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The Florists' Review 



AiXiUST J'.t, 1011 



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CONVENTION 



AFTERMATH 



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THE OUTING. 



La>t week's issue of 'I'lic l\'i'\ icw <(i\ 

 •■red the conventiou so eoiii|tlett'ly tliMt 

 uothin;: remains but to say a lew words 

 for the oiitiii>i. 'Jlie elosiiiji day of the 

 conveiitioii, wliile the exhil)itioM was 

 niaiiitaiiied (ijieii for the heiielit of the 

 general ])ublic. was de\'oted to a picnic 

 at K*a\inia park, twenty-one niih's from 

 Chicago, ou tlie North-Western railroad. 

 Two sjiecial trains wei'e itMpiired to 

 earr\' the jiarty, h'a\ iiiLi tlie city at 

 '.•:'_'n a. in. .Nearly siKi jiersons wei'e 

 on these tr.'iins and many otliors came 

 by later trains, by automobile oi' by 

 (declric tar. The forenoon \vas devoted 

 to laces and (dher contests. Aftei' 

 luncheon there was the annu;il ball 

 ;iame between the local llorists' club 

 and the .Ml Stais, which Chailes (Jra- 

 ham has ]iitcheil to victory these many 

 years. .\t ]•. m. a diniu'r was served 

 to all who cai-ed tu remain for the 

 e\eninj: affair, and these numbered al- 

 most Tno. Those who did not care to 

 watch the ball ^'ame bad the opportu- 

 nity in the afternoon of listening' to 

 the Theodore Thomas orchestra, widely 

 known as one of the linest in America. 

 In the evening the Kavinia I'ark grand 

 opera company and the Thomas Or- 

 chestra gave the fourth act of Kigoletto 

 in the open air j)avilion. A special train 

 of sixteen coaches took the crowd back 

 to the city, arriving at 10:50. p. m. 



The baseball game between the Chi- 

 cago Florists' Club team and the All 

 Star aggregation recruited from the out- 

 of-town S. A. F. memljers resulted in 

 a ninth inning victory for the latter 

 s(piad. 1 1 to 1". The score: 



.\11 St:ils 1! II. 1". 



i:.i,ii(iwin. s.s - - 1 



II. I.inhviK. l.f - 1 1 



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i). Scott, c J ■; " 



;i!iliiini, p 1 



W. I'iersoii, r.t 1 1 



Ciirrip, :!l) I' " 



.Idiics, 21. I I 



I'iirciiwahl. c t 1 '- 



Totiil 



14 



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 l!n 

 W. 

 1. 

 IV 



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nil 

 Wi 

 .1. 

 1. 



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Hike. .'Ill 



.\inlin;.'. s.s. 

 .Matdun. lie 

 .Miller. 21'. . . 

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 .Miller, p. . . . 



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iitcrsoii, l.f. . 



i:iii\vcck, c.f. 

 Kiiiwcck, r.f. 



11 



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1 2 1 



1 2 I 



1 :•. 11 



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II 



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T.itiil 1" -''• *■ 



liiiiiiif.'s I 2 :; I .' <. 7 s 'I 



Ml Sl.-iis i: " 1 II ■'■ 1 II o - 1 1 



ciiica;;., I'll. lists, 1 11 II :; i; 2 1 <i 1 -Ki 

 The results of the races were as fol- 

 lows: 



Cirls' race, lo .vcais ami iiiiilcr, 40 .vards - 

 I'ldiiiMc .N'icniaii. lirst; Itcniicc ltu<-klcy. sccdnil. 



r.ovs' race, under in .vcais, ."0 yards riuroucc 

 .Milling', lirst; .Inliii Kvans. secdiid. 



Ciils' race, 1.") years and under, sixty yards - 

 Iteatrice .\siiiiis. lirst; I'lorence Vaiit;lian, second. 



Hoys' race. l."i years and under, 100 ynnis - 

 Willard .\snnis, lirst; Walter Nicinan. second. 



Single ladies' race, ."(i yards — Kstlier Ilartigan, 

 lirst; .Mary Hancock, second. 



.Married lailies' race. .">0 yards — Mrs. (■. Sniitli, 

 lirst; .Mrs. V. liergnian, second. 



.Men's race, ti;,") pounds and over, 200 yards^ 

 i:. i;. I.udwic, first; I.. Koropp, second; John 

 roehlni.'inn, third. 



Fat men's race, 100 yards -C. K. Crit 

 lirst; .Tos. Manila, second; 'J'. Sholicr. third. 



Tlirec l(';:;:ed race -Curry and I'ollwortli, 

 I'eikins and (iroiiiley. second. 



Hot stutT dash for i>t1icers of S. \. 1". -A 

 I'oclilniann. lirst; Ueorfic .Vsnnis. second. 



Hop. skip and jurii])- Havid Scott, lirst. 



Hroad .iiiini) -\V. W. Warrinu. liisi ; 

 roehlniann. seconil. 



IIi;:li juiii|( Havid Scott, liisl. 



