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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_45_3 (find matches)
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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p*,iy"!Wi,B^» \y ii^M^l^^L^i^;^9jmPfl;;^Hf)ap^lH^«uuRfi Kll iiM/.il, wq!;t^.>'«'.'iv77iqfp;Mluilf.. ;,;iwji»«.iii^»iiH» ifjpv'iWJ i»'"i«,W'! '« Mauch 11, 1920 The Florists^ Review 31 greenhouses to a science. These men know what kind of house you need in a certain location better than you know, because while you have been busy with the production of flowers, they have been just as busy, and in a great number of cases have gone away ahead of you, in the subject of durable and economic houses. All that they know they have learned from the florist. Looking to the Future. I can remember the time when there was but one construction company in the east and it still exists today. Formerly the only houses it was called upon to design and build were conservatories on private places. As time went on some of the bolder spirits in the commercial end of the business had the company erect houses for the commercial produc- tion of flowers and, in following instruc- tions from these growers, the construc- tion men learned just what sort of greenhouse was required for the produc- tion of flowers. They were quick to improve on all the points they obtained and today we have the modern iron- frame greenhouses, with concrete walla and, benches, with roofs that have a minimum amount of wood to obstruct the sun's rays and heating plants that are as near perfection as possible. Like the fireproof buildings in our great cities, these modern greenhouses are rot- proof, for there is nothing about them to rot and this brings the repair account • lown to a minimum. In fact, I know of houses that have been in use for the last fifteen years which have no repair accoant except painting and perhaps a few panes of glass broken through ac- cidents. It is in just such houses as these that the flowers of the future are goinor to be produced, because the time is fast approaching when efficiency is going to be the watchword in produc- tion and the man who anticipates an .'iddition to his range would do well to give this matter serious consideration. Counting the Cost. Of course. I can hear many growers who are ready to say this all sounds well on paper, but that they could not afford such houses. When I was a young man, not yet of age, an old He- brew banker, one of the most successful in the city in which he lived, was giving me some business advice; it was this: "Young man, get into debt." His argument was that a business man who was not in debt did not amount to much. At that time, debt was the thing I was trying to avoid, but many a time since I have realized the wisdom of the old gentleman's remarks. In those days money could be had at five or six per cent interest. This old banker figured that a business worth anything should make a net profit on the amount bor- rowed equal to what it cost and at the same time create a sinking fund to take care of the principal. There is food for thought here for everyone who is think- ing of building. Ponder it well; think of the efficiency of the houses; think of the repair account saved and, above all, remember that there is always going to be a market for flowers, but that if you want to stay in the business you mus*. produce them at the lowest cost possible. Tate. WORKINa FOR BOND ISSUE. The claims of other cities to high rank among American metropolitan cen-
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Vlocent J. Gorly. ters have stirred St. Louis to efforts to maintain her position near the top. So a $24,000,000 bond issue is being planned. And to bind all interests to- gether in the effort to promote the pres- tige of the city, Mayor Kiel ha.s formed a committee, on which serves a member of each prominent organization in St. Louis. Since membership on the com- mittee implies a position among the leaders in the profession represented by the organization, it is considered a dis- tinct honor to serve thereon. The flo- rists' profession is represented by Vin- cent .T. Gorly, of the retail firm of Grimm & Gorly. President Hunnnert, of the St. Louis Florists' VAuh, made the selection. shift. But times have changed. With increasing demand, stock has been shipped more and more before it was ready, until today many florists seem to consider that stock is ready to come "out of" pots of a certain size when it has been in them long enough for the ball of soil to become fairly solid. Of course such stock from the first pot is little more than rooted cuttings and should be sold at little more than the rooted cutting price. No doubt we shall go back to the old order of things when production again overtakes demand. THE CHANOINO TIMES. I am sending, under separate cover, samples of geraniums I received, sup posed to be out of 2-inch pots, at $35 per thousand. This being my first at- tempt to grow geraniums, I am asking if these are fair samples of the plants one must expect when ordering 2-inch sizet You will notice after the hard ball of soil is removed you will have to look closely to find the roots. H. E. W.—N. Y. CYCLAMENS SHOW DRYNESS. I am sending you some cyclamen leaves. There is some disease.aflPecting tliem, of which I do not know. Please inform me of the disease and the treat- ment to overcome it. A. M.—Mich. The geraniums sent are not what, under normal conditions, one would ex- pect to get out of 2-inch pots. The old school of florists believed that a plant, to be "out of" a certain size of pot, should be well rooted around in that pot. In other words, the roots should have thoroughly permeated the ball of soil and worked around the pot, and the plant should be ready for a The cyclamen leaves arrived badly dried up, but they appeared to be in- fested with thrips and red spider. As the season for flowering plants of cycla- men is about over, there is little to be (lone with the plants now. When grow- ing cyclamen plants for another season, be most particular in giving them an even temperature, so that they are not^ subjected to an extremely high tempera- ture or dry atmosphere, conditions which quickly cause the trouble that seems to be affecting the foliage of these plants. M. P. Claremore, Okla.—E. R. Griggs, for- merly of Shawnee, Okla., has bought the greenhouses of J. Hubert Moore.

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