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The Florists' Review 



Ki-.niuAi:v ;:, irno. 



,'uv;iy ill cells the imijiosc til' wluiso ox- 

 islcncr is to si'r\i' ns rciiosilnrics far 

 roser\e material, peiKJiiij; tin" time wlieu 

 the jihiiit ■\viil iia\t' use tor it. 



Duriiii; August, Sejiteiiiher aiiil Octo- 

 ber the percent aye of sunli^iit is hi.i;ii. 

 Day ill ainl day cmt the leaf cells Avork 

 incessantly. i-rcatinLT coinpoinuls out of 

 raw material, transjioi tiiiLj as inuch a^ 

 is required to ]Miiiits ulieie ^n'owth is 

 poiuL,^ on and transporting the balance 

 to tlie resei'X'e oi' I'epository cells. 



Using Reserve Energy. 



Then comes .\(i\-eniber. bleak, cold 

 Xovenibei, ^vitll its shortening 'biys, 

 cloudy slxies and c(dd atmosphere. Sun- 

 light is derreascd to a point inatlequate 

 to meet the cuiieiit requirements of 

 growth, and, according to. the system 

 under which v-tdl extension is conducteil. 

 the jdants slmidd ]i;iss into a semi- 

 comatose coiidit inn. This A\ill h,'ip])en 

 and siiould hapjien if the jjlants hudsod 

 sullicieiit leaf- area iluring August, Se]i- 

 tember and October to permit provident 

 provision against such an e.xigency. 



I'lants whose growth iliuing those 

 month-< of maximum sunlight was sulli- 

 cieiit to ]ieimit the nianiifacturing and 

 storing awjiy oi' lesei \"e building mate- 

 rials ;ii'e now able to c<jntiniie expansion 



is more prevalent than was the case in 

 .November and December. This fact in 

 itself seems to sustain the theory that 

 growth during the lii'st two months of 

 the discnssetl period is able to go for- 

 ward without perceptible retardation, 

 through the utilization of the building- 

 materials manufactured and stored 

 .away during August, Septombe;' and 

 October, and that growth during the 

 last two months of the dark-weather 

 jieriod is only extended in jiroportion 

 to the building materials manufactured 

 in the leaf ccdls during the hours of 

 sunlight occurring in these two months, 

 January and February. 



Will Electricity Solve the Problem? 



The big proposition to be solved by 

 the constituents of rosedom, in order 

 to obviate this ostensible cause of an- 

 nual January and February rose dearth, 

 is the substitution of artificial light for 

 solar light during the dark %veather in 

 .\o\-ember and December. 



Mlcftric-ity \\diiM snl\(' the pr(ddeiH. 

 Hut would the cost of the installation 

 .•ind operation of the ii(^c(^ssary appa- 

 tatus, augmented l.iy the cost ot' cnrrenl. 

 lie re.nsonalde enough to afford a small 

 margin of profit from the sale of in- 

 creased production .' 



Hetti'r still, could lud (dectricitv be 



modes of circumvention now within his 

 reach. Keep all sashbars, supports and 

 structural work immaculately clean. 

 I'aint tluMii with aluminum bronze. Ke- 

 move as mucli as possible of the shadow- 

 producing material. Try to ]iroduce as 

 iiiiudi leaf growth :is ]iossilde on your 

 ]>laiits during the summer and early fall. 

 At :ill times bear in mind tli.'it it. is the 

 province of the leaves to absorb the 

 colored rays of the s\in, and the condi- 

 tion of the structural work should be 

 such as to permit its reflecting the rays 

 that fall njioii its surface downward 

 onto the leaves of the jilants. 



To see that all these admonitions are 

 heeded will result in at least a small 

 increase in productivity. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



The Banquet. 



The twent\' fifth iinni\er.sary meeting 

 of tl!(> American ('Miiiaticoi .Society, re- 

 ported in full in The K(>\ lew for Jan- 

 nary 1.'7, (doseij with a b;iiii)uet at the 

 I'lanters' hotel. ;i fine jiffaii' in which 

 l.'ii guests and locnl llnrists jiartici- 

 ]>ated. .Mrs. D.axid Scott (ieddis dis- 

 tingnishe(| iKM'self liy singing several 

 selections with the excellent or(diestra 

 thai t'nriiished music throuiih the eve- 



Banquet ol American Carnation Society at the Planters' Hotel, St. Louis, January 27. 



