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Sbftimbes 21, 1916. 



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The Florists^ Review 



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only to a demand created and fostered 

 by vanity in human nature. All bdsi- 

 ness, for that matter, exists only by 

 reason of the needs of humanity, how- 

 ever those needs may be classified. In 

 conclusion the author makes a striking 

 observation: 



"If it were possible to extract the 

 vanity from human nature there would 

 be necessary a business readjustment 

 much 'greater than is expected to follow 

 the European war. It would be worth 

 while to know just how much modern 

 business — with human vanity elim- 

 inated — could endure." 



THE HABP IN FLOWESS. 



The harp is not a popular funeral 

 piece except for such orders as come 

 from subscriptions among the fellow- 

 employees of the deceased, but it is a 

 favorite design for exhibitions, and it 

 was for this purpose that Harve E. 

 Lozier, of Des Moines, used it at the 

 recent Iowa state fair. He took first 

 prize with it. 



The illustration shows the piece, 

 which stood five feet high. It was made 

 of Easter lilies. Sunburst roses, valley 

 and orchids. Such a design scarcely can 

 be made to sell for less than $50, and if 

 the best quality of flowers in sufficient 

 quantity is to be used, $75 will come 

 nearer giving the florist an adequate 

 profit. 



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BTLIZE SAND. 



We use sand in our greenhouse propa- 

 gating benches for rooting soft-wooded 

 cuttings in June and July. These cut- 

 tings are rooted under double glass, in 

 closed benches. Considerable fungus 

 develops in the cuttings and sand. After 

 the cuttings are rooted and hardened 

 off, we plant ^em out, and remove the 

 sand from the benches and place it out- 

 doors in the sun. 



Now, what we wouffl like to know is: 

 Can this sand be used again next season 

 for propagating? Will the action of the 

 sunlight outdoors desti^py all fungi in 

 the sandf We are compelled to buy our 

 sand and have it shipped from Indiana, 

 and this, of course, makes it expensive. 

 We are therefore anxious to know if it 

 will be practical to use this same sand 

 again. D. H. N. C— 111. 



While the' sun will sterilize the sand 

 in a large measure, if you can turn live 

 steam into it there will be far less danger 

 of fungi. A small portable steam boiler 

 with a perforated pipe leading from it 

 would do the work efficiently. Failing 

 steam, give the sand a soaking of water 

 as near the. boiling point as possible. 

 There will then be little fear of fungi. 

 I would give the bottoms and sides of 

 the benches a good scalding before put- 

 ting in the sand. It is perfectly prac- 

 ticable to use sand again when care is 

 taken to sterilize it. C. W. 



N. T. CLUB FEDERATION MEETS. 



A meeting of the New York State Fed- 

 eration of Floral Clubs was held at the 

 state fair at Syracuse September 14, 

 1916. Vice-president E. A. Bates, of 

 Syracuse, presided. There was a good 

 attendance at the meeting and various 

 reports were given on the work of the 

 different committees during the last 

 year. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. Mc- 

 Carthy, Thorpe and White was appointed 





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The Harp Design is Excellent for Special Purposes. 



to draw up suitable resolutions on the 

 death of President Wm. F. Kasting. 



It was the opinion of the federation 

 that its work would be more effective if 

 there were more meetings during the 

 year. It therefore was voted to hold an 

 annual meeting at the New York state 

 fair grounds at Syracuse during State 

 Fair week, a second meeting at Cornell 

 during Farmers' week, a third meeting 

 in New York city during the spring 

 flower show and a fourth meeting with 

 some society of the federation, at such 

 time as the president might designate. 



It was voted to provide for an execu- 

 tive board, to consist of the president, 

 secretary and treasurer of the New York 

 State Federation of Floral Clubs and the 

 president of each affiliated society in the 

 federation. 



The officers elected for the ensuing 

 year were: President, F. B. Pierson, 

 Tarrytown ; first vice-president, Dr. E. A. 

 Bates, Syracuse; second vice-president, 

 George McCarthy, Syracuse; third vice- 



president, C. H. Vick, Rochester; fourth 

 vice-president, George E. Thorpe, Syra- 

 cuse; fifth vice-president, F. A. Danker, 

 Albany; secretary, E. A. White, Ithaca, 

 N. Y.; treasurer, W. A. Adams, Buffalo. 

 It was voted to appoint a committee 

 of the federation to confer with the hor- 

 ticultural council in regard to an appro- 

 priation for a horticultural building at 

 the New York state fair grounds. The 

 members elected to this committee were 

 President Pierson and Messrs. Bates, 

 Lumsden, Workman and Thorpe. 



E. A. White, Sec 'y. 



STABTING CAT.T.A8. 



Should callas be rooted in the dark 

 the same as other bulbs f J. M. — Ind. 



Callas should not be started in the 

 dark, but in the full sun, and they are 

 better If left outdoors until frost 

 threatens. C. W. 



