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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Ai'BiL 6, 1911. 



tiibutcd, 1,(100 eojiies of Jiulk'tin No. 1, 

 ;iU(l L'.UOO copies of J5ulk'tiii ^'o. -. 

 Si'Vi'iJiI of ilio ];itost julditioiis to the 

 llK'Illbol•^illi|l roll arc JloUaiul gladiolus 

 liull) growers. 



The cxliiliitioii to lie held at Haiti 

 mure in August was iliscussed aud ])lans 

 made lor the largest disi)luy of cut 

 liloonis e\ t'i- staged l)y the growers of 

 gladioli. Sexcr.'il special prizes were 

 jiledged. It also was recuininended by 

 the exhibition conniiittee that all or- 

 ganizations holding shows in season bo 

 uiged to increase their premiums for 

 gladioli. The committee, 11. Youell, L. 

 -.M(Mton (Jagc and L. 1>. .ludson. also 

 made the following recommendation in 

 regard to 



Rules to govern the awarding of cer- 

 t ideates of merit and suggesting a scale 

 of points on judging: 



Your committee feels that this is such 

 a vital and far-reaching matter to those 

 who exhibit seedlings for certificates, 

 and to the many points to be deter- 

 mined upon, that it is best to submit 

 the following, and ask for a full and 

 free discussion, as the best solution of 

 a diflicult jtroblem and (uic which shall 

 be satisfactory to all: 



iMtoposKi) s;c(»i;i: cakh ihk i;i..\iiioi.i. 



Ilcsist.TiKc to discMsc' r> 



'IVxturo of llciwcr 10 



Itui'ulidiJ of blcoiii 10 



Size of bloom 10 



Color of bloiiiii IT) 



rorm of (lowci 10 



I'oi'iii of spilic . . 10 



Stem (lcii)j;lli :iii(l .--lilTni'^s) 10 



-Number of (lowcis oi; >|iik'' ITi 



Vigor (asiiic frciii (li>c:i>c ri'si.-luucfi 5 



After considt'i'alde discussion tli(> re- 

 port :tiid scale were atlopted. 



Prof. A. C. Iteal was |iresent, repre- 

 senting the society ■,■» trial ground at 

 Cornell I'niversity. A lettt-r from I'rof. 

 ("raig was lead, and one from a i'^uro- 

 pean lirm regaiding the grading of 

 siz(>s ill (pioting prices. The bulletin 

 committee was instructecl to get out 

 another issue befoic the Baltimore 

 meeting. .1. Kcur. ol' llillegom, Hol- 

 land, calli'd attention to Avhat he con- 

 tiiders the harmful jiractice of some 

 growers who cut the bloom aiMl later 

 sell the bulb. He also jiointed out that 

 some fine varieties never juoduce large 

 bulbs and that, therefore grading mix- 

 tures by size is not desirable. 



GLADIOLUS NOMENCLATURE. 



I.Xiiliiir Cnwcc, licrliu, N. V.. cli;iiiiii;in of tlir 

 Nc)mciirl:'liiic ('niiiiiiiltco of tlio .\ii]i'iii-;in Chiili" 

 Ills Socicl.v. iircM'iitcil I 111' full.iW in;: ix-poit ■■mii 

 rccoiiiiii('liil;it ions, wliicli \vi'H> :iilii|itL'il, :it tlic 

 inci'ljii!.' .Ml Uohilon Miiicli ;;ii. 1 



A good jihysician, Iteforc pics'iibing 

 tor liis ])atient. usually in.'ikos a diag- 

 nosis of his case anil I lirlii'\r that the 

 same principle siioiild apjilv to the pies 

 eiit londition of the gi.ailiohis noineii- 

 ' latiire. and. so f.ar a- my knowledge 

 :^oes. ] A\ill lu'cceed to di.ignose the case. 



(Iladioli h.i\i' been L;rowii 1oi- nioi'e 

 than a i-enti!''y. but not until .a few 

 yeais ;i:^ii li:i- llievi' been ext raori I i na rv 

 mteii'-t lalveii in tlieii extensive culture, 

 and lip to which time tliere re.ally had 

 iiecii no trouble in the len.aniiiig or the 

 iluplie:i 1 ion of names, I'roin the yi'ar 



I'.MIL' to I'.Mi; their Uele d i-t li bute/l . in 



this conntiy aleiie, over fiiie million new 

 .-eedlii'us and n.ained novidties ol most 

 unusii;d types. ;iiid many bearing colors 

 and combinations ot colors Tie\er before 

 si'en or thought jiossible hy the a\erage 

 grower lit this tlower, Such stock fand 

 no wondei!) attr.icted the attention of 

 in.'nix' glowers of other tlowers. ;is -well 

 as some who hail never grown tor the 

 ■■..'irki't . immediately after j'ossessing 

 which these new gladiolus growers, 



without the knowlcdL'e of exist ill'i \ :i 



ricties as well as being ignorant as to 

 what had already been done toward 

 naming many of these new seedlings, 

 started in to mark, classify ;ind estab- 

 lish ;i named list of their own. Under 

 such conditions, is it any wonder that 

 many varieties have been renamed? 

 The wonder to me is that we have not 

 more of them. JSo much for my version 

 of the cause of renaming. 



In most if not every department of 

 horticulture as well as floriculture, the 

 grower in selecting names for his 

 jilants, flowers, fruit, etc., aside from 

 the botanical standpoint, tries, so far 

 as is Jiossible. to select names which 

 will indicate to the purchaser of his 

 product some jiarticularly good attri- 

 bute which his jdant, llower or fruit 

 ]iossesses. It may be color, size, form, 

 or some characteristic which, as said 

 tibove, he wishes to imply in the name. 

