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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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thi; Dali; l']s(;itr ns »■■ iliil in .-ill ^l.-i^i's 

 (if hiiililin;;' iimler tln' aImj^^ < iuinI nn-- 

 tidii I'll.. ;iihI llic s;iiiir iii;i\' ;i|i|ily In :il! 

 fitii'S ill ;i. inure nr li'S'^ ilrj^|'r(,' tlllll \\i- 



■\isir. .\j;aiii, eoiii|i;ii >• mir rrally l;ii(iiI 

 irad'' cxliiliit ol' Imlay willi tliat, df li\'' 

 yrais ayo: Then two exhibits, imw :i 

 M'ly fair luiiuhof. There is a feeling, 

 |ierliajis, thai it (hies ikiI I'ay, but if not 

 diiv(.-tly i tliiuk it (hjes indirectly and 

 Avill do so more year liy year. 



All this is a iireliiiiiiiary to my sayiiijf 

 that althoiiyli we are lloinishinji'. we 

 jMiist iiul become ton contideiil and there 

 t'oi'e i-areh^ss. Tiieie is i^reat room for 

 <rro\vth yet, biitli in membership and nse- 

 fuliiess. 'I'lie prosjierity of IIk; assecia- 

 tion is to a j^reat decree iidbieiieed by 

 its membeishiji. In luimbi'rs is strenytli. 

 All of ns mnst realize that it is our duly 

 111 llie I '. Jl. A. to do o\ir utmost to 

 biiny' new memiiers to our roiiveiit ion 

 and onee we lia\e thi'in we must do onr 

 best to keep them. Wln'ii we bei-ome 

 membi'rs we should lie eonsidereil surh 

 until wo withdraw. If we miss a cninen 

 lion, wliicji often means not I'ayiii;^ our 

 ilueM, we --hould not l)e dropped by o\ii' 

 iiHii-ers, but \\i' should receive ;i reminder 

 and many of us \soidd cjuickiy lenli/.e 

 Mur carelessnos auil be prompt to send 

 ■nr dues and ejjol to feel that we were 

 Set a inemlii r. 'J'heie should be ;i ^ipon;^ 

 etfori mad'- to ;^et more en rdrneis to 

 join. Their presence and their knowl- 

 eiji^e is wanted to strengthen u-^. The 

 ^.•ime may be said of other branilic'-. 



W'e aie now o(iiiii_i tin' rounds ot' the 

 lai'eer cities a second time with our con- 

 M'liliims and in the near future I think 

 an efl'ort should be made to see if our 

 •innual conxeniions coidil imt bo hidd at 

 -nnie ot' thi' smaller cities. S(mu' of 

 these would be i uten st ini^- to visit and 

 plenty laree enoueh to accommodate a 

 ■ •on\ention of our numbers. Iloi'ticulture 

 ill them. I lia\(' no doubt, would recei\i> 

 •I stimrilns in haxiiie us \isit them. In 

 conventions like ours there must always 

 be ;i cei'tain amount of ]il;iy or social 

 enjoyim'iit. .Man is made fiu' it and it is 

 health yiviii<i. to the luain as uidl as the 

 liody. In these cities there ai'o one or two 

 ^ooij tlorists wishinj; they could lia\e us. 

 To thi'se it \\oidd be a orent injustice 



to expr'ct tl nteitainment we are tised 



til in muidi lar^ei- ami wealthier cities, 

 but 1 ha\e an idea that it cmiM be ar- 

 raiiyi'd so that no o\er pridi- in theii' 

 city er rel!ecti<in on their hospitality 

 nonld be felt. If this could be .{one I 

 think it would lie oood lor thi- .associa- 

 tion ;iiid for horticulture ;,renerally. 



I mnst oonyiatnlate the mendiers of 

 I he trade on the |ii-osperous year just 

 passed. .lnd;;in^ from reports. :dl 

 or.-iiielies (d" the business lia\e Imd a L,fOod 

 \c,-ir, iMitwitlist.andiny^ the se\cre h;itidicap 

 imposed bv the unusually cold s\ inter 

 ^\ldc|| me.-iiit largely ini-ie;ised I'm 1 bills. 

 I'rii-es III the ;;rower ha\e been ^nod .and 

 !he piddii- has been willing' to pay '^nm] 

 prie. s fur e,i,,d llowers. This 1,-ist is par- 

 :ii-ulail\- ^rati t'yine-. ,-is it shows .nir busi- 

 ness is ei-.-idmdly licttirii;- on a liitrlier 

 I'lane. 



