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The Florists^ Review 



March 9. 1922 



ill phases, resultiiif; in a subscription 

 paper l)oing passed, each florist pledg- 

 iiifj the yearly amount he was willing 

 to pay in quarterly payments in ad 

 vance toward a jreneral advertising; 

 f'luui. 



Harry Heiiil suji^ested a rej^ular chili 

 be formed. Mr. Met/- sugfiested as a 

 name the Toledo Florists' Advertisiiif; 

 OInb. The nami! was ado{)ted. 



The election ol' otlicers resulted as 

 follows: I'resident, A. A. Suder; vice 

 president, Edward Bayer; secretary, F. 

 F. Thompson. Th(> advertising coiimiit- 

 toe is composed of .1. L. Schiller, H. 

 liciiil, Mr. Majjjcc. 11. lleinl is trcas 

 irer of the advertising committee. The 

 .'iitertainment cominittee is made up of 

 rlie follovving: Mr. .\l<'tz, William l\rui- 

 ;,'t'r and Mr. A very. 



A motion was made and carried that 

 ill of the out of town shippers suljmit 

 ■ )iie half of one per cent of value of 

 rhfir shipments toward the advrrtisiuy 

 fund, which directly benefits tlicin. 



We have twenty-eight stores and four 

 teen growers, making a total of foity 

 two in the busim-ss, or an average of 

 :ibnut one for each (i,()()() peojde, iiiclud 



ing Thompson 's Flower Htore, at Mau 

 mee, a suburb of Toledo. 



F. K. Thompson, Sec 'y. 



BRITISH GROWERS' CAMPAIGN. 



An advertising campaign is being in 

 augurated by growers of tomatoes under 

 glass in Fiigland, having been set ou 

 foot by the Lea Valley and District 

 Nurserymen's and Growers' Associa- 

 tion, which called a meeting March 2 in 

 London of all associations of greenhouse 

 tom.ato growers and inde])endeiit grow- 

 ers !is well. The purposes of the cam 

 paign are set forth as follows: 



(ll Til ti^ilit I'liicifjn compi'titiiin in tlu' British 

 «riM-iil](iiisii i 11(1 list ly. 



CJl 'I'd priiciiic II liirtriT ili'iiiiiiid for Uritisli 

 m'rt'iilKiiisf pnMliK'C, 



i;t) 'I'd iMiti»:iit>'. iis fill- .is piissihlr. Ilir si-rioiis 

 slump iiiitiiip:ii.-il in tin- piicrs of I'.ritisli •;iccii 

 liipiisi' piniliMc iliiriiiK till' picsi'iil unit fiitiiii' 

 yrjirs, 



111 'I'll i'iiriiiinn;c :iiii| fiirililati' tlir use (if null 

 ri'tiirn;iljlc pikUml'cs fur :ill I'.ritisli jjri'enliouse 



111' ICC 



III ordrr to cany out this cjimpaign 

 (111 a Mat idii.'il scale, it has been decided 

 til form a new associat ion of greenhouse 

 .throwers umlei- the title of tile liritish 

 illasshoiis, I'roiliice Marketing Associa 

 tioii. Ltd. 



NARCISSUS BULBS 



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IS THERE A LARGER PLANTING' 



Lawler's Narcissus Bulbs. 



<)n the outskirts of Tacoin;i, WmsI,., 

 lieorge Lawler grows, on a Ill-acre tract, 

 jiriiieipally bulbous llowers for the city 

 m.arket. Approximately one half llie 

 icreage. is devoted to narcissi. The soil 

 IS particularly favorable for these and 

 Mr. Lawler has gradually incre.ased his 

 pl.'intiiigs year by ye.ar until today he 

 lias more than a million narcissus bulbs 

 in the grotind. Hitherto, Mr. Lawler 

 'las grown the plants for cut flowers to 

 ship to florists of the city of Taeoma. 

 Of late, liowe\ er, he has been m.-iking 



• ests to determine the v.alue of the Imlbs 

 lie is able to grow for greenhouse fore 

 ing. One of the leading bulb men, who 

 lias traveled all over the country, de 



• lares that Mr. Lawler's planting of nar 

 •issus bulbs is the largest in the Unitcii 



•^t;|tes. 



