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The Weekly Florists^ Review/ 



OCTOBEK 27, 1904. 



A FINE PHALAENOPSIS. 



The accompanying illustration is from 

 a photograph of a plant taken at the 

 establishment of Harry G. Selfridge, at 

 Lake Geneva, Wis., and the following 

 note is supplied by C. H. Gebhardt, the 

 gardener in charge: 



"Phalaenopsis amahilis Bimestediana 

 is one of the finest of the phalsenopsis 

 varieties lately introduced. The flowers 

 are of the purest white and nieasur«v^ 

 nearly three inches across. They flow- 

 ered in the month of May and kept six 

 weeks. They are from Java and can 

 also be grown successfully in a cattleya 

 house, but we grow them with our other 

 phalsenopsis in our East Indian house. 

 They usually commence their season's 

 growth in March, at which time the' tem- 

 perature of the house should be raised 

 until the end of April, when the night 

 temperature should not sink below 70 

 degrees and the day temperature range 

 from 75 to 80 degrees, according to tlie 

 brightn^s of the weather. This temper-' 

 ature we maintain until the middle of 

 November, from Avhioh time we diminish 

 the temperature to the end of December, 

 when we give the ])lants their resting 

 season, until about the end of March. 



''The phalaenopsi^ grows naturally in 

 an always saturated atmos])here. We 

 wet down tlie path In'tween the benches, 

 three times a day in tlicir growing sea- 

 son and once a day at their resting 

 season. Here in Wisconsin we ought to 

 do that also at night in winter, when 

 we have to fire so hard to keep up the 

 even temperature required. If the out- 

 side temperature goes down to 28 degrees 

 below zero, like last winter, it is a very 



use only osmunda fern roots mixed with 

 a little live sphagnum moss. I ixse only 

 rain water and in summer shade heavy 

 with roll shades. Ventilation I give only 

 from the bottom, unless it gets too hot. 

 I let the surplus heat escape through 

 the top ventilation, but I don't like top 

 ventilation on account of making the 

 atmosphere too dry, I grow them in 

 baskets suspended from the roof." 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



H. AVeber & Sons, Oakland, Md., regis- 

 ter My Maryland, white, a strong grow- 

 ing, large-flowered variety of good con- 

 stitution and general habits, an early 

 bloomer, very fragrant, a fine keeper and 

 shipper and with good, long stems. 



L. E. Marquisee, Syracuse, N. Y., regis- 

 ters White Enchantress, a sport from En- 

 chantress, pure white, having the same 

 general form as Enchantress but far more 

 fragrant. 



F. K. Thornton, Streator, 111., regis- 

 jters Melody, identical with its parent in 

 ^very respect except color, which is a 

 pleasing shade of light pink, similar to, 

 but better than Enchantress, has shown 

 no tendency to revert back to the Law- 

 ^:on type in color. 



Guttman & Weber, New York, N. Y., 

 register Victor}-, a red seedling of excep- 

 tional promise. 



Albert M. Herr, Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Alexander Montgomery, Natick, Mass., 

 submits for registration new Kose Welles- 



hard job to keep up heat and have, at 

 the sanie time, the required moisture. 

 Happy those gardeners in a milder cli- 

 mate! We certainly (hm't let this phal- 

 eenopsis get too dry in winter, as we 

 would a dendrobiuin or calantlie. We 

 just give them water enou<^h to keep the 

 surface moist. 



"As I am not able to keep grern s])hag- 

 num nio<s on the surface liere. I dropped 

 sphagnum entirely for our orchids and 



ley, cclor deep pink; reverse of petals 

 clear silvery pink; vigorous growth. 



.Tames Vick's Sons, Rochester, N. Y., 

 submit for registration Aster >?ikado 

 (Branching Comet Quilled x Vick's 

 Hranching) ; centre stalk 18 to 24 inches 

 liigli ; branches nine to twelve in number, 

 Twelve to eighteen inches long; terminal 

 flowers, one to each branch, three to six 

 inchep in diameter; lateral flowers few 

 ;ir.d iiiiimj^ortant ; outer florets one and 



one-half to three inches long, one to one 

 and one-half wide, flat, recurving, some 

 slightly twisted; inner florets tubular, 

 much twisted and curled; irregularly 

 cleft, forked and expanded at tips ; colors 

 various; florets at first nearly white, 

 shading to color near base, gradually as- 

 sume a solid color in a few days and then 

 present the appearance of a large ragged 

 Japanese chrysanthemum. 



