April 27, 1916. 



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members eligible to vote are alphabetically ar- 

 ranged. 



Book 1 to contain all names from letter A to 

 letter D, Inclusive. 



Book 2 to contain all names from letter E to 

 letter K, inclusive. 



Book 3 to contain all names from letter L to 

 letter R, inclusive. 



Book 4 to contain all names from letter S to 

 letter Z, Inclusive. 



The secretary shall provide one ballot box for 

 each book. The president or presiding officer 

 shall appoint one checker for each book, and one 

 receiver for each • ballot box, and one Judge of 

 election, who shall have charge of tlie checkers 

 and receivers, who, together with him, form the 

 flection board. They shall, after the close of 

 the polls, assort and count the votes cast and 

 report the results to the convention. The polls 

 shall remain open from 10 a. m. to 11 a. m., or 

 until all legal voters in line at that time shall 

 have an opportunity to cast their votes. A ma- 

 jority of all the votes cast shall bo necessary for 

 an election; and the president or presiding officer 

 shall declare who is elected. In case of failure 

 to elect on the first ballot, the president shall 

 order a new ballot immediately, polls to remain 

 open one hour; should this ballot fall to elect, 

 the president shall order a third ballot, polls to 

 remain open one hour; this ballot shall be lim- 

 Itad to tlie two candidates receiving the highest 

 vote on preceding ballot. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE III. 

 Government, Executive Board. 



Between tlic sessions of the society its govern- 

 ment sliall be vested in an executive board, con- 

 sisting of the president. Junior ex-president, first 

 vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and the 

 board of directors, etc., etc. 



AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE II. 

 Election and Appointment of Officers, Directors 

 and Committees, and their Respective Duties. 

 Section 4. Standing Committees and their 

 Duties. Paragraph (a) — Standing Commit- 

 tee on Convention Garden. 

 The president assuming office January 1, 1917, 

 shall appoint three memtwrs, one serving three 

 years, one two years, and one one year. Each 

 next elected president when taking office shall 

 appoint one member to serve three years. 



Tills committee shall have full charge of all 



convention garden arrangement work, under the 



direction of the executive board. The members 



ehall elect their own chairman, and sliall be sub- 



[Contlnued on page 54.] 



VACATIONING IN CUBA. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 three well known florists near the win- 

 ter home of Adam Graham, of Cleve- 

 land, at Santa Fe, Isle of Pines, Cuba. 

 Adam Graham is the man in the cen- 

 ter, with Fred Burki, president of the 

 Pittsburgh Cut ^^ower Co., at the left 

 and John Walker, of Youngstown, O., 

 at the right. The look of satisfaction 

 on the face of each is easily explained, 

 for they are each holding a cigar taken 

 from a box which Mr. Graham had just 

 received from Philip ,T. Foley, of Chi- 

 cago. Oddly enough, the three met ac- 

 cidentally in Santa Fe, none of them 

 knowing that the others were in that 

 vicinity. 



Isle of Pines seems to be a favorite 

 winter resort for florists. Koliert Craig 

 and John Westcott, of Philadelphia, and 

 Julius Roehrs, of Kutherford, N. J., as 

 well as many others, find time to visit 

 Cuba during the winter. Charles Simms, 

 of I'hiladelphia, spent some weeks there 

 this winter. All were delighted with 

 the climate and water, and consider the 

 island one of tlic most delightful ]>laces 

 in which to spend part of the winter. 

 John Walker, who has just returned 

 after a six weeks' visit, thinks Cuba 

 one of the most attractive places one 

 can visit. I"Ved Burki also speaks high- 

 ly of the climate and recommends it to 

 anyone who wants to spend a pleasant 

 v.acation in winter, but he says if you 

 want to make money confine your ener- 

 gies to your own home town, as you 

 cannot make any money in that coun- 

 try. Clarke. 