Mr. Lawler is located four niiie^ e.ist 



■ if Taeoma on the tide flats in the viilley 



■ if the I'uyallup riv<>r. The soil is silt, 

 formed Ijy washings from the mountains. 

 If is hundreds of feet deep and finely 

 ■Irained, althougli but a few feet above 

 se;i level. There is abundant moisture 

 in both the soil and :itmos[iliere, with 

 no extremely hot sui7iniers or cold win- 

 ■ers. Two degrees above zero is an ex- 

 •eptioiially cold night temperature. The 

 ^oil and climate at Taeoma are jiet'tili 

 irly favorable to bulb growing. 



In a test of the forcing qualities of 

 •he narcissus bulbs grown by Mr. I,;i« 

 ler. made by a Taeoma growi'r, it was 

 lound that, with the same treatment :is 

 hat given Holland bulbs, the home 

 ^rown bulbs bloomed ten days to two 

 A-eeks earlier and produced a better cro]> 

 of blooms, according to Mr. Lawler. 



Bloom Earlier. 



.'>ir Watkin placed in flats last fall, 

 two wef'ks after Holland bulbs of (lolden 



Spiir, iijoonied two weeks earlier than 

 ilie lloll.'iiiil (iolden Spur and liore twice 

 .•is m;iiiy blooms, (iolden Spur bulbs 

 yrown at T;icom;i. Idooni iiiiicli earlier 

 th;ni imiiorteil bulbs, says .Mr. Ljiwler. 

 He a'lds tli:it Kiiiperor blooms about the 

 ^■•iine time ;is ilollathl hullis. but has 

 nillcli better bl(i(iiiis in both size and 

 sulist.'i nee. 



.Ml'. I.,iwler lielieves tlicle will be 

 r;ipii| gi;iiwtli of the Itiilb grow ing in- 

 dustry in the I'liited States He tisserts 

 it to be the patriotic diit\' of Ameri- 

 cans to piodiice hullis of ;ill sorts in the 

 count IV ;is t';iv| ;(, nun aiil money are 

 :i\ailalile. He thinks ;ui ii -sociat ion of 

 those iMtere>te(| in the actual growing 

 ■ if liiill.s u(,iil.! lie ;i good tliiiK^. 



Plantings by Variety. 



rill plantings of narcissus Imlbs bv 

 'ieorge Lawler at Taeoma. include the 

 lollowing \;irie1ies and numbers of each: 



liciililc V(in Si. Ill . . 4.IMIII 



'.■ildcn Spur . H.I.IMiii 



I'rillccps IS. DDK 



Sir Wiilkin . iill.iMIO 



'•^MIP'T'il' IJO.ODO 



KinpH'ss M.OIHI 



Van W .ivtrin's i.lhiI 1,500 



Ol.vmiiiii I'oiMi 



Iticdlur Viitori.i ItO.OtH^I 



Siiliiliiir I'liu-nix .'(."i.oih) 



Ciant'c I'liiiiiix . n.lKK) 



llurstiildii l.-).(HHi 



iJlery iif r,ci(li I. IS.OOO 



M.'iil.inic I'lcmi' t.'i.OOK 



Minnli' lliiini' :< ,'',ih) 



M. .\I. He (iraaff . j!oOO 



Ifarrii ('(inspiiiiu- 'i.'i.OOO 



Kivira D.OOO 



Mnic I)c CraatT. . r..000 



iJranilcc 10,(KM) 



.Iimipiils S.OOO 



Kini; .Mfri'il ... ... to, 000 



Kinc (Jiorci- . . lii.OIXl 



.Minister 'ralina 1,000 



.Vpricdt PlKi'nix . . 100 



<;|(iry <)f .Sassrnli'iiii 1,000 



I.iicifrr t,0(M) 



Mrs. IjinKlry 1.000 



White Ui<l.\ l.lXto 



Maslorpifci- lOO 



I'lK'tiiiis oriLitiis I!."! 000 



I'hi'.iHant's Kye t.'iO.OOO 



\lliii plena (Kpiraln lO.'i.OOO 



ouin, Bernadino, Lady M. Boscawen, , 

 Olaf, Peter Barr, King Lear, Croes 

 Silver Giant, Bicolor Latonia, Firecn 

 Macebearer, Miss Wilmot, Madon 

 Royal Sovereign and a few other 

 rieties. 



