File:Florists' review (microform) (1912) (16080091293).jpg

Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_43_1 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors:
Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
Dbcbmbbr 26, 1918. The Florists^ Review 13 blizzard. As a result, the day before the holiday—the day on which the Christmas sales usually reach their height—was a bad one for the shoppers. The streets in Chicago were covered with slush, while the wind and wet snow made it decidedly uncomfortable for the buyers to get about. The same condi- tions, in greater or lesser degree, ob- tained in the section of the United States where the storm raged, the U. S. Weather Forecaster at Chicago said. Despite the handicap of the weather, business in Chicago was excellent. The Christmas shoppers braved the storm and the downtown district never before ^aw such crowds, department store offi- cials reported. Buying was heavy, or at least the returns in cash were, because •of the unusually high prices. Everyone appeared to have money to spend and :8pent it, and the retail stores of Chicago were well cleaned up of everything sal- Able in the cut flower, plant and supply line. The weather, however, made deliveries ■more difficult and it taxed the capacities •of the delivery forces to get the orders to their destinations on time. The trade in the larger cities through the northern and central sections of the country met About the same conditions as prevailed in Chicago, where more than four inches •of snow fell before noon December 24. The forecast for Christmas day was fair, with light snow flurries and a temperature of about 12 degrees above zero. WINTEEINO FOXGLOVES. Will you kindly give information as to winter treatment of foxgloves? Should the tops be cut off? My plants are extremely heavy for young plants. Xiast year all of them rotted. E. N. T.—111. I presume j'ou are planning to winter your foxgloves outdoors, in which case there should be no covering until the ground has frozen hard, when a coat- ing of dry leaves, pine needles or meadow hay can be given, just sufficient to cover the foliage. The mulch must be held in position and there is no better way to do this than to apply a scattering of rotted manure over it. This is better than boards, brush or cornstalks. Plants must be on well drained ground to winter successfully and the foliage should not be cut back at all. If your climate is severe, it would be better to lift the plants and^ ■store them in coldframes, covering them' with dry leaves, and later place tight sashes over them. The leaves must be kept dry and air given on all mild days to prevent heating and sweating. Plants thus protected should winter perfectly. Foxgloves are more damaged by damp- ness than by cold. Too much mulch, when it becomes wet and is packed down by snow, will ruin them more quickly than anything else. C. W. INSECTICIDE BOARD'S WOBK. Greater food production having stim- Tilated the manufacture of many new insecticide and fungicide preparations, the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, IT. S. Department of Agriculture, has been increasing its efforts to protect the farmer, the fruit grower, the mar- Itet gardener and the stock and poultry farmer against fraud in connection with such preparations. WHO'S WHO Kl_ AND WHY
Text Appearing After Image:
THOMAS McOEE. HEEEWITH is presented a portrait of Thomas McGee, of McGee & Davis, proprietors of the Scottwood Greenhouses, Toledo, O., taken in Mr. McGee's favorite environment—his greenhouses. Mr. McGee has been in the florists' business a great many years, starting when he was 19 years of age with Eobert Craig, Philadelphia. Later he heeded Horace Greeley's advice to "go west, young man," and went to L. L. May & Co., St. Paul. In 1893 Mr. McGee removed to Toledo, where he acquired a piece of property 75x221 feet and built a green- house. Later he took Mr. Davis into partnership and they purchased property on either side of the original place and now have a modern range, which is a most interesting place for any florist to visit, as it is filled with exceptionally well grown stock. One of the features of the establishment is that not a pound of ice is used, the cooling room being in the basement. Close attention to details is Mr. McGee's recipe for success. An idea of his personality may be gained from the fact that he is widely known as "Uncle Tom." The record for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, shows that 132 cases of alleged violations of interstate law were reported to the solicitor of the depart- ment, with recommendations that the facts be transmitted to the attorney general in order to institute criminal action or seizure proceedings. By cor- respondence with the manufacturer 195 cases involving technical or non-flagrant violations were disposed of. Action was taken by the board also to place in abeyance 726 samples of insecticides and fungicides, which, upon examination and test, were found not adulterated or misbranded, or were from shipments of the same goods made prior to shipments for which the manufacturer had been convicted, the manufacturer after cita- tion conforming to the requirements of the law. Fifty-five cases were awaiting pre- liminary hearings or before the board for flnal action June 30, 1918; 217 were held in temporary abeyance pending the receipt of further information, the out- come of prosecutions based on the same product, or correspondence with the manufacturers, and 325 samples were undergoing analysis and test. The in- spectors and sample collectors of the board, operating throughout the United States, collected 748 samples during the year. Springfield, O.—Fire believed to have originated from the explosion of a boiler damaged the greenhouses of John Graeber's Sons December 10 to an ex- tent not yet estimated. The nearest hydrant is a quarter of a mile distant and the fire had gained considerable headway before the firemen were able to lay enough hose to combat it.

Note About Images