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Greenhouse Home
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I. Greenhouse for You
01. Greenhouse Profits
02. My Profit-Making
03. Best Greenhouse
04. Plastic Greenhouses
05. Cold Frames
Part II. Run Your Greenhouse
06. Practical Greenhouse
07. Heating + Ventilating
08. Watering + Fertilizing
09. Soils + Potting
10. Plant Supply
11. Price + Market
Part III. Greenhouse Plants
12. Spring Bedding
13. Salable Plants
14. Garden Plants
15. House-Plant Market
16. African Violets
17. Gloxinias
18. Gesneriads
19. Geraniums
20. Amaryllis Family
21. Orchids
22. Cut Flowers
23. Hybridizing
24. Other $ Possibilities
25. Packing + Shipping
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APPENDIX 1
APPENDIX 1 | APPENDIX II | APPENDIX III
PUBLICATIONS
Everyone is eligible to subscribe to the national garden and greenhouse magazines, and as a commercial or at least semi-commercial grower or retail florist, you are also eligible for professional trade papers. In these publications, you will find ads of firms which sell all types of greenhouses, greenhouse and florist's supplies, and almost any plant you want to purchase. In addition, these publications carry names of firms who offer correspondence courses in floristry and greenhouse management. If you are interested in a complete listing of all American horticultural publications and plant societies, obtain a copy of The Directory of American Horticulture, at $1.50 per copy from Donald Wyman, Secretary, The American Horticultural Council, The Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain 30, Massachusetts.
Florists' and Nurserymen's Trade Publications
Florists' Exchange and Horti- American Nurseryman
cultural Trade World 343 S. Dearborn St.
1199 Broadway Chicago 4, Ill.
New York 1, N.Y.
PacificCoast Nurseryman
Florists' Review 1427 S. Baldwin Ave.
343 S. Dearborn St. Arcadia, Calif.
Chicago, 4, Ill.
Southern Florists and Nursey man
Florist and Nurseryman 120 St. Louis St.
Majorca Ave. Ft. Worth 1, Tex.
Coral Gables 34, Fla.
Central Flower News 5709 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago 51, 111.
Gardening Publications
Flower and Garden Magazine 543 Westport Road Kansas City 11, Mo.
Flower Grower
2049 Grand Central Terminal
New York 17, N.Y.
Horticulture
300 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, Mass.
Greenhouse Publications
Under Glass P.O. Box 114 Irvington, N.Y.
Seed World 327 S. LaSalle Chicago 4, 111.
Popular Gardening 530 Fifth Avenue New York 36, N.Y.
Organic Gardening and Farming Emmaus, Penna.
APPENDIX II
PLANT QUARANTINE AND INSPECTION OFFICES OF THE STATES, TERRITORIES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, CANADA, AND MEXICO
Alabama: Chief, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture and Industries, P.O. Box 220, Montgomery 1 (Tel: AM 5-2341, Ext. 2139)
Alaska: Commissioner of Agriculture, P. O. Box 1828, Palmer
Arizona: State Entomologist, Commission of Agriculture and Horticulture, P.O. Box 6246, Phoenix (Tel: Alpine 3-6713)
Arkansas: Chief Inspector, State Plant Board, Capitol Ave. and Center St., Little Rock (Tel: Franklin 4-2283)
California: Chief, Bureau of Plant Quarantine, State Department of Agriculture, 1220 N. St., Sacramento 14 (Tel: Gilbert 2-4711, Ext. 3248)
Colorado: Chief of Plant Industry, State Department *of Agriculture, 3130 Zuni Street, Denver 11 (Tel.: Genesee 3-3391)
Connecticut: State Entomologist, Agricultural Experiment Station, Box 1106, New Haven 4 (Tel.: Locust 2-4173)
Delaware: State Plant Pathologist, State Board of Agriculture, Dover (Tel.: 5-711)
District of Columbia: Plant Quarantine Division, ARS, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25 (Tel.: Republic 7-4142, Ext. 2598)
Florida: Plant Commissioner, State Plant Board, Gainesville (Tel: Franklin 2-1431)
Georgia: Director, Department of Entomology, 304 Agriculture Building, 19 Hunter St., Atlanta 3 (Tel: JA 1-2402)
Idaho: Director, Bureau of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Boise
Illinois: Horticultural Specialist in Charge, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Room 227 Professional Arts Building, Glen Ellyn (Tel.: Glen Ellyn 1531)
Indiana: State Entomologist, State Department of Conservation, 311 West Washington Street, Indianapolis 9
Iowa: State Entomologist, 251 Science Building, Iowa State College, Ames
Kansas: North: State Entomologist, State College of Agriculture, Manhattan
South: State Entomologist, University of Kansas, Lawrence
Kentucky: State Entomologist, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington 29 (Tel: 2-2200)
Louisiana: State Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture and Immigration, Box 4153, Capitol Station, Baton Rouge 4 (Tel.: 2-7580)
