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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 31, 1905. 



ORNITHOGALUM ARABICUM. 



Wo liave just rri'civfcl from (.';ili 

 fornia HOO Imllis of Oniit lioyaliim Aral.i- 

 '•iiin and wciild liki' to know liow ],< 

 lianillc tlicm so as to liavr tlicrn I'onio in 

 for I'iastrr as pot jilants. \\C tlionj^ht 

 of ]>iittinj^ li\-.' Iiiilhs in a ti im-li pot. 

 \\'ili tliat lie too many.' 1 1' wo plant 

 them now will thoy lilooni for ('liiisi 

 mas? W't" also haxc somo I'roosia Imllis 

 ami would liko to know Imw to keep 

 tlii'in so as to jilant tlicm t'or j-^astor. 



A. i;. 



It is many xoars sim-i' wo liaso soon 

 tiusc Imllis j;iown and tlirn tln-v wi ii' 

 not forced. Wo tliink tlirco Imllis in ;i 

 (Jincli pot \vo\ilil lo oiKm;^]]. April and 

 May is tlio time tliis spn-ics llowors in 

 tompcrato (dimatcs, so tlicy slnmld nn 

 dor i^lass ];,■ easily t'ori'cd t'or Master. 

 ] would advise potting at onc(^ and, 

 after one wati'iiiiL;. keep them rather 

 dry until leaf erowlh lieyins. I 

 scari-idy tliink they can fo tjowoied 

 at ('hiistmas. 



I'roesias arc not pro|)iM-l\- luillis. Tlioy 

 arc corms and will keep a loii^' while 

 in a dormant state if kept dry iuid cool, j 

 If you want to make sure of their keep- | 

 in^, then put the conns iu j)erfectly dry 

 sand and |ilaeo in cool room. W. f^. 



SNAPDRAGONS. 



1 \vo\iM like to say for tiio benefit of 

 those who ha\(^ no liouse for roses and 

 WDuid like to j;row somethiii<i besides car- 

 nations for cut llowers, that if they 

 would try ant irrhiruims they would tind 

 sonh'thin<i both Mtic and profitable. Buy 

 the (,)ui'en of the North seed, sow it now, 

 tiansplant iido the bed, water, tie up ttnd 

 nudch the same as carnations and the 

 result ^vill be hij;idy ple.asinjj, as tliey 

 aie line, both for ilesijfu work ;tml 

 c ut tloweis. We ha\t> tried them for two 

 yeais and will (HUitinue to ^row them, 

 tor there nn> always new llower shoot.s 

 eominy on .-ind the blooms will last for 

 two weeks after thin' are cut. 



W. (i. Thomas. 



'rht> meeting was called to order iit 

 10:;{() |). m., I'resident l*eter Fisher in 

 the chair. ^Members present were Presi- 

 dent I'eter Fislier, Ellis, Mass.; E. (i. 

 (iilletl, (incinn.'iti, Ohio; J. S. Wilson, 

 Western Springs, III.; Wm. Weber, 

 OaklamI, .Md.; Albert M. Herr, Lancas- 

 ter. I'a., and a mindier of meml)ers of 

 the society. 



.\ copy of the by laws as framed ity 

 Secret aiy llerr was |)resented for con- 

 sideration ami, after considerable dis- 

 lussion ami some changes, they were 

 orilered printed and mailed to each paid- 

 up member of the society at least thirty 

 days before the regular .annual meet 

 iny, .lanuary L'4 and -~>, 1906, for final 

 adoj)tion. 



There beinjj no adititiontd premiums 

 otfei-ed for the premium list, the ffettin<; 

 up of this list and a |)rogr;im feu* the 

 meetinj;' \\as left to be comj)leted by 

 mail at a later date. 



Ai.Bi'.irr M. Hkiiii. Sec 'v. 



HELIOTROPES. 



ATIOM 



CARNATION NOTES.-EAST. 



]>];ints. Wlien the Job is done your 

 wliole esttiblisliment will look briy;liter. 

 (ii'.oiaii'; S. (^.sHoii.N. 



Removal of Dead Foliage. 



It is \fr\ unlikely that ;in\ yrowei- 

 can slmw a jierfectly clean bill ot health 

 as far as foliaye is com-erned. l.itt 

 ing from the field ami t r.-insplaid in;^ in 

 the benches, no ni;ittei- how carel'ully 

 done, is bound to disturb the bal;ui<-e 

 between loots and top. the result beiti;.;' 

 more or less loss ol' lower t'olia^e. Much 



depemls on the care bestowed on the 

 jdants dnrin;,r ()ie time they are ;4ettiny 

 t'stablished ; still nuilei- certain weather 

 conditions any \ariety will sutVi'r >ouo'- 

 what. Then then' are those im lined 

 to soltness in the folia;^e that ;ire next 

 to imjiossible to handle witlmnt sacri 

 tice of some lower l'a\i's. 



