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TheWcckly Florists' Review. 



NOVXUIBBB 9, 1911. 



toward improvement of varieties in this 

 country. In 1902 our earliest white, 

 Mme. Bergmann, was seen on the mar- 

 ket early in October. Now we can 

 have larger and better flowers in July, 

 if desired. The same may be said re- 

 garding the yellows. Pinks have not 

 advanced in the same ratio, although 

 Unaka may be had in fine form in the 

 first week of October. We also have 

 been given such good varieties as Dolly 

 Dimple, Golden Eagle, Lynnwood Hall, 

 Chrysolora and others, which show 

 marked advances in their particular 

 color and type. 



During the last few years equal gains 

 are manifest in the exhibition section. 

 Such newcowers as F. E. Nash, Lenox, 

 Glencove and Morristown compare fa- 

 vorably in size and finish with the im- 

 portations. The limit has not been 

 reached and if we progress we must 

 have better qualities, for when we con- 

 sider the qualities requisite for the best 

 commercial and exhibition sorts, it does 

 not take long to discern wherein most 

 of them are deficient. In the commer- 

 cials we might have better midseason 

 whites; a good pink as early as Golden 

 Glow; a type with foliage up to the 

 bloom, to which some of the later pro- 

 ductions are showing a marked tend- 

 ency, and many of the exhibition varie- 

 ties would be greatly improved if fo- 



liage could be supplemented for the 

 long, bare neck, while others would add 

 to the appearance of our exhibitions if 

 their stems were stiflfer. 



While this society allows artificial 

 supports, I predict the time is not far 

 distant when this measure will be re- 

 pealed. To my mind, those which can- 

 not sustain their blooms are of slight 

 consequence, regardless of other qualifi- 

 cations, and artificial supports in all 

 classes calling for vases of twelve 

 blooms or more should be eliminated. 

 Why should we encourage retrogression 

 rather than insist that our standard of 

 excellence shall ever continue upward f 

 There are qualities other than size that 

 appeal to the refined taste, and we 

 should not forget that color and form 

 are the fundamentals underlying beauty 

 as Mature presents it; nor should we de- 

 grade these two characteristics in our 

 effort to increase size. 



Let us hope for greater achievements 

 and focus our force and energy to that 

 end, 80 that when the hourglass of time 

 marks the closing of the next decade we 

 will then realize how weak we are at 

 the present. As a society we have obli- 

 gations to perform. Let us all join 

 hands in an effort to increase our use- 

 fulness for the betterment of all. In 

 union there is strength, and earnest 

 endeavor leads to success. 



C. S. A. ANNUAL AGBETINa. 



Officers Elected. 



The annual business meeting, at 

 which President Elmer D. Smith read 

 the address printed on this and th6 pre- 

 ceding page, was held at the Coliseum, 

 St. Louis, Mo., on Wednesday afternoon, 

 November 8, the attendance being 

 about what it has averaged for some 

 years past. The reports showed the 

 society to be making steady if not rapid 

 progress. The principal business was 

 the election of officers for the ensuing 

 year, which resulted as follows: 



President— Charles H. Totty, Mad 

 ison, N. J. 



Vice-president — Wallace E. Pierson, 

 Cromwell, Conn. 



Secretary — Charles W. Johnson, Mor- 

 gan Park, lU., reelected. 



Treasurer — John N. May, Summit, N. 

 J., reelected. 



It was resolved to push the work the 

 society has done, in the next year, 

 harder than ever. 



THE WORE OF H. B. FISHEB. 



The accompanying illustrations are 

 reproduced from photographs showing 

 the work of H. R. Fisher, of Marysville, 

 Kan. The cross, the lyre and the an- 

 chor are designs that every florist is 

 called on to make with frequency. • 



BULBS EATEN BY MOLES. 



Last year, when I took the covering 

 off my bulbs, I found they had been 

 nearly all eaten by meadow moles. I 

 don't want that to happen to my bulbs 

 this year. Can you tell me what to do 

 to prevent it! I put the bulbs on the 

 east side of the greenhouse and cover 

 them over with ashes and leaves. 



J. J. K. 



Anchor by H. R^ Fisher, Maryiville, Kan. 



As meadow moles are so destructive 

 with you, it would be much better if 

 you stored your bulbs on the floor of 

 a cold cellar. There is no necessity or 

 good reason for storing bulbs outdoors, 

 unless it is for want of space indoors 

 for them. When stored inside they can 

 be reached at any time, even in the 

 most severe weather, something not 

 always possible when they are pro- 

 tected outdoors. If you have no cellar, 

 closed shed or pit, utilize a coldframe 

 and put sashes over them when the 

 weather becomes severe. If you have 

 no possible indoor storage place, all you 

 can do is to use mole traps, standing 

 these in their runs and examining them 

 frequently. You should be able to 

 build a framework of planks or boards 

 to enclose the bulbs; these, if sunk 

 down to the bottom of the soft earth, 

 would probably keep out the pests. The 

 best way, however, is to keep your 

 bulbs under cover, where they can be 

 cool; do not place them near fire heat. 

 C. W. 



TO KILL MOLES AND BATS. 



What is the best way to kill moles 

 and rats in the greenhouse? They are 

 causing me a great deal of trouble. 

 There are moles in practically every 

 solid bed in the house. S. S. 



Keep one or two good cats around 

 the greenhouses; they are better than 

 poisons or traps for rats aad mice. For 

 moles secure one or two of the sppcial 

 mole traps such- as the Olmsted or Red- 

 dick; the latter we find catches Ihem 



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