Fehmary 13, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



209 



After Adjournment 



It is fair to assume that the horti- 

 cultural industry of tomorrow will ex- 

 cel that of today, as much as today's 

 outstrip? that of yesterday. The man 

 who thinks the limit has been reached 

 is boo!;ed for a surprise party before 

 he is many years older. 



CARNATION WM. TAFT. 



We found among last week's issue 

 a number of copies where the sheets 

 had been misplaced fn binding, thus 

 bringing several pages in the wrong 

 place. If any such have been re- 

 ceived by subscribers we will thank 

 them to notify us, when we shall be 

 glad to replace them with perfect 

 copies. 



The newspapers have grabbed up an- 

 other horticultural marvel — "tlie only 

 I'ose absolutely without thorns and 

 with flowers of unusual beauty," pro- 

 duced by a lady "now of Seattle," who 

 was for several years "a neighbor oi 

 Luther Burbank in California, whero 

 she studied his methods." These rivals 

 of Luther are cropping up here and 

 theie ciiniinually. Hope he'll not fei-l 

 jealous;. 



How elated those New Yorkers are 

 over that "Roman" banquet hall which 

 is to be I he scene of festivity on the 

 night of February 27! From the 

 "Cave" where the last symposium was 

 held to Roman luxury, and from beef- 

 steak aprons to togas is surely quite 

 a .lump. Hallock, "the noblest Roman 

 of them all," will look quite fetchy in 

 a toga. 



"Nor roit^h, iioi- Imrreu. nvv 'ho wiiuliiig 



ways 

 Of Unar antiquity, but ■strewn with flowers." 



By the way, we learn from the press 

 reports that our friend Hallock in his 

 speech at the N. Y. and N. .J. Plant 

 Grfjwers' blow-out took his hearers 

 "back to the time of the Roman Em- 

 pire,' and told them about Homer and 

 Cicero. In another place, we read of 

 an excui-sion into the dim past by 

 Philadelphia's shining light. Lonsdale. 

 He took his audience back to the time 

 of Theophrastns and gave the history 

 of the carnation from the time of Wil- 

 liam the Conquei"or! What's up? 



BEHAVIOR OF LAWSON CARNA- 

 TION. 



Somp of the growers in and about 

 Chicago are having their troubles with 

 the Lawson carnation this year. Stems 

 are weak, blooms off color and too 

 often sleepy. These conditions are 

 not usually all found in the same 

 place. Some growers think this variety 

 is running out. Others declare it was 

 never belter. The most likely solu- 

 tion of this problem seems to be found 

 in the field conditions last summer. 

 Where a giov.er had a low, moist pieco 

 of ground for his Lawsons he has now 

 first-class blooms. When his field 

 plants were obliged to suffer from the 

 long drou.ght they are unable now to 

 produce strong perfect flowers. 



value of the Wm, Taft carnation, one 

 of the new reds, one should visit the 

 greenhouses of Scheiden & Schoos, 

 Oahton and Asbuo' avenues, Chicago, 

 and see it gicwing. The Taft is not a 

 "show" flower and its owners will tell 

 vou that the stem is not as stiff as 



iiiti iipiud vxjMi, bill ilio\ expect by 

 proper feeding to Improve this. They 

 offer it as a commercial variety and 

 hack it up with a record for produc- 

 tiveness hard to beat. In color and 

 shape it is all that can be desired, is 

 easily propagated and a constant 

 bloomer. 



A PRESSING CALL. 



The attendance at a club or society 

 meeting depends, in no small degree, 

 upon the way announcement Is made 

 by the secretarv- or other official in 

 charge. We have seen many unique 

 and ingenious announcements intend- 

 ed to make the recipient "sit up and 

 take notice." For brevity, point and 

 persuasiveness we think the following 

 is one of the best we have seen. It 

 was printed on an orange colored full- 

 size letter sheet. In bold black type. 



Hang This on Your Business File of 

 Thursday, Feb. 11th. 



FIRST CALL 

 2 O'clock. 

 The St. Louis Florist Club will on 

 Thursday afternoon, February 11th, at 

 2 o'clock P. M., hold its regular month- 

 ly meeting on Third floor in the Bow- 

 man Building, 1023 Locust Street All 

 members are reo.uested to attend this 

 meeting without fail. 



Respectfully, 

 W. C. Y'OIING, President. 

 A. J. BENTZEN, Secretary. 



SECOND CALL 

 3 O'clock. 



At ?, o'clock the same date, the Club 

 will hold Its regular Y'early Carnation 

 Show, to which all florists in the city 

 are invited. It will be of advantage to 

 Carnation growers to attend and see 

 the new varieties on exhibition. This 

 exhibition promises to be a large one. 



Don't fall to invite non-members to 

 come and view the exhibition. 

 LAST CALL. 

 5 O'clock. 

 -\t Z o'clock you will place yourself 

 in the hands of the undersigned com- 

 mittee, who have arranged for an En- 

 tertainment and Smoker at a nearby 

 cafe. You can also inform your folks 

 that you will not he home for supper, 

 as you will be the guest of the Club 

 for the evening. If you fall to attend 

 you will miss the time of your life. 

 Respectfullv, 

 HENRY OSTERTAG, 

 CHAS. SCHOENLE, 

 W. C. SMITH, 

 GEORGE ANGERMTJLLER, 

 J. J. BENEKE, 



Committee. 



HAWAIIAN PINEAPPLES FOR 



SEATTLE. 



The Hawaiian Pineapple Growers' 

 Association will feature their products 

 at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacifio Exposi- 

 tion to be held in Seattle next summer, 

 and the display to be made at the com- 

 ing fair will be beyond question the 

 most elaborate and complete that has 

 yet been ever attempted. 



At a meeting of the Association held 

 last month in Honolulu, at which all 

 pineapple growei-s and packers of the 

 islands were represented, the sum of 

 twentv thousand dollars was sub- 

 sciibed to be used in placing a magni- 

 ficent display in the coming exposition. 

 In addition to this sum, the Individual 

 planters will expend an amount con- 

 siderably in excess in exhibiting and 

 distributing their own products. 