()pinioiis dilVer as to the lohis.abii it \ 

 of remoxiu;,^ this withereil t'oliaye but 

 like most oper.-itions there is a ri^^lit 

 time .■ind w.ay to obtain the best le 

 suits. l;e;jinniuL; the work too souu. 



th.'lt is, befole the le;i\(s ha\e I oUle 



sulljcieiitly dry t no' .-iway witJKMit 



injury to the branch, is one cause ot 

 trouble. Then, aeaiu. the axeraiio 

 .\merican i;ets \ ery uei\ous o\cr sm h 

 tedious woik; the job seems to drat:, in 

 compi'ti'iit heljt is jiressed into service 

 to expf'dite mattei's. with the result tli;il 

 the plants are handled roughly, lonseneil 

 t'roui their' hold on the -.idl and many 

 branches broken. 



While it is ;ii|initte,l to be a<i^ra\at 

 iny work it pays to do it well. To alliiw 

 the objectionable I'ldi.'i^ie to lemaiii not 

 only j,n\es an unsijrlitly ajipearam-e to 

 till! plants but seriously interferes with 

 free circirlation of air aimniir the lower 

 branches, besides fiirnishiii<i a medium 

 for the (ollection of uudsture whei. 

 fungous disetises may dev(do|i. .\g;iiri, 

 during the dark days of wilder it will 

 be very dillicult to dry the foliage be 

 fore niglit. I{y all means clean up the 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



A meeting of the bo.ard of directors 

 ot' this society was h<dd .at the l'',bbitt 

 liouse, W.ashington, D. ('., imme(liately 

 afti'i' the adjournment id' the e\<'iiiiig 

 ses>ion of the S. A. F. Tuesday, Atigust 

 !.■>. All members of the society were 

 inviti'd to attend, said announcement lie- 

 iri" made iiv Sei-retai\ Stew.ait. 



Whai time should cuttings of lielio 

 tro|)e-; he planted to be in (lower in 4- 

 inch pots for Christmas:' How should 

 1he\' li ■ treated to ]iroduce Inishy plants.' 



11. ('. Jl. 



Ilebn tropes root very poorly from cut- 

 tint;s l.'iken from ]iiarrts growing in the 

 ground tiiid plants rooted late in the 

 sjjring may be earned over for Christ- 

 mas. I'ut a better way is to "strike" 

 (lit tings that have been grown . aside 

 either' in pots or some plant that is 

 planted out and has been cut back iu 

 July. The heliotrope is a (ijuick grow 

 ing, quick rooti'ig plant and if kept 

 sliifle(i soon makes a large plant. It re- 

 quires stopping to make a bushy plant 

 and if stunted for root room is very 

 liable to be iitt.ickcd with rust. Cut- 

 ting-; rtioted now or before the end of 

 August should make good 4-inch plants 

 bv Ciiri^tmas. W. S. 



A SEASON FOR CARE. 



.\s the season for' tiring a]iproac|ie> 

 conditions call tio carefid obser\:irice 

 in ri'gard to wateririL; and \ent i l;it ion. 

 The transition from natural to artificial 

 heat is tlie most critical period in the 

 life of the ri/se ami airy careh^ssness, 

 ru'glect or ignorance irr the admiirist ra- 

 tion of the essentials, temperature, ven- 

 tilation .and w.ater, at this si'asoii, will 

 bring diri' results later on. 



To properly ]irepaie the sto(d\ for' this 



SES 



cliaiigo due regard must be tttken of the 

 t'.ict that e\aporat iorr is on the (le(diue 

 aiol sto(dv cannot use, with advtintage. 

 1 he co|iions siqiplies of water necessary 

 during; the sumrm r months ami conse- 

 (pienlly lie su|i])ly uinst be carefully 

 eai.L'od til meet the diiiMnishinLj w.'ints. 

 Root action will also become more slug- 

 l^isii aii'l, it the soil e\er- approaches the 

 pidnl ot' ^at iiratiotr, the stock will sundy 

 sutler . 



.\s the artificial heat will affect the 

 soil irr the bemdi in an entirely differ- 

 errt manner froirr sun heat, the effect 

 will be that the soil will dry out more 

 rajiidly wherr it is in (dose proximity 

 to the jieatiug pipes :ind where these 

 heating pijies are under the benches, 

 as in mariv cases we still find them, tlie 



