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The Florists' Review 



25 



I VEGETABLES AND 

 FRUITS DEPARtMENTl 



I FRUITS DEI 



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CUCXTMBBBS; BEE POLLINATION. 



I have four connected houses, 24x85, 

 planted to cucumbers; the cucumbers are 

 nearing the fruiting stage. It is my in- 

 tention to pollinate with bees. How 

 many colonies of bees will be needed, 

 and where should they be placed in the 

 house t The houses run north and south. 



S. F.— Wash. 



Four colonies will do the pollination 

 effectively at this season. The bees will 

 travel to all parts of the houses, but it 

 would be better to place the hives not 

 far from the centers. C. W. 



CHICAGO CONVENTION PBOQBAM. 



If any vegetable grower is deliberat- 

 ing as to whether or not his attendance 

 at the ninth annual convention of the 

 Vegetable Growers ' Association of 

 America, at Hotel La Salle, Chicago, 

 September 26 to 29, will be time most 

 profitably spent, let him peruse the fol- 

 lowing tentative program of the ses- 

 sions, as outlined by the Chicago con- 

 vention committee: 



TUESDAY,, SEPTEMBER 26, 10 A. M. 



Call to order. President M. L. Ruetenlk. 



Welcoirte Addresses — On behalf of city of Chi- 

 cago, the Hon. Wm. Hale Thompson, mayor; on 

 behalf of Chicago Convention Committee, F. 

 lAutenschlager, chairman; on behalf of Cook 

 County Vegetable Growers, A. Geweke, president 

 Cook County Truck Gardeners' and Farmers' 

 Association. 



Response, E. A. Dunbar, Ashtabula, O. 



President's Annual Address. 



Report of Treasurer. 



Report of Secretary. 



Announcements. 



TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2 P. M. 



Illustrated address, "Certain Diseases of 

 Truck CioDs ami Their Control," L. K. Jones, 

 Professor of Plant PjitliAlogy, Wisconsin State 

 Experiment Station, Madison, Wis. 



Illustrated address, "Soil Fertility in Relation 

 to Market Gardening," Henry G. Bell, Agrono- 

 mist, Soil Improvement Committee, National 

 Fertilizer Association, Chicago, 111. 



Address, "Refrigeration Mn Relation to Mar- 

 keting Vegetables," Arnold H. Goelz, Mechanical 

 and Refrigerating Engineer, Kroescbell Bros. 

 Co., Chicago, 111. 



WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, A. M. 



Inspection trip by nutomohiles to north side 

 gardens and greenhouses, with lunch at 1 p. m. 

 at Wayside Inn, Morton Grove, 111. After a 

 short, informal session at the inn the Inspection 

 trip will be resumed and the return to the city 

 made by 6 p. m. 



WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 27, 8 P. M. 



"Better Seeds" Session, C. E. Durst, Urbana, 

 111., Leader. 



Report of Committee on Nomenclature and 

 Varieties of Vegetables, C. E. Durst, secretary. 



"The Seedsman's Attitude Toward Nomencla- 

 ture," Leonard H. Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 



Report of Committee on Seed Inspection and 

 Certification. D. N. Shoemaker, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



"The Relatloil' of the Seedsman's Disclaimer 

 to the Purchase of Vegetable Seeds," A. L. 

 Stone, President American Seed Analysts' Asso- 

 ciation, Madison, Wis. 



Round-table Discussion, "Seed Selection and 

 Plant Improvement for the Vegetable Grower," 

 A. T. Erwin, Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, 

 lowfi. Loader. 



Appointment of* Committees on Resolutions 

 and Nominations. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. 6 A. M. 



Visit to South Water street produce market 

 and West Randolph Street farmers' market. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 9 A. M. 

 Round-table Discussion, "Greenhouse Prob- 

 lems," R. L. Watts, Director Pennsylvania 

 State Experiment Station, State College, Pa., 

 Leader. 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 11 A. M. 

 Round-table Discussion, "Marketing Vege- 

 tables," H. W. Selby, Philadelphia, Pa., Leader. 

 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2 P. M. 

 "Marketing" Session Continued. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 9 A. M. 

 RoanA-table Discussion, "Extension Work for 



Vegetal)le Growers," C. W. Waid, Michigan Ag- 

 ricultural College, East Lansing, %Uch., Leader. 

 Entertainment for visiting ladies, exact tlmo 

 to be announced. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 11 A. M. 

 Report of Committee on Resolutions. 

 Report of Committee on Nominations. 

 Election of Officers for 1917. 



FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 6 P. M. 

 Annual Banquet, Hotel La Salle. 



BONE MEAL FOB LETTUCE. 



