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May 10. 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J973 



A 1907 Field of 250,000 Hairisu Lilies Blooming in Bermuda. 



organization, on the need of concerted 

 action in behalf of a common cause. 

 That Chicago will have the honor, as 

 nell as the Herculean task, to hold this 

 6rst national flower show, does not nec- 

 essarily mean, as some perhaps are prone 

 to think, that this is to be a Chicago 

 »^flfai^ Not by any means. While Chi- 

 cago undertakes the work — and a tre- 

 mendous work it is — it will depend on 

 ihe aid and co-operation of the eastern 

 cities and the eastern growers. This 

 is certain. It is likewise certain that 

 in order to make a success of this, our 

 first attempt, there must be no division 

 of forces, no division of interests, no 

 geographical lines drawn. Boston as 

 well as Milwaukee must come to the 

 front and help share the burden of Chi- 

 cago. "Let us ever remember," said 

 the late President McKinley, "that our 

 interest is in concord, not in conflict." 

 Let us remember this, if we wish to 

 see horticulture upon a plane equal to 

 that of any other great industry in our 

 country. 



LILIES IN BERMUDA. 



The season for the blooming of lilies 

 was later than usual in Bermuda this 

 year and the usual shipments to New 

 York for Easter were omitted, possibly 

 to the advantage of all concerned. When 

 the plants got into flower they made a 

 magnificent show, as can be seen in the 

 accompanying illustration from a recent 

 photograph of a field which contains 

 250,000 plants. All the Bermuda grow- 

 ers are practicing better cultural methods 

 than they were, having profited by the 

 experience of those who have not at any 

 time departed from the straight and nar- 

 row path of bulb growing. Those who 

 have done their best are steadily im- 



proving the quality of their stock and 

 it is now the general practice to destroy 

 all diseased bulbs and weed out the hy- 

 brids. If this is kept up the result will 

 be to put Harrisii back where it once 

 was, before so many diseased and mon- 

 grel bulbs began to come out of the 

 island. The report is that this year, as 

 in recent ones, the crop of large bulbs 

 will not be up to requirements, but there 

 will be a good quantity of the medium 

 sizes. 



CIVIL SERVICE GARDENERS. 



At Kochester, N. Y., the foreman of 

 the Highland park greenhouses is under 

 civil service. A vacancy having oc- 

 curred, an examination recently was held 

 to select a man for the job. As indicat- 

 ing the range of horticultural knowledge 

 the commission thinks a capable fore- 

 man should possess the following details 

 of the examination will be of interest: 



The most important question was that 

 requiring the candidates to write a state- 

 ment of their experience, qualifying 

 them to take charge of a park green- 

 house. This counted for twenty-five per 

 cent of the total. In addition were 

 twenty-five questions, counting three 

 points each, as follows: 



What are the requirements of a greenhouse 

 foreman in a park system ? 



State the different methods by which plants 

 are propagated. 



What is meant by a species of any tree, 

 shrub or plant? 



What methods are commonly employed for the 

 propagation of ffpecles? 



State exceptions when more profitable and 

 quicker methods can be used to propagate spe- 

 cies than the sowing of seeds. 



What is meant by a variety of any tree, 

 shrub or plant? 



How are varieties usually propagated? 



State exceptions where varieties can be raised 

 true from seed. 



Name the different kinds of coniferous ever- 



greens that can be profitably raised from cut- 

 tings. 



State briefly the best methods of handling 

 and growing coniferous evergreen cuttings. 



What method of grafting is commonly used 

 with coniferous evergreens? 



Name some of the kinds of coniferous ever- 

 greens usually grafted. 



Name the two horticultural groiips of orchids 

 and describe their habits of growth. 



State the different general treatments the two 

 sections of orchids require In cultivation. 



Name six of the most important groups of 

 garden roses. 



By what methods are roses usually propa- 

 gated? 



What method is commonly resorted to to 

 propagate hybrid perpetual rowes from cuttings? 



Name six plaAts that are used in what is 

 know;5 as subtropical bedding. 



How many horticultural groups of begonias are 

 there? Name them. 



State how tuberous rooted begonias can be 

 propagated other than by seeds. 



What are the crown and terminal buds in 

 chrysanthemums ? 



State which kind of chrysanthemum cuttings 

 make the best plants. 



How are the foliage plants known as hen 

 and chickens (eeheverlas) propagated? 



How many tulips will It take, set five inches 

 apart, to plant a bed 1.5x20 feet? 



How many geraniums will it take to plant 

 a l)ed 20x30 feet, set ten inches' .apart? 



Three hours were allowed in which to 

 answer the questions. Four candidates, 

 in this instance, felt equal to the ordeal. 

 Two were men who had been employed 

 in the park greenhouses for some time, 

 and two were employees of local florists. 



WANTS TO DAZZLE. 



M. Eice & Co., Philadelphia, forward 

 the following unique letter received a few 

 days ago from a well-known florist: 



In the Review of March 14 you advertised 

 that you had lost several hundred sets of Ombre 

 ribbons. We sincerely trust that by this time 

 you have recovered same, as we might like to 

 reward you with an order if one of the sets 

 were found on our desk some nice, bright, sun- 

 shiny morning, and we were feeling as if we 

 wished to detach ourselves from a portion of 

 the coin of the realm we have extracted from 

 the purses of our customers in return for a few 

 of our dreams in the plant or floral line. 



We would further request that you favor us 

 with your complete "katalog" of florists' sup- 



