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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 10, 1921 



Brush piles this season are the small- 

 est in many years. 



The annual meeting and exhibition of 

 the American Iris Society will be held at 

 Columbus, Ohio, May 20 and 21. 



The American Association of Cemetery 

 Superintendents will hold its annual con- 

 vention at the Hotel Statler, Detroit, 

 September 13 to 15. 



The demand for garden roses has been 

 stronger this spring than ever before. 

 Absence of imported stock, curtailed pur- 

 chases during the war and the weather's 

 destruction have been prime causes. 



This year the American Peony Society 

 will meet at Boston, June 18 and 19, al- 

 though the dates may be advanced to ac- 

 cord with the early season. The show will 

 be in conjunction with the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



Investigation by the agricultural 

 commissioner to determine claims for 

 damages on account of orders to pre- 

 vent the spread of the European corn 

 borer is authorized in a bill recently 

 passed by the New York state legisla- 

 ture which was signed by Governor Mil- 

 ler this week. Fifty-two thousand dol- 

 lars are appropriated. 



A. A. N. CONVENTION. 



The Congress hotel has been selected 

 again as headquarters for the annual 

 meeting of the American Association 

 of Nurserymen, at Chicago, June 22 to 

 24. Business sessions will begin at 10 

 a. m. each day. 



Booms should be reserved immediate- 

 ly. The rates quoted by the Congress 



hotel are: 



Per day 



Room, detached batb, one person $3 to $ 5 



Boom, detached bath, two persons 5 to 6 



Boom, private bath, one person 6 to 10 



Room, private bath, two persons 7 to 12 



Members who wish to make exhibits 

 should notify A. M. Augustine, Normal, 

 HI., who will see that exhibits arriving 

 before the date of the convention will 

 be taken care of. Address exhibits to 

 A. M. Augustine, chairman arrange- 

 ments committee. Nurserymen's Con- 

 vention, Congress hotel, Chicago, 111. 

 Freight or express charges should be 

 prepaid. 



The program will be announced later, 

 a special program committee having 

 been appointed by President Stark, con- 

 sisting of Henry B. Chase, chairman. 

 Chase, Ala.; E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, 

 la.; M. R. Cashman, Owatonna, Minn. 



LILACS AND BOSA KTJGOSA. 



What is the easiest way to propagate 

 the newer varieties of lilacs! Also 

 Eosa rugosat Q. M. — Mich. 



There is no easy method for you to 

 adopt in order to propagate the newer 

 varieties of lilacs in quantity. If prop- 

 agation were simple, prices would be 

 much lower. Rooting in a gentle hot- 

 bed in summer from half-ripened wood 

 Is the best method and if you have a 

 private estate, you should be able to 

 adopt it. A couple of 3x6 sashes would 



be ample for your needs. Short cut- 

 tings with two eyes are of the right 

 size. They should be put directly into 

 a bed of sand which overlies some warm 

 manure, or put in pans or flats. Early 

 in July the wood is usually right for 

 propagative purposes. Cuttings must 

 be shaded, kept close and lightly 

 sprayed several times daily until rooted. 

 Then begin to air more freely. 



The varieties chinensis, Josikeea, 

 villosa and vulgaris will root much 

 more freely than the newer hybrids of 

 vulgaris. You can also propagate by 

 layering, budding or grafting, but soft- 

 wood cuttings are the best for you. 



You can bud outdoors on Syringa vul- 

 garis in August or graft on the same 

 stock in April or May, but there is 

 always danger of the plants sending up 

 a swarm of suckers from the stock, 

 which will eventually kill the graftecl 

 variety. Own-root lilacs are far su- 

 perior to those grown from layers or 

 those which have been budded or 

 grafted and it would be advisable for 

 you to try this way of propagating. If 

 you get twenty-five per cent of your 

 cuttings to root, be satisfied. 



Propagate Eosa rugosa with lilacs in 

 a hotbed, or save seeds and stratify in 



The President 

 Grandest 

 Red Canna 

 in existence 



The President! 



The Grandest Red Canna in Existence ^ 



Height, 4 feet. In color, a rich, glowing scarlet, and IC 

 the immense, firm, rounded flowers,! 7 inches across when |f 

 open, are produced on strong, erect Sn 

 stalks well above the large, rich green UZ 

 foliage. "The President" is superior to ■■■ 

 any other red variety in the Quantity and iXi 

 also Quality of bloom, and the firm flow- IC 

 ers resist drought and heat to a i^ 

 remarkable degree. A large bed ^Jf 

 of this variety was planted on i^ 

 the grounds of the Washington 31 

 Monument, Washington, D. C. |£ 

 Another "President" Canna Jf| 

 bed was on the Garden Pier at 

 Atlantic City, while several 

 more were to be seen in the 

 largest public parks in this 

 country, where inese beautiful 

 flowers received th»unQualified 

 admiration of every Canna lov- 

 er. Naturally, a tremendous 

 demand has been created. 

 'Strong roots ready now. Plants 

 from 8- inch pots, $2.00 per 10; 

 $15.00 per 100; $126.00 per 1000. 



Extract Iroa Flarisb' Review, Scp- 

 tcaber 2S, I91t: 



"I have been much impressed 

 with some of the new Cannas 

 that I have tried this summer, 

 and cannot refrain from men- 

 tioning two. These are The President and 

 Snow Queen. Pf esident is by all odds the 

 best red Canna today, largerand better than 

 Firebird and a free bloomer; the foliace is 

 strong and does not bum, as does that of Fire- 

 bird. Those who have tried Firebird and 

 lamented that it would not do on account of 

 diseased foliage willlrejoice to know that at last we have a Canna that is 'right.' "— 

 Floyd Bralliar. 



"Tb» Boit acaiatiaail utrodactiM oi reccat jtn*."— From another firm's catalogue. 

 Well established plants from 3-inch pots, ready now. 

 Prices, f .o.b. West Grove. This stock is well and carefully grown, 

 and will, we feel sure, give excellent satisfaction. 



Consult our list of Cannas and Roses in the 

 Classified section of tliis issue of The Review. 



The r-ONARD • ROSES 



V.^ & JONES CO., West Grove, Pa. 



ROBERT PYLE,>Pre8ideiit. 



ANTOINE WINTZER, Vice-Pros. 



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