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The Florists^ Review 



17 



One of the Four Houses Filled with Cyclamen for Christmas at Frank Oechslin's Forest Park Range. 



'he oilier t'lid to induce eirculatioii. 

 I'lowers placed here retain their \ ital- 

 I'tv, even in summer, for a lon^ time. 



"The idea in all this," Mr. Fox said, 

 ''is t(t keep the departments se[)arate. 

 Let each do their own special work and 



lo it well. There is no nishiii};- in and 

 "lit of the store to fill orclers, no closinfi 

 'lie store to fin orders. The packing for 

 today hej^an at 5:30 this morninfj;. It 

 will ]»r(diably be finisheil by '}:'M\ this 

 :itternoou, and it will be well done. 

 IMiero will be few mistakes, because 

 ■ .ich person's mind is on what he or 

 Oie is doing and the work has been care- 

 (iilly ]}Ianiied.'' 



While parting, Mr. l"ox gave a 

 .'limjise at his floral pnlicy. "I think 



lie drift of the market toward roses is 

 III advantage. At best, the carnation 

 is a pli'beian flower. I do not ha\e them 

 it Christmas, because it is iinjiossible to 

 iiidge their age. Had I .'<>0 carnations 

 in the place, there wouhl be a lot of 

 ' ipnijdaiiits Mon<lay morning. I do not 

 lavor begonias for tiie sami' reason. 

 riiey are even more perisli.abie than 



aru.'itioiis. We like cyilaineiis, ]ioiiiset 



ias nnil oranges at Christmas. Xo, peo- 

 iiic do not care for arilisias. We put 

 'hem in the window. Tliey sn\, 'How 



'letty!' and buy the others. Yis, crii- 

 'ons are good. 



''I think it. is a mistake to offer piiss\- 

 "villow now. Stock should be confined 



') reds and jiurjiles. Pussy willow 

 ■lionld not come until after New Year's. 

 \ iolets have been unsatisfactory tliis 

 • ear, and we ha\e no good siilist itutes 

 for them. 



" Before you go, observe how tlo^ colors 

 on these pot.s harnioni/e with the fruit 

 "r foliage or flower of the plant, as the 

 case may be. They are selected with 

 great care." Phil. 



|-"iaiik Oeciislin observed the effects of 

 the fungous tlisease tiiat caused grave 

 concern to some cyclamen specialists, 

 he had an abundant stock of this Christ- 

 mas stand-by, including a large quan- 

 tity of fine s])eciinens in "iiiudi to 8-iiich 

 pots. Mr. Uechslin has always done 

 well with this j)iaiit and this year, as 

 formerly, none Ix'tter were to be had 

 in his vicinity. They are now all gone, 

 for every jjiaut was called for by Clii- 

 cago retailers for the holidaj's. But the 

 illustration on this page gives an indi- 

 cation of how fine a stock Mr. Oeciis- 

 lin hail. Tl^is illustration shows one of 

 tJK' four houses lilleij with c\-clameiis. 

 At the right is ^Nl r. Oerli-Hn hiiuself. 

 He is entertaining some members of the 

 .\merican Bulb Co.. iiii'liiding the presi- 

 dent, A. .Miller, and (iiiy Kebuni. who 

 Were inten'sted in seidiig how tlieir seed 

 turned out. The \ lew is in Mr. Oeclis 

 lin's I'oi'est Park i;ili;,'e, about tvli 

 miles west of the lie;irl of Chicago. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



CHRISTMAS CYCLAMENS. 



Though, in common with the other 

 plant growers in the Chicago district. 



AJinual Convention. 



Th(^ .\iiieri<-au < ';i ni,-it i.ni Soriety will 

 hold its com cut ion m W'.i ^lii ml;! on, 1 1. 

 ('.. .laiiiiarv I'l; .-iihl :.'7. PCI. Head 

 (|iiartei-s will be at the New \\ill;ird 

 hotel, where the exhiliitioii will aNo l.e 

 staged. The preUiiuili si heclule li.is Ineli 

 mailed to all tlo' ineinbev- .-nid addit ioii.-i I 

 copies will be maih'd upon i-,i|nest to 

 those who are iiiteresteil. ('l.-is^cs .ir^ 

 provi(|ed for the \;irioiis colore .-lud \:i- 

 rietii's in both tlo^ new .■iiul siaiid;ird 

 sorts, with both c;ish and medal prizes. 

