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The Florists^ Review 



Apuil 27. 1916. 



FLOWER BARRELS.' 



How They Are Made at Evaiisville. 



Although at lir.st siylit " llower bar- 

 rels" seem to be rather coniplicated af- 

 fairs, tliey really are easy to make 

 when one works by formula. All that 

 is needed is a barrel, an auj>er, some 

 good soil and about 100 llowering plants 

 in 2-inc-li or 3-incli j)ots. The plants 

 are set in holes bored in the sides oi' 

 the barrel, as well as on to2>, and in 

 duo course of time the wliole thing 

 ap])ears to be a great busli, remarkable 

 for the fact that it seems to bear sev- 

 eral kinds of flowers. 



It is to V. E. tiysemans, liead gar- 

 dener of the j)arks of Evansville, ind., 

 that we are indebted for the following 

 directions on "flower barrels." Th(! 

 accompanying illustration sliows two 

 of the thirteen "flower barrels" Mr. 

 Gysemans made last summer for the 

 parks of Kvans\ille, and also serves 

 to introduce J\]r. and Mrs. Gvsemans 



to the trade. Here is the way Mr. 

 Ciysemans makes his "flower bj},rrels": 

 "1 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 an<l 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 barrid. 



The A B C of It. 



' ' After providing for good drainage 

 1 proceed to set the plants and fill in 

 the soil until the barrel is filled up to 

 the low^er i)art of the openings of the 

 top row of holes. The soil I use is one 

 ]iart well rotted manure, one part leaf- 

 mold and one part of rich garden soil. 



"After firming down the first soil 1 

 introduce my ])lants, from 2-inch and 

 .'5-inch pots, placing them in the holes 

 from the outside. If plants from 3- 

 inch pots aic 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 

 jdant, 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 plants with the longest stems 

 deejier 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 tree three feet high, about which 

 the vines of the lower holes droop." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



MEETING OF DIRECTORS. 



The Secretary's Report. 



The regidar Lent meeting of the 

 board of directors of the society w;is 

 held at tiie Hotel Walton, I'hiladelphia, 

 March 28 and 20. With two exceptions, 

 every member was present, as follows: 



Daniel MaiHoric, pri'sident, San Francisco, Cal. 



K. C. Ktjir, vice ircsiilcut, Houston, Tex. 



John Yonng, sieretar.v. New York, X. Y . 



W. K. Kastin;:, treasiirer, Hiiffiilo. N. V. 



.7. .1. Hess, (lirertor, Onialia. NcIj. 



.1. A. rctcrsoii, (iin-cliir. (Mnciiinat i. O. 



Wni. I!. Nicholson, Jirrrtor. FrMiijiii^'hrini. 

 MasN. 



W. .1. Kiimel. ilircrtor. IMinliiust, HI. 



Angelo .1. liiissi, ilirector, San I'rancisco. Cal. 



I'lias. I,. Panni, <lir<'(tor. Knowillc. 'I'enn. 



S. S. I'ennorli, presidint tlie American J{os« 

 t^oeietv. 



Josepli H. Hill, president American Carnation 

 Society. 



Irwin Pertcrnianii, iiresi(l<nt I'lorists" Toleprai)n 

 Delivery. 



Ilonrv Weston, president New York Ilorists' 

 Clnh. 



Patrick Welch. pi'St president, lioston. Mass. 



In addition there were present: Kx- 

 juesideiits Oeo. Asmus, Theodore Wirtli 

 and Frank H. Traeiidly, and the Wash- 

 ington rei)resentiitive, \V. F. (iude. 



Reports from the secretary and treas- 

 urer were ])resented and accepted, both 

 showing the affairs of the society to be 

 in excellent shajx'. b'ecommendations 

 made by the treasurer in regard to cer- 

 tain of the society 's securities were ap- 

 proved and adopted. The rejiorts were 

 referred to an auditing committee. 



Amendments to Constitution. 



The committee on ])roposed amend- 

 ments to the constitution and by-laws, 

 Theo. Wirth, chairman, ])resented a 

 lengthy report covering changes recom- 

 mended at the San Francisco 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 ARTICI.E V. 

