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The Florists' Review 



NoVKMllKi; 1. IKl ( . 



A\itll llir ll(ii:il .-111 r\|iiljils, will t;iUi' 

 |il;icc 1 lie >(r(il|,| |;i \ . I'l id'i V, till' t llinl 

 il;iv, till' ini^i-i ll;i liiMiil-- (111 lliiwcis ;iiii| 

 :ii|ilit ii.ii.'i I ll(jr;il ;i it rx li i I >i t -^ will In' 

 st;iL;('il. 'I'll'' jiiilL;iii'4 nl' cxliiliits \', ill lie 



uill .-it I II 'I'lnr k I'.-irli i|;i \ . 



Si'\rr;il l•l!]l■^ ;iii' urt'r ici j , ;iiii!iii'^ 

 wliii-ll i^ mil' liv till' .fiiliii « '. M nil i ll'^i'l' 

 < 'o , < 'h irji'^ii, fur till' licst s'i'iHill;_; r;il' 



)i;itii)ii cxlii Ilit I'll, nil li'ss tinii ten 



lilodllis: nlir |iy W. At Ice r>lir|)i'(' iV I'll., 



I'liil;iil('l)ili i;i. I'nr tlir licst ili^phiy ut' 

 r;i runt inn mtiI li iil;-^ .•iinl s|i(ii'ts, im Irss 

 )li:i)i tni liloniiiN, ;niii (Uir li\ A. T. 

 I'yl'cr iV ''(!., ' 'li ic;i l;(i, lOr tlic licst \ use 

 <it' twenty li\(' i'(i<(' liluiiiiis, jiiiy \;nicty 



)M)t in i-nnitllrri-r. 



l-'l(iiists .-111' rciiiiiiili'il tti sciiil ill tiii'ir 

 •Mitry ip|;ink-i In Si'i-rct ;ii\' Wesley 

 lil't'l'lli'. I>i'S Mnilli'>, it' tlli'X' li:i\t' lint 



.■I I ii'.'iily liHii' so. |-"liirists (>;■ iHtrtiii'ni 

 inw;i ;ini| sniitliciii M iniicsnl ;i iiic to 

 i-ninellr iluiillL; tile simw to I'lillll :i S(( 



rii'ty I'm till' |iin|Misi' of furtlu'iin^ the 

 I'lniiiu'ic i;i I iiiti'i'cits (if tlic tiiiilc in 

 t ii;it seel i (III. 



I'^xliiliits yliiiiilii lie irliliTs ^('i| 1() tlic 

 !>(•■' Mdiiics Aiitiiiii;i l''i(i\vcr Show, 

 A iiil it iiiiniii, l)cs Moini's, I;i. Any visit 

 iiii^ limisls will) r;irc tn, ni;iy Ikinc mail 

 x'lit t(i the s;iiiii' aildrcss and Mia\' (d( 

 tain the same liy caliiiin at the ;iciieral 



(ifllCC. 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



'IMie executive (■(Piniuittci' of tiic Mis- 

 sdiiri Hdtanical (lardeii Aliiiinii Asso 

 ciatiiin lias decided to |iost|ioiic tlie an 

 niial fall meeting; <>\' the association iiii- 

 til next spline;, when it will lie ludd'at 



St. Louis at the time of the National 

 I'Mowef Show and the convention <d' 

 the S. A. !•'. Octidiei- L'(i, the coniniittee 

 sent the following letter to inellllu'ls 

 (d' t he associat ion : 



''^'oll aie, no doiil)t, aware of tlic 

 fact that a i;reat horticultural event, 

 the Nat ionaM'lowei' Show, is to be iudd 

 in St. Louis in the sininj; id' l!>iS. To 

 i^ixe our meinliers an o|iportunity to 

 participate in this j^reat exent, tiie (v\- 

 ecuti\'e coinmittee lias decided to i)(>st- 

 jMiue the annual fall iiu'etiu}>' iiiitil tlic 

 time of the National I'Mower Show, in 

 .\piil. This ]ilan is in accordance ^vitll 

 the action taken liy the S. A. V. and 

 other national societies, and will assure 

 us ;i much lari^cr attendance. Miik<^ 

 your ])laiis to be with us. Lxjict dates 

 of the meotiny and other ]iartic-nl;irs 

 will lie announced Jator. '' 



m^MTT 



ON THE WAY "OVER THERE" 



^TtT?f^y^!t7rTi? 7rti?f^!tfrt;tiTtiT7^ rff^i?7^i>7^'T ^^ 



IN FIGHTING TRIM. 



riorists at Training Camps. 



A considerable iinnibei ot' weeks lia\e 

 passe(| since the lirst civilians were 

 called to the training camps by rncle 

 Sam. Dnriii;^ those weeks there has been 

 .•I constant stream id' lloiists llowiii^ to 

 the cantonments, and by this time the 

 lirst ha\e become i'X|iert in the use ot' 

 :irnis. Shortlv anotliei' call to re^^is 

 tered men will be made, and many othei' 

 members ot' the trade will leave their 

 biisin(>ss. It is ot' these that The l\e 

 \ iew wonld like to hear, ;is thi'onyh it 

 their nianx t'liends can learn tli.at tliev 

 liave joined t he colors. 



Seaman Redden, If You Please. 



' • Seaman Heildeii .' " " • • Here. " ' iin 

 swerol M . A. Keddeii, the new naval 

 recruit ;n the Illinois Nav;il Reserve 

 Camp in (iiaiit Park, <'liiiaL;ii. .\I . .\ . 

 Ift'ddeii is the pro|>rietor (d' the retail 

 stole that bears his name .at M'n West 

 (iartield boulevard, <'liica;io. lie re 

 ]Kirte(l tor si'iv ice ()ctober '_''.'. .\1 iv- 

 iVL'irv Kidili'ii, his lister, i- in idi;ir;;e nt' 

 the ^toie until ' ' M . A. " " ii'tiirns. 



