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August 2, 1917. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



CANADIAN FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion will hold its twentieth annual con- 

 vention in Synod hall, Montreal, Que., 

 August 7 to 9. Arrangements for the 

 convention and entertainment of the 

 visitors are in charge of the Montreal 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club. Aside 

 from the convention program, there will 

 be many social features, ending August 

 9 with a trip to St. Annes and Senne- 

 ville, where are located a number of 

 private gardens and the famous Mac- 

 donald college. 



The convention program is as follows: 



TUESDAY, AUGUST 7. 



Opening Session. 

 2:00 p. m. — Opening remarks by E. J. Hayward. 



Address of Welcome by His .Wor- 

 ship the Mayor. 

 J, Reply by T. Manton, Toronto. 



President's Address, by James Fra- 

 ser, Prescott, Ont. 



Appointment of judges on Trade Ex- 

 hibit. 



Appointment of Committee to study 

 President's Address. 



Report of Secretary-Treasurer. J. 

 Luck, 5 Macdonald avenue, Mon- 

 treal. 



Paper on "Cyclamen, " by William 

 C. Hall, Montreal West. 



Second Session. 

 8:00 p. m. — Paper by J. H. Dunlop, Toronto, on 

 "Recent Introductions of Carna- 

 tions of Merit." 



Committee report on President's Ad- 

 dress. 



Paper by Special Committee, Joseph 

 Bennett, chairman, on "What Ex- 

 perimental Farms Could Do for 

 the Florists." 



Question box. 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8. 

 Third Session. 

 9:30 a. m. — Paper on "Chrysanthemums," by 

 J. H. McKee, Ottawa. 

 Report of Judges on Trade Exhibit. 

 Paper on "Sweet Peas Under Glass." 

 by James Kean, of the St. Bruno 

 Floral Co. 

 Selection of place for next meeting. 

 In the afternoon the delegates will be the 

 guests of the city of Montreal for a drive to the 

 parks and to the mountain. Also for a visit to 

 the greenhouses of McKenna, Ltd. 

 9:30 a. m. — Ladies meet at Synod hall, city 

 sight-seeing. 



Fourth Session. 

 8:30 p. m. — Paper on "Tomatoes under Glass." 

 by A. H. Walker, of Macdonald 

 College. 

 Paper on "Packing and Shipping 

 Cut Flowers," by William Cotter, 

 of the Floral Exchange, Montreal. 

 Election of oflScers. 

 Paper on "Some Problems of the 

 Retailer," by Frank McKenna, 

 Montreal. 

 Question box. 

 Unfinished Business. 

 Thursday, August 9. 

 Bowling Tournament, Montreal vs. All Canada 

 at Windsor Alleys, 476 St. Catherine, West. 



The officers of the association are: 

 President, James Fraser, Prescott, Ont.; 

 first vice-president, E. J. Hayward, Mon- 

 treal; second vice-president, F. Dicks, 

 London, Ont.; secretary-treasurer, J, 

 Luck, 5 Macdonald avenue, Montreal. 



ANNUALS FOR WINTER BLOOM. 



Please give me a list of annuals which 

 are adapted for indoor culture and 

 which it is not yet too late to grow 

 from seeds or cuttings. I want some 

 that will do fairly well in a carnation 

 temperature and which will flower early 

 in winter, such as calendulas, mignon- 

 ette and pansics. O. W. — Wis. 



The following annuals are satisfac- 

 tory for winter and early spring flower- 

 ing: Mignonette, which can be sown 

 now and can be depended upon to bloom 

 all winter; calendulas, which should be 

 sown in August for an early crop; 

 stocks, including such varieties as 

 Beauty of Nice, Pink Column and White 

 Column, which should be sown at once; 

 pansies, which can be sown at once — 

 the Giant Trimardeau strain is a su- 

 perior one; Centaurea Cyanus, or bache- 

 lor's button, to be sown now; Dimorpho- 



A Pleasant Place to Live and a Pleasant Place to Do Btjsiness, 



theca aurantiaca, a pretty and useful 

 plant, which flowers earlier than any 

 other, annual from seed; sweet peas, 

 where there is sufficient head room — 

 among the most profitable of all annuals, 

 enjoying a carnation temperature while 

 flowering; antirrhinums, which may be 

 liad from seed or cuttings. Some special 

 forcing varieties of antirrhinums are 

 offered and these are prolific bloomers. 

 While all the foregoing are winter 

 bloomers, they will not be at their best 

 in early winter, but will improve as the 

 days lengthen and the sun's rays grow 

 somewhat stronger. C. W. 



likewise?" Mr. Epple could use no 

 other means that would better adver- 

 tise his business. It is safe to hazard 

 that his yard has caused many a pass- 

 er-by to halt and leave good cash in 

 return for good plants and flowers. 



THEY STOP, LOOK ANIKJBUY. 



L. Epple, a grower at North Pelham, 

 N. Y., is one of the many florists who 

 believe in what The Review recently 

 termed "taking our own medicine." 

 The accompanying illustration shows 

 his range of greenhouses and bunga- 

 low home adjoining. But what is of 

 most importance in the picture is the 

 manner in which he practices what he 

 preaches — flowers and shrubs for home 

 decoration, indoors and out. 



If you were not a florist, but still 

 had the same love for flowers, would 

 not a view of the Epple home and 

 grounds make you want to "go and do 



OUTDOOR LILIES IN U. S. 



Charles L. Bauni, of Baum's House 

 of Flowers, Knoxville, Tenn., believes 

 that lilies can be grown outdoors in 

 the United States as well as in Japan, 

 and sends the photograph from which 

 the accompanying illustration was made 

 to prove liis assertion. These giganteum 

 lilies were growai from cold storage 

 bulbs planted out under trees. Two 

 cases were planted each week for sev- 

 eral weeks. They now are throwing 

 from three to five buds each, and next 

 year are expected to give from two to 

 three buds each after being left out 

 all winter. Should they uot be cut, 

 but disbudded next year, Mr. Baum 

 believes, tliey would do better the third 

 year than the first. 



Springfield, 111. — Lewis H. Wise, suc- 

 cessor to John M. Gaupp, is getting the 

 North Side Greenhouses in first-class 

 shape for autumn. He anticipates a 

 good season's business. 



C« L. Baum, Knoxville, Tenn., and his Giganteums Outdoors. 