Wm. J. Stewart, Sec 'y. 



WORLD'S FAIR FLOWER SHOW. 



The spontaneous and unanimous man- 

 ner in which the whole trade has taken 

 up the subject of a World's Fair flower 

 show in the few days since plans have 

 taken ,definite form has assured t^ie 

 unqualified success of the great under- 

 taking. While it is hoped and antici- 

 pated that the gate receipts at the show 

 will pay all expenses, including the cash 

 premiums, the greatest necessity was for 

 a guarantee fund which should be suffi- 

 cient to insure everyone receiving all 

 the money which might be due him. In 

 this respect the response has been par- 

 ticularly gratifying. The guarantee 

 fund passed $7,000 on Monday and is 

 still growing. Before the end of the 

 week the total will be close to $10,000. 

 The total of the cash prizes and all pos- 

 i-ible expenses has already been covered, 

 but it is the purpose to invite all horti- 

 culturists to unite with the present 

 guarantors, not that there is need for 

 further resources, but that the active 

 support of everyone in the trade is desired 

 to further what the projectors hope to 

 make tiic greatest flower ehow ever 

 given in this country. 



The full list of guarantors up to Wed- 

 nesday, October 20, is as follows: 



Ainerloan Florist Co. Jiiongel. Chas. A. 



Astnus, Geo. Knnst, Ed. A. 



Breltmp.ver. Phillip. Kastlnjt, W. F. 



Huokl)ee. H. W. Kroescliell Bros. Co. 



Bpiithfj-Coatsworth Kellogg, Geo. M. 



Co. Koenlg, Otto G. 



Bassett & Wnshbiirn. Kuehn, C. A. 



Burton. John. I.ewl8 Pub. Co. 



BtTiilng, H. G. I/)r(l & Burnham Co. 



BcMterninuii Br<'». May. John N. 



Bushnoll. D. I. Monlnger. J. C. Co. 



Beneke. J. J. SIcInhardt, P. n. 



Burppp, W. Atlep. Peterson. W. A. 



("roes. Ell. I'erlani, Jonathan. 



Cornell. Adolph. I'lerson. Frank R. 



Deamud. J. B. Pophlnuinn Bros. Co. 

 Dorner, F. & Sons Co. Uelnberg. Peter. 



De Wever. C. Rudd. W. N. 



Evans. John A. Soott. John. 



Ellis. F. M. Smith. Elmer D. 



Fllmore. F. J. Smith. Win. R. 



Florists' Exphnngp. Sullivan. J. F. 



Florists' Review. Storrs & Harrison Cow 



FolP.v Mfg. Co. St. ljn»li> Seed Co. 



Foster Floral Co. Silirnv. Wm. & Son*. 



Grave.'*. E. T. Skldelsk.r. S. S. 



Hadklnson. J. H. Tavlor. F. W. 



Harris. W. K. Tlionipson, J. D. 



Ilauswlrth. P. J. Treleitsp. Wm. 



Ilartshorne. Jas. I'llrleh. Lewis 



Hanswirth. J. E. Vauffhan. J. C. 



Holding. M. G. WlPtor Bros. 



Hill. E. G. Wlleox. J. F. 



Hunt. E. H. Wel)er. F. C. 



Indiana Floral F. Wel>er. F. A. 



Ass'n. ^^■^nte^!«on. E. F. Co. 



Irish. H. C. Wilson. James S. 



There was a special meeting of the St. 

 Louis Florists' Club on the evening of 

 October 20, at which three members of 

 the executive committee of the World's 

 Fair Flower Show Association were 

 present. After the plan and scope of 

 the exhibition had been outlined, the 

 St. Louis Florists' Club gave its hearty 

 endorsement and assured co-operation 

 by adding to the guarantee fund in ex- 

 cess of $1,000 and appointing a com- 

 mittee consisting of J. J. Beneke, F. M. 

 Ellis and F. H. Meinhardt to co-operate 

 with the flower show management and 

 to in every way possible lend the aid of 

 the club to the undertaking. 



The executive committee met in Chi- 

 cago October 24, l^rosident Breitmeyer 



