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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JULY 20, 1899. 



the soil which should be retained for 

 the roses. If the soil is in proper con- 

 dition at planting, and it is folly to 

 plant in it unless it is, the water that 

 falls from syringing and damping 

 down is ample to keep it in condition. 



Stir the surface of the soil frequent- 

 ly. This keeps down weeds and acts 

 as a mulch, which assists greatly in 

 conserving the moisture and obviates 

 the necessity of watering the bed. 

 When stirring the soil, leave the sur- 

 face as level as possible, and do not 

 hill up around the plants so the foliage 

 will rest on the soil. 



Tying up the plants should be pro- 

 ceeded with as rapidly as possible. 

 No. 9 to No. 12 wire stakes are almost 

 universally used, and I believe this is 

 the best way yet introduced. One end 

 of the stake is inserted in the soil near 

 the plant, the other tied to a No. 18 

 wire run lengthwise the bed directly 

 over the rows of plants. In tying to 

 the stakes, don't bunch the plants 

 tightly, but tie each shoot so it will 

 be straight, and not crowd its fellows, 

 remembering that each leaf that is 

 torn, broken or crumpled is so much 

 of the plant destroyed. To draw a 

 cord around an entire plant and pull 

 it together for the sake of a quick job 

 is very poor practice, for if they are 

 bunched closely together, moisture ac- 

 cumulates and black spot and other 

 fungous diseases follow. 



All the air possible should be given 

 at this season day and night. 



A. O. T. 



FUNERAL DECORATION. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of the decorations ar- 

 ranged by Mr. W. E. Hall, Clyde, O., 

 for the funeral of George Burton Meek, 

 who was killed on the Winslow, and 

 who was the first of the naval heroes 

 to give up his life in the freeing of 

 Cuba. 



The anchor seen at the left was three 

 feet high, and was made solidly of 

 Flora Hill carnations. The lettering 

 was red and the cable blue. The pic- 

 ture makes quite plain the various de- 

 tails of the decoration. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Wednesday, Aug. 16th, in the meet- 

 ing room of the S. A. F. at Detroit, 

 Mich., there will be held a meeting of 

 the Executive Committee of this So- 

 ciety. The object of the meeting is to 

 arrange a programme for our next 

 annual meeting at Buffalo and prepare 

 a schedule of premiums for the exhi- 

 bition. 



All members of the Society are invit- 

 ed to be present and give their views 

 on the above subjects. Those who can 

 not attend the meeting are invited to 

 present their ideas to the Secretary 

 in writing and they will be given due 

 attention. 



The following scale has been adopt- 

 ed for judging carnations in all the 

 classes at our next exhibition and it 

 will be well for all members and in- 

 tending exhibitors to familiarize them- 



selves with this scale so that they can 

 have their exhibits come up to its re- 

 quirements. It will be noticed that 

 there is no provision for judging plants 

 and as a consequence there will be no 

 need to exhibit a plant in order to se- 

 cure a Certificate of Merit as hereto- 

 fore. The scale is: 



Color 25 



Size 20 



Stem 20 



Form 15 



Substance 10 



Fragrance 5 



Calyx 5 



Total 100 



ALBERT M. HERR, Sec'y, 



Lancaster, Pa. 

 W. P. CRAIG, Pres. 



DETROIT. 



Let us take a Jefferson avenue car 

 in front of the City Hall and away to 

 the resorts of the rich of Detroit, 

 Grosse Pointe, on the shore of Lake St. 

 Clair. But on the way out we will stop 

 for half an hour at Water Works 

 Park, at the entrance of which is the 

 beautiful memorial gate of C. Hurl- 

 burt, a deceased member of the water 

 commission, who left a large fund in 

 trust, the proceeds of which were to be 

 used in the adornment of the grounds 

 of the pumping station. Just inside is 

 the floral clock run by water power, 

 and very reliable time it keeps. The 

 stars and stripes, calendar, castle and 

 other designs are all beauties, and 

 Foreman Plum is justly proud of his 

 park and grounds. Again taking the 

 car, we go out to Mr. Berry's, at the 

 Pointe, who has the largest private 

 collection of orchids in the west and 

 one of the most beautiful places. The 

 residences of Senator McMillan and 

 others, with their large and spacious 

 lawns, are well worth a trip. This 

 trip will cost 10 cents. 



