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The Florists* Review 



NOVBMBBU 17, 1921 



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CLUB MEETING 



CHICAGO CLUB MEETS. 



Officers Nominated. 



Spoc'i.'tl order of Imsiiiess at tho iiicct- 

 inf,r of tlic (.'lii('ii<;o Flori.sts' Club Thurs- 

 day evoniii},', Novoinbor 10, was flic iioiii- 

 iiiti'ioii of officors for the eiiHuing year. 

 It was till' ojiiiiiou of Kx-president T. K. 

 Waters lliat tht> oflicers of this year had 

 worked hard ay.-iinst diflicult 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. Jle therefore nominated Joseph 

 Koliout as president for next year. A. 

 F. Loii}i:ren nominated A. T. Pyfer for 

 vice-prt'sident, !md the remaining 

 officers, F. Lautensclilager, secretary, 

 and A. H. Sdineider, treasurer, were 

 also renominated. Three candidates 

 ■were nominated for the one vacancy of 

 trustee: Hans -Tepseii, of Maywood; 

 Albert Kochler, treasurer of the Amer- 

 ican Hull) Co., and E. Goldenstein, of 

 Vau^fliau's Seed Store. Election of 

 officers will take place at the next meet- 

 ing of the clul). 



Programs Suggested. 



A letter was read sujjgestinp; ways of 

 increasing the interest and consequently 

 the attendance of the club's meetings. 

 Tlif writer of the unsigned epistle re- 

 vealed himself as Alex (lardincr. Sev- 

 eral of his suggestions were thought 

 ■»\orthy of triiil. Jn carrying out one, 

 Presi(b'nt Knhout ai)p()inted Mr. C.ardi- 

 Ber and T. E. Waters as a committee to 

 prepare a program for the next meeting. 



Three new miMubers were added: 

 Charles Elliott, grower, I'ark Kidge; 

 Oscar Nelson, grower, Maywood; Wil- 

 liam AbralKimson, manager of the fix- 

 tures department of the A. E. Handall 

 Co., Chicago. ' 



T. i;. W.-iters. as chairman of the good 

 of the club committt'e, rejiorted that an 

 elaborate ent ert iiinment had been pro- 

 vided for the b.anqiiet to be held No- 

 vember 17 in connection with the ex- 

 Jiibifion of the club ;md the Chrysanthe 

 mum Society of America. 



Secretary l..iiy i iisclibiger rejiorte(i 

 that the ari;inui iiieiits for the flower 

 f;)iow at till A iiilit orium bad been com- 

 })leted and tli.it jirospects were for ;in 

 excellent arr,i\- ot' exhibits. He said 



30,00(1 tickets h.id I n sold for public 



admission to the show and that an offer 

 for ."i.tiiKi by the .\ ssoc i;it ioii of Com- 

 merce had been turned down. .Ninety 

 baiKjuet tickets were clisjiosed of by Sec- 

 ret.'iry E;iiiteiis(hl;iger th.'it evening. 



Coiiiiniinl ing and fh.inking the florists 

 who li;i(| 1. 1 kill ]iait, I'eter Pearson 

 Pjxdie in^iowitig term-; of the success 

 of till /lowir show held at the Uptown 

 Chicai:ti Expositioii November ] to 5. 



Signboards Free. 



The >logan boards, of which 500 were 

 ordered by tjie iiation.al publicity com- 

 niiftee of the S. .'\. P. two years ago, 

 have not yet been disjiosed of, and a let- 

 ter from .(. ]■'. Aiiiiriann w;is read offer- 

 ing ten to the club free if it would p:iy 

 exjiress charges from the w.arehouses at 

 Fort \\',i\-ne. Inij., where tln'V ;ire now 



stored, to destination. The club mem- 

 l)ers voted to accept the offer, asking 

 for an extension of time on the offer in 

 order to secure the n:unes of those who 

 would erect the signs. One was taken 

 by Hans Jepsen and one by Eobert J. 

 Windier. Other growers who have suit- 

 able space to erect one of the signs are 

 asked to communicate with Secretary 

 Lantensclilager. 



