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The Florists^ Review 



Sgi'tembeb 25, 1919. 



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NEW YORK FEDERATION MEETS. 



Discusses Building Campaign. 



The New York Federation of Horticul- 

 tural Societies and Floral Clubs held its 

 annual meeting at the state fair at Syra- 

 cuse Wednesday afternoon, September 

 10. The meeting was called to order at 

 2 o'clock, with President F. R. Pierson 

 presiding. Eighteen delegates were 

 present from the affiliated organiza- 

 tions. President Pierson spoke of the 

 three projects in which the federation 

 is especially interested at this time, 

 viz., the erection of a horticultural build- 

 ing at the state fair grounds, Syracuse; 

 the erection of investigational green- 

 houses for the department of floricul- 

 ture at Cornell University, and Quaran- 

 tine No. 37. In regard to Quarantine 

 No. 37, President Pierson stated that the 

 organization had already gone on record 

 as in opposition to this quarantine, and 

 therefore it was unnecessary to discuss 

 it further. In regard to the horticul- 

 tural building, he thought that the time 

 was ripe and he outlined the general 

 policy which should be adopted in the 

 campaign for the building. He was cer- 

 tain that the building would come in 

 the near future. 



A resolution was passed urging the 

 necessity of an immediate consideration 

 of a horticultural building, and a com- 

 mittee consisting of D. Lumsden, Ithaca, 

 chairman; Dr. Erl Bates, Syracuse; 

 Madison Cooper, Calcium; F. A. Danker, 

 Albany, and Arthur Cowee, Berlin, was 

 appointed to confer with the state archi- 

 tect regarding plans for the building. 



The College of Agriculture. 



Dean A. R. Mann was present at the 

 meeting and outlined the policy of the 

 College of Agriculture in regard to the 

 completion of the college buildings. He 

 stated that in this program one of the 

 first items was the range of greenhouses 

 for investigation in floriculture. It was 

 his opinion that the trustees would ap 

 prove of a bill for this range, and when 

 it was introduced the federation should 

 use every eff"ort possible to secure the 

 appropriation. Dean Mann stated that 

 there should be frank expression of 

 opinion from the commercial interests 

 regarding the ways in whicli the college 

 could best serve them, for the college 

 existed to be of service to the people 

 of the state. 



New Rose Societies. 



Dr. E. M. Mills, of Syracuse, chairman 

 of the committee to encourage organiza- 

 tion of amateur rose societies, reported 

 that Rochester now has a decidedly ac- 

 tive organization. At the first meeting 

 fifty-one members were present, and he 

 understood there are now 10.5 members. 

 Buffalo and Eimira are also consider- 

 ing the organization of societies. He 

 hoped Utica and Albany would soon 

 come into line. He reported a live 

 organization in Auburn. It was moved 

 and carried that the secretary write to 

 the secretaries of the Auburn Rose So- 

 ciety and the Rochester Rose Society 

 asking them to become members of the 



federation. It was also moved and car- 

 ried that the arrangements for a meet- 

 ing of the federation with an affiliated 

 society should be left with the secretary. 

 It was moved and carried that a com- 

 mittee of three be appointed to confer 

 with Prof. Lumsden in regard to changes 

 in the premium list of the New York 

 state fair. F. R. Pierson, Tarrytown; 

 E. A. Slattery, Buffalo, and J. Prouty, 

 Bald\irin8ville, were appointed on this 

 committee. 



Closer Affiliation. 



The opinion was expressed that there 

 should be a closer relationship between 

 the affiliated organizations, and in order 

 to bring this about it was moved that 

 notice be given that at the next annual 

 meeting the constitution would be 

 changed to provide for an executive 

 committee, the personnel of which 

 should be composed of the presidents of 

 the affiliated organizations. In view of 

 thd necessity for such a committee at 

 the present time, the president named 

 a special executive committee to con- 

 sist of the presidents of the various 

 affiliated organizations. 



