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THE CHAMFAIQN MEETING. 



A Lively Session. 



The first day's session of the sixth 

 annual convention of the Illinois State 

 Florists' Association, and the flower 

 show, were covered fully, and exclu- 

 sively, in last week's issue of The 

 Eeview. 



A lively closing session was held 

 Thursday morning, February 9, follow- 

 ing excellent papers by J. C. Vaughan, 

 read by E. A. Wood in the writer's ab- 

 sence; E. G. Hill and H. B. Dorner. 

 While the discussion in many cases 

 went far outside the scope of the pa- 

 pers, it was none the less interesting 

 and profitable as bringing out different 

 points of view. 



W. N. Eudd said the meeting had 

 been so successful, and the year's work 

 so good, he moved the reelection of the 

 entire corps of officers. It was done, 

 with a shout. The officers are: Presi- 

 dent, C. L. Washburn, Chicago; vice- 

 president, C. Loveridge, Peoria; secre- 

 tary, J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville; treas- 

 urer, F. L. Washburn, Bloomington. On 

 motion of C. L. Washburn, the secre- 

 tary's salary was placed at $.50 a year. 



Judges' Beport. 



The judges, George Asmus, Joseph 

 Kohout and W. J. Keimel, awarded the 

 following certificates: To E. G. Hill 

 Co., Richmond, Ind., for Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward rose, scoring 86 points; for Sun- 

 burst rose, scoring 90 points, and for 

 Bonfire carnation, scoring 86 points; to 

 Chicago Carnation Co., for Carnation 

 Washington, scoring 87 points, and Car- 

 nation Princess Charming, scoring 86 

 points; to F. Dorner & Sons Co., La- 

 fayette, Ind., for Carnation White Won- 

 der, scoring 85 points; Carnation Glori- 

 osa, scoring 86 points, and for seedling 

 No. 115-07, pink, scoring 85 points. 



Each of the other exhibitors, whose 

 displays were described in last week's 

 issue of The Review, were given honor- 

 able mention. 



The Banquet. 



The banquet was the fifth annual 

 event of the kind and the most success- 

 ful to date. About sixty members and 

 guests were present. W. N. Rudd, of 

 Morgan Park, was toastmaster. Those 

 called on for talks were: C. L. Wash- 

 burn, Chicago, president of the Illinois 

 State florists' Association; George As- 

 mus, Chicago, president of the S. A. F. ; 

 E. G. Hill, Richmond, Ind.; Mr. Atkin- 

 son, of the Champaign Chamber of Com- 

 merce; J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 

 secretary of the Illinois State Florists' 

 Association; C. P. Mueller, Wichita, 

 Kan.; C. Loveridge, Peoria, vice-presi- 

 dent of the Hlinois State Florists ' Asso- 

 ciation; Dr. Burrell, the venerable vice- 

 president of the Universitv of Illinois; 

 H. B. Howard, Chicago; E. A. White, 

 instructor in floriculture, Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, Amherst; H. B. 



Dorner, secretary of the S. A. F. and 

 in charge of the floricultural experiment 

 station at Urbana; G. B. Franks, Cham- 

 paign, who had arranged the entertain- 

 ment. 



Those Present. 



In addition to the forty-seven mem- 

 bers named in last week's issue of The 

 Review, as present on the opening day, 

 the following arrived either in time for 

 the banquet or for the session Febru- 

 ary 9: 



Addcms, C. J., Loda. 

 Augustine, H., Normal. 

 Augustine, A. N., Normal. 

 Beatty, C. A.. Cblcago. 

 Elchel, Arthur, Chlcag<i. 

 Nolan, David, S-ringtteld. 

 Salmons, 3. S., I'eoria. 



Slebold, , , Peoria. 



SnedPkcr. I. I)., JerseyvlUe. 

 Waslilmru. (5. A., lllnomlngtun. 

 White, I'rof. E. A.. .Amherst, Mass. 



SPIB.SAS FOB EASTEB. 



When should Spiraea Gladstone be 

 started for Easter, 1911? What tem- 

 perature will be required, and what 

 general treatment? R. E. G. 



