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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBBU 1, 1917. 



origin. The first tree to be planted will 

 be named for William Penn and it will 

 be placed and dedicated by Governor 

 Brumbaugh. Its location will be just 

 inside the park at Third and "Walnut 

 streets. 



THE CALIFORNIA MEETING. 



The 1917 convention of the California 

 Nursorynien 's Association dosed with a 

 trip to Berkeley to attend the dedica- 

 tory exercises of Ililgard hall, of the 

 State University Collet^e of Agriculture. 

 This pilgrimage was made to honor the 

 memory of the late Prof. Hilgard, ■ in 

 recognition of liis services to horticul- 

 ture and agriculture in California. 



Questions of importance with respect 

 to the future policy of the association 

 were discussed at the business meet- 

 ings. No action was taken on the mo- 

 tion to raise the dues of membersliip, the 

 financial interests being taken care of 

 by providing for sustaining member- 

 ships at an annual fee of $25. 



Interest centered in a paper by Wil- 

 liam T. Kirkman, Jr., on "Standard- 

 ization of Commercial Nursery Prod- 

 ucts." This suggested plan of stand- 

 ardization would provide for the estab- 

 lishment of experiment grounds by the 

 California Nurserymen 's Association for 

 the purpose of growing bud wood under 

 the care of experienced horticulturists 

 and botanists. Standardization would 

 be attained by the nurserymen obtaining 

 their buds from record-bearing trees 

 grown under these auspices, instead of 

 from miscellaneous outside sources. 



Other papers read during the sessions 

 of the convention were: "Methods of 

 Prevention of Tree and Plant Diseases," 

 by County Entomologist Earl Morris; 

 "The State Laws of Today and the 

 Nurseryman," by State Horticultural 

 Commissioner George H. Heck. 



Officers were elected as reported in 

 The Review for October 25. Although 

 the decision in regard to the next meet- 

 ing place was left with the executive 

 committee, yet it was practically 

 settled that the association hold its next 

 convention in Riverside in conjunction 

 with thQ fruit growers' convention. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



The Market. 



The continued dark and cloudy 

 weather has kept back the usual sur- 

 plus of stock at this time of the year, 

 but there nevertheless is plenty of good 

 stock. Carnations liavo longer stems 

 and chrysanthemums have larger 

 blooms. Violets are a little slow in ar- 

 riving, but there is not much demand 

 for them just now. Several growers are 

 cutting j)omi)ons, which meet with a 

 ready market. 



A few obconica jH-imidas are in the 

 market and sell well, as thoy are al)out 

 the only plants to l)o had. 



Various Notes. 



Alfred Hannah lias hoi^n cutting some 

 good orchids. 



James Schols has started to jiick his 

 usually fine violets. 



Tlie Wealtliy Avenue Floral Co. has 

 a good crop of roses. Business is re- 

 })orted good. A. V. C. 



Salina, ELan. — Construction work on 

 the new city greenhouse is being rushed 

 and it is hoped the building will be 

 ready forTise within a fortnight. "i- 



Three Money Makers for Florists 



Canterbury Bells 



Extra heavy field -grown plants. Carried in cold frames up to Jan- 

 uary, then potted up or planted out in a cold house, will flower 

 around Easter, when they are in great demand either as cut flowers 

 or pot plants. 



Hardy Daisy Kin^r Edward VII 



Extra heavy field plants grown from an exceptionally fine strain and 

 reselected seed. Treated the same as Canterbury Bells; when 

 planted out on benches they will produce great quantities of most 

 desirable cut flowers of enormous size, or they will bloom all sum- 

 mer outdoors. /~ 



Hardy Phlox "Miss Lingard" 



The finest Florist Cut Flower Phlox in existence. It blooms from May 

 until cut down by frost. Fine spikes of pure white, large flowers on 

 long stems, with dark green, glossy foliage. No other Phlox can be 

 compared with this one. 

 We offer 25,000 heavy 2-year field plants of this variety. 



ANY OF THE ABOVE THREE LEADERS AT $6.00 PER 100; 



$50.00 PER 1000 



No investment you could make in hardy plants will bring you quicker or bet- 

 ter returns than the above, and if the Stock doesn't suit you, we want it back. 



WINTERSON'S SEED STORE 



166 North Wabash Avenue CHICAGO 



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IF YOU WANT SOME GOOD 



Cyclamen 



Order them'now to grow on for Xmas. We have 

 the best German and English strains in fine 

 colors. These plants must be shifted at once, as 

 we need the space. We are oflfering these ex- 

 ceptionally fine plants in 4-in. at $20.00 per 100, 

 5 in. at $40.00 per 100. Cash with order, please. 



Photo taken September 1st of a 5 inch 

 plant shows quality of stock. 



SAGINAW, 



MICHIGAN 



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