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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBIB 17, 1921 



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CLUB MEETING 



CHZOAGO CLUB MEETS. 



Officers Nominated. 



Special order of business at the meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Florists ' Club Thurs- 

 day evening, November 10, was the nom- 

 luution of officers for the ensuing year. 

 It was the opinion of Ex -president T. E. 

 Waters that the officers of this year had 

 worked hard against difficult odds to in- 

 crease the club's service and value to 

 the trade and that they deserved further 

 opportunity to carry out their plans and 

 ideas. He therefore nominated Joseph 

 Kohout as president for next year. A. 

 F. Longren nominated A. T. Pyfer for 

 vice-president, and the remaining 

 officers, F. Lautenschlager, secretary, 

 and A. H. Schneider, treasurer, were 

 also renominated. Three candidates 

 were nominated for the one vacancy of 

 trustee: Hans Jepsen, of Maywood; 

 Albert Koehler, treasurer of the Amer- 

 ican Bulb Co., and E. Goldenstein, of 

 Vaughan's Seed Store. Election of 

 officers will take place at the next meet- 

 ing of the club. 



Programs Suggested. 



A letter was read suggesting ways of 

 increasing the interest and consequently 

 the attendance of the club's meetings. 

 The writer of the unsigned epistle re- 

 vealed himself as Alex Gardiner. Sev- 

 eral of his suggestions were thought 

 worthy of trial. In carrying out one. 

 President Kohout appointed Mr. Gardi- 

 ner and T. E. Waters as a committee to 

 prepare a program for the next meeting. 



Three new members were added: 

 Charles Elliott, grower, Park Eidge; 

 Oscar Nelson, grower, Maywood; Wil- 

 liam Abrahamson, manager of the fix- 

 tures department of the A. L. Eandall 

 Co., Chicago. 



T. E. Waters, as chairman of the good 

 of the club committee, reported that an 

 elaborate entertainment had been pro- 

 vided for the banquet to be held No- 

 vember 17 in connection with the ex- 

 hibition of the club and the Chrysanthe- 

 mum Society of America. 



Secretary Lautenschlager reported 

 that tlie arrangements for the flower 

 show at the Auditorium had been com- 

 pleted and that prospects were for an 

 excellent array of exhibits. He said 

 30,000 tickets 'had been sold for public 

 admission to the show and that an offer 

 for 5,000 by the Association of Com- 

 merce had been turned down. Ninety 

 banquet tickets wore disposed of by Sec- 

 retary Lautenschlager that evening. 



Commending and thanking the florists 

 who had taken part, Peter Pearson 

 spoke ill glowing terms of the success 

 of the flower sliow liokl at tlie Uptown 

 Chicago Exjiosition November 1 to 5. 



Signboards Free. 



The slogan hoards, of which 500 were 

 ordered by the national jiublicity com- 

 mittee of the S. A. F. two years ago, 

 have not yet been disposed of, and a let- 

 ter from J. F. Auimann was read offer- 

 ing ten to the club free if it would pay 

 express charges from the warehouses at 

 Fort Wayne, Ind., where they are now 



stored, to destination. The club mem- 

 bers voted to accept the offer, asking 

 for an extension of time on the offer in 

 order to secure the names of those who 

 would erect the signs. One was taken 

 by Hans Jepsen and one by Bobert J. 

 Windier. Other growers who have suit- 

 able space to erect one of the signs are 

 asked to communicate with Secretary 

 Lautenschlager. 



Two visitors, Andrew Dean and F. W. 

 Topell, of St. Paul, were called upon and 

 made brief but interesting speeches. 



Exhibits. 



A rising vote of thanks was awarded 

 Hans Jepsen for a fine vase of large- 

 flowering chrysanthemums, of the fol- 

 lowing varieties: Mrs. Leslie Davis, 

 pink sport of Turner; President Everitt, 

 bronze; Nagirroc, orange bronze; Cor- 

 poral Piper, yellow; Delight, pink; 

 Turner, white; Appleton, yellow; Rich- 

 mond, yellow, termed by Mr. Jepsen a 

 bread-and-butter variety; Sergeant 

 Young, bronze; Dr. Enguehard, pink; 

 W. H. Chadwick, white; Marigold, 

 yellow. 



