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Mat 31, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



81 



Lily of the Valley from 



(On the left, fibrous rooted pips; 



Pips out of Cold-Storage. 



on tbe right, stubby rooteu pips.) 



age and give good results when forced 

 during summer and autumn. 



To show you this diflference, 1 took, 

 on April '11, photographs of some sin- 

 gle flowers and two boxes out of one 

 of my greenhouses. The first illustration 

 shows some single spikes, roots very 

 fibrous, pips of an average first quality 

 early forcing Berlin valley, say of the 

 type Berolina. 



Being grown too late in the season, 

 the foliage has quite overgrown the 

 flowers, and is curled. The flower stalks 

 are short, weak, and have partly become 

 deformed. On the whole, the result is 

 a [)oor one. but, nevertheless, you must 

 admit that the roots and the size of the 

 l)ip are of a fair appearance, so that a 

 i)etter result should have come out. The 

 fault was that this pip was grown too 

 late in the season. 



The other pips, with the less fibrous 

 and stubby roots, are of the type Polaris, 

 especially fit for retarded cold storage 

 purposes, and for late forcing in March 

 and April. These are grown on heavy, 

 loamy soils, and put under the same 

 treatment in the greenhouse. The flower 

 stalks stay straight upright, the bells 

 are well and uniformly set apart, the 

 foliage is shorter in proportion; in short, 

 these flowers are just right for market 

 use. 



Now compare the boxes from which 

 these two sorts of flowers were taken, 

 and you can observe for yourself the 

 difference better than I could ever ex- 

 plain it in words, and you will under- 

 stand why I never would advise you to 

 use early-forcing valley for retarding 

 jMirposes. 



It must ))e clear to every grower that 

 a valley pip producing such abundant 

 foliage does not produce as strong 

 flowers as a })ip which produces less 

 foliage. 



Koferriiig to the illustrations, the 

 boxes in question contain pips of second 

 quality, as [ am almost exclusively forc- 

 ing only second quality crowns, which 

 aro assorted from the harvest as unfit 

 for export. 



The illustrations on pages 81' and 83 

 will give an idea of the valley-forcing 

 • lepartment in my establishment. Both 

 photographs were taken just before 

 <'liristnias. an<l the one house shows re- 

 tarded cold storage valleys, while the 

 other shows freshly harvested autumn 

 crowns in flower. E. Neubert. 



SOUTHERN FLORISTS' SOCIETy. 



Organized at Chattanooga, Tenn. 



As briefly reported in last week 's Re- 

 view, the Society of Southern Florists 

 and Ornamental Horticulturists was or- 

 ganized in the rooms of. the chamber of 

 commerce at Chattanooga, Tenn., May 

 22. The society is a child of the Society 

 of American Florists, is founded on the 

 same principles as that association, and 

 has as its object the betterment of the 

 trade of the south. 



Those present at the initial meeting 

 were Robert C. Beckmans, of Augusta, 

 Ga.; C. W. Eichling, of New Orleans; 

 J. F. Wilson, of Poulan, Ga. ; Robert S. 

 Walker, of Chattanooga ; W. F. Hoeger, 

 of Hill City; Fred Grindler, of Chatta- 

 nooga; Mrs. J. W. Crouch, Chattanooga, 

 and C. E. Hunt, St. Elmo. These were 

 made charter members of the society 

 with the following, whose applications 

 were presented by Mr. Eichling: 



Charles R. Painter, P. A. Shopin, .1. 

 St. Mard, J. W. Werner, Paul Abele, 

 J. A. Newsham, Otto Abele, A. Alost, 

 M. M. do Lapouyade, H. A. Despom- 

 mier, F. L. Chopin, Jacob Rausch, John 

 Dobbs, Thomas Betz, H. Ia Ilivell, 

 Henry Kratz, Harry Papworth, George 

 1). Mann, Ed Baker, Frank B. Faessel, 

 (Charles Eble, J. H. Menard. Clau«le L. 

 Ory, Joseph A. Schindler, A. H. Schalck, 



F. Rieth, Fred Ziegler, Richard Eich- 

 ling, U. J. Virgin, Joseph Steckler, and 

 Richard P. Steckler, all of New Orleans; 

 B. M. Wichers, Gretna, La., and Chas. 

 Alff. Austin, Tex. 



(.'. W. Eichling was elected temporary 

 chairman and Dr. J. V. Wilson acted as 

 temporary secretary. After the pur- 

 pose of the projected organization and 

 the many benefits likely to result from 

 it had been explained, the delegates 

 voted to form a permanent organization, 

 adopting the name of Society of the 

 Southern Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists. Officers were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, R. C. Berckmans; vice- 

 I)resideut, C. W. Eichling; second vice- 

 president, C. E. Hunt; secretary, J. F. 

 Wilson; treasurer, Joseph Steckler. Mr. 

 Eichling was proposed for the presi- 

 dency, but lie declined in favor of Mr. 

 Berckmans, thus giving the new organ- 

 ization ' ' a president who is widely and 

 favorably known and who enjoys the 

 confidence of every one who has the 

 pleasure of knowing him." 



The election over, the morning session 

 adjourned at noon with instructions to 

 the committee on constitution and by- 

 laws to report at .5 p. m. 



As it is one of the principles of the 

 new society to co-operate with other ex- 

 isting horticultural societies, and with 

 the Society of American Florists in par- 

 ticular, the constitution and by-laws of 

 the latter were taken as a guide and 

 were adopted in s\ich condensed form as 

 to make them serviceable for the new 

 society. Among the eliminations are the 

 appointment of a botanist, entomologist 

 and a vegetable pathologist, also the 

 registration of new varieties of plants. 

 This work was left entirely to the So- 

 ciety of American Florists in order to 

 facilitate these important branches and 

 avoid mistakes. Annual conventions 

 combined with exhibitions, reading and 

 tliscussions of papers of interest to 

 southern florists are to . be held, time 

 and place to be determined at each an- 

 nual meeting. 



When the meeting had reached this 

 point there developed a strong competi- 

 tion for the first annual convention. 

 The Chattanooga members, backed up by 

 their energetic secretary of the chamber 

 of commerce, put up a good fight. C. W. 

 Eichling, of New Orleans, brought out 

 so many points in favor of his home 

 ( ity, together with the fact that New- 

 Orleans has furnished the bulk of the 

 list of members, that he finally carrietl 



Lily of the Valley from Pips out of Cold-Storage. 

 (On the left pips with stubby roots; on the right pips with many fibrous roots.) 



