The Weekly Florists' Review, 



751 



nearly all sold. The small growers sell 

 their goods to the large oucs and to the 

 exporters. Owing to cold, wet weather 

 Azalea indiea did not grow much this 

 year, and therefore prices advanced. 



We also traveled through Holland, 

 Germany, and we are now at Zurich, in 

 Switzerland. Everywhere we find evi- 

 dence of the love of flowers among the 

 people, for every house has its flower 

 garden, every window its* shelf of pot 

 plants. They also understand how to 

 make good use of their pleasure grounds, 

 for in connection with (lowers many fruit 

 trees are planted, especially pears. 



Godfrey Aschmaxx. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety gave a complimentary exhibition of 

 dahlias at the Palace hotel September 

 18, at which the display of flowers was 

 really excellent. G. A. Pope, of Burlin- 

 game, won the prizes tor best and most 

 complete collection of dahlias, for twelve 

 cactus varieties, for twelve show sorts. 

 twelve decorative and twelve pompon. 

 R. Lichtenberg, San Francisco, won the 

 silver medal for collection of single 

 dahlias and certificates of merit for seed- 

 ling cactus, seedling show, seedling deco- 

 rative, seedling fancy and seedling sin- 

 gle. 



The Leedham Bulb Co., Santa Cruz, 

 received a certificate of merit for seed- 

 ling dahlias. .1. A. Carbone, West Berk- 

 eley, won a certificate with several vases 

 of chrysanthemums, including Monrovia. 

 Mrs. Fred L. Button, Estelle and Glory 

 of Pacific, and some carnations. J. M. 

 Halsted, Oakland, won a certificate for 

 cactus dahlias, and 1*\ Tillman, Fruit- 

 vale, received a certificate- for carinas. 

 Golden Gate park made a very large dis- 

 play of dahlias which received honorable 

 mention. The same award was giveu to 

 W. H. Crocker, Burlingame, for dahlias 

 and flowering shrubs, and to H. Maier, 

 Burlingame, for lilies. J. H. Sievers & 

 Co. contributed a handsome central 

 group of palms and terns. 



There was an attractive musical pro- 

 gram and the room was thronged with 

 visitors during the afternoon and evening. 

 No admission was charged. 



The Pacific Coast Horticultural So- 

 ciety certainly seems to be doing its 

 share toward keeping the profession be- 

 fore the public. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



In addition to the regular line of 

 premiums and the specials heretofore 

 noted, the following are offered: By 

 the Foley Manufacturing Co., of Chi- 

 cago, 111., three silver cups valued at $23 

 each. One for the best vase of Michigan 

 seedlings, not yet disseminated. One for 

 the best 100 yellow, any variety aud open 

 to all. One for the best vase of 150 

 blooms, not less than three nor more than 

 five varieties, any variety permissible aud 

 the vase to be arranged for harmony and 

 effect. Albert M. Herr, See'y. 



Lincoln, Neb. — The complete list of 

 awards in the cut flower classes at the 

 state fair is: Collection of cut flowers, 

 collection of roses, collection of carna- 

 tions, bouquet, Frey & Frey, first; C. H. 

 Green, second. Basket of flowers, Frey 

 & Prey, first ; Green, second ; Mrs. H. T. 

 Whitlock, third. Wreath and floral de- 

 sign. Green, first; Frey & Frey, second. 



Greenhouse of Frank Bros., Beardstown, 111. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



Seasonable Hints. 



Routine work, watering, tying and 

 feeding, is about all that is to be done 

 from now on and about all a man can 

 do is ,to wait for the flowers to develop. 

 Feeding should be discontinued entirely 

 as soon as the bud shows color unless 

 the plants are growing in pots, in which 

 case liquid can be administered longer 

 without any bad effects. All growths 

 should be neatly tied up so that the 

 stems will be straight and clean. Be 

 sure that the buds are free from black 

 and greenfly before they open. Green- 

 fly is very troublesome this year and is 

 one of the worst pests to get rid of. 



Some of the early varieties are comin" 

 in and in a week or so the season will be 

 fairly under way. Mrs. T. W. Poekett 

 is already open from early buds. 

 It seems' to me that there should 

 be money in this variety. It can 



evidently be got in as s i as Oc- 



tober Sunshine and while about the same 

 color is a far more beautiful flower. I 

 shall look for a more extended planting 

 of this variety next year. The early 

 flowers will be very welcome if we only 

 get a good frost to clear away the out- 

 side crop of asters, dahlias, etc., and I 

 suppose the dahlia men are hoping just 

 as fervently that we don't get frost for 

 a month. Coombs is almost ready to cut 

 and another week will see several other 

 varieties in good shape. 



The nights are getting vcr\ : 



some attention is necessary as regards 

 ventilation. One thing can be laid down 

 as a never failing rule and that is, never 

 close the houses down tight to try and 

 economize on heat. Always leave a crack 

 of air on and if the temperature gets 

 down to 45 degrees run a line of steam 

 around the house. This keeps the mois- 

 ture from settling on the petals of the 

 flowers and spoiling them. A damp, 

 clammy atmosphere, such as one feels 

 when a house is shut up close without 

 heat, is the last thing one should have 

 when the flowers are opening. A night 

 temperature of 4.. to 50 degrees is all 

 right from now on, and if the buds are 

 mostly good crowns 50 degrees is the bet- 

 ter of the two. 



Spraying overhead must be discontin- 

 ued as soon as the buds burst open from 

 the covering, that is to say as soon as 

 a speck of color can be noticed around 

 the outer edge of the bud. I have seen 

 many flowers ruined by the water rotting 

 the center of the bud, and this will not 

 occur if spraying is not kept up too 

 long. 



The fall season so far has been very 

 favorable to the opening buds. Bright 

 nays and cold, clear nights are ideal con- 

 ditions for the chrysanthemum, but look 

 out if the nights aud days are both 

 warm and the flowers develop rapidly 

 and get soft. Then some shade will be 

 necessary or the hot sun will burn the 

 petti Is. We spray the entire glass with 

 a coat of whitewash and this will be 

 t.mnd the easiest way to shade. Under 

 this covering the flowers will develop 

 more slowly and give much better satis- 

 faction. Brian Boru. 



TROUBLE WITH METEOR. 



Will you kindly let us know through 

 your valuable paper what is the cause 

 of Meteor rose foliage turning yellow! 

 The plants seem to be in vigorous 

 growth, with perfect root action, al- 

 though the shed this season has been 

 something out of the ordinary. In some 

 instances they act as though they had a 

 touch of black spot; although not show- 

 ing any symptoms of that disease. The 

 foliage keeps shedding as fast as the 

 new crop is made. We have been grow- 

 ing this rose ever since it was intro- 

 duced and had a little trouble last sea- 

 son, but it did not start quite as early as 

 this season. Could it be that our stock 

 has run out, or is there anything in the 

 soil? We are growing them in a trifle 

 lie.-i\ iei -ml than previously. C. R. 



mi the description of the trouble T 

 ■I judge n similar to a case I had 

 y own hands some years ago and 

 t I have seen duplicated in several 



places s \t'.r ;i very exhaus- 



•xiit ation I braced the trouble to 



ilar watt ring, they having been al- 



I to bee bone dry at the boards 



then overfilled with water. These 



I found applied to the other cases 



and 



fat ts 

 also. 



Of *se rheri 



ither conditions 