The following officers were elected: 

 President, F. K. Pierson, Tarrytown; 

 first vice-president, Dr. Erl Bates, Syra- 

 cuse; second vice-president, Charles 

 Vick, Rochester; third vice-president, 

 Hugh McCarthy, Syracuse; fourth vice 

 president, F. A. Danker, Albany; fifth 

 vice-president, W. H. Workman, Oswego; 

 treasurer, W. A. Adams, Bufl'alo; sec- 

 retary, E. A. White, Ithaca. 



E. A. Wliite, Sec 'y. 



CIiEANINQ GREENHOUSE GLASS. 



We have leased a range of green- 

 houses which stood idle for sever;!) 

 years, about half a mile from a cement 

 mill. There has enough cement ami 

 other dirt accumulated on the glass to 

 cause a heavy shade. What can we u.se 

 to remove the coating, and make tiic 

 glass clear again? W. F. C. — Ind. 



The basis of most formulas for glass 

 cleaning compounds is hydrofluoric acid. 

 It is diluted with water. Care must be 

 taken, first in the handling and, sec 

 ondly, as to the strength. The operator 

 must use good rubber gloves. If the 

 acid is too strong the glass cleansed 

 with it will look like frosted glass and 

 will be ruined for greenhouse purposes. 

 The safest way is to dilute the acid, 

 which can be obtained through any 

 wholesale drug house, with about twenty 

 times as much water; say, twenty gal- 

 lons of water to one gallon of acid. 

 Then try it on just one or two panes of 

 the glass. If there is any of the frosted 

 effect, dilute the acid still further. The 

 frost will not appear until after the 

 glass is dry. 



A popular glass cleaner is the Day- 

 lite glass cleaner, sold by practically 

 all the seed stores and supply houses. 



THE QUESTION. 



The question today, asked by the man 

 who wants to buy a protective paint, is 

 a double one: "What has the paint 

 done, and what will it cost per year of 

 service?" He is looking for service, 

 not first cost, and he wants to know the 

 record and reputation back of the state- 

 ment. The man who buys the right 

 paint and has it applied properly, im 

 poses no burden on his pocketbook and 

 receives the maximum service at the 

 least expense. 



GERANIUMS FOR MAY. 



Will you tell me when is the best time 



to make geranium cuttings in order to 



have them in bloom on May ."^0? Also 



what is the best tem])erature for them? 



N. B.— Mich. 



The time to make geranium cuttings 

 in order to-liave plants in bloom by Mav 

 'M depends upon the method of handling 

 the stock plants. From now until frost 

 cuts the plants down is the best time for 

 making cuttings. The bulk of cuttings 

 from the stock plants now growing out- 

 doors should be taken late in Septem- 

 ber. Those early cuttings make the 

 largest plants for spring sales. The 

 stock plants can be lifted and planted 

 in a greenhouse bench and cuttings 

 made from them up to March 1. This 

 will bring the plants in bloom for May 

 30. The later cuttings will be small, 

 but they can be grown into good dwarf 

 stock if given careful treatment and a 



temperature of 50 to 52 degrees at night 

 and 56 degrees in the daytitde. The 

 best plan to follow with cuttings made 

 at this time of the year is to pot them 

 directly into 214-inch pots, using a light, 

 sandy soil and setting them on a par- 

 tially shaded greenhouse shelf. Another 

 good plan to follow is to fill an ordi- 

 nary flat, such as is used for transplant- 

 ing seedlings, about one-half full of 

 light soil and on top of this place some 

 clean sharp sand. Place the cuttings 

 in rows, pressing down the sand firmly 

 around them, water well and set on a 

 shelf. After the first watering the sand 

 should be allowed to become moderately 

 dry before watering again. The best 

 place for the later cuttings is in the 

 sand of a propagating bench. During 

 the winter time geranium cuttings re- 

 quire a sand temperature of 56 to 60 

 degrees to root them successfully, with 

 the sand kept a little on the dry side. 



M. P. 



