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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



Ski'Tkmhkr 10, 1903. 



out it. Witli his lonn experience I need 

 scarcely remind him of the necessity of 

 being extra careful with his watering. 



From the full text of liis very confi- 

 dential letter, 1 can Bee that he is ven 

 much disturbed over his seeming fail- 



bul 



. >hsri \ ,'tiiT erouor I'liirr^i's with auileei 

 knowledge which tits liitn for future bat- 

 tles. RlBES. 



MORE REMINISCENCES. 



And everj bright spot vv bicb 



e trip to 



fuur days 



One tiling which impressed us very 

 much was the cordiality with which we 

 were met on all sides. Every one seemed 

 glad to see us. and. like the small boy, 

 we were glad «<■ had come. 



"Ye scribe" enjoyed a trip to the 

 parks which was not a part of the regu 

 larly prepared program. We found them 

 equal to the description given before- 

 hand, and more, for how can cold type 

 tell of the beauties of a pansy bed, filled 

 with hundreds <>f sauc} faces that gaze 

 into yours, or the brilliant glory of a 

 bolder .if hardy phloxes? 



Our friend from "Posey Kounty" ac- 

 companied us on the day of the Ladies' 

 Eide, and told the following doleful 

 tale while taking in the beauties of Lake 

 park. It seems that this particular gen- 

 tleman always i .' ) entries his own drink- 

 ing cup, and upon leaving one of the 

 palm gardens, he very carelessly left his 

 cup at one of the tables. Upon return- 

 ing for it a few minutes later, he dis- 

 covered that it was ruined, for as he 

 told it : "It was full of Schlitz ' ' (slits). 

 It nearly took a surgical operation to 

 get the aforesaid into the cranium of a 

 member from (own. 



The day of the shooting tournament 

 there was one event which was not 

 given in the returns, and that was the 

 shooting done by the two school ma'ms 

 from the west. An empty cartridge box 

 was badly mutilated, and' both of the la- 

 dies .allied a i\ ell-marked impression of 

 Mr. AJ tick's gun for at least two weeks. 

 Then the trip to Chicago again demon- 

 strated the thoughtfulness of our hosts 

 and hostesses. Could anything have been 

 better planned than the dainty lunches? 

 The very air was filled with good cheer, 

 and some were so enthusiastic that they 

 had to give vent to their feelings by 

 dancing, even though our friend from 

 the sunny southland said it was wicked, 

 simply because he couldn't daiiee. 



As a fitting close to the day of pleas- 

 ure was the dinner at the Auditorium. 

 And could anything have been prettier 

 than the dear Scotch song sung by our 

 favorite orator from Philadelphia? We 

 surely ought to have more such music, 

 and we trust that Mr. Craig will be with 

 us at many more conventions. 



The concert must not and will not bo 

 forgotten. As we wended our way back 

 to the hotel, the strains of many of the 

 selections kept repeating themselves 

 again and again. 



Upon our return to Milwauk n Sat- 

 urday, we could find none of the famil- 

 iar buttons which had been so numerous 

 all during the week. When we ten. lied 

 Chicago on our homeward way, we wen' 

 accosted by. "There is one of those 

 buttons now," and were greeted in his 



most hearty manner by Mr. Schmeling, 

 who inquired about Milwaukee as mi- 

 nutely as though he had been absent a 

 month. 



So it goes. Every day we recall some- 

 thing that was said or done in Milwau- 

 kee and the memory of the good time 

 will linger with us' until we pass the 

 mile post which shows us the time is 

 near to go to St. Louis, and then an- 

 ticipation will be our portion until we 

 greet old friends and make new acquaint- 

 ances in the city beside the Father of 

 Waters. Perle. 



THE S. A. F. AT ST. LOUIS. 



"At St. Louis next year," said F. \\. 

 Taylor, chief of horticulture at the 

 World's Fair, "it should be possible to 

 more than double the attendance at the 

 Milwaukee convention, successful as that 

 meeting was in all its features. It is 

 understood, of course, that the society 

 will be invited to hold its business ses- 

 sions on the exposition grounds, where a 

 suitable hall for such meetings is now 

 being built in proximity to the Agricul- 

 tural and Horticultural buildings. The 

 use of this hall will be free to the socie- 

 ty and should the S. A. F. directors and 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club accept the 

 offer of the exposition management, pro- 

 vision will be made for the housing of 

 the trade exhibition, probably by clear- 

 ing sufficient space in the Horticultural 

 building. It should not be difficult to se- 

 cure a very complete trade exhibition, if 

 not considerably the largest on record, 

 for a great variety of the strictly trade 

 wares will be permanently on display 

 throughout the fair, and it only remains 

 to enlist the support of the allied indus- 

 tries and provide for those enterprising 

 business getters whose work was the fea- 

 ture of the Milwaukee show. 



