October 8, 1908. 



The WccHy Florists^ Review* 



J. Souden, Ex. Com.; O. J. Olson, Ex. Com; Theo. Wirth, Pres.; O. A. Will. Ex. Com.; J. P. JorgeDson, Ex. Com. 

 A. S. SwansoD, Vlce-Pres.; E. Nagel, Treas.; S. D. Dysinger, Sec. 



Officers of tfie Minnesota State Florists' Association. 



the house and have the fumes in strict 

 control. We do not let every lunk-head 

 use the burner. It needs discretion, your 

 nose and common sense. We do not use 

 the burner when there is moisture on the 

 plants. We keep the burner moving and 

 do not set it down in the house. ' ' 



The Dorrance firm states that so many 

 inquiries have been received from rose 

 growers who have heard of the mildew 

 machine that they can not get them made 

 fast enough to supply their friends. 



MINNESOTA FLORISTS. 



The Twin Cities Florists' and Garden- 

 ers' Club recently was reorganized as the 

 Minnesota State Florists' Association 

 and incorporated under the laws of the 

 state. The meetings are held on the 

 third Tuesday of each month at Colum- 

 bia hall, 1929 University avenue, St. Paul, 

 at 8 p. m. All persons professionally 

 engaged in floriculture or horticultur« 

 are eligible for membership. The an- 

 nual dues are $.5, payable semi-annually 

 in advance. The secretary is S. D. Dy- 

 singer, 20 West Fifth street, St. Paul. 



NAME OF BEGONIA. 



I have a begonia that is different 

 from any other that I have ever seen. 

 I would like to know if it is a freak or 

 if there is a variety like it. I had a 

 Beefsteak begonia that threw out one 

 leaf that was different from the rest and 

 I made leaf cuttings of it, and now have 

 three plants true to the leaf I made cut- 

 tings from. I hardly know how to de- 

 scribe it. The leaf and growth of plant 

 are the same as in the Beefsteak, only 

 the circumference of the leaf is fuzzy 

 and ruffled. It reminds me of the way I 

 have seen mother fasten the upper crust 



on a pie by taking the dough between 

 thumb and finger and turning it almost 

 crosswise of the pie. This ruffiing of the 

 edge is about one inch in width and is 

 quite full, making the edge of the leaf 

 look as if little leaves were growing 

 crosswise of the big leaf. L. C. B. 



The begonia you speak of is quite 

 sporty and not infrequently gives plants 

 with variations such as you describe. We 

 do not know of any named variety of 

 B. manicata showing just the character- 

 istics of your sport. C. W. 



SEASONABLE ADVICE. 



The Unseasonably Warm Weather. 



Owing to the weather we have been 

 having, the grower of violets has had 

 to exercise unusual care lest he should 

 later come to sudden grief. The warm 

 weather and cloudless days, with the 

 watering and care that you naturally 

 gave them, caused them to make a lux- 

 uriant growth, but herein lies the 

 trouble, unless you took much care to 

 have the growth properly hardened off 

 so that the plants did not receive a 

 sudden check when our unseasonable 



weather suddenly left us and the mer- 

 cury quickly went down. 



While water cannot be withheld dur- 

 ing such hot weather, still it must be 

 used with great judgment, so that when 

 a sudden cold spell drops down on us 

 we will not be caught napping and find 

 our soil too wet. Such a condition is 

 more than likely to give the plants a 

 cheek in growth, and then look out, for you 

 will be liable to have various troubles 

 and one of the worst is spot, which will 

 be quite likely to attack a house at 

 such a time, and if it does— well, if you 

 have never seen it work before, you will 

 be astonished at the rapidity with which 

 it can clean out a house. 



Again, there must be air, and plenty 

 of it, fresh and pure. Do not be afraid 

 of your ventilation. 



The First Few Blooms. 



Of course, about this time you will 

 begin to have a few blooms, but unless 

 you have a special demand for them 

 thus early, you had better keep the buds 

 picked off and not let the plants go to 

 blooming for some time yet, as they will 

 not be of first quality and the plants 

 will be the better for removing the 

 blooms until you want them to come 

 into flower, which will not be much be- 

 fore the mums are off the floor. 



It is the violet grower that always 

 has to be on the alert, even more than 

 the grower of any other kind of plants, 

 lest he be caught when he least expects 

 it, and dire is the result. It is a con- 

 stant watch of air, water, sun, ventila- 

 tion, disease, bugs, etc. Yes, he even 

 has often to cut his dreams in two at 

 night to go and look after them. 



The Lucky Novice. 



Oh, yes, you earn your money and 



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