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The Florists^ Review 



Febuuaky 22. 1917. 



THE EMPIRE STATE 



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FEDERATION MEETS. 



At Ithaca. 



A most enthusiastic meeting of the 

 New York Federation of Horticultural 

 Societies and Floral Clubs was held at 

 Ithaca, N. Y., February 15, in connection 

 with Fanners' Week. Of the ten fed- 

 erated societies and clubs nine sent dele- 

 gates. Because of the scheduled meet- 

 ing coming on St. Valentine's day, it 

 was considered better to postpone the 

 luncheon and official meeting of the fed- 

 eration from Wednesday, February 14, 

 until Thursday. During the morning 

 and afternoon the delegates of the fed- 

 eration attended lectures and viewed the 

 exhibit jtrepared by students in the de- 

 partment of floriculture of the univer- 

 sity. At noon a luncheon was given by 

 the department for the various dele- 

 gates in attendance; thirty were seated 

 at the luncheon. 



At 4 o'clock the business meeting 

 of the federation was held. At this 

 meeting it was voted to amend the con- 

 stitution so that four meetings will be 

 held during the coming year — the an- 

 nual meeting at Syracuse in connection 

 with the state fair; a winter meeting at 

 Tthaca, during Farmers' Week; a third 

 meeting at New York city during the 

 annual flower show, and a fourtli meet- 

 ing to be held with some afliliated so- 

 ciety, upon the call of the president. 

 An invitation was accepted from Dr. 

 Bates, of the Syracuse Rose Society, 

 for the federation to hold a meeting in 

 Syracuse at the time of the next annual 

 e*:hibition of the society. 



To Secure Horticultural Buildings. 



A discussion then took place regard- 

 ing the progress of a bill for the erec- 

 tion of a horticultural building on the 

 New York state fair grounds. After 

 discussion it was decided to appoint a 

 committee, with a joint committee of 

 the New York State Vegetable Growers' 

 Association and with members from 

 horticultural organizations, to confer 

 with various officials at Albany, influen- 

 tial in appropriations. It was voted to 

 instruct this committee to make every 

 effort possible to impress these officials 

 with tlie need of an immediate appro- 

 priation for starting the development of 

 the plans for a horticultural building. 

 It was the feeling of the federation 

 that such a building was absolutely es- 

 sential for the best development of the 

 horticultural interests of the -^tate of 

 New Yorlv. 



It was also moved that the question 

 of the introduction of a bill to the legis- 

 lature, asking for a range of glass 

 houses for investigational use in flower 

 growing and vegetable culture at Cor- 

 nell T'niversity, be referred to the siime 

 committee, with power. 



It was voted that tlic president ap- , 

 point a committee of three to work with 

 the Commissioner of Agriculture and 

 the superintendent of the New York 

 state fair in revising the premium list. 



W. F. Bultmann, of Syracuse, presented 

 an application from the Syracuse Flo- 

 rists' Association for membership in the 



federation. This association was voted 

 into membership. 



The report of the treasurer showed a 

 balance on hand of $206.40. 



Delegates Present. 



The following is a list of those in at- 

 tendance at this meeting of the federa- 

 tion: 



C. S. Wilson, Alban.v. 



Krl A. Bates, Syracuse. 



(Jeorge E. Thorpe, S.vracuse. 



Kdmund M. Mills, Sjracuse. 



Anton Schultlieis, College Point. 



H. B. Stringer, Rochester. 



A. S. A. Seeker, Rochester. 



Ceorge Arnold, Enseiiore. 



A. C. Beal, Ithaca. 



Bert Hill, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 



(". B. Ogston, Rochester. 



Werner F. Bultmann. Syracuse. 



W. A. Adams, Buffalo. * 



Henry H. Elbers, Buffalo. 



.\lbert Reichert, Buffalo. 



Karle Stevens, Buffalo. 



K. C. Brucker, Buffalo. 



Peter Hofftaan, Buffalo. 



Kenneth U. Boynton, New York. 



.Joseph E. Tansey, Tii.vedo I'ark. 



Frederick C. Danker, Alban.v. 



(3. L. Thayer, Ithaca. 



1). Lumsdcn, Ithaca. 



