March 18, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



'^hite Killarney, the Rose that is the Center of Attraction at Buffalo This W^eek. 



money of the life membership is added 

 to a permanent fund, the interest from 

 which is used in current expenses. The 

 permanent fund now amounts to $2,- 

 950." 



Papers Read. 



Wednesday evening W. W. Coles, of 

 Kokomo, Ind., presented a paper, point- 

 ing out some of the reasons why so many 

 small retail growers fail with roses, and 

 a paper by J. F. Hubs, Hartford, Conn., 

 on "The Eose Garden," also was pre- 

 sented. Both these papers appear in this 

 issue. 



For Thursday's session papers are 

 promised by L. C. Corbett, "Washington, 

 D. C, entitled, ' ' The Values of Soils for 

 Special Work, ' ' and by George D. Leedle, 

 Springfield, O., entitled "Eoses as Popu- 

 lar Home Flowers." Thursday evening 

 Leonard Barron, of New York city, is 

 to give an illustrated lecture on roses, 

 using the stereopticon. 



The Visitors. 



The Buffalo florists, of course, were on 

 hand to a man. Among those present 

 from a distance, on the opening day, 

 were: 



Asmus, George, Chicago, 111. 

 Benson, Andrew, Hinsdale, 111. 

 Blsset, Peter, Washington, D. C. 

 Burkl, F., Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Coles, T., Kokomo, Ind. 

 Coles, W. W., Kokomo, Ind. 

 Compton, W. R., Klmlra, N. Y. 

 Cotter, Lawrence, Jamestown, N. T. 

 Crowe, Peter, Utlca, N. Y. 

 Dallledouze, Eugene, FUtbusb, N. Y. 

 nuncan, J. W., Boston, Mass. 

 Klsele, J. D., Rlyerton, N. J. 

 Elsele, Miss, Elrerton, N. J. 

 Elliott, Wm., Brighton, Mass. 

 Farenwald, A., Roslyn, Pa. 

 Fotherlngbam, J. R.. Tarrytown. N. T. 



Freldley, Frank A., Rocky Rlyer, O. 

 (iuenther. C. T., Hamburg, N. Y. 

 Hammond, BenJ., Flshklll, N. Y. 

 Heacock, Joseph, Wyncote, Pa. 

 Henshaw, A., New York. 

 King, R. O., N. Tonawanda, N. Y. 

 Krueger, A., Meadville, Pa. 

 Lamborn, L. L., Alliance, O. 

 Ludwlg, E. C, Pittsburg, Pa. 

 Lynch, P. J., West Grove, Pa. 

 Manda, W. A., Soutb Orange, N. J. 

 May, Harry O., Summit, N. J. 

 May, John N., Summit, N. j; 

 McGorum, Robt. T., Natick, Mass. 

 Montgomery, Alex, Natick, Mass. 

 Mortensen, Stephen, Southampton, Pa. 

 Myers, Frank P., Wyndmoor, Pa. 

 Plerson, A. N., Cromwell, Conn. 

 Plerson, F. R., Tarrytown, N. Y. 

 Poeblmann, August F., Chicago, 111. 

 Rosnosky, Israel, Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Simpson, Robert, Clifton, N. J. 

 Skldelsky, S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 

 Stewart, W. J., Boston, Mass. 

 Towlll, E., Roslyn, Pa. 

 Traendly, F. H., New York, N. Y. 

 Valentine, J. A., Denrer, Colo. 

 Welch, Patrick, Boston, Mass. 



PRIMULAS AND QNERARIAS. 



I am growing some fine primroses, 

 both Chinese and obconica, but cannot 

 get any seed. Please tell me how to treat 

 them. Is hand pollination necessary! 

 I should like to make some crosses on 

 cinerarias. Please give explicit direc- 

 tions, so I can get good seed. G. O. K. 



Hand fertilization must be resorted to 

 if you desire any results from either 

 Primula obconica or P. Sinensis. Select 

 the plants you intend to pollinate and 

 place them apart from other plants of 

 the same genus. Use a fine camel 's-hair 

 brush to carry the pollen grains from one 

 flower to the stigma of another. Select'* 

 a bright day for this operation and pro- 

 tect the flowers with gauze if you do 

 not desire any outside agents, such as 



bees, flies, etc., to interfere with your 

 work. Pinch off flowers not fertilized^ 

 to throw all possible vigor into the re- 

 maining ones. Stand the pots, if pos- 

 sible, on a sunny shelf. The reason 

 you have failed in getting seeds from 

 your primulas has been because no agen- 

 cies have pollenized the flowers, and this 

 is absolutely necessary for fertilization. 

 You will have no trouble in getting an 

 abundance of seeds from your cinerarias. 

 You will find it difBcult, however, to 

 keep any of these true to color. They 

 are sporty and are diflBcult to fix. Cine- 

 raria stellata so far has never been of- 

 fered in distinct colors. C. W. 



RANUNCULUS. 



Under separate cover I send a box 

 with a few plants, and I should like to 

 know if they are specimens of ranon- 

 cuius or anemone. I have always called 

 the plant a ranunculus, but some garden- 

 ers tell me it is not. They say it is an 

 anemone. e. K. 



You are right; the plant is a ranun- 

 culus. Its roots are different from those 

 of anemones, which latter look like pieces 

 of dry ginger. The foliage and flowers 

 more nearly approach the anemones, but 

 even in these there are considerable dif- 

 ferences. Your plants arrived in good 

 condition after their long journey from 

 California. c. W. 



Please discontinue my advertisements 

 in the Review, as I am about sold ont. 

 Your paper certainly sells the stuff. — 

 G. E. Fink, Roselle, N. J. 