 Pantries must be in by .lanuary P", to 

 escape penalty for late entry. .\ i.-ir^'e 

 attendance and a complete exliiliitiou 

 iire expected. The secretary urges all 

 who possibly can to .attend the coincu- 

 tion. Washington ofl'ers unusual op]ior 

 funities for sightseeing, aside Iroiii the 

 interest in the convention itself, making 

 this meeting Ixdli pleasant and profit 



able. l''ollo\ving i.s a program of the 



business sessions: 



WKKNKSD.VY KVENING, J.\>'r;AI!V 2i;. 



Ciillin;; tlip uicetliis; to or^I'T. 



rri'^nl'iil'^ ;i(|ilrvss. 



Se,ri-tai\ 's ro|Mirt. 



■rr'.'iisurer's rcitort. 



Ueport of ciiniinittco '<n aneliii.; ■ :i rii:iiii>ii<. 

 rims. W. .lolinsiiu. ili;iirMi;iii 



Uoport of I'omiuitti ii iiMi.m- ;..r |il;oils. 



CIkis, S. .Stpiut. ihinrinaii, 



liepori of coimiiittii' 'lu pictinniii list fur 

 Iiiitioiiiil llo«t>r slioiv. S. ,1. (e.,|,l;iril. rliairiiiiin. 



.Misi'i'lhiiir-ous l)iisin.'ss. Ailoiitinr, of rcsohi- 

 tioii cliiiiii.'iiiK til.' dill's. 



Iiivifntioiis for next liii.'i'tiiiL' I'l •. 



.Noinmaiion of otlii'ors. 



K^sa \ on iisiim soil luoio tii.iii 

 In- W. It. Ilowanl. .Milfor.l, M:i<> 



Ks'-.iv ..M imro.isiin; il m ,,r' , 



Motior-' .l,i> , l..\ 1 li.-is, !• 

 Kit II. 



iioport "f HI. Ill 



r WI'Ail-i 



ti.' Ni'iison. 



.ali.'iis for 

 M'l'l!': Wi.'liit.i 



'illl itSHAY MnUM.M, 



Tall t" ..r.l.r 



li.f.-rr.'.l r.-i'.'rls 



li.'f.Tr.'.l liii^iii.~« 



S.'l.'i'ti..Ti ..f ri.-\t iio.'iin-' I'll.'. 



|iiv.ns~i..n on .Mr ll"«ar.r- .'v-a>. 



Hi^.-ii^si.iti on .Mr. .Mii.'ll.r'^ .'--:i > 



\.'\\- taisin.'s^ 



Aii|...iiiiiii.-ni .'f ."inmili. .•~, 



i;i.'.li"ii ..f olli. .r-. 



\.i i'.iiriiMi.'iit 



I null.'.! iat ely following :ii| ioiiriiin.'iir , 

 th.' boar. I of .lire. -tors will hoM their 

 ii^u.'il ]>ost .'oii\ lilt i.oi iiMM'ting. 



Thnrs.jay afternoon. .January 27. the 

 .\atioiial FlowiT liinwers' .'\ssoci;il ic.n 

 \\ill hold its annual meeting,'. 



\. Y. J. P.aiir. S.'.''v. 



MARYSVILLE. KAN. 



■'The best Christni.is tr.i.b' on re. • 

 I'T'l," is the way II. R. Fish, r [,ut it. 

 ■It' the!,' was a short.'ige of inoticy we 

 .li.l not notice it, as we i-baii.d u|> on 

 e\ I'rythiiig. ■ ' Plants soM be't.T than 

 ever ;iti.| at ttiuch bett.'r prii'.s, a. ■.""ril- 

 ing to -Mr. Pisher. Cut llow.'rs .-ilso 

 made a record, makine this the banner 

 yetir in c\ery respect. Flowers 'were 

 furnishe.l by II. R. Fisher for six fu- 

 nerals .luring Christ tiKis w.-.^k, making 

 .'in exceptionally biisv week. He re- 

 jiorts numerous orders ah.ad for more 

 fuiier.'il work. 



