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Januahy 23, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



a good call for funeral designs and wants 

 some asters before they are obtainable 

 outdoors, should try a bench of them. 

 The flowers come of finer quality than 

 those grown outside, are always clean, 

 liever troubled by the aster beetle, and 

 Ti.re entirely free from summer droughts, 

 wl^ich are often disastrous for asters in 

 the open. Those wishing to experiment 

 on the asters under glass should try 

 Queen of the Earlies, Giant Comet and 

 Victoria. The Comet aster is a decided 

 break from the rather stiff and formal 

 asters. The petals are arranged more 

 loosely, curling up at the tips and re- 

 minding one of Japanese chrysanthe- 

 mums. 



Brief Reminders. 



Watch the little geraniums closely. 

 Be sure not to overwater them in the 

 small pots until they are well rooted. 

 Continue to spread out your plants in 

 the benches and give them all possible 

 space. 



Start cannas where a large stock of 

 each kind is needed. For spring bloom- 

 ing, cannas in pots make pretty floral 

 pictures. 



Continue to propagate any soft-wooded 



bedding stock you are short of. Do not 

 root any Salvia splendens until March, 

 or the plants will all be much too large. 



Shake out a batch of fancy-leaved 

 caladiums and start in small pots in a 

 warm, moist house. One kept at 65 de- 

 grees at night will be suitable. Be care- 

 ful not to overwater until growth is well 

 advanced. 



Pinch the tops out of the show pelar- 

 goniums, unless you are anxious to have 

 very early flowers. 



Start up any hybrid roses, still dor- 

 mant, which you may want for Easter. 



Pot or box off any rooted cuttings in 

 the' propagating benches before they be- 

 come hard. 



Keep Spanish iris in a cool house. It 

 resents hard forcing. Do not let the 

 night temperature exceed 50 degrees. 



Mulch any outdoor plants hitherto 

 omitted. Alternate freezing and thaw- 

 ing is very bad for the majority of 

 plants. 



Plan to attend the Washington carna- 

 tion convention if possible. It promises 

 to be the largest ever held and the ex- 

 hibits will surpass anything of the kind 

 ever seen before at a convention. 



POTTING YOUNG STOCK. 



As soon as the cuttings are ready, and 

 that is when the roots are from half an 

 inch to three-quarters of an inch in 

 length, they should be potted. As the 

 sand or other propagating medium con- 

 tains no nutriment, it is obvious that 

 the young stock will have to subsist on 

 water alone, if they are left in the 

 bench after root formation is complete. 

 Any growth they maj' make under these 

 conditions must of necessity be of a 

 weak and inferior character. 



Good rose soil with little manure in it 

 and passed through a half-inch screen is 

 just what they like. 



For tea roses 2-inch standard pots are 

 large enough. These should be thorough- 

 ly clean, especially on the inside. No 

 drainage is necessary. 



Care should be taken not to pot too 

 deeply, three-fourths of an inch being 

 deep enough to steady the young plant. 



Reject all poor and sickly looking 

 plants, as these require more care and 

 attention than the more robust, and sel- 

 dom give satisfaction, even if they seem 

 to recover. The space can be utilized 

 more pr(»ftlkiiibly than nursing weak stock. 



Before setting the plants on the bench 

 it is a good plan to see that the soil is 

 thoroughly moistened. This caonot be 

 accomplished by one application of water, 



and particularly so if new pots are used. 

 It frequently requires from three to five 

 applications to moisten the soil without 

 getting it into a muddy state, a condi- 

 tion which should always be avoided. 



Those who have no regular stock house 

 should select some nice airy position in 

 a house with a night temperature of 56 

 degrees to 58 degrees. Spread some sifted 

 coal ashes on the bench to the depth of 

 an inch or so. This makes good, clean 

 drainage and prevents worms from work- 

 ing up into the pots. Set the pots close 

 together and shade lightly for a few 

 days until root action commences. 



During bright weather they will re- 

 quire watering and syringing twice a day 

 and should at all times have an abun- 

 dance of fresh air. Ribes. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Spring Exhibition. 



TJie executive committee of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society met at the Hotel Mar- 

 tinique, New York city, Monday after- 

 noon, January 13. 



August Poehltaann, of Morton Grove, 

 HI., has beAi appointed special com- 

 mitteeman for the Chicago show. J. 

 A. Valentine will present a paper at the 

 annual meeting upon "Roses in Colo- 

 rado ' ' ; Adolph Poehlmann will present 

 one upon "Practical Rose Growing," 

 and William Elliott, of Brighton, Mass., 

 will give a paper upon the "Proper Size 

 of a Greenhouse for Commercial Rose 

 Growing." Mr. Elliott has the largest 

 single rose house in New England. Rob- 



ert Craig, of Philadelphia, will have a 

 paper upon "Forcing Roses in Pots for 

 Easter. ' ' 



The following judges have been ap- 

 pointed; J F. Wilcox, Council Bluffs, 

 la.; Adam Graham, Cleveland, O., and 

 John H. Dunlop, Parkdale, Ont. 



The secretary reported that many of 

 tlTk members had paid up their annual 

 subscriptions within ten days from mail- 

 ing the bills and that the society needed 

 as many as 1,000 annual members, all 

 interested. 



The details of schedule had been at- 

 tended to and the first edition had al- 

 ready been printed and mailed. There 

 will be a supplementary list of prizes 

 issued to cover those that are given for 

 special objects. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Carnation and Breeders' Rate. 



Through some misunderstanding, the 

 New England Passenger Association in- 

 structed its agents to issue certificates 

 for the Breeders' Association meeting, 

 to be held in Washington, D". C, Janu- 

 ary 28 to 30, in conjunction with this 

 society, but failed to add that certificates 

 should be issued to either the Breeders' 

 or the Carnation Society, as both are 

 to be counted as one meeting. This has 

 been changed and covers the whole of the 

 New England Association except the 

 Eastern Steamship Co. Certificates will 

 be issued for the Carnation Society in 

 this territory the same as in previous 

 years. 



If you can not get a certificate for 

 the Carnation Society, and the agent has 

 instructions to issue for the Breeders' 

 meeting, buy your ticket for that meet- 

 ing. It will be honored in Washington 

 and you can then get the reduced fare 

 to return home. 



We want everybody interested in ear- 

 nations to come to this meeting, and if 

 possible bring along an exhibit. You 

 will be getting into good company, both 

 in the exhibition hall and the meeting- 

 room. 



Rates to Washington. 



The Central Passenger Association 

 having refused the special rate, thus cut- 

 ting out the states of Ohio, Indiana, 

 Michigan and Illinois, members from 

 these states will do well to buy to Pitts- 

 burg and from there buy to Washing- 

 ton on the certificate plan, or get spe- 

 cial rates for parties of ten to Washing- 

 ton. 



The special rate of one fare and a 

 third can be had from the following 

 states: Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, 

 Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, 

 Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West 

 Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jer- 

 sey, Pennsylvania, excepting the north- 

 west corner north and west of Pitts- 

 burg and west of Franklin, Oil City and 

 Warren ; New York, except the territory 

 west of Salamanca and Buffalo; Con- 

 necticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, 

 Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. In 

 all of these states agents will issue cer- 

 tificates with their tickets if asked for, 

 making the rate one and one-third fare. 



Special Premiumt. 



In addition to the premiums offered 

 in the premium list, the Berry & WJhit- 

 more Co. offers a silver cup for the best 

 fifty blooms of light pink. Enchantress 

 shade, either novelty or standard sort, 

 but separate from other exhibits. 



