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Jfi.Y 14. 1004. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



343 



A Splendid Specimen of Cattleya Gigas Grown by Wm. Duckham, Madison, N. J. 



them in the fall and winter months. 

 Many other plants of this species are 

 showing almost as well and betoken by 

 their luxuriance how well pleased they 

 are with their quarters. 



Cultural Notes. 



Cattleya gigas, or, as botanists call 

 it, C. Warscewiczii, needs somewhat dif- 

 ferent treatment to the average cattleya. 

 It should always be groM'n suspended 

 from the roof in a light, airy position. 

 When grown on the bench many of the 

 bulbs fail to sheath, though at times 

 bulbs will produce flowers without having 

 sheathed if well ripened before growth 

 is finished. After flowering the plants 

 should be kept drier and, if possible, 

 cooler, to rest them down, tha-idea being 

 to ripen the new bulbs pnd prevent them 

 if possible from making a late summer 

 growth. Where plants do break out 

 again there is nothing to be done but 

 keep them going till the last growth is 

 finished. During the winter months 

 give them the full sunlight, particularly 

 after the eyes are breaking, so that the 

 coming bulb will not be drawn or soft. 



Commercially, this orchid is a profit- 

 able one to handle, it being the flower 

 par excellence for the Newport season, 

 providing it can be held back till July 

 instead of flowering, as it often does, 

 in May and June. Th;re are many 

 grand varieties of C. gigas, some of the 

 Hardyana types being, to my mind, 

 among the most gorgeo«4 of the whole 

 floral kingdom. 



The photographs here reproduced were 

 taken by A. Herrington, who is a very 

 successful amateur in flower photogra- 



P^y- C. H. TOTTY. 



Cleveland, O.— Otto Aul, the son of 

 Casper Aul and 21 years of age, com- 

 mitted suicide- July 5 by drinking car- 

 bolic acid. Mr. Aul is one of the best 

 known florists in Cleveland and has the 

 sympathy of everyone in the trade. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



A. C. Zvolanek, Grand View, N. J., 

 submits for registration the following 

 sweet peas: Baritan, double, dark 

 blue; Hudson, double, soft pink; Del- 

 aware, double, lavender; Passaic, dou- 

 ble, pink and white, all bearing from 

 three to five flowers on fourteen-inch 

 stems, height six feet, adapted to out- 

 door culture only. 



Wm. J. Stewabt, Sec'y. 



THE S. A. F. PROGRAM. 



The preliminary program for the S. 

 A. F. convention at St. Louis is in the 

 hands of the printers and will shortly be 

 ready for distribution to the members. 

 The opening session will take place at 3 

 p. m. on Tuesday, August 16, and will 

 be devoted to an address of welcome by 

 the mayor of St. Louis, the annual ad- 

 dress of the president and reports by 

 the secretary, treasurer, state vice-presi- 

 dents and standing committees.^ The 

 judges will examine the novelties and 

 new devices in the trade exhibition im- 

 mediately after the opening session. The 

 president's reception will be held on 

 Tuesday evening. 



On Wednesday the report of the 

 judges will be followed by a paper by 

 E. G. Hill, entitled "The Development 

 of an American Type of Koses. " An 

 e^say on "American Grown Bulbs*' 

 will also be read and J, C. Vaughan 

 will discuss "The Ideal Employee." The 

 next meeting place will be selected at 

 this session, and officers nominated. The 

 bowling contest takes place at 2 p. m., 

 Wednesday afternoon. 



At the Thursday morning session, J. 

 A. Pettigrew will read an essay on 

 "Home and Municipal Improvement 

 from a Horticultural Standpoint" an' I 

 J. A. Peterson will speak on "Indoor 

 Blooming Plants." The election takes 

 place Thursday forenoon and • an 



amendment to the constitution will be 

 acted upon, which, if adopted, will pro- 

 vide for the organization of "sections" 

 of the society, the purpose being to 

 encourage the affiliation with the society 

 of the various separate trade organiza- 

 tions of the present. 



The shooting contests will take place 

 Thursday afternoon, also the meeting of 

 the Hail Association. In the afternoon 

 there will be a reception at Shaw's Gar- 

 den and in the evening addresses by 

 European tradesmen who are expected 

 to be present. 



Those who will attend should pay 

 their dues at once. Those who paid 

 their dues for 1903 should send $3 and 

 all others should send $5 to the secre- 

 tary, William J. Stewart, 11 Hamilton 

 place, Boston, 



CANADIAN FLORISTS. 



The Canadian Horticultural Associa- 

 tion will hold its seventh annual con- 

 vention at Ottawa, Ont., August 9 and 

 10. The program includes an address by 

 the mayor of Ottawa, a response bv Jas. 

 McKenna, the address of President 

 Mepsted, a lecture by Prof. W. T. Ma- 

 coun, a discussion on florists' fuel 

 opened by C. Scrim, a paper entitle- i 

 "Florists' Trade from the Bfltail Stand 

 point," by A. C. Wilshire; a paper en- 

 titled "Holiday Plants," by Wm. Gam- 

 mage; a discussion on growing violets 

 opened by Wm. Fendley and one on 

 the advantage of iron construction. 

 Plans are being made for a large trade 

 display. 



Newport News, Va.— j?^ank Imbach 

 has a set of seedling geraniums of which 

 he is working up stock for distribution 

 next spring. 



Rutherford, N. J.— Julius Roehrs 

 has recently received an importation of 

 eighty-two cases of Cattleya Gaskelliana 

 Thomas Knight is traveling in the west 

 and south. 



