January 23, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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in clean sand and kept dark until the 

 spikes are well advanced. Then admit 

 a little light to give the flowers sub- 

 stance and to allow some leaf develop- 

 ment. It takes three or four weeks to 

 flower valley in the temperatures given. 

 For pot culture you can give the plants 

 full light, with a temperature of 60 

 degrees. This will give you good foli- 

 age. C. W. 



TO PROTEST QUARANTINE. 



At a meeting of interested members of 

 the trade held at the office of the S. A. 

 F. in New York January 21, a brief pre- 

 pared to be presented to the Secretary 

 01 Agriculture was completed and will 

 be submitted to the board of directors 

 of the society, for its official approval, 

 at its meeting in Detroit, January 31, 

 after which action to secure a proper 

 hearing at Washington will be taken. 



BALTIMORE. 



The Market. 



The market this week is much easier 

 than it has been for some time. Stock 

 is more nearly equal to the demand; that 

 is, if you are not too particular as to 

 varieties. Eoses, sweet peas and carna- 

 tions are the staples that the market de- 

 pends upon, but there has been a fair 

 supply of Paper Whites and freesia and 

 Easter lilies are beginning to come 

 again. 



Club Meeting. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 held its regular meeting January 13, 

 with one of the largest turnouts we have 

 had for some time. It was voted to 

 amend the constitution, so that, instead 

 of holding two meetings each month, we 

 hold but one, on the second Monday. 



A letter was read from Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., relative to the embargo that 

 has been placed upon imported stock. 

 When the members had this measure ex- 

 plained to them they realized that it 

 would be a detriment to everyone en- 

 gaged in the trade in this country. The 

 letter requested that each florist write 

 his representative, protesting against the 

 enactment of this law. After a lengthy 

 discussion of the subject, it was decided 

 that it would be a hard matter to make 

 a congressman realize the evils of this 

 law in a letter, so it was decided to 

 make our protest personally. It was 

 agreed to make the discussion of this 

 question the business of the evening at 

 the next meeting, which members of 

 congress from the districts comprising 

 Baltimore and vicinity will be invited 

 to attend. 



Another thing that showed the feeling 

 of the florists was a motion for a ban- 

 quet at the annual election next month, 

 by I. H. Moss, which was greeted with 

 applause. Mr. Moss said, in offering his 

 motion, that the florists had been 

 through strenuous times, but the time 

 had come, in his estimation, when the 

 past must be forgotten and the florists 

 must look forward to a brighter future; 

 that the old adage still holds good that 

 "all work and no play makes Jack a 

 dull boy." 



Various Notes. 



Seidewitz Bros., at Old Pimlico road 

 and Bplvedere avenue, were visited by a 

 thief the other night, who first took the 

 auto truck from the garage and then 



loaded it with the choicest plants in 

 the greenhouse. But, as he was leaving, 

 the sound of the engine attracted the 

 attention of Mrs. Seidewitz, who had not 

 gone to bed. She notified her son, who 

 gave chase. In his haste, the thief tried 

 to cross the golf course of the Maryland 

 Athletic Club, where he upset the ma- 

 chine, but he made good his escape. 



B. A. Vincent says he has never seen 

 anything to equal the demand for gera- 

 niums this winter. This is due largely 

 to the closing of all or parts of some of 

 the ranges, many of which may be start- 

 ed again February 1. Mr. Vincent told 

 me they are booking orders for as late 

 as June delivery. He says it is abso- 

 lutely impossible to keep up with orders 

 at the present time. Every inch of space 

 at the Vincent range is in use, and this 

 concern had more stock this winter than 

 usual. 



A visitor this week was Harry Turner, 

 of the Morris Nursery Co. Mr. Turner 

 addressed the club and was optimistic in 

 his remarks over the outlook for busi- 

 ness in the florists' line, as well as in 

 the nursery trade. The notable feature 

 of this club meeting was that everyone 

 seemed to have taken a fresh grip on 

 life. Tate. 



LANCASTER, PA. 



Club Meeting. 



The Lancaster county florists held 

 their club meeting January 16 at 7:30 

 p. m. in the rooms of the Chamber of 

 Commerce, jointly with that of the 

 Ladies' Auxiliary, with an attendance 

 of thirty. President Elmer J. Weaver 

 called on four of the florists who at- 

 tended the publicity meeting in Phil- 

 adelphia to address the meeting and all 

 spoke enthusiastically of the interest de- 

 veloped at the Philadelphia meeting and 

 urged the florists to contribute to this 

 fund for national publicity. 