If there are other plantings of n. 

 cissus bulbs in this country in si. 

 (piantities as these, The Review woi 

 like to learn of them. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS' PROGRAIVT 



At Urbana Next Week. 



The seventeenth annual convention ' 

 the Illinois State Florists' Associati ■! 

 will be held March 14 and 15, at ti -^ 

 University of Illinois, Urbana, in t (.■ 

 Hor'icultural building. Headquarti . 

 for the convention will be at the Inm ,i 

 hotel. The opening session will ta. .• 

 place Tuesday afternoon, March 14, '. 

 ■J p. m. The [irogram for the conventi. 

 will be as follows: 



M.\KCH 14, 2 P. M. 



Aiiilics- uf wclcdnic. by I'mfessor J. t'. Itl:. 

 Iiiail (if till' ilci):yt1«cnt ef liorticultiire. 



rnsidciit's addrcsH, liv .loscph Kiiliniit, Liber 



vlUc, 111. 



Iti|uirt <if treasiiror, by V L. Wuslibn 

 e.l'ii'iinnctdii. 111. 



Uipi.rt (d' secretary, by Albert '1'. Hcv, M.. 

 sMM.d, 111. 



■'.Mii'c I'ddpcriitidn aiiKiii); I'rodiicer.s," by 

 F .\iiiiiiaiin. 



•I'lrinnials for Cut Flowers," by I'rof ■ 

 I! DiiniiT 



.\ildiiss by K. C. Hill. Itidiindnd. Ind. 



riitiiiisbi'd biisiimsB, new businesB and ci. 

 tidii df dlflccrs 



.MARCH 14, 8 P. M. 



Kiitertainnient by Ilortioiiltiirnl Club of ii 

 I iiiv(>rsiiy df Illinois, at Morrow hall. Af 

 . iiliiiral liiilldini;. 



MAUCn l."i. '.>:Mt A. M. 

 Wh.il Kliirints Onclit to Know," by I>r. P \ 

 I .iliflllia Iter. 



Open fdiiim roncerniiiu the KrecnhiiuHe iin topt • 

 .'I vital interest tii ^rriiwers, conducted bv Pr..' 

 I( U lidrriir and Dr. 1". .\. I,ehenbaiiir 



Rates and Arrangements. 



.\t the Inman liotid a single roon. 

 without bath costs $l..*jO to $1.7J): ■ 

 'loiible room without bath costs $.'5; :. 

 single room with bath costs $2.2.'), $2.7. 

 or $.'i.25, and a double room with bate 

 costs $1. $.') or $6. 



At the Beachley hotel the rates ar. 

 :is follows: Room without bath, $1.5' 

 per person, and room with bath, $2.50 ju 

 person. 



Ijuneheon can be had on the camjius 

 either at the university or at the Illinoi 

 cafeteria. 



Trains leave the Illinois Central de 

 [lot, Chicago, at 8:45 a. m. The fare on- 

 way costs $t.56. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW 



Total l.OOO.'.'OO 



There are .-ilso small yilan tings of Bed- 



New York, March 13 to 19. 



< >n the eve of the o)ieiiing of the nintl 

 internation;il flower show, prejiaration 

 .•ire fully complete, and the 1922 shov 

 bills fair to eclipse in (piality and nuii^ 

 her of exhibits all its predecessors. 



The committee is to be congratulatt ■ 

 on a number of phases of the show thi- 

 year, all tending to make the genera 

 ensemble different and more attractiv' 

 to the public. The committee all alon; 

 has fought against any approach t' 

 sameness, and it is believed that whc 

 the show opens on the afternoon of Mon 

 day, M.arch l.''i, it will be found that thi 

 plan of the show will create a forgetful 

 ness of its predecessors. 



The space set off for trade exhibits 

 has lieen ))rac1:cally all .=old. One or 

 •wo !;ite comers might, however, stili 



