Febbdabt 3, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



13 



Mr. Beatty and the rcsDlutions passed by 

 tlie board: 



Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27, 1010. 

 K. E. Plersoii, President, 



Society of American Florists, 

 Fort Pitt Hotel, City. 



Dciu' Sir: I lieroby tender ray resignation as 

 !ieasiiror of tlie Society of American Florists 

 ;i;i(l Ornninontul Horticulturists, to take effect 

 ■,if soon as my successor can be elected and 

 ilualiBed. 



As a large majority of the directors of the 

 -ociety are in tlie city, I trust that you may be 

 :;lile to get tliem together today or tomorrow, 

 III elect my successor, as I desire to turn over 

 -11 funds of tlie society as soon as possible. 

 Yours very truly, 



H. B. BEATTY, 



Whereas, The Executive Committee of 

 {lie Society of American Florists ami 

 Ornamental Horticulturists has received 

 the resignation of Mr. H. B. Beatty, as 

 treasurer of the society, 



Therefore, be it resolved, that in ac- 

 cepting this resignation we desire to 

 place on record our appreciation of his 

 :ong and valued services to the society 

 and his unbounded liberality with the 

 office. 



We part with him with the greatest 

 regret, which we feel sure will be shared 

 by every member of the society. 



It is only our consideration for his im- 

 paired health, which we are assured is 

 due to overwork in his many interests, 

 ihat compels us reluctantly to accept his 

 resignation at this time. 



H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. 



GREENHOUSE PESTS. 



We have always plenty of greenhouse 

 pests to contend with. In winter some 

 are more destructive than in summer. 

 Roaches are in their element when fire 

 heat is at its maximum. They do great 

 damage to roots, flowers and tender 

 foliage, being especially damaging where 

 orchids are grown. It is about impos- 

 sible to exterminate them, but their num- 

 bers can be reduced by trapping them 

 in glass jars sunk in the ground to the 

 brims and using slices of stale bacon or 

 molasses as bait. Snails are also trouble- 

 some where adiantums are grown. Baits, 

 such as lettuce and cabbage leaves or 

 slices of potato or carrot, laid where they 

 are working and examined once or twice 

 a day, will soon decrease their numbers. 

 Mice are sure to appear at this season, 

 when seed sowing commences, unless you 

 have extra vigilant cats. Traps will ac- 

 count for many, but some burnt shorts or 

 meal moistened and mixed with white 

 arsenic or potassium cyanide will make 

 the speediest clearance. 



ASTERS UNDER GLASS. 



In the Eeview of January 6 a question 

 was asked in regard to asters for Me- 

 morial day and the reply by C. W. was 

 that it is now too late to sow for that. 

 I would like to know how early the vari- 

 eties mentioned can be brought into 

 bloom under glass, also whether the large 

 branching varieties can be grown suc- 

 cessfully indoors. How early can seed 

 l)e sown and to what extent will they 

 stand forcing! Scott's Manual states 

 tliat for growing on greenhouse benches 

 the seed should be sown in the middle of 

 I'ebruary and gives one the impression 

 <hat these are to be brought into bloom 

 but little earlier than out of doors. 



F.H. 



Asters for flowering under glass can 



'le sown at once. The impression you 



'lave gained that they do not flower much 



■ arlier than the outdoor crop is to a large 



stent correct. I have not succeeded in 



'ctting really good flowers before the 



Vm. F. Kasting. 



(New Treaiurer of the Society of American Florists. ) 



early part of July. The varieties which 

 have done well under glass are Queen of 

 the Market, Comet, Hohenzollern and 

 American Branching. 



Greenhouse culture, it is true, does not 

 forward the asters much over outdoor 

 ones. The advantages to be noted, how- 

 ever, are clean flowers at all times, the 

 certainty of an excellent crop and the ex- 

 cellent quality of the flowers. If extra 

 large blooms are wanted, disbudding 

 should be done, but for ordinary pur- 

 poses it is just as well to allow every 

 shoot to carry all it will. The grower 

 who has a bench or house of nice asters 

 is independent of long, damp, sunless 

 spells of weather, as well as of storms of 

 wind and rain, which speedily ruin the 

 outdoor crop. Asters like much the same 

 treatment as chrysanthemums and do not 

 take kindly to forcing. They want an 

 abundance of fresh air all the time. 



C.W. 



VISITING THE FATHERLAND. 



M. Stanch, formerly general manager 

 for the Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn., 

 but now visiting his native country, Ger- 

 many, writes interestingly as follows, un- 

 der date of January 7: 



' ' Thank you for your promptness in 

 forwarding the Review. I arrived at 

 my old home — KaUstadt, Rhein-Pfalz — 



on Christmas eve and found everything 

 lovely. The weather here has been re- 

 markably mild. Thus far, there has 

 been no snow and hardly any frost. I 

 am having a fine time; nevertheless, it 

 does not feel like America and I am 

 beginning to get homesick. 



' ' I have seen some of the large places 

 at Hamburg and a few at Berlin. They 

 are nothing compared with our American 

 greenhouse places, though there is no one 

 in America, I suppose, who grows as 

 much valley as Neubert, at Hamburg. I 

 shall leave this vicinity soon and try 

 to see some of the ranges where cut flow- 

 ers are largely grown. Berlin and Ham- 

 burg get practically all their roses and 

 carnations from southern France. They 

 make a poor show in comparison with 

 American flowers. Yet I saw some nice 

 begonia plants, as well as Dutch hya- 

 cinths and some others. The Dutch hya- 

 cinths are grown in southern France and 

 show good spikes. There is also a con- 

 siderable quantity of lilac forced for 

 Christmas. ' ' 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Oan you tell me the name of the en- 

 closed plant? W. B. 



The plant is Physalis Francheti, the 

 Japanese winter cherry. 



