Alousi 26, 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



21 



Gladiolus Exhibit of the Mctzner Floral Co., Mountain View, Cal., at the San Francisco Exposition. 



Display of priinuliniis hloonis. not li<< iIi.di 

 four inches ncruss, not less tli;u] lurntv ii\r 

 spllv-ps— H. II. Tracy, liisl ; C. W. Hn.wn. vf'c.n.l 



'I'wclvc spikes any variety in niic \asc- II. i: 

 Mciilcr. first; K. W. Swctt, sii'<in(l. 



Colloctioii of Kiinilcnl variclii'S. Im.iIi {.ImIm 

 ami rutUcvl petals— f. W. Hnnvn, lirsl : I". \\ . 

 r<ipp, Mainanincck. X. Y.. second. 



Twciitytivc spikes Ilnllandla-C 1'. la iriMiik-. 

 first: K. \V. Swetl. second. 



Si.v spikes Mrs. Pendleton Maiiisuri Ciiiipii-. 

 lirst: II. K. Mcader. second. 



Twenty spikes Panama — R. AV. S\v<'tt, tirsi. 



Twenty spikes NiaKara--15. II. I'racy. lirst 



Seediinff never licforo exliibited. n«ir Icsn ih m 

 three spikes — I,. .Mert<in fJa.ue, .N.atick. .Ma-~ . 

 liist: .John Lewis Cbilds, second: li. W. Swcit. 

 third. 



Twent.v five spikes white —.Tolm I. ■wis ChihK. 

 lirst: It. II. Tracy, second. 



Twenty live spikis ri'd It. W ."switl, lii-i; 

 Win. .McKay. Newp(.rt. seidiid. 



Twenty live spikes yellnw- ( l.irl^ \V. liiuwii. 

 first: .lolin Lewis ChiUls, second. 



Twentv live spikes lilne or lavendir ('. W . 

 Rrown. tirst: 1{. \V. Swett. seecnd. 



Twenty five spikes idnk -('. 1". I'aii li.inl%~. 

 first: K. \V. Swett. seconil. 



Twenty five spikes any oilier enli.r 1'.. II. 

 Tr I y, first; .Tohii L.'wis (hilds, sec 1. 



Ill tlic iuiiatoiir classes '^I'IumkIiiic .\. 



ira\('iii('vci' aiiil Madison ('udpcr timk 



tho lion's sliaro of the prizes. (\ F. 



Fail-banks. L. M. FiiUor, of IJocklaiid. 



Mass.; A. K. Gritlin, of Marion, ]\Iass.. 



and Miss Fanny Foster, of Ninv|iiMt. 



also won awards in these classes. 



THE BEST WHITE. 



In justice to the judjios of the Oiiio 

 Gladiolus Society, who awarded ''lo'st 

 white" to our exhihit of Glory of 

 Tlolland at Clevehind, pleast> iiiention 

 tliat our A ase of liochester Wliite dici 

 not contain the required number ot' 

 flowers and that W(> did not have Fu 

 ropa in Idooin at that time. Glory ot 

 Ilollaihl really dicl not lia\e any com- 

 petition of aii.v account. I do not c;nc 

 to exjiress any opinion liere ;is to the 

 r.elative merits of the last two \arir 

 ties mentioiu'cl. but f will s;iy tli;it 

 (Jlory of Ilollaiicj is a jioocj white, ;il 

 though not by an.v me:tns as ouiicl ;i- 

 either K'ocliester White or l\uid|ia. 



i follow trade and show awards on 

 various \arieties closely, in order to 

 {^et a line on <rood stock, and the oul 

 eonie of this awarcl is likely to be mis 

 iea('iii<r to those who do liliewise, ;iii<l 

 who tiiink that (ilorv of llollaiicl c;iiiie 

 into competition with tJocliester aiicl 

 Eiiropa. Ralph F. nutitin^ton. 



METZNER GLADIOLUS DISPLAY. 



Anion;'' the best of llie L;l;icliidns e\ 

 liibits on tile ;;i(Uiiic|s (it the S;iii l'i;iii 



cjsco exposition is that of thi^ .Met/.ner 

 l''loial < 'o., of .Mountain View, <'al.. 

 wliiidi occupies ;i corner ol' the ('ali 

 I'otfiia ;.;;ii"ieii. This is a ;i('iieiai col 

 lection. The color cotnbiiiatiotis in i1 

 came out more happily than is <ifteii 

 the experience and, in adclitioii, the 

 lilooms are remarkably fbie, the stalUs 

 ^^rowiii;;- up 1o six feet aiicj e\ en iiiyhei. 



