OCTOBKn 30. 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



17 



Flower Show Park, Cleveland, O., the Entrance to the November Exhibition* 



the carnation houses are devoted to 

 roses. The Killarneys, Sunburst and 

 Lady Hillingdon are the varieties most- 

 ly grown, though there was a batch of 

 good Richmond. 



In the open ground we saw a long 

 row of weeping lantanaa that were a 

 mass of bloom. These are grown for 

 use in designs and it is said that they 

 are profitable for this purpose. 



They do not sell anything at whole- 

 sale, but have to buy a great deal out 

 of town. They do not attempt to grow 

 their lilies or American Beauty roses, 

 as they say that their soil is not 

 adapted to them. 



This firm has made such strides since 

 we visited them two years ago that we 

 could hardly believe it was the same 

 place. It looks as if there might be 

 a future for the florists' business in 

 Columbia. 



Jesse T. Ellis. 



In Griffin, Ga., we visited Jesse T. 

 Ellis, and were much pleased with his 

 place. We do not hesitate to say that 

 he had the best field of dahlias we have 

 ever seen. There is no doubt about the 

 south growing as good dahlias as any 

 place on earth. If anyone doubts this, 

 let him visit Mr. Ellis before frost. 

 He had over 100 varieties and every 

 one was doing well. 



Mr. Ellis also makes a success of 

 growing roses for cut flowers in the 

 open ground, having plenty till almost 

 Christmas. He was just getting ready 

 to build a new house, his first real 

 greenhouse. 



While on our rambles we were espe- 

 cially impressed by a vine that is cata- 

 logued as ■ the mountain rose. The 

 blooms are in panicles sometimes as 

 much as three feet long, though gen- 

 erally only about twelve or fifteen 

 inches long, and for freedom of bloom 

 and brilliancy of color we have never 

 seen its equal. The color is an intense 

 cerise. We are told it will stand the 

 winters as far north as Kentucky, and 

 that where it kills it can be grown the 

 same as moonflowers and blooms fully 

 as early. F. B. 



LEAN-TO HOUSE FOR CEOPS. 



Can a lean-to with ground beds be 

 used successfully for early and late 

 asters, gladioli and sweet peas? Is it 

 necessary that the glass be in sash 

 frames, so as to be entirely removod in 

 summer? As the house would be adja- 



cent to a rose house, plenty of heat for 

 winter would be available. This is a 

 climate with killing frosts about Sep- 

 tember 20. H. G. C. 



A leau-to house could be used for 

 such crops as you mention, but would 

 not be so desirable, of course, as a 

 span-roofed one. It is not necessary to 

 have the glass in sash frames, so as to 

 be able to remove it. With good ven- 

 tilation and a little shade on the glass 

 during hot weather, it would be pos- 

 sible to keep the temperature con- 

 genial. C. W. 



WINTEELCJG CA1«TAS. 

 Will you kindly tell me how I can 

 winter canna bulbs? There will be no 

 heat in my greenhouses this winter, so 

 I cannot keep them there. How would 

 it be to put the bulbs in a barrel and 

 lower the barrel in the ground below 

 the freezing point, or what would you 

 advise? R. G. t. 



The canna roots will decay if buried 

 in the ground as suggested. Have you 

 no cellar or shed which is frost proof, 

 where you could put them on shelves? 

 They can be wintered in any dry cellar 

 which will keep potatoes satisfactorilv. 



('. W. 



THE CLEVELAND SHOW. 



The Men Behind It. 



John Boddy, city forester, representa- 

 tive of the Ohio Horticultural Society 

 and landscape architect de luxe, is the 

 commander-in-chief of the committee 

 that is putting Cleveland to the fore 

 in the coming flower show, which is 

 expected to be the biggest trade show 

 in America this season. The commit- 

 tee of twelve from the Florists' Club 

 is subdivided into committees on pub- 

 licity, on decoration, on hall and pre- 

 miums, and on entertainment, and all 

 are working hard for the show's suc- 

 cess. 



The Hotel Euclid, which is across the 

 street from the new Wigmore coliseum, 

 where the show is to be held, has been 

 selected as official headquarters, and it 

 is here that the banquet to visiting 

 florists will be held on Friday evening, 

 November 14. 



The members of the entertainment 

 committee have something choice up 

 their sleeves in connection with the 

 banquet. Visiting florists are urged 

 to register immediately after their ar- 

 rival, when the entertainment commit- 

 tee will provide them with banquet 

 tickets for themselves and their wives. 



The Recently G)mpleted Hall for the Qeveland Trade Show. 



