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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBEB 38, 1915. 



are to be staged, all lidding to the at- 

 tractiveness of the exhibition. If 

 found necessary, the secretary was au- 

 thorized to issue a new plan. 



Space was allotted for booths for the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and 

 the garden clubs ,of Philadelphia and 

 vicinity^ for the l6ctur» room, and for 

 the exhibits of aquariums. >';; ' 



Olub Meeting, ' 



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On the evening of October 19 the 

 members of the National JPlower Show 

 committee were guests of the Florists' 

 Club of Philadelphia at a speeial meet- 

 ing of the club held in its rooms, Presi- 

 dent Burton surrendering the gavel to 

 Chairman Asmus, of the Flower Show 

 committee. The forthcoming ^Fpurth 

 National Flower Show was, of coutae, 

 the whole subject of the progratm, and 

 tremendous enthusiasm in the project 

 was evoked. The spirit of optimism 

 prevailed, and if there was a pfessiraist 

 anywhere in the neighbbrhood • who 

 wished in any way to throw cold, water 

 on the enterprise, he very diaereetly 

 kept away. It was a " get together ' ' 

 meeting, if ever th,ere was one. 

 Speeches came thick and fast, and ap- 

 plause was unspotred. It was a nieet- 

 ing long to be rpmembered and 'spoke 

 volumes for the success of the show. 

 Jcihn Young, Sec 'y. 



BY WEIGHT, NOT BULK. < )>, 



In the last paragraph of my recent 

 notes on * ' Carnations in the South, ' ' on 

 page 18 of The Review of October 21, 

 I made what might prove to be a mis- 

 leading statement in regard to the mix- 

 ing of sheep manure and guano. I sug- 



gested a mixture of two parts' of sheep 

 manure to one part of commercial 

 guano. That proportion is correct if 

 the two fertilizers are mixed by weight, 

 not by bulk. If they are mixed by 

 bulk, the ratio should be four parts of 

 sheep ma,nure to one part of guano. 

 Applied in the usual quantity, the two- 

 to-one mixture in bulk ■would be ex- 

 cessive in nitrogen imd ; jgtight , have 

 bad effects. '-"'lirpi^-i-jf-:.'!- ^ "L.- ■ 



5^' ''''^ABY DOLL BOS& 



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Some confusion having arisen, it is 

 well to state that there is no connection 

 whatever between the roses George 

 Elger and Baby Doll. George Elger is 

 a miniature yellow rose which we intro- 

 duced in this country last year, having 

 secured it from the producer, E. Turbat, 

 of Orleans, France. Baby Doll is larger 

 and stronger in both bud and stem and 

 the color is entirely new and pro- 

 nounced by the most expert roaarians 

 entirely different from any other rose, 

 the lower part of the bud being yel- 

 low but blended toward the end to deep 

 carmine red. It is a wonderful color 

 that creates admiratioi; and wonder 

 wherever shown. We are producing, at 

 the South Park Floral Co., Newcastle, 

 Ind., the stock that will be disseminated 

 by ourselves ^ and some other firms this 

 coming year. Those experienced in the 

 promotion of new roses predict a great 

 demand for _ this unusual novelty. 



;- • i, . M. Heller. 



[The fame called Baby Doll has been 

 referred to as being sold on the New 

 York market by the John Young Co., 

 and on the Chicago market by the E. C. 

 Amling Co., both handling cut stock re- 



ceived from Mr. Heller's company. The 

 confusion as to the identity of the rose 

 doubtless grew out of the practice of 

 renaming these small roses, Mile. Oecile 

 Brunner being best known as Sweet- 

 heart,' etc.] 



THE DONALDSON GAS SUIT. 



"William H. Siebrecht, attorney for 

 John Donaldson, of Patchogue, in his 

 suit against the Newton Gas Co. for 

 damages done the stock in his green- 

 houses at Elmhurst, L. I., states that 

 the case has been settled. The company 

 paid Mr. Donaldson over $2,700. 



