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OcroBEB 26, 1911. 



The Weekly Rorists* Review* 



IS 



Antoine Wintzer aod Robert Pyle Discussing the Remarkable Attractiveness of Canna Venus en Masse. 



these plants on bigh, well drained 

 ground to winter outside even in New 

 England, I would not advise you to 

 leave your plants outdoors, for in win- 

 ter and early spring, the seasons when 

 the flowers have the most commercial 

 value, you could get nothing from the 

 l)lants outdoors even if they lived. A 

 bench in a carnation house with an 

 average winter minimum temperature 

 of 50 to 52 degrees will suit them nicely 

 and, heated thus, they will give you 

 quite a few flowers. Lift them as care- 

 fully as possible, so as to have some 

 soil adhere to the roots. 



If you can plant some stock outdoors 

 about the last part of April, you will 

 get some fine flowers in late summer — 

 better than can be had under glass. 

 It would be worth while to experiment 

 wi.fl a few plants, mulching with leaves 

 or straw as freezing weather arrives. 

 C. W. 



HTDBANOEAS FOR SPRING, 



We have 500 hydrangeas ordered for 

 November delivery, grown in 6-inch 

 pots. How shall we handle them to 

 .get best results for Easter and Me- 

 morial dayf W. & G. 



It is important that the hydrangeas 

 should not have been exposed to any 

 sharp frosts before being forwarded. 

 Well ripened wood will stand consid- 

 erable cold, but green, immature wood 

 is easily injured. Presuming, however, 

 that your plants were all right when 

 received, place them in a cold pit or 

 greenhouse close to the light, or in a 

 light cellar where they can be?kept as 

 little above freezing as possible, and 

 if the wood is plump, a little frost will 

 not harm them. Plants intended for 

 Easter flowering should be run on the 

 dry side, exposed to full sun, and by 



Christmas they should have hard, nutty- 

 like wood. As the pots are doubtless 

 a mass of roots, it will be better to 

 give the plants a little shift, using a 

 fibrous compost; 8-inch pots will pro- 

 duce fine specimens, carrying up to a 

 dozen heads each. Start right after 

 Christmas, in a temperature of 50 de- 

 grees. Spray freely, but do not water 

 too much until the plants have broken 

 freely; then give water in abundance. 

 As they advance, raise the temperature 

 5 degrees. When flower heads are show- 

 ing, 60 degrees at night, free syringing 

 and lots of water will be needed. Feed 

 liberally when the plants are well 

 rooted around the pots. As the heads 

 show color, keep a trifle cooler if time 

 will permit. 



For Memorial day, the plants can 

 come on more naturally. Start in a 

 cool house in February. As Easter 

 stock goes out, give them more space 

 and heat. Remember always that hy- 

 drangeas are thirsty subjects and like 

 plenty of feeding. Never allow green 

 aphis to get any foothold. Gas, force 

 of water, spraying with nicotine, 

 Aphine and other insecticides, as well 

 as ordinary fumigations with nicotine, 

 will, any one of them, keep the plants 

 clean. C. W. 



DETROIT COMMITTEES. 



The Detroit Florists' Club is taking 

 hold of the work of preparation in 

 anticipation of an extremely large af- 

 fair in January, when the American 

 Carnation Society, the American Rose 

 Society and possibly the National 

 Sweet Pea Society will hold a joint 

 exhibition and convention in the 

 Wayne pavilion. The club has placed 

 the arrangements in the hands of the 

 following committees: 



MANAGEMENT. 

 William Dllger, General Manager. 

 Krcd Pautke Raleigh Wells 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



George E. Browne, Chairmau. 

 Tlioiiias Browne J. F. SulliTan 



Albert Pochelou Philip Breitmeyev 



Mlcliael Bloy Albert Sylvester 



FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

 Philip Breitmeyer, Chairman. 

 Frank Ilolznagle B. Schroeter 



Robert Flowerday George K. Browne 



Gus. II. Taepke Robert Watson 



PUBLICITY COMMITTEE. 

 J. F. Sulliran, Chairman. 

 E. A. Fetters Hugo Schroetor 



William B. Brown C. II. Maynard 



TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 



Albert Sylvester, Chairman. 

 Fred Miescl, Jr. Harry Pickworth 



(Jporge Asraan Murray Paterson 



I.ouls Charvat C. H. Plumb 



Ferd. Becker Harry Smith 



lx)uis Rush George Stevens 



DECORATION COMMITTEE. 



Albert 

 Frank Danzer 

 Frank Walling 

 John Davidson 

 Louis Tossy 

 Louis Nail 

 John de Carteret 

 Ernst Herman 

 John Bain 

 Richard Wendt 



Pocbclon, Chairman. 

 John B. Dinzer 

 John Warncke 

 Albert Iveson 

 John Smith 

 Theodore Mitchell 

 M. Sullivan 

 John Roland 

 Thos. Gowaulock, Jr. 



ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE. 

 Thomas Browne, Chairman. 



Robert Rahaley 

 Walter Taepke 

 John Dunn 

 Harry Hunter 

 William Hielscher 

 A. J. Stahelln 

 August von Bo«8elager 

 II. W. Unger 



RECEPTION 



Ed. Beard 



E. A. Soribner 



J. K. Stock 



Robert Jean 



Hubert Pierce 



A. Miller, Chicago 



S. Seligman, New York 



J. J. Karlns, Phila. 



COMMITTEE. 



Michael 

 Charles Warncke 

 J. Carey, Jr. 

 George Pedrlck 

 J. A. Bisslnger 

 K. Boeringer 

 Lwils Frey 

 John Hall 

 Tlicodorp Mallest 

 R. H. Ellis 

 F. J. Rosser 

 .\lbert Doxey 

 J. H. McIIugh 

 A. Van Beaversleys 

 Alex. Common 



Bloy, Chairman. 

 Otto Stnll 

 Fred Breitmeyer 

 David Beyer 

 F. Kolbe 

 Robert Klagge 

 C. Lohrman 

 George Rackham 

 J. E. Carey 

 J. P. Kayl 

 Christ Wlnterich 

 Don. McLean 

 William Roberts 

 Henry King 



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