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TheWeekly Florists' Review, 



on bem-hos, jjiviiin cacli pol plenty of 

 room, so when tlie llowfi* I'oini the seed 

 pods and begin to hang down they will 

 not lay on each other and commence to 

 rot, aiid that the sun will al^o strike all 

 the pods to ripen the seeds. When the 

 ])lants come in full flower and the ti-inch 

 jiofs are again well rooted through give 

 them once each week a feeding of dis- 

 solved guano or liquid manure; this feed- 

 ing will help them to develop larger flow- 

 ers, and also larger seeds. 



The temperature at night will now be 

 40 degrees to 45 degrees, in daytime dur- 

 ing dark, cold weather 50 degrees, with 

 the admission of very little air, and in 

 bright, sunny weather syringe the walks 

 and foliage, but be careful not to syringe 

 tlu! flowers. The watering of the 6-inch 

 potjS should be done with the greatest 

 care, only a watering can to be used, and 

 do not use cold water. Have a barrel or 

 two at the end of each house and fill at 

 night with water to use for watering the 

 following day, so that the water gets the 

 house temperature. Well-grown cycla- 

 men plants ought to have, when in 5 or 

 6-inch pots, 100 to 200 flowers per pot. 

 Never syringe cyclamen when in full 

 flower. 



If fumigating is necessary fumigate 

 before the c.vclamen are in full bloom. It 

 is fidvisable when the weather is warmer 

 to partition off' each variety by drawing 

 white eloth through the space left be- 

 tween each variety, so that no insects or 

 bees get the pollen of one variety on to 

 that of the other, and it is a good thing 

 to have white cloth or mosquito bars 

 over the ventilators for the same reason. 

 In this manner you can surely keep each 

 variety true. 



When all the stalks and seed pods are 

 hanging down help them to get the right 

 place around the pots, and if necessary 

 elevate the pots by putting them on top 

 of 5-ineh pots turned upside down. It 

 will perhaps be necessary to change tem- 

 perature a few degrees higher or lower, 

 which has to be judged by the growth of 

 the plants. 



In April or May the seeds will be get- 

 ting, or already are, ripe, which depends 

 upon the weather and sun. Watch care- 

 fully to see if a pod here and there is 

 bursting; if this appears the harvest be- 

 gins. Cut all the stalks ofl'. near the 

 bulb, spread a cloth on a table in a dry 

 place where the sun strikes it. and the 

 pods will all spring open and the seeds 

 will lay fin tlic cloth. There may be a 

 nuMili( 1 wliicli will not open bv them- 

 sehv-. -., 1m1|, llicm a little by 'rubbing 



')ct\v.,.ii V Iiiiiuls. Separate the seeds 



fr(«n l!i. -i:ilk- :ind empty pods. In sep- 

 aiatiirj III,' ■,::l~ tlic lai-gcst ones will 

 lie lii-i il:i-- ilic iicAi -I'cnnd-class. and 

 the -iicilN-i iSr Hiii,! .l:,ss. I prefer to 

 ahv.i\-. liii\ 111,, lii^i ,|;i^< seeds, because 



lly ^iiiHiiiv iwl: n in an e.vtensive 



inch pois (It each \ , I • , -!i|.|,r,l 



my memory how n 1, ,| 



to produce a prun, ,.,,1^ 



but it is still a w. ] I , , , ,,,, ,- 



I will speak some iimp latiT of the 

 sowing of cyclamen in February instead 

 of August or September, and of propa- 

 gating cyclamen only from eves. 



SOaETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



The meeting of incorporators of the 

 Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists under the new 

 charter granted by Congress was held in 

 Washington, May 14. President O'Mara 

 presided, and after much deliberation a 



constitution and b.vlaws were adopted 

 to meet the changed conditions. 



There is but little change from the old 

 set of laws, except in the method of nom- 

 inating and electing officers and an article 

 on "Co-operative Societies," which af- 

 fects somewhat the membership of tUe 

 E.\ecutive Committee. Under the new 

 law nominations shall be made orally at 

 the nuiniiii- -r--inii nf the second day 

 and the ili,ii,iii -li.ill lie by official bal- 

 lots prc|i:i i .I .1. Iini; to the Australian 



form, eoniuiuiu;; the names of all can- 

 didates nominated for the various of- 

 fices. The article on co-operative socie- 

 ties follows: 



Any national or state organization malting 

 application therefor whose aims and purposes 

 are in harmony with the charter of the Society 

 of American Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists may be enrolled as a co-operative soci- 

 ety by an affirmative vote of this society. 



Delegates. — Each duly enrolled co-operative 

 society having a membership of 50 or more, of 

 whom at least 25 are members in good stand- 

 ing of the S. A. F. O. H. shall be entitled 

 to elect one delegate annually who shall serve 

 for one year as a member of the Executive 

 Board with all the rights, powers and privi- 

 leges appertaining thereto. 



Registration.— All registration of new 

 plants by members of co-operative societies 

 shall be effected through and by the offlce of 

 the Secretary of the S. A. F. O. H., under 

 the rules of said society. In case of dispute 

 as to a name, it shall be referred to its special 

 society for settlement, subject to the final 

 approval of the Society of American Florists 

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entomologi- 

 shall'be referred to the regularly 



constituted com 



be paid by the S. A. F.' "0. H.. subject to the 

 approval of the Executive Board. The secre- 

 tary of this society shall incorporate in his 

 annual printed report of the proceedings of this 

 society such reports of said co-operative so- 

 cieties as may be furnished annually by the 

 secretaries of said co-operative societies. 