.\t the height ol' the ;iladi(diis s.;isiiii. 

 tliis part of tln^ (Jaiifoiiiiii frardeii w;i- 

 oiH^ of tin; show ]ilaees of tht! exposi 

 tioii, lioitieiiltiirally sp(>;ikiiio-. The ac 

 c()nipaiiyin^' illiist i at ion oi\-e> a ;;(iocl 

 \ ieu of tin; exhibit. The depiirtnient 

 of horticulture of the exposition iiward- 

 eel till- .Met/.ner Floral <'o. a LTrati I pri/e 

 t'oi- seccllino- u|;|,|j()li. 



FEEDING ORCHIDS. 



Will you kiiiclly t(dl me the best w ;iy 

 ici mix iiKiiiiire for oichicis. mostly eat- 

 th'.^as." _\r. ]'__ ( ',',„, I. 



There ;ire cjeciclccl c|itVereiic-i>v i,\ 

 "pillion as to whether feecjin;,' c;ittle\a- 

 ;incl certain other orchids is ;i lieiiedt 

 or the reverse. .\11 ;ire jionM'd tlKit 

 c ;ilantlies need ni;iiiiire in the soil and 

 ;ilso relish it in li(piic| form: so, ,'iiso, 

 with phaiiis, zyoop,.t;ilunis, s,,|,i;ir,;is. 

 cv iiibicjiunis, c.\ pi ipedimns :iiic| cceln 

 -yiies. but when it comes to c;itt]i'yas, 

 hidias. deiicirobiiinis, odonto^ilossii ms and 

 iiiiltoiii;is there is nu iinaiiiniitx of 

 opinion. 



Personally 1 h.axe ruiiiicl i;iiefiil \\'t'i\ 

 iiii;' a deciclecl ;ic| \ ;i iit/i^^e to pr;l c t ic;i 1 1 \ 

 ;ill orchids, if the food is ;;i\eii only 

 ■ luring the active ^rowin^ se;isnii :iiic| 



ill moc|(M'ate closes. | ust- ."ill o;|||nli b;|e 

 lids. Ill these I dilutee five pounds of 

 <'l;iy"s feitili/ei or I'.oii .\ilior \o. 1. 

 l-et the liijllid stiiiid ;i few d;iys ;iiici 

 then 'lip the li;isk,.ts in the I., -11 reds; ,,i 



:i tiili ni;i\ I.e mounted on lou wlit-el- 

 :iiid run ;i1oiil;' tii(^ houses, niakiiiij the 

 dijipin;; more convenient. Dijipinjr i- 

 not always fiMsible, aiicl in suidi c;isc- 

 ;i Kinney pump is us(^d to apply the 

 rK|iiid, espec-i;tll_v to those in pots or 

 pans, ('ovv iiLiiiiirc is ;i!so used, at the 

 r;ite of h;ilf ;i bushel to a, biimd. and 

 ;i I'ew li;iiiilfiils of soot are ;tc|c|(;d to it. 

 These' li(|uids ;ir(^ :iltcM-n;ited ; T fiiel 

 pl.'ilits like ;i, ch;iiii;(> ot' foO'l :i^ mmdi 

 :is ilii hiini:iii beings. 



I woiihl not ;id\ ise you to _;ii into tliis 

 lattlevji t'eeilin^- in any li;ipli;i/;ir'l w;iv. 

 Try the \;irious foocjs on batches ot 

 plants ;iiic| c(inip;ire results. As a f^eii- 

 er;il rule, one vviiterino' per \veel< is 

 ;im|>le cliirin;^' the ^fovviii;^ season. Some 

 uroweis iisc the ('ooksoii foriiiuka on all 

 \;iiielies <t\' ondlbls, with oood ri^stijt-. 

 lint I think if you will tiv tlit^ three 

 I'eit i I i/c rs previously iijiineci v oil c;iii 

 ;^et e(|li;ill\ s;i t isfnctorv result'-. 



.\ n e\pi(>ssioii of opinion from other 

 oi'cdiici Liruwers on this i nipint ;i nt cpies- 

 t'ciii Wcuil.j lie ! nt elc'sl in;'. ' '. \\ . 



