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The Florists' Review 



AUODBT 20, 1914. 



sections in dry, coarse soils, having lit- 

 tle water-retaining capacity, although 

 not especially adapted to these condi- 

 tions. Finer textured soils are much 

 superior for asparagus, which some- 

 times yields at the rate of $1,000 per 

 acre. Besides, in light, sandy soils this 

 crop suffers much more severely from 

 rust than in the finer textured soils. 



Florists' Soil. 



The florist must also consider his 

 soil seriously to obtain the best results. 

 The potting bed soil is usually a coarse 

 soil, well supplied with organic matter 

 to insure looseness of texture. Most 

 plants respond more quickly in a loose 

 textured soil than in one of fine texture, 

 because more air can be supplied to the 

 roots, although seeds germinate better 

 [Continued on page 98.] 



BEPOBT ON SnnTH MEMORIAL. 



TThe following is the report of Wm. F. Gude, 

 chairman of the committee on the Wm. R. Smith 

 memorial, presented at the Boston convention, 

 August 19, 1914.] 



Since our last meeting, in Minneapo- 

 lis, your committee has been at work on 

 preliminaries for the Wm. E. Smith 

 memorial at the national capital. 



A number of ideas have been ad- 

 vanced, such as a memorial building, 

 with school of botany attached; a bo- 

 tanical collection, or a memorial con- 

 servatory in the new botanical gardens. 

 A bill is now before Congress in refer- 

 ence to moving the botanical gardens, 

 long since inadequate, to a new and 

 more spacious location of 400 acres in 

 Rock Creek park. It is the hope of 

 your committee that when this change 

 is made, which will be no doubt in the 

 near future, to Kock Creek park or 

 other suitable place, we can secure from 

 the government an appropriation for a 

 suitable memorial in the new gardens. 



Frequent questions have been asked 

 your committee as to the kind of me- 

 morial to be built. Up to the present 

 time, the committee is "unable to an- 

 swer. After mature thought, it has 

 occurred to the committee that the first 

 thing to do was to see how much money 

 could be raised. The size of the fund, 

 to a large extent, would determine the 

 character and shape of the memorial 

 that should be erected by this society. 

 With that end in view, your committee 

 has sent out to every member of this 

 organization on record a letter setting 

 forth our object and asking contribu- 

 tions. This letter has been followed 

 by a postal card reminder. The cam- 

 paign for funds is now being waged, 

 and your committee is happy to report 

 that from east and west, and north and 

 south, contributions are coming in. 



We have cash in bank to date, August 

 17, $1,396.60 and pledges amounting to 

 $750. 



If agreeable to this society, we will 

 continue the campaign of securing 

 money and pledges for the memorial, 

 80 that by the time the executive meet- 

 ing will be held next winter we may 

 know how much money we have to 

 work on and with the hope that this 

 committee will be able to recommend 

 some practical form for the Smith me- 

 morial to take, at that date. 



The pledges received up to August 17 



are as follows: 



Florists' Exchange, N. Y $100 



Hammond, Benjamin, FisbklU - on - Hudson, 



N. Y 100 



Heaoock Co., Joseph. Wyncote, Pa , 100 



Manda, W. A., South Orange, N.J 100 



Papworth, Harry, New Orleans, Im 25 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, 111 50 



Smith, P. J., New York, N. Y $100 



Vaughan, J. C, Chicago, III 75 



Vincent, Klchard, Jr., White Marsh, Md 100 



Total $750 



Contributions to the cash fund have 

 been received from the following: 



