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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBSB 12, lOil. 



OEitANIUMS FOB MEMORIAL DAY. 



Will you please publish in the next 

 issue of The Review when to start ge- 

 raniums for Memorial day, and will 

 the cuttings be all right to start them 

 in 2-inch pots, and when should these 

 be shifted to 4-inch pots? I am a be- 

 ginner and I want to grow geraniums 

 for 'Memorial day. The reason I am 

 askijng for information now, I would 

 like' to grow two crops of lettuce before 

 starting my geraniums if I can, and I 

 will be much pleased with all the in- 

 formation I can get on .raising gera- 



Cuttings'* should be inser^^^mnetil^e 

 durijng October if you want first-cltSs 

 4-inch pot geraniums at Memorial day. 

 Youi'Can place them singly in 2-inch 

 potq of sandy loam, or, if you want 

 to economize space, use flats three 

 inchies deep, with good drainage and 

 filleii with sharp sand. Water the sand 

 well and then cut lines with a piece of 

 thinj steel or a mason's trowel and' 

 placb the cuttings in At the rate of 

 125 to 150 to each flat 24x12x3. Trim 

 the leaves off the cuttings quite closely. 

 If they are sappy let them lie and dry 

 over night before placing in the sand. 

 Stand the flats on a shelf. Give them 

 the full sun and water quite moderate- 

 ly after the first soaking, just enough 

 to prevent shriveling. These cuttings 

 will make a mass of fibrous roots and 

 can be put in 3-inch pots in January 

 and later shifted to 4-inch pots. If 

 you decide to place them singly in 2- 

 inch pots, it is better to shift first to 3- 

 inch and later to 4-inch. Large shifts 

 do not pay. 



You can put in additional geranium 

 cuttings as late as February and these 

 will make nice 3-inch stock by Memo- 

 rial day, but will not ,. be so large as 

 the fall propagated plants. C. W, 



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SPOT ON KENTIAS. 



I am enclosing a leaf of seedling 

 Kentia Belmoreana which are becoming 

 infested with what appears to be a fun- 

 gous disease of a bad character. The 

 plants are growing in the open shade, 

 planted in rich leaf-mold soil and well 

 watered. I shall esteem a suggestion 

 as to the remedy and hope it will be 

 useful to others growing palms in 

 southern countries. J. A. M. 



The kentia leaf in question is affect- 

 ed with spot, a fungoid disease that is 

 occasionally found on the members of 

 this genus, and one that is encouraged 

 by an excess of moisture both at the 

 root and overhead. Spraying with a 

 solution of sulphide of potassium, com- 

 monly, known as liver of sulphur, will 

 probably check this fungus, the solu- 

 tion to consist of half an ounce of the 

 sulphide dissolved in one gallon of 

 water. 



The plants being outdoors, it is not 

 quite so easy to regulate the amount of 



moisture, but I would try keeping 

 them somewhat drier or else water them 

 earlier in the day, so that they would 

 keep drier at night. W. H. T. 



JtEW TOBK. 



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*■ The Market, 

 cold yy<pi% iiipnsr passed. 



The cold yy«V0i iilBsr passed. It 

 brought snow .tn)> .»tat(9JF^ind some frost 

 near, uq, but »o special damage was 

 done. Even the dahlias escaped and 

 .are still arriving in large shipments. 

 Now we have the IndiaiHilpilmer. 



Before the present w«fr«nds it is 

 expected^he chrysantb^pm,^ flood will 

 begin, but the week opp^ with a com- 

 parative scarcity of flo^m-s of nearly 

 every variety and prices of roses and 

 carnations are firmer. American -Beau- 

 ties now are in constant demand and 

 the price for the best stock is more en- 

 couraging to growers. There should be 

 no further necessity for cleaning up 

 at the ridiculously low prices that have 

 prevailed for many weeks for all the 

 older varieties of roses. The novelties 

 have sold well at good figures, 10 cents 

 for some of the favorites being readily 

 obtainable. 



The best carnations have sold up to 

 3 cents and $1 per hundred is as low 

 as any stock now brings, even in quan- 

 tity. This will force the department 

 store rates to more respectable levels.- 

 There is a sufiScient supply of all 

 the popular seasonable varieties of or- 

 chids. Prices have improved a little 

 and they no longer are cheapened by 

 street offerings. The quality is beyond 

 criticism. Valley and lilies have both 

 Advanced. 



Some grand chrysanthemum stock is 

 here. The finest of them are held at 40 

 cents to 50 cents each, as usual. There 

 is already an abundance of the me- 

 dium and smaller flowers and for these 

 the prices retrograde rapidly. A great 

 flood of these is inevitable. 



