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The Florists^ Review 



NoVBMBEa 26, 1914. 



GLADIOLI UNDER GLASS. 



Will you please tell me bow deep 

 gladiolus bulbs should be planted for 

 best results? Also, please tell me the 

 best way to support the flower stalks. 

 I refer, of course, to growing such vari- 

 eties as America, etc., under glass. 



G. R. N. 



Plant the tubers four to five inches 

 deep. If they are planted at this 

 depth, the flower stalks will need no 

 supports. In growing them outdoors, if 

 you will plant them six inches deep, 

 supports will not be needed. If you 

 plant more shallow, the stems will be 

 bent and blown over. C. W. 



IRRIGATING GLADIOLUS FIELDS. 



How seven acres of gladiolus fields, 

 comprised in the Gardens of Avon, at 

 Avon, la., a little station eight miles 

 southeast of Des Moines, are irrigated 

 by the overhead pipe system formed 

 the sub.iect of an article by W. J. Den- 

 nis in the November issue of Successful 

 Farming. This establishment, as well 

 as its owner. Dr. William Carpenter, of 

 Des Moines, is well known to the trade. 

 It is estimated that a million and a half 

 bulbs will have been propagated and 



600,000 blooms cut from the gardens by 

 the end of this season. 



The system of irrigation used con- 

 sists of parallel lines of pipe mounted 

 on posts six feet high. At intervals of 

 three feet small nozzles are attached 

 and the end of each pipe connects with 

 a large feed pipe. Near the connection 

 on each line a special union is provided, 

 so that any one or any number of pipes 

 can be used independently of the others, 

 and so that the nozzles can be elevated 

 to the angle desired, depending on the 

 velocity of the wind. Water is sup- 

 plied from points near by sunk twenty- 

 six feet in the ground. The cost of 

 operating the system for the seven acres 

 is $2 per day. 



TRACY BULB STOCK BURNED. 



Fire broke out early Monday morning, 

 November 23, in the barn of B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, the well known gladiolus 

 specialist, of Wenham, Mass. After de- 

 stroying the barn and contents, includ- 

 ing four horses, several cows, wagons, 

 harnesses, etc., the fire spread to the 

 bulb houses, one of which had been com- 

 pleted only this fall. These, with con- 

 tents, were completely destroyed. Mr. 

 Tracy had over twenty-five aci'es of 

 gladif'i and has thus lost his entire 



stock, including all he had of- many val- 

 .uable seedlings, to ^ajr nothing, of other 

 new' and choice variflities. The loss is 

 difficult to estimate, iJiit is many, thou- 

 sands of dollars. Tlie sympathy of a 

 host of friends goes out to ]^r. and Mrs. 

 Tracy in their loss, bul, all are sure they 

 will soon make gOQd d£ain. 



Many of the lady r^sj^tors to. the Bos.- 

 ton convention will Jffemem\>ef their 

 visit to the Wenham gladiolus fields, the 

 outing in question begig in charge of 

 Mr. TracjK His exhibits were to b© 

 found a,t most of the recent conventions 

 ;and national shows. W. N. C. 



REGISTRATION OF GLADIOLI, ' 



Public notice is hereby given that the 

 application of MunselL ^ Harvey, Ashta- 

 bula,' 0.,.for the .registration • of Hazel 

 Harvey, and of B. Hammond Tracy, 

 Wenhain, Mass., for the variety. Maize, 

 is approved by the committee on nomen- 

 clature of the American Gladiolus So- 

 ciety. 



Hazel Harvey— Bloom meiUum large; tube 

 •curved, stout, long. Segments unequal, connl- 

 vent; the upper horizontal and broad, the lower 

 reflexed and narrower. Stamen filaments .red- 

 dish. Anthers violet. Color carmine-red; throat 

 araber-whlte, penciled carmine-purple. A good, 

 compact bloom of good, clear color and good sub- 

 stance. Mid-season to medium late. Spike tall, 

 erect and a free bloomer on both main stem 

 and branches. A vigorous grower and well fur- 

 nished with broad leaves. Corms medium large; 

 "Increases by division." Cormels proliflc. 