 Article V. Moetings. 



Section 1. At the tliirty-second annual meet- 

 inR, to be held AnRUSt !.''> to 18 in Honston, Tex., 

 the meetinK places for the years litlT and ]!)18 

 shall l>e selected hy ballot, and at the meeting 

 of 1917 and at every raoetinp thereafter, the 

 ineetinc place for the second year fidlowing that 

 meeting shall be so selected. 



The liallotinK shall lio done at the evening ses- 

 sion of the lirst day of each annual convention. 



'I'ho time for the aiuiual meeting shall be the 

 third 'Juesdav of Aujinst in each year, contin- 

 uinj; for three days, or initil all business is coin- 

 l>leted. 



'J'lie city applying for the meeting shall, with 

 its written application, j)rovidc the free use of 

 a pla<o for the jmrposes of a convention garden, 

 which idaeo shall be available, if desired, from 

 the early spring of tlio year before the meeting 

 to the late fall of the year of the meeting. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 



Article II. S<'ction 2. Elections and .\i>point- 

 mcnts. I'aragraph (a). 



The ])resident, lirst vice president, secretary, 

 treasurer and two directors shall be elected by 

 ballot at the annual meeting of the society, and 

 their term of ollice shall begin with the first day 

 of January ne\t succeeding the election. The 

 term of ottici> of the president, vice president, 

 secret.! ry and treasurer shall be one year, aiKl 

 the tei in of ollice of the directors thi-i'e .years, 

 or until their successors are (Inly elected an(i 

 <pialified. 

 Section :!. Duties of oflicers. 



(a) President -'I'he president shall jireslde at 

 all meetinus of tla? society, and exercise a general 

 supervision of its affairs. He shall report from 

 time to time such measures as seem necessary for 

 l>roinoting its ob.jects and extending its usefid- 

 iiess. IIo shall auinially. on the first day of Jan- 

 uary, aiijioint one Imlaiiist. one entomologist, one 

 vegetable patlioli.gi>t. and one state vice-president 

 lor each state or territory represented In the 

 Nocicty; lie shall act as cliairman of the executive 

 hoard at its nie<'tings and sign all diplomas and 

 certiticates of tiie society. 



Section 2. Elections and .\ppointments. I'ara- 

 graph (b). 

 The president shall appoint on the first day of 

 .Tanuary of each .vear, or as soon afterward as 

 may be possible, one or more state vice-presidents 

 from each state or tcrritor.v represented in the 

 meml)ersliip, to serve for a term of one year. 

 Clubs, societies or kindred organizations of pro- 

 fessional florists, gardeners and horticulturists, 

 iiaving a jiaid-up membership of 100 or more mem 

 hers in the S. A. F. & 0. H., shall be entitled 

 to one representative on the hoard of directors. 

 Such representative shall be the president of such 

 organization and must be a member of this so- 

 ciet.v. Any eli'Ctive officer or appointed director 

 shall not bo eligible as a representative of such 

 organization. When the president of any such 

 organization is already a director, the vice-presi- 

 dent sliall be eligible for the ollice. .\ny organiza- 

 tion applying for representation shall submit to 

 the secretar.v of this society a certified cop.v of 

 the resolution adopted b.v their organization that 

 they wish such representation on tiie Iward of 

 directors, together with a complete list of Its 

 membership. It shall be the secretary's duty 

 to confirm same and submit it to the president 

 for final confirmation. Announcement of such 

 director shall be made by the president. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 



Article II. Oflicers. their Election and Duties. 



Section 2. Elections and -Appointments. Par- 



agrai>h (d). 

 The secretary shall cause oflficial ballots to be 

 prepared according to the Australian form, con- 

 taining the names of all candidates nominated for 

 the various elective otiices. lialloting shall take 

 place at the morning session of the third day 

 of the annu.'il meeting. The secretary shall pre- 

 pare four election Iwoks, in which the names of 



The "Flower Barrels" of C. E. Gysemans, Evansville, Ind. 



