. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l^Tn<?7»''^'^'V'T ~~"'''77f5*fT'r'''^ Jdlt 8, 1913. ??rrr '"i^^T'Tvixy'<~^^-;Vj' The Florists' Review IB. Range of the Restland Floral Co., Mendota, 111. THE TYPIOAI. FLORIST AGAIN. ' ' Such florists as compose the backbone are typified in the abcom- panying illustrations, showing the estab- lishmentDf thj-Bestland PlorahCo^j'Men- dota, 111. The proprietor is B. K^tz- 'wiiikle.' The first house'fn the raiige'was built six-years a^o/'When-he statted in 'buBinesd. The citvhas grown,-but; the opportunities tp sell cut flow
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. l^Tn<?7»''^'^'V'T ~~"'''77f5*fT'r'''^ Jdlt 8, 1913. ??rrr '"i^^T'Tvixy'<~^^-;Vj' The Florists' Review IB. Range of the Restland Floral Co., Mendota, 111. THE TYPIOAI. FLORIST AGAIN. ' ' Such florists as compose the backbone are typified in the abcom- panying illustrations, showing the estab- lishmentDf thj-Bestland PlorahCo^j'Men- dota, 111. The proprietor is B. K^tz- 'wiiikle.' The first house'fn the raiige'was built six-years a^o/'When-he statted in 'buBinesd. The citvhas grown,-but; the opportunities tp sell cut flow^ers, .bedding 'stocTc and pot plants have. developed touch fastei^ than the population has-in- creased. The place now consists of seven houses in good dhape, all the stock being sold locally at retail, with frequent ne- cessity to draw additional supplies,. es- pecially of cut flowers, from outside sources. All over the country there are i hundreds and hundreds of such well- kept, prosperous places, seldom heard of but really constituting the backbone of the business. ", NEW ENGLAND QUARANTINE. The Secretary of Agriculture, acting under the authority of the plant quar- antine act, Eas issued an order broad- ening the scope of the original New England quarantine against the gipsy and brown-tail moths. It is of great importance because it covers certain florists' stock, which, after August 1, can only be moved after inspection. After reciting his authority the sec- retary "does hereby order that (1) conif- erous trees such as spruce, fir, hemlock, pine, juniper (cedar), and arbor-vitse (white cedar), knoWn and described as 'Christmas trees,' and parts thereof, and decorative pli^nts such as holly and laurel, known and described as 'Christ- mas greens or greenery,' and (2) forest plant products, including logs, tanbark, p6sts, poles, railroad ties, cordwood, and lumber, and field-grown florists' stock, trees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and other plants and plant products
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