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The Wcddy Florists^ Review* 



453 



A Vase of Carnation Olendale. A House of Carnation Glendale 



Kodakoy at the Establishment of W. J. & M. S. Vesey, Fort Wayne, Ind. 



The Lawson medals and the S. A. F. 

 medals are offered under conditions sim- 

 ilar to those governing last year. Premi- 

 ums of $50, $30 and $20 are offered for 

 the best displays of commercial varieties, 

 that is, varieties disseminated prior to 

 April ], 1905, fifty blooms to a vase and 

 not more than twenty varieties to be 

 shown. A. H. Hews & Co. offer a silver 

 cup for the best display, four varieties, 

 twenty-five blooms of each. Other spe- 

 cial premiums will be offered in the regu- 

 lar list, which will be issued in Novem- 

 ber. 



SOOETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



President Vaughan has made the 

 following appointments: Exhibition 

 judges, John T, Temple, Davenport, 

 Iowa, chairman ; Dr. A. S. Halstead, Belle- 

 ville, 111.; Joseph A. Manda, South 

 Orange, N. J. Committee on prize es- 

 says: Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill, 

 N. Y., chairman ; Alex. Wallace, New 

 York; Robert Craig, Philadelphia; ser- 

 geant-at-arms, J. D. Carmody, Evans- 

 ville, Ind. Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



An Invitation. 



The Secretary of Agriculture desire? 

 to extend the courtesies of Jthe Depart- 

 ment to the members of the Society of 

 American Florists. The officers of the 

 various bureaus of the Department will 

 be glad to give information along their 

 respective lines of work. 



The Bureau of Plant Industry is con- 

 ducting many lines of investigation 

 which may be of interest to florists. A 

 cordial invitation is extended to mem- 

 bers of the society and their friends to 

 visit the greenhouses and conservatories 

 during the convention, to inspect the 

 work on the improvement of plants by 

 breeding and selection, and the work of 

 studying plant diseases, especialy dia- 

 oases of plants under glass. The trial 

 grounds and testing gardens of the 

 Bureau of Plant Industry will also be 

 open for inspection at all times. 



Special points of interest which the 

 members may be desirous of noting are 

 the testing plots on the Department 

 grounds proper, the testing grounds on 



the flats located a mile south of the de- 

 partment buildings, and the Arlington 

 farms, where various horticultural lines 

 of work are under way. This farm is 

 located near Arlington cemetery and is 

 reached by trolley in ^bout twenty min- 

 utes. The various laboratories will be open 

 for inspection at all times and of- 

 ficers of the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 will be delegated especially to show visi- 

 tors the various lines of work under way. 

 For information of the visitors a fine 

 collection of gladioli and other bulbous 

 plants has been made and they may be 

 seen growing at the department grounds. 

 J. R. Freeman, Vice Pres. 



DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The annual report of the appointment 

 clerk, of the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, shows that the total number of 

 persons constituting the body of the De- 

 partment of Agriculture on July 1, 

 1904, was 4,504, an increase of 2,160 

 since July 1, 1897. In addition, there 

 are nearly a quarter of a million special 

 correspondents and reporters, who al- 

 though receiving no financial remunera- 

 tion from the Department, cooperate 

 with it and render it much valuable 

 service. 



Since the Bureau of Plant Industry 

 was organized, three years ago, the de- 

 mand for more work has been so great 

 as to require an increase of nearly fifty 

 per cent in men and funds to conduct 

 it. There are now about 500 workers, 

 sixty per cent of whom are engaged in 

 scientific investigation and its applica- 

 tion to the farm, the orchard and the 

 garden. The Bureau is endeavoring to 

 train young men as rapidly as possible 

 for this work. The agricultural col- 

 leges furnish a part of these men, but 

 the demand for those with proper quali- 

 fications is still greater than the sup- 

 ply- 



PROTECTING TANKS. 



I am putting up a tank inside an un- 

 heated shed and would like to know how 

 I am to keep it from freezing? B. 



Nearly everybody who thinks of put- 



ting up an outside tank, wants to know 

 how it is going to be protected from the 

 cold. This is a natural question to ask, 

 as the problem is of great importance 

 and there are only a few who have it 

 solved for them correctly. 



Our long experience in this line of 

 work and the careful attention we have 

 given to this particular subject, thor- 

 oughly qualify us to protect any tank 

 from freezing, even in the very coldest 

 climate and where the tank stands for 

 days and weeks without the water being 

 stirred up. The tank Uself we provide 

 with a roof which is shingled over so as 

 to thoroughly close up all joints, and in- 

 side of this we put a ceiling across the 

 top of the tank, which is made of floor- 

 ing boards, and tack down two or three 

 thicknesses of heavy tarred paper over 

 same. This makes a dead-air space over 

 the tank. We construct one underneath 

 the tank on the same principle. 



Then the pipes, which are the greatest 

 source of danger, are boxed in with two 

 or three or four boxes, according to the 

 climate, and the joints of these are 

 sealed up with tarred paper, as above 

 mentioned, and then we also use a spe- 

 cial heavy felt and asbestos covering 

 around the pipe or pipes ; that is, put on 

 with a canvas jacket and all then given 

 a hot tar coating. Even then it is neces- 

 sary to have the work done by thorough- 

 ly experienced and skilled mechanics, 

 who will do a first-class, workmanlike 

 job. W. E. Caldwell Co. 



WASHINGTON HOTELS. 



The following list of hotels and rates 

 is supplied by the hotel committee of 

 the Washington Florists' Club: 



The Shoreham, Fifteenth and H streets N. W.. 

 six squares from meeting hall; single rooms, one 

 person. $2 per day; single rooms, two per- 

 sons, 13 per day; room with bath, one person, 

 $3 per day; room with bath, two persons. 

 $4 per day; suites of parlor and two bed- 

 rooms with bath, $10 per day. 



Arlington. Vermont avenue and H street 

 N. W., seven squares from hall; $2 per day 

 for each person. 



Manhattan, 604 Ninth street N. W., Euro- 

 pean plan, one square from hall; for men only: 

 $1 per day and upward. 



Colonial, Fifteenth and H streets N. W., Eu- 

 ropean plan, six squares from hall; single 

 room, $1 per day. 



St. James, Sixth and Pennsylvania avenue 

 \. W., European plan, seven squares from ball; 