Two visitors, Andrew Dean and F. W. 

 Topell, of St. I'.-iul, 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. Eeslie Davis, 

 ]Mnk s]iort of Turner; President Everitt, 

 bronze; Nagirroc, orange bronze; Cor- 

 poral Piper, yellow; Delight, pink; 

 Turner, white; .\])pleton, yellow; Rich- 

 mond, yellow, termed by Mr. .Jepsen a 

 bread-and-btitter variety; Sergeant 

 Young, Ijronze; Dr. Enguehard, jiink; 

 W. H. Chadwick, white; Marigold, 

 yellow. 



A vase of pompon chrysanthemums, 



.T. Hamilton Lewis, was exhibited by 

 Peter Pearson. 



Mr, Pearson said the three varieties 

 most favored at the Uptown Chicago 

 show were Richmond, in yellow; Chief- 

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

 Mr. Jepsen also made a brief but inter- 

 esting talk regarding the varieties he 

 showed. 



PRODUCING COLORED LEAVES. 



What is the best method for pro- 

 ducing nicely colored leaves on the 

 pandanus and dracsna? 



A. & S.— Miss. 



In order to get well-colored foliage on 

 dracsenas and such forms of pandanus 

 as Veitchii and Sanderi, it is quite es- 

 sential that they shall not be too heavily 

 shaded. This applies to crotons, fancy- 

 leaved caladiums and practically all 

 line-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, 111. — 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 tlie 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. 



PARASITE ON MUMS. 



I am sending a specimiMi of parasite 

 that is found on our mums, jielargoniums, 

 coliiis, etc. It has no leaves, but throws 

 out feelers wliiidi work around any plant 

 at all and throw a form of root info 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 reallv 

 ■•liangeioiis. ■' Y. & S.— Pa. ' 



This seems to be similar to the ]iara 

 sites which commonly att.ack clover, 

 wheat and some other cere.als. If you 

 jMill it out, you will, doubtless, ha\-e no 

 further troulile with it. C. W. 



able injuries would outweigh benefits, 

 where you grow such a general collection. 

 It would be jireferable 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 rubbistf 

 about your greenhouses and gardens. 

 The tarnished plant bug is likely to de- 

 ]iosit its eggs and a good cleaning-up 

 ;ind burning will destroy most of them 

 ,ind will reduce the likelihood of attacks 

 another season. C. W, 



TARNISHED BUG ON MUMS. 



.V considerable number of our chrvs- 

 ;intlieniuuis li;i\e been injured this fall 

 by the tarnished pl.aiit bug. These bugs 

 ;ire still working in tlie mums and are 

 doing iiiiich injury. The houses ;ilso 

 cont.iin a general line of ferns, [irim- 

 roses, lilies, vines, etc. Would it be 

 s.afe to fumigate with cy.anide now? 

 Jf so, iiow should it be used? As our 

 night forem.an niiist have access to tli(> 

 houses at night, it seems that it would 

 be necessary to fumigate e;irly scuiie 

 Sunday morning. F. V. P>. — Minn. 



This bug, commonly called "cliinch 

 bug,'' does much damage to mums by 

 stinging the shoots. It would not be 

 safe to use c\;tliide at this time. I'rob 



MEALY BUG ON MUMS. 



I should be pleased to have you sug- 

 gest a method of ridding chrvsanthe- 

 mums of black tlirips and meiily bug. 

 These pests have proved destructive 

 to my stock. W. C. S.— 111. 



The remedy for mealy bug and black 

 thrijis is one of the stand.ird nicotine 

 solutions, used as recommended on the 

 can. It is always better to use too little 

 than too much of the fluid when .apjily- 

 ing a remedy of this kind. If yen liiid 

 the result not satisfactory, strengthen 

 the mixture until it is. 



Mealy bug on mums suggests either 

 neglect in growing the jilants during 

 the summer or that the house is badly 

 in need of jiaint. If the jdaiits are kep"t 

 hjirayed well at all times, mealy bug will 

 never .-qiiiear. The above remedy will 

 Kieji the jiest down, however, until the 

 crop is cut. C. H. T. 



