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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



DbcisMber 22, 1904. 



to grow to a good size. When cuttings 

 are used these should be rooted in May, 

 the plants being grown on in the same 

 way as recommended for poinsettias. 



Acalypha hispida is another bright 

 winter subject that ought to receive spe- 

 cial care. There should be no difficulty 

 in working up a stock of this, as it 

 roots freely from cuttings made of the 

 young shoots in spring. Scutellaria moc- 

 ciniana, and the scarlet bouvardias, are 

 all useful winter flowering subjects, 

 bright and cheerful, and requiring much 

 the same treatment, and though of 

 course, some grow much stronger than 

 others. Many people fail to grow these 

 things well because they are afraid to 

 treat them liberally during their season 

 of growth. For bouvardias to be useful 

 the flower stems should be from fifteen 

 to eighteen inches in length, and as thick 

 as a lead pencil; they will then have 

 heads of bloom that will stand erect 

 when cut. — Oardeners' Magazine. 



HELIOTROPES AS POT PLANTS. 



This well-known plant is not so exten 

 sively cultivated as it deserves, and is 

 very seldom seen grown in pots for win- 

 ter blooming. The beautiful racemes of 

 flowers, varying from white to a deep 

 purple shade, and the delicious fra- 

 grance which they emit, make it very use- 

 ful either for decorating purposes or cut 

 flower work, and never fail to be a 

 source of admiration from those who 

 once see them at their best. The cut- 

 tings should be taken about Septem- 



sof t water, and on no account should they 

 be allowed to become dry at the root. 



When the plants are well rooted they 

 may be potted off singly into 4-inch pots 

 and carefully watered until well estab- 

 lished, when they may be gradually 

 worked into a cooler temperature, and 

 afterwards placed in 6-inch pots, in which 

 they are to flower. As the plants grow, 

 all side shoots and bloom must be picked 

 out, and when all fear of frost has gone 

 they may be placed out of doors and 

 Fheltered for a time from cold and cut- 

 ting winds, and when at heights varying 

 from one foot to two feet they may be 

 stopped, and as side shoots again appear, 

 they must be picked out, leaving only a 

 few at the top to form a head, which 

 will give the plants a more shapely ap- 

 pearance. During the period in which they 

 are out of doors they may be fed with 

 artificial manures, and some soot water 

 may also be used, as this imparts a good 

 clark color to the foliage, and as bloom 

 shows it must be pinched out. 



About September the plants may be 

 brought into a cool house and arranged 

 in a group in which they are to flower, 

 and when the bloom buds are well ad- 

 vanced all feeding must be discontinued 

 and water administered carefully or the 

 foliage will become yellow. When the 

 weather becomes colder the ventilators 

 must be drawn in, and the temperature 

 should not be allowed to fall below 50 

 degrees, and as the flowers fade they 

 should, be removed to encourage the suc- 

 ceeding blooms to furnish the plants 

 tlirough the winter. — Gardening World. 



THE PATH OF PROGRESS. 



J. Austin Shaw. John Young. 



The New Vice-President and Re-elected Secretary, New York Florists* Qub. 



ber and placed six or eight thick in some 

 fine, sandy soil in 48-8ized pots and put 

 under handlights on a hotbed, where they 

 must be shaded from brilliant sunshine. 

 If the cuttings are well watered when 

 they are put in, an occasional syringing 

 will suffice them till they are rooted, 

 when they may be removed and placed 

 near the glass in a warm, moist atmos- 

 phere with a minimum temperature of 

 65 degrees. While the plants are grow- 

 ing they require copious syringings of 



Edgemoor, I/el. — Nelson L. Talley 

 lias just completed the erection of a 

 range of five houses, one 28x120, the 

 other four each 28x75. He has them 

 stocked with roses, carnations and a gen- 

 eral line of pot plants, with Henry A. 

 Fitzgerald, formerly with Joseph Kift 

 & Son, West Chester, Pa., as grower. 



Here is the dollar; we must have the 

 Review; it pays. — T. G. Yale, Welling- 

 ton, O. 



Luther Burbank, the wizard of horticulture, 

 has perfected a fadeless flower. — News Item. 



The horseless carriage whizzes by. 



With puff and dash and slam; 

 Through every breath of ours may fly 



A wireless telegram; 

 The seedless raisin on the plate 



We Joyfully devour; 

 Things are perfected while we wait — 



Here comes the fadeless flower. 



The coreless apple Is announced; 



The whlpless school Is here — 

 No scholar any more Is trounced 



By teacher kind and dear; 

 The s<-fMtless onion now Is grown — 



Improvement every hour 

 Into the scheme of things Is thrown: 



Bt'hold the fadeless flower! 



The Jokeless comedy we see; 



The tailless horse we drive; 

 The honey served to you and me 



Comes from a beeless hive; 

 Buckwheatless buckwheat cakes we eat, 



And gather strengthless power; 

 Some new tlilns every ilny we greet — 



Observe the fadeless flower. 



0, would they freeze some meltless Ice; 



Or make some footless gas. 

 Or furnish coal without a price — 



Fate Is unkind, alas! 

 Henceforth the maiden fair to see 



Will grow reserved and sour. 

 And say: "Bring withered blooms to me — 



No cheap old fadeless flower!" 



— Chicago Tribune. 



FRANK H. TRAENDLY. 



President Traendly, of the New York 

 Florists* Club, was born in Brooklyn some 

 thirty-seven years ago. He was "to the 

 manor born," his father having had a 

 long experience in the florists' business. 

 At the age of 16 years the son was gath- 

 ering experience with Fred Donohue, on 

 Fourteenth street, and later on West 

 Twenty-seventh street, with Thos. Young, 

 Jr. 



It was in 1893 he ventured on the 

 wholesale sea, forming a partnership with 

 Charles Schenck, with whom, at 44 West 

 Twenty-eighth street, he is senior mem- 

 ber of the firm of Traendly & Schenck, 

 wholesale florists. Here, in their new 

 store, they conduct a splendid business. 



Mr. Traendly 's services to the New 

 York Florists' Club during the past year 

 received practical demonstration in his 

 unanimous re-election to the presidency. 

 Xo one holding the office has ever worked 

 more indefatigably or made a better 

 record. Every cXxxh meeting has seen in- 

 creased interest. He has made his fu- 

 ture responsibility no easy burden by the 

 high mark set in 1904. 



Secretary John Young was, of course, 

 re-elected, as was Treasurer Weathered, 

 both having served the club long and 

 faithfully. The new member of the 

 executive staff is J. Austin Shaw, vice- 

 president. 



Sparta, III. — H. O. Clendenin reports 

 business very good, funeral work being 

 heavy and cleaning up stock as fast as 

 it is ready to cut. 



Eureka, III. — Charles Snyder and C. 

 E. Brady, who have been very success- 

 ful growing lettuce the past two years, 

 have gone into carnations. 



