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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



March 26, 1908. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Directors' Meeting. 



The board of directors of the S. A. F. 

 was ill seshion at Niagara Falls March 

 23 and 24. Those present were: Presi- 

 dent F. H. Traendly, New York; Secre- 

 tary W. N. Eudd, Morgan Park, III.; 

 H^ V. Hallock, Queens, N. Y. ; John 

 Young, New York city; Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis; George Asmus, Chi- 

 cago; W. F. Kasting and J. F. Cowell, 

 Buffalo. 



Two busy days were spent in the rou- 

 tine work of the society and in the 

 preparations for the August conventiou 

 at Niagara Falls. 



National Flower Show. 



There was a meeting of the committee 

 of fifty at Chicago, March 26, Chairman 

 Kasting presiding, with a membership of 



nearly half the committee present. Spe- 

 cial committees reported progress and de- 

 tails were discussed. 



A meeting of the executive committee, 

 Chairman Kasting presiding, was held 

 at C;hicago, March 27. 



DOOLEVS DESIGNS. 



A labor leader named Dooley died at 

 Chicago a few days ago and the remains 

 were taken to his old home at Cincinnati 

 for burial. Dooley was popular and a 

 large number of floral designs were sent 

 from Chicago with the body. At Cincin- 

 nati other flowers were waiting and the 

 remains "lay in state" in Eagles' hall, 

 March 20. Fred Gear "is a member of 

 Cincinnati Aerie of the Eagles and had 

 charge of the flowers. The illustration 

 on this page shows the character of the 

 display. 



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Palms. 



The increasing power of the sun will 

 now make a little additional shading im- 

 perative. Only a light coating should 

 be given thus early. No greater mistake 

 could be made than shading heavily at 

 this time. So long as the wash on the 

 glass breaks the direct rays of the sun 

 and the foliage on your plants remains 

 a dark green color, you are all right. 



As work in all departments is now 

 becoming pressing, any left-over pot- 

 ting should be completed as soon as pos- 

 sible. Avoid big shifts, especially in the 

 case of such varieties as Cocos Wed- 

 delliana and Geonoma gracilis. Over- 

 potting is ruinous to each of these. 



Every florist should carry a few plants 

 of Phoenix Boebelenii, which has now be- 

 come fairly abundant and quite mod- 

 erate in price. This palm is of easy cul- 

 ture, almost as graceful as Cocos Wed- 

 delliana, and makes an excellent house 

 plant, being in this respect much su- 

 perior to Latania Borbonica and Areca 

 lutescens. This palm, to show its beauty, 

 must be stood where its full symmetry 

 can be seen and appreciated. Of course, 

 Kentia Belmoreana still remains the 

 most popular palm, but it is always 

 well to grow a few of other useful 

 varieties. 



As you are liable to have a consider- 

 able call for palms Easter week, take 



advantage of any lull in other operations 

 to clean the foliage on them thoroughly. 



Adiantums. 



Adiantums, which have been resting 

 for some time, will be pushing up a 

 good crop of new fronds now. Keep 

 these as near the light as possible. A 

 heavy shade is not yet either necessary 

 or desirable. The frbnds will be much 

 more serviceable if grown harder, which 

 will be the case if merely the sun's di- 

 rect rays are broken. The fronds on 

 heavily shaded plants may be of a dark 

 green color, but are decidedly soft. 



Snails are often troublesome among 

 adiantums and will speedily ruin a large 

 batch if given a clear field. Bait in 

 the form of fresh cabbage and lettuce 

 leaves or slices of potato, if laid among 

 the plants and examined daily, will be 

 found to harbor many. If the pests are 

 numerous, lift the plants from the bench 

 and soak the stone or cinders with lime 

 water; salt water will also be found 

 equally effectual. 



Nephrolepis Runners. 



If some of your carnations are now 

 partially run out and your stock of 

 nephrolepis needs replenishing, the pres- 

 ent is a good time to fill a bench with a 

 good batch of runners. There is no 

 need to remove any of the old carna- 

 tion soil. Add some sand and leaf-mold 

 to it, mix these with the soil in the bench, 

 and you have an ideal compost. Shade 

 the glass over the bench containing these 

 runners and if you hang some cheese- 

 cloth from the roof in front of the 

 bench to keep the air from the plants, 

 it will be found beneficial. 



Lorraine Begonias. 



Many complaints are made each sea- 

 son of the difficulty in rooting the leaves 

 of Begonia Gloire de Lorraine. Those 

 who have had failures and still have some 

 old stock plants which they have given 

 a little rest, should now be able to get 

 some nice shoots for propagating pur- 

 poses. These like a brisk bottom heat, a 

 top heat 10 degrees cooler and little 

 shade until rooted. When you water, do 



Flowers at a Cincinnati Labor Leader's FuneraL 