A vase of pompon chrysanthemums, 



J. Hamilton Lewis, was exhibited hj 

 Peter Pearson. 



Mr. Pearson said the three varieties 

 most favored at the Uptown Chicago 

 show were Bichmond, in yellow; Chief- 

 tain, in pink, and Betsy Boss, in White. 

 Mr. Jepsen also made a brief but inter- 

 esting taJk regarding the varieties he 

 showed. 



PBODUOING COLORED LEAVES. 



What is the best method for pro- 

 ducing nicely colored leaves on the 

 pandanus and dracsenaf 



A. & S.— Miss. 



In order to get well-colored foliage on 

 draceenas and such forms of pandantis 

 as Veitchii and Sanderi, it is quite es- 

 sential that th-ey shall not be too heavily 

 shaded. This applies to crotons, fancy- 

 leaved caladiums and practically all 

 fine-foliaged plants. Shade sufficiently 

 to prevent burning, provide a moist at- 

 mosphere and genial heat and you should 

 get well-colored leaves. C. W. 



Urbana, HI. — The tenth annual chrys- 

 anthemum show staged by the division 

 of floriculture of the University of 

 Illinois opened Friday, November 11, 

 and continued through Wednesday, 

 November 16. In addition to the regular 

 exhibition and commercial varieties, the 

 division had on display many new pom- 

 pons, anemones and singles which were 

 originated by the students in floricul- 

 ture. 



PABASITE ON MUMS. 



I am sending a specimen of parasite 

 that is found on our mums, pelargoniums, 

 coleus, etc. It has no leaves, but throws 

 out feelers which work around any plant 

 at all and throw a form of root into the 

 plants; then it blooms, bears seed and 

 throws other feelers. We have removed 

 all traces of it, but we are anxious to 

 know what it is and whether it is really 

 ' ' dangerous. " Y. & S.— Pa. 



This seems to be similar to the para- 

 sites which commonly attack clover, 

 wheat and some other cereals. If you 

 pull it out, you will, doubtless, have no 

 further trouble with it. C. W. 



able injuries would outweigh benefits, 

 where you grow such a geneo^ collection. 

 It would be preferable to use Nico-fume 

 papers, giving smokings on two succes- 

 sive nights. Also repeat the smoking, 

 if any stragglers are left. Be sure to 

 burn up all weeds, debris and rubbish 

 about your greenhouses and gardens. 

 The tarnished plant bug is likely to de- 

 posit its eggs and a good cleaning-up 

 and burning will destroy most of them 

 and will reduce the likelihood of attacks 

 another season. C. W. 



TARNISHED BUG ON MUMS. 



A considerable number of our chrys- 

 anthemums have been injured this fall 

 by the tarnished plant bug. These bugs 

 are still- working in the mums and are 

 doing much injury. The houses also 

 contain a general line of ferns, prim- 

 roses, lilies, vines, etc. Would it be 

 safe to fumigate with cyanide now? 

 If so, how should it be used? As our 

 night foreman must have access to the 

 houses at nighty it seems that it would 

 be necessary to fumigate early some 

 Sunday morning. F. F. B. — Minn. 



This bug, commonly called "chinch 

 bug," does much damage to mums by 

 stinging the shoots. It would not be 

 safe to use cyanide at this time. Prob- 



MEALY BUG ON MUMS. 



I should be pleased to have you sug- 

 gest a method of ridding chrysanthe- 

 mums of black thrips and mealy bug. 

 These pests have proved destructive 

 to my stock. W. C. S.— 111. 



The remedy for mealy bug and black 

 thrips is one of the standard nicotine 

 solutions, used as recommended on the 

 can. It is always better to use too little 

 than too much of the fluid when apply- 

 ing a remedy of this kind. If you find 

 the result not satisfactory, strengthen 

 the mixture until it is. 



Mealy bug on mums suggests either 

 neglect in growing the plants during 

 the summer or that the house is badly 

 in need of paint. If the plants are kept 

 sprayed well at all times, mealy bug will 

 never appear. The above remedy will 

 keep the pest down, however, until the 

 crop is cut. C. H. T. 