The settlement of this suit is of more 

 than usual interest, inasmuch as the 

 gas main which caused the trouble was 

 practically new, having been laid only 

 two years prior to the damage, and, 

 furthermore, no one ever smelled gas 

 in Mr. Donaldson's greenhouse. Never- 

 theless, the growth of his stock of 

 Easter lilies was stunted and his calla 

 lilies were destroyed. Experts who were 

 called into the case pronounced illumi- 

 nating gas the cause of the injury 

 to the plants and flowers, and this was 

 substantiated by certain experiments 

 which Mr. Siebrecht caused to be con- 

 ducted. 



Shortly after this leakage Mr. Don- 

 aldson sold his property in Elmhurst 

 and moved to Patchogue. His son, Alex- 

 ander Donaldson, now conducts the 

 florists' business at his father's old 

 place. The first winter that the son put 

 through in the same house there was 

 another leak, or a continuation of the 

 same leak, which resulted in another 

 suit against the same gas company. 



WILTING OF OUT BLOOMS. 



I have a fine lot of chrysanthemums, 

 with tall, stiff stems and good, green 

 foliage. I am cutting Chrysolora and 

 Polly Rose and the blooms are large 

 and fine. After cutting them, I put 

 them in water of the same temperature 

 as the air and in a cool room, although 

 no ice is used, but the next day both 

 blooms and leaves wilt. What can I 

 do to prevent thist J. "V. A. — Ky. 



Chrysanthemums do not need ice 

 when placed in water. The question of 

 their wilting after being cut comes up 

 every fall. If the stem at the base, 

 where they are cut off, is extremely 

 hard, they should be either split up or 

 bruised with a hammer in order to per- 

 mit the water to be drawn up into the 

 stem. It may be said that the most 

 frequent cause of flowers wilting is that 

 the stem is so hard that the water will 

 not pass up. Again, when mums are 

 cut, it not infrequently happens that 

 they are stuck into vases entirely too 

 small for them; consequently they flop 

 all over and do not get a chance to 



take up the water properly. Mum 

 blooms should be placed in a receptacle 

 deep enough to allow the flowers to 

 stand erect. When this is done and the 

 stems are split or bruised as already 

 directed, there should be no trouble 

 with the blooms wilting. 



Chas H. Totty. 



should like to try a new way of keep- 

 ing the old stock plants. 



F. A. W.— Ohio. 



WINTEEINO STOCK PLANTS. 



My early chrysanthemums are all cut 

 and I have been thinking of lifting the 

 old plants, planting them outside in a 

 coldframe and covering them with a 

 heavy layer of leaves during the winter. 

 In early spring I would remove the 

 leaves and cover the frames with 

 sashes. Do you think this method . 

 would give stronger and hardier cut- 

 tings, or do you think it would not 

 work at all? If you do not approve of 

 the plan, will you kindly tell me of a 

 good way to keep over the old stock 

 plants so as to insure strong cuttings? 

 I am growing such early varieties as 

 Smith's Advance, Smith's Sensation, 

 Golden Glow and Pacific Supreme. I 

 am greatly crowded for room, and 



It is all right to lift old plants and 

 plant them outside in a coldframe until 

 spring. When they are replanted, how- 

 ever, one must be sure that they are 

 well firmed in the soil, and they should 

 not be covered with leaves until the 

 winter is well advanced, so they will 

 have a chance to make some roots and 

 get established in their new quarters. 

 They will certainly give much stronger 

 and better cuttings than if they were 

 kept in the greenhouse and thrown 

 under the benches, which happens in too 

 many places where mums are of sec- 

 ondary consideration. 



If you are feeding your plants much, 

 you will find it far better to grow some 

 stock plants of all your varieties out in 

 the field and not to propagate from 

 plants that have been forced in the 

 greenhouses year after year. This is 

 the sole cause of so many splendid 

 varieties of chrysanthemums breaking 

 down so early and coming to an un- 

 timely end. By all means put your 



