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The Florists' Review 



FCBRUAnV 3, 1921 



]prCH(>nt foiiiiil it ,'i criitci- 111' ;itt ini'lidii. 

 It \v;is slidWii liv Whilr liros., Mriliii;!, 

 N. Y. 



Ill addition to the cycl.-inu'ii lildoiiis 

 shown tilt! first (i;iv, .1. A. I'rtrisuii ^ 

 Sons, Cincinnati, had jilants ot' (■\(da- 

 niiMi and .s]ii('ndid s|ni-inii'ns ol' liicir 

 bcjiipliia, l^i'crh>ss. 



(judc J'>r(is. ('(1. won a iirdiniiiiaiy ccr 

 tilii-atc )'(ir tlii' hdriicr iiifiiiniial nicdai, 

 with Dark I'ink Dcnidcrac-v. 



DISCUSS ECONOMICAL WAYS. 



Production Problems. 



The two ]ia]i('rs prcsi'nt cd at the an- 

 nua! meeting; of tin' Ainrricaii Carna- 

 tion Sdcicty at Wasliinytdn last week 



lidth i-diirrr I t hrnisc|\i's with ways ot' 



nii'itiii;; |ir(M|ni-t idii prdlilcnis. 'I'hat of 

 W. I', lldward dii ii^in;^ sdil twico 

 ariiusr.l much discussidn lidth at the scs- 



that the (luostion of comparative labor 

 cost was iinjiortant. In sonu' cases that 

 ol' chaudinji soil was less than that of 

 turuiud ii ; where th.at was true, carry- 

 ing o\cr Sdil was Udt the most <;aint'ill 

 nut hdd. 



'rhe(jddre Ddrner said that at liaftiy- 

 etto new soil each year had been found 

 the best method after exjieriment. It 

 was sun<;ested that waterin}^' had a <;ood 

 deal to do with results. Carl Haj;en- 

 liurd'cr d;i\-e it as his o]iinion that most 

 ild.rists were tdo sjiarin^^ of water. 



Blooms per Square Foot. 



.1. S. Wilson d;i\(' some interest in"' lij;- 

 ures. comparind the results from plants 

 in (dd soil ancl in new. The ]jeriod of 

 the l;:rdest crojis he fdiind different, but 

 the results ;it the year's end were strik- 

 iiidly cidse, diie yi(ddinfi^ nineteen 

 lildoms |ier S(|uare foot of heiudi s[)ace 

 .and the other eiirhteen. 



Some Meritorious Vases at the Washington Show. 



K.':ir r,,w, l,p| |,, ijl'Ii -SIroiit'H ^rl|M■(l^(■,l W.ir.l, i ..„l,l.ir .r< Ih, l.uk. Mioiif- Main,- S^lll^llill,.. 

 I'riiiit i..», l.-ll td I lu'Ll Mic.iir~ l!..i-;ilnul, S\ iiiklc-r'- >. . iiliiij.' N... 4. 



sion at \vhiili it \\a~ |.i-esriii ei| and 

 aj^ain Thursday iidH-Miu:;. .lanu.-iiy _'", 

 when the secdini .-iidi cldsin^ d.-it hrrind 

 was held in cine (d' the jp.arldrs (.|' tlie 

 New Willard hdiid. 



CarnaJidu djaiwers, like other eia'cii 

 hduse men, .are seekind \\;i\s (d' iucre.as 

 in^ prodnctidu and cuttiiid envts. s(. as 

 td hriud- jiricev \u a idwer but s'iH prcdit- 

 ahle le\(d.' William Sim, cd' < '1 i t t idhia li\ 

 M.ass., whd is u--iiiy deep i;idnihl lieds 

 fur c.-trn.at idii^, cdut rilnit I'll cdn.^ideraldi' 



lie i-ai'-ed the rpiestidii as to the usual 



iiiinil'er df Id IS p. a- scpi.are fddt df 



lieiieh sp.ace. Willi.am Sim said his 

 stdck w.as pl.aiited idj^ht imdies apart 

 eaeh w.ay and tli.at l;isl year his ;i\i'r- 

 aL:e \\a^ fifteen tldWers du eaidl dt' 

 1(1(1,(1(111 plants. Arithmidi.' \ ields ,a n 

 answer df alidiit tliii-ty t'dur Idodms per 

 si|uari' t'ddt df lidMidi space. ( '. S. 

