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The Florists^ Review 



June 26, 1919. 



already been said, the bulbs in question 

 should be potted without further delay, 

 but should not be encouraged into rapid 

 growth until the near approach of the 

 time when the blooms are wanted. After 

 the flower scapes show, provide a posi- 



tion where there is more heat and light. 

 A weak solution of cow manure will aid 

 in the development of the flowers. When 

 the plants are actually in bloom, a mod- 

 erate temperature, with light shade, will 

 lengthen the flowering season. 



OD^N LETTCftg^y^ BEADER6 



PORTLAND A STEP AHEAD. 



After witnessing Portland's annual 

 rose festival, which was held June 11 

 to 13, I must say that in point of artis- 

 tic arrangement and lavish use of 

 blooms, nothing has ever surpassed it. 

 Now that all America has learned to 

 "Say It with Flowers," Portland goes 

 one step better, and does it with flowers. 

 Robert Newcomb. 



PRICES WILL HOLD X7P. 



There is a great deal of complaint be- 

 cause of prices asked this year for fu- 

 ture delivery, but florists must consider 

 that everything is higher, packing ma- 

 terial, labor, mailing, printing, gasoline, 

 etc. Consequently, dealers and growers 

 must have more for their stock or close 

 down. 



There are many buyers who are going 

 to hold oflf, thinking that they will pick 

 up bargain stock later. These, I am 

 afraid, are going to get left. My fu- 

 ture orders are coming in faster than 

 I ever expected, and, inside of three or 

 four weeks, I shall be booked to the 

 limit. 



Thanks to The Review, I know how 

 much stock I was short last spring, and 

 I believe it will be worse next year. 

 Some growers have been in the rain 

 belt, and work in their fields has been 

 impossible. They will therefore be un- 

 able to produce as much stock as ex- 

 pected. If stock that is good can be 

 secured for future delivery now, I think 

 the wise buyer will have it and be safe. 



H. W. Peterson. 



DETERMININO RENTALS. 



I should like to have this problem 

 solved for me in The Review. I am 

 sure others, too, would profit by the 

 solution. It is a question of rentals and 

 how they are determined. What rent 

 should be asked for greenhouses in a 

 small town, which have increased in 

 twenty years from a 6x12 hotbed to 19,- 

 000 feet of glass, stocked to utmost ca- 

 pacity with roses, carnations, callas, 

 chrysanthemums, geraniums, bedding 

 and vegetable stock? This establish- 

 ment does a wholesale and retail busi- 

 ness that has increased yearly until, 

 during ten months of the present sea- 

 son, cash sales alone have been $1,800 

 more than in any previous entire year. 

 How does one determine such rentals! 



I should like an answer from readers 

 as soon as possible, as there are other 

 elderly growers with whom I have 

 talked, who would like to rent to young- 

 er florists, but who do not know how to 

 go about it. I have a young man who 

 has been with me for seven years and 

 who would take my place if either of us 

 knew how to go about it with no loss 



to either party. I have built up a splen- 

 did trade and would not like to see it 

 go down, which it might if the name 

 were changed and if it were run by dif- 

 ferent hands, as I have done the busi- 

 ness and have the business name. 



I have several woman friends who 

 have been running their businesses since 

 the death of their husbands and who 

 wish to retire from the trade and, at 

 the same time, rent their establish- 

 ments profitably. (Mrs.) M. E. G. V. 



SORENSON SHOWS PEONIES. 



A. Sorenson, gardener at the private 



estate of Mr. Cooper, known as "Dun- 

 movin," at Kenosha, Wis., held open 

 house Saturday and Sunday, June 13 

 and 14, showing to the public the large 

 fields of peonies, containing 25,000 

 plants. 



The throngs of visitors who took ad- 

 vantage of the opportunity were amply 

 repaid for their visit, for the large 

 blocks of each variety were in perfect 

 condition and presented a veritable 

 feast of color All of the leading va- 

 rieties are grown, and are exceptionally 

 clean and healthy, the soil being in a 

 high state of fertility. 



