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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



nearly bare of foliage a spraying once 

 a week with the following mixture will 

 stop it from spreading and if persisted 

 in will ultimately overcome it: Car- 

 bonate of copper, 5 ounces; ammonia, 

 3 quarts, and CO gallons of water, using 

 a nozzle that will make a fine spray. 

 Every part of the leaf should be washed. 



If firing has to be resorted to thus 

 early in the season care will be needed 

 not to get the foliage too soft, a condi- 

 tion which is easily acquired, but from 

 which it is difficult to get extricated be-' 

 fore the winter begins. This can tie 

 obviated by careful watering and ample 

 but judicious ventilation. When neces- 

 sary to fire up every advantage should 

 be taken of the opportunity to have the 

 pipes painted with the sulphur mixture 

 to hold mildew in check. 



I may here take notice of a practice 

 much in vogue among the less experi- 

 enced growers, viz., that of shutting 

 •down for the night at quitting time. 

 This has often the effect of causing the 

 temperature to take a sudden jump of 

 8 or 10 degrees. This is a practice which 

 ought to be abandoned at once, as it 

 makes the foliage of a soft and flabby 

 nature, ill suiting them to withstand the 

 vicissitudes of forcing. A little extra 

 time devoted to gradually reducing the 

 ventilation till after sundown will be 

 well repaid. 



Mr. Scott 's advice anent summer firing 

 in his last week's notes are timely and 

 to the point. I entirely agree with him 

 regarding the September crop of mildew 

 and think the grower who welcomes such 

 a visitant must hold a unique position 

 among rosarians. 



A few years ago a firm noted as Beauty 

 growers, but whose houses were so sit- 

 uated that the conditions during Sep- 

 tember invariably induced a crop of 

 black spot, put out a statement in one of 

 our contemporaries that they rather liked 

 this visitor, as it helped to thin out the 

 too dense foliage. I noticed, however, 

 that within the year they went to con- 

 siderable trouble and expense to overcome 

 these unsatisfactory conditions. 



When the foliage is so dense as to 

 exclude the sun's rays from the surface 

 of the bench it is a good plan to remove 

 some of it; but I would rather have it 

 done under my personal direction than 

 leave the selection to Mr. Blackspot, 

 whose questionable industry is frequently 

 difficult to curb. 



Such unqualified statements emanat- 

 ing from growers of undoubted skill and 

 ability are dangerous and apt to lead the 

 less experienced into perilous paths. 



KANSAS CITY. 



Stock has improved wonderfully the 

 last few days; cool weather for us has 

 been the cause. The store men all seem 

 to be busy with funeral work, and the 

 greenhouse men are all busy planting 

 their last carnations from their fields. 

 All stock is looking good. 



A. Barbe, Arthur Newell and Geo. M. 

 Kellogg are off to Milwaukee. 



Ed. A. Tonquest, Miss Dailey's right 

 hand man, has returned from a two 

 weeks' fishing trip up in the Minnesota 

 wilds. 



Will Wade, of W. L. Rock's, spent 

 two weeks down at his old home and is 

 looking much better. T/. M. S. 



Holtoke, Mass. — E. D. Shaw has sold 

 out to Miss Georgia Humphreys, who 

 has been in his employ for several years. 



The New Store Building of Siebrecht & Son, Fifth Avenue, New York. 



NEW YORK. 



All Aboard for the Convention. 



There were nearly 100 happy excur- 

 sionists at the West Shore rendezvous 

 Sunday afternoon, as we predicted, but 

 not nearly so near 100 as there should 

 have been by a large majority. In 

 other words, when the noses were all 

 counted — and many of the noses shone 

 with the healthful tan acquired at moun- 

 tain and seaside resorts — it was found 

 that the total number of "souls" pres- 

 ent did not quite reach the figures of 

 last year, much to our wonderment and 

 regret. However, a goodly number 

 started for Milwaukee at earlier dates 

 and by other routes, so that the "con- 

 tingent ' ' when reckoned collectively at 

 the ' ' Cream City ' ' will not be so dis- 

 creditable after all. The day was ideal 

 for traveling — cool and cloudy — and the 

 comfort of all amply provided for by the 

 West Shore's chaperon, Mr. Louis Haff- 

 ner, while for the ' ' inner ' ' man and 

 woman, Mr. Walter Sheridan had 

 thoughtfully gathered some of the best 

 the market affords in liquid exhilaration, 

 the good effects of which manifested 

 themselves far into the night. It was 

 a very happy and harmonious family 

 that filled the Pullmans reserved for the 

 New York Florists' Club, and as the 

 journey progressed its numbers increased 

 until the company was completed by the 

 addition of the massive delegation from 

 Boston and the beneficent Peter Crowe, 

 of Utica. I say "massive" advisedly, 

 for Fred Mathison was one of ' ' the 

 old guard ' ' and his charming person- 

 ality outbalances that of two "ordin- 

 ary ' ' men. 



We missed the pleasant interludes that 

 characterized our trip last year to Ashe- 

 ville. There was no Philadelphia fra- 

 ternizing, no banquet at Washington, no 

 "angels feet," the novelty of new ter- 

 ritory was lacking. All of us had sailed 

 the classie Hudson, had looked upon the 

 glorious mountains, and revelled in the 



exhilarating ozone of the Catskills many 

 a time before. So we concentrated our 

 magnetisms and proceeded to become 

 ' ' better acquainted. ' ' It was a gath- 

 ering always observant of the proprieties 

 and never forgetful of the day. But 

 after the hour of midnight a few lovers 

 of "revelry" indulged in the harmless 

 pastimes of bridge whist and hearts, 

 and other and similar orthodox amuse- 

 ments, while the majority slept "the 

 sleep of the just" and arose refreshed 

 amid the quiet and purity of Canadian 

 environments. At Kingston, Captain 

 Lang, of the bowling team, joined us, 

 fresh from his mountain farm, and laden 

 with fruit from his "own vine and fig 

 trees. ' ' We picked up a good sized fel- 

 low at Kingston, Mr. Burgevin, and later 

 on the ' ' Bostonese. ' ' Our train was a 

 little late at Detroit, so that the boys 

 who came to the station to greet us 

 were disappointed and our stay was brief. 

 The perfect weather we find as we 

 journey westward insures a great at- 

 tendance from towns and cities adjacent 

 to Milwaukee. It seems a pity we could 

 not have gathered in the Buffalo and 

 Detroit hosts, but it was not to be. Each 

 city was ambitious to have a "special" 

 and doubtless both have sent delegations 

 quite equal in size to our own. The 

 ladies who accompanied us were not num- 

 erous, but their quality was unsurpassed. 

 Chatterton Warburton added glory to 

 his halo by chaperoning Mrs. Fernley, of 

 Fall Eiver, and his nieces, the Misses 

 Halford, of Lawrence, Mass. The 

 young ladies sang sweetly and won all 

 hearts by their musical contributions. Mr. 

 ( lelschig, of Savannah, Ga., was our only 

 ' ' addenda ' ' from the sunny south. 

 Father Smith, of Washington, was 

 among those welcomed at Rotterdam 

 Junction. Everybody was glad to see 

 ' ' the old man eloquent. ' ' Boston seemed 

 a little lopsided without Warren Ewell. 

 John N. May was back from his outing 

 in much improved health and was remi- 

 niscent in memories of English exper- 

 iences of the long ago. C. W. Ward and 

 Henry Siebrecht were among the missing. 



