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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



551 



p. A. Chopin, President New Orleans Horticultural Society. 



hours. A draught is one of the most 

 fruitful causes of mildew. Man, beast 

 nor plant do not like draughts. A 

 man can work outdoors at 10 below 

 zero and ^arm his feet every ten 

 minutes in ice water, as the writer has 

 done for days in succession, and gain 

 nothing but a splendid appetite, but 

 let the same man sit ten minutes in a 

 draught, however warm the day, and a 

 bad cold quickly follows. The spores 

 of the rose mildew are ever present, but 

 do not find a lodgment as long as t^e 

 plant is robust. Directly there is loss 

 of vitality from any cause the spores 

 of the mildew find a field in which to 

 vegetate. No, by no means leave doors 

 open. 



We have thought and talked a good 

 deal the past five or six years on the 

 summer treatment of these tea roses. 

 That little advice was meant to guard 

 against what would seem a proper prac- 

 tice of shutting up the houses on a cool 

 night when you have no fire heat. It 

 seems right, but it is wrong. Without 

 fire heat, and the houses closed tight, 

 there is a dampness that settles on the 

 foliage. You can see it in the morning 

 ^y the glistening dewdrops on the edges 

 fif the leaf. If this is continued four or 

 five nights in succession you will not 

 only have mildew but a worse disease 

 than mildew, a dropping of the foliage, 

 first the very youngest leaves, spreading 

 to the mature foliage and finally to the 

 young shoots. We have seen this occur 

 111 September and again in May, when 

 "*Jo were foolish enough to let out the 

 fi'<^s and shut up the houses. 



^ow it may not be necessary, or wise, 

 further south, but in northern ]S'ew 

 ^ ork and the lake region the surest 

 ^'iy to produce good roses is never to 

 'ct your fires out the entire summer. 



We have a week of weather \vhen no 

 artificial heat may be needed, then will 

 come a night or two cool or cool and 

 wet. Then it is with a little steam on 

 that you can shut up, or, if rainy but' 

 warm, use both steam and ventilation. 

 During the month of August and the 

 first half of September if it goes down 

 to 45 degrees outside and you cannot 

 fire, then a few inches of ventilation 

 will dispel that dampness which is 

 much more dangerous than a low tem- 

 perature. W. S 



Fremont, O. — W. T. Belding is build- 

 ing a greenhouse and starting in busi- 

 ness. 



P. A. CHOPIN. 



The New Orleans Horticultural Soci- 

 ety, which has enjoyed a very prosper- 

 ous year under the presidency of Harry 

 Papworth, has chosen another of the 

 new school of florists as his successor, 

 P. A. Chopin, one of the younger mem- 

 bers but one of push, under "whose guid- 

 ance the society will make still further 

 progress and become still more widely 

 influential in all matters affecting the 

 welfare of trade. 



Mr. Chopin is the exemplar of the 

 modern New Orleans, as his father was 

 of the old, for he is the son of the late 

 Gustav Chopin, a pioneer florist of the 

 Crescent City. He was born in 1874 

 and as a youth determined to follow his 

 father's profession. He acquired the 

 education of the local schools and then 

 went to Europe to study horticulture, 

 spending several years at well-known 

 trade centers. Eeturning to New Or- 

 leans, he started in business for himself 

 and has just completed one of the finest 

 retail establishments in the south, at 

 Eighth and Magazine streets. He is a 

 firm believer in the future of New Or- 

 leans and sees no bounds to trade possi- 

 bilities. He is a member of the board 

 of park commissioners and also is a 

 -member of the Louisiana Field Artil- 

 lery, in which he commands Battery E. 



For three years Mr. Chopin has been 

 a member of the Society of American 

 Florists. He attended the conventions 

 at St. Louis, Milwaukee and Asheville. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Eichard F. Gloede, Evanston, III., sub- 

 mits for registration zonal geranium 

 Kenilworth; growth and habit tall and 

 robust; flowers single, dark scarlet; foli- 

 age large and leathery; seedling, three 

 years old. Also zonal geranium Illinois, 

 sport from Beaute Poitevine, semi- 

 double, identical with the parent in 

 every particular with the exception of 

 the petals, which are irregularly toothed 

 and somewhat larger than in Poitevine, 

 and the blossoms are more widely open. 

 Wm. J. Stewart, Sec'y. 



The Washington Florists' Club, being 

 especially desirous that all convention 



Store Front of A. Gude & Bro., Washington, Photographed at 2 P. M. July 25v 



