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The Florists* Review 



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two inches and is mainly precipitated 

 from the middle of November to the 

 first part of June. The growing season 

 is from the middle of February to the 

 middle of September, while the ripen- 

 ing season includes October and No- 

 vember. The soil is river silt from 

 three to forty feet in depth, having 

 originally been covered with a dense 

 growth of giant redwoods averaging 

 twenty-two trees to the acre and from 

 $ix to eighteen feet in diameter, 350 

 to 450 feet in height. The nursery is 

 on a plateau sloping to the east and 

 northeast. 



NEW YOBK CLUB MEETS. 



The New York Florists' Club opened 

 the new season October 9, when a large 

 attendance greeted President Weston. 

 Winfried Eolker, Henry Schmidt and 

 Clifford Ijowther were elected to mem- 

 bership and each made an interesting 

 address of loyalty and good intent. Mr. 

 Bauraann also pledged his cooperation. 



Besolutions on the deaths of Wm. 

 Tricker and W. F. Kasting were read 

 • by Messrs. Knight and Young. A let- 

 ter of sympathy was sent to Arthur 

 Herrington, because of the death of his 

 mother. 



Charles B. Weathered announced the 

 signing of a three years' contract with 

 the Grand Central Palace Co. for the 

 International Flower Shows. 



E. Allan Peirce, of Waltham, Mass., 

 and Julius Winkler, of Hackensack, 

 N. J., were nominated for membership. 



A. L. Miller, vice-president of the 

 S. A. F., said that after Christmas 

 things will begin to hum in behalf of 

 the 1917 convention and J. G. Esler 

 gave a brief address on the last conven- 

 tion, especially commending the hospi- 

 tality of the New Orleans florists. 



The exhibits were exceptionally good. 

 C. H. Totty showed a vase of the enor- 

 mous new mum, October King, which 

 received eighty-five points for commer- 

 cial merit and eighty-eight for exhibi- 

 tion. Mr. Totty also showed a vase of 

 fifteen of the French varieties from 

 Nonin, of Paris, whom Mr. Totty repre- 

 sents in America. Marigold and Cran- 

 fordia also were exhibited and a seed- 

 ling cactus dahlia, which received hon- 

 orable mention, was shown by Fred 

 Utter, of Harrison, N. J. Chas. Weber, 

 of Lynbrook, showed a beautiful red 

 dahlia seedling which was highly com- 

 mended. A. J. Guttman staged for 

 Frank Dinda his large pink mum, Alex. 

 Guttman, and received the thanks of 

 the club. P. W. Popp made a fine ex- 

 hibit of dahlias of immense size and 

 ^beauty. It received the club's cultural 

 certificate. 



The n«xt meeting, in November, will 

 be ladies' night and a committee has 

 been appointed, with instructions to 



spare no expense, so the ladies may ex- 

 pect something worth while. The com- 

 mittee is Jos. Manda, chairman; Emil 

 Schloss, A. L. Miller, Jasper B. Lewis 

 and E. J. Irwin. J. A. S. 



UUES FOB EASTEB. 



I would like a little advice on the 

 culture of lilies for Easter. Are gi- 

 ganteums best for that purpose! How 

 deep shall I pot them and what kind 

 of compost is best for potting f Is a 

 6-inch pot large enough! If they are 

 potted by October 1 and kept in a tem- 

 perature of about 55 degrees until I 

 have room in my greenhouse, which will 

 be about October 15 or- November 1, 

 will 60 degrees do for themf Will they 

 be in time for Easter f A. L. — Mo. 



Giganteums are the best lilies for 

 Easter where pot plants are wanted. If 

 cut lilies with long stems are desired, 

 grow the Formosa variety. Six-inch 

 pots are the correct sizo^ Set the bulbs 

 well down in the pot, but do not fill 

 with loam until the growths are started. 

 All the best feeding roots of these lilies 

 come from above and not below the 

 bulbs. For that reason high potting 

 gives poor results. The temperatures 

 you suggest will be suitable. Keep 

 giganteums in a night temperature of 

 60 degrees right along and they will be 

 in on ample time. C. W. 



