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The Wccidy Florists' Review. 



Mabch 24, 1010. 



WOMEN WE MEET. 



The retail florists' business has many 

 attractions as an occupation for women 

 and each season finds a larger number 

 engaged in it, many of them making pro- 

 nounced success. 



At Des Moines, la., Miss Leta E. Mc- 

 Millen handles the retail cut flower store 

 of the Guthrie-Lorenz Co., of which she 

 is secretary and treasurer. The concern 

 last autumn removed to the corner of 

 Seventh street and Grand avenue, taking 

 a large corner store. In addition to cut 

 flowers, seeds and poultry supplies are 

 handled and so rapidly has the business 

 grown that this spring the adjoining 

 store was secured and the partition re- 

 moved, Miss McMillen's cut flower de- 

 partment occupying one side of the en- 

 larged premises. 



are less satisfactory than those secured 

 in late fall. C. W. 



LILIUM SPEaOSUM RUBRUM. 



How shall I handle Lilium rubrum, 

 which will arrive April 1? Shall I plant 

 them outdoors, or in pots, or on a bench 

 in the greenhouse? When can I expect 

 them to bloom? G. A. T. 



I suppose you refer to Lilium specio- 

 sum rubrum. April is late for potting or 

 planting out these bulbs. They usually 

 arrive about the end of November. We 

 like to plant outdoors at once, having 

 previously protected the ground where 

 they are to go with straw, covering the 

 bulbs about eight inches. Potted at that 

 time and stored in a cool cellar or frost- 

 proof pit, they will begin to show 

 growths alDOut this time, and if wanted 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW. 



The spring show of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society was opened in 

 Horticultural hall, Broad street, below 

 Locust, Tuesday evening, March 15, and 

 continued until St. Patrick's day was 

 over. 



Through the courtesy of David Bust, 

 secretary of the society, I was enabled 

 to go over the exhibition just before the' 

 judges went to work, which was a fine op- 

 portunity to see the flowers at their best. 

 The first man I met inside the hall was 

 William Kleinheinz, of Lynnwood Hall, 

 president of the National Association of 

 Gardeners. Mr. Kleinheinz praised the 

 quality of the exhibits— deservedly, for 

 the stock shown was uniformly good; 

 some of it was extra fine. 



The backbone of the show was in the 

 flowering bulbs and roots, shown for the 

 seedsmen's prizes. Tulips, narcissi, hya- 

 cintlis, lilies and spiraeas were shown in 

 quantity. The tulips were particularly 

 fine. The displays of a single variety 

 in a large pan gave an excellent oppor- 

 tunity for comparison. Of the whites, 

 Joost von Vondel, single, and Murillo, 

 double (possibly this should be classed as 

 soft pink), appeared to advantage. 

 Other good ones were: Yellow Mon 

 Tresor, single; red, Vermilion Brilliant; 

 pink, Eose Luisante, single; Pink Beauty, 

 single ; Salvator Eosa, double ; orange, 

 Couronne d'Or; terra cotta. Toreador, 

 double. Among the hyacinths, the fol- 



Miss Leta E. McMillen. 



for outdoor flowering can be set out any 

 time after May 1. I would advise you 

 to pot the bulbs, four or five in an 8- 

 inch pot. Stand in a cool cellar. Give 

 one good watering. Then keep somewhat 

 dry until growths appear. The plants 

 can later be placed in a cool greenhouse, 

 where they will give you much better 

 flowers than by planting outdoors. You 

 can also grow them in Idoxcs five to six 

 inches deep. Spring planted bulbs have 

 lost considerable of their vitality and 



lowing looked well: President Eoose- 

 velt, soft pink, resembling the older va- 

 riety, Gertrude; La Grandesse, white, 

 and Queen of the Blues, sky blue. The 

 older varieties of narcissi. Von Sion, dou- 

 ble. Golden Spur and Emperor, single, 

 outshone their newer rivals. 



The promoters of these prizes each had 

 fine exhibits of their own. Henry A. 

 Dreer had the stage filled with choice 

 foliage plants, not according to the old 

 botanical collection idea, but a few varie- 



ties and some twenty-five of each in me- 

 dium sizes — an effective plan. The va- 

 rieties were : Begonias, His Majesty and 

 Mrs. S. H. Moon, both Eex varieties; 

 Cocos Weddelliana (there is none bet- 

 ter) ; Phoenix Eoebelenii; Ananas sativus 

 variegatus, soon to be commercialized; 

 Anthurium Scherzerianum and Pteris 

 Childsil. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. had ,i 

 unique exhibit at the entrance, electri( - 

 ally lighted. This comprised four little 

 girls, prettily dressed, one about to hoe 

 her garden, another to sow sweet peas, 

 another to sow grass seeds, while the 

 fourth was swinging, electrically, ropes 

 of St. Patrick green. A Wheelock wire 

 fence surrounded the garden. There was 

 a table of fine spring bulbs in front. 

 This was Philip Freud's bright idea. 



H. Waterer had two tables, one of fine 

 bulbs, the other of requisites, attractively 

 displayed. There were two choice orchid 

 exMbits, one from Lager & Hurrell, Sum 

 mit, N. J., and the other from Alphonse 

 Pericat, OoUingdale, Pa. Both were ex 

 cellent. A group of wistarias, lilacs, Eas 

 ter lilies, callas and other interesting 

 plants constituted one of the finest fea- 

 tures of the show. The group was tall, 

 graceful, and beautifully arranged with 

 choice stock — a symphony in blue and 

 white. This was a masterpiece of Sam 

 uel Bachelor. Two exhibits of fancy, 

 long-stemmed snapdragons showed cul 

 ture in a rare degree. There were fine 

 exhibits of roses, carnations and sweet 

 peas, also some wonderful specimen 

 azaleas, perfectly flowered. 



The foregoing are a few of the ex 

 hibits noted in a pretty show. 



The Lord & Burnham Co. exhibited 

 good photographs of their greenhouses 

 and conservatories, an orchid house in 

 bloom being a feature. Phil. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Convention Aftermath. 



It has been demonstrated time and 

 again that it takes a whole lot of pub- 

 licity to attract the attention of any 

 considerable part of the people of a big 

 city to the fact that a flower show is 

 worth visiting. The New York newspa- 

 pers did not give the Eose Society the 

 publicity that had been hoped for, but it 

 is estimated that 20,000 people visited 

 the exhibition at the American Museum 

 of Natural History last week. The at- 

 tendance was largest as closing time ap- 

 proached, showing that word of the fine 

 display was going out from mouth to 

 mouth among the people. While the at- 

 tendance of the general public was large, 

 the attendance of the trade was disap- 

 pointing. Those from outside the New 

 York territory numbered less than two 

 score. While the show was larger than 

 last year, a number of first-class special 

 premiums were not competed for and few 

 entries characterized most of the classes. 

 The quality of the stock was shown by 

 its condition at the closing hour. If 

 nothing but roses with this keeping qual- 

 ity were placed in the hands of the pub- 

 lic it would be an immense advantage to 

 the rose growing industry. The quality 

 of A. Farenwald's Bichmond, judged the 

 best finished lot of flowers in the show, 

 gave rise to much comment. 



Officers Elected. 



Oflicers were elected as follows: Pres- 

 ident, W. H. Elliott, Brighton, Mass.; 

 vice-president, A. Farenwald, Hillside, 

 Pa.; secretary, Benjamin Hammond, 



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