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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



I'EBIILAUV 26, 1903. 



plants are turned out regardless of qual- 

 ity, quantity being the sole requirement. 

 No one can expect to have first-class 

 stock delivered at the prices quoted by 

 some of these establishments. Purchas- 

 ers should remember this: A dollar or 

 two per hundred on the cost is frequent- 

 ly all the difference between success and 

 an entire failure. 



The soil for repotting should be in a 

 nice mellow condition; that is, neither 

 too wet nor too dry. If too wet it packs 

 too firmly, and if too dry it does not pack 

 at all. It is safe to add no feeding 

 material nor fertilizer to the soil at this 

 time, avoiding particularly bone flour 

 and all kinds of nitrates. 



Soil left over from last year's plant- 

 ing should be of about the right quality. 

 This should be made fine, so that it can 

 be packed evenly around the ball. If 

 half-inch shifts are practiced the soil 

 should be finer than if for shifts of one 

 inch. 



Some growers still continue to use 



NEW YORK. 



Convention Memories. 



The Brooklyn Horticultural Society 

 has achieved a triumph in the line of 

 convention welcomes that will make it' 

 immortal. Warmer greetings and great- 

 er solicitation for the comfort of visitors 

 could not have been shown, and the zero 

 weather was amply atoned for thereby. 



Strange the carnationists pick the 

 worst week of the year always for their 

 conventions, but they do. Perhaps the 

 new date for 1904 may solve the ques- 

 tion. 



Whether it was the quiet home in- 

 fluence of the "city of churches" or the 

 strenuous weather, one thing is certain, 

 a more staid, calm and restful conven- 

 tion than this never materialized. 

 Ever3'body looked happy, but nobody 

 grew hilarious. The visitors all de- 

 parted in an excellent state of preser- 

 vation, and all were enthusiastic in ap- 



Ezhibit of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine at the Brooklyn Exhibition of the American Society, 

 by Thos. Roland, Nabant, Mass. 



drainage even for half-inch shifts, but 

 there is practically no need for this, as 

 the addition to the soil in the pot is so 

 very small that there is ample evapora- 

 tion without it. It is, perhaps, wise to 

 use drainage if larger shifts are prac- 

 ticed. However, this is a question that 

 the student can determine' for himself ly 

 experiment. 



Potting too deep is often the cause of 

 a severe check to young stock and should 

 be guarded against, the original ball re- 

 quiring to be placed just deep enough in 

 the pot so that it will leave ample space 

 for watering. 



Repotted stock should not be placed 

 on the bench imtil the soil in the pots 

 is thoroughly moistened. Tliis is partic- 

 ularly applicable to Beauties, the young 

 wood and foliage of which suffer severely 

 from any neglect of this nature. 



Pressure of other work should be no 

 excuse for neglecting repotting of rose 

 stock when it should be done, as any 

 delaj', particularly in bright weather, 

 will cause a check from which they do 

 not recover for a long time, if ever. 



RiBES. 



Katon, O. — The only florists now here 

 are S. J. Galloway and T. M. Waters. 

 F. M. Michael and Sunnyside Green- 

 houses were one and the same, but are 

 no longer here and should be omitted 

 from the directory list. 



preciation of the warmth of their Brook- 

 lyn welcome. 



The musical quartette which made 

 melody at Asheville was greatly missed, 

 but the giant "baby'' part of it that 

 came was appreciated, and did its share 

 in "making merry" and making every- 

 body else merry that came within the in- 

 fluence of his genial and ponderous per- 

 sonality. Mil-. Foley is the healthiest 

 and happiest heavy weight that ever 

 "thundered down the pike." 



Billy Kasting and Jimmy Hartshorno 

 adopted the wise plan of biinging their 

 better halves along and they had "a 

 good time" too. (I mean the ladies.) 



