The Weekly Florists' Review* 



543 



Ins bed for several days without 

 been near the convention. 



Among the plant novelties Croton 

 Craigii in the Craig & Son exhibit, at- 

 tracted much attention. Seibrecht & 

 Son hail K. intia Wendtfandii and other 

 good tilings. Peter Crowe showed fine 

 plants of Adiantum Oroweanum. W. A. 

 Manila's gulden privet was thought a 

 good thing. In H. A. Dreer's collection 

 were Kentia Sanderiana, Asparagus 

 myriooladus, A plumosus compaetus and 

 some new fanej leaved caladiums. Lager 

 & Hurrell had some little known orchids 

 and C. C. l'ollworth showed Araucaria 

 plumosa. 



The Ilitchings trophy is now the prop- 

 erty of the Philadelphia bowlers. 



Signs to the right of us, signs to the 

 I. it of us. signs at the front of us thun- 

 dered and roared. Signs of the times. 



Coming down from Milwaukee to Chi- 

 eago on the Virginia on Friday, the 

 Milwaukee Florists' Club had nearly 800 

 -nests. It was a , jolly party and a de- 

 lightful ride. Lunch baskets were pro- 

 \ Mod for all and there was a diversity of 

 entertainment. It was one of the most 

 pleasurable features of the convention. 



' ' We are only eighty-five "miles from 

 the wickedest city on God's earth," said 

 the mayor, "but with us life and prop- 

 erty are always secure." And that 

 same evening a Milwaukee hotel thief 

 robbed one of our most respected ex- 

 presidents of one of his dearest posses- 

 sions. 



The pot washer exhibited by C. E. 

 i'inley attracted the attention of the 

 growers. The machine is simple and af- 

 fective and seemed to meet with general 



approval. 



One of the good novelties was a ceme- 

 tery vase shown by W. F. Easting. It is 

 made of heavy tin, covered with white 

 enamel, with a strong wire to go into the 

 ground. It is a cheap and serviceable 

 article, yet makes an excellent appear- 

 ance and will enjoy a huge sale. 



Nothing but words of praise are heard 

 as to the way Milwaukee handled the 

 convention. Messrs. Pollworth and Hel- 

 ton make a strong team. 



F. E. Dorner, Jr., was elected a direc- 

 tor of the Florists' Hail Association, 

 succeeding William F. Dreer. 



And they didn 't take us to the brew- 

 eries. 



CONVENTION GUNNERS. 



The success of the annual bowling 

 tournament of the Society of Ameri- 

 can Florists Wednesday was rivaled on 

 Thursday by the shooting tournament 

 held on the South Side Gun Club grounds, 

 under the able management of F. S. 

 Schmeling. Two events were held and 

 both were won by Ohio men. 



In the first event, forty birds, H. 

 M. Altick, of Dayton, was the winner 

 with 31 birds, while E. Hippard was a 

 .lose second with 30. James Eadie, of 

 ( leveland, was third with 28. The sec- 

 ond event was twenty blue rocks, ten 

 pairs. James Eadie, of Cleveland, was 

 the winner with 16, while Reid. of Phila- 

 delphia, was a close second with 15. The 

 scores Were as f ollows : 



forty itir.ns 



l.onl KmImt 



Mayor Tuppeny Britinn 



C. J. Stredwick Countess of Lonsdale 



Cactus Dahlias Grown by G. Herbert Haszard, Charlottetown, P. E. I. 



TWENTY BIRDS. TEN PAIRS. 



Eadie 16 Graham in 



R«id 15 Tesson 10 



Bralk 14 Hippard 9 



Altick 13 Rodgers 9 



Stiffens 12 1'nlil S 



Sett 11 Dunlop 7 



Barrels 10 



DAHLIAS IN CANADA. 

 G. Herbert Haszard, at Charlottetown, 

 Prince Edward Island, is growing a col- 

 lection of over fifty varieties of cactus 

 dahlias, which are now at their best. 

 The new yellow, Canary Queen, is a 

 variety of exceptional beauty, fine long 

 stems, the flower borne well above the 

 foliage. Alpha is a striking novelty, a 

 good white striped and spotted crimson. 

 Lord Roberts, Mr. Haszard says, is cei 

 tainly the best white to date. Lucius is 

 a fine orange scarlet with very long stems. 



Mayor Tuppeny is another g 1 sort. 



center petals yellow, outer petals orange, 

 with crimson edge. The habit of growth 

 is good. Clara J. Stredwick is a bright 

 salmon shading to yellow, a splendid 

 bloom with very narrow petals. The 

 plant grows only about two and one-half 

 feel tall and is full of perfect Bowers. 

 Countess of Lonsdale is a rich salmon and 

 very dwarf. Britannia is salmon pink. 

 The new dark-colored ones. Night, Uncle 

 Tom, Aunt Chloe and J. II. Jackson, are 

 l.eing watched with interest. 



DAHLIA NOTES. 



The present year has been the most 

 favorable for dahlias experienced for 

 years. From all over the country the 

 most favorable reports have been re- 

 ceived. The flowers are not only fine, 

 but the plants have made good growth 

 and they have been blooming profusely. 

 If the cool, wei weather continues, the 

 dahlias will continue to bloom the bal- 

 ance of the season. It is well, however, 

 to here sound the note of warning. 



The soil should be kept stirred to the 

 depth of an inch or two and no grass 

 or weeds allowed to grow. This stirring 

 of the soil is not only to keep down the 

 grass and weeds but to keep the soil 

 from baking. With the large growths 

 that dahlias have made it would only 

 take a short drought to give them n 

 severe set-back. 



While all dahlias have been doing 

 well. Twentieth Century and the newer 

 cactus dahlias seem to" have given the 

 greatest success. Many correspondents 

 express their surprise thai the nev eat 

 tus dahlias should bloom so early and 

 so profusely. As a rule, the cactus 

 are stronger growers than the show 

 and fancy sorts, but few were prepared 

 for the immense amount of bloom they 

 have given this year. The trouble with 

 the old Juarezi and the varieties im- 



