Febeuaey 17, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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have attracted much attention. The 

 following cultural notes were written 

 by Mr. Downs: 



"This new type of red winter-flower- 

 ing begonia, Mrs. John Heal, really 

 flowers in the fall in America, and is a 

 valuable acquisition, provided the 

 plants receive careful culture. Being 

 semi-tuberous, the plants require to be 

 treated somewhat differently from both 

 the tuberous and fibrous-rooted sections. 

 They must not be dried off as the tuber- 

 ous, nor be kept growing like iiie fibrous, 

 but a sort of halfway treatment is nec- 

 essary. Indeed, the stems must be kept 

 green, and a few leaves generally re- 

 main fresh until we start them in the 

 spring. During the resting period we 

 keep fhem in the cool house with cycla- 

 mens, pelargoniums and similar plants, 

 and on the bench, not under it. Towards 

 spring we give them more heat. When 

 they break freely and after taking off 

 what cuttings we need, we repot the old 

 plants, shaking them out thoroughly and 

 using rough material for the potting 

 mixture. Watering is done most care- 

 fully at this stage, or they turn yellow 

 and finally rot; in fact, at all times 

 they must be preserved from any excess. 

 The cuttings root as freely as a pelar- 

 gonium. We grow them with Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine, using much the same 

 soil — rough fibrous loam, leaf-soil and 

 sand, with cow manure. This last mate- 

 rial we pick up in the pastures and 

 break it in lumps, and I find the plants 

 revel in this rough mixture. Just a 

 dash of Clay's fertilizer in the final 

 potting is good, and we use the same 

 with alternate waterings of liquid ma- 

 nure after the pots become filled with 

 roots. A moist atmosphere and a tem- 

 perature of 60 degrees at night and 10 

 degrees higher in the day suits them 

 during the season of growth. We use 

 for shade the stripe system, much the 

 same as if we had slat shades, using on 

 our 24-inch glass five stripes which 

 cover about half the surface, and I find 

 this system of shade js far better than 

 covering the whole surface for all plants 

 except palms and ferns. The begonias 

 must not be exposed to drafts, or they 

 will be susceptible to mildew. We use 

 side ventilation under the benches." 



NOVELTY NiaHT IN CHICAGO. 



Many Fine Exhibits. 



More than 100 members and guests 

 of the Chicago Florists' Club graced 

 the occasion of its novelty night, Feb- 

 ruary 10, at the Morrison hotel. In 

 a hall adjoining the meeting room were 

 staged the noveltj' exhibits. These 

 made up in quality and variety any- 

 thing they lacked in numbers. 



The exhibits, together with the com- 

 ments made by the judges, were as 

 follows: 



One vase new Rainbow freesla — Alois Frey, 

 Crown Point, Ind.; club certificate. Mr. Frey 

 also showed a basket of these Rainbow freesias 

 arranged by George Wienhoeber. 



One vase Freesla Purity — W. H. Amling, May- 

 wood, 111.; highly commended. 



One vase Cyclamen glganteiim. improved 

 Wandsbek type — Ernest Rober, Wilmette, 111.; 

 vote of thanks. 



One vase Irish Flreflame — George Weiland, 

 Evanston, 111.; special mention. 



Vase of Mrs. Bayard Thayer roses — -Waban 

 Rose Conservatories. Natick, Mass.: foliage and 

 stems good, but bruised In shipment. 



Vase of Dark Pink Russell roses — Waban Rose 

 Conservatories; good color and foliage; stems 

 too short to be scored. 



Vase of Hoosler Beauty roses — E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond. Ind.; good. 



Vase of Tipper.iry roses — E. G. Hill Co.; stem 

 good, foliage good, color fair; seems to have the 

 good habits of Ward. 



Vase of Belle Washburn carnations — Bassett & 



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ALEXANDER J. OUTTMAN. 