In the great banquet jubilation per- 

 haps no one was more sincerely missed 

 than "Papa Zeller," whose health was 

 not sufficiently improved to allow him to 

 be present. It may \>e truthfully said 

 of him, as President Ward said of 

 Toastmaster Woodruff', "He hasn't an 

 enemy on earth." 



Tlie weather tried a little game of 

 "freeze out" with the "Piersoni"' fern, 

 but failed to win. This novelty was a 

 center of admiration as usual, and in 

 the matter of gold medals is always 

 ready for another. 



There was no trade exhibit in the 

 usual understanding of the term, but 

 a few displays were made informally 

 that indicated how easily it would have 



been to fill a hall with the manufactures 

 and samples of enterprising firms. 



The ribbon effects in connection with 

 the elaborate decorations of the Ger- 

 mania Club rooms and banquet hall 

 were the generous contributions of 

 Messrs. Schloss Bros., of 533 Broadway, 

 New York. 



Notvrithstanding physical indisposi- 

 tion and the intense strain, the natural 

 consequence of many weeks of prepara- 

 tion for the convention. President Ward 

 came down the home stretch with flying 

 colors, and both himself and every offi- 

 cer of the society, as well as its mem- 

 bers, deserve all the credit and recog- 

 nition which the cheering of the com- 

 pany at the conclusion of the banquet so 

 stentoriously confirmed. 



Twenty-five visiting and local lady 

 "horticulturists," whose presence at the 

 big banquet was desired, but unavail- 

 able, were the guests of the Brooklyn 

 Horticultural Society at a theater party 

 on Friday evening, followed by an elab- 

 orate dinner at the Clarendon, and as 

 their arrival at the Germania Club for 

 their husbands and sweethearts did not 

 occur until after 1 a. ni., it is quite evi- 

 dent a "good time" can be had by the 

 fair sex when opportunity arrives with- 

 out the companionship of the "sterner 

 element." The ladies were in a condi- 

 tion of happy enthusiasm and all de- 

 clared the big banquet "wasn't in it" 

 with their celebration. 



Notes. 



•T. W. Withers, who is recuperating 

 in Jamaica, is reported as greatly im- 

 proved and with good prospects of com- 

 plete recovery. 



^March 11 and 12 the American Insti- 

 tute will hold its spring rose show and 

 its schedule will be an exact counter- 

 part of the American Rose Society's 

 show at Philadelphia March 26. Good 

 money premiums are to be competed for. 



Thos. Young's new store on Fifth ave- 

 nue and Forty-second street is a beautj'. 

 Electric lights unlimited, a cupid-dec- 

 oratcd ceiling and marble trimmings 

 everywhere make it bright, attractive 

 and up to date in every way. It is a 

 fine locality and about as near the ul- 

 timate esthetic business center of New 

 York as could be chosen. Mr. Louis 

 Rossow is manager. 



Mr. Young has leased another store 

 on West Tiventy-eighth street, nearer 

 Broadway, making five distinct estab- 

 lishments on his horticultural "bill of 

 fare." 



Mackintosh, of 1192 Broadway, ac- 

 complished his finest decoration last 

 week at the Bartlett-Benkard wedding 

 with palms and lilies unlimited. In 

 addition he had the house decoration 

 and the bridal shower bouquets of white 

 orchids, valley and white violets. 



J. F. McConnell, of the Cut Flower 

 Co., is very ill with bronchitis and has 

 just lost a brother with pneumonia. 

 These young gentlemen are nephews of 

 Alex. McConnell, of Fifth avenue. 



Everything is "coming his way" with 

 Alex. Guttman this year. His business 

 is the largest in his experience, his 

 space has been increased and now he 

 has leased the entire building at 52 

 West Twenty-ninth street for a term of 

 years and will make the upper stories 

 his residence, so as to be in touch with 

 his wholesale interests day and night if 

 necessary. 



About the proudest man at the carnar 

 tion convention was Vice President 

 Traendly. It is a fine boy and the 