Spiraea Gladstone, in order to have it 

 in bloom for Easter, which comes this 

 year April 16, a later date than us^al, 

 should have been in an average night 

 temperature of 60 degrees by February 

 10. If you have not this heat at com- 

 mand, you should allow it two weeks 

 longer if given 10 degrees less heat. 

 It takes longer to flower this spiraea 

 than the old Japonica. Should we get 

 warm weather, as often happens during 

 the last half of March, it may be neces- 

 sary to place the plants in a cooler 

 house. 



Pots six and seven inches in diameter 

 are the best sizes for S. Gladstone. The 

 principal requirement of all the herba- 

 ceous spiraeas in pots is an abundant 

 water supply. When the pots are . full 

 of roots, they can scarcely be over- 

 watered, and liquid manure in addition 

 can be supplied twice a week when 

 active growth has started. Avoid 

 heavy fumigation, as spiraea foliage is 

 tender and burns even more easily than 

 adiantum fronds. Use one of the nico- 

 tine papers, which are perfectly safe. 



C. W. 



WINTEB FLOWEBING GEBANIUMS. 



Early in February is a good time to 

 put in the cuttings of geraniums to 

 flower next winter. As between root- 

 ing the cuttings in the cutting bench 

 or pots, I much prefer the latter, as 

 there is a much smaller percentage of 

 loss from damping off. Loam passed 

 through a half-inch screen,* with a good 

 addition of gritty sand, makes an ideal 

 compost. When making the cuttings, 

 there is no need to damp them over to 

 prevent wilting. On the other hand, I 

 find it a positive advantage to allow 

 them to lie on the bench and dry for a 

 few hours before potting them singly. 

 A bench with a little bottom heat is 

 what they like. Stand the little pots 

 (2-inch is the right size) close together. 

 Water well. Never shade at all. Let 

 them dry out well before watering 

 again and there is no reason why 

 ninety-five per cent will not root. Shift 

 successively into .3-inch, 4-inch and 

 6-inch pots. Avoid using much animal 

 manure at any time. One-fourth of 

 old mushroom manure is good for the 

 last potting, also a 4-inch pot of fine 

 bone to each bushel of compost. 



For the best results grow under glass, 

 either in the greenhouse or coldframe, 

 all the time. Pinch to keep the plants 

 shapely and before they flower do any 

 necessary staking. Six-inch pots will 

 give more flowers proportionately 

 than larger sized ones. They must be 

 well matted with roots to flower freely. 

 Liquid manure promotes a soft growth, 

 which flowers poorly. On the other 

 hand, top-dressings of fine bone or 

 Clay's fertilizer, especially the latter. 



keep the growths harder, and a 6-inch 

 l)ot of Crampel, Scaramanche, Zola or 

 Tom McLaren, carrying nine to eighteen 

 spikes of open flowers, will elicit lauda- 

 tory remarks from anyone. 



The double varieties may ship a lit- 

 tle better than the singles, but cannot 

 hold a candle to the singles for florifer- 

 ousness and beauty. The following have 

 this season been extra fine: Richmond 

 Beauty, light scarlet, white eye; 

 Jacquerie, crimson scarlet, immense 

 trusses, splendid Christmas variety, 

 equally good for pot culture or bed- 

 ding; Paul Crampel, no other scarlet 

 can yet touch this fojr brilliancy or 

 equal it for free blooming qualities; 

 The Sirdar, bright scarlet, white eye; 

 Sydney, the same color as Carnation 

 Pink Delight, immense flowers of the 

 English round flowering type; Snow- 

 drop, still the best pure white; Re- 

 formator, reddish scarlet, dwarf and 

 free flowering; Maxine Kovalevski, 

 bright orange scarlet; Duke of Bed- 

 ford, crimson, flowers two and one-half 

 inches across, of English round flowered 

 type; Tom McLaren, salmon center, 

 outer edges of petals almost pure white, 

 a beautiful variety; Emile Zola, rich 

 salmon orange, not so vigorous in habit 

 as other sorts, free flowering, one of the- 

 finest varieties Lemoine has sent out; 

 Scaramanche, a stocky habit, good 

 grower, immense trusses of deep orange,, 

 flowers carried on stiff stems, the most 

 admired variety I have grown this sea- 

 son and one of the finest singles in 

 commerce; Claire Frenot, pale rose,, 

 veined with rosy salmon, large trusses. 



