Maucii 8, 1917, 



The Florists' Review 



19 



Single Strength (left) and Double Strength Glass (right), at Otto Lang's Establishment, Dallas, Tex. 



other business as may come before the 

 association. I ask your active partiei- 

 jiation in all the details of the moetinfi, 

 which Aviil not only help the association 

 but be of mutual benefit to every 

 member. 



Fields for Endeavor. 



I would suggest for your consideration 

 and discussion the various diseases and 

 insects which attack plants. The carna- 

 tion 3'ellow3 is still an unsolved problem, 

 though good work is being done to get 

 at tlic bottom of the trouble. Every 

 year some frosli disease or insect seems 

 to come to tlif front. At tlie last meet- 

 ing of the ( lirysanthcmum Society of 

 America, held in IMiiladolphia last No- 

 \ ember, a member spoke of the trouble 

 growers of his vicinity were having with 

 a form of elyndrosporum or fungoid 

 growth which, commencing at the bot- 

 tom of the chrysanthemum plant, quick- 

 ly rises, covering the under surface of 

 the leaves with a varnish-like coating 

 'hat closes up the pores and stops all 

 growth. Another member spoke of the 

 ,'all fly, which attacked his plants se- 

 iously. Experiences of the members 

 w ith these or any other difiicultics should 

 !>e brought before the meeting and frce- 

 y discussed for the benefit of all. 



To the officers and members I extend 



iiy thanks and appreciation for their 



upport during my two terms as your 



, 'resident, and trust the same will be 



xtendcd to my successor. Our associa- 



ion has done a lot of good for the flo- 



sts of Illinois, but each year brings its 



ow responsibilities needing the support 



iid cooperation of everyone interested 



I. our business. 



In these troublesome times it is in- 



'■ed a pleasure to again meet and shake 



rmds with our fellow craftsmen, friends 



ho have worked togotlier the best 



art of our lives for the good of our 



'Uimon cause. With this I close. 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



ITlie report of Socretary J. F. Amramin. pro- 

 ■itod to tli(> Illinois Stati' Florists' Association 

 frbana, Marili G. 1 



The one great event in the historv of 

 <o association was the fall flower show 



Id at Bloomington in November. Thi3 

 as, indeed, one great success. There 

 ere forty exhibitors and all donated 

 le tlowers, as the show was non-com- 

 ■titive, and all but one or two prepaid 



e express on the flowers sent to the 

 'lOw. This truly shows a spirit of good 



fellowship anil yet I doul)t if any better 

 advertising medium for llowers could be 

 had than such a show. Six certificates 

 (if merit were awarded. The attendance 

 was unusually large, over 100 members 

 attending the banquet. Wo hope now 

 that the fall show and good fellowship 

 meetings will come to be annual affairs. 



The association is now the owner of 

 200 vases, the executive committee hav- 

 ing purchased them from the A. L. Ran- 

 dall Co., at a liberal reduction from the 

 regular price. 



Five life memberships have been 

 added to our list, making our present 

 life membership fifty-eight, which to- 

 gether with an annual membership of 

 -o!) and an honorary membership of four 

 makes the total niendjcrship 301. The 

 receipts for tlic year were $127, dis- 

 t)ursements $157.38. 



TREASURER'S REPORT. 



I Tlip foUowinc is the report of F I,. Wasli- 

 ('iiiii. treasurer of tlio Illinois State Florists' As- 

 sociation, presented at Irljana, Slarcli 0. | 



The financial operations of the Illinois 

 •State Florists' Association for the year 

 ;ire represented by the following trans- 

 actions: 



UE(^EIPTS. 



>r.ircli 1, IIHII. H.v l,.alanc'e SDT.'.So 



March II, l!tl';. From secretary 71. (Hi 



.liily 1, llUt;. b'roni secretary .'it. mi 



Sr|ir. VJ, I'.tK;, Frum secretarv IS. (Ml 



I'rli. l."i. I'.llT From secretary 8.00 



.March 1, I'JlT. Interest O.li'.t 



Total S 110.0!) 



L:.\I'K.\UITri{E.S. 



Mir(h 7. IIUO. Eilwardsville Intellifjen- 



cer .S L'lMO 



Mardi 7, 1010. .T. F. Amniann i;l.-l.'> 



.liinc 2S, litu;. Intelli^reiicer I'ti,'. (.0... i>.2:> 



.lime i;S. lltlC. .1. F. .\mniann II. S7 



Nov. Ul, I'JKi. Intellipencer Vtn. Co... 9.,">0 



llec. !», I'.dC. A. L. Randall to 75.00 



Kec. 1>, I'.tUI. A. Waslibnrn & Sons S.L'l 



March 1, 1'.»17. I'.y lialance 2.")2.71 



L.tal S410.09 



BUDDLEIA ASIATIC A. 



Will you kindly tell me when cuttings 

 of Buddleia Asiatica should be taken 

 and whether they can be successfully 

 rooted in a carnation propagating bench .' 

 Also, please tell me the correct pronunci- 

 ation of the word buddleia. 



C. K. S.— Mich. 



shifted to 4-inch, 6-inch and S-inch pots 

 as they need it. They are better if 

 grown outdoors from June till the mid- 

 dle of September, then placed in a frost- 

 proof plant pit or cold greenhouse. They 

 can be ilowered from early December 

 until March. 



The word is jironounced budlec-a, 

 with the accent on the first syllable. 

 The plant is named after Buddie, an 

 English plant specialist. C. W, 



HAIL'S HEAVY TOLL IN TEXAS. 



February 22 a hail storm from tho 

 northwest visited Dallas, Denison and 

 Ennis, Tex., and played ' havoc with 

 greenhouse glass in those sections. At 

 Dallas hailstones almost as large as eggs 

 fell for three minutes. After the bom- 

 bardment was over at the range of the 

 Lang Floral Sc Nursery Co., a pliotog- 

 lajdKM- (limbed to a point of vantage 

 and made the two photographs repru- 

 'luccl on this page. Otto Lang, presi- 

 dent of tho company, said that ninety 

 jier cent of the 50,000 feet of glass was 

 demolished by the hail in loss than three 

 minutes. 



Not to be beaten by the elements, 

 howe\(M-. Mr. Lang and his workers im- 

 niediat(dy secured IH.OoO feet of lumber 

 to ciiv(M- the west side of tho houses, 

 which siitfcred the most damage. Can- 

 vas, burlap and other materials were 

 used to close the houses as much as 

 jiossible. Thanks to the warmer days 

 that followed the storm, Jlr. Lang says 

 that, while the roses became heavilv 

 mildewed and all growing plants were 

 beaten by falling glas.s, the damage to 

 stock could have been much more severe. 



The view at the left shows a sash 

 house 22x200. on which single-strength 

 glass was used. Practically every pane 

 was shattered. At the right the re- 

 mainder of the range of eight houses is 

 shown. All the houses in this view had 

 double-thick glass, and about ton per 

 cent of it came through whole. This 

 gives an idea of the force of the hail- 

 stones, which in some instances punc- 

 tured tin roofs. 



Cuttings of this buddleia will root 

 readily in a carnation temperature. Cut- 

 back plants, if kept well sprayed, will 

 soon give a good crop of cuttings. These 

 cuttings should bo potted off when the 

 roots are an inch long and successively 



Cleveland. O.— The J. :m. Gasser Co. 

 has placed ;i contract for a steel frame 

 greenhouse 60x400 with the Cleveland 

 otTice of the Lord & Burnham Co. The 

 material will be shipped from tho con- 

 tractor's western factory, at Des Plainos 



