December 23, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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How a Haberdashery Store on the Great White Way, in New York City, Advertised in Florists' Behalf. 



wreaths on display, the sale of which 

 diminishes the florists' sales. 



Potted plants are good property. As 

 usual, poinsettias are leaders. These are 

 scarce and high in price. Jerusalem 

 cherries are more numerous and are in 

 good favor. Some good cyclamens, 

 primroses and begonias are on display. 



Various Notes. 



Hartje & Elder are cutting some good 

 Mistletoe chrysanthemums. 



Adam Shideler, of the Posy Shop, at 

 Muncie, Ind., called on local florists re- 

 cently. 



The annual meeting of the Indiana 

 State Florists' Association will be licld 

 Wednesday, January 12, and not Janu- 

 ary 11, as was previouslv announced. 

 It will be held at the Gatling Gun Club, 

 709 North Illinois street. A banquet is 

 scheduled for the evening. 



Mr. "Walley, of Pittsburgh. Pa., and 

 A. Sykora, of Batavia, 111., called on tlie 

 trade last week. 



The Smith & Young Co. is cutting 

 some good orchids. 



Baur & Steinkamp will begin next 

 week to ship carnation cuttings. 



Otto Rieman, who was injured re- 

 cently, while on his way home from 

 work, is still in a critical condition. 



M. A. Barick, of Seymour, Ind., lias 

 been seriously ill. E. E. T. 



NEWPORT E. I. 



Horticultural Society. 



The Newport Horticultural Society 

 held its annual meeting Tuesday evening, 

 December 14, with one of the largest 

 gatherings in many years. 



The society made a contribution of $25 

 toward the work of the general commit- 

 tee which is striving to amend Quaran- 

 tine 37. 



There was also a general discussion of 

 the recommendation made by the Rhode 

 Island State Grange for a reorganization 

 of the state board of agriculture so as to 

 give nurserymen a representation there- 

 on. 



The following officers were elected: 

 President, Charles Philpot; first vice- 

 president, Charles M. Bugholt; second 



vice-president, William Gray; treasurer, 

 Richard Gardner; recording secretary, 

 Arthur W. Potter, Jr.; financial secre- 

 tary, William Grey; sergeant-at-arms, 

 William F. Smith; executive committee, 

 Charles Philpot, Charles M. Bugholt, 

 William Gray, Richard Gardner, Arthur 

 W. Potter, Jr., William F. Smith, Andrew 

 J. Dorward, Andrew S. Meikle, Bruce 

 Butterton, Frederick Carter, James Rob- 

 ertson, William Mackaye, Robert Pat- 

 terson and E. Kempenaar; auditing com- 

 mittee, Herbert Bliss, Bruce Butterton 

 and Andrew S. Meikle; entertainment 

 committee, Herbert Bliss, Andrew Dor- 

 ward, Parker Thurston, Howard G. Ward 

 and Robert Dunn; representative in 

 Newport county farm bureau, William 

 Mackaj'e. 



Various Notes. 

 At the annual meeting of St. Andrew 's 

 Society last week, James Meikle was 

 elected vice-president; Stewart Ritchie, 

 a trustee, and William Mackaye an au- 

 ditor. W. H. M. 



DAHLIA TXJBERS DRY UP. 



I have read your dahlia notes in re 

 cent issues with much interest and also 

 the dahlia advertisements, some of 

 which I am answering. Please tell me 

 how to prevent my tubers from harmful 

 drying after I cut up my clumps. I 

 shall begin cutting up the clumps about 

 February 1, separating the individual 

 tubers, which will not be sold or planted 

 for nearly four months. Cutting up 

 means drying up, particularly as re- 

 gards the bud-bearing crown end of the 

 tubers. How can I store the separated 

 tubers so as to prevent this? 



C. B.— Pa. 



A cold and dry storage cellar or shed 

 is essential. A temperature between 36 

 and 40 degrees will be found satisfac- 

 tory, and as little fire heat as possible 

 should be used to maintain the tempera- 

 ture. After cutting, if there is any 

 likelihood of the divided tubers shriv- 

 eling, they should be covered with some 

 material. Cocoanut fiber refuse has 

 been considered excellent for this pur- 

 pose, but other materials should answer 

 just as well, such as fine sawdust, fine 

 leaf-mold, screened peat and sand. It 



will not matter if these materials are 

 not absolutely dust dry; in fact, a slight 

 moisture is considered beneficial rather 

 than otherwise; even in a cool cellar 

 this moisture will disappear before long. 

 C. W. 



FUNGUS ON HYDRANGEAS? 



We are mailing under separate cover 

 two plants, hydrangica and hibiscus, 

 which seem to be much affected by some 

 disease. This blight or fungoid dis- 

 ease has spread rapidly over our agera- 

 tums, heliotropes and all soft-wooded 

 stock. We sprayed with a strong solu- 

 tion of Bordeaux mixture, but it seems 

 to remain on the hydrangeas in a cool 

 house. We shall be thankful for any 

 suggestions as to what it is and what 

 remedies there are. J. E. J. — Ga. 



The foliage was all dried up on the 

 liydrangeas and hibiscus shoots upon 

 their arrival and it was impossible to 

 tell what your trouble might be. If the 

 trouble is fungoid, a spray such as you 

 liave applied would seem to be the best 

 possible remedy. I should suggest a fur- 

 ther application of either Bordeaux mix- 

 ture or Fungine. Ordinarily hydrangeas 

 are free from attacks of this kind, except 

 for mildew. Cold drafts and care- 

 less watering will cause the latter. Keep 

 a drier and more buoyant atmosphere; 

 water carefully and dampen the foliage 

 of the affected plants as little as you can, 

 and your trouble will gradually pass. 

 C. W. 



IN IOWA. 



Iowa is a great state, greatest of all 

 the agricultural states of the Union, and 

 in it the florists steadily are prosper- 

 ous — and they find The Review a help. 

 Like this: 



Knclosed find draft for $2 for The Review an- 

 other year. I'lense see I do not miss a number; 

 I could not keep store without your paper. — T. E. 

 Fariss, Fairfield, la.. December 8, 1920, 



And then there is the other phase of 

 this paper's usefulness: 



Please stop my primula ad; it did the business, 

 .Ts usual.— A. G. Prince, Iowa City. la,. Decem- 

 ber 0, 1920, 



If you hear a man complain of the 

 cost of advertising you can be pretty 

 certain he spends a good bit of money 

 elsewhere than in The Review. 