Review Men Are Good Men. 



\\'liin ri.'ink /ilar-k\, nist omei-- ' 

 b'il'_;er man I'm The Kev irw, w;is drafted 

 he xva-- ^I'lit to <'anip liiant, Kockt'iiiil, 

 as a |il i V a t e t o be t r;i i lied. U'eview men 



are Ll 1 nii'ii. Tii;it'^ vvhv the lirst list 



ot' appdi lit nil iit^ fill- <'nni|iany I'. ;.;avi' 

 notice that I'rivate Xd:ir-kv thereaftri 

 shiiiild 1m' :ii|di e^sed a^ corporal. 



Boston Boys Busy. 



InM-ause ill' till' Well 'kiiowii lai illa;;e 



)'t\:jrai'd inu tiie mnv eiiiriit ot' li^htinLi men 

 to l-"raiiii'. lew I'.iistiini.'ins know that 

 NeNon Li^her, smi of I'lter Li^-her, di- 

 (•mbarked from ;i liaii^piot at a ricurh 

 jiort Octiibei ^. .Mr. l-'ishcr is ;i mem 

 i)(>r ol' an eiieineeiin^ batt.alioii. 

 <'li,nrl(^s ('lap|i, son in law of I'eter 

 ]-'isliei-, 1-. ~-tiiil.vin^ aviation .'it the .Mas 

 sachiisett-- ln--titiite ol' Technidniiv , be- 

 fore Ljiiiii^ to a llvinn- lii'bl down ^oiitli. 



Zirkman an Engineer. 



^Villianl .\. Xirkman, the only -on ot' 

 Arthur Zirkman, \icc iiiesident of the 

 ?.L IJice I'o., riiiladi'lphia, enlisted in 



the First l{e<,nment Kn<iineers, X. C. 1*., 

 when the Vnited States entered tlM> war 

 •Mild is ;it present stationed with liis 

 regiment at ('amp Hancock, (ia. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Zirkman and daujjiiter have 

 just retiiriu'd from a visit to their bov 



Williain A. Zirkman. 



at <'anip !l;iiic:Mk .'iiid are mo-t eiithii 

 -la-tic over rnllil it ion > ;it the i-aiiip. .\li 

 the boys are well Imiked ;it'ter, iiiniallv, 

 plivvirallv :iiii| mentally. Tlie N. .\l. < '. 

 .\. i- doiiiLi wiiiidert'nl wiiik ;iiiil i~> de 

 -civ Iiil; ot' lot- of prai-e and -u, port. 

 Life at cam|i is mi |deasaiit that a li'ieat 

 iiianv ol' the bovs diirin;; their stay of 



-ix week- have only been nllre or twice 



at .\ii;^nsta. wliiidi is only live miles 

 I'lom c.'inip and cniinect ed liv street rail 

 way. .Mr. Zirkman s;iy- the boys o,.t 



jdeuty of yeiid, wholesome food ami all 

 are lookinj^ fine and have <;;iine(l in 

 wei<;lit since Joining' the colors. 



Arthur Stielow in Camp. 



.\rtlinr Stiidow, third son (d' Frederick 

 Stitdow, the ]iioiieer jiidwei' (d' Xiles 

 Center, III., whose death is recorded 

 in this week's obituary column, is a 

 member of the national army in train 

 in^ at Camp (irant, Ho(d\ford. HI. He 

 li.'id been ill camp only a short tiini^ 

 when he was called home to attend his 

 father's funeral, Octidier lis. 



THE ROOTS ARE DUE SOON. 



Ranunculi Repay Careful Treatment. 



In early sprin;; alter we have had sev- 

 eral months (d' roses, carnations, \ iolets 

 aiwl the more common bulbous flowers, 

 su(di as daffodils, tnli|is. fieesias, hya- 

 cinths and, of course, lilies, many Mower 

 buyers loii^ t'or -omethiny ;i little out 

 (d' the beaten tr.ack :iiid are willii;;:,' to 

 ^ive ^oiiil prices t'or llowers wliicii ;n e 

 rarely (pnded in the market I'eports. 

 There ;ire some of these, not extensively 

 ^rowii, which carry coinparat i V(d .' small 

 but (diarmine Ibiwers. .\s ;i riiie tliev 

 do not succeed under the ciil^ur" ;ri\'eii 

 the coiiiiniin, coarser bulbs, but, if ^iveii 

 iation;il treatment, will net the erower 

 satisfactory returns. liicliided in thi-; 

 ida-s of bullion- |ilants are tiie ;aiiiin 

 ciili, aiieiiioiies, ixias, babiaiias, spar.'i.xis 

 an 1 t lit oiii;is. It is th(> first (d' these 

 III' which 1 wish to sjieak ;it tlii- time. 



Cool Treatment Necessary, 



The I'anuiiciilus t'amily i- a bi'^e one, 

 coiii|iri-i iiLi some L'l'ii species rarely 

 found ill tropical iliines, but abmidjinr, 

 in temperate and even t'ri^id 7.on(^s. 

 .Many ot' these are cniiiuion imt jiretty 

 weeds. .'<ome make attractive (>rirly- 

 Ibiweiin^ border ]ilaiits, while tiie showy 

 French, Turban and I'eisian sections are 

 line for lieddiii;^- purposes, but not ill 

 (Hir northern st.ate-. Tlnv cannot b" 

 fall planted outdoors, as the -M.ots would 

 rot, and if not set out until wintor ha.-i 

 |iasse(| they have lost miicii of Oieir 

 vitalitv and make a somewha' feebb; 

 growth. .\ n V llovveis produced under 