Maine: Director, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Augusta (Tel.: 3-4511)
Maryland: State Entomologist, University of Maryland, College Park (Tel: Warfield 7-3800, Ext. 262)
Massachusetts: Assistant Director, Division of Plant Pest Control and Fairs, 41 Tremont St., Boston 8
Michigan: Chief, Plant Industry Division, State Department of Agriculture, Lansing 13 (Tel.: Ivanhoe 58144, Ext. 2328)
Minnesota: Acting Director, Bureau of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Dairy and Food, University Farm, St. Paul 1
Mississippi: Entomologist, State Plant Board, State College (Tel.: Starkville 900, Ext. 349)
Missouri: State Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, Jefferson City (Tel.: 6-7166)
Montana: Chief, Division of Horticulture, State Department of Agriculture, Labor and Industry, Missoula
Nebraska: State Entomologist, Bureau of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture and Inspection, Lincoln 9
Nevada: Director, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, P.O. Box 1027, Reno (Tel: 2-6989)
New Hampshire: State Entomologist, Insect and Plant Disease Suppression and Control, State Department of Agriculture, Durham
New Jersey: Director, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Trenton (Tel.: Export 2-2131)
New Mexico: Director, State Department of Agriculture, College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, State College (Tel.: Las Cruces—Jackson 6-6611)
New York: Director, Bureau of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany 1 (Tel.: 3-5511)
North Carolina: State Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, Raleigh (Tel: 4-3611)
North Dakota: State Entomologist, Department of Entomology, North Dakota Agricultural College, Box 2438, Fargo
Ohio: Chief, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Columbus 15 (Tel.: Main 1-1265)
Oklahoma: Director, Division of Entomology and Plant Industry, Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture, Oklahoma City 5 (Tel.: Jackson 4-8457)
Oregon: Chief, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Building, Salem (Tel.: 4-2171)
Pennsylvania: Director, Bureau of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg (Tel.: 8-5151, Ext. 2287)
Puerto Rico: Director, Plant Quarantine Service, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, San Juan
Rhode Island: Chief, Division of Entomology and Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture and Conservation, Veterans Memorial Building, 83 Park St., Providence 2 (Tel.: Union 1-7900)
South Carolina: Entomologist, State Crop Pest Commission, Clemson (Tel.: 5-362)
South Dakota: Director, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, Pierre
Tennessee: Director, Division of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, 410 State Office Building, Nashville 3 (Tel: Chapel 28311, Ext. 3228)
Texas: Chief, Division of Plant Quarantines, Texas Department of Agriculture, Austin (Tel.: Greenwood 6-5321)
Utah: State Supervising Inspector, State Department of Agriculture, Salt Lake City
Vermont: Director, Division of Plant Pest Control, State Department of Agriculture, Montpelier
Virginia: State Entomologist and Director, Division of Plant Industry, 1112 State Office Bldg., Richmond 19 (Tel.: Milton 4-4111, Ext. 2303)
Washington: Supervisor of Horticulture, State Department of Agriculture, Olympia (Tel.: Fleetwood 2-5611)
West Virginia: Chief, Plant Pest Control Division, State Department of Agriculture, Charleston 5 (Tel.: Dickens 2-2101)
Wisconsin: State Entomologist, Division of Plant Industry, State Department of Agriculture, 448 W. Washington Ave., Madison 3 (Tel.: Alpine 6-4411, Ext. 2293)
Wyoming: State Entomologist, State Department of Agriculture, Cheyenne
Canada: Chief, Division of Plant Protection, Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario (Tel.: Central 28211, Ext. 45367)
Hawaii: Plant Quarantine Inspector in Charge, Board of Commissioners of Agriculture and Forestry, P.O. Box 2520, Honolulu 4
Mexico: Director General de Defensa Agricola, Balderas Num. 94, Mexico, D.F.
APPENDIX III
HELPFUL BOOKS TO CONSULT
Amaryllis and How to Grow Them by Peggie Schulz
The Complete Book of African Violets by Helen Van Pelt
Wilson Chromosome Atlas of Flowering Plants by C. D. Darlington and
A. P. Wylie
Corsage Craft by Mary Noble and Glad Reusch Florist Crop Production and Marketing by Kenneth Post The Gardeners Handbook of Pest and Disease by Cynthia
Westcott
Geraniums for Windows and Gardens by Helen Van Pelt Wilson
Gloxinias and How to Grow Them by Peggie Schulz Growing Plants Under Artificial Light by Peggie Schulz 1001 African Violet Questions Answered edited by Helen Van
Pelt Wilson
Plant Breeding for Everyone by John Y. Beatty The Retail Florist by John Leisweld