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The FloristsrRcvicw 



Februaky 1, 1917. 



ANNUAL MEETING AT NASHVILLE. 



Officers Elected. 



The following officers were elected by 

 the Tennessee State Florists' Society 

 at its annual meeting at Nashville 

 January 30: 



President — W. Cleveland Johnson, 

 Memphis. 



Vice-president — Leo Geny, Nashville. 



Secretary-treasurer — ^Prof . G. M, Bent- 

 ley, reelected. 



Business Meeting. 



The attendance was the largest in 

 the liistory of the association; there 

 were florists present from the farthest 

 parts of the state, as well as from 

 a number of other states. The attend- 

 ance at the morning business meeting 

 was over sixty, with a larger number 

 at the afternoon and evening programs. 



Exhibits were staged in the loggia of 

 the hotel and the display was by far 

 the best ever made at a meeting of the 

 association. As nothing was shown for 

 competition, there were no judges' re- 

 ports. 



The forenoon was taken up by an 

 unusually interesting business meeting, 

 the county vice-presidents' reports 

 showing that a great deal of progress 

 was made in the state last year, both 

 in new building and in putting the 

 business end of tlie trade on a higher 

 plane. 



The membership of the society is now 

 about seventy-five and there is a de- 

 termined effort being made to bring it 

 up to 150 by another year. To make 

 this possible, a committee was ap- 

 pointed to confer with the authorities 

 in order to affiliate the society with the 

 extension work being conducted by the 

 state through the State University. 



The secretary of the State Fair Asso- 

 ciation placed $50 at the disposal of the 

 society to be offered in premiums at 

 the fair this fall. 



David Schein gave a paper on adver- 

 tising for florists. It precipitated a 

 lively discussion of the propriety of ad- 

 vertising special sales, etc. It was the 

 consensus that it is not generally best 

 to advertise cut flowers at cut rates, but 

 that special plant sales may be ad- 

 visable. 



Exhibits. 



C. L. Baum, of Knoxville, made an 

 interesting display of gladiolus bulbs, 

 all grown on his place. He is growing 

 several acres of these bulbs and is in- 

 creasing. He also showed some mag- 

 nificent orchids and good vases of 

 ^Matchless, Beacon, Enchantress, En- 

 chantress Supremo, Mrs. C. E. Akehurst, 

 Dr. Sam, Mrs. Ward and Alice carna- 

 tions. 



Kcur & Sons, of Ilillogom, Holland, 

 had a representative at the show with 

 an exhibit of pictures of bulbs growing 

 in Holland. 



Chas. Tritchler, of Nashville, showed 

 a good collection of ferns, two of which 

 appeared good subjects for table use 

 and a decided departure from the con- 

 ventional table fern. They were 



Smithii and Minisai, both dwarf ferns 

 of the ostrich plume type. 



The Grasselli Chemical Co. made a dis- 

 play of its fungicides and insecticides. 



Mclntyre Bros, showed large vases of 

 Gorgeous and Mrs. Ward carnations, a 

 fine display of cyclamens and the best 

 vase of Eussell roses we have ever seen. 



Geny Bros, showed the only azaleas 

 that were staged; also primulas, hya- 

 cinths and roses. 



The Joy Floral Co. showed Enchant- 

 ress, Delhi and Belle Washburn carna- 

 tions. Delhi seems to many to be the 

 best red carnation ever grown in this 

 city. Of the Joy cyclamens the best 

 carried sixty-three blooms. Baby prim- 

 roses also were good. 



J. W. Crouch, of Knoxville, staged a 

 number of vases of peas, the most at- 

 tractive being Mrs. Skach, Orange 

 Orchid, Eose Queen and Christmas Pink 

 Orchid. 



There was a good trade exhibit of 

 Nico-Fume and kindred products of the 

 Kentucky Tobacco Product Co. 



Haury & Sons exhibited made up 

 boxes and cyclamens. 



Robert Shoch, of the M. Rice Co., 

 Philadelphia, showed a line of baskets 

 and other florists' accessories, St. Valen- 

 tine's day, St. Patrick's day and Easter 

 novelties. 



G..J. Tielman, of Johnson City, Tenn., 

 showed a vase of his seedling carnation, 

 No. 4. 



Cohen & Hiller, New York, had a dis- 

 play of ribbons, etc. 



Schloss Bros., New York, had an ex- 

 hibit of ribbons and chiffon. 



Those Present. 



Tliose present from outside Nashville 

 were: 

 Itniim. Chas. L. , Knoxville. 

 .Trihnson. W. Clevoland, Jlt'nipliis. 

 Anderson, .T. C, Ijcbnnon. 

 Itrnlliar. Flo.vd, Madison. 

 Hanni, Karl 1'., Knoxville. 

 Kessler, Wm. H., ItirniinKliam, Ala. 

 CoKgor, Tlios., Boston, Mass. 



Card, Homer I., Cincinnati. 

 Triiett, Ed C, Franklin. 

 McNutt, A. J., Knoxville. 

 Kimmell, G. A., Chattanooga. 

 Uligh, T. E., Cornersville. 

 lUigli, A. N., Cornersville. 

 .Johnson, O. A., Memphis, 

 lilake, J. K., Knoxville. 

 Hramm, II. G., Bristol. 

 Hamlets, G. L., Crockett. 

 Goetz, Mrs. Frank, Knoxville. 

 I'oague, George W.. Gra.vsville. 

 Wilber, F. B., and wife, CuUeoka. 

 Byrn, A. .!., Dickson. 

 Shocli, Uobert, I'hiladelphin. 

 Selinka, Milton, New York. 

 Moore. W. II., Cornersville. 

 ('la.yton. .1. M.. Cornersville. 



WHITMANI FERNS ON BENCHES. 



Please tell me the best way to grow 

 Whitmani ferns on benches through the 

 summer. Is it best to buy 2-inch plants 

 and bench them through the summer? 

 What kind of soil is best for them? 



C. H.— Ore. 



Nephrolepis Whitmani may be grown 

 in a bench containing about four inches 

 of ordinary potting soil, to which may 

 be added enough sand or leaf-mold to 

 make the compost more open, if the soil 

 is heavy. Strong 2-inch pot plants will 

 l)e satisfactory for this purpose if 

 planted in May. Give plenty of ventila- 

 tion during the summer, but do not water 

 too heavily before the plants are estab- 

 lished, or the soil may become sour. Use 

 a thin shading on the glass, during the 

 hot weather, but remove it by the mid- 

 dle of September. 



Some growers prefer to keep these 

 ferns in pots throughout the season, 

 claiming that shorter and more compact 

 plants may thus be grown, but when 

 grown in this manner they require re- 

 potting twice, while the bench-grown 

 plants need potting onlv at the time of 

 lifting. W. H. T. 



RADIANCE AND RED RADIANCE. 



I wish to grow two varieties of roses 

 that will go well with Ophelia. I would 

 want a good pink and a good red. What 

 do you think of Radiance and Red 

 Radiance? Are these varieties easily 

 subject to mildew or the spot diseases? 

 What is the proper temperature for 

 them? E. A. R.— 111. 



Both Radiance and Red Radiance 

 are free growers and good producers, 

 and whore the stock is grown for local 



Greenhouses and Office of the Lang Floral & Nursery Co., Dallas, Tex. 



