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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



October 12, 1911. 



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geJianiums for memorial day. 



Will you ])loaso imblish in the next 

 issue of The Eeviow when to start ge- 

 raniums for Memorial day, and will 

 the cuttings be all rij^ht to start them 

 in 2-infh pots, and when should these 

 he shitted to 4-in('h pots? 1 am a be- 

 ginner and 1 want to grow geraniums 

 for Memorial day. The reason 1 am, 

 asking for information now, 1 would' 

 like to grow two orops of lettuce before 

 starting my geraniums if 1 can, and 1 

 will be much i»leased witli all the in- 

 formation J can get on raising gera- 

 niums. .1. li. X. 



• 'uttings should be inserted sometime 

 during October if you want first-class 

 .4-inch pot geraniums at ^lemorial day. 

 You- can i)hice them singly in U inch 

 potsi of sandy loam, or, it you want 

 to economize space, use flats three 

 inches deep, with good drainage and 

 filled with sharp sand. AVater the sand 

 well, and then cut lines with a piece of 

 thin; steel or a mason's trowel and 

 place the cuttings in at the rate of 

 12.1 to 150 to each flat 114x12x3. Trim 

 the leaves oil' the cuttings quite closely. 

 ]f they are sai>py let them lie and dry 

 over night before placing in the sand. 

 Stand the Hats on a shelf. Uive 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 jiots in .January 

 and later shifted to 4-inch jjots. If 

 you decide to place them singly in 2- 

 imdi jiots, it is better to shift iirst to 3- 

 iiudi and later to 4 inch. Large shifts 

 do not ]>ny. 



You can put in additional geranium 

 cuttings as late as February and these 

 will malie nice 3-inch stock by Memo- 

 rial day, but will not be so large as 

 the fall ]tropagated jdants. (.'. \V. 



SPOT ON KENTIAS. 



I am enclusing a leaf of seedling 

 Kentia Itelmoreana wliic-h are l)ecoming 

 infested with what ajipears to be a fun- 

 gous discisc of a ba<l ciiaracter. The 

 plants ail' growing in the open shade, 

 planted in rii'h 1»'af mold soil iiihI well 

 watercil. I shall -esteem a suggestion 

 as to till' remedy and hope it will be 

 useful t(i others growing palms in 

 soutliciii cnuiilrics. .1. A. M. 



The kciitiii leaf in question is alfect- 

 ed with spot, a luiignid disease tluit is 

 occasionall\- I'oimd on the members of 

 this genus, and oiu^ that is encouraged 

 l>y an exress of moisture both ;it the 

 root and (i\erliea(|. Sjiraying witli a 

 solution of suljdiide of potassium, com- 

 monly known as liver of sulphur, will 

 probably eheck this fungus, the solu- 

 tion to consist of half an ounce of the^ 

 sulphide disxihcd in one gallon of 

 water. 



'J'he jilants being outdoors, it is not 

 quite so easy to regulate the .'iinount of 



moisture, but I would try keeping 

 them somewhat drier or else water them 

 earlier in the day, so that they would 

 keep <lrier at night. W. Jf. T. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The cold wave has passed. It 

 brought snow up state, and some frost 

 near us, but no special damage was 

 done. Kven the dahlias escaped and 

 are still arriving in large shipments. 

 Now we have the Indian summer. 



Ik'fore the ])resent week ends it is 

 expected the chrysanthemum flood will 

 begin, but the week opened with a com- 

 parative scarcity of flowers 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 

 J ire vailed for many weeks for all the 

 older varieties of roses. The novelties 

 liave sold well at good figures, 10 cents 

 for some of the favorites being readily 

 ol)tainable. 



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 dei)artment 

 store rates to more respectable levels. 



There is a sufficient supply of all 

 the popular seasonable varieties of or- 

 ( hids. I'rices 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 yrand chrysanthemum stock is 

 here. The finest of them arc held at 40 

 cents to ~)0 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 

 ])rices remain below ."id 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 K'hinebeck daily. 



Asters and gladioli have passed and 

 the dahlia soon will follow. 



Sniilax is d(»wn and asp.aragus is 

 o\ erabundant. 



Club Meeting. 



Tlie iiKH'ting of the New "^drk Flo- 

 rists' Club October U brought out only 

 se\('nty-fi\e members, but proved to he 

 one of the most interesting in the his- 

 tory of the club. Kmil Scldoss, W. E. 

 Cook and E. E. Bates were elected to 

 membership. The resignations of M. C. 

 AVright and "W. F. Shea wore accepted 

 with regret. The outing committee re- 

 ported a deficit of onlv .1^48.95, with total 

 expenditures of $1,131.0.1. 



A letter from President A.smus an- 

 nounced tli'o appointment of the" National 



Flower Show committeo^^Charles Lenker 

 gave a talk on the Baltimore convention 

 and Messrs. Farquhar, Totty, Nugent and 

 ]\Ianda 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 resolutioius on the 

 death of I. L. Powell. An appropriation 

 of $50 was made for the bowlers. Charles. 

 Schenck and P. O'Mara gave interesting 

 reports of their European travels this 

 summer. 



C. II. Totty exhibited a splendid vase 

 of Sunburst roses, which scored eighty- 

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

 Hill Co. will disseminate the variety in 

 1912. Charles Lenker showed dahlia 

 Ernst Glasse and received the club's 

 thanks. Wm. Tricker, Arlington, N. J., 

 showed a dozen varieties of outdoor roses, 

 receiving the thanks of the club. H. F. 

 Michell Co., Philadelphia, showed fine 

 dahlias, for which thanks 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 meeting November 13 will be 

 ladies' night and J. Otto Thilow, presi- 

 dent of the Florists' Club of Philadel 

 pliia, will deliver an illustrated lecture. 



"Various Notes. 



.T. 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 20. 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 Y'ork begins its demon- 

 stration at the Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, November 3. Eed Bank and Stam- 

 ford have cho.sen the same date. So there 

 are busy days ahead for exhibitors. 



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

 has returned to England. 



R. J. Irwin's oflice address is 3097 

 Broadway. He is well and favorably 

 known here. 



H. A. Bunyard Avas a visitor last 

 w^eek 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 Y''ork florists who have 

 summer branches at Newport have re- 

 turned to the city and all report a 

 satisfactory season. Those now indulg- 

 ing in this enterprise are the A. T. 

 Bunyard (^o., .Joseph Leikens and 

 Wadlcy & Smythe. 



Some remarkable prices were real- 

 ized for large kentias at the MacNiff 

 auction rooms on Vesey street last 

 week, the liosery paying as high as 

 $170 for some specimens. Among the 

 j)roininent retail New Yorkers repre- 

 sented were Alex. r^rcConnell, Myer 

 and Stumpji. Phillips. Abrahams and 

 Hanig, of Brooklyn, also were heavy 

 buyers. There were also some fine 

 paims offered at Elliott's. 



David uVFcKenzie, manager for the 

 John Scott estate, Flatbush, has ac- 

 cepted a similar position with Mr. Dav- 

 enport, at Watertown, Mass. 



^riss l^.ardsley is now the proprietor 

 of the Onaway Flower Store, Seventh 

 avenue and Fifty seventh street. The 

 store opens 0<-tol>er 9 for the winter 