 Stri»iit s.aid riid< l)(did!it yielded him 

 thirty td the s"|iiare f odt , while .a white 

 \ariety limn < '. W. ddhnsdU had m.ade 



infdrm.atidu im the subject lirdiiuht up fdrtyone td the scpiare font. 



by -Mr. ilduard. lb' spades his s.dl ii|i. I )iscus^iuii yielded the .•(inseiisus that 



turnin;,' il uji deepiv, .and ;i lldw s the suii biddtiis were re.ady td cut six td eidht 



to l.pake it. usini; thd^e ra\s .a^ a -leril weeks, ,accdi-d Iiil; to \ariet\-, after the 



i/iiid .aoent, sd td -pe.ak. The vtiir.liness ,a ppe.a r.a m-e et' the bud durjiid- the win- 



and <jodd ipi.ality df Mr. Sim 's plants at- teriiidnflis. Tue peri. id is ;ipprd\im.ate- 



tested the success df' his melhinl, .accurd- 1\- ten da\-s less in sprin:^. 

 in<J to those wim Ii;i,| Keen at Clil'tdii 



dale. 



Boutonnieres. 



There w.as opinidu, liewever. that cdu Th.at fbirisfs shduld wear flowers in 



difidiis in \;iridiis Idi-.alities dilTered sd their buttotdidles was ur^i'd bv several 



markedly that the success df one d-rower tidiist-- at the Thnrsil.av morninc; ses- 



could not al\\a\-s form ;in ex.ample fdr sidu. S. .1. (idiblaril thoiidlit jf .mi easv 



.■luothei-. Alfred .M. Campbell .asserted means td business th.at was much o\'er- 



looked. 11. W. Sheppard told liovv easy 

 it was to cultivate the boutonniere liabit 

 in customers. The upshot of the discus- 

 sion was that everyone present was jiro- 

 vided with a carnation to wear in liis 

 buttonhole henceforth. 



Hartford Next. 



Ballotinjif awarded the next meeting 

 ])lacc to Hartford, Conn., the vote for 

 that city being far ahead of that for 

 Cincinnati. As vice-president, N. C. Os- 

 born was thereuiion the unanimous se- 

 lection. David S. Ward and Fred Lau- 

 tcnschlager acted as tellers. 



While next year's exhibition was up- 

 jpcrmost in mind, William Sim offered 

 ^-'> as first prize for twelve carnations 

 at that time, C. S. Strout adding ■$l.'j 

 for second and N. C. Osl)orn, in behalf 

 of Coombs Florist, .lilO for third. S. J. 

 God.dard offered $-0 as a first prize for 

 twelve Laddie. 



It was decided to ask members for 

 subscrijitions to the j)remiuin list of the 

 national flower show in Cleveland in 

 19-0, so that any jirofit that accrues 

 through the society's underwriting a 

 share of the show expenses will go to 

 the society's treasury. The following 

 subscriptions were tendered from the- 

 floor: 



ICliiicr .T. Weaver. ••!;•_'.". 00 

 C. W. .IiiliTisiiii. . . •_'."■).(«! 

 WiUi.iiM Sim :;."..oo 



.lev Fler.-il I'd L'.'l.OO 



S. S. Skiilc-lsky. . i;."..(M) 



(Src, ]■:. Iliixt.iii . .. LTedd 



Will. Miiriiliv Cd. l.'eOO 

 IMw.nil WiiikliT 

 Henry Smith . . 



10 (III 



10.00 



Further snbscriidions wil 

 b\' the secretarv bv mail. 



be solicited 



HEADS CAHNATION MEN. 



The newly elected jiresideiit of the 

 American Carnation Society, W. D. 

 llowiird, was born in the town where 

 his greenhouses are now located. Mil- 

 ford, Mass. The date was Aiiril 27, 

 186i). lie was not a florist, but a ma- 

 chinist, by early jirofessiou. His father 

 was a m.arket gardener, however, and 

 AV. D. Howard ga\e uji the occupation 

 (d' machinist to .assist him in his later 

 years. He began as a florist in 1803, 

 using the sash liouses of his father. 

 Now he has a range containing 60,000 

 feet of glass at Milford, where carna- 

 tions are grown. Delight and Ward are 

 chiefly grown. Mr. lloward calls the 

 latter a money-maker, since it is a free 

 ]irodiicer ancl good keeper. Benora, 

 found by him ;i good seller, is also 

 grown. Matchless he regards as the 

 best white. His iilaiiting of Laddie is 

 not extensive. Cottage Maid. Belle 

 Washburn tind Bernice are other \arie- 

 ties grown .at Milford. 



Greencastle, Ind.— .John Lit. 1 & Son 

 lia\e a salmon colored sjiort of En- 

 (hantress Siiprc-me carnation of which 

 thev think highly. It was awarded a 

 certificate of merit at a recent meeting 

 df the Indiana State Florists' Associa- 

 t idii. 



Allegany, N. Y.— Klmer Rawlings 

 has ten hoiis(>s of geraniums this season, 

 but has not been able to keep up with 

 the demand for yoimg stock, jiartly be- 

 cause the demand has Ikhmi tlie heaviest 

 yet ex]ierienced ami ]iartly because 

 dark weather has retardeil growth. 

 Mr. Rawliiigs has just completed a big 

 new brick smokestack and will put up 

 another greenhouse as soon as weather 

 ]iermifs. 



