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MABCU 9, 1922 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



i.rge as the old Wintzer's Colossal, 

 ,, liich was almost worthless, simply be- 

 , .aise the flowers usufilly "flopped" 

 ,v irliin an hour or two of the time they 

 , .cned. Statue of Liberty has flowers 

 .,i;ictically as large, which are stiff 

 .' .i.ough to stand up, except in the worst 



1 iither. I do not think that enormous 

 ;,,.lividual flowers are any particular 

 ,1 i\;mtage, especially when only two or 

 'lice are open at a time, but two or 

 ihHC of these make as big a show as a 

 .■,,/i>n of the common varieties. The 

 nv, ;itest weakness of this canna is the 

 f.iit that it is from seven to nine 

 fci i tall. Where an especially tall canna 

 is loquired, it ig the best thing ever 

 (ifl'iMcd to the public. 



]n my estimation Nokomis is the 

 most beautiful of the bronze-leaved 

 on'in«s. The flowers are large and are 

 nn intense, velvety vermilion red. The 

 hrnds are large and the plant is a fairly 

 (jciod bloomer, but it does not multiply 

 •IS rapidly as I should like. The variety 

 is still high-priced and I have never seen 

 it grown to any extent except in our 

 own trials^ so cannot speak as enthusi- 

 .nstically of it as I might. 



Louis Reverehon is a canna that is as 

 olicap as King Humbert and, I think, 

 niiifli better. The foliage is just as 

 good; the flowers are much brighter 

 and do not show the tendency to run 

 orange or yellow, a thing that is so 

 noticeable in King Humbert. At the 

 same time, it is a much freer bloomer 

 and is not a cropper. 



The Future Canna. 



We are always interested in looking 

 forward to what ought to be accom- 

 plished in cannas. We must and, I be- 

 Hevr, soon will, have a yellow canna 

 that is as good as The President or 

 Fiery Cross. I also believe it is going 

 to be possible to produce a large-flower- 

 ing yellow with good bronze foliage. 

 These two cannas are much needed at 

 present. There are fragrant wild cannas 

 in the world and I have been trying for 

 two or three years to secure their seeds 

 or roots. It seems to me that the canna 

 is getting to be pretty nearly perfec- 

 tion in present lines, but new advance- 

 ment should be made along the lines of 

 fragrance and lasting qualities when 

 cut. If we can produce a canna that 

 will stay in bloom throe or four days 

 .nftor it is rut, we shall have multiplied 

 its usefulness by ten. Already T have 

 seedlings that I'have used in table dec- 

 orations with good results where they 

 only had to be kept one or two days. 

 ^Iny it not be possible that by growing 

 ^ niultitude of seedlings and selecting 

 carefully we may yet j)roduce the cut 

 flower canna? 



THE GLORY FERN. 



Adiantum Glory of Moordrecht. 



-\diantum tenerum is a species that 

 ^vas discovered in Mexico many years 

 ago and since then has been found in 

 various otlier places, but, although this 

 'eru has been in cultivation such a 

 length of time, more than a century in 

 laet, yet it is by no means common in 

 ^le American trade of the present day. 

 J\ut, as we sometimes find in genealo- 

 gies, the second or third generation mav 

 be more famous than the first, and such 

 a condition sometimes appears in the 

 ^orld of botany also. 



I'he first great departure from the 

 '■('gular form of Adiantum tenerum was 



Adiantum Glory of Moordrecht. 



found in Barbados about 18G3, when 

 tliat lovely variety known as Adiantum 

 Farley euse was discovered, and this 

 still remains the most beautiful of its 

 family. But A. Farleyense is tender 

 and needs careful handling in order 

 to be useful commercially, and in arkli- 

 tion to this it does not produce spores, 

 with the result that propagation de- 

 pends upon division of the crowns. 



These are disadvantages that are not 

 easily overcome, and when that later 

 form of Farleyense appeared, within 

 the last two decades, the one now com- 

 monly known as the Glory fern, but 

 correctly labeled Aiiiantuni Farleyense 

 Glory of Moordrecht, it was soon found 

 that this was a coiniuercial fern of tli(> 

 Farleyense type, and one that has been 

 received with open arms by the progres- 

 sive florists of the country. 



Comes True from Spores. 



The Glory fern produces spores that 

 will germinate, and it comes true from 

 the spores, and this naturally helps its 

 trade popularity, and while it does not 

 jiroduce spores with the same freedom 

 that Adiantum cuneatum and inany 

 other maidenhair ferns do, yet sufficient 

 may be had to make a crop, if they are 

 gathered right, sown right and taken 

 care of. 



It is a warm house fern, requiring a 

 temperature of 60 to 65 degrees at niglit, 

 full light in the winter, and only light 

 shading in the summer to protect it from 

 the strongest sunshine. And when given 

 ]>lenty of moisture, reasonable ventila- 

 tion in warm weather, and a good, open 

 soil containing some dried cow manure, 

 this fern makes quite rapid progress. 

 The accompanying illustrations afford 



coniparison of Farleyense and the Glory 

 fern. That of the latter shows clearly 

 that this fern does not need much stak- 

 ing in order to make a presentable speci- 

 men in a .")-inch pot. W. H. T. 



FOR DAHLLA. GROWERS. 



In August, 1920, the Wholesale 

 Dahlia Growers' Association was organ- 

 ized. At the last meeting, held in New 

 Vork in September, 1921, J. K. Alex- 

 ander, East Bridgewater, Mass., was 

 ehH'ted president; I. U. Underbill, of 

 the Babylon Dahlia Gardens, Babylon, 

 .V. Y., was elected vice-president, and 

 X. A. Hallauer, Ontario, N. Y., was 

 elected secretary and treasurer. 



This organization has for its purpose 

 the adviincomcnt and protection of the 

 dahlia-growing industry of this country. 

 By cooperation through its secretary, in- 

 formation valuable to both growers and 

 buyers will be kept on file. If you are 

 ;i buyer of dahlias in wholesale quanti- 

 ties, it will pay you to keep in touch 

 with the secretary. If you are a grower, 

 not already affiliated with the associa- 

 tion, write our secretary at once and 

 join the association. Your cooperation 

 is necessary; moreover, you cannot af- 

 ford to grow dahlias and not belong to 

 the association. Full information may 

 he obt.'iined from the secretary, 



N. A. Hallauer, Sec 'y. 



Lorain, O.— At 10 a. m., March 25, the 

 sheriff of Lorain county will sell in par- 

 tition proceedings the Stehle green- 

 houses here. The property consists of 

 .SO, 000 feet of glass and is conservativelv 

 appraised at $11,000. The sale will take 

 ]>lace at the courthouse at Elyria. 



