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The Florists' Review 



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View in the Rotunda of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, During National Peony Show, June 9 to II. 



jiiizo-wiiuK'is -were Arthur H. Scott, 

 Oiik Lane, I'a.; Lee K. liounewitz, Van 

 Wert, O.; Mrs. Herbert K. Taylor, 

 Oyontz, Pa., and L. J. Gerniann, Van 

 Wert, 0. 



Miscellaneous Exhibits. 



Hobbink & Atkins, lUitherford, N. J., 

 iiiaiie an elaborate dispbay not for com- 

 jietition, including a larfje variety of 

 liardy perennials, irises, bulbous plants 

 and other subjects for the garden. 



Wm. Shillaber, of Essex Falls, X. J.. 

 had an exhibit of excellent sweet peas. 



Prof. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y., 

 showed sonic handsome Japanese tree 

 peonies and a bench bright with hardy 

 perennials. 



Mrs. IL K. Taylor, of Ogontz, I'a., in 

 addition to competitive entries, had a 

 large and fine display of ])eony blooms. 



The Annual Dinner. 



Prior to the business meeting of June 

 !•, the members from out of town en- 

 joyed their annual reunion dinner, 

 served this time at the Hotel Astor. 

 The affair was entirely informal and 

 there were no speeches, although there 

 was a lively discussion of peony matters 

 during the meal. Those present were: 



I'.iri-. I'.. ![.. Wyciiiiissiii;;. I'a. 



Scliiillz. i:. K., .IciikiiUowii, r.i, 



'I'liiii low. (;<■(!. (".. Wvsl Ni>\\lii]ry, Mass. 



\:<<\(\. .faims. I'liilMili'lpliiii. I'a. 



I >aii|iliiii, .Idsi'pli. (^lU'i'iis, N. Y. 



ciiTiiid. A. I... \(w York. 



I'l'trixm. CiMira;*" II.. I'aifiawn. N. .T. 



r.arniii. I.cdiiard. (lardi'ii (itv. N. \' . 



SiMir. .Vrtlmr H.. oak I.aiif, I'a. 



Wali-ott, F. C, Nt-w York. 



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Ilari'is. S. <;.. 'I'.irr.v Inu ii. N. N". 



ouwcrkcrk, P., Wocliawkt'ii, X. J. 



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S.niii.l.rs, I'rof. .\. I'.. flint'Hi. N. Y. 



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Left-over Bedding Plants. 



The season has been a somewhat cool 

 and backward one and some sales of 

 bedding plants will probably be made 

 until the last of the month. It is a too 

 common practice to leave small lots of 

 miscellaneous bedding plants scattered 

 liere and there on benches or in frames, 

 entailing a needless amount of labor in 

 watering. If these are placed in frame.'< 



or close together on the benches, mm h 

 labor will be saved in watering and the 

 plants will be more likely to get the 

 water they need. Carry the empty pots 

 away (>aeh day and stack them up. Do 

 iHit leave them lying below or on the 

 lieiiches. 



Have you plante<l out all the stock 

 plants you need? If not, attend to it 

 even at this late date. Particularlv 



true is this of gcM'aniunis. Van can buv 

 rooted cuttings and plants from small 

 l»ots at tempting [prices, but home- 

 propagated stock is away ahead of 

 them. If you do not care to set the 

 ]dants out in nursery rows, why not do 

 a little tasteful ]daiitinji about your 

 home, or the approacii to the green- 

 houses' Individu.'il beds of a single 

 color are usually best, aucl geraniums, 

 cannas, heliotro|u's, xerlienas. petunia.^, 

 salvias, ageratums, lantanas, (Ibnius be- 

 gonias and lobelias are all <;ood for this 

 jiurpose. Also, do not omit the plant- 

 ing of some s<-('ntcd geraniums and 

 leinou Ncrbcnas, the two ino>t popular 

 scented-leaved jilants we hav >■. 



Poinsettias. 



Poinscttia propagation siiould now go 

 on apace. IJe sure' to keep the stock 

 ]>lants in a lii^lit and not too warm 

 liouse, where tiny <;ft no shade. This 

 will insure strong, stocky, short -.iointe<l 

 cuttings, which, when rubbeil oif with 

 a heel, will root without mu(di trouble 

 if carefully watered .-ind siiadcd. For 

 dwarf stock in small jians, cuttings can 

 be put in as late as tlie middle of 

 .\ugust. 



Stevias. 



Stevias can be pot-grown tiirougli the 

 snnuner or jdanted out in th(> lield. 

 They give no trouble when out in the 

 field, and are sure to mak(> big. bushv 

 plants. At lifting time, howev.u', theV 

 need careful handling. They are easily 

 broken and unless tiiey ;ire sprave'd 

 freely and shaded for some davs t'hev 

 are liable to "peter out." T'otgn.wn 

 plants plunged to their brims will take 

 considerable water in hot weather, but 

 there is no breaking or wiltinj,', such as 

 we must anticipate in the field-grown 

 stock. 



