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pink toward the outer end of the petals. 

 H. W. Koerner took first on table dec- 

 oration of dahlias, using Snow ^orm 

 and a seedling. 



C. W. Pike, of St. Charles, 111., acted 

 as judge. The awards were as follows: 



Vase America gladioli — E. S. Thompson, Ben- 

 ton Harbor, flrBt; H. W. Koerner, Milwaukee, 

 second. 



Vase Nezzlnscott gladioli — E. S. Thompson, 

 first; H. W- Koerner, second. 



Vas^ Angfusta gladioli — ^E. S. Thompson, first; 

 h; W» Koerner, secwd. 



Seedling gladioli — H. W. Koerner, first; B. 8. 

 Thompson, second. 



Specimen gladiolus spike — H. W. Koerner, first. 



Table decoration of gladioli — E. S. Thompson, 

 first. 



Gladioli, 100 spikes— H. W. Koerner, first. 



Blue gladiolus— H. W. Koerner, first. 



Yellow gladiolus— H. W. Koerner, first. 



Ten varieties gladioli not on market— H. W. 

 Koerner, first. 



largest collection gladiolus novelties— H. W. 

 Koerner, first. 



Single white dahlias— H. W. Koerner, first. 



Twefity-five dahlias — H. W. Koerner, first. 



Six commercial dahlias — H. W. Koerner, first; 

 E. S. Thompson, second. 



Seedling cactus dahlia — H. W. Koerner, first. 



Seedling show dahlia — H. W. Koerner, first. 



Seedling decorative dahlia— H. W. Koerner, 

 first. 



Seedling peony flowered dahlias — H. W. Koer- 

 ner, first. 



Collection of dahlias- H. W. Koerner, first; 

 J. T. Fitchett, Janesville, Wis., second. 



Largest dahlia fiower— J. T. Fitchett, first. 



Collection of pompon dahlias— J. T. Fitcltett, 

 first; H. W. Koerner, second. • ^ 



Table decoration of dahlias— H. W. Ko^rner,- 

 first. 





r SEASONABLE ^ IF 



i ^ SUGGESTIONS* 



^ . cinerarias. 



Xike the calceolarias, cinerarias hang 

 fire while the weather remains hot. 

 Do not be discouraged, however, for 

 like many other plants, they will take 

 on a big spurt as soon as the cool nights 

 arrive. Give them a moderately rich 

 soil. No leaf -mold should be used after 

 the first potting. Instead use some old, 

 spent hotbed or mushroom manure, 

 passed through a screen. One-third of 

 this to two-thirds loam will suit them 

 to a nicety. Do not place any of them 

 in the greenhouse unless you are obliged 

 to, as they grow more vigorously in 

 frames where they are close to the 

 glass and can have air in abundance 

 at the top and bottom of the sashes all 

 the time. To keep aphis in check, 

 spray once a week with a nicotine ex- 

 tract. This will also help to get rid of 

 the small worms which attack the foli- 

 age now and will soon disfigure it un- 

 less carefully searched for. The mid- 

 day sun is too much for cinerarias, but 

 no shading is needed now after 3 p. m. 

 Spray them on warm days. Tew plants 

 appreciate spraying more than ciner- 

 arias. 



Gloxinias. 



The earliest flowered gloxinia plants 

 are now losing their foliage and should 

 be laid on their sides in a frame or pit 

 to dry. They can be moved to their 

 winter quarters later. Do not throw 

 the plants under the benches, to be the 

 prey of sow-bugs and other larvae. As 

 soon as the flowering season is over, let 

 the plants dry gradually. If this is not 

 done the tubers will not keep, but when 

 wanted in spring will be found a mass 

 of dry rot. Treat tuberous begonias in 

 the same way if you want them to keep. 



Antirrhinums. 



The earliest batch of plants is now 

 well established in the benches and is 

 sending up a nice lot of flower spikes. 

