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The Florists' Review 



15 



of Olaas- at College Station," by B. 3. Kyle, 

 College Station, Tex. 



Bound Table Diicusslon: 



"Carnations as a Profitable Crop In Teras." 

 led by Bird Forrest, Waxahachle, Tex.; assisted 

 by H. Kaden, Gainesville, Tex., and E. O. Wes- 

 sfnger, Beaumont, Tex. 



•'How We Should Treat Our Competitors," led 

 by H. O. Hannah, Sherman, Tex.; assisted Ijy 

 J. E. McAdams, Ft. Worth, Tex., and H. Kuhl- 

 mann, Jr., Houston, Ter. 



"The Retail Flower Store and Its Manage- 

 ment: Some Methods of Saving Time and Ma- 

 terial," led by H. Greve. Dallas. Tex.; assisted 

 by F. C. Sueby, San Antonio, Tex., and Charles 

 Alff. Jr.. Austin. Tex. 



"Why Woman Is Indispensable In the Florists' 

 Business," led by Mrs. Annie Brigance Wolfe, 

 Waco, Tex.; Joined by all ladies present. 



"Florists as Advertisers and Booklceepers," 

 led by R. C. Kerr, Houston, Tex.; assisted by 

 A. F. Koehle, Sherman, Tex. 



TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6. 



Report of the secretary-treasurer. 



Appointing of committees. 



Reports of the presidents of the Texas local 

 florists' clubs. 



Reports and recommendation of Tom Wolfe, 

 chairman of the flower show committee. 



TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 6. 



Dinner at 8:30 p. m. in Jionor of the president, 

 by local florists. 



WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 7. 



Invitation for next convention. 



Invitation for annual flower show. 



Election of oflJcers. 



Report of standing committees. 



Report of special committees. 



Unfinished business. 



New business. 



Adjournment. 



WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7. 

 Entertainment by local florists. 



PERENNIALS FOB SOWING. 



Will you please publish an article on 

 perennials, stating what varieties may 

 be grown from seeds sown now, so as to 

 have plants ready for sale in April, 

 1916? H. & C— Ohio. 



Some of the most valuable and sala- 

 ble hardy perennials, the seed of which 

 may be sown now, and which will make 

 good stock for selling next spring, are 

 the following: 



Dlanthus barbatus, or sweet-william, 

 in separate colors or mixed; Pyrethrum 

 roseum, single and double, a fair pro- 

 portion of the double forms of which 

 will come true, from seed; Stokesia 

 cyanea; Papaver orientale; P. bracte- 

 atum; CEnothera fruticosa major; 

 Lupinus polyphyllus, blue, white and 

 rose; Lychnis Viscaria splendens and 

 L, Haageana; hollyhocks; Gypsophila 

 paniculata; Geum coceineum Mrs. 

 Bradshaw; Digitalis gloxinia;flora; Qail- 

 lardia grandiflora; Delphinium for- 

 mosum, D, formosum coelestinum, Queen 

 of Blues and mixed hybrids, also D. 

 Chinense or grandiflorum; Campanula 

 Medium, or Canterbury bells, of which 

 the singles are the most desirable; 

 Aquilegia chrysantha, ccerulea and 

 mixed hybrids; Alyssum saxatile com- 

 pactum; Aster sub-coeruleus and hy- 

 brids; Coreopsis grandiflora; tritomas; 

 Chrysanthemum Shasta daisy and King 

 Edward VII. 



Double daisies, violas, pansies and 

 myosotis are usually treated as bien- 

 nials, as are one or two of the sorts 

 already named. They should not be 

 sown before the end of July, or they 

 will become unwieldy in size. The 

 perennials named can be sown outdoors, 

 but better germination will be had if 

 the seeds are sown in coldframes, and 

 these are covered with laths or other 

 shades until the seedlings are nicely 

 germinated. Eemove the sashes and 

 shades altogether when the seedlings 

 are well above ground. The trans- 

 planting to the open ground must only 

 be done during cool and moist weather. 

 To make doubly sure, it is a good plan 

 to prick them off into flats and from 

 these to the nursery rows. There is 



THE WOMEN YOU MEET 



MISS MABTHA C, OUNTEBBEBQ. 



CELEBEATING the golden jubilee of the Guardian Angel Orphan Asylum, 

 which, by the way, is a regular consignor of cut flowers to the Chicago market, 

 Miss Martha C. Gunterberg May 23 took the part of the leading lady in the 

 presentation of "The Divorce." Miss Gunterberg is well known in the trade as 

 one of the few women engaged in the wholesale cut flower commission business. 

 She started in the trade as saleslady for J. Bombenger, the Chicago retailer, 

 for whom she soon became buyer. Perhaps it was because there are so few 

 women in the wholesale end of the business that she decided, when starting out 

 for herself, to become a comndssion man ; at any rate she has made a success of it. 

 But those who have seen her performances with the St. Francis Dramatic Club 

 aver that her hobby might easily be made her life 's work. 



then less liability of the little seedlings 

 dying. These perennials make their 

 principal growth after the end of Au- 

 gust. C. W. 



EOOT-BOT OF THE IBIS. 



A reader of The Eeview wishes to 

 know the cause of root-rot of the iris.. 

 The trouble is right here: People con- 

 found the iris with the flags that grow 

 in swamps and so they put the plants 

 on wet ground. A florist in Minne- 

 apolis wanted some irises, but he said 

 he was afraid he did not have any 

 ground that was low and wet enough. 

 I told him such ground as that would 

 be fatal. 



For all of the German or rhizomatous 

 group you must have high, dry ground. 

 They are sun-loving plants and will 

 often lift their roots out of the ground 

 to get the heat. If you have irises on 



low ground you may not have any 

 trouble in dry seasons, but when it is 

 wet, especially when the soil washes 

 onto them from higher ground, you will 

 have trouble. 



Some kinds of iris are more suscepti- 

 ble to this trouble than others. Iris 

 pallida Dalmatica must have a high, 

 dry place; so must Maori King. If 

 the ground is clayey, mix sand with 

 it and avoid too much manure. Do not 

 plant too deep. C. S. Harrison. 



Milton, Pa. — Two greenhouses have 

 been added at the Fairview Green- 

 houses, each of them 21x100 feet. The 

 range now consists of five houses, total- 

 ing about 20,000 square feet. W. Bruce 

 Clinger, who purchased the range about 

 a year ago from George S. Shimer, 

 plans to use one of the new houses for 

 roses, which hitherto have not been 

 grown here. 



