Jui-r 9, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



241 



making a "sky scraper," for it is grow- 

 ing at the rate of several inches a day. 

 Personally I do not care for that kind 

 of variety. Too often the flower lacks 

 finish and form, but we will not yet 

 condemn it. Mrs. Geo. Mileham. a love- 

 ly pink that did nothing much last year, 

 l- -I far making a vei \ nice growth and 

 may redeem itself this time. Lord Salis- 

 bury and Mrs. Thurkell are both making 

 Hue wood and we have great faith in 

 them. 



Two varieties that are doing nothing 

 worth -peaking about are Parkside Gem 

 and Daisy Moore. Still, novelties are a 

 gamble anyway and they may be doing 

 better elsewhere. We might get rich if 

 we had all prizes in our lottery, ami 

 that would be an unnatural condition 

 for a florist. 



There seem to be complaints from sev- 

 eral quarters this year that some varie- 

 ties aie running all to buds, instead of 

 going up witli a clean, straight shoot. 

 While this is a nuisance, the plants will, 

 if treated right, come out of it. In the 

 case of varieties that are very persist- 

 ent in bud throwing, the only thing to 

 do is to cut them right down. Keep the 

 roots on the dry side until a new growth 

 appears through the ground, and this 

 growth will run right along without any 

 further trouble. 



Where the variety is not too badly af- 

 fected, by keeping the buds closely picked 

 off and keeping well sprayed with water. 

 a good growing shoot can eventually be 

 obtained. Personally I have never had 

 this trouble to contend with ( saving in 

 the case of Viviand-Morel. which couldn't 

 grow kind if it tried), but I have always 

 argued that it was due to a check the 

 plants received, either being pot-bound, 

 or a sudden transition from a warm tem- 

 perature to a cold one, or else a prema- 

 ture ripening of the young shoot caused 

 by lack of water. Right conditions and re- 

 membering that the mum, like any other 

 young plant, should be moved along con- 

 stantly without a check in any form, 

 will, I believe, obviate troubles of this 

 kind. Briax Boru. 



NAME OF FERN. 

 I send herewith a specimen frond of 

 a fern, the name of which I should like 

 to learn. 



The fern frond in question is one of 

 the adiantums, possibly A. pedatum, but 

 owing to the fact that the frond is not 

 entire, a portion of it. having been 

 broken or cut away, and also because it 

 is totally without spores, a positive 

 identification i~ very difficult. There is 

 frequently a great difference between 

 the sterile and the fertile fronds of the 

 same fern, and a specimen for identifi- 

 cation would better be a full grown fer- 

 tile frond, for the arrangement of the 

 spores on the leaf has much to do with 

 theclassificationof these plants. It would 

 also be of much assistance to know 

 something of the history of the plant in 

 question, as to where it originated and 

 some of its chief characteristics. 



W. H. Taplix. 



A NEPHROLEPIS. 



I em-lose a frond of a fern which was 

 sent me several years ago from the South 

 Pacific. Will you please tell me its 

 name-.' 1 find it very valuable for cut- 

 ling, a- it lasts even longer than the 

 Bosti ii fern. It grows rapidly ana one 

 little pi mt will make from three to ten 



in "lie > ear. Is it something new and of 

 what value is it to the trade? 



Subscriber. 



The fern in question is Xephrolepis 

 cordifolium, also known as N. tuberosa, 

 and is quite widely distributed through- 

 out the tropics, not only in the Pacific 

 region, but also in tropical America. It 

 is an excellent fern, of free growth and 

 ^ood form, soon making an admirable 

 pot specimen, but the Boston fern seems 

 to be more popular, where both have been 

 offered. Seedlings of N. cordifolium 

 have been found growing around cycas 

 stems that were imported from Japan, 

 thus showing that this fern was suf- 

 ficiently common there to scatter its 

 spores freely on the cycas before the lat- 

 ter were shipped to tins country. 



W. H. Taplix. 



SOCIETY OF IOWA FLORISTS. 



At the call of Wesley Greene, state 

 vice president of the S." A. F.. a meet- 

 ing was held in the rooms of the State 

 Horticultural Society in the capitol at 

 Des Moines Wednesday. July 1. The 

 purpose of the meeting' was the organi- 

 zation nf the Society of Iowa Florists, 

 and this was accomplished by adopt im.' 

 a constitution and by-laws ami the elec- 

 tion of officers as follows: 



President. John T. Temple, of Daven- 

 port; vice president. R. L. Blair, of Des 

 Moines ; secretary, Wesley Greene, of 

 Davenport; treasurer, G. A. Heyne, of 

 Dubuque; directors, Judson Kramer; of 

 Cedar Rapids; K. C. Keek, of Washing- 

 ton; .1. F. Wilcox, nf Council Bluffs; .1. 

 C. Ilennison. of Sioux City, 



others present were Mr. Olson, nf 

 Ann-, and John Lambert, nf Des Moines 

 A committee was appointed to meet with 

 the State Horticultural Society in De- 



cember, to suggest a revision of the pre- 

 mium list for next year's State Fair. 

 Sufficient, encouragement has not been 

 given to the florists to compete for 

 awards in the horticultural department 

 of our State Fair for a number of years. 

 The amount of premiums offered" does 

 not cover cost of material needed for 

 floral designs, not to mention time and 

 skill employed in their construction and 

 transportation. 



After an informal discussion of plans 

 for the advancement of floriculture 

 throughout the state and for a closer 

 business and social relation between the 

 members of the trade, adjournment was 

 had to a meeting which 'it is expected 

 will be called some time during the S. A. 

 F. convention at Milwaukee. G. B. 



Treatment of Beauties. 



To lay the foundation of youns Beau- 

 ty stock for fall and winter blooming 

 the young plants require particular 

 care and attention during the first two 

 months after benching. During this 

 period of growth their wants require 



careful studvi 



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nn bard and fa* 



cultural rules can be adhered to. The 

 attending conditions, such as quality nf 

 soil, water, aspect and situation of' the 

 house, and climate, all have to lie taken 

 into due consideration. The sudden 

 changes to which our climate is subject 

 is one of the most annoying phases • i 

 Beauty growing. 



During very hot weather, which we 

 may now expect, young Beauty stock, 

 >* "i a healthy emidition will' require 

 copious supplies of water, and if the 

 drainage i- perfect, as ii ought to be. 

 there is little danger of overwaiering. 

 Syringing will also have to be practiced 



