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florist laboring in it— -and this harvest 

 is yi'i within reach if the florists will 

 but help. Instead of enjoylnK our 

 benefits on the instalment plan, we 

 could have them in a more apprecialile 

 way. If the committee's plans for our 

 tall publicity can be carried out to the 

 full, we can In the coming season ac- 

 complish completely what, so far. we 

 have only been able to do in part. Our 

 fund at this time only amounts to less 

 than half of what was required. If all 

 those who have not yet subscribed, 

 would render the little assistance 

 asked of them, it would not take long 

 to make up for lost headway, and we 

 would proceed to our goal conscious 

 of the fact that success would most 

 assuredly be ours. In your own In- 

 terests, Mr. Non-subscriber, and In the 

 Interests of your Industry, you should 

 delay your support no lonper. To 

 make permanent the good effect of 

 the campaign so plainly apparent, we 

 must continue with our publicity work, 

 and to do this we need money, your 

 money, to help build up your business 

 through the stimulation of a demand 

 for flowers which until our campaign 

 started was dorinanl indeed. Help us 

 to help you. 



John Yovng, Secy. 



PREPARING PEONIES FOR THE 

 SHOW. 



Writing in the Mineola Horticultur- 

 ist W. F. Christman, secretary of the 

 N. Y. Peony and Iris Society saye; 



"Considerable experience is neces- 

 sary to cut the flower just at the 

 proiwr time, but by a little exjierinient- 

 ing with the different varieties you 

 will l)e able to arrive at the proper 

 time. I had very good success last 

 year by cutting the flowers just as they 

 started to open, putting them in a i)ail 

 of water and placing them in a large 

 refrigerator in my neighbor's meat 

 market. T!ie temperature was almut 

 4(1 degrees, and they kept nicely for 

 over a week, some of them for a longer 

 time. 



"By holding your varietiee back in 

 this manner you will be able to stage 

 an exhibit of early and late varietiee 

 that would be impossible under other 

 conditions. Flowers so held can be 

 watched and if you find some of the 

 buds are not developing as fast as they 

 should, they tan be brought to the light 

 and given more warmth, when they 

 will readily respond. Flowers held In 

 cold storage are usually removed the 

 evening before the exhibition or very 

 early in the morning the day you in- 

 tend to display them and placed in 

 the sun light where they will get 

 plenty of warmth. Buds that seem to 

 be slow in developing into an open 

 flower can be hurried by gently shak- 



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ing the stem, taking a firm hold of the 

 same directly below the bloom. 



"At a later date I intend te write an 

 article on the handling of flowers In 

 cold storage and will go into the mat- 

 ter in more detail. 'S'ou will be sllir- 

 priced to see what satisfactory results 

 can be obtained by using this method 

 of holding in check your bloom. Very 

 warm or hot water will often revive a 

 flower that looks hopeless and put it 

 in the prize winning class." 



IVIRS. NORVAL E. KIRBY. 



Lida Virpinia Learned, wife of 

 N'orval K. Kirby of the firm of I. N. 

 Simon & Son. the Philadelphia seeds- 

 men, died at her home in Mt. Airy, 

 near Chestnut Hill on the 17th inst. 

 Mrs. Kirby had been a sufferer from 

 tumor of the brain for several years 

 and this and other complications 

 finally carried her off. She leaves, 

 besides her husband, two daughters, 

 one five the other fifteen years of age. 

 Interment took place at Ivy Hill 

 Cemetery on the 20th inst. The sym- 

 pathy of the trade is sincerely extend- 

 ed to Mr. Kirby and his sorrowing 

 family in their great bereavement 

 Mr. Kirby is well known far beyond 

 local lines, having been for many years 

 a distinguished member of the forces 

 of Peter Henderson & Co. before be- 

 coming a partner with Mr. Simon. 

 Mrs. Kirby hailed from Danbury, 

 Connecticut. 



GENERAL NEWS. 



In a recent report of news matters 

 in Clinton, Mass.. one of the news- 

 papers said that Sawyer the Florist 

 Jn his Memorial Day trade sold 35,- 

 ono pansy plants and over 88,000 for- 

 getmenots, ,53 baskets of pansies go- 

 ing to Clinton military circles. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists 

 has planned its annual picnic for July 

 22 at Ulackstone Mills. The commit- 

 tee in charge is Lewis Plelss, Geo. L. 

 Nance. Charles Mathls and Emil 

 Walther. 



Mrs. Ella Grant Wilson of Cleve- 

 land is making a trip to California, 

 stoiipiiip at Denver and other cities 

 along the route. 



At the recent meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Peony Society at Reading. Mass., 

 the old oflicers were re-elected as fol- 

 lows; President. Lee R. Bonnewitz, 

 Van Wert, O.; Honorary president, 

 C. W. Ward. Eureka. Cal.; Vice-Presi- 

 dent. A. H. Fewkes, Newton High- 

 lands. .Mass.; Secretary. A. P. Saun- 

 ders. Clinton. N. V.; and Treasurer, 

 A. H. Scott, Front and Market streets, 

 Chester. Pa. The Board of Directors 

 for the new year includes the Presi- 

 dent. Vice-President. Secretary and 

 Treasurer, ex-officio, and B. H. Farr, 

 R. T. Brown and T. A. Havemeyer. 