Resolutions were adopted conveying 

 the sympathy of the club to the family 

 of William Aherne, of Columbia, who 

 died recently. 



President Weaver announced the fol- 

 lowing committees for 1919: Program: 

 B. F. Barr, Charles M. Weaver, M. J. 

 Brinton. Visiting: Harry K. Rohrer, 

 L. S. Landis, W. B. Girvin. Member- 

 ship: Charles B. Herr, Ira H. Landis, J. 

 Ritter Hess. Exhibition: A. K. 

 Rohrer, Rudolph Nagel, J. Wade Gayley. 



For the Ladies' Auxiliary, Mrs. Albert 

 M. Herr read a paper on the subject 

 of "War Gardens," which brought out 

 a lively discussion. 



Mrs. B. F. Harr invited the Florists' 

 Club to meet jointly with the Ladies' 

 Auxiliary at her beautiful country home, 

 "Avondale," March 20. Her invitation 

 was accepted with much pleasure. A 

 social hour followed. 



At the suggestion of B. F. Barr, the 

 club went on record as opposed to the 

 contemplated embargo on imports of 

 plants and bulbs. 



The next meeting of the club, to be 

 held February 20, will be preceded by 

 a visit to the carnation growers at 

 Strasburg. 



Various Notes. 



At the range of Ira H. Landis, at Par- 

 adise, Pa., the carnations are looking 

 exceptionally well. Supreme, Matchless 

 and Ward are the standard varieties 

 grown here. Eureka, for a red sort, is 

 extra well done. A house planted to 



freesias promises a wealth of bloom in a 

 few weeks. Beds of calendulas are fine. 

 Several beds are planted to Iris tingi- 

 tana, which is much liked here. 



At the store of B. F. Barr, Buddleia 

 asiatica and scarlet and gold wall- 

 flowers are attracting considerable at- 

 tention. 



John F. Bupp, Shiremanstown, and 

 Dennis J. Keohane, of Henry F. Michell 

 Co., were visitors to the club this week. 



H. K. R. 



TORONTO, ONT. 



.The Market. 



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Toronto has had a remarkably mild 

 winter, but this has not helped the grow- 

 ers, for flowers never have been so 

 scarce. Business is brisk, in spite of the 

 shortage of stock, however, and prices 

 high. Russell roses command from $15 

 to $40 per hundred and other flowers in 

 proportion, according to quality. But 

 the demand exceeds the supply, even at 

 these figures. Carnations are scarce also 

 and range from $5 per hundred for the 

 light-colored varieties upwards. Bulb- 

 ous stock is in fair supply and of good 

 quality. 



Club Meetings. 



The Toronto Retail Florists' Club at 

 its monthly meeting planned for a social 

 meeting January 27 and a ball February 

 5. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 held a meeting January l4, at which 

 eighteen new members were enrolled. 

 Herman Summers read a paper on ' ' The 

 Embargo on. Plants and Shrubs." 



Various Notes. 



Social affairs are numerous in Toronto 

 once more and H. G. Dillemuth has had 

 a number of fine decorations of late. 



John H. Dunlop's cut of roses is good 

 and he reports good retail business. 



J. J. Higgins, J. S. Simmons and J. A. 

 Neal all report that orders are in excess 

 of stock available with which to fill 

 them. J. J. H. 



DEPOSIT ON EENTIA LEAVES. 



I am sending you part of a kentia 

 leaf which is covered with a glossy 

 substance, said to be a fungous growth. 

 I would like to know if it is injurious to 

 the plant and what will remedy it. 



P. S.— Mo. 



The kentia leaflet referred to was 

 quite dry when received, but it showed a 

 slight deposit on the upper side, such 

 as may have been caused by aphis, or 

 it may be the result of using some soapy 

 or oily insecticide. 



So far as one may judge from the 

 specimen forwarded, there is nothing to 

 be alarmed about and no special indica- 

 tion of any fungoid trouble. It is prob- 

 able that this deposit will wear off 

 gradually, with regular syringing, unless 

 it is caused by something in the water 

 supply. W. H. T. 



Akron, O. — Following the gathering 

 of the chrysanthemum crop, James Sal- 

 mon & Son closed up their establish- 

 ment, retiring to enjoy the fortune 

 netted by combined good luck and an 

 honorable career. It would not sur- 

 prise the craft to see them launch forth 

 again, however, and honorable compet- 

 itors are always welcomed. 