Support of Special Exhibitions.— The S. A. 

 F. O. H. may pay at any time to any co- 

 operative society holding a public floral 



horticultural exhibitio 

 United States, sue 

 •Executive Board; 

 port of said exhibitio 



lay be voted by its 

 ;o be used in sup- 

 mav at the order 

 said Executive Board contribute special 

 medals or certiflcates as awards for new plants 

 or flowers of American origin or other prod- 

 ucts of American skill deemed to be of special 



Rights Reserved to Co-Operative Societies.— 

 The foregoing obligations and privileges shall 

 not be held as in any way impairing the au- 

 tonomy of regularly organized societies that 

 may become parties to these provisions, or re- 

 stricting their rights to self-government, other- 

 wise than as speclfled herein. 



The officers elected at the jSTew York 

 convention were re-elected under the new 

 constitution and the members of the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee were reappointed to 

 serve until their successors are ap- 

 pointed. 



Those present at the meeting were: 

 President P. O'Mara. Secretary W. J. 

 Stewart. Treasurer H. B. Beattv, and 

 Messrs. C. W. Ward, Lawrence Cotter, 

 W. P. Gude. J. N. :\lav. T;,il„il Cr.n-. 

 Edwin Lonsdale, E. r.u.nn.i Inih- 

 Dean, P, Welch, J. C. l.-l.r, W m i; 

 Smith, Benj. Durfee. W . r. . l;,.i t. i mann. 

 Leonard Barron. Fred iLathison, A. 

 Gude, P. Gauges, Alex Wallace, Wni. 

 Fraser. 



Hon. AiMM. CuniMiiirj-, uli.i u;i- in-lru- 

 mental in -.lihiL' iln .li.iil.'i' ihnMigh 

 Congress. »:i- nn,. ,i| the .jii.-l-. The 

 speeches were all of a congratulatory 

 order and Mr. W. R. Smith received 

 ■many expressions of thanks for his ear- 

 nest, continued effort in the matter of 

 securing the charter. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



The Tulip B«ds. 



The illustrations are from photo- 

 gra^phs taken on the 9th of May. The 

 beds were then at their best and all are 

 the exhibit of F. R. Pierson, of Tarry- 

 town. He used 42,000 tulips in six beds. 

 The largest contained 13,000 bulbs, the 

 next 10,000 and the remainder were in 

 the other four. In the whole 42,000 

 there was scarcely a bulb but what was 

 true to name and they must have been 

 of the highest quality, for the flowers 

 were uniformly fine. They were a rev- 

 elation to all who saw them, and, as a 

 man expressed it, "It was the greatest 

 display of tulips ever seen outside of 

 Holland." 



One view shows in the background the 

 Horticulture building on the left, the 

 connecting conservatory, and on the right 

 the Mines building, Tlie Tower is seen 

 over the top of the conservator.v in the 

 distance, 405 feet from the ground. 



The view showing the standard and 

 pyramid sweet bays was near the Wom- 

 en's building. This modest building was 

 the only building on the grounds; for- 

 merly the Country Club, the four tow- 

 ers in the distance had at the time the 

 photograph was taken the scaffolding 

 still around them. They are surmount- 

 ed by some grand statuary. Beneath 

 th«m is a marvelous grotto 400 feet in 

 length. 



The other picture is the one containing 

 the 13,000 bulbs. It may be of interest 

 to those who plant bulbs in the fall to 

 know that these were planted about the 

 1st of last December. The ground was 

 then very wet. A blunt stick was used 

 and the bulb was put down about five 

 inches. I mention -this because we saw 

 other people preparing beds at great ex- 

 pense; excavating the soil, putting an 

 inch of sand, placing the bulb, and then 

 covering with four inches of earth. Of 

 course, the great majority of gardeners 

 know that that is ver.y old-fashioned and 

 entirely an old fogy notion. Late planted 

 bulbs are more satisfactory than earlier 

 ones. I believe the later you plant before 

 frost sets in the better. 



The varieties sent by Mr. Pierson were 

 Wapin von Le.vden. white striped : Col- 

 eur Ponceau, cherry and white: Rachel 

 Rush, a pink; Alba Regalis. a fine stout 

 white; Cottage Maid, perhaps the best 

 of all the pinks; the well-known Kai- 

 serskroon ; La Immacule, a fine white, 

 but drops its petals too early: Artus, 

 the brilliant little scarlet; Brutus, a 



Chrysolora, perhaps 

 he?s de 



til,' li.~i of all yellows: Duche 

 l':iiiii.i, mange and red; Crimson King, 

 ;i I.I I J.. , liiiison: Standard Royal Silver, 

 ;i liciiiliful striped; and Yellow Prince. 

 Altogellier these beds have made a most 

 magiiificent display. 



1 may add. while describing this sec- 

 tion rf'di,' LMomid-'. that since the pho- 



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TiiE BOOK that saves money for yoi 

 ike the Florists' Manual, bv Wni. Scott 

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have been jilantecl on i he margin^ of the 

 roads. Altogether it is a grand and at- 

 tractive spot. 



Dedication Day. 



Dedication day was a great day in the 

 history of Bufl'alo. The excitement, the 

 mob, the paiade and other features made 

 you think it was a magnified Fourth of 

 July and it would be all over in the 

 morning, but there is five months more 

 (if it and we hope we will be able to 

 endure i1. The paper? say over 100,000 