THE F. T. D. IN SPECIAL 

 SESSION AT CHICAGO 



PI.ANS PUBLICITY AND PBOaBESS. 



Largest Meeting of Betailers. 



The first convention of exclusively 

 retail florists was celebrated in the 

 opening of the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery meeting in the Hotel La Salle, 

 Chicago, October 11. President Qude, 

 in his address, touched upon the work 

 of the organization and upon its rapid 

 growth. Referring to this, its first 

 special meeting, he urged the necessity 

 of annual meetings to maintain the 

 proper degree of interest. He likened 

 the constitution and by-laws of the or- 

 ganization to a chart and compass. If 

 a navigator is to steer a safe and sane 

 course, he may not alter and adjust 

 these to suit every wind that blows. 

 But, if they are actually in error, the 

 defects should be cured by wise con- 

 structive legislation. In the course of 

 his address he took occasion to felici- 

 tate the members on their good fortune 

 in securing as servants of the organi- 

 zation such indefatigable workers as the 

 secretary and the treasurer, Albert 

 Pochelon and W. L. Bock. Nor did he 

 fail, in this connection, to give the past 

 presidents, J. A. Valentine and Irwin 

 Bertermann, their meed of praise. 



History and Prophecy. 



On being introduced to the meeting 



by President Gude, J. A. Valentine 



talked briefly on the difficulties that 



confronted the'framers of the present 



constitution. They had neither prece- 

 dent nor experience to guide them. 

 But they did have one thing — a great 

 idea, and with this in mind they wrote 

 into fact a constitution and by-laws 

 which in most essentials will stand un- 

 altered. 



The same general subject was con- 

 tinued by Secretary Pochelon. He re- 

 marked that he was frequently referred 

 to as the father of the F. T. D., but 

 that he wished to go on record as dis- 

 claiming any such honor. He would 

 most willingly admit, however, that he 

 had acted as chief nurse since the day 

 of its birth. He nursed the infant or- 

 ganization when its fate was more or 

 less a question. But now, Mr. Pochelon 

 said, it has quite outgrown its swad- 

 dling clothes. It is a boy, and it must 

 go to school. It must study that thing 

 which will make it grow into a man — 

 it must study publicity and the best 

 means of acquiring it. "Some day," 

 he assured the members, "this organ- 

 ization will be as old as Sam Hill. I 

 almost said as old as Gurney Hill, and 

 I earnestly hope it will be as much re- 

 spected as our good friend from Rich- 

 mond." 



This opened the door for a series of 

 brief talks of a laudatory nature. At 

 President Gude's suggestion a stand- 

 ing vote of thanks was accorded to J. 

 A. Valentine and Irwin Bertermann, 

 past presidents. In rapid succession it 

 was suggested to confer the same token 



of appreciation on Secretary Pochelon, 

 Treasurer Bock and President Gude. 

 The suggestions were complied with 

 most enthusiastically. 



By-Laws Amended. 



With the amenities disposed of the 

 meeting got down to business. Treaa- 

 urer Bock read a paper embodying his 

 ideas relative to certain changes in the 

 by-laws and to the possible advisability 

 of changing the name of the organiza- 

 tion with a view to making it more 

 intelligible to the general public. Fol- 

 lowing this Max Schling, of New York, 

 talked on the guarantee fund and pay- 

 ment of claims therefrom. He was of 

 the opinion that it was not necessary to 

 deal with this matter as though the or- 

 ganization were made up of crooks. He 

 was immediately followed by Secretary 

 Pochelon, who was of much the same 

 opinion. The existing by-laws, he be- 

 lieved, were sufficient to take care of 

 this matter, as any member who failed 

 to pay the claim of another member 

 within the required time is auto- 

 matically dropped from the member- 

 ship roll. And just by way of tribute 

 to the persons composing the organiza- 

 tion, the secretary volunteered the in- 

 formation that the organization had 

 lost only two members. One sold his 

 business and left the trade, and the 

 other died. The amount so far paid 

 out of the guarantee fund is $6. 



Following the reading; by the treas- 



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