• • As to the trade itself, there will be 

 the largest showing by florists, nursery- 

 men and seedsmen ever made at any ex- 

 position. A great deal of stock is al- 

 ready planted. We are making prepara- 

 tions for planting very much more, be- 

 ginning about October 1. and much ten- 

 der stuff is booked to go in next spring. 

 Practically every exhibitor who has shown 

 at previons expositions will be repre- 

 sented and many more besides. It only 

 remains for a favorable growing season 

 to insure a display from which every 

 member of the trade can gain much that 

 is valuable as well as much pleasure." 



BUTTED GLASS. 

 From Greenville, Tex., comes the fol- 



lowing: 



1 Is the leakage greater in 



greenhouse where the glass is butted than 

 in one where it is lapped? Is there any 

 particular way to butt the glass to pro- 

 vent leakage .' ' ' 



I can just imagine the first question be- 

 ing put to a meeting of the S. A. F. & 

 O. H. something in this style: "All who 

 believe there is more leakage in a butted 

 house than a lapped house will please say 



CO. ' 



A mighty shout would go up. 



"Contrary, if any?" And there would 

 be only half a dozen to say ' ' No ' ' in all 

 the crowd, but they would be sweet, intel- 

 ligent voices; conscious that they were 

 speaking truthfully of what they knew. 



The question, as it is put above, would 

 need a long explanatory answer. It will 

 entirely depend on the quality of the job 

 done in both eases. A new house, faith- 

 fully lapped with the use of putty, should 

 not 'at first leak a drop. Rut putty will 



rot, brads will slip or get loose, and un- 

 less a thorough painting is annually done 

 your lapped house will in three or four 

 years have a good many leaks. If the 

 glass is butted with the grooved bar and 

 cap, with no possibility of the bottom 

 light slipping, and the bars are put on 

 absolutely square from plate or gutter 

 and the glass is properly laid, then there 

 will not be a drop of water in the house 

 except at the plate or gutter, where it 

 can be taken care of and will do no 

 harm. 



It is impossible 

 cut that here and 1 

 will not be a spac 

 inch between the 



buy glass so truly 

 I iii the house there 

 a sixteenth of an 

 ges when butted. 



Water will not drop from these few mis- 

 tits; it will run to the bottom. Your 

 butted roof is as tight and sound to-day 

 as it was ten years ago, and that I have 

 had occasion to notice very closely within 

 a few days during the terribly wet spell. 

 "Charlie", do you see, a drop of water on 

 your path?" "No, not one." "That's 

 good, and there's not on my side." T 

 know, Mr. Editor, you don't want too 

 long a story on this old question, so I 

 won't go into the lesser advantages of 

 the butted system, such as quickness in 

 laying the glass, no blowing out and lit- 

 tle breakage, ease in removing or altera- 

 tions, if necessary. Think what a com- 

 fort, if overcome with a hail storm, you 

 could have all the sound lights out in a 

 few hours and be ready to begin glazing 

 next day. 



As to the last question, there is a par- 

 ticular way to butt the glass, and it is 

 the inexperience and failure to persevere 

 that has led many of our good men to 

 denounce the system. Briefly, the prin- 

 cipal rules to follow are: Always let 

 the thin end of the glass lead up the bar. 

 There is always a slight bow to all com- 

 mon glass; let the bow, or convex side, be 

 up. There must be either a check in the 

 wood or metal at plate or gutter to pre- 

 vent the glass from slipping; or if not a 

 check, then two nails or screws of suffi- 

 cient strength. If you have to cut a light 

 to bring in the glass the right length, use 

 the small light at the plate. Use a,l%- 

 inch round-headed brass screw and put 

 them in at every light half way its length. 

 Screw down moderately firm, but not so 

 tiiilit as vou would the last resting place 

 of your mother-in-law. or the light may 

 crack. Above all, it. is useless to expect 



a g I job unless the bars spring from 



the plate or gutter at a perfect right 

 angle, and allow 1-16 of an inch for play 

 between bars. There are just one or two 

 dont 's. If you are near a railroad where 

 the locomotives burn soft coal, or within 

 the influence of citv smoke, don't butt 

 the glass, and don't use single thick glass. 

 William Scott. 



TROUBLE WITH PALMS. 



I am having trouble with my palms. 

 As soon as a new leaf comes out the 

 ends of the others begin to die v What is 

 the cause and remedy? K. A. W. 



This inquiry is so indefinite that it is 

 a difficult matter to offer a suggestion. 

 Had the species of palms been specified. 

 and the conditions under which they are 

 growing, there would then have been 

 something upon which to base an opin- 

 ion. The tips of palm leaves die off 

 from various causes, sometimes from de- 



