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The Florists^ Review 



.TCLY lo, 10 lo. 



A Trained Chrysanthemum Plant en Route to a New York Show. 



our ]ilaiit nil ;ill --i'lo', tyiiiL' tlic loiij^t^r 

 ^r(>\vtli< to tlic liiniit' I'Ncnly nil iii'ouinl. 

 Tlic hliditiT uiii'v Wi' tic ii|i a littli' 

 liijllicr tiiwaiil till' it'iitcr (ui striiii:< 

 I'roni 'lir (rijici >taU(' to tin' I'laiiic 

 wire, linisliiii;; cai'li jilant in a partly 

 ]iyiaiiiiclal t'asliioii. 



As cai-ii plant is liiiislicil ami turns its 

 j^rowtli uiiward attain, we t;i\(' it its 

 si'coiid |iini-lii 11;^, rt'iiio\ iiiir tlic tip ot' 

 cacli slioot. cxccjit OH those plants tliat 

 licrctoioic liavc tlirowii terminal luiils. 



Soon w c notice more yrowtli, 'find tal'i- 

 inj; the tlii'cc sti'onyt'st ^idwths on each 

 fdrinci' one, we iliscard a|l otiiers. We 

 r(>peat our I'ormer method of tyiny down 

 Avhcii alioiit lit'teen iiirlics of new 

 jirowth has liccn made, addinL^ a l;ii';,'er 

 circular wire and Iniildinj^ a little 

 hipliei- near tlie criitcr ea<di time. 



This inetho.j we repeat durili^^ the 

 summer. ]iinc liin^ for the tliii'd time 

 ahout ,(iily 1." 1o :',ii. This s;i\es us suf- 

 ficient Wood to till our specimens, and 

 th(>y iiow c-ontinue to finish their <,'rowth 

 without more pimdiinLr. except wiien \\ (^ 

 find lieie and there a lonij growth. We 



inner pincli later tlian the se.innd week 

 in August. Tlie continued j^rowtli of 

 our plants may recpiire us to extend 

 our foumlation rocis in order to carry 

 a larger lin^. 



Our termin.al litids heyin to show fi^iti 

 Septemher 1 to lo, act'ordinir to tlio 

 variety. We then commeiice disluid- 

 diny, and jireiL-ire to inak(^ u|i our frnino 

 of wire uiKi'i which to tie the liiids. 



Building the Wire Frame. 



^\'e first find the jxiiiit on our founda- 

 tion wire that the last j;ro\vth of our 

 plants will reac-li. ami then cut a leiijith 

 of \o. ^ wir(> th;it when heiit into a 

 perfec't ciicul.-ir sh.ape will form an oiit- 

 siilr riiiji at this ]ioint. This riii"; we 

 tie to our found.ation rods .at each pfiiiit 

 ot' contact. This finished, we cut off 

 all the emis of our fouiid.ation wires 

 (do-^e to our ciriular wire. 



Measuring the height ;it whi(di we 

 wish to tr.aiii our pl.ant in the center, 

 we cut the stake at this point. We 

 measure the .approximate distance from 

 the top ot' the stake to the outside jioint 



of the houiidary iin<f, and cut four 

 ltMi;:ths of .\o. S wire double this nicas 

 urement in lenj^th, allowiiiff :i little 

 more for working with. These wires 

 .are tiu>n lient into a cur\in<f form and 

 are pl.ai-ed o\er the jdant, crosKinj^ the 

 top (d' tlui stake :it ri^ht angles, and 

 their ends are tied to the ends of the 

 foundation wir^^^iiit liotii sides. Wt> 

 drill ;i small li(de throujjli the stake near 

 the top, and jiass a small wire tlirou<fh 

 this hole for tyin<f all wires ;it the top 

 seciiridy to the stake. 



We ;ilso use smaller st.akes placed 

 e(|uidistaiit from our center stake and 

 the edyc -(ff the jil.ant. Those stakes are 

 jdaced umler the four longitudinal 

 wires and drixcn into iho soil. The 

 wires .are secured to these stakes with 

 small staples. At this point we pilace 

 another (drcular wire, tyiiij^ at the point 

 of <-onta( 1 with the smaller stakes. Wo 

 next use Xo. 10 wire, startiiijif at the 

 liottom of th(> frame and jilacinj^ every 

 ei<iht inches latitmlinal wir(\s over tlie 

 whole frame. Again we lun other 

 smaller wires longitudinally, and fill in 

 the inter\;ils with lougitudiiial strings 

 of siikalin(\ We have, when finished, 

 a franu^ resemlding ,'i lieinisiihere, and 

 now jKiint th(> wliolc foliage-green and 

 ]ire|iare to tie. 



The tying is done in the bud stage, 

 the work being done from the outside 

 inward, ;ind the buds best adapted for 

 differ(Mit positions are tised, attempting 

 to keejt them evenly ilistriluited 

 throughout, with the top of the buds 

 two inches .above the framt>. .\fter the 

 tying is finished the burls will all turn 

 up ex'enly to the light, and again we 

 straighten any that require it. When 

 they are about fully open, we again go 

 o\er them with stemming wire, and in- 

 serting this in the base of the flowers, 

 we are abb', by twisting this about 

 the stems, to [ilace each flower in its 

 jiroper jiosition ancl thus gain a uniforni 

 efl'ect. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS' CLUB. 



Trained Plant too Large for the Working Entrance to the Show. 



Flower Show Plans. 



The ineetiHg of the Chicago florists ' 

 Club. July s, was W(dl atteiidecl by all 

 biiuich.^s of the tradi'. ;ind extrvone had 

 some bit (d' valuable informatitm to 

 carry liomc with liim and ajiply later 

 ill his e\!'r\-'lay affairs. The !irst busi 

 ness of the excning was to lii'ar d'eorge 

 Asmus' jc'port of the progress being 

 m;ide b\- the flower show committee. 

 The result of the meeting of the .|dint 

 executive committee of tlie llorticiil 

 liiral SocHdy and the florists' ('lub h;i- 

 .•ilready been re|ported in The Hevicw. 

 Mr. A^miis. who at that meeting w.as 

 ;ippoiiitei| chairman of the premium 

 committee. s(dected as Ills aids .Nugii^t 

 I'oclilmaiiii. < 'ai 1 Cmpp, ( '. W. .lohiisoii. 

 I'raiik ( »i'i h^liii and W. f. 'friidvi'r. To 

 L^cthcr tle'v have |ire|iared a |iremiiiiii 

 list that oiilv await^ the ~;anctioll ot 

 1 1ll • c\e<-iit i V e commit te.' before |iiiblica- 

 t ion. 



Tlic (Iciicva I I oi t icii It II i;i I Societv. ol 

 l.;iUc Criicv;i. Wis,, lia< mailed it- 

 SI licijiile to (leorL;e Asinils tvitll the siig 

 gestioll that it' it be accepted without 

 jilteiatioli bv the (hic.-igo llower shuw 

 committee, the society v\ill c.aiicel its 

 ~lio\\ .and exhibit here. The matter wa- 

 |iiit to Vote and carried un;iiiimoii--l v 

 th;it the sdiclule be adojited ;is sub- 

 mitted. Mr. A'~nius said that it would 

 be possible to secure ail option on the 

 I oli'<eiim tor a spring show in l'.il7 