Chester, Pa. — Milton IT. Bickley has 

 given a contract for the erection of a 

 greenhouse 28x306 feet to the King 

 Construction Co., of North Tonawanda, 

 N. Y. The house will be planted to 

 carnations. 



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 TOMATOES IN TRUCK GARDENS. 



The First Transplanting. 



When the plants are in rough leaf 

 they should be transplanted. It will 

 then be necessary to determine how 

 many plants will be placed in boxes 

 for special use; then the remainder can 

 be planted out in garden frames. Three 

 inches of fresh soil, with two ounces 

 of bone meal to the square, well worked 

 into it, will give a splendid foundation 

 for the plants to establish their roots 

 in. Make the soil firm. I'lant the 

 seedlings three inches .apart each Avay. 

 Always be careful not to injure the 

 primary root, and also do not crush the 

 stem of the seedling. A niist-hancc 

 either way will invariably cripj)le the 

 plants. After jilanting carefully, water 

 in the plants, and if necessary sliadc 

 them. 



If a sufficient iniinber of glass hotbed 

 sashes .are available, so nuich the bet- 

 ter. If not, other means will be re- 

 (juired to give protection to the plants. 

 I have used many things, from trans- 

 ])arent w.aterproof paper, which goes 

 out in the first storm, to light canvas 

 on rollers. The caii%:is I have found 

 to be the best m;iteri;il. Fixed on roll- 

 ers to the higher side (d" the frames, 

 it can be pulled down and up again 

 at will. These canvas covers are easy 

 to manage; they are also (dieap and 

 durable and give full protection from 

 storm antl frost. At the end of the 

 season tliey can be removed and can be 

 stor«'d for another season. 



Planting in the Field. 



When the plants are fi\e or six inches 

 high, they should be planted out in per- 

 manent qujirters. In doing this, it is 

 as well to adhere to the following rules 

 ii possible: Always soak the plants 



well the day before you lift them from 

 the hotbeds. Lift them in cakes of 

 four, with sufficient soil on the roots 

 to prevent the plants having too severe 

 a check. I'ack the plants in shallow 

 flats and ])lace them on a flat cart, 

 with an awning to shade them from 

 the wind. ]f possible, choose a show- 

 ery or cloudy day to do the planting. 



Planting by hand is the best in most 

 cases. When the land is in a fine state 

 of cultivation, the quickest method will 

 be to make a frame with strong wooden 

 pegs in it, three feet apart. Work 

 this from enol to end of the field, as 

 you would a harrow. This will give 

 you straight lines the required distance 

 apart. A man with a hand-planter on 

 the style of the post-planting tool will 

 make the holes as fast as two men can 

 plant the tomatoes. This method allows 

 the use of stronger plants than can be 

 used in a mechanical planter. The 

 plants get away more f|uickly and a 

 week at the start is worth more than 

 a mouth at the finish. F. E. B. 



TOMATOES UNDER GLASS. 



Will you pltvise give me some infor- 

 mation on tomato culture? When 

 should the seeds be sown to have the 

 fruit about October? What tempera- 

 ture is required for them, and how far 

 afiart should they be planted f Would 

 they do well in a rich soil in which 

 sweet peas have been grown? Can you 

 give me information as to trimming, 

 tying and pollenizing and name the best 

 varieties for greenhouse culture? Would 

 tomatoes do well coming into crop in 

 October? F. C J.— 111. 



Tomatoes und(>r gl;iss need a. mini- 

 mum temperature of (io degrees. They 

 require a dry atmosphere, just the op- 

 posite of that for cucumbers. They are 

 best grown to single stems, which 

 should have all side shoots or laterals 

 removed. The toj) should also be 

 pinched out when the plants have 

 tluown five or six buiiciies of fruit 

 each. (lood greenliouse \arieties aro 

 <'omet, Lister's Prcdifie. ('.-liter's Sun- 

 rise anil Stirlintr <'astle. All flitse are 