 These will come in at a time when 

 mums are in season, but there is al- 

 ways a sale for good snapdragons, even 

 when the queen of autumn is at her 

 height, and these same plants, if intel- 

 ligently cared for, will flower all winter 

 long. It is surprising what a demand 

 and .an interest has sprung up in these 

 plants in even the last year. Special- 

 ists state that they can hardly supply 

 the demand for rooted cuttings, for all 

 who have seen them well grown are 



anxious to grow them, and there are 

 few flowers which pay the florist more 

 per square foot than snapdragons well 

 grown. 



Plants which are coming along in 

 pots to follow early mums should not 

 be allowed to become potbound. Pinch 

 back young plants when they are four 

 to six inches high. This causes them 

 to break back. Allow three or four 

 shoots to a plant if you want strong 

 spikes. If, on the other hand, medium 

 spikes sell better, as is often the case 

 for home trade, allow all to grow. Pink 

 is the color most sought after and any- 

 one getting a really good one among 

 his seedlings should hold on to it and 

 propagate from it freely, as he also 

 should a first-class white or yellow. 

 Other colors sell to only a limited ex- 

 tent in the wholesale markets. 



Some growers plant outdoors and later 

 lift from the field and plant indoors. 

 Previous to lifting, head the plants 

 well back and do not allow them to 

 fiower at all. I do not find this meth- 

 od gives as satisfactory results as when 

 plants from pots are used, but if shaded 

 until established they give good re- 

 turns. 



Amaryllis Belladonna. 



That charming, pink-fiowered variety, 

 Amaryllis Belladonna, which has been 



resting through the summer, is now 

 pushing up its flower spikes. As soon 

 as these appear, move the plants to a 

 cool greenhouse and supply water regu- 

 larly. Any repotting needed should be 

 done now, but it is well to remember 

 that plants do not flower freely Until 

 well potbound. This amaryllis, I find, 

 succeeds well in 10-inch and 12-inch 

 pots. These prove serviceable for dec- 

 orations in September and October. 



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A second .batch of freesias can now 

 be placed ia^ans and will make a use- 

 ful snccessTon to the earliest planting. 

 These will come through the soil much 

 more quickly than the first batch. The 

 early freesias are now several inches 

 high. I keep them on a side bench in 

 a house where they can get an abun- 

 dance of air and light. Early in Octo- 

 ber they will be moved to a shelf in a 

 carnation house, where the night tem- 

 perature is 52 to 54 degrees. There 

 they invariably give a fine crop of 

 spikes for Christmas, a time when free- 

 sias sell particularly well. 



EOOEBBECHT'S ASTEBS. 



The accompanying illustration was 

 prepared from a photograph made at 

 the establishment of Otto Eggebrecht^ 

 just outside of Milwaukee. The plants 

 are from seed saved by Mr. Eggebrecht 

 and reselected year after year. The 

 C. C. Pollworth Co., which sells Mr. 

 Eggebrecht 's cut, says that he ha» 

 worked up an exceptionally fine strain. 



NEW YOBK STATE FEDERATION. 



The meeting of the New York State 

 Federation of Florists' Clubs was hnld 

 in Commissioner DiiscoU's rooms in the 

 Cornell building, at the Fair grounds^ 

 Syracuse, Thursday, September 12, at 

 4 p. m. Present: President W. F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo; Vice-President E. K. 

 Fry, Rochester; Secretary John Young, 

 New York; Treasurer W. A. Adams, 

 Buffalo; Frank B. Pierson, E. W. Neu- 

 brand, Charles Vick, H. Youell, Felix 

 Albers, George B. Hart, Fred Thomann,. 

 Com. C. J. Hewson, Robert Bard, P. W. 

 Bannister, Wm. Wind, Julius Thomann,. 

 W. B. Pierson, B. T. Bohannan, J. W. 

 Norris, R. C. Scott, W. E. Day, Dr. E. 

 A. Bates, George Arnold, Arthur Cowee, 

 I. Hendrickson. 



The secretary's report showed the 



Aster Field of O. Eggebtccht, Milwaukee, Tis. 



