October 31, 11)07. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



13 



Coldframes. 



While winter has not yet arrived, we 

 liMve some sharp frosts, premonitory 

 warnings of what we may soon expect. 

 At this season an abundant supply of 

 coidframe sash is a great benefit to any 

 lommercial grower. In theSe should now 

 be stored such doubtfully hardy seed- 

 lings of biennials and perennials as may 

 ))e growing in the field. These may be 

 planted quite thickly. After they are 

 t'rozen quite hard, cover with dry leaves. 

 Cover with sashes, which should be well 

 glazed, and they will need no further 

 attention until the end of March. 



Such plants as digitalis, Canterbury 

 bells, hollyhocks, pansies and violas, 

 myosotis, double daisies and many others 

 can be wintered in this way. Of course, 

 in some sections all these may keep out- 

 doors, but in many places they cannot be 

 depended upon. There is no need to 

 place sashes on the frames until quite 

 severe frost sets in. 



Bulb Planting. 



The arrival of November warns us to 

 put off bulb planting no longer and, 

 where it has not been attended to al- 

 ready, the bulbs should be put in at 

 once. Some bulbs, such as liliums, are 

 late in arriving. If intended for outdoor 

 culture they are much better planted in 

 the fall than the spring, even though it 

 may be necessary to use a bar to loosen 

 the earth on the surface. In planting 

 lilies you will have better results by 

 placing the bulbs eight to twelve inches 

 deep, allowing such sorts as auratum and 

 speciosum the greatest depth. 



Place no coveiing over bulb beds on 

 the first sign of the ground freezing. 

 Let the soil be hard enough to drive a 

 team over before you cover. If you put 

 [trotective material on while the ground 

 is soft, the bulbs will make growth under 

 their warm covering, which is exactly 

 what you do not want them to do. The 

 time a mulching is most needed is, not in 

 November or even December, but in 

 February and jNlarch. 



Visit the Exhibitions. 



The mum season is now in full swing 

 and several of the exhibitions have been 

 iield. The queen of autumn shows no 

 signs of waning popularity and the shows 

 this fall promise to be bettcM- and more 

 largely patronized than ever. It will pay 

 every florist to visit at least one good 

 exhibition. No Jiiatter how good a 

 grower he may be, he will learn many 

 points by attending. lie will see varie- 

 ties shown he has not grown which it 

 will pay him to try another year. He 

 will be brought in contact with many of 

 his confreres, and rubbing shoulders with 

 them at an exhibition is the best kind of 

 education for any man willing to learn; 

 and the man who is unwilling to learn 

 will soon be relegated to the rear. By 

 all means attend the fall shows in your 

 vicinity and take a notebook with you. 

 Do not continue to cultivate obsolete 

 varieties when you might just :is well be 

 growing up-to-date ones. 



RULES FOR JUDGING. 



A Model for Club Shows. 



The State Florists' Society of Indiana 

 recently adopted a set of rules for judg- 

 ing exhibits at its monthly meetings 

 that arc so good that they are presented 

 hero for the information of other similar 

 bodicB : 



Moschosma Riparium. 



Committee of Awards. 



1. The comiiuttee of awards slwill con- 

 sist of three meiidters, who shall b(! 

 elected by the society. One to serve 

 until and including the annual meeting 



in January, I'.tos. One to serve until 

 and including the animal meeting in 



•lanuary, 19U9. One to serve until and 

 including the annual meeting in January, 



1910. 



At each annual meeting the vacancy 

 created by the expiration shall be filed 

 Ijy election by the society, such election 

 to be for a term of three years. 



If at any meeting of the society 

 (flowers, or plants being on exhibition) 

 less than two members of the committee 

 of awards be present, the presiding 

 ofKcer, with the approval of the meeting, 

 shall appoint others to act temporarily. 

 The power thus granted to expire at the 

 close of the meeting. 



Character of Exhibits. 



2. All exhibits of plants or flowers 

 striving for certificates shall be made at 

 a regular meeting of the society or one 

 of its authorized exhibitions and the 

 exhibitor shall notify the secretary at 

 least three days prior to the day of 

 exhibition. To secure the society's cer- 

 tificate, it will be necessary that a grow- 

 ing plant accompany the cut flower ex- 

 hibit in case of carnations or roses, and 

 that carnations and roses be scored at 

 three different meetings, these meetings 

 to be not less than two months apart. 



It shall, however, lie necessary to show 

 a growing plant at only one of these 

 meetings. 



'■>. Any one showing .i novelty with the 

 intention of obtaining the society's in- 

 dors(>meut in any way the conmiittce 

 may reconunend shall conform to the 

 rules Inid down by them for their guid- 

 ;iii((^ as herein stated. 



\. .\ny one in this state not being a 

 niendx^r of this society and making ap- 

 plication to tli(^ secretary for the privi- 

 lege to exhibit at any meeting or exhi- 

 bition shall accompany such application 

 with $1 for each meeting or exhibition 

 he may desire to <'xhibit. unless he be 

 a subscriber to the iireniiuni fund (if 

 there be such) to at least that amount. 



Awards. 



f). The highest reward for flowers or 

 plants shall be the society's silver medal, 

 which shall be awarded to any new va- 

 riety, scoring 95 points or over. First- 

 class certificates of merit shall be award- 

 ed to any new variety scoring S-") points 

 or over. 



6. In judging any flower or plant for 

 which there exists a national society, its 

 scale shall be used by the judges. If 

 no such society exists for any flower or 

 plant on exhibition the judges may use 

 tlicii- own discretion in judging tho ex- 

 hibit. On any flower or plant (except 

 carnations (jr roses) the judges may 

 make fiuiil award at any one exhibition, 

 if tliev nre satisfied as to its merits, but 



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