The Florists^ Review 



March 2, 1916. 



John B. Lager, Summit, N. J. 



P. W. Popp, Mamaroneck, N. Y. 



W. A. Manda, South Orange, N. J. 



W. H. Duckbam, Madison, N. J. 



Wallace R. Plerson, Cromwell, Conn. 



David Ward, Queens, L.. I. 



M. 0. Eljcl. Madison, N. J. 



I. S. HendrlckSMi, Plowerfleld, L. I. 



John Canning, Ardsley, N. Y. 



J. H. Dick, New York. 



B. Hammond, Beacon, N. Y. 



Leonard Barron, Garden City, L. I. 



The International Garden Club will 



invite the cooperation of national and 



local societies and it is hoped that an 



additional $3,000 may be secured for 



a prize fund, the profits to be divided 



in ratio to the amounts subscribed by 



each society. 



The Horticultural Society. 



The success of the exhibitions for 

 January and February has influenced the 

 society to hold an exhibition in March, 

 contrary to its usual custom. This ex- 

 hibition will occur March 15, at the 

 American Museum of Natural History. 

 Premiums are 'offered for collections 

 of cut blooms of orchids, for both com- 

 mercial and non-commercial growers, 

 and also for roses and carnations for 

 both classes of growers. Schedules are 

 ready, and will be sent on application 

 to the secretary, George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden. Bronx Park. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



There were no special features to last 

 week's business. Washington's birth- 

 day had little effect on the local trade; 

 no advertising was done and there was 

 but little extra business. The supply 

 is ample for all demands, except in a 

 few instances. The demand and prices 

 have been steady. Roses were in good 

 demand for short and medium grades; 

 long and specials sold at low prices, con- 

 sidering the quality. The violet supply 

 has shortened and, while the demand 

 is not large, there is only a small sur- 

 plus. In sweet peas those of good qual- 

 ity were none too plentiful and they 

 Bold well; quantities of superior stock 

 sold at a good price. Carnations in 

 light colors sold well, but reds were 

 draggy even at reduced prices. 



Valley has been in good demand at 

 $5 per hundred. Freesia is moving 

 slowly at sacrifice prices. Daffodils sold 

 well but tulips moved at only fair speed. 

 Funeral work was the largest item and 

 there was little surplus at the end of 

 the week. The street fakers were con- 

 spicuous by their absence. Smilax still 

 is in short supply, but asparagus and 

 other greens are plentiful and moving 

 well. 



Club Meeting. 



The largest turnout of members of 

 the season greeted J. Otto Thilow at 

 the regular meeting of the club Feb- 

 ruary 28. Mr, Thilow 's address was the 

 best thing the essay committee has put 

 before the club this season, and his talk 

 was both interesting and instructive. 

 At its conclusion he was tendered the 

 thanks of the club. Charles Uffler spoke 

 on hardy plants for bedding and gave 

 a list of varieties that would insure a 

 continuous succession of bloom the en- 

 tire summer and fall. The question of 

 having a suitable emblem for the club 

 was brought up and adopted. It will 

 be ready for distribution in a short 

 time. The banquet committee reported 

 everything ready for the annual feast 

 of the club at the next meeting, March 

 13, at Hotel Rennert. Tickets are $2.50 



per plate^ strictly stag. On account of 

 the election of ofi&cers and the banquet, 

 the meeting will be called at 7 p. m. 

 sharp. 



Vaxious Notes. 



February 14, one of the coldest days 

 of the winter, George Talbot had the 

 misfortune to have one of the tubes in 

 his boiler burst, and before the fire 

 could be drawn to permit a man to 

 enter and plug the leak the tempera- 

 ture in the houses dropped below the 

 freezing point. The stock was a total 

 loss. Mr. Talbot is secretary of the 

 local club and well known to the trade, 

 whose sympathy he has in his misfor- 

 tune. 



E. A. Seidewitz was a busy man last 

 week as chairman of the committee in 

 charge of the Rotarian conclave held 

 in this city. He also was toastmaster 

 at the banquet tendered to the visiting 

 Rotarians by the local club. 



Charles E. Smith & Co. have had at- 

 tractive window displays of plants, 

 consisting chiefly of primulas and aza- 

 leas. 