Maize — Bloom medium size; tube curved, stout, 

 short. Segments nearly equal, connivent; upper 

 liorizontal, the lower nearly straight. Stamen 

 filaments white. Antliers lavender. Color am- 

 ber-yellow, with a well-defined, dull .crimson 

 blotch on the lower Up. Season early to mid- 

 season. Spike medium tall, very erect and 

 branched. Growth vigorous, with broad foliage. 

 Corms medium size. Cormels large and proliflc. 

 This variety was discovered by Umpleby and in- 

 troduced by 'J'racy. 



A. C. Beal, Chairman. 



NOTES OF THE AUTUMN SHOWS 



QUALITY THE KEYNOTE OF THE SHOWS THIS YEAR 



BALTIMORE. 



Horticultural Society Show. 



The annual exhibition of the Mary- 

 land Horticultural Society, held in the 

 Fifth Regiment Armory November 17 

 to 21, was the largest and most success- 

 ful ever held by this organization. The 

 committee in charge was composed of: 

 William Feast, chairman; Robt. Halli- 

 day, Geo; Morrison, T. H. Moss, J. W. 

 Boone and Robt. L. Graham, They 

 were well supported by the local trade 

 and deserved great credit for the ad- 

 mirable arrangement of the exhibits 

 and the show generally. 



The main feature of the show was 

 the enormous vase of mums which stood 

 in the center of the 120-foot circle 

 given over entirely to flowers and 

 plants. It was designed and erected 

 by Wm. Feast, and stood on a base 

 thirty inches high. The vase itself 

 •was ten and a half feet high and con- 

 tained nearly 350 mums, all of which 

 were donated by members of the Gar- 

 deners' and ITorists' Club of Baltimore. 

 It was known as the club vase. Sur- 

 rounding the vase at its base was a 

 fltar-shaped bed of crotons arranged by 

 the Baltimore park board. 



All of the plant and cut flower ex- 

 hibits were well arranged. Some fine 

 specimen chrysanthemum plants were 

 shown by Mack Richmond, gardener 

 for Mrs. W. B. Cochran, who received 

 eleven firsts out of twelve entries in 

 miscellaneous classes. Jas. Hamilton 

 was awarded a cultural certificate of 

 merit for his group of standard mum 

 plants. 



Jn the cut mum classes, Chas. Sieg- 

 wart '.s vase of twenty Wm. Turner was 

 easily the superior of any :unong the 

 commercial growers' entries. Gustave 

 Lotze and M. .7. Hannigan also had 

 some good blooms on exhibition. In 

 the private gardeners' classes, Geo. 

 Morrison, gardener for Mrs. Henry 

 Howton .lacobs, took everything in 

 sight. 



The roses were shown on the second 

 day of the show, and among them the 

 vase of twenty-five double White Kil- 

 larney shown by Stevenson Bros, was 

 fine. A light pink sport of this variety 

 was also shown by them. Lehr Bros, 

 had a vase of Thora, the light pink 

 sport of Maryland, on the table and it 

 was much admired. In the red class, 

 John McCormick carried oflf the blue 



ribbon with twenty-five blooms of 

 Francis Scott Key against the Prince 

 d'Arenberg of Stevenson Bros. The 

 latter were awarded a cultural certifi- 

 cate of merit for a vase of Cecile 

 Brunner. 



The carnation exhibit on Thursday 

 brought out some good competition. 

 Chas. Siegwart carried off the honors, 

 getting three firsts out of three entries. 

 His new seedling, Mrs. Chas. Siegwart, 

 showed up well against Enchantress, 

 its parent, and was an easy winner in 

 its class. 



The exhibits of palms and ferns and 

 foliage plants were well staged and 

 some good effects were produced. Sam- 

 uel Feast & Sons exhibited a bed of 

 palms, colored draca'nas and spiraeas; 

 the last-named attracted much atten- 

 tion, .In opposition to this bed, a circle 

 of ferns and single stem mums by 

 Harry Ekas was much admired. The 

 specimen ferns shown by Mack Rich- 

 mond were well grown and deserved all 

 the awards they received. 



E. A. Seidewitz won first prize in all 

 the design work classes. R. L. Graham 

 had two tables decorated with Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward and Killamey roses and 