WHEN a commission man gets to the point where his growers name new varieties 

 after him, he may well be said to have "arrived." The Alexander Jacob 

 Guttman mum was raised by Frank Dinda, of Farmiugdale, L. I. Mr. Guttrnan 

 was born in 1877, at Iglo, Austria-Hungary, his parents bringing him to New 

 York at the age of 11. His first florist job was with Tracndly & Schenck. He 

 went into business for himself in 1899. He first attracted nation-wide attention 

 in the trade when, in 1906, in partnership with the originator, he disseminated 

 Carnation Victory. Since then Guttman never has been idle; he has had his 

 ups and downs in business, but he always has been on the move, forward if 

 possible, back if he must, but never still. One of his chief j)leasuif'H hiis lieeii 

 the selection, exploitation and dissemination of new varieties and at present he 

 has half a dozen, carnations, roses and mums, in hand. 



Washburn, Hinsdale, 111.; already certificated by 

 Chicago Florists' Club, eighty-one points. 



Vase of Superb carnations — Thompson Carna- 

 tion Co., Joliet, III. 



Collection of primulas and cinerarias — A. H. 

 Schneider, Oak Park, 111.; vote of thanks. 



Twelve plants Primula malacoldes rosea in 

 several sizes — -F. H. L<emon & Co., Richmond, 

 Ind.; awarded cinb certificate. 



Two vases of Alice Coombs carnations — E. G. 

 Hill Co.. Richmond, Ind.; good. 



Bonquet of violets — M. C. Gunterborg, Chicago, 

 111.: vote of thanks. 



Vase of pink carnations — Kirscht Bros., Mor- 

 ton Grove, III.; not enough blooms to score. 



No. 1-12 pink seedling carnation — Department 

 of Horticulture, University of Illinois; eighty- 

 nine points. 



Vase of Merry Christmas red carnations — 

 Rnur & Steinkamp, Indianapolis, Ind,; elghty- 

 uinc points. 



' Vase of Pollyana carnations — Baur & Stein- 

 kamp: eighty-five points. 



Vase dark pink seedling carnation No. ■%-12A 

 —Mount Greenwood Cemetery Association, Chi- 

 cago; rose pink. 



Vase dark pink seedling carnation No. I-I29— 

 Mount Greenwoo"! Cemetery Association; rose 

 pink. 



Vase light pink carnation No. 125-11 — F. Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co., La Fayette, Ind.; eighty-eight 

 points. 



Vase of Nancy, blush pink carnation — F. Dor- 

 ner & Sons Co.; eighty-seven points. 



Vase of Rosalia carnations — F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co. : eighty-seven points. 



Vase of Old Gold carnations, yellow edged 

 with red — F. Dorner & Sons Co.; eighty points. 



Vase of seedling carnation No. 30-10 — John 

 Then, Chicago; eighty-three points. 



Vase of Alice carnations — C. C. PoUworth Co., 

 Milwaukee, Wis.; fine blooms. 



Vase of Aviator carnations — ^.T. D. Thompson 

 Carnation Co.. .Toilet, 111.: fine blooms. 



Vase of rirebird cannas — Vaughan's Green- 

 houses, Western Springs, 111.; vote of thanks. 



Seedling carnation No. 4 — Henry Synionds, 

 Decorah, In.: not received in good condition. 



The judges on carnations were C. W. 

 Johnson, A. F. J. Baur, F. H. Lemon 

 and H. B. Dorner. The rose judges 

 were George Wienhoeber, Emil Reich- 

 ling and J. G. Schumann. On miscel- 

 laneous exhibits W. E. Tricker, W. A. 

 Manda and H. N. Bruns were the 

 judges. 



The Routine Business. 



When everyone had satisfied his 

 curiosity in the exhibition room, the 

 regular meeting was convened. Appli- 

 cations for membership were filed by 

 A. F. J. Baur, Indianapolis, Ind.; W. A. 

 Manda, South Orange, N. J.; William 

 Graham, 84 East .Tackson boulevard; 

 D. D. P. Roy, 168 North Michigan ave- 

 nue, and Peter Schaefer, 36 South 

 Walaash avenue, all of Chicago. 



The transportation committee sub- 

 mitted a report recommending the train 

 leaving Chicago, March 25, at 3:15 

 p. m., for the use of the club party to 

 the National Flower Show at Philadel- 

 phia; also, the Rock Island train leav- 

 ing Chicago at 10 a. m., March 7, for 

 the use of the party attending the meet- 

 ing of the Illinois State Florists' Asso- 

 ciation at Moline. The recommenda- 

 tions were accepted. 



