. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists^ Review June lo. 1922 muiiity was conceived recently, with the result that in one small district more than 400 plants, besides flowers, were taken, with gratifying results to the neighborhood florists. An organization composed of women got out a number 6f dodgers, which were distributed in one school. They read as follows: HEY, KIDS! Tlioy'ri' Boiiig to send a lot of flo«ors and pliiiils to the sick soldiers at Spoodway hospital lu'xt Sunday, .June 11. Every boy and girl in Portage Park can send a flower or plant. Ask pa or ma to le
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists^ Review June lo. 1922 muiiity was conceived recently, with the result that in one small district more than 400 plants, besides flowers, were taken, with gratifying results to the neighborhood florists. An organization composed of women got out a number 6f dodgers, which were distributed in one school. They read as follows: HEY, KIDS! Tlioy'ri' Boiiig to send a lot of flo«ors and pliiiils to the sick soldiers at Spoodway hospital lu'xt Sunday, .June 11. Every boy and girl in Portage Park can send a flower or plant. Ask pa or ma to let you get one, and then put youf own name and address on a card and fasten it to tlie (lower or plant and then take it to one of the following idaces and they will take them to tlie sick soldiers. Below was a list of five places where the plants might be left by the children —a confectionery, an art shop, a coffee shop, an alderman's residence and a local paper's office. The instructions stated that all of the flowers and plants must be at the places mentioned not later than Saturday, June 10. The dodger ended, in boldface type: "Get busy, kids! Do a good thing for our sick soldiers!'' The "kids" evidently "got busy," for more than 400 plants were collected and taken to the sick soldiers. Peter Pearson, president of the Commercial Flower Growers of Chicago, on discover- ing the source of the local demand for plants, praised the idea. He believes it is one that can be applied in almost any large community in the country. The trade, through the proper cooperation, can aid in a good cause and at the same time add to the demand for its products. less lawn treatment makes use of the discovery that our finest lawn grasses, either Rhode Island bent, or creeping bent, will thrive in a soil more acid than that which is favorable to the ordinary weeds. Hence, by using fer- tilizing materials, especially sulphate of ammonia, which make the soil acid and at the
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