Henry Lehr, who has been confined 

 to the hospital for some time, is steadily 

 improving and expects to be able to 

 go home in a short while. 



Visitors last week were Robert 

 Shoch and I. Rosnosky, of Philadel- 

 phia, and Roman J. Irwin, of New York. 



W. F. E. 



HYACINTH BUDS DBOPPING. 



I have trouble with hyacinth buds 

 popping off when about one inch lon^. 

 I should like to know the cause of this 

 and shall appreciate ffny information. 



W. E. T.— N. J. 



You should have no trouble with 

 hyacinth buds "popping off," which, 

 I presume, may mean dropping or damp- 

 ing off, if the plants are properly wa- 

 tered. If the water is poured over the 

 flower spikes the probabilities are that 

 many buds or the whole spike may rot 

 off. Allow your hyacinths to make a 

 growth three inches long in the dark 

 before starting them. C. W. 



CANNAS FOB MEMOBIAI. DAY. 



When should canna roots be planted 

 in 3-inch or 4-inch pots to have good 

 plants for May 301 Any information 

 will be appreciated. S. B. — N. Y. 



Cut your cannas up to strong single 

 eyes and start them in a temperature 

 of 60 degrees about March 15. Pot 

 them when growth starts. Use light, 

 rich soil. Continue to grow them in a 

 warm, moist house. Gradually harden 

 them off before the time for sales ar- 

 rives. You will have plants of ample 

 size if you start them at the time 

 named. C. W. 



Troy, Ala. — Plans have been made by 

 R. B. Chapman to rebuild the Troy 

 Greenhouse, which recently was com- 

 pletely wrecked by a terrific boiler ex- 

 plosion. 



Homeland, Ga. — Mrs. J. L. White, 

 who grows flowers outdoors all the year 

 around and ships them to the wholesale 

 market, expects to have 100,000 gladioli 

 flowering in May. Violets may be 

 grown outdoors successfully during the 

 winter months, as well as cannas, dah- 

 lias and roses. 



Jacksonville, Fla. — Mills, the Florist, 

 takes the prize for originality in valen- 

 tine window displays. This year's win- 

 dow was so unusual that the daily pa- 

 pers gave it space. By peeping through 

 an opening in the window made to re- 

 semble the shape of a heart, the ob- 

 server saw a wonderful display of flower 

 valentines. 



New Orleans, La. — The New Orleans 

 Horticultural Society has selected April 

 6 to 9 as the dates for the spring flower 

 show. The following constitute the 

 committee on arrangements: P. A. 

 Chopin, Henry Scheuermann, Charles 

 Panter, the Abele brothers, Herman 

 Doescher, Charles Eble, C. W. Eichling, 

 E. A. Farley, Henry Kraak, Claude Ory, 

 J. A. Newsham, F. J. Reyes, M. 

 Scheinuk, B. M. Wichers, Henry Mische 

 and A. Dammerau. 



Houston, Tex. — Boyle & Pendarvis 

 have purchased acreage in Westmore- 

 land Farms for the purpose of establish- 

 ing greenhouses to supply their Main 

 street store. 



Montgomery, Ala. — F. A. Morse, until 

 recently pot plant foreman for the Bose- 

 mont Gardens, has been appointed man- 

 ager of the greenhouses of the H. F. 

 Michell Co., at Andalusia, Pa. 



Houston, Tex. — An address by E. C. 

 Kerr, vice-president of the Society of 

 American Florists, on "Modern Green- 

 house Construction in the South" was 

 the feature of the recent semimonthly 

 meeting of the Houston Florists' Club. 

 Mr. Kerr took up the subject in de- 

 tail and developed many points of in- 

 terest as to the manner in which a 

 greenhouse should be constructed in or- 

 der to make it most effective under the 

 climatic conditions prevailing in 

 Houston. Mr. Kerr stated that in his 

 opinion the retailer should not be 

 obliged to bother himself so much with 

 greenhouses and that the real solution 

 of the problem which Houston florists 

 are facing would be to invite whole- 

 sale growers to open establishments in 

 the city. Following Mr. Kerr's ad"- 

 dress a general discussion was indulged 

 in by the members. Reports were re- 

 ceived stating that both the fall flower 

 show and yard contest were financial 

 successes. 



