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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



White Killarney, the Rose that is the Center of Attraction at Buffalo This Week. 



iiKHioy ol' llie lil'c ineinbersliip is iuldod 

 to ;i permanent lund, the interest i'roni 

 wbicU is used in current expenses. The 

 permanent land now amounts to $2,- 



Papers Read. 



Wednesday evening AV. \V. Coles, of 

 Kokomo, Jnd., presented a paper, point- 

 ing out some ol' tlic reasons why so many 

 small retail growers fail with roses, and 

 a paper by .1. F. lluss, Hartford, Conn., 

 on "The Kose Garden," also was ])re- 

 sented. Botli 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, U., entitled "Roses as Popu- 

 lar Home Flowers." Thursday evening 

 Leonard Barron, of \ew York city, is 

 to give an illustrated lecture on roses, 

 using the stereopticon. 



The Visitors. 



The Buffalo florists, of course, were on 

 liand to a man. Among those present 

 from a distance, on the opening dav 

 were: 



.\Miiii<, <;.arf,'o, ( l.ii ;i:.'.i. 111. 



I'.flisi'ii. AtiilifW. Iliii>;il:ilf. 111. 



r.lssct. I'clcr, W:islijiii;l(.|j, |i. (:. 



I'.iirUi, I'., ritlslmi-^'. i'a. 



t ol. >, 'I'., Kokoiii.>. Iiiil. 



<'<ilos. W. W.. Kiikomo. lii.t. 



< <'in|||"". \V. !{.. j:iinir,i. .\. Y. 



'otter, l.nwreni'i'. .laiTifslown, N. Y 



"fipwc. IVtor. rti(!i, .\. Y. 



l)Millc.l..iiy.., laiu'iMii'. ri;,ilpiisl!, N. Y 



luiiic :in, .1. W.. lio^ti.ii, M.iss 



t:is.li', J. I)., Kiv.'iti.ii, N. J. 



t.isilc. .Miss, Itivfrldii. N. ,1. 



l-.IUott. Will.. r.ii;,'lii.,ii. .M;i-<. 



f.-iroiiwnl.l. .\., Unslvn. I'a. 



I otlM liiiLiliMiM. .1. K. r,iirvl.,«ii. .\. Y 



I'iciillc.N . I'laiik A.. Kim kv Kivcr. <i 

 "Jiifiillici- ( . T.. Ihiinliiiitf, .\, V. 

 llainiiioiKl. r.iiij.. I'islikill. \. Y. 

 1 Ii'aiiick, Jnscpli. W.viicdic, I'a. 

 Ilciishaw, -\., New York. 

 Kill;;, It. <>., N. 'I'diLiwaiiila. .N. ^ 

 KrufKor, .\.. .Meadville, I'a. 

 l.aniliorii, I.. I.., .Mliaiice, i). 

 I.iidwig, i;. C. I'ittsluiri:, I'.i. 

 I.viuli. I'. .1.. West t;riivc, I'a. 

 -Maiida. \V. .\., .Soiitli <)raiis,'e. .\. .1 . 

 Ma.v, Ilarr.v <i.. Smiiinit, N. .1. 

 Mn.v. JoLii N.. .Siiiiiiiiit. \. J. 

 Me(;nniin, Kolit. T., .Vatiek, Mass 

 MiiiilK'oliiery. .Me\, .Naliek. Mass. 

 .Mortensen, Ste)ilieii. Soutliamptoii. 

 M.vors. I'rank I'., \\'.Mi(lmiior. I'a. 

 I'lerson, A. .\., Croinwell. Conn. 

 I'ierson, F. K.. Tarjyto« n. .N. Y. 

 I'oehlmanu, .Vupiist I'.. Cliiea^'u. Ill 

 Kosnosky, Israel, riiiladilphia. I'a 

 Sinip.soii. KoI.ert, t liftori, .\. ,J. 

 Skidclskv, S. S.. I'liiladelpliia. I'a 

 .•Stewart, W. .7.. Itoslon, .Mass. 

 Towill. I'.. Itoslvti. I'a. 

 I'raondly, 1'. II.. .New York, N. V 

 Xalciitine. .1. .\.. Henver. Colo. 

 Welili, r.itiiik. r.ostoii, Mass. 



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PRIMULAS AND CINERARIAS. 



1 ;iiii growing --niiic liiii' |iriiiiiiisis. 

 both < 'hiiicsc and niieunic;!. liut c-miinl 

 get any seed, i'lcase tril iih' Ikiw to trcal 

 them. Is iiaiiij [Hillinat imi necessary.' 

 I should lik,. \n uKike some rro-<s(>s (in 

 liiicrariiis. I'Irasc ojv,. explicit diro<- 

 tiiHis. sii I (/nil get o,i(,,| sct'd. (i. ( ). K. 



Hand 1'('rtili/.;iti(iii must lie icsdiii'd tn 

 it you desire any results from eitiier 

 Frimula obconica (ir P. Sinensis. Select 

 the jilaiils you iulind to pollinate and 

 place them ajiait from dihcr jdaiits of 

 the same genus. I'se a line camers hair 

 brush to carry the p(dlcii grains from one 

 flower to the stigma of another. Select 

 a bright day for this operation and pro- 

 tect the flowers with gauze if yon do 

 not (jesire anv outside :igents, su«di as 



bees, Ilies, etc., i(i iiiterrere with your 

 work. Pinch ofl.' fldwds udt fertilized, 

 to throw all {lossible vigor into the re- 

 maining ones. Stand the pots, if pos- 

 silile, on a sunny shelf. The reason 

 you iiiuc failed in oetting seeds from 

 yotir primulas has l>een because no agen- 

 cies hii\e p(dlenized the flowers, and this 

 is abs(diitely necessary for fertilization. 

 \(>\i will have no trouble in getting an 

 abundance of seeds from your cinerarias. 

 You will find it difficult, however, to 

 keep any of these true to color. They 

 .'ire sporty and are difliciilt to fix. Cine' 

 raria «tellata s,, t;ir Icis ii,.\er been of 

 fercd ill ili^iiiici color^. ('_ \w 



RANUNCULUS. 



I'lidei •separate .(.ver 1 send a box 

 wiih :i lew jdants. and I should like to 

 know it' tliey ;ire s[„.,.i,,|,.|iy Q^- ranun- 

 ' idiis (u- ;ineiiioiie. 1 luive always called 

 the pl;iiil a raiiniiciilns. Init some garden- 

 er-: tell Ille it iv II. ,t. 'rilcy s;|y jj Jg an 

 .•llleinolle. ' ].]_ J^ 



\<<u .'ire ijoni : jjie |,|;,ni is ;i rauua- 

 ciiln-;. lis root< ;iie dilVereiit from those 

 oT .inemoiie-^, wiiicli hitter look like pieces 

 of dry oi„M,.r. The foliage and flowers 

 more ne;irly approach the anemones, but 

 e\en in these there are considerable dif 

 ferences. ^dlu■ plants arrived in good 

 condition .'ifier their lon^ journev from 

 • alifornia, ' q \y_ 



Please discontinue my advertisements 

 in the Review, as I am about sold out. 

 Your paper certainly sells the stufiF — 

 n, E. Fink, Roselle, X. J. 