1913 

 July 3 Retail Florists' Association, 



St. Louis. Mo $ 10.00 



July 3 Minneapolis Florists' Club.. 25.00 

 July 3 Adam Graham, Cleveland, O. 10.00 

 August 1 John Westeott, Philadelphia, 



Pa 100.00 



August 14 Florists' Club, Washington, 



D. C 200.00 



August 20 Edmund Lonsdale, Lompoc, 



Cal 6.00 



1914 

 July 22 John Cook, Baltimore, Md... 5.00 



July 23 Robert Scott & Son, Sharon 



Kill, Pa 50.00 



July 23 David Rust, Philadelphia, 



Pa 10.00 



July 24 David M. Kinnear, Albany, 



N. Y 5.00 



July 24 Patrick Welch, Boston, Mass. 100.00 

 July 24 Christ Wlnterich, Defiance, 



Ohio : 5.00 



July 24 Anton Scbulthels, College 



Point, N. Y 6.00 



July 24 Leo Niessen Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa 50.00 



July 24 H. F. Michell, Philadelphia, 



p^ ^ 25 00 



July 24 Theodore Wlrth, Minneapolis, 



Minn 10.00 



July 24 D. Rusconi, Cincinnati, O... 5.00 



July 25 T. D. Smedley. Fargo, N. D. 5.00 



July 25 W. R. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, Mass 5.00 



July 27 Jacob Thomann & Sons, 



Rochester, N. Y 5.00 



July 27 Robert Koehne, New York, 



N. Y 5.00 



July 27 J. A. Blsslnger, Lansing, 



Mich 5.00 



July 27 Fred H. Melnhardt, St. Louis, 



Mo 5.00 



July 28 J. F. Amman, Edwardsvllle, 



111 5.00 



July 28 John T. Esler, Saddle River, 



N. J 10.00 



July 29 Fred Burkl & Son, Gibsonla, 



Pa ^ 10.00 



July 29 Wm. C. Gloeckner, Albany, 



N. Y 5.00 



July 29 L. H. Vaughan, Chicago, 111. 25.00 



July 29 Frank A. Chervenka, HiUs- 



boro. Ore 2.00 



July 30 Chas. E. Koch, Brooklyn, 



N. Y 3.00 



August 1 Valentin Burgevin's Sons, 



Kingston, N. Y 5.00 



August 1 R. E. Klsslck, Mitchell, S. D. 2.50 



August 1 Asher M. Coe, North Olm- 

 sted. 2.00 



August 1 F. C. Bauer, Govans, Md 2.50 



August 2 F. J. Fillmore, St. Louis, Mo. 2.10 



August 2 Alfred Holm, Corslcana, Tex. 5.00 



August 3 Jacob D. Elsele, Rlverton, 



N. J 25.00 



August 4 S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 



Philadelphia, Pa 100.00 



August 5 W. R. Plerson, Cromwell, 



Conn 50.00 



August 5 Wm. H. Ernest, Washington, 



D. C 10.00 



August 5 Philip r. Kessler, New York, 



N. Y 10.00 



August 5 Wm. Madsen, Govanstown, 



Md 5.00 



August 5 Leo Niessen Co., Philadel- 

 phia, Pa 100.00 



August 5 Chas. G. Weeber, Flatbush, 



Brooklyn, N. Y 10.00 



August 5 C. E. Larzelere, Flilladel- 



pbla. Pa 5.00 



August 6 Max Scbllng, New York, 



N. Y 5.00 



August 6 J. Otto Thilow, Philadelphia, 



Pa 25.00 



August 6 A. L. Miller. Brooklyn, N. Y. 25.00 



August 6 Frank J. Dolansky, Lynn, 



Mass 5.00 



August 6 W. J. Pllcher, Kirkwood, 



Mo 2.00 



August 6 P. & W. O. John, East 



Bridgewater, Mass 2.00 



August 6 American Florist Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111 10.00 