Sack ra<c .Tohn I'ochlinann. lirst. 



chcll, 

 lirst; 

 UKUst 



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FINAL RESOLUTIONS. 



The committee on final resolutions got 

 no chance to present its completed 

 work to the con\eution and supplies the 

 following to the press: 



The committee on final resolutions de- 

 sires to present the following for ap- 

 proval: 



WHI:KK.\S. 'I'lie twentyciKhth annual con- 

 veiilioii. now closinjr. will, we liclievc, live in the 

 anii.-ils of the sucirty as mie of tlie most sue 

 ccssful and cnjoyahle ill the history of the 

 ortraiiization. and desiriuf; to reco;;nizc tlie of 

 forts made to achit've these results, we there 

 lore suhmit the following: 



lU: IT KKSOI.VKII. That the thanks of the 

 society are herehy extended to the otlicers and 

 mciiihers of the Chicago Florists' Cliih for their 

 lavisii lios|iitality. the splendid efforts made for 

 our comfort and pleasure, iind their iintiriii); ciirc 

 of us while in their midst. We desire to couple 

 witli them, in this recognition, the men of the 

 • illicd trades in ChicaKO who worked hand in 

 hand with them. Our special thanks are iliii' 

 to the Hoard of I'iU'k ("oinmissioners for the 

 great interest manifested in the exhihition. and 

 their siilendid display of plants which was siicli 

 .1 feature. We also desire that the thanks of the 

 society he extended to the various exhihitors 

 .iiiil the advertisers in the souvenir allium. Our 

 tliaiiks are iilso due to the daily press of ChicaKo 

 for the notices given of the convention and e\ 

 hiliition. 



In closing, wo. wish to sjiecially express our 

 appre<'iation of. and tender our heartfelt thanks 

 to, the liidles of Chicago and the F.adles' Society 

 of .\merican Florists for all they ilid to enter 

 tain the visiting ladies. We recognize that the 

 work iliiue h.v them was a potent factor in tlie 

 siicial sill sK of the gatiiering. 



I'.XTItICK 0'.M.\I!.\ 



K. (J. IIll.l.. 



.1. OTTO THII.oW 



THRIPS ON ASTERS. 



I herewith enclose some aster leaves 

 which are infested with some pests 

 that are destroying a fine bed of asters 

 for us. Please tell us what they are 

 and how to get rid of them. 



A. N. S. 



The aster leaves are badly attacked 

 by thri{is, which breed and spread r:ip- 

 idly in hot, dry weather, such as you 

 have probably been experiencing. This 

 is a liard pest to fight. All you can 

 do will be to keep the plants as moist 



at the roots as circumstances will per 

 mit and spray with nicotine extract, 

 directing it below the leaves as much 

 its possible with a spray nozzle, which 

 will throw the sjiray upward. Om 

 siuaying may not check the pests, but 

 if gone over two or three times and 

 also hosed overhead on warm evenings 

 the jilants should soon show an im 

 ])rovement. C. W. 



FUMIGATING WITH SULPHUR. 



Please let me know how to fumigate 

 with sulphur without blackening the 

 j)aint, and how much sulphur should 

 lie used to do a good job in a house 

 20x150, six feet to the gutters and 

 eleven feet to the ridge. P. J. S. 



A simple and safe way of fumigating 

 greenhouses with sulphur is to mix it 

 with an eijual (lutintity of slaked lime 

 and, after adding enough water to 

 make a thick piiiiit, apply it to some 

 of the lieating pipes, covering about 

 one-half of them when hot water is 

 used for heating, but not more than 

 one fourth of the steam pipes. 



Another way is to boil and evapo 

 rate about one pound of sulpliur once 

 a week during the winter for from 

 10,000 to 15,00(1 cubic feet of sjiace, the 

 amount varying according to the [ilants 

 and the need of the house. The evapo 

 rating can be done in a double boiler. 

 such as is used by carpenters as a 

 glue pot. with safety and little trouide. 



USE FOR VACANT SPACE. 



We have a bench the entire length of 

 one house, 34x80 feet, thirty-two inches 

 from the bottom of the bench to the 

 ground. The glass at the back is six 

 teen inches from the ground, with steam 

 j)ipes between the glass and the bench. 

 Is there anything that we can use this 

 space for? Could we grow^ anything in 

 it profitably ! We will plant this house 

 with lettuce and radishes. 0. B. (1. 



The space referred to could be use<l 

 for forcing rhubarli. or onions, and at 

 the edges might be used for parsley, 

 beets, radishes, etc., if not too near the 

 steam pijies. 



NAME OF FLOWER. 



Will you jilease give me the name 

 of the flower which T am sending you 

 under separate cover.' .1. (J. W. 



This is a form of Hibiscus Moscheu 

 tos, commonly known as the swamp 

 mallow. It is a fine sub.iect for plant 

 ing on the edge of streams and ponds, 

 and also succeeijs well in the hardy 

 iierennial border. C. W. 



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The Fat Men's Race at the S. A. F. Outing. 



