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The Florists^ Review 



April 27, 1916. 



'FLO WEB BASBELS.' 



How They Are Made at Evansville. 



Although at first sight "flower bar- 

 rels" seem to be rather complicated af- 

 fairs/ they really are easy to make 

 when one works by formula. All that 

 is needed is a barrel, an auger, some 

 good soil and about 100 flowering plants 

 in 2-inch or 3-inch pots. The plants 

 are set in holes bored in the sides of 

 the barrel, as well as on top, and in 

 due course of time the whole thing 

 appears to be a great bush, remarkable 

 for the fact that it seems to bear sev- 

 eral kinds of flowers. 



It is to C. E. Gysemans, head gar- 

 dener of the parks of Evansville, Ind., 

 that we are indebted for the following 

 directions on "flower barrels." The 

 accompanying illustration shows ^o 

 of the thirteen * ' flower barrels ' ' Jk^- 

 Gysemans made last summer for TOfe" 

 parks of Evansville, and also serves 

 to introduce Mr. and Mrs. Gysemans 



to the trade. Here is the way Mr. 

 Gysemans makes his "flower barrels": 

 "I take a common 50-gallon whiskey 

 or oil barrel and remove the top. I 

 then bore forty-four holes in the sides 

 of the barrel, each two inches in diam- 

 eter and six inches apart each way. 

 The lowest row of holes iS six inches 

 above the bottom of the barrel and the 

 top row six inches below the top of 

 the barrel. 



The A B C of It. 



"After providing for good drainage 

 I proceed to set the plants and fill in 

 the soil until the barrel is filled up to 

 the lower part of the openings of the 

 top row of holes. The soil I use is one 

 part well rotted manure, one part leaf- 

 mold and one part of rich garden soil. 



"After firming down the first soil I 

 introduce my plants, from 2-inch and 

 3-inch pots, placing .them in the holes 

 from the outside. If plants from 3- 

 inch pots are to be inserted I remove 



some of the soil in order to get them 

 through. When the lowest row of plants 

 is set all around the barrel I fill in soil 

 up to the next row of holes, six inches 

 higher, and then repeat until the top 

 row is reached. 



"On the tops of the barrels I made 

 last summer I planted the umbrella 

 plant, Cyperus alternifolius, in the cen- 

 ter and around it placed petunias, 

 torenias, zinnias^ coleus, geraniums, 

 Drummondii phloxes and lobelias. In 

 the holes on the sides of the barrel I 

 planted the same varieties, two plants 

 of different varieties in each hole. I 

 placed the jplants with the longest stems 

 deeper in the barrel, in order to have 

 room to place the second plant in the 

 same hole. In the lower row of holes, 

 in addition to the two plants, I planted 

 a vine of thunbergia and maurandia, 

 alternately. 



' ' The barrel was placed on the trunk 

 of a tre6 three feet high, about which 

 the vines of the lower holes droop." 



MEETING OF DIBECTOBS. 



The Secretary's Beport. 



The regular Lent meeting of the 

 board of directors of the society was 

 held at the Hotel Walton, Philadelphia, 

 March 28 and 29. With two exceptions, 

 every member was present, as follows: 



Daniel MacRorle, president, San Francisco, Cal. 



R. C. Kerr, vice-president, Houston, Tex. 



John Young, secretary. New York, N. Y. 



W. F. Kastlng, treasurer, Buffalo, N. Y. 



J. J. Hess, directM', Omaha, Neb. 



J. A. Peterson, director. Cincinnati, O. 



Wm'. It, Nicholson, director, Kramingham, 

 MtMi-.'i' 



W. ffi Keimel, director, Elmhurst, 111. 



Angelo J. BoBsl, director, San Francisco. Cal. 



Chas. L. Baum, director, Knoxville, Tenn. 



S. 8. Pennock, president the American Rose 

 Society. 



Joseph H. Hill, president American Carnation 

 Society* 



Irwin Bertermann, president Florists' Telegraph 

 Delivery. _ „ . ^ , 



Henry Weston, president New York Florists' 

 Club. 



Patlrick Welch, p*st president, Boston, Mass. 



In addition there were present: Ex- 

 presidents Geo. Asmus, Theodore Wirth 

 and Frank H. Traendly, and the Wash- 

 ington representative, W. F. Gude. 



