Fbbbdaby 10, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Agricultural Building, University of Illinois, where Florists will Meet. 



periment, from the fact that the growing 

 season would probably prove to be too 

 short. 



The best method of growing this plant 

 for sprays is to plant out the stock on 

 the side benches of a greenhouse, using 

 five to six inches of rich soil on the 

 benches and planting out strong young 

 plants from 4-inch pots. After the plants 

 are well established, a mulching of well- 

 rotted manure will be a help to them. 

 In such a bench the plants may be grown 

 for two seasons, if well fed, but would 

 then need replanting. W. H. T. 



ILLINOIS FLORISTS TO MEET. 



The fourth annual convention of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association will 

 be held at Champaign-Urbana, February 

 15 and 16. The sessions of the society 

 will be held in Morrow hall. Agricultural 

 building, University of Illinois. The 

 trades display will be held in the foyer 

 of the auditorium on the campus. The 

 convention headquarters will be at the 

 Hotel Beardsley. The program will be as 

 follows : 



Address of welcome, Dr. E. J. James, Presl- 

 rent University of Illinois. 



Response, by P. J. Foley, Chicago. 



Report of the secretary, by J. F. Ammann, 

 EdwardsTllle. 



Report of the treasurer, by Frank L. Wash- 

 burn, Bloomlngton. 



Report of the secretary of advisory committee 

 for the Illinois Florists' Experiment Station, by 

 W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park. 



"The Value of the Experiment Station to the 

 Florists, and the Duty of the Florists to the 

 Station," by Prof. J. C. Blair, Chief Depart- 

 ment of Horticulture, University of Illinois. 



Banquet at the Beardsley hotel. Champaign, 

 7:46 p. m., Tuesday, February 15, members to 

 pay for their own tickets. 



Address on behalf of the Illinois Outdoor Im- 

 provement Association, by Dr. A. W. Gamer. 



"The Cut Flower Industry," by C. L. Wash- 

 burn, Chicago. 



"Our Work," by H. B. Dorner, in charge of 



the State Experiment Greenhouses. 



Election of officers. 



An opportunity will be provided for 

 the inspection of the state's greenhouses 

 and an explanation of the work in prog- 

 ress there. It is the hope of those in 

 charge that the association will vote to 

 make Champaign-Urbana the permanent 

 meeting place. There are comparatively 

 few florists in the district, so that an 

 elaborate entertainment is impossible, but 

 the society is well able to take care of 

 itself in this respect and it is thought 

 that the meetings held at the State Uni- 

 versity will be of much value to the work 

 for floriculture. A large attendance is 

 hoped for this season. 



The officers of the State Florists' 

 Association are: President, C. E. Gul- 

 lett, Lincoln; secretary, J. F, Ammann, 

 EdwardsvUle ; treasurer, F. L, Washburn, 

 Bloomington, and the following vice- 

 presidents, George B. Franks, Cham- 

 paign; A. C. Brown, Springfield; E. W. 



Guy, Belleville; Charles M. Dickinson, 

 Chicago; O. B. Heinl, Jacksonville; A. R. 

 Knowles, Bloomington; Charles Love- 

 ridge, Peoria. 



PROPAGATING POINSETTIAS. 



Will you kindly tell me what is the 

 best method for taking cuttings from 

 poinsettias? In the Review for Decem- 

 ber 23, in an article entitled "Pente- 

 cost's Poinsettias," you spoke about 

 propagating them July 15. Is July the 

 only month in which to propagate this 

 plant? Any information you can give 

 me will be appreciated, as I have never 

 handled the plant. G. K. W. 



Poinsettias can be propagated from 

 April to September. The general plan 

 is to use the soft young growths, which 

 root readily where they are given a little 

 bottom heat. The favorite months for 

 propagation are June and July. For 

 single-stem plants for benches the cut- 

 tings can be taken in April and May, but 

 June, July and even the first half of 

 August answer well where dwarf plants 

 for pans are wanted. Poinsettias are of 

 easy propagation. Even an ordinary 

 coldframe answers well for this purpose 

 in summer. You will find cultural notes 

 on poinsettias, under ' * Seasonable Sug- 

 gestions," from time to time during the 

 season. C. 



PLANTS FOR CHRISTMAS. 



Could Amaryllis formosissima, or Ja- 

 cobsean Uly, be had for Christmas if 

 planted in the fall or late summer? 

 Please give me a list of the best plants 



for next winter, to bloom for Christmas, 

 and also let me know if seed of cyclamen 

 sowed January 10 will make blooming 

 plants for next Christmas. Could the 

 early varieties of gladioli, planted in 

 August, be had in bloom for Christmas? 



J. G. 



Amaryllis formosissima is not a desir- 

 able bulb to try to flower for Christmas. 

 The early varieties of gladioli of the_ 

 Colvillei and nanus type will not flower 

 for Christmas. These will not stand hard 

 forcing, and are at their best from March 

 to May. 



Some of the best Christmas plants are 

 Azalea Indica, poinsettias, Chinese prim- 

 roses, cyclamen, Roman hyacinths, lily of 

 the valley, zonal geraniums, Lorraine be- 

 gonias, and among berried plants Solanum 

 capsicastrum and Christmas peppers. 

 Bright colored flowers are always in the 

 best demand. 



Cyclamen sown January 10 will be 

 rather late for Christmas. They will be 

 better in February. Another year start 

 your seed in September, and you will 

 then get strong plants in 6-inch pots for 

 Christmas sales the following year. 



C. W. 



CANNAS FROM SEED. 



Will you please inform me whether 

 cannas from seed will bloom the first 

 season or not? If not, at what age will 

 they flower? C. W. 



Cannas from seed will bloom the first 

 season, provided the seed is started suf- 

 ficiently early. Sow the seeds now in a 

 brisk, moist heat. C. W. 



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