Violets are improving in quality, "but 

 prices remain below 50 cents for the 

 specials. The left-overs are many and 

 the street merchants absorb them at 

 their own offer. About 100 boxes are 

 now arriving from Bhinebeck daily. 



Asters and gladioli have passed and 

 the dahlia soon will follow. 



Smilax is down and asparagus is 

 overabundant. 



Club Meeting. 



The meeting of the New York Flo- 

 "^^-^ists' Club October 9 brought out only 

 'aeventy-five members, but proved to be 

 one of the most interesting in the his- 

 tory of the club. Emil Schloss, W. E. 

 Cook and E. E. Bates were elected to 

 membership. The resignations of M. C. 

 Wright and W. F. Shea were accepted 

 with regret. The outing committee re- 

 ported a deficit of only $48.95, with total 

 expenditures of $1,131.95. 



A letter from President Asmus an- 

 nounced the appointment of the National 



Flower Show committeei^Cbarles Leoker 

 gave a talk on the Baltimore convention 

 and Messrs. Farquhar, Totty, Nugent and 

 Manda took part in the discussion. John 

 Young spoke appreciatively of the loy- 

 alty of the club at Baltimore. 



Messrs. Shaw, Miller and Manda were 

 appointed to draw up resolutions on the 

 death of I. L. Powell. An appropriation 

 of $50 was made for the bowlers. Charlea 

 ^chenck and P. O'Mara gave interesting 

 (reports of their European travels this 

 summer. 



C. n. Tqkty exhibited a splendid vase 

 of -Sunbtrrsl roses, which scored eighty- 

 jiine points. Mr. Totty and the E. G. 

 Hill Co. will disseminate the variety in 

 1912. Charles Lenker showed dahlia 

 Enist Glasse and received the club's 

 tharikp. Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., 

 showed a dozen varieties of outdoor roses, 

 receiving the thanks of the club. H. F. 

 t^^ichell Co., Philadelphia, showed fine 

 dahlias, for Which thianks were accorded. 

 Special mention was awarded Manda 's 

 seedling dahlias. 



The. lecture of the evening was by 

 J. K. M. L. Farquhar, of Boston, on 

 ' ' The Horticultural Outlook. ' ' 



The*' mdeting November 13 will be 

 ladies' night and J. Otto ThilOTir,,jweBi- 

 dent of the Florists' Club of PhUjIdel- 

 phia, will deliver an illustrated lecture. 



'>iH jf "■ Various Notes. ;''■'-■ 



•J.' F. Sullivan, of Detroit, arrived 

 October 7 on his usual fall purchasing 

 tour. He visited several of the Flat- 

 bush growers Sunday. 



Lenox opens the exhibition season 

 October 25. Madison's great show 

 opens October 26. The show at the 

 American Institute begins November 1. 

 The same day Tarrytown commences 

 its exhibition, also Elberon, N. J., and 

 Glen Cove, L. I. The Horticultural So- 

 ciety of New York begins its demon- 

 stration at the Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, November 3. Bed Bank and Stam- 

 Mbrd have chosen the same date. So there 

 are busy days ahead for exhibitors. 



H. A. Barnard, of Stuart Low & Co., 

 has returned to England. 



B. J. Irwin's office address is 3097 

 Broadway. He is well and favorably 

 known here. 



H. A. Bunyard was a visitor last 

 week at the Vincent dahlia farm at 

 White Marsh, Md. 



Eugene Dailledouze and wife have 

 returned from their western trip, which 

 extended to California. 



The New York florists who have 

 summer branches at Newport have re- 

 turned to the cify and all' rtport a 

 satisfactory season. Those now indulg- 

 ing in this enterprise are the A. T. 

 Bunyard Co., Joseph Leikens and 

 Wadley & Smythe. 



Some remarkable prices were real- 

 ized for large kentias at the MacNiff 

 auction rooms on Vesey street last 

 week, the Eosery paying as high as 

 $170 for some specimens. Among the 

 prominent retail New Yorkers repre- ^ 

 sented were Alex. McConnell, Myer 

 and Stumpp. Phillips, Abrahams and 

 Hanig, of Brooklyn, also were heavy 

 buyers. There were also some fine 

 palms offered at Elliott's. 



David McKenzie, manager for the 

 John Scott estate, Flatbush, has ac- 

 cepted a similar position with Mr. Dav- 

 enport, at Watertown, Mass. 



Miss Bardsley is now the proprietor 

 of the On away Flower Store, Seventh 

 avenue and Fifty-seventh street. The 

 store opens October 9 for the winter 



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