Bowling Trophy. 



President Balsley, of the park com- 

 mission of Detroit, has, through his 

 efforts, secured another beautiful 

 bowling trophy. It is a silver ball 

 supported by three pins resting on an 

 ebony base and is a beauty. It is do- 

 nated by the mayor, comptroller, clerk 

 and thirty-four aldermen of the city, 

 whose names are all engraved on the 

 ball. It is to be given to the team 

 making the highest score in any one 

 game of the series, kept by them for 

 one year, and to be played for at the 

 next convention. The team winning 

 it twice will own it absolutely. Each 

 team winning it is to have the name of 

 the club engraved on the ball. Mr. 

 Balsley says he will also have other 

 trophies for individual scores, etc., so 

 it looks as though with the Evans, 

 Balsley, Dayton Co. and other trophies 

 that the bowling contest would be a 

 hot one. 



The only space left in Exhibition 

 Hall is the stage and part of one table. 

 The stage space is good, so can take 

 care of a few more desirable tenants 

 at reasonable rates, etc. 



Vice-President Breitmeyer is in 

 Philadelphia for two weeks. G. H. 

 Taepke and wife will go to Mackinac 

 on the 24th for ten days. J. Austin 

 Shaw has put in his appearance and is 

 trying to teach the bowlers the Omaha 

 curves. RAG. 



An Air of Goodness ! 



Such lovely weather and such 

 crowds of people with badges and de- 

 corations! And beautiful women and 

 ministerial men, and such an air of 

 goodness! I knew at once when I 

 landed here that the Christian En- 

 deavorers owned the town. It seems 

 a pity that the florists could not have 

 had their convention at the same time. 

 It would have been so appropriate and 

 Brothers Carmody and O'Mara and 

 Manda and Vaughan and Pollworth 

 and Scott and Kift and "Others" would 

 have had such an elegant time. 



The florists had their windows deco- 

 rated in style and "C. E." in immor- 

 telles was much in evidence. Great 

 tents holding audiences of 10,000 were 

 filled with earnest souls, and nearly 

 20,000 strangers thronged the streets 

 and cars and churches. Still the flor- 

 ist business didn't realize the benefit 

 expected. No great church decorations 

 were indulged in and most of the dele- 

 gates wore little floral decoration save 

 the "Pure "flower of a blameless life." 



The Coming Convention. 



But this convention will not be in it 

 with the Florists' Convention in Au- 

 gust, and although'only about 1,000 are 

 expected I am confident they will have 

 a "larger time." Apart from business 

 and exhibits and learned papers the 

 restful and amusement features of 

 your coming convention are to be uni- 

 que. Already the club has raised a 

 big lot of ducats, sufficient to cover 

 all possible emergencies. There will 

 be park drives for the ladies, boat 

 rides for all, sulphur baths for the in- 

 firm, a great fish supper at Star Is- 

 land and every facility for bowling, 

 shooting and athletic sports. The De- 

 troit florists look for an enormous 

 turnout and will give you a royal re- 

 ception. They are going to catch the 

 fish for your banquet before your very 

 eyes and are fattening a superior breed 

 of frogs for your dessert. 



The Florists' Club is a unit, perfect 

 harmony prevails, and the members 

 are all pulling together. The Club here 

 will be a surprise to you in unanimity 

 and numbers. There are now nearly 

 75 members, the meetings are splen- 

 didly attended and the cordiality mani- 

 fested is a revelation. Such energy 

 and forethought have been employed 

 in the preparations for your conven- 

 tion that you could safely meet here 

 now, so advanced and complete are all 

 the arrangements. 



Nothing has been forgotten. Mr 

 Rackham has been indefatigable and 

 his brethren all say he is the "Right 

 Superintendent in the right place." He 

 is now on a still hunt for more space 

 and his exhibits are coming from all 

 over the country, even from as far as 



