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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



the time ymi want to i)lant tliciii in the 

 liouse. Stroiij; cultiii^'s jjiitteil up now 

 will iiiaki' ;;u()il ]ihuits. Iiiit every day 

 counts and yon want to jjive tliem the 

 best of vine and a good eoid plaee where 

 they w-ill grow stuidy. There will be 

 no time to shift tlieni before planting 

 out time, so give them good sized pots, 

 2i-ineh, and if they are extra strong 3- 

 ineh pots are not too large providing 

 the diainage is good. 



Do not allow your greed to get the bet- 

 ter of your judgment and cause you to 

 do like some growers do. Manv growers 

 will pot up 111.' eullinj.s anil "put them 



into a waiiii 1 -c hImm,- iIhv will make 



quiik liiMwih ^iiifl ;i- -... n a^ they are 

 ■ large cii-uvli lihN i.ikc i.n iiinst of the 

 plant t(. iliak.- .iiinllin .ulliiiLr and they 

 imagine they have twice as much stock 

 as they really paid for. They have twice 

 as many plants, but what kind of plants 

 are they? They are soft and weak and 

 good subjects for every kind of di.sease 

 the carnation is heir to and none oi the 

 plants will be as lai-ge in the fall as 

 those that wen- LTown funl and tapped 



propcrh. 'III. n wliin llir | nii-lreat- 



ed plant- tail in p)n,|,i,,- a- l' I I.I. amis 



as thcs.' ;:r..\\.i~ .xp.'ri i aii.l tli.'v are 



oil in the fall it would then probably 

 bloom more evenly. 



Mr. Wietor, by the way, is on the 

 lookout for a better niidwinlir while 

 than White Cloud. II.' -a\- Hill is all 

 right for fall an.l -|.i Inii, l.iii in iin.l 

 winter Cloud is lli.' m.iii. .1. ii.'ii'l. nr. , li 



fall 



nd in spring Hill is superior. A good 

 II around white is something he would 

 ke to get hold of. 



A HOUSE OF WHITE CLOUD, 



We pre-cnt 

 from a ])linl.i'. 

 Cloud cainaii 

 of Wietur I'.i 

 one of the II. 'V 

 and is ;«)x:iOl 



if White 

 li-!iment 



iron post construc- 

 tion was em])lovecl. The gutter and 

 posts may be seen at the left in the pic- 

 ture. The Wietor Bros, have the flow 

 pipe above the benches in their heating 

 .system, and consider it quite an advan- 

 tage. The pipe is suspended by wires 

 from the purlin. All the purlin supports, 

 as well as the iron posts under the gutter 

 are set in cement. 



Azalea Croemina. Ten Feet Spread. 



apt to be unreasonable in their expecta- 

 tions, besides) they condemn the variety 

 and the man »li.."--..M it to them. Bet- 

 ter 1m' -iii-lii.l will, what you paid for 

 and "i\. iln i.lani- a chance to show 



THE MARQUIS CARNATION. 



Speaking of the Mariiuis, Jlr. James 

 Hartshorne, of the Chicago Carnation 

 Company, says that with him it is the 

 next best thing to Lawson and the great- 

 est in its color. But with him it has 

 been a late bloomer. He started to cut 

 in quantity about Dec. 1. It has bloomed 

 continuously ever sin.., iIliol-Ii. and 

 promises well for tlic v-i . i iIm -.as.m. 



Mr. N. Wietor. of Whi' i i;...-.. Chi- 

 cago, says that they lia.l a l.ii; .r.iji for 

 Tlianksgiving and then n.i more until 

 recently, when it eaine into crop again. 

 They like it on account of its size and 

 color, but don't like the habit of crop- 

 ping that it has shown with them. He 

 thinks that if the buds were kept picked 



AZALEA CROEMINA. 



Til.' a. ' .iiii|iaii\ iiig engraving is from a 

 ]ili..|.iL'i a I'll I'l a plant of Azalea Croe- 

 iiiiiia ' n 111. J.. ..mils of the P. J. Berck- 

 njaii.-- ( li.. Au,L;ii>ta, Ga. 



This plant had a spread of ten feet 

 and a height of five feet. As will be 

 seen from the pholograiih. the plant was 

 a mas, nf it- li'jlit piiiU ll.iun-. Dur- 

 ill- III.' Iill//ai'l .i| i'-.'l.niaix. I s'.IS. this 

 ,\zal.'a «a- h.i/.'ii t.. II..' 'ji.'Uliil, but 



of tiowors th. .' I - -I ling. This aza- 

 lea has li.'i'ii -i.in.liii'^ in its present 

 position for alimiL tuinty-live years, and 

 until 18!)8 had never been injured by 

 frost. It is, so far as we know, the 

 hardiest of all the Indian azaleas. 



It is growing in a very sunny posi- 

 tion, but in a rich, loamy soil. The 

 Messrs. Berckmans find in their section 

 a rich soil in which there is an abun- 

 dance of leaf mould to be the most satis- 

 factory f(u- azaleas, and they do best 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Executive Committee Meeting. 



N. May, Kobert Craig and Benja 

 Durfee. 



A telegram from Ex-rrcsidcnt Will 



be relations of the soealli'd aiixili- 

 societies to the incorporated niotl/'i 



society were then considered. It was 

 the opinion that the lust elliciency of 



the various or.janl'at nn- iniL'ht be se- 

 cured with till' .j-iMi.-i ...iiiiiiiiy of ex- 

 pense and eft'oit l.\ -. m. iiLiimrr of fed- 

 ,',.,ti..ii nnili'i ih. '.Imi!.! ..I III,' .a'liti-al 

 l'..'h. .111.1 in hiiMi.'i.ii I llii- i.l.a a 



eonsi.l.i ,1 n.l ,i.l \ i-. \v ,i\ - .i lal moans 



whercl.\ 1.'-.' i.l.ii - iiiav I.I' r-lal)- 



lished and iiiaint.mn.:.! Iiclwiiii the So- 

 ciety of .\uierican Florists and the vari- 

 ous trade organizations now existent, 

 particularly to establish uniform regis- 

 tration of pl.nnts. 



It wa- al-.' .1." iili.l tliat in the call for 

 the tir-t iiii.iinL' "I incorporators, the 



tcr. Further .-..n-,.!. i .ii.ai . i r .■ illa- 

 tions of the So. i.i \ ..I \iii.ii III M..'i-ts 

 with other hortn uli m al Innii.'- il.i..ui:h' 

 out the country icsulicil in tlu' a.loiition 

 of an order ofTering one silver and one 

 bronze medal, each to be awarded 

 through ten disiL-nalcd organizations 

 that maintain al I. i i .n. i.'Ljular pub- 

 lic exhibition a m, . 1 I I. III. .lals to be 

 awarded for 11. • i . i i. us plants 



or flowers of ,\in. i i- ,.i, ..i n'ln. 



Matters connect e.l with the coming 

 convention and routine business of the 

 current year were then taken up. It 

 was decided that the meetings and ex- 

 hibition should be held at City Conven- 

 tion Hall, BufTalo, N. Y., opening on 