F. R. I'ierson, Tarrytown. 



E. A. White, Ithaca. 



Mark Palmer, Buffalo. 



.T. H. Dunlop, Richmouil Hill. Out. 



Frank Dunlop, Rtphniond Hill. Out. 



E. A. White, Sec'y. 



RENTS HIGH AT TERRE HAUTE. 



One of the largest deals in greenhouse 

 properties recently was consummated 

 at Terre Haute, Ind., by the filing of a 

 9-year lease from the J. W. Davis Co. 

 to the Davis Realty Co. Following are 

 the rentals for the nine years: 



First .six months $ 6,250 



First year 37,500 



Second year 36,250 



Third year 35,000 



Fourth year 33,7.")0 



Fifth year 32,500 



Sixth year 31,2.')0' 



Seventh .rear 30,000 



Eighth year . .' 28,750 



Ninth .year 25,500 



Work will be commenced at once on 

 the grading for five more 80x600 feet 

 Lord & Burnham Co. houses. This will 

 bring the total of the range to eleven 

 houses. Part of the new glass will be 

 devoted to ferns, sweet peas, cyclamens 

 and possibly the newer roses. 



The officers of the J. W. Davis Co. are: 

 President, J. W. Davis; vice-president, 

 .Tohn (5. Heinl; secretary, O. K. Owens. 

 The stock in both corporations is held 

 by J. W. Davis, of Davenport, la.; John 

 G. Heinl, O. K. Owens, James S. Rovse, 

 Fred G. Heinl and S. D. Royse, all of 

 Terre Haute. 



Toledo, O. — A building permit for a 

 greenhouse already completed at a cost 

 of $10,000 has been secured by Heck- 

 linger Bros., 1914 Seaman street. In 

 tlie press of other matters nobody 

 thought of the conventional city permit. 



EARLY-FLO'WERING SPENCERS. 



Many New Varieties. 



In an article published in the Yt-ar- 

 book of the National Sweet Pea Society 

 (English) George W. Kerr, president of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society, says 

 in jiart: 



''Tlie sweet ]iea season in the vicin- 

 ity of Philiideiphia and New York ir- a 

 sliort one; in fact, we can only rely on 

 !ia\iiig first class flowers in the open 

 during .lune and early July. No matter 

 how well grown, or carefully tended, 

 the extreme heat of July completely 

 takes the vitality out of the plants. Put 

 in sjiite of the short season for outdoor 

 sweet jieas, thanks to the recognired 

 value of the early or winter-flowering 

 type, sweet jjch flowers are on the mar- 

 ket from Octolier until July, ten mo;i'hs 

 out of the twelve. 



"During my first winter in America 

 I was naturally much surprised to see 

 fhe lovely, long stemmed flowers of my 

 favorite in ])ra<'tically every florist's 

 sho]) and it is not surjirising that I de- 

 cided to devote some time to crossing 

 the l)est of the Spencer varieties with 

 these winter-flowering grandifloras the 

 followitur sninnier. Therefore, I mad-! a 



start in 1909, using the best of the 

 available Spencers at that time, all my 

 crosses being made on the Burpee eaily- 

 flowering varieties and Mont Blanc. 

 Then I had a wait of two years, but re- 

 sults were forthcoming, and now we 

 have the early or winter-flowe.ing 

 Spencers in practically all the colors 

 most esteemed for florists' work. Many 

 of fhein have been honored with cer- 

 tificates at the winter shows and we 

 are ofTering a set of my first fixtures in 

 the ui'xt issue of our catalogue. 



"Of course I have continued my 

 crossing each year and naturally do not 

 now i(M[uire to use the old type. Since 

 the introdui'tion of that fine Australian 

 variety, Yarrawa, in 1912, I have used 

 it almost exclusively as my seed-bearing 

 paient. 



' ' When well-grown flowers of this 

 new tyi)e will average two and one-half 

 inches in diameter, while the stout 

 (lower stems run anywhere from eighteen 

 to twenty-four inches in length, and this 

 without any cutting out, or cordon sys- 

 tem, the jilants being allowed to grow 

 naturally, it is little wonder that sweet 

 l)eas are now such favorites with the 

 American ])nblic. 



"To meet the ever increasing demand 

 for flowers, special sweet jiea houses 



