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The Florists' Review 



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NOVEMUBU 1, 1917. 



with the floral art exliibits, will take 

 place the second day. Friday, the third 

 day, the iniHcellaneous cut flowers and 

 additional iloral art exhil)its will be 

 staged. Tiie judging of exhibits will be- 

 gin at ] o 'clock each day. 



Several cups are offered, among 

 which is one by the John (\ Moninger 

 Co., Chicago, for the best seedling car- 

 uation exhibited, no leas than ten 

 blooms; one by W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 

 Philadelphia, for the best display of 

 carnation seedlings and sports, no less 

 than ten blooms, and one by A. T. 

 Pyfer & Co., Chicago, for the best vase 

 of twenty-five rose blooms, any variety 

 not in commerce. 



Florists are remind!ed to send in their 

 entry blanks to Secretary Wesley 

 Greene, Des Moines, if they have not 



already done so. Florists of northern 

 Iowa and southern Minnesota are to 

 convene during the show to form a so- 

 ciety for the purpose of furthering the 

 commercial interests of the trade in 

 that section. 



Exhibits should be addressed to the 

 Des Moines Autumn Flower Show, 

 Auditorium, Des Moines, la. Any visit- 

 ing florists wlu) care to, may have mail 

 sent to the same address and may ob- 

 tain the same by calling at the general 

 office. 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The executive committee of the Mis- 

 souri Botanical Garden Alumni Asso- 

 ciation has decided to postpone the an- 

 nual fall meeting of the association un- 

 til next spring, when it will be held' at 



St. Louis at the time of the National 

 Flower Show and the convention of 

 the S. A. F. October 26, the committee 

 sent the following letter to members 

 of the association: 



"You are, no doubt, aware of the 

 fact that a great horticultural event, 

 the National Flower Show, is to be held 

 in St. Louis in the spring of 1918. To 

 give our members an opportunity to 

 participate in this great event, the ex- 

 ecutive committee has decided to post- 

 pone the annual fall meeting until the 

 time of the National Flower Show, in 

 April. This plan is in accordance with 

 the action taken by the S. A. F. and 

 other national societies, and will assure 

 us a much larger attendance. Make 

 your plans to be with us. Exact dates 

 of the meeting and other particulars 

 will be announced later." 



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IN FIGHTING TRIM. 



Tlorists at Training Camps. 



A considerable number of weeks have 

 passed since the first civilians were 

 called to the training camps by Uncle 

 Sam. During those weeks there has been 

 a constant stream of florists flowing to 

 the cantonments, and by this time the 

 first have become expert in the use of 

 arms. Shortly another call to regis- 

 tered men will be made, and many other 

 members of the trade will leave their 

 business. It is of these that The Re- 

 view would like to hear, as through it 

 their many friends can learn that they 

 have joined the colors. 



Seaman Redden, If You Please. 



"Seaman Redden?" "Here," an- 

 swered M. A. Redden, the new naval 

 recruit at the Illinois Naval Reserve 

 Camp in Grant Park, Chicago. M. A. 

 Redden is the proprietor of the retail 

 store that bears his name at 820 West 

 Garfield boulevard, Chicago. He re- 

 ported for service October 29. Miss 

 Mary Redden, his sister, is in charge of 

 the store until "M. A." returns. 



Review Men Are Good Men. 



When Frank Zdarsky, customers' 

 ledger man for The Review, was drafted 

 he was sent to ('amj> Grant, Rockford, 

 as a private to be trained. Review men 

 are good men. That's why the first list 

 of appointments for Company B gave 

 notice tliat Private Zdarsky thereafter 

 should be addressed as corporal. 



Boston Boys Busy. 



Because of the well-known camouflage 

 regarding the movement of fighting men 

 to France, few Bostonians know that 

 Nelson Fisher, son of Peter Fisher, dis- 

 embarked from a transport at a French 

 port October 8. Mr. Fisher is a mem- 

 ber of an engineering battalion. 

 Charles Clapp, son-in-law of Peter 

 Fisher, is studying aviation at the Mas- 

 sachusetts Institute of Technology, be- 

 fore going to a flying field down south. 



Zirkman an Engineer. 



"William A. Zirkman, the only son of 

 Arthur Zirkman, vice-president of the 

 M. Rice Co., Philadelphia, enlisted in 



the First Regiment Engineers, N. G. P., 

 when the United States entered the war 

 and is at present stationed with his 

 regiment at Camp Hancock, Ga. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Zirkman and daughter have 

 just returned from a visit to their boy 



'William A. Zirkman. 



at Camp Hancock find arc most cnthu- 

 siaotic over conditions at the camp. All 

 tlie boys are well looked after, morally, 

 jiliysically and mentally. Tlie Y. M. C. 

 A. is doing wonderful work and is de- 

 serving of lots of praise and support. 

 Life at camp is so pleasant that a great 

 many of the boys during their stay of 

 six weeks have only been once or twice 

 at Augusta, which is only five miles 

 from camp and connected by street rail- 

 way. Mr. Zirkman says the boys get 



plenty of good, wholesome food and all 

 are looking fine and have gained in 

 weight since joining the colors. 



Arthur Stielow in Camp. 



Arthur Stielow, third son of Frederick 

 Stielow, the pioneer grower of Niles 

 Center, 111., whose death is recorded 

 in this week 's obituary column, is a 

 member of the national army in train- 

 ing at Camp Grant, Rockford, 111. He 

 had been in camp only a short time 

 when he was called home to attend his 

 father's funeral, October 28. 



THE ROOTS ARE DUE SOON. 



Ranunculi Repay Careful Treatment. 



In early spring after we have had sev- 

 eral months of roses, carnations, violets 

 and the more common bulbous flowers, 

 such as daffodils, tulips, freesias, hya- 

 cinths and, of course, lilies, many flov/cr 

 buyers long for something a little out 

 of the beaten track and are willing to 

 give good prices for flowers which are 

 rarely quoted in the market reports. 

 There are some of these, not extensively 

 grown, which carry comparatively small 

 l)ut charming flowers. As a rule they 

 do not succeed under the culture ;pjiveu 

 the common, coarser bulbs, but, if given 

 rational treatment, will net the grower 

 satisfactory returns. Included in this 

 class of buH)ous plants are the ranun- 

 culi, anemones, ixias, })abianas, sparaxis 

 anl tritonias. It is the first of these 

 of which I wish to speak at this tin\e. 



Cool Treatment Necessary. 



The ranunculus family is a large one, 

 comprising some 200 s])ecios rarely 

 found in tropical climes, l)ut abundant 

 in temperate and even frigid zones. 

 Many of these are common but pretty 

 weeds. Some make attractive early- 

 flowering border plants, Avhile tlie showy 

 French, Turban and Persian sections are 

 fine for bedding purposes, but not in 

 our northern states. They cannot ho 

 fall-planted outdoors, as the roots would 

 rot, and if not set out until winter ha>T 

 passed they have lost much of their 

 vitality and make a somewhat feeblo 

 growth. Any flowers jiroduced under 



