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July 27. 1»05. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



503 



National Rifles Armory, wliere trade exhibit Is to te staj^ed. 



Carroll Hall, where sessiuns are to be held. 



Buildings in Which the Society of American Florists will Hold Its Washington Meeting. 



it will take a heavy soaking to wet it 

 through, just what you want to avoid at 

 planting time. On the other hand, if 

 the soil is too wet it will pack and be- 

 come stiff and will remain in that condi- 

 tion a long time, a bad thing for the 

 jdants. 



As to the distance between the plants 

 each way, that will vary somewhat, to fit 

 the beds, etc. Some of our beds will 

 liohl seven rows across, while others will 

 hold only six, but we usually plant from 

 ten to twelve inches apart, according 

 to circumstances. Some varieties will 

 need more room to the plant than others. 

 Heavy growing varieties, of course, take 

 up more room than the wiry ones, and 

 they are injured quicker from overcrowd- 

 ing than the slender ones. Don 't think 

 that because you put your plants close 

 together that you will have big crops of 

 fine blooms. Two years ago a grower 

 who was new on carnations did this 

 against our advice, thinking that he could 

 pnt the size on them by feeding. But 

 he found out his mistake and* last fall 

 he told us of his failure to produce qual- 

 ity. It takes a strong shoot to produce 

 a large bloom and a strong stem, and it 

 taites room and air and light to produce 

 strong shoots. If we were to grow for 

 <|iiality alone 1 would plant such va- 

 ■ it'ties as Lawson and p]nchantress fifteen 

 inches apart and I am not sure hut that 

 it would pay any way if we could just 

 "'!iko up our mind to it. 



I><in't plant much closer than custom- 

 "I'.v if your plants happen to he small. 

 '^ <•" will be surprised to see how quickly 

 Ihey will spread out, and by spring they 

 ^^ ill he sure to need the room. Also don 't 

 •'elay planting because your plants hap- 

 iH'n to be undersized. They will grow 

 t^^aster in the house than they will out- 

 doors, especially if the weather continues 

 '•y, and if it turns in wet the plants 

 ^^'11 get soft and it will be difficult for 

 .^"" to follow the above procedure. 



A. F. J. Baitk. 



THE WASHINGTON PROGRAM. 



The preliminary i)rogram has been 

 issued for the S. A. F. convention at 

 Washington August 15 to 18. The 

 opening session will be called to order 

 at 2 p. m. on Tuesday. The address of 

 welcome will follow, then the annua! 

 address of the president, reports of 

 secretary, treasurer, state vice-presi- 

 dents, committees, etc. 



At the close of the opening session 

 the judges will examine and prepare 

 a report on the novelties and new in- 

 ventions in the trade display. 



The president 's reception will be held 

 at 7:30 Tuesday evening under the au- 

 spices of the Washington Florists ' 

 Club. 



At 9:30 Wednesday morning the 

 judges will report and the prize essays 

 on "The Ideal Employer" will be rea<l 

 and awards announced. 



Selection of next meeting ])lace, 

 nominations of officers and roll-call of 

 states for vice-presidents will follow. 



A lecture on the work of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry will be given by B. 

 T. Galloway, chief, illustrated with the 

 stereopticon. 



The bowling tournament will take 

 place at the corner of p]ighth and K 

 streets at 2 p. m. 



At 8 p. m. Miss Susan B. Sipe will 

 lecture on "The Work of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry in Encouraging Civic 

 Improvement and the Teaching of Hor- 

 ticulture in the Public Schools." illus- 

 trated with the stereopticon. 



The question box will be opened after 

 the lecture and is known to contain 

 some interesting subjects, including 

 plants worthy of more general use as 

 summer bedders; handling carnations 

 between time of cutting and market- 

 ing; effect of cold storage, in retarding 

 I)eony bloom; should the S. A. F. have 

 a winter meeting? 



At 9:30 Thursday nuirning discus- 

 sion is invited on "Helps to Floricul- 



ture in the South and Southwest" and 

 "The Feasibility of Preparing a Text- 

 book of Horticulture for Dissemination 

 by Florists' Clubs." 



At 10 a. m. polls open for the elec- 

 tion of oflScers. 



The question box will be open during 

 the election. Among the questions al- 

 ready suggested is: "Should this so- 

 ciety countenance the substitution of 

 popular appellations for cumbersome 

 and often unpronounceable foreign 

 names of new plant introductions?" 



The Florists' Hail Association will 

 hold its annual meeting at 2 p. m. and 

 the Carnation Society will meet at 4 

 p. m. 



At 8 p. m. Oglesby Paul, of Philadel- 

 phia, will lecture on "The Ideal Coun- 

 try Home for the Man with a Long 

 Head and a Short Purse," illustrated 

 by the stereopticon. 



On Friday the society will be in the 

 hands of the Washington Florists' 

 Club. 



The sessions will be held at Carroll 

 Hall, on G street between Ninth and 

 Tenth streets. The trade exhibition 

 will be staged next door, in the Na- 

 tional Rifles' Armory. A special dis- 

 play by the XT. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture will be made in Carroll Hall. 



WASHINGTON. 



G>nvention Preparations. 



Convention matters are now well in 

 hand, the program is about lai<l out and 

 ample j)rovision has been made for a 

 celebration, on our twenty-first birthday, 

 such as has never been excelled and 

 seldom equaled. 



I have live<l in Washington some thir- 

 ty odd years, and have never seen it 

 finer than at j)resent. From the time 

 that the visiting florists and their ladies 

 reach Washington, until they take the 

 train or boat for home, we hope to 

 keep every moment of their time pleas- 



