Decbmbeb 14, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



43 



An appropriation of $200 was made 

 for the premium list of the American 

 Gladiolus Society, which meets here in 

 August. It was reported the cost of 

 ladies' night was $286.30. 



The club's membership in the S. A. F. 

 now exceeding 100, application was 

 made for an aflSliation directorship for 

 President Stumpp. 



Considerable discussion occurred over 

 the case of Charles Lenker, of Freeport, 

 one of the club's members, accused of 

 an insult to the American flag. The 

 matter was laid over until the meeting 

 January 8. 



Geo. T. Schuneman showed a vase of 

 his winter-flowering sweet peas. Badg- 

 ley & Bishop staged a yellow seedling 

 rose grown by Ed. Towill, of Koslyn, 

 Pa., and the rose Little Gem. Some 

 excellent carnations were shown by A. 

 N. Pierson, Inc., Cromwell, Conn., in- 

 cluding Nancy, flesh pink, Nebraska, 

 red, and Arawana, crimson. The W. F. 

 Kasting Co., Buffalo, exhibited a large 

 late mum of fine quality, Hamburg Late 

 White. A. Demeusy, Sr., showed a fine 

 sport of Enchantress. Charles L. Tricker 

 brought some winter-flowering begonias 

 and Jas. Foster, Stamford, Conn., had 

 seedlings, yellow and white, of single 

 chrysanthemums. 



Interesting addresses were made by 

 Messrs. Stumpp, Schenck, Fieser, Eick- 

 ards, Irwin, Kottmiller and Young, the 

 latter having served twenty-six years 

 as secretary. 



The serious illness of P. L. Bogart 

 and W. H. Long was reported and mes- 

 sages of good cheer sent. 



Joseph Hildenbrand and his commit- 

 tee «erved a turkey luncheon. Among 

 those present were Anton Schultheis, of 

 Scranton, Pa., and George Stumpp, Sr., 

 the latter having been in Germany the 

 last two years. J. A. S. 



BEAMPTON, ONT. 



Monday, December 18, begins tlie 

 liusiest and biggest holiday trade ever 

 experienced by florists of Canada. Or- 

 ilers coming in are larger than ever, 

 the heavy demand for Mo, 1 Beauties 

 and orchids being far in- Excess of the 

 supply. Prices are necessarily higher 

 all around, but the quality of all the 

 stock is rather above that of former 

 years. 



Excellent holly and boxwoods and 

 other greens from Delaware and the 

 southern states have been much sought 

 after this season, and novelties of all 

 kinds are more to the front than usual. 



Eepresentatives from large wholesale 

 houses in New York have been in this 

 neighborhood during the last week, try- 

 ing to buy up stock for the New York 

 market for Christmas, but the demand 

 throughout the Dominion is so keen 

 that there is little likelihood of any 

 stock being exported this year. 



Florists have had rather a disappoint- 

 ment in connection with azaleas. Most 

 of the plants have been a long time in 

 transit and cannot possibly be flowered 

 in time for the Christmas trade. 



W. G. P. 



GENISTAS FOE EASTEE. 



Please tell me what treatment to give 

 genistas to have them in bloom at 

 Easter. H. E. M.— Pa. 



NEW YORK'S PRESIDEDNT 



O. E. M. STUMPP. 



THE leading characteristic of G. E. M. Stumpp 's education and career seems 

 to be an intense and thorough practicality, a characteristic that should fit 

 him well both for the management of his business and for the prosecution 

 of his duties in the office to which he has just been elected, that of president of the 

 New York Florists' Club. Born in New York, May 28, 1881, and educated in 

 private schools and in the New York Business College, he then worked as a book- 

 keeper for various firms. This general business training was followed by an ex- 

 tensive experience in the employ of retail florists in different parts of the country, 

 including Habermehl's Sons, of Philadelphia, and Samuelson, of Chicago. After 

 spending ten years in his father's store in New York, he took charge of the estab- 

 lishment in 1914 as his father's successor. He will head the local club during the 

 visit of the S. A. F. next August. 



February, in a temperature of 50 de- 

 grees at night. Do not subject them to 

 any higher temperatures than those 

 mentioned, or the flowers will be lack- 

 ing ent?i-ely in substance. C. W. 



TEMPEEATUEE FOE FOUE CEOPS. 



What is the proper temperature for 

 a house in which lettuce, carnations, 

 sweet peas and snapdragons are grown? 

 I have been running my house about 

 45 to 50 degrees at night and 60 to 70 

 degrees in the daytime. Is this correct? 



A. E. S.— la. 



ward, and carnations 50 to 52 degrees. 

 A day temperature of 55 to 60 degrees 

 when cloudy and 10 degrees higher with 

 sunshine is all right. C. W. 



PANSIES UNDEE SNOW. 



I have 100,000 pansies that were cov- 

 ered with about ten inches of snow be- 

 fore the ground froze. If this snow 

 does not thaw soon, would it be best to 

 mulch over the snow? Will the pansies 

 winter as well without the mulch if the 

 snow remains? C. A. P. — Me. 



Place your plants in a cool green- 

 house early in January. They will be 

 in bloom for Easter if you give them 

 a temperature of 42 to 45 degrees at 

 night; or you can start them early in 



You are giving your lettuce, carna- 

 tions, snapdragons and sweet peas as 

 good a temperature as possible. If 

 each item were grown alone, I would 

 give the lettuce 48 degrees, snapdragons 

 46 to 50 degrees, sweet peas 45 degrees 

 before flowering and 50 degrees after- 



Do not worry about the pansies. If 

 the snow remains it will make an ideal 

 mulch. The real damage to the plants 

 comes from alternate freezing and 

 thawing in late spring. I would not 

 mulch over the snow. Wait until the 

 ground is bare, as it probably will be 

 soon, the first snowfall having come ab- 

 normally early this season. C. W. 



