﻿Apbil 1, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



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liev^that there is a bridal party of 

 fifteen or twenty. 



The State Floral Co. was a victim of 

 this swindler's work last week and it 

 would especially like to apprehend him. 

 This firm states that "if any florist 

 apprehends him, we should like to get 

 in touch with him and trust that he will 

 wire us at our expense." 



CANADIAN EXECUTIVE TO MEET. 



To Prepare for Coming Convention. 



The executive committee of the Ca- 

 nadian Horticultural Association will 

 meet in the I. O. O. F. hall, Main street, 

 East Hamilton, Canada, April 12 and 

 13. 



As this is expected to be one of the 

 most important executive sessions in 

 the history of the association, the presi- 

 dent and other officers urge that all 

 executive members, past presidents and 

 chairmen of standing committees make 

 a special effort to attend. 



The Program. 



The program is as follows: 



MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2 P. M. 

 C. H. A. executive meeting. Association busi- 

 ness and reports of standing coiumittees. 

 MONDAY, APRIL 12, 8 P. M. 

 Conference between tlie Hamilton convention 

 committee and the C. H. A. as to the arrange- 

 ment of the program for the coming convention, 

 April 10 to 13. 



MONDAY, APRIL 12, 9 P. JI. 

 Address by Prof. H. B. Domer, University of 

 Illinois, Urbana, 111., on "Educational and Ex- 

 perimental Work." 



TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 10 A. M. 

 Conference in regard to the establisliment of 

 college training and a Dominion council of 

 horticulture. 



TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2 P. M. 

 Meeting of the C. H. A. executive committee 

 to further plant registi'atiou and to transact 

 new and unhnished business. 



SHOBTAGE STIBS GLASS MEN. 



The shortage of glass has become so 

 pronounced that the manufacturers are 

 themselves seeking to find means uf 

 remedying the situation. The pro- 

 nounced scarcity was given as the cause 

 of a special meeting of the American 

 Window Glass Manufacturers' Associa- 

 tion at Pittsburgh March 23 for the pur- 

 pose of deciding whether factories oper- 

 ating in the first period should extend 

 the time of their fire and whether it 

 would be advisable to advance the time 

 of factories operating in the second pe- 

 riod. 



Owing to the scarcity of labor, the as- 

 sociation several years ago decided to 

 operate one group of factories until 

 some convenient date in May while the 

 other group was idle, and to start the 

 second group in September, allowing the 

 first to be shut down. This proved sat- 

 isfactory until demands for glass be- 

 came so great that some plan for in- 

 creased production became necessary. 



DENVER, COLO. 



The Market. 



Eoses and carnations of splendid qual- 

 ity are in good supply. Sweet peas are 

 plentiful. There are few violets, or- 

 chids or lilies of the valley in the 

 market. Among the other offerings in 

 cut flowers are calendulas, mignonette, 

 jonquils, daffodils, pansies and tulips. 



The supply of plants is large and of 

 liigh quality. Lilies this year are of 

 exceptional quality, with more than 

 enough to go around. Beauties, ram- 



AND YOUR EASTER MESSAGE 

 WILL LIVE! 



Easter and flowers-how inseparable! Through 

 cquntless ages, the unfolding of bud and blossom 

 has S)rmbolized the life re-bom. 



Lilies of immaculate lovehness, roses in the glory of 

 their beauty, flowering plants that perpetuate their 

 joyous message-all are most appropriate tokens of 

 Easter-tide. 



Let flowers convey your Easter greetings. Nothing 

 more sweetly significant, more subtly welcome, 

 more universally convenient, than flowers. 



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biers, Tausendschoen and Lady Gay roses 

 are fine plants, well flowered. Otaksa 

 and French hydrangeas are also well 

 flowered and are beautifully colored. 

 Good genistas are to be had. No 

 rhododendrons are available this year 

 and azaleas are exceedingly scarce. 

 Callas are in good supply. Hyacinths, 

 tulips, jonquils and daffodils are plenti- 

 ful and of fine quality. E. 8. 



PEOPAOATING EPIPHYLLUM. 



I should like to know the botanical 

 and the common name of the enclosed 

 plant. I should also like to know how 

 to propagate it. Is there any seed? 

 I tried cuttings in sand last August 

 and only about five per cent stood. 

 These are rooting now, but the plants 

 have not grown a bit. I am sending 

 two geraniums also, of which I should 

 like to know the name. E. B. — ^Ind. 



The name of the plant is Epiphyllum 

 truncatum, commonly called Christmas 

 cactus. It is not seen often in com- 

 mercial establishments, but it is grown 

 largely in the greenhouses of private 

 estates and public parks, where it will 

 be found growing in hanging baskets 

 or mixed with other plants to cover 

 an unsightly side wall of the conserva- 

 tory. It is sometimes trained into large 

 specimens of various shapes for special 

 purposes. The gardeners of European 



countries take greater care of these 

 plants than the gardeners of America 

 do; consequently, iu some of the noted 

 places there, fine specimens grown in 

 standard and other forms are frequently 

 seen. 



The method of increasing the plants 

 is either by propagating from cuttings 

 or grafting, but the first method is the 

 one most generally used. When given 

 fresh sand with a strong bottom heat 

 and not overwatered they root easily. 

 Another plan used is to insert the cut- 

 tings in small pots filled with light sandy 

 loam and set on a shelf in a light, warm 

 house and water sparingly until root 

 action commences. These plants are 

 succulent. So do not take the most 

 tender shoots for cuttings and, when- 

 ever possible, remove the cuttings from 

 the joint with a heel attached. 



The geraniums arrived badly crushed, 

 but, so far as I can make them out, 

 the semi-double salmon is Beaute Poite- 

 vine and the single variety is Alice 

 of Vincennes. M. P. 



Eepubllc, Mo. — Mrs. Annie E. How- 

 ard, of the Howard Gladiolus Gardens, 

 is increasing the planting of gladioli 

 from 50,000 to 75,000 bulbs for the com- 

 ing season. She will also plant 3,000 

 dahlias for cut flowers. The prospect 

 for an early cut of gladioli looks good, 

 as 10,000 are already planted. 



