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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Fbbbcabt 8, 1912. 



water, Mass.; Edward W. Ela, W0|J3urn, 

 Mass.; Geo. L. Stillman, Westerly, E. 

 I.; J. H. Flint, Salem, Mass.; W. H, 

 Bacon, Springfield, Mass. 



ISMENE CAIiATHINA. 



If your paper would give some ex- 

 planation of the cultivation of Ismene 

 calathina, I am certain your readers 

 would be much interested in the sub- 

 ject. Your paper reaches many who 

 would appreciate the information. I am 

 located in southwestern Ohio. M. C. 



Bulbs of this ismene should be lifted 

 and stored in a dry shed or greenhouse 

 before they have been too severely 

 frozen. They carry over best in a 

 shed where the temperature does not go 

 below 45 degrees, or can be kept under 

 any greenhouse bench where they will 

 not get too much drip. Planting out 

 should not be done in your latitude 

 before the end of April. C. W. 



TULIPS FROM FRAMES. 



I have some tulips in flats outside, in 

 a frame. Will you please tell me how 

 to treat them? I have two houses; one 

 is run at 50 degrees and the other at 

 55 to 60 degrees, night temperature. 



J. M. 



The tulips should be well started be- 

 fore being housed, which means that 

 they should have growths two to three 

 inches long. During the early part of 

 the winter it is necessary to keep the 

 tulips in a dark place until the shoots 

 are well drawn up; otherwise they will 

 flower with extremely short stems. 

 After the middle of February the bulbs 

 should be sufficiently well started to 

 stand full exposure to the light at once, 

 and in a temperature of 55 to 60 de- 

 grees at night will get sufficiently long 

 stems. Move them to a cooler house as 

 they open. After March 1 place any 

 bulbs housed in the cooler house, more 

 especially if they are in pans. In flats, 

 long stems are, of course, an advantage. 

 C. W. 



WHEN TO PLANT LILIES. 



There has been some lively discussion 

 here regarding the cultivation of Lilium 

 roseum, rubrum and auratum, especial- 

 ly for spring planting. The matter 

 seems to be quite dark to many grow- 

 ers. I have thought it might be a fine 

 idea if your paper would give a thor- 

 ough explanation of the cultivation for 

 spring and fall planting. My location 

 is southwestern Ohio. M. C. 



All the lilies named do much better 

 if planted in the fall rather than the 

 spring. The best time to place them 

 in the ground is as soon as possible 

 after they are received, which is usually 

 from the middle to the end of Novem- 

 ber. If the bulbs come to hand rather 

 late, cover the ground where they are 

 to be planted with some straw or 

 other material, to exclude frost. Never 

 mind if you have to use a pick to 

 remove the upper surface before plant- 

 ing. It is far better to do this than 

 to keep the bulbs over winter, for, no 

 matter how cool they are kept, they 

 will fritter away mucli of their 

 strength. Should the ground be too 

 hard frozen, or be covered with snow, 

 pot the bulbs and keep them in a cool 

 cellar until spring. No lilies, if spring 



planted, can be expected to give any- 

 where nearly as good results as those 

 set out in late fall. C. W. 



INFORMATION WANTED. 



J. L. O'Quinn & Co., Raleigh, N. C, 

 want information as to the whereabouts 

 of a man who is described as follows: 

 "About five feet six inches high, spare 

 built, dark complexion, dark hair, 

 weight about 135 pounds, age about 38, 

 somewhat large nose with a scar on 

 it nearly between the eyes, two gold 

 teeth on bridge on upper right side; 

 when talking he has somewhat of a 

 twist at right corner of his mouth; has 

 a bold way of making acquaintances; 

 is tattooed all over his arms, shoulders 

 and breast; some of the marks are: On 

 left wrist three red letters, then clasped 

 hands, the three links with F. L. J. in 

 them, Indian head, flag, snake, rose 

 bush, carnation, butterfly, sailor girl 

 with striped stockings, and many other 

 figures; can't look straight at you when 

 talking; wears a fine Elks' pin pointed 

 with diamonds; signs O. C. Millar, 

 W. C. Millar or C. Blanck." O'Quinn 

 & Co. ask that anyone who can aid 

 in the search for the man so described 

 wire them or the chief of police at 

 Raleigh. 



OBITUARY. 



James Eillion. 



James Killion, a gardener of Ja- 

 maica Plain, Boston, Mass., died sud- 

 denly at his home, 3 Hyde Park avenue, 

 January 24. He had not been well for 

 some time, although able to attend to 

 his daily duties at the Forest Hills 

 cemetery, where he had been employed 

 for nearly twenty years. On the day 

 of his death he had gone to work as 

 usual, but shortly became ill and was 

 taken home, where he died from 

 Bright 's disease early in the afternoon. 