)^'"""'' l"'''''l'''''l'' hinriraiicc. (Jliem- gener.'ifed in the power plunt of every ninu. The i;,l,i,.- u,.,-,. I,;, n I-m'im Iv dec- 



ical .•etinn w itli.lr.'iws. ;i< iiee<h.,|. tlic ureeiihou-e ;i1 a sm;ill ;i.i v;iiic,> (,\ cr t he ni;itcd w it h c;i in:il i..., - ii,,i,i iliec'xhibi- 



'■'■~''" '■'"■'''■' i''!^ ''"'11 11"' ^li'i^'ig" e(dN ■i\ei;ig.' cu^t i.f -ti;iih u.'net ;it ii,,i .' HioiIl-iII. A it er r i -:i r. i,:i, 1 I np.'issed 



•■""' 'yM\e\> tlirm 1i. the |,ait- wlieTe So In e d ;i y ^oiri e ( , T ( . 1 1 r m r 1 1 i 1 1 -c^ \v i 1 1 get I ' re~ I d'- n t e lee- 1 . 1 . I". A. m II i ;i M ii . t Im ■ t oast- 



1heir lie;ids 1oL:>dlier .mid this dreniii nm^t.T. |.i:ii-c.| the Im-im- I'l' llic local 



will be 1 iniisfoiiiied inte .'in ;icf mi I ity . cdnun it t e,.~ liir the ■ji.;,; w..;]; ihev ac- 



l";ilic\- the si'_:ht seine of (jiir large <-eII. pi islle. | ;i|m| l::i e the): |nll cT-L>(|it 



<i|.-ei\;iti..i, .-.hd 1he(o\-. I.;i-e.| p;irtlv ro-c e^t .'i I d i^h mcnt - \v<pnld present on n u,, the --iccev, ,.| ilic n:.-,)inLr. Ho 



cjiiinly .\<]\ emlier d;i\' .M\ii;id< id' arc ihm c,-illc.| n|Min <;.iii'_:c A-mn-. nf ('hi- 



liglits over the root'^ of the Immiscs. i-;i .-.■il; 



growth is ■joiirj <.n. 



When the Reserve is Exhausted 



on ^cicntiiic I ijii,\ li'.j'jc nini onrti-/ on 



eOn.ject ilK . xclh 1n ilidicnle that the 



h;iiini:iii ui' the .\:i 1 kui.-i I h'i 



(iwer 



sii|iply (,| vt,,r..| lip iiutiieiit- i< only diatinv ;i golden ^low ;ind imparling Show cMinmitiec. \|i. A^inu'- .-[.nke in 

 ■'^'■""■"■"'^ '" h!"rerl\ in:it:ire |)cccriilier energy to the p|;n,ts within, ciiusinu ■.dciwin- tcinis i>\' the vImma t,, !,,• held 



growth, or, m tinjc j.:,rln iicc, ( liiist them to pcf lurm .•■n hene-t d;i\-'-- tnil 



mas crup^, 



.\s smui .'I- 1 h I'- JTOW t !| i^ 



in payment ol' the lie;it I'Vpended on 

 them, and ( Iimin;i1in" the i-oi-r "I'uwci's' 



trom till' pj.-int-. :, leinrieiM'c nf acli\- IniMaboo. low .l;iii ii;iiv .-iml ]''eiirii;i iv 



ity ill eell e\|.nii-inn I- m;irl;edlv slow. iiro<luct ion I 



The jfl.'iiils sc,.),| to --t.'ind Mill .-Hid do 



not lic-in to pro. luce -:i 1 1- t:ict oi i I \- 



;ig.'iin until nioimd tin' middle of |"i'|,. 



lli.'iiy. .'-^unli.ht dniini' the inti-i\;il 



1 



III I 'lii Indi ijdiia in: I niont .S ;i nd ii iged 

 nil to :iltend. 



I'ic-i,i(iii .lo..,.|,ii Hili -poi.c oh this 

 .'■e;ir'-~ niectiirj n~ the l.e-t !iie --iiciety 



h:i-' e\i|- lichi ;i|i,| --nid, I'li.m the coril- 



nielits ot the other nn'mbei-. Si, T.oilis 



c;in li;i\c the meet in 'j wheii.e , .| j) w;int3 

 I'litil '-indi ;i boon is jiowvil,],. it will it. 



Present Possibilities. 



di ;i boon is jio'-sihl 

 iioo\e the rosuiian to' utilize the 



\'ice pi.'sidenl elect W . .1 \ e.ex-. .1,-.^ 