I am thinking of getting my green- 

 houses ready for lettuce. I used bone 

 meal with good results last year and 

 should like to know whether it can be 

 used with success two consecutive years. 

 If not, please ^ll"ine what to mix with 

 the soil instead of bone meal. 



W. A.— Pa. 



You will get much better results by 

 using horse manure, either well rotted 

 or only partly decomposed, and well 

 mixed with the soil. If you cannot pro- 



R. L. Watts. 



cure this, try sheep manure, which is a 

 better food for lettuce than bone meal. 

 C. W. 



VINCA VAEIEGATA. 



Kindly advise me how to propagate 

 Vinca variegata. Would it be a good 

 plan to take the plants that I have in 

 2-inch pots and divide them? If divid- 

 ing the plants is the proper thing, should 

 this be done now or in the spring? I 

 want to get a stock of plants for porch 

 boxes and baskets. W. C. H. — Pa. 



A much better plan than dividing the 

 little vincas is to take a good batch of 

 cuttings now. Select young shoots which 

 are tender; they may be cut off near the 

 ground. These root readily, especially 

 if a little bottom heat can be used to 

 warm the sand. More mature wood, if 

 cut in short lengths, also will root, but 

 it will take a considerably longer period. 

 C. W. 



Park Eldge, HI.— Walter J. Pasvogel 

 has traded his six greenhouses at Nor- 

 wood Park, Chicago, for his father's 

 5-house range here. 



Estherville, la.— Theodore Niermoth, 

 of Hastings, Neb., has purchased the 

 greenhouse business of Mrs. M. E. Jehu 

 and moved his family here. 



OBITUARY 



John Patterson. 



John Patterson, who for a number of 

 years has conducted a florists' business 

 at Ashton, E. I., died at the Memorial 

 hospital, Pawtucket, R. I., Thursday, 

 September 14, as the result of a shock 

 sustained a week before. He was 72 

 years of age. He was born in Stock- 

 port, England, and when young came 

 to this country, settling at Boston. The 

 family later went back to England, but 

 in May, 1867, Mr. Patterson returned 

 to America and took a position with the 

 Lonsdale Co., at Ashton, as a machinist. 

 Being passionately fond of plants and 

 flowers, he devoted all of his leisure 

 time to his gardens, and more than a 

 quarter of a century ago he entered the 

 florists' business, which he developed 

 considerably. His wife died several 

 years ago and he had since made his 

 home with his two sons. W. H. M. 



John Bourgaise. 



John Bourgaise, 60 years old, one of 

 the leading florists of Racine, Wis., 

 committed suicide September 8 by hang- 

 ing himself in one of his greenhouses. 

 Mrs. Bourgaise is in an insane asylum 

 and the court recently placed the daugh- 

 ter under a guardian on the grounds 

 that she did not receive proper treat- 

 ment at home. Their trouble is said to 

 have preyed on the mind of the florist 

 and made him take his life. The fu- 

 neral was conducted by the Order of 

 Eagles. Mr. Bourgaise left an estate 

 valued at $15,000. 



John Boyle. 



John Boyle, for many years a florist 

 of Washington, D. C, died at his home 

 in Silver Springs, Md., last week, at the 

 age of 79 years, after a somewhat pro- 

 longed illness. Mr. Boyle was better 

 known by the older florists of the city, 

 for he was quite active many years ago, 

 particularly with respect to organiza- 

 tion work. At one time he was em- 

 ployed at the United States Botanic 

 Gardens and later at the Department 

 of Agriculture. Upon the death of the 

 late Mr. Saul, he entered the florists' 

 business for himself, on what is now 

 Saul's Addition. Some years ago he 

 took the place in Silver Springs, where 

 he has since remained. He had a stand 

 in the Center Market where he disposed 

 of the stock he produced, which was 

 looked 'after by his daughter. 



C. L. T.. 



Ignatius A. Schmldtt. 



Ignatius A. Schmidtt, son of Mrs. H. 

 U. Schmidtt, the woman pioneer florist 

 of Portland, O., died September 14, at 

 the age of 52. Mr. Schmidtt for many 

 years was associated with his mother 

 in conducting greenhouses at East Ninth 

 and Oak streets, Portland. 



Bellefontaine, O. — A new flower store 

 is to be opened in Bellefontaine about 

 October 1. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eads 

 and Mary C. Eads, who conduct a 

 greenhouse on East Columbia avenue, 

 have leased for a period of five years 

 a handsome store room in Short block. 

 The new store will be white through- 

 out. In design it will be similar to 

 one of the fine stores for which Seattle, 

 Wash., is famed. 



