February 6, 1913. 



The Florists' Review 



13 



Taking in a Carload of Cannas at Wintcrson's Seed Store, Chicago. 



of which was equal to anything ever 

 seen in Fort Smith. The varieties were 

 Eichmond, Killarney, White Killarney, 

 Mrs. Ward, Mrs. Taft, Melody, Ehea 

 Keid and American Beauty. The keep- 

 ing quality was excellent, all the stock 

 holding up for three days in the warm 

 exhibition room. 



The Chicago Carnation Co., Chicago, 

 sent an exhibit of its new red carna- 

 tion, The Herald, also White Wonder, 

 Pink Delight, White Enchantress and 

 other varieties. 



The plant display also was excellent, 

 and effectively arranged. C. J. Brock- 

 man Flower Shop received first pre- 

 mium, the Electric ^ark Greenhouses, 

 of which George T. Duey is lessee and 

 manager, being second. The Brockman 

 display was especially strong on ciner- 

 arias, cyclamens and azaleas. 



shower. This was only the other day. 

 That the prospects are good is evident 

 from Mr. Fisher's comment that "I 



A CAB OF CANNAS. 



There was an entire carload of cannas 

 on the sidewalk in front of Winterson's 

 Seed Store, Chicago, when the photo- 

 graph was made for the accompanying 

 illustration. It serves to show the pop- 

 ularity the canna has achieved in recent 

 years. The Winterson establishment. is 

 western sales agent for cannas for Ar- 

 thur T. Boddington, New York. The 

 stock came through from the east in a 

 refrigerator car, to avoid danger of 

 freezing, and it was a mild day when 

 the car was unloaded, so that the entire 

 carload was stacked on the sidewalk 

 before trucking into the storeroom be- 

 gan. 



THE OPENER. 



Long before people began to inquire 

 about the age of Ann, they used to ask 

 "What's the matter with Kansas?" 

 Whatever may have been the matter 

 with Kansas in those times, there is 

 nothing now the trouble there. Kansas 

 is progressing. The accompanying illus- 

 tration is of interest as showing the 

 first shower bouquet ever made in 

 Marysville, Kan. It is the work of 

 H. R. Fisher, who had been in business 

 there three vears before he received an 

 order for a bride's bouquet with a 



The First at Marysville. 



think I have the people jarred loose here 

 now. I think I did well to get an order 

 like this out here, where everyone was 

 raised on a farm." In making his first 



shower bouquet, Mr. Fisher used twenty- 

 nine roses and fifty valley, with forty- 

 five yards of baby ribbon. 



OHIO GLADIOLUS GROWERS. 



At a meeting of gladiolus growers at 

 Cleveland, February 1, in response to a 

 call, the Gladiolus Society of Ohio was 

 organized, a constitution adopted and 

 officers elected, as follows: President, 

 C. Betseher, of Canal Dover; vice-presi- 

 dent, Mrs. A. H. Austin, of Wayland; 

 secretary and treasurer, Wilbur A, 

 Christy, of Warren. An executive com- 

 mittee was also ordered, consisting of 

 Messrs. Alford, Crawford and Hunting- 

 ton. Other committees were also named, 

 and the society is ready for business. 

 The membership is not to be confined 

 exclusively to Ohio, as the name might 

 seem to indicate, and the society hopes 

 to cooperate in a friendly way with 

 other organizations of similar purpose, 

 in testing and exhibiting varieties of 

 its specialty. 



Wilbur A. Christy, Sec'y. 



BANANA IN A GREENHOUSE. 



What is the best variety of banana 

 fruit in a conservatory, and the 



to 

 culture? 



E. H. 



The best variety for your purpose is 

 Musa Cavendishii, this being of dwarf- 

 er habit and hardier than other sorts. 

 Bananas all need a fairly high tempera- 

 ture and you should not attempt their 

 culture if your minimum falls below 

 50 degrees in winter, although they 

 will withstand an even lower reading. 

 Procure some suckers from established 

 plants. Grow these on in pots, later 

 transferring them to tubs of good size, 

 or planting them out in a prepared bed. 

 Use soil well enriched with cow 

 manure and bone. If heating pipes 

 run below the beds, to furnish bottom 

 heat, all the better. Remove the suck- 

 ers from the plants as they grow, and 

 once the fruit has set feed freely with 

 liquid manure. A warm, moist heat is 

 what bananas like, but as the fruits 

 ripen, keep a drier atmosphere. 



C. W. 



