act without expense to 

 the society. This committee is to gather 

 information in regard to the sufferers 

 and to recommend in their judgment 

 those most in need of it. John A. 

 Evans, E. G. Hill and August Poehl- 

 mann were appointed as such com- 

 mittee. John Young, Sec'y. 



Department of Plant Begistration. 



John Bauscher, Freeport, HI., offers 

 for registration Geranium American 

 Beauty. 



Description: American Beanty geranlnm orig- 

 inated In a noTelty collection. It U a Tigorotu 



grower. Stocky In growth ; boi a more bush* 

 habit than any Others. Its foliage. Is of a green 

 color with a brown zone in leaf, leaf slight v cor 

 ruga ted; it grows about twelve to fifteen inchei 

 high. The form of the flower is similar to that 

 of S. A. Nutt, differing in color, which i;. thi' 

 of an American Beauty rose. ' ' 



John Young, Sec'y. 

 March 10, 1913. 



A Plea to Orowers. 



One of the principal attractions of the Cfiinij. I 

 S. A. F. coDTention to be held in Minneapoiu 

 August 19 to 23, will be an outdoor plant exliibit' 

 as shown by plans recently published in the 

 trade papers. Applications for space should he 

 made at once to John Young, secretary, 54 Weit 

 Twenty-eighth street, New York city. The 

 plants should be shipped the last week in Ma; 

 addressed to Theodore Wirth, superintendent ol 

 parks, Minneapolis, Minn. (Outdoor Exhibit). 

 Freight charges must be prepaid. The planti 

 will be planted and properly taken care of b; 

 expert employees of the board of park con- 

 missioners, and every exhibitor can feel assnred 

 that his exhibit will be well taken care of at no 

 other expense than the rental space paid to the 

 S. A. F., namely, 10 cents per square foot for 

 the inside bedding space and 6 cents for the | 

 borders, intended for perennials, shrubs, etc. 



Every grower is earnestly requested to partld 

 pate in this exhibit. Novelties and superior I 

 varieties of any and all classes of plants tn 

 desired. Enough plants to fill one bed should be 

 sent. The plants will be left in garden until 

 fall and the exhibitor will be permitted to dit I 

 play a sign of his firm. These signs must be I 

 made of uniform size and will be furnished it | 

 cost price by the superintendent of the S. A. F. 

 exhibits. 



Please get busy and help us to make the ei 

 hlbition garden of the S. A. F. a great success. 



Even at this date several growers have taken I 

 space to assist in making this outdoor exhibltiOD | 

 the success it deserves to be. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Last week showed a distinct improve- 

 ment in business. This was in some I 

 measure due to a material shortening! 

 up of supplies owing to the dark, cool 

 and rainy weather, and although such 

 climatic conditions are not conducive to| 

 retail buying, stock cleaned up remark- 

 ably well. With clearer skies, morel 

 flowers now are coming in, but good! 

 clearances have been effected in nearly | 

 all lines. 



Boses are in good supply and the 

 quality, thanks to continued cool 

 weather, is splendid. American Beaa 

 ties are more plentiful and the best 

 grades sell well. Short-stemmed stock 

 is hard to move. Mrs. Aaron Ward it 

 the favorite among yellows, but Lady 

 Hillingdon has many admirers. Killai' 

 neys are far too abundant and low 

 prices are taken for short-stemmed flow 

 ers. Taft is selling well. Bichmond is 

 splendid, some having exceptional 

 stems. Carnations sell as well as any- 

 thing on the list; $4 is secured for top 

 notch flowers, other grades running as 

 low as $1. Some double violets still 

 come in and bring 50 cents per hundred 

 The supplies of Dutch bulbous stock 

 have shortened up materially. The cool 

 weather favors those who have good, 

 cool cellars for retarding stock. Span 

 ish iris is good. Antirrhinums were 

 never seen in such quantities; pink con- 

 tinues to be the favorite. Callas and 

 lilies are each inclined to be druggy 

 Sweet peas are of superb quality and 

 of almost every imaginable color. For 

 lily of the valley the demand has been 

 extra good of late. Quite a few Cat 

 tleya Mossiee are coming in. Some 

 SchroederaB are still seen. The call ioj 

 gardenias is not good. Green stock is 

 in abundant supply. 



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Various Notes. 



William Sim 's pick of sweet peas now 

 is immense and the Flower Growers' 

 Sales Co. has orders for his flowers from 



