September 20, 1917. 



The Horists' Review 



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Cattleya Gigas is One of the Varieties Necessary to Maintain an All-Season Production. 



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new classes since the preliminary list 

 was issued, will be of interest to those 

 intending to exhibit: 



There will be nine new classes for 

 the rose section, consisting of fifty 

 blooms each of the following: Mrs. 

 George Shawyer, Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Sunburst, White Killarney or Double 

 White Killarney, Hoosier Beauty, any 

 other variety white, any other variety 

 pink, any otlier variety yellow, any 

 other variety red. The prizes for each 

 of these new classes will be $15, $10 

 and $5. 



The carnation section also has been 

 enlarged by adding classes for 100 

 white, 100 flesh pink, 100 light pink, 

 100 dark pink, 100 scarlet, 100 crimson 

 and 100 any other color. The dark pink 

 is to be as dark as, or darker than, Mrs. 

 C. W. Ward. The premiums for these 

 seven new classes will be $15, $10 and 

 $5. This will make the carnation sec- 

 tion much more interesting to the com- 

 mercial growers. 



One of tlie last things F. C. Bartels, 

 who was chairman of the premiums 

 committee, did Saturday, September 15, 

 was to go over the final revision of the 

 list with M. A. Vinson, the show man- 

 ager. As told elsewhere in this paper, 

 Mr. Bartels was shot and killed about 

 4 o'clock that afternoon. Mr. Bartels 

 will be missed greatly by his associates, 

 as he was most active and gave much 

 of his time in the advance planning for 

 the coming show. 



so that the sentiment shall not be con- 

 fined, as is now agitated, to certain 

 seasons or oe<fa8ions, but shall be con- 

 tinuous." 



"It is not my purpose," continued 

 Mr. Breitmeyer, "to dictate along what 

 lines any course should be pursued. We 

 have our own ideas, but the greatest, 

 and what has undoubtedly been the se- 

 cret of our success, is the adoption of 

 a spirit of liberalism, first to our em- 



ployees, who in their turn impart it to 

 our patrons, who catch the spirit. And, 

 as I sit back in my little sanctum and 

 note the effect of this impartation, it 

 affords me the greatest satisfaction." 

 W. M. 



Burlington, Wis. — The new store of 

 the Burlington Floral Co. was formally 

 opened last week. Each visitor was 

 presented with a rose bud. 



OD^N LETTEi:iS>-^- PEADED6 



MUST EXERT OURSELVES. 



"Xever before in the history of our 

 profession," observed Philip Breit- 

 meyer, of J. Breitmeyer 's Sons, Detroit, 

 Mich., "has it become so incumbent 

 upon its members to exert themselves to 

 bring the knowledge of flowers closer 

 to the public, to make them become, so 

 to speak, instances of everyday life, 



OLD STORY UP AGAIN. 



I do not believe it would be a bad 

 idea to give some of the shippers a lec- 

 ture through the columns of The Review 

 with regard to the proper packing of 

 plants. 



Last spring we received a shipment 

 of carnation plants which had been im- 

 properly packed. They were on the road 

 only one night, but when they reached 

 us they were badly dried out. The box 

 did not permit all the plants to be 

 packed in the bottom, so the remain- 

 ing plants were thrown in on top, 

 thereby breaking and crushing almost 

 the entire bottom row. Another thing, 

 tlie shipment was covered with rust. 

 That is a matter which I think shippers 

 should be more careful about. 



A short time ago we ordered a num- 

 ber of field-grown carnation plants, but 

 on receiving them we found that there 

 had been little soil left on the roots and 

 that nothing had been placed about 



tliem to retain tlie moisture. These had 

 to be ou the road two days, and the 

 roots became dried and shriveled. How- 

 ever, we thought we would give them 

 a trial, so Ave planted them as soon as 

 received, but they began to dry up the 

 second day after planting. They were 

 fine plants, but the poor packing had 

 rendered them worthless. 



Wo have liad to stand the loss in 

 botli cases, not only the cost of the 

 plants and the express, but also the in- 

 convenience and trouble caused through 

 receiving plants in sucli condition. It 

 does not appear fair that the purchaser 

 should have to stand losses that are 

 caused solely by the shippers' careless- 

 ness or neglect. 



Another thing I might mention is the 

 profit tliat some shippers want to make 

 on boxes. We have paid as much as 

 50 and 75 cents for boxes no more than 

 two feet wide, three feet long and two 

 feet high. Don't you think that is ex- 

 orbitant? C. E. Braun. 