The jihiiit Iradi- has nmde rapid strides, 

 ihe .inly diawbnek lieiiie- the want of 

 'inil'Mt-ni pi ic. s. Tliere is no reasiui 

 v\hy tiiere sliould not bi-; there ;ire not so 

 iiKiiiy lit' us in mosi eities to make it dil- 

 tienli. The count r\ at preseid is n"! 

 "\er- prndurine- innl fur the last two op 

 liir-ee \enr« we h,-i\e found that the sup- 

 ply was hardly up to the domaml. Could 

 Miis be Miratiee.l. it would benefit all. 

 The old suliject III' diilv on azale.as and 



The H, B. Beatty Bowling Trophy. 



other jilants is still o|ien to our discus- 

 sion. I am afraici we shall (imi. on hear 

 ill"; the I'eports. that our case is still in 

 abeyance. It looks jis if the Minister 

 loiisiders it too small ;i matter to botliei- 

 with; therefore, now is the timi- for the 

 *.'. II. .\. by jiersistcnt ly ail\ ocnt ini;' eni- 

 claims to convince the .Minister that it is 

 of ^re'at consecjuencc to us. There was 

 ;in attempt made by a meniber of the 

 tradt! to "ot the duty taken o|f new in 

 ti-oductious in the way of c-irnat ion^. etc. 

 from the Stales. This, as they .-ne n 

 lieiietit to iiur country and c.-muiU be 

 proi-ured in an\- othei way. is n jnsi de 

 iii:ind. I li.-iNe not henrd how vin-i-essfid 

 he was. 



I am e|ad to say the lelations bitween 

 employer aihl employe are ol' n sutisine 

 tor\- nature but tlnre seems to be a ^c-ai- 

 cit\ (if <^ood jilaiitsmen. which i-- a di- 

 i-iiled disad\ aiitaee. J think the em 

 ployei- is somewhat to blame I'or this. 

 All iither businesses make their s|^i||c'r| 

 help fi-oni the boys. Why slnmld not we 

 do so.' Jn s<ime est ablislinient- I ha\e 

 seen it done most successt'ully. 1 do mit 

 know of any biisim^ss that fuinishos so 

 i^ood a field for employment as the ihu- 

 ists' trade. 



At the present ilay, in the hertieiil 

 tiiral World, the most noti(-e;ib|e suliji-c* 

 is the j^rowiny; use and popularit\' ot' 

 hardy plants and tlowers. It is u subject 

 the commercial liorist 1ms to interest 

 himself in and with our \isi( to the K\- 

 liorimenfal l-'arm and ^Ir. Macoun 's pajier 

 shcuild Ii^nd to discussion flmt will be a 

 prolit to .all. 



'I'lie orentest oikhI that we oet from 

 allendin;^ these sessions is from a geii- 

 i-ral disi-ussion of the \;irious sulijects 

 as thev come np, t heiet'orc I hope that 

 when this c(mveiilion (loses thi-re will not 

 be line meinbei" who has not i-isen in ses- 

 sion ,-iud spoken on some subject. .\ll 

 .-ire not orators, nnd the silent one often 

 kiiiiv\s a lot. We w;int to sluire that 

 knowJed^^e and to express our ideas here 

 i-- iiiib- likir talkiiie tn a fumilv ifathi^'- 



FUMIGATING. 



I have a house ot' asters in which the 

 tliiips ate doine- considerable damatlc. 

 As nnlin.-iiy means have jirovi'd unavail- 

 \\\'j.. Would it be stife to l'\imii,fate with 

 hydroi-yaiiic acid jfas.' In a rec-cnt ar- 

 lii-le on the use of this finiiio.int you s.-iii| 

 that tiie vcntilalors sliduld be o|iencd 

 frnin the outside. Mow .' .\. A. W. 



It uiiidd be Very I'isky In try tliC ens 

 on a houseful of alters iu blnom. In 

 ipiantities strong enough to Kill thrips. 

 it would be very likely to kill th(> plants 

 as well. In re;rard to raisiiiL^ viuitilat- 

 ois tn let i^'as escape, two nr tine should 

 be arranged so that they may lie opene'd 

 w it li a rope from t In- iiut~iile. TIkmi, 

 at'ter line hall" houi- li;is eIap-,-.|, the house 

 may be entereil and the othi'fs ojiene(l 

 ill the usual way. It ';s nuich more of- 

 lieieiit tn use a si|-nn^- e;is f,,r a slKirt 

 time than a weaker one tor a long time. 

 In most i-ases, it is not at all advisable 

 to let the eas stay in the house over 

 nieht. V,. V. SMiTir. 



