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NOTBMBXB i, 1929 



The Florists' Review 



23 



florists should be closed Sundays, and be 

 classed with other high-class business 

 houses and not with the shoe-shining 

 parlors and other businesses with no 

 character. Fred C. Weber. 



DX7LX7TH, ISDHN. 



The Market. 



Business conditions are about normal 

 for this time of the year, with stock of 

 all kinds plentiful. Boses are in good 

 shape and the supply equals the demand. 

 Carnations are improving right along, 

 with sales good. The chief flower is the 

 chrysanthemum, which is in great de- 

 mand. The varieties which are selling 

 best are Bonnaffon, Chieftain, Turner 

 and Oconto. Pompons are plentiful and 

 are good sellers. 



Various Notes. 



Becent visitors to Duluth were Matt 

 Schilz, of the Ove Gnatt Co., La Porte, 

 Ind., and A. F. Longren, of the Burling- 

 ton Willow Ware Shops, Burlington, la. 

 , J. E. S. 



POINTS IN JUDGINO DAHLIAS. 



Will you kindly publish, for the bene- 

 fit of other readers as well as myself, 

 the points which form the basis for the 

 official judging of dahlias? 



P. F. C— Mich. 



The scale of points used in judging 

 dahlias is as follows, according to the 

 Bulletin of the American Dahlia 

 Society: 



Exhibition Varieties. 



Color 20 



Stam and FoUace 25 



Substance 15 



Form 20 



Size 20 



100 

 Commercial Varieties. 



Color 25 



Stem and Foliage 25 



Substance -. 25 



Form 15 



Size 10 



100 



FOBMOSnilS FOB EASTEB. 



Please tell me at what time to bring 

 in f ormosum bulbs grown in 6-imeh pots 

 in glass-covered coldframes, to force 

 for Easter. L. C— N. C. 



As Easter comes quite early in 1921, 

 vou are not in any great danger of 

 bringing your lilies in too early. Fig- 

 ure on seeing the buds plainly when 

 Lent comes in, six weeks before they 

 are wanted in flower. Given an average 

 night temperature of 60 degrees, they 

 will be all right. If you cannot main- 

 tain that temperature, give them a week 

 or ten days more time. It would be 

 better to have them a few days too 

 early, as they are easily held back in 

 a cool cellar or well-shaded greenhouse. 

 C. W. 



HtlS TINOITANA. 



This year I purchased about 10,000 of 

 Iris tingitana, which I hope to be able 

 to get ready for Christmas and New 

 Year sales. Not being familiar with 

 the proper culture of this variety of 

 iris, I should appreciate information re 

 garding the best method of growing it. 



W. J. T.— Ont. 



This beautiful and early-flowering 

 iris had a considerable measure of pop- 

 ularity in the United States while it 

 eould be imported. A few now come 



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MICHAEL B. CASHMAN. 



FOB its vice-president this year, the American Association of Nurserymen 

 selected at Chicago one of the most ac);ive workers for the trade's advance- 

 ment in the northwest. Michael B. Cashman, the vice-president of the Clinton 

 Falls Nursery Co., at Owatonna, Minn., served the A: A. N. as a member of 

 the executive board of the market development campaign for two years. He 

 was also chairman of the committee on distribution and his recommendations in 

 that capacity resulted later in the appointment of an executive secretary to 

 handle the association's work from central headquarters. Mr. Cashman assisted 

 in organizing the Betail Nurserymen's Association and served as its president 

 for two years. He likewise helped form the Northern Betail Nurserymen's 

 Association eight years ago and has been its president since. He finds time, 

 however, to direct a large share of the activities at the 2,000 acres at Owatonna. 

 The company also does a seed and flower business, having over 125,000 feet of 

 glass, and manufactures several sorts of labor-saving machinery for nurserymen. 



from California, but they are not de- 

 pendable. Canada is fortunate in not 

 having the absurd restrictions on the 

 importation of these and other bulbs, 

 which are no, more likely to bring dan- 

 gerous insect pests and diseases than are 

 narcissi, tulips, hyacinths, crocuses and 

 lilies. WhUe I have managed to have 

 some Iris tingitana flower for Christmas 

 and New Year's, I prefer to have them 

 flower through January and early Feb- 

 ruary. This iris, in common with other 

 bulbous stock, cannot stand hard forc- 

 ing, which would cause a number of the 

 bulbs to come blind. You must not 

 expect all the bulbs to flower; be con- 

 tent with fifty to seventy-five per cent. 

 Plant in boxes containing four inches 

 of loam and keep in cool frames until 

 growth is well started. It will be a few 



days before growth starts. Then place 

 in a carnation temperature, 50 to 52 de- 

 grees at night. Do not run them any 

 warmer or you will have a larger per- 

 centage of loss, as the cooler the tem- 

 perature, the more bulbs flower. Thus 

 45 degrees will give more flowers than 

 50 degrees, but prices would rule lower 

 by the time they come into flower. 



C. W. 



PETUNIAS FOB MEMOBIAL DAT. 



What is the proper time to sow petu- 

 nia seed in order to bring it into flower 

 for Memorial day? L. J. S. — ^Pa. 



Seed of petunias for flowering at 

 Memorial day can be sown between mid- 

 February and early March. C. W. 



