July 9, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



the tops of the leading shoots pinched 

 and remove all flowers. 



Dahlias. 



While essentially a late summer and 

 fall flower, some of the earliest planted 

 dahlias are already showing their flower 

 buds. Such plants will finish blooming 

 long before the first sharp frost blackens 

 their foliage. We have for some years 

 favored rather late planting, sorts set out 

 in early June giving later blooms and of 

 equal quality to those planted a month 

 earlier. It is not wise to leave more than 

 one strong shoot to a plant. If the top 

 is pinched out of this when eight to ten 

 inches high, it will cause free branching, 

 and with such plants staking can almost 

 be dispensed with. Most of the large 

 commercial growers use no supports, but 

 where small lots are grown for home 

 trade, it pays to use some stakes. There 

 is then no probability of the plants being 

 broken to pieces by high winds. Keep 

 the ground freely cultivated and the 

 plants will grow fast. 



It is not too late to root cuttings of 

 any kinds you may desire to save pot 

 roots of. These can either be rooted 

 singly in pots of sandy loam, in which 

 they can remain, or they can be placed 

 in a propagating bed and potted off 

 when rooted. Plunge them in an old 

 hotbed after being rooted in the pots. 

 They will make nice pot roots for selling 

 another season, preferable in many re- 

 spects to the large ground roots. 



Antirrhinums. 



If any early planting of antirrhinums 

 is desired, it is not too early to sow a 

 batch of seeds. These can either be 

 potted off singly or transplanted to the 

 open ground when large enough to han- 

 dle. While we have seen good results 

 from each system, the potted plants have 

 generally done the best. Cuttings taken 

 from good selected plants can also be 

 used. These are less vigorous than seed- 

 lings, but produce finer spikes and have, 

 of course, no poor varieties, some of 

 which will usually appear among the 

 seedlings. Do not use mixed seedlings. 

 There is a good call for separate colors, 

 but very little for mixtures. 



Clematis Paniculata. 



Where seed of Clematis paniculata was 

 sown late last fall and kept in a cold- 

 frame, there is now a fine crop of seed- 

 lings appearing. These will be trans- 

 planted in nursery rows within a month 's 

 time, a cool, moist day being chosen for 

 the work. While it takes two or three 

 years to get strong, salable plants, the 

 method of propagation is so simple that 

 anyone can adopt it with success. There 

 is always a good demand for plants of 

 this popular climber. 



LILIES DAMAGED BY STORM. 



Will you kindly let me know if the 

 bulbs of the auratum and rubrum lilies 

 can be kept for next season? We have 

 just had a bad hail storm, which de- 

 stroyed everything, and some of these 

 lilies were in bud. Can I expect as good 

 a crop from lily bulbs kept over for next 

 crop? L. A. G. 



While you could keep over these lilies 

 in pots until another season, they would 

 not give you as vigorous spikes as the 

 first year. You can repot them when 

 dormant, treating them as you would 

 newly imported bulbs, and get flowers 

 a little earlier next season than would 



Establishment of A. "Wakefield, Waterville, N. Y. 



have been the case this year had they 

 flowered. We doubt, however, if it will 

 pay you to go to this trouble when the 

 low price of the bulbs is considered. 



Our advice would be to put your dam- 

 aged plants outdoors, in good soil where 

 they can get some shade. Set them 

 deeply, covering the tops of the bulbs 

 eight to ten inches. Give a coating of 

 coarse manure as a winter mulch. These 

 will give you a useful lot of blooms next 

 July and August. Purchase some fresh 

 bulbs in November. Grow these ihdoors 

 all the time. For the first few months 

 a cold pit or frost-proof shed will an- 

 swer well. After growth starts, give 

 them a cool greenhouse. C. W. 



GOOD BUSINESS. 



At Waterville, N. Y., A. Wakefield 

 conducts the neatly kept establishment 

 shown in the accompanying illustration. 

 Waterville is not a metropolis, and Mr. 

 Wakefield is not a specialist, but he has 

 been at it twenty-two years and each 

 one of them has given him a living and 

 a profit. In speaking of present busi- 

 ness conditions he says : ' * Trade has 

 never been better in my twenty-two 

 years of experience. I have kept an ac- 

 count of sales for each month and for 

 each year during all that period and the 

 total for the last year was about five per 

 cent greater than for any of the years 

 preceding. I have every reason to believe 

 that it will be larger again this year. 

 People ■ are learning that it is not ex- 

 travagance to plant flower beds, but a 

 good investment, as it contributes to 

 their pride, their pleasure, and the in- 

 crease in the value of the property." 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Trade's Exhibition. 



Now that the spring rush of business 

 and work is practically over, the florists' 

 thoughts will naturally turn to the an- 

 nual convention. It seems to me any- 

 thing new that can be said on this sub- 

 ject should prove of interest at this 

 time. 



The trade exhibition, of which the man- 

 agement has been placed in my hands, 

 will be as interesting and complete as in 

 former years. Entries which have been 

 made up to now bear me out when I say 

 that I think this will even be the banner 

 year for this branch of the Society of 

 American Florists' convention. It will 



be worth while to travel a long way to 

 see all the good things that will be shown 

 here. 



It is still six weeks to the time when 

 all florists will wend their way to beau- 

 tiful Niagara Falls, but already there 

 are about forty firms and individuals who 

 have taken space and are making prepa- 

 rations to show their wares and products 

 to the many visitors who will fill the 

 large halls and rooms where the exhibi- 

 tion will be held. 



The following have been booked, with 

 the number of square feet set opposite, 

 not speaking of a large number of peo- 

 ple who are at present negotiating for 

 space. 



Name. Sq. ft. 



Altlmo Culture Co 60 



Boas & Co S6 



H. Bayersdorfer & Co 400 



Chas. D. Ball 100 



Bobbink & Atkins 170 



A. T. Boddlngton 160 



A. K. Banks 24 



J.- L. ChlldB 120 



Arthur Cowee 125 



H. A. Dreer 40O 



Detroit Pottery Co 66 



A. T. De La Mare Pub. Co 19 



Foley Mfg. Co 80 



Herendeen Mfg. Co 200 



W. C. Heller & Co 240 



Ionia Pottery Co 100 



\V. K. Kastlng Co 100 



Kroeschell Bros. Co lOO 



Henry F. Mlchell Co 40 



J. C. Monlnger Co 120 



Morehead Mfg. Co 19 



H. D. Mann Co 84 



W. A. Manda 100 



S. S. Penno€k-Meeban Co 266 



F. O. Pierce Co 64 



J. A. Payne 510 



F. R. Plerson 200 



Quaker City Machine Co 24 



Keed & Keller 400 



M. Rice & Co 300 



Schloss Bros 150 



W. J. Stewart 19 



Traendly & Schenck 25 



Vaughan's Seed Store 200 



James VIck's Sons 34 



Weathered Co 100 



Whllldln Co 60 



Werthelmer Bros 250 



Yuess Gardens Co 25 



I have also had a number of inquiries 

 for hotel accommodations, all of which 

 have been put into the proper hand^ 

 From what I have observed by coming 

 into contact with people interested in 

 this meeting, I feel sure that this con- 

 vention will be up to the usual standard. 

 The large eastern cities will bring their 

 regular quota and no doubt the west can 

 secure good rates. There is no reason 

 why the Falls will not see a record crowJ 

 of florists. Perhaps it would be well 

 for all, especially those who travel in 

 large parties and wish to stay together, 

 to secure hotel room early. 



Charles H. Keitsch, Supt. 