 He was born at Forest Hills fifty-two 

 years ago, and was a graduate of the 

 old Agassiz school. He was unmarried 

 and is survived by a sister, Mrs. Anna 

 Mullen, with whom he lived, and by 

 two brothers, one of whom is the well- 

 known florist, M. J. Killion. 



Edward Oormley. 



Edward Gormley, the florist of South 

 street, Jamaica Plain, Mass., died Jan- 

 uary 23, as the result of a fall on an 

 icy pavement in Boston on the preced- 

 ing Saturday. He was taken to the 

 hospital and found to have sustained 

 concussion of the brain. He was about 

 35 years old, and conducted the busi- 

 ness established many years ago by his 

 father, the late John Gormley. His 

 mother alone survives him, two other 

 sons and her husband having died with- 

 in a few years. The family is a well- 

 known one in Jamaica Plain, and the 

 aged mother has the sympathy of the 

 community in her bereavement. 



Mrs. E. H. Latliam. 



Mrs. Elizabeth H. Latham, of the 

 firm of Bridle & Latham, at Navesink, 

 N. J., died at her home there January 

 19, after an illness which had its be- 

 ginning about September 1. She was 

 in her eighty-second year. 



Mrs. Latham was born in Kittery, 

 Me., April 20, 1830. Her parents, La- 

 vina and William Pettigrew, were 

 French Canadians. In 1850 she mar- 

 ried Franklin J. Latham, a captain in 

 the navy. They conducted a boarding 



house in New York until her husband's 

 health failed, and on that account they 

 sought the country. Nearly forty-two 

 years ago they moved to Navesink. For 

 seven years she ran a chicken business, 

 but abandoned that to take up the 

 growing of flowers. In November* of 

 1873 her husband died, leaving her 

 quite alone in the world, their little 

 daughter having died some years be- 

 fore. In 1888 she went into partner- 

 ship with Wm. A. Bridle, an experienced 

 florist of New York, who with untiring 

 energy began the upbuilding of the 

 business. When he took up the work, 

 the plant consisted of two greenhouses; 

 now there are nine. The business will 

 be continued by Mr. Bridle, under the 

 name of Bridle & Latham. 



John F. Condon. 



John F. Condon, a florist of Bath- 

 beach, Brooklyn, N. Y., died of stomach 

 trouble January 26, at his home, 1446 

 Seventieth street. He was the son of 

 the late Morris Condon, and leaves a 

 mother, a widow, two daughters and 

 two sons. 



Mrs. Julia Brock. 



In the death of Mrs. Julia Brock, of 

 Alameda, Cal., January 26, the Pacific 

 coast lost one of its pioneer florists. 

 Mrs. Brock was 89 years of age at the 

 time of her death and, although she 

 had not been in business for over twen- 

 ty-five years, there are several well 

 known San Francisco retailers who 

 learned the trade in her store, which 

 was located on Commercial street, at 

 that time one of the most popular retail 

 thoroughfares. 



D. D. L. Farson. 



Daniel D. L. Farson, widely known and 

 popular florist and former secretary of 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia and 

 Pennsylvania State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, died at his home in Overbrook,. 

 Pa., February 1, after a brief illness, 

 of pneumonia. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Letter from President Vincent. 



President Richard Vincent, Jr., has 

 instructed the secretary to send the 

 following to all florists' clubs and hor- 

 ticultural societies: 



My Worthy Friends: It Is my earnest desire 

 to make the forthcoming convention, to be held 

 In Chicago, in August next, a grand success, not 

 only in numbers present but also In a business 

 sense, and to make It profitable and Interesting 

 to all attending. 



Therefore I request that your local society con- 

 sider, at Its next meeting, If possible, whatever 

 subject for discussion at tlie convention it may be 

 thought would help the greatest number engaged 

 In horticultural pursuits, and especially the mem- 

 bers of the S. A. F. 



If notice of a subject of this kind is given to 

 Mr. John Young, secretary, 54 West Twenty- 

 eighth street, New York, he will see that the 

 subject is brought before the S. A. F. directors 

 at their meeting in March, and If the suggestion 

 does not conflict with other matter ofTered, the 

 board will be pleased to place it on the program 

 for discussion during the convention. 



I would also request that If any article or 

 paper Is submitted, your boclety name some one 

 to discuss the came when brought before the 

 convention. 



Bespectfnlly yonra, 



Richard Vincent, Jr., 

 President. 



Several letters have been returned 

 and notices from postmasters received 

 notifying me of the non-delivery of the 

 Proceedings of 1911, through wrong ad- 

 dress being given. If any member who 

 has not received a copy of the Proceed- 

 ings of 1911 or the assessment notice 

 for 1912 will notify me at once, same 



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