April 2, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



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•The Tulip Gin be Dressed to Make the Setting Price Anything the Purchaser Wants to Pay. 



niums delight in a cool, dry atmos- 

 phere, particularly at night. 



I have found Easter Greeting easy 

 to root, and the smallest cutting will 

 quickly shape itself into a symmetrical 

 little plant. I have never seen any other 

 class of plants grow so evenly and with 

 so few culls as these. They delight 

 in a rich, sweet soil, settled firmly in 

 potting and kept rather on the dry 

 side. Water always at such a time 

 that the foliage will become dry by 

 night; be especially careful about this 

 in dark, cloudy weather. If geranium 

 growers would watch this point care- 

 fully they would escape much trouble. 



S. C. Templin. 



EXPOSITION COMMITTEE MEETS. 



At the request of G. A. Dennison, 

 chief of horticulture of the Pan-Pacific 

 exposition, a meeting of the advisory 

 committee which he had previously ap- 

 pointed was held Friday, March 27, at 

 the Grand Central Palace, New York, 

 at the time of the flower show. There 

 were present: John Young, secretary 

 of the Society of American Florists; M. 

 C. 5bel, secretary of the National Asso- 

 ciation of Gardeners; A. F. J. Baur, 

 secretary of the American Carnation 

 Society; Benj. Hammond, secretary of 

 the American Bose Society; Harry A. 

 Bunyard, secretary of the American 

 Sw6et Pea Society; Chas. H. Totty, of 

 the National Flower Show committee, 

 and G. A. Dennison. 



Mr. Dennison outlined the object of 

 the meeting, requesting the committee 

 to recommend some one to be superin- 

 tendent of floriculture. The committee 

 organized, with Charles H. Totty as 

 chairman and John Young as secretary. 

 Mr. Totty was elected chairman to 

 serve until the close of the exposition. 

 The name of William Plumb, of New 

 York, was recommended to Mr. Den- 

 nison as the unanimous choice of the 

 committee. Later in the day Mr. Den- 

 nison made the appointment, and Wil- 

 liam Plumb will be superintendent of 



floriculture and serve until the close of 

 the exposition. He will enter upon his 

 duties at once. John Young, Sec'y. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Chas. Eathjen, 813 Center street, Janes- 

 ville. Wis., offers for registration the 

 antirrhinum described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration or to 



the use of the proposed name is re- 

 quested to communicate with the secre- 

 tary at once. Failing to receive objec- 

 tion to the registration, the same will 

 be made three weeks from this date. 



Kaiser's description: A seedling of 

 unnamed parents; growth free and vig- 

 orous; about three feet high; stems 

 stiff and wiry; does not require staking. 



Foliage dark green and heavy, re- 

 quires no disbudding. 



Flowers larger than Ramsburg's Sil- 

 ver Pink, wide open, and slightly 

 waved. 



Color: The entire flower is pink, 

 about the shade of My Maryland rose, 

 except the extreme base, which is wine 

 color, and a yellow spot is at the lips. 



It is not affected by aphis. 



Name: Janesville. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



March 23, 19^4. 



The Lilac and the Porto Rican Mat. 



PAPER WHITES IN BENCHES. 



I have recently had some discussion 

 about Paper White narcissi and I would 

 like to have the views of some of the 

 subscribers on this matter. If you will 

 kindly publish the following, with such 

 answers as you may be able to get, I 

 shall appreciate it very much: 



Has anyone ever grown Paper White 

 narcissi by planting them directly on 

 benches? I would like to have the ex- 

 perience of someone who has forced 

 this popular narcissus in this manner, in- 

 stead of flatting them up and putting 

 them outdoors and bringing them in as 

 needed. I am told that it is not neces- 

 sary to flat them at all, but put them 

 directly in the benches. This of course 

 would occupy the benches for a longer 

 period of time, but where this is no 

 consideration would the flowers be just 

 as good as those grown in flats! 



E. W. K. 



Youngstown, O.— Stuart R. McLean 

 was a heavy loser as the result of a 

 fire on Phelps street March 20. 