 -Now, with this idea in mind, is it any 

 wonder that there are today two three, 

 or even more varieties of gladioli bear- 

 ing the same name? 



We have now diagnosed these two 

 cases. What remedy, and how shall we 

 apply it? is the question. 



We have a well-organized society, and 

 while as yet but few foreign members, 

 1 believe we will be able to secure the 

 cociperation of those foreign growers 

 Avho may not join our society, and 

 anticipating this, I trust I may be per- 

 mitted to oiler the following procedure 

 as a remedy aud the application of the 

 same. 



First: I would have our society pos- 

 sess, lioth :it the trial grounds and at 

 the ollice of our secretary, a copy of the 

 catalogue of every gladiolus grower in 

 this country and Europe, from which a 

 list of all existing varieties, together 

 with descriptions of the same, could be 

 made up and, with many varieties, we 

 could at the same time secure the name 

 of the originator, and also in many 

 cases the year in which the variety 

 was first disseminated. 



^'our committee could then easily 

 asceitaiii where names were duplicated 

 •and u]ion such information reiiuest those 

 growers having such varieties to send 

 to the trial grounds three to five bulbs 

 for testing, :iccompanied with the fol- 

 lowing statement: 



( 1 ) Name of \ ;iiiet \ ; 



(-) ,\,aiiie of gmwei- olferiiig the 

 \ ariety ; 



( .". ) Full description, including form, 

 I olor, jiabit. etc,; 



( t ) I5\- w liom originated : 



( •" I 'J'he il.ate or yeiir nf introdiic- 

 t ion. 



With this information ;iinl u tliorough 

 tri.al upon the grcjiimU ;it Itliac.-i, there 

 should be no iliMibt ;is to Ashich grower 

 should be entitled to tin' use ot' the 

 disputed iKiiiie. which s|i()|,i,i 1,,. witli. 

 dr.awn by the other cl.iiniants upon the 



receipt of siicli rei|llest troin the su|ier 



iiitend(>nt ot' the iiial grounds, endorsed 

 by the pre-ideiii and secretary of the 

 society. 



The remedy and .applicat ion of s.ame 

 to the second coinplicit ion i remaining) 

 is tiiore diflicult. the ju'oper ad jiistinent 

 ol which will ■lepend |;irgely u|ion the 

 mdi\idu;il assistance nf the members 

 of our soeiefy, both professional and 

 ain.'iteur. 



To the professional grower I would 

 recommend the following: 



First, when sending out mixtures of 

 any kind, eitlier general or under color 

 .sidection, th.at he h.ave jirinted on the 

 reverse side of every label, a notice 

 flint the mixture sfi offered is rifher 



composed of named varieties, or seed- 

 lings under process of classification, or 

 both, and the purchaser should be 

 warned against naming any of such, 

 without first consulting the producer 

 and submitting a spike of the variety 

 which he may wish to name. 



Second, I would recommend, wher- 

 ever or whenever any grower may 

 have knowledge of the renaming of any 

 variety, that he give to the superin- 

 tendent of our trial grounds such in- 

 formation, accompanied with three to 

 five bulbs of the variety so renamed, 

 together with three to five bulbs of the 

 variety bearing the correct name. 



This last suggestion would be equally 

 applicable to the amateur, and by such 

 cooperation I feel sure we would be 

 but a short time in clearing up the 

 gladiolus nomenclature. 



It is true that in the execution of 

 such measures as I have suggested more 

 or less disappointment is sure to fall to 

 some growers, and I, for one, will be 

 only too glad to take my medicine with 

 a smile, if, in the end, the loyal and 

 enthusiastic amateur as well as the pro- 

 fessional grower can be assured of pro- 

 tection against this practice, the elimi- 

 nation of which I believe will stimulate 

 greater demand for our favorite flower 

 and which can certainly be accom- 

 plished by our society, but only through 

 the hearty and unselfish cooperation of 

 its members. 



THE BUILDING OF A BUSINESS. 



[A paper by August F. Poolilmann, of Morton 

 Grove, 111., read before the American Rose 

 Society, in convention at Boston, Mass., March 

 IT) to April 1, 1911.] 



In compliance with a wish expressed 

 by our worthy president and vice-presi- 

 dent, I have prepared a paper on the 

 ' ' Development of an Up-to-Date Rose- 

 Growing Establishment," which, I be- 

 lieve, will also apply to other interests. 

 I can "t quite understand why I was 

 selected, but I have an idea the gentle 

 men referred to know it's one of my 

 short suits. In deference, therefore, to 

 those present, 1 will confine myself to a 

 few brief remarks, fiiuching the subject 

 in :i general way. 



The ile\eloiinu'nt of any business de- 

 pends not only on one or two things, 

 but upon ;i happy combination of vari- 

 ous conditions, properly ajiplied. These 

 i-onditions may be classified, 1 would 

 say, under the following terms: Abil- 

 ity, integrity, demand, and locality and 

 environments. 



Ability and Integrity. 



eiii M.iy hegan iiusiness m a small w.ay. 

 spiiried 111! iiy initial success, the earn- 

 ings were rein\estei| from time to time 

 to pro\ ide for the increasing demand 

 of the |iitM|uct. It becomes second na- 

 ture, tlieii, to plan extensions and im- 

 {irovements. which in regular course 



,-- -.^ course 



create new heads. Kesjioiisibility is 

 shifted. The work becomes more spe 

 cific; each head is a specialist. This 

 system is geiier.al throughout; there- 

 fore, on the ability to do depends 

 largidy the .ability to supjily demand. 

 Ability to discern tin- \;ilu(^ of new 

 varieties, by pnn ioiis knowledge of 

 parents or otherwise, and to anticipate 

 the deinand for these, can properly bo 



( 'o[u-liulf(J on paire ''J. ! 



