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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



-MAY 12. 1S9S. 



at least a 5-inch, and plunged in some 

 convenient material out of doors in the 

 broad sun. They will make a strong 

 growth and develop strong eyes that 

 will give you fine flowers next spring. 

 These plants ripen their wood and 

 flower nuuh better than those planted 

 out, but for selling at this date and 

 later the young plants aie just as well 

 planted out. and are much less trouble. 

 I noticed last year a few dozen planted 

 out in a deep, rich black. muck, rather 

 wet sulisoil. which made a tremendous 

 growth; that was hardly desirable. 

 A good loam is the best, but it is well 

 to have them within reach of the hose 

 in case of a very dry time. 



Geraniums for Winter. 

 The plebeian geranium is little grown 

 now except as a flower garden plant, 

 and for that it is a universal favorite, 

 but as a fall and winter flowering 

 plant it is still useful and frequently 

 asked for. To have useful plants that 

 will produce good flowers you should 

 select some medium strong, young 

 plants; strong shoots should be 

 stopped and all llower buds kept 

 pinched off. If they are in 4-inch pots 

 now, by middle of .June they can go 

 into 5-inch, and later into or 7-inch. 

 They could be grown under glass all 

 summer without any shade, and their 

 pots plunged to the rim to keep them 

 from drying out over much, or they 

 could be plunged outside with just as 

 good results, only in case of several 

 days of heavy rain they get water 

 soaked, and that means yellow leaves. 

 If the buds arc kept picked off all 

 summer the plants will be anxious to 

 bloom and will llower profusely when- 

 ever you choose to let them. Only grow 

 the doubles, or more correctly speak- 

 ing, the serai-double. Of all varieties 

 thai made a good pot plant F. S. Ras- 

 pail was the best. .Mr. E. G. Hill is 

 sending out an Improved Raspail that 

 must be a dandy. 



A Useful Spring Flower. 



When wandeiing en the banks of the 

 Delaware two weeks ago I saw a 

 showy yellow flower, it was doroni- 

 cum. They have been grown in gar- 

 dens for many years, but this one I 

 saw was not generally known. It is 

 perfectly hardy, grows in any soil, 

 easily divided, and is the earliest of 

 all of our hardy herbaceous plants. 

 It was in flower with us on May 1st, 

 and 7 degrees of frost had no effect on 

 it. It may be coarse, but it is a use- 

 ful yellow flower, and its extreme 

 earliness makes it quite desirable. 



I may be allowed to say that seeing 

 it at Riveriou in full flower the end of 

 April I was bound to buy a few. On 

 returning home and going over a little 

 farm, where I have an aci-e or two of 

 herbaceous plants, I discovered that I 

 had rows of this plant 200 feet long. 

 There is no particular moral to this 

 tale, only it's as well to know what 

 you own before you go off buying. 

 If there is any room for it this doroni- 

 cuni would force most easily. The 



species or variety I have is "Harper 

 Crewe." I found the flowers wilted the 

 first few hours after cutting, as tulips 

 do, but they scon stiffened up in water. 

 WM. SCOTT. 



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AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



We have received from Secretary 

 Herr a printed copy of the proceedings 

 of the seventh annual meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society, held in 

 Chicago last February. It contains a 

 full and complete report of all the pro- 

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CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



Last Friday evening the Florists" 

 Club held its first meeting in the new 

 quarters in Handel Hall building. 40 

 Randolph street, and the members 

 were well pleased with the new accom- 

 modations. No less than sixteen new 

 members were added to the roll, the 

 largest number ever elected at one 

 meeting. Following is a list of the 

 new members; Archie Spencer. John 

 Zeck, A. C. Kohlbrand, Geo. Asmus, 

 Harry Rowe, Oscar Kreitling. Chas. S. 

 Stewart. L. P. Kelly. Wm. Kyle, Geo. 

 Anderson, Chas. W. Ernie, J. Johnson, 

 E. Clifford Pruner, A. Irolson, Jos. 

 Holy and A. Chester Sedam. The last 

 named is of Zanesville, O.; the others 

 are all of this city. 



The subject for the evening was 

 "Palms, Ferns and Other Decoiiitive 

 Plants." A full report of the discus- 

 sion appears elsewhere in this issue. 



The next meeting will be held the 

 evening of Friday, May 20. The sub- 

 ject for discussion will be, "Sweet P as 

 and Plants for Summer Blooming." 



Bo wiling. 



After the club meeting last Friday 

 evening the bowlers adjourned to the 

 alleys and played two warm games. 

 There were three teams of six men 

 each, and the team captained by Ed 

 Winterson won both games, but the 

 high score I18S) was made by Robert 

 Schcnk. captain of another team. Fol- 

 lowing are the scores: 



Kil, WiTiterson 135 13:' 



O.scar Kreitling 135 15X 



A. f. Kohlbrand 112 10.5 



Geo. Stollery 142 96 



Campbell 123 i:K 



Chas. S. Stewart 102 !19 



Totals 749 724 



Robert Sclienk 113 is.s 



Chas. Held 139 124 



A. i^ange 81 IOC 



Chas. Balluff 153 lOG 



Wm. Kyle 72 114 



S. Snedeker 73 >,() 



.631 71S 



Totals 



C. AY. McKellar 1,55 121 



G. L. Grant 156 uo 



Fred Hill.>! 105 12S 



John Deg-nan 39 §9 



A. MuAdams 150 71 



T. F. Keenan 82 95 



"I'^t'ds 717 g44 



The second score credited to A. Mc- 

 Adams was made by Jas. Hartshorne. 

 who took the former's place after the 

 first game. 



The bowlers will now meet for 

 practice every Friday evening at the 

 alleys at 77 Randolph street, and with 