August 7 John A. Helfrich, Paris, 111. 2.00 



August 7 S. S. Rkidelsky, Philadel- 

 phia, Pa 5.00 



August 7 J. Chas. McCullough, Cincin- 

 nati. 25.00 



August 7 Wm. Woodley. Merlden, Conn. 2.00 



August 7 George B. Hart, Rochester, 



N. Y 10.00 



August 8 Chas. L. Baum, KnoxviUe, 



Tenn 5.00 



August 8 Heiss Co., Dayton, 12.00 



August 8 H. Baumann, West Hoboken, 



N. J 5.00 



August 8 Ernst Wienboeber Co., Chi- 

 cago, 111 25.00 



August 8 George H. Blackman, Evans- 



vllle, Ind 10.00 



August 8 M. H. Walsh, Woods Hole, 



Mass 10.00 



August 8 Chas. T. Guenther, Hamburg, 



N. Y 2.00 



August 8 Hamilton & Plummer, Ke- 



wanee. 111 15.00 



August 10 Louis Schmutz, Flatbush, 



Brooklyn, N. Y 5.00 



August 10 A. Langbans, Wheeling, 



W. Va $ 10 00 



August 10 J. T. Hinchliffe, Racine, Wis. i qq 



August 10 G. Swenson, Blmhurst, 111... luoo 



August 10 A. L. Wilson, Montgomery, 



Ala f.oo 



August 10 HoCTmelster Floral Co.. Cin- 

 cinnati, O r. 00 



August 13 Baur & Stelnkamp, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind 10.00 



August 13 Bess & Swoboda, Omaha, 



Neb 15.00 



August 13 W. A. Burnham, Irvington, 



N. Y 10.00 



August 13 F. A. Whelan, Mt. Vernon, 



Va 10 00 



August 14 George Craig, Philadelphia, 



Pa 5.00 



August 15 Wm. J. Baker, Philadelphia. 



Pa 2 50 



August 15 Connon Floral Co., Webster 



Groves, Mo 5 00 



August 17 Gude Bros. Co., Washing- 

 ton, D. C 100 00 



Total $1,390 00 



AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. 



[The following is the report of Wm. F. Gude, 

 Washington representative of the S. A. F., pre- 

 sented at the Boston convention, August J9, 

 1914.] 



Another milestone has been left be- 

 hind in our national organization since 

 we met in annual convention at Minne- 

 apolis. I am glad to state that there 

 has been little of importance for your 

 Washington representative to do this 

 last twelvemonth. This leads me to 

 believe that S. A. F. matters are in 

 good shape throughout the country. 



Among some of the important changes 

 at the national capital which directly 

 affect our business and organization 

 was the resignation of Prof. B. T. Gal- 

 loway, the assistant secretary of agri- 

 culture, an honored member of this or- 

 ganization and a friend and willing 

 helper in everything that was best for 

 horticultural and floricultural interests. 

 After many years of active work in the 

 Department of Agriculture, Prof. Gallo- 

 way resigned to take up his duties at 

 Cornell University, but he assures us 

 he will still be willing to aid us in our 

 noble work. 



Geo. W. Hess has been appointed su- 

 perintendent of the United States bo- 

 tanical gardens, Washington, D. C. Mr. 

 Hess is an ardent worker and a liberal 

 minded man, a friend of the S. A. F. 

 We have in him a splendid ally in our 

 work at the capital. 



The rose garden under the auspices 

 of the S. A, F., spoken of in my last 

 report, I am happy to state, is now an 

 accomplished fact and a detailed report 

 will be furnished by the committee on 

 rose gardens. This garden is located in 

 the midst of the 400 acres of Arlington 

 Farms, adjacent to the national capital, 

 on the line of the proposed 2,700-mile 

 highway passing through Arlington 

 Farms, from Quebec, Canada, to Miami, 

 Fla. 



Many members of this and kindred 

 societies have called at the office in 

 Washington during the last year, to all 

 of whom we extend the hand of good 

 fellowship. We hope that during the 

 coming year the national capital may 

 be favored with many more callers, 

 members of this and other societies. 



LADIES' AUTOMOBILE TOUE. 



A special entertainment was provided 

 for the visiting ladies .august 20, sev- 

 enty automobile loads of them being 

 taken for an all-day trip of nearly 1"0 

 miles through historic Boston and along 

 the famous north shore. 



Sherman, Tex. — Joe Rerabek is erect- 

 ing a greenhouse, 25x200 feet, which lie 

 will operate under the name of ti>e 

 Sherman Floral Co. 



