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Febhuaby 27, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



15 



work up all possible stock of such 

 chrysanthemums as sold well last season, 

 and of which you have a rather limited 

 stock now. AH the foliage plants will 

 still root freely while a good bottom 

 heat 18 at command, including crotone 

 draceenas, ficus, pandanus, acalyphas' 

 dieflPenbachias, etc. ' 



v& Cyclamens. 



Cyclamens that are wanted for Easter 

 must from now on be kept in a cool 

 well ventilated and shaded house. A 

 temperature of 40 degrees at night will 

 not harm them in the least. While 

 there is a considerable variety of flow- 

 ering plants available at Easter, well 

 grown and flowered cyclamens will al- 

 ways sell, provided they are of the right 

 color. The shades which take the best 

 are white, pink and salmon. 



Do not overlook the young stock. 

 Some may require potting, while still 

 others need a little fussing over. A 

 few minutes per week may not seem 

 to amount to much, but that period of 

 time spent in scratching the surface 

 soil, pulling out weeds and giving the 

 little plants, where necessary, a fresh 

 stand, may mean a whole lot to them. 

 A house kept at 50 to 55 degrees at 

 night will suit the plants nicely. 



Amaryllis. 

 Amaryllises which have the stalks a 

 few inches high will be on time for 

 Easter in a minimum temperature of 

 60 degrees. These have not, as yet, 

 appeared much as Easter plants, but the 

 lighter-colored hybrids, which are being 

 greatly improved, should prove a wel- 

 come addition to the more critical 

 flower buyers. Amaryllises which are 

 well supplied with roots need liquid 

 manure twice a week as the flower 

 spikes are developing, and it should 

 be supplied right through the growing 

 season to any unsold plants, as amaryl- 

 lises are fairly heavy feeders and a 

 great difference will be noted in the 

 size of the bulbs of plants which have 

 been liberally fed, as compared with 

 those supplied only with clear water. 



INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



The Guarantee Fund. 



The guarantee fund of the Interna- 

 tional Flower Show, to be held April 



5 to 12, amounts to some $8,500. Our 

 contract with the International Ex- 

 position Co. requires that we have a 

 guarantee fund of $10,000. By present 

 indications we shall not have to use any 

 of it, but a contract is a contract and 

 I would greatly appreciate it if fifteen 

 active members of the S. A. F., who 

 have not yet contributed, will each 

 guarantee $100, or if thirty florists will 

 guarantee $50 each. 



I would much like to get this matter 

 settled before March 15 and take this 

 method of doing so publicly, to obviate 

 the necessity of writing so many per- 

 sonal letters. 



"Chas. H. Totty, Chairman. 



Madison, N. J. 



Jackson, Tenn.— Murray Sands has 

 purchased the greenhouses of the James 



6 Jelson FlSral Co., at 319 East 

 De«erick avenue, and will conduct the 

 business in his own name. The range 

 is a strictly modern one and co°si|t3 or 

 three Moninger houses, each ^'f°^> 

 erected last summer. James & ^«f °° 

 will continue the sale of cut flowers at 

 their store. 



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PRESIDENT ILLINOIS STATE 

 FLORISTS^ ASSOCIATION 



CHARLES LOVERIDGE. 



THE annual meeting of the organization of Illinois Florists is to be held next 

 week at the home city of the president of the association, Peoria. It also 

 is the second city of the state, but it is not often the scene of a gathering 

 of the trade and a rather better attendance than usual is expected on that 

 account. Mr. Loveridge has the largest range of glass at Peoria and is a man 

 of excellent standing in the community. All Peoria florists are backing him in 

 his plans for a hospitable reception. Mr. Loveridge was vice-president of the 

 Illinois State Florists' Association during the presidency of C. L. Washburn 

 and was advanced to the chair at the meeting at Joliet last year. 



ILLINOIS STATE ASSOCIATION. 



The Illinois State Florists' Associa- 

 tion will open its annual exhibition in 

 the parlors of the Hotel Jefferson at 

 Peoria, 111., at noon Tuesday, March 4. 

 The program for the annual meeting is 

 as follows: 



TUESDAY, MARCH 4. 



Opening session, 2 p m. 



Address of welcome. Mayor E. N. Woodruff, 

 Peoria. , 



Response, Vice-president C. W. Jobnson, Mor- 

 gan Parle. 



President's address, C. I.overldge, Peoria. 



Report of secretary, J. F. Ammann, Edwards- 

 vllie. 



Report of treasurer, F. L. Washburn, Blooming- 

 ton. 



Report of secretary of Advisory Committee 

 for the Illinois Florists' Experiment Station, 

 W. N. Rudd, Morgan Park. 



Unfinished business. 



New business. 



Election of officers. 



The annual banquet will b« served at the JeCTer- 

 son hotel, at 7 p. m. 



WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5. 



Reports of work at the experiment staticin, by 

 H. B. Domer, F. W. Mnncie, G. L. Peltier, 

 U^bana. 



Report of aadlting committee. 



Report of Judges. 



Address on landscape gardening and permanent 

 planting of shrubs, etc., by W. N. Rudd, Morgan 

 Park. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



There has been discussion regarding 

 the large prize offered by Moore, Hentz 

 & Nash, a cup valued at $50, for six 

 roses at the National Flower Show. 

 Mr. Moore says some small grower may 

 have just a few fine flowers, as flne as 

 grown in the largest establishments, 

 and it is just here that he has his 

 chance against the big man. "A small 

 bunch spreads the offer far more widely, 

 and that is what we want to do, if it 

 gets more exhibitors and gets a medley 

 of varieties and sets people talking 

 about such a valuable prize for ' only six 

 roses,' " he says. No stem is to be 

 longer than twenty inches, not over two 

 roses of any one variety, the roses of 

 each variety to be judged on their own 

 merits and not by comparison with the 

 other varieties. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



Binghamton, N. T.— William Moore 

 has removed from 63 Court street to 

 Reeve's drug store, at the corner of 

 Henry and Chenango streets. 