Reports from the secretary and treas- 

 urer were presented and accepted, both 

 showing the affairs of the society to be 

 in excellent shape. Recommendations 

 made by the treasurer in regard to cer- 

 tain of the society's securities were ap- 

 proved and adopted. The reports were 

 referred to an auditing committee. 



Amendments to Constitation. 



The committee on proposed amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws, 

 Theo. Wirth, chairman, presented a 

 lengthy report covering changes recom- 

 mended at the San ^^ancisco conven- 

 tion. After considerable discussion, 

 these amendments were all adopted for 

 submission to the Houston convention. 



The following are the articles and 

 sections as amended: 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE V. 



Article V. Meetings. 



Section 1. At the thirty-second annual meet- 

 ing, to be held Angnst 15 to 18 in Houston, Tex., 

 the meeting places for the years 1917 and 1918 

 ■hall be ■elected by ballot, and at the meeting 

 of 1917 and at every meeting thereafter, the 

 meeting place for the second year following that 

 meeting shall be so selected. 



The balloting shall be done at the evening ses- 

 sion of the first day of each annual convention. 



The time for the annual meeting shall be the 

 third Tuesday of August in each year, contin- 

 uing for three days, or until all business is com- 

 pleted. 



The city applying for the meeting shall, with 

 its written application, provide the free use of 

 a place for the purposes of a convention garden, 

 which place shall be available, if desired, from 

 the early spring of the year before the meeting 

 to the late fall of the year of the meeting. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 



Article II. Section 2. Elections and Appoint- 

 ments. Paragraph (a). 

 The president, first vice-president, secretary, 

 treasurer and two directors shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the society, and 

 their term of oflJce shall begin with the first day 

 of January next succeeding the election. The 

 term of office of the president, vice-president, 

 secretiiry and treasurer shall be one year, and 

 the teim of office of the directors three years, 

 or until their successors are duly elected and 

 qualified. 

 Section 3. Duties of officers. 



(a) President — Tlie president shall preside at 

 all meetings of the society, and exercise a general 

 supervision of its affairs. He shall report from 

 time to time such measures as seem necessary for 

 promoting its objects and extending its useful- 

 ness. He shall annually, on the first day of Jan- 

 uary, appoint one botanist, one entomologist, one 

 vegetable pathologist,, and one state vice-president 

 for each state or territory represented in the 

 society ; he shall act as chairman of the executive 

 board at its meetings and sign all diplomas and 

 certificates of the society. 



Section 2. Elections and Appointments. Para- 

 graph (b). 

 The president shall appoint on the first day of 

 January of each year, or as soon afterward as 

 may be possible, one or more state vice-presidents 

 from each state or territory represented la the 

 membership, to serve for a term of one year. 

 Clubs, societies or kindred organizations of pro- 

 fessional florists, gardeners and horticulturists, 

 having a paid-up membership of 100 or more mem- 

 bers in the S. A. F. & O. H.. shall be entitled 

 to one representative on the board of directors. 

 Such representative shall be the president of such 

 organization and must be a member of this so- 

 ciety. Any elective officer or appointed irector 

 shall not be eligible as a representative of such 

 organization. When the president of any such 

 organization is already a director, the vice-presi- 

 dent shall be eligible for the office. Any organiza- 

 tion applying for representation shall submit to 

 the secretary of this society a certified copy of 

 the resolution adopted by their organization t^iat 

 they wish such representation on the boabd of 

 directors, together with a complete list ' «f its 

 membership. It shall be the secretary's duty 

 to confirm same and submit it to the president 

 for final confirmation. Announcement of sncli 

 director shall be made by the president. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 



Article 11. Officers, their Election and Duties. 

 Section 2. Elections and Appointments. Par- 

 agraph (d). 

 The secretary shall cause official ballots to be 

 prepared according to the Australian form, con- 

 taining the names of all candidates nominated for 

 the various elective offices. Balloting shall take 

 place at the morning session of the third day 

 of the annual meeting. The secretary shall pre- 

 pare four election IxxAs, in which the names of 



The *'FIowcf BtrreU'' of C E. Gyicnuaa, EvaosvUIe, Ind. 



