Mat 19. 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



29 



BOSTON CLUB MEETIiNfG. 



Orchid night, May 17, attracted an ex- 

 cellent attendance for a busy season of 

 the year, about 125 members being pres- 

 ent. E. O, Orpet, South Lancaster, Mass., 

 was the speaker of the evening and gave 

 an interesting and exhaustive talk on 

 "Orchid Culture." He said pans or 

 pots are preferable to baskets as recep- 

 tacles and osmunda fern fiber is the best 

 compost. Moss is better left out, on ac- 

 count of its bringing in so many snails, 

 although some species like a surfacing of 

 it. A too common practice is to give 

 plants an excessive night temperature 

 when growth is being made. This is 

 harmful. Mr. Orpet considered a carna- 

 tion temperature, 52 to 55 degrees at 

 night, all right for many cattleyas and 

 Iselias. Plenty of sunshine should be 

 given, as the plants get an abundance of 

 it in their native habitats. EoUer or other 

 movable shades are the best; shading on 

 the glass does not give needed light in 

 dark, cloudy weather. He said there is 

 such a thing as too much drying off. The 

 cattleya family, the most popular in 

 America, have no long resting period; 

 seedlings want even less rest than the 

 woodland species, as they usually make 

 two growths per year and are continuously 

 growing. Potting of all orchids should 

 be done in the resting period, which is 

 usually during the winter or earlier spring 

 months. In raising seedlings some are 

 fine and dozens of little value. Hybrids, 

 however, possess sturdy constitutions. In 

 the hot months watering should be done 

 in the evening; in the winter months, in 

 the morning to allow of proper drying 

 out before nightfall. There has of late 

 years been a wonderful development in 

 orchid culture in America, which Bos- 

 ton's big coming show will undoubtedly 

 greatly stimulate. 



A good discussion followed the reading 

 of the paper, participated in by Messrs. 

 Butterworth, Cameron, Craig, Palmer, 

 Finlayson and George Stewart. The cat- 

 tleya fly came in for considerable notice. 

 Cutting out of the young growths was ad- 

 milted to be the only remedy, although 

 it is a radical one. 



Some discussion arose over the annual 

 picnic. An exchange of views showed 

 that some favored a change from previous 

 years' programs, an ocean sail being fa- 

 vored, to some prominent shore resort. 

 The date and place were, however, not de- 

 cided upon. The question of the S. A. 

 F. national show came up, and a special 

 committee was appointed to consider 

 plans for entertainment and report later. 

 The committee consists of Thomas Pegler, 

 J. P. A. Guerineau, Peter Fisher, Wm. 

 Downs and Robert Cameron. 



One new member was elected. 



Exhibits included superb snapdragons 

 from Wm. Sim, fine Golden Glow mums 

 from W. W. Edgar Co., a collection of 

 troUiuses from J. 'Heurlin, and pink 

 calceolarias from Wm. Downs, which lat- 

 ter received a report of merit. 



A field day at Wm. Sim's June 4 was 

 decided upon. 



It was announced that for the June 

 meeting ladies will be invited and a 

 musical and literary entertainment fur- 

 nished. Refreshments were served as 

 usual. 



Clakksburq, W. Va. — C. C. Jarvis, N. 

 J. Hayman and C. H. Griffin have incor- 

 porated, with $25,000 capital, to do a 

 greenhouse business. 







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** By the Sad Sea Waves." 



(Mi-8. Leonard Kill and daughter, formerly of Chicaefo, on the shore of the Pacific.) 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



The last week was a busy one for every- 

 one concerned. In the greenhouses things 

 were not quite as lively as they would 

 have been had we been favored with 

 weather more favorable for outdoor 

 planting. We experienced several severe 

 frosts lately, which did some damage. 

 From now until after May 30 those flo- 

 rists doing outside gardening will be 

 worked to the limit. 



In the stores business has been good. 

 The daily arrival at the commission 

 houses of good stock of every descrip- 

 tion has been large; still the demand, 

 with but few exceptions, was equal to the 

 supply. Large openings of new stores, 

 ^heaters and several large boat launchings 

 have created a demand for flowers for 

 some time, which means just that much 

 extra business to the florists favored with 

 the orders. The store openings, especially, 

 call for many baskets, horseshoes and 

 big bunches of Beauties. Only in recent 

 years has the practice of sending flow- 

 ers to the openings become so popular, 

 thanks to those florists who encourage 

 the practice. 



Club Meeting. 



Besides a large attendance of regular 

 members, there were in attendance, also, 

 a number of engineers of this city, to 

 hear Dr. J. R. Price and W. J. Hubel, 

 of Chicago, and others, talk on the com- 

 bustion system of heating. This sys- 

 tem is the invention of Francis J. Doyle, 

 of Chicago. 



Dr. Price went into a lengthy talk on 

 principles of combustion. He had heated 

 an 8-room flat with $18 worth of coal all 

 winter, and with no smoke. 



W. J. Hubel spoke of the business end 

 of the Doylair device, stating many in- 

 stances where the cost of heating was cut 

 nearly in half. All soot and clinkers were 

 done away with, as there is perfect com- 

 bustion in the Doylair system. 



Mayor Breitmeyer said that if this de- 

 vice would do what is claimed for it, 

 he would see that an ordinance was 

 passed making it necessary to use it. 



Various Notes. 



J. Breitmeyer 's Sons are to have a 

 branch store on Woodward avenue and 

 Grand river. This will be in connection 

 with the McDermiad Candy Co. 



Taepke's spent a busy Sunday, May 



15, decorating Brushaler's new store for 

 the opening. 



Thomas Gowanlock was seriously in- 

 jured by his wagon being hit by a car 

 while he was delivering plants to Gus. 

 Knoch. The horse had to be shot. An 

 auto belonging to Mr. Knoch was dam- 

 aged by skidding on wet asphalt and hit- 

 ting a fire alarm pole. The occupants 

 were not hurt. H. S. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The American Rose Society has com- 

 missioned the Rev. Dr. Spencer S. Sulli- 

 ger, of Vancouver, Wash., an amateur 

 rosarian of repute and one of the Pacmc 

 coast members of several years' standing, 

 as representative to the annual rose show 

 in England. Dr. Sulliger leaves New 

 York this month for Great Britain. 



Richard Vincent, Jr., of White Marsh, 

 Md., takes a letter to the international 

 liorticultural meeting at Belgium, which 

 he is going to attend. These gentlemen 

 will report back to the society, and the 

 report will form a part of its annual pro- 

 ceedings. 



John F. Huss, of Hartford, Conn., 

 one of our prominent members, goes to 

 France and Switzerland, and this trip 

 also is in the interest of roses. 



The society has closed up its premium 

 list as awarded at the spring show, with 

 one exception. The membership of paid 

 dues exceeeds the number received as reg- 

 ular members at any previous time. 



An inquiry has been received from one 

 of the government departments, as to 

 the value and volume of roses used com- 

 mercially in the United States, and in- 

 quiries forwarded to the various distrib- 

 uting centers have brought responses 

 which indicate that probably one- 

 fourth the value of all flowers grown 

 under glass is in roses. The observa- 

 tions made in travel indicate that the 

 rambler roses are becoming more and 

 more popular, all of which shows that 

 with the growth of the country, the nice 

 things are also coming in for large de- 

 velopment. 



The oflicers of the society wish to 

 thank the many donors of special prizes 

 lor the prompt response and payment of 

 their respective premiums. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y, 



Milton, Mass.— C. F. Fairbanks is 

 building a garage and greenhouses on 

 his estate at the corner of White street 

 and Central avenue. 