Dahlias also are grown in large quan- 

 tities, the cream of the European and 

 American introductions, tog ther with 

 the old and tried varieties. Lilacs of 

 the best imported French varieties are 

 numerous and evidence of what must 

 have been a magnificent display was 

 still to be seen in the remaining seed 

 pods. Irises and delphiniums are grown 

 in large quantities also. 



The landscape features of the place 

 are admirably planned, presenting possi- 

 bilities of much future development 

 without alteration of that which now 

 exists. Such an estate is well worth a 

 visit from any horticulturist, and Mr. 

 Sorenson is to be commended on his ex- 

 cellent work. F. W. Sparks. 



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COMING CONVENTIONS 



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THE CANADIAN CONVENTION. 



PrelimlBary Preparations. 



The annual convention of the Cana- 

 dian Horticultural Association will be 

 held at Toronto, Ont., August 12 to 15. 

 The program has been outlined and 

 plans are under way to make the first 

 meeting after the war a record one. In 

 addition to business meetings and 

 papers of interest, recreation is planned 

 in ample quantity. On the afternoon 

 and evening of the second day of the 

 convention, a picnic and dance is 

 scheduled. This event attracted over 

 300 florists and their friends last year, 

 and th'^refore 500 are prepared for this 

 year. The trip to Long Branch will be 

 made in special electric cars. Next day, 

 August 14, the florists will motor to the 

 greenhouses of Sir John Eaton and Sir 

 Henry Pellatt, and in the evening will 

 be held the banquet, at the Prince 

 George hotel. The last day of the con- 

 vention will be spent in a boat trip 

 across the lake. 



The local committee consists of the 

 executives of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Association and of the Retail 

 Florists ' Club. H. G. Dillemuth is chair- 

 man of the convention committee; A. 

 Simpson, secretary; Herman Simmers, 

 treasurer, and J. J. Higgins, superin- 

 tendent of exhibits. 



TUESDAY. AUGUST 12, 10 A. M. 



Address of welcome, by Mayor Church. 

 Reply, by B. D. Hamilton. 

 PrPRidpnt's addreos. by Geo. Douglas. 

 Discussion of address. 



Secretary-treasurer's address, by S. Eddy. 

 Announcements. 



Tt^ESDAT AFTERNOON. AT'OrST 12. 



"PriTate Gardening," by Geo. Thompson, To- 

 ronto, and W. C. Hall, Montreal. 



"Afodern Greenhouse Construction," by W, O, 

 R. Cobb, New York. 



TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 12. 



"Landscape Gardening:," by W. P. Harris, 

 Buffalo. 



"Cooperation," by W. B. Groves, Hamilton. 

 Question box (mall questions to the secretary). 



WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 9 A, M. 

 Retail florists' session. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 13. 



Picnic and dance of Retail Florists' Club, at 

 Long Branch, to which all are invited. 



THURSDAY. AUGUST 14, A. M. 



"Bulbs and Their Future," by Herman Sim- 

 mers. 



"Plant Registration," by Henry J. Moore, 

 Queen Victoria park, Niagara Falls. 



Question box. 



Unflnislied business. 



Election of officers. 



THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 14. 



Motor trip to the greenhouses of Sir John 

 Eaton and Sir Henry Pellatt. Tea will be served 

 at the latter place. 



THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 14. 



Annual banquet at the Prince George hotel. 



FRIDAY. AUGUST 15. 



Trip across the lake. Announcement regard- 

 ing boat will be made as soon as arrangements 

 have been completed. 



J. J. H. 



THE TEXAS CONVENTION. 



Committee at Work. 



The committees whose reports are ex- 

 pected to add much of interest to the 

 discussion at the convention of the 

 Texas State Florists' Convention at 

 Austin, July 9 and 10, are composed as 

 follows: 



Welfare and publicity committee: R. 0. Kerr, 

 Bird Forest, Henry Greve. 



Commercial glass committee: Hans Schroeder, 

 P. D. Houser, J. M. Nussbaumer. 



Program committee: L. J. Tackett, R. C. 

 Kerr, Edgar Hall. 



Committee on flower show: R. C. Kerr, Mrs. 

 W. N. Judge, F. C. Suchy, C. E. Papworth. 



Committee on arboretum: John S. Kerr, Clias. 

 H. Alf. Sr. 



