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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_40_1 (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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June 7, 1917. The Florists^ Review 17 factory. After a little practice you will be able to distribute it evenly. Having decided to discontinue a bed, tear out the plants to prevent insects from breeding. Whether or not you take the soil out immediately does not matter a great deal, unless the bed or bench needs repairing. It will be better for the bench to allow the soil to dry on it, than to allow the sun to beat on the bare boards for several weeks. A. F. J. Baur. STORM NOTES. Additional Losses by Hail. The wind storm of May 26 appears to have done no damage beyond that re- corded in The Eeview for May 31. A number of additional losses by the hail storms of May 27 have been reported, however. None of these losses were large, but they afford reason for prompt action in the matter of joining the Florists' Hail Asoociation: Sesrmour, Ind. The Seymour Greenhouses, owned by M. A. Barrick, of Seymour, Ind., were severely damaged by the hail storm which visited that section of Indiana May 27. Practically all the glass on the north side of the range of greenhouses was destroyed, while the stock was badly cut up by falling glass. The loss is estimated at $1,000 and is covered by insurance. The loss in stock greatly in- terfered with Mr. Barrick's Memorial day business. Owensboro, Ky. The Nanz Floral Co. had a heavy hail storm May 27, breaking about 600 lights. Heavy rain and wind did much damage to stock. It was the heaviest hail ever seen here. The loss is covered by in- surance. Jamestown, O. The establishment of H. C. Fenker, three-quarters of a mile east of town on the Jeffersonville pike, was hit by hail May 27, the loss on glass being about $200. There also was some dam- age to stock and the necessity of clear- ing up the wreckage and making re- pairs in the midst of the Memorial day rush caused a further loss, but the sales for Memorial day nevertheless estab- lished a new record. Mattoon, HI. The loss of A. D. King in the cyclone May 26 is estimated at $30,000 and Mr. King has not decided to rebuild; he thinks of buying elsewhere if he can find a suitable opportunity. The range destroyed consisted of fifteen houses containing 50,000 feet of glass. In five minutes the entire place was demolished and lay flat on the ground. He had in- surance. Wenona, HI. There was a freak storm across east- ern Illinois, striking Streator and Kan- kakee during the night of June 5, but the only damage reported is to the greenhouses of William Metzger, at Weno-.a, which were hit by high wind. Rainfall of an inch or more in a few minutes caused many losses on stock outdoors. VINCAS DOING POORLY. I am sending you a sample of my vincas and would like to have you tell me what is the matter with them. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiim I WHO'S WHO ISaKL AND WHY I TiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiS
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HAROLD B. KENNICOTT. 1I7ITH the death of E. E. Pieser, who since the demise of Flint Kennicott had »" been managing the affairs of Kennicott Bros. Co., Chicago, Harold B. Kenni- cott was called on to continue the business as its president. All the I'ieser inter- ests were bought, thus bringing the business back into the Kennicott family. Since that day the history of the company has been one of progress, the latest step being removal to the excellently equipped new store at 174 North Wabash avenue. The secret of the success of the company, which is the oldest wholesale florist in Chicago, is to be found in the qualities which mark its present president —progressivenoss tempered with conservatism and a keen appreciation of business ethics. My soil is a heavy loam, and this year I used a little mixture of steamed bone. I discovered eggs of some in- sect on the back of the leaves. Could the steamed bone have brought a small worm into the soil? Would you advise the use of this fertilizer for any other plants except geraniums? Up to the present year we have used a fine vege- table fertilizer and never had this trouble. A. J. W.—O. I have not tried steamed bone for vincas, but I do not see how it could harm your plants, unless too much was used. I am afraid you have made too lavish use of it. If used at the rate of a 4-inch potful to a bushel of soil, it should give good results with vincas as well as geraniums, callas and other plants I might name. I have not heard of the bone breeding worms in the soil, but an excessive quantity, causing sourness of the soil, might bring about such a result. I failed to find any eggs of insects on the leaves re- ceived. With all due respect to bone and vegetable fertilizers, I think some well decayed cow or horse manure would be better for vincas. At least, I find it never fails to give us excellent plants. C. W. Scottsbluff, Neb.—William Howard has made plans for the erection this summer of a greenhouse 30x150, an ad- dition made necessary because it has been impossible to obtain sufficient stock from Denver to supply the local demand.

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