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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 18, 1904. 



Part of the Display of M. Rice & Co^ Philadelphia, Pa. 



under proper culture for a shift into a 

 larger pot. The root action must be such 

 as to hold the soil firmly and on the other 

 hand should not be pot-bound. 



Such plants as petunias, salvias, coleus, 

 chrysanthemums, heliotropes, verbenas, ge- 

 raniums, dahlias and flowering begonias, 

 in 2 1^ -inch pots, the stem should be 

 not less than three nor more than six 

 inches above the soil, with not less than 

 four leaves. Such stock should be short- 

 jointed, and any undue forcing to ob- 

 tain specified height would greatly im- 

 pair their value. The same class of 

 plants in 4-inch pots should be well 

 branched, with the possible exception 

 3f chrysanthemums and dahlias, in as 

 much as these are often grown to single 

 stem. They should be not less than six 

 inches in height and of symmetrical 

 form. 



Fuchsias and abutilons, the same as 

 the foregoing, in a 2% -inch pot, but in 

 the 4-inch size they should not be less 

 than eight inches in height. 



Carnations and roses in 2i^-inch pots 

 should bo not less than four inches in 

 height and in 4-inch pots should be well 

 branched and not less than five inches 

 in height. 



Siiiilax, Asparagus plumosus and As- 

 paragus Sprengeri in 2^4 -inch pots 

 should not have less than five growths 

 nor less than five inches in height, with 

 the possible exception of smilax which 

 has been headed back to induce strong 

 root growth, for which three inches in 

 height would suffice. In 4-inch pots not 

 less than ten growths nor less than se^-en 

 inches in height, except smilax which has 

 been headed back. 



Primroses in 21/^ -inch pots, not less 

 than three inches high and with six to 

 eight leaves. In 4-inch pots, five inches 



high with twelve to fifteen leaves. 



Begonia Eex in 2% -inch pots, not less 

 than three well developed leaves; not 

 less than four nor more than six inches 

 in height. 



Cannas, 2% -inch pots, not less than 

 four inches in height, and in 4-inch pots, 

 not less than six inches in height with 

 three well developed leaves. 



Ferns in variety, such as are gener- 

 ally used for filling small dishes, vary 

 so in height and style of growth that it 

 is very difficult to define them. In 2%- 

 inch pots, they should average from two 

 and one-half inches in height to five 

 inches, according to the variety. In 4- 

 inch pots, from four inches to eight 

 inches in height. Boston ferns, in 2^>■ 

 inch pots, not less than three leaves, and 

 in 4-inch pots, not less than eight leaves. 



It is impossible to make definite sizes, 

 inasmuch as there is such a wide differ- 

 ence in the habit of growth of many 

 plants ocf the same species. The individ- 

 uality is very well marked in such plants 

 as chrysanthemums, begonias and ferns. 

 In mentioning 2i^-inch pots, the stand- 

 ard size is the size referred to, namely, 

 two and one-half inches wide and two 

 and one-half inthes deep, and not a 

 2-inch rose pot. 



Henry Eichholz, 

 Elmer D. Smith, 

 Jas. S. Wilson, 

 EiCHARD Vincent, Jr., 



Committee. 



Mr. Scott said that, with all due re- 

 spect to the committee, he considered 

 its work of no value, as sizes required 

 vary so widely in the different sections 

 of the country and because mere size 

 and height bear no relation to health 



and value. The report was laid on the 

 table. 



Mr. Stewart read a report from J. B. 

 Nugent on a standard scale of sizes for 

 roses, but on objection of E. H. Cush- 

 man it was referred back to the com- 

 mittee, it developing that Mr. Nugent 

 had prepared the scale at the commit- 

 tee's request but that the other mem- 

 bers, Mir. Cushman and Walter Mott, 

 had never seen it. In his report Mr. Nu- 

 gent pointed out the wide variation in 

 grades now employed and said that all 

 cut flower growers and buyers agree on 

 the desirability of standard grades. He 

 proposed that on all roses other than 

 Beauties the standard grades be adopted 

 as follows : 



Specials 30 Incheg and np 



Fancy 24 to 30 Inches 



Extra 18 to 24 Inches 



No. 1 1...14 to 18 Inches 



No. 2 12 Inches and under 



On Beauties as follows: 



Specials 40 Inches and ap 



Fancy 30 to 40 Inches 



Extra 24 to 30 Inches 



No. 1 18 to 24 Inches 



No. 2 12 to 18 Inches 



No. 3 12 Inches and down 



Mr. Gude asked why Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 

 etc., would not do as well as extra, dou- 

 ble extra and extra special! 



Several invitations of various sorts 

 were in the hands of the secretary. The 

 only one the society cared to have read' 

 was from the Anheuser-Busch Brewing 

 Co. It was referred to the entertainment 

 committee with applause. 



A request for the endorsement of G. 

 F. Thompson for appointment as assist- 

 ant secretary of agriculture was tabled. 



A letter was presented from C. S. 

 Sargent, asking subscriptions for the 

 Vilmorin memorial fund. This provoked 

 the liveliest debate of the day, not as 

 to the worthiness of the movement, for 

 that all recognize, but as to the man- 



