July 4, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



17 



Among the Sweet Peat at Floradale Farm, Lompoc, CaL — Photograph by David Burpee. 



(From left to rlsrht In the picture are Lester L. Morse, of C. C. Morse & Co., San Francisco; Hu(rh Dlchson, Belfast, Ireland; H. M. Klrby, of Peter Hender- 

 son & Co., New York; E. E. Brutrgerhof, of J. M. Thorburn & Co,, New York; James Oantlay, Lompoc; A. iK'hman, Lompoc: Kdwin Lonsdale, Lompoo; 

 Clifford Cantlay and Mls8 Cantlay, Lompoc; Miss Beatrice Kennedy, Mr. Burpee's niece; W. Atlee.Bur|)ee; Douglas Earl, son of Howard Earl; W. Atk-i- Burpee, Jr. 



tie under a hot summer sun, scarlet, 

 orange, crimson and salmon pink burn- 

 ing the worst. A strip of cheesecloth 

 stretched over the plants and tied here 

 and there will make the plants hold 

 their color well. Where shade is not 

 given the flowers should be picked quite 

 early in the morning and, when pick- 

 ing, arrange to have the flowers placed 

 in water in a cool room as soon as pos- 

 sible and do not leave them lying here 

 and there between the rows until the 

 flowers are all gathered. 



There is no annual so valuable to 

 country florists as sweet peas. With 

 good care they will flower through the 

 entire summer, and it is surely worth 

 some little extra effort to achieve such 

 results. Watering, feeding, mulching 

 and keeping the seed pods carefully re- 

 moved are all great aids to successful 

 culture, while on the evenings of hot 

 days a good hosing will greatly refresh 

 the plants. 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



The National Sweet Pea Society of 

 America will hold its annual conven- 

 tion and exhibition at Boston July 13 

 and 14 and it is already assured that 

 the sweet pea will thereby be given 

 another tremendous boost. The pre- 

 mium list, now on the press and to be 

 sent out within a few days by Secre- 

 tary Harry A. Bunyard, carries prizes 

 far exceeding anything heretofore of- 

 fered for a sweet pea exhibition in 

 America. Not only are the classes nu- 

 merous, but the premiums are valuable. 

 Growers in the vicinity of Boston are 

 making elaborate preparations and an 

 exhibition many times as large as any 

 previous sweet pea show is assured. A 

 large number of sweet pea specialists 

 from all parts of the United States will 

 be in attendance. 



The program for the meeting is as 



follows: 



SATURDAY, JULY 13, 3 P. M. 



Address of welponio. 

 I'l-esldent Sim's addross. 

 Secretary Bunynrd's report. 



Treasurer Boddington's report. 



Nomination of otMcers for 1913. 



Invitations for next meeting place. 



Election of officers. 



Vote on the next meeting place. 



"Our Present Knowledge of Sweet Pea Dis- 

 eases and Their Control," by Prof. J. J. Tauben- 

 haus. Agricultural Experiment Station, Newark, 

 Del. 



Address by George W. Kerr, Doylestown, Pa. 



•Address by Leonard Barron, Garden City, 

 N. Y. 



SATURDAY, JULY 13, 7 P. M. 



Informal luncheon for members of the Sweet 

 Pea Society, tendered by the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston. 



SUNDAY, JULY 14, 11 A. M. 



Question box. 

 Unfinished business. 



Notice of change in by-laws: The 



executive committee recommends that 



the name of our society be changed 



from the National Sweet Pea Society 



of America to the American Sweet Pea 



Society. This will be voted upon at 



the next meeting. Kindly be present 



and express your views. 



WAS NOT PROPERLY GIiAZED. 



My greenhouse was built only a year 

 and a half ago and the putty is already 

 sliding down the roof like icicles in cold 

 weather. The roof had a good coat of 

 paint after the putty was put on, and 

 all the timbers were painted before the 

 house was put up. The firm that sold 

 me the house sent putty in kegs, but not 

 enough and I bought a lot more here. 

 At first I thought that perhaps the putty 

 I bought here might not have been of 

 good quality, but it all seems to be 

 coming off, so I infer there is no dif- 

 ference in the quality. A local man 

 suggested laying the glass in white lead, 

 but of course the putty that is under 

 the glass is intact. V. A. A. 



From what is said in this letter, it 

 would appear that the mistake is in 

 using putty over the glass the same as 

 in glazing window sashes. In the glaz- 

 ing of greenhouses the putty should only 

 be used underneath and at the sides. 

 Had the house been glazed in this way 

 there would probably have been an 

 ample supply of putty and it could 



hardly have become loosened. In order 

 to get the roof into good condition, 

 after scraping off the putty from above 

 the glass, the outer portion of the sash- 

 bars should be painted, allowing the 

 paint to run down into the cracks at the 

 sides of the glass. Then, unless special 

 greenhouse putty is used, about ten per 

 cent of white lead should be thoroughly 

 mixed with ordinary putty and this 

 should be pressed down into the cracks, 

 so as to fill all openings at the side and 

 under the sash. The roof should then 

 receive a second coat of paint, taking 

 pains to cover the putty and about one- 

 eighth of an inch along the edges of the 

 panes. 



TILL THE HOUSE IS READY. 



I have a house of roses — American 

 Beauty, Killarney and White Killarney 

 — and wish to turn this into a carnatioia 

 house. What treatment would you ad- 

 vise in moving the roses until I can put 

 up another house for them? Any sug- 

 festions would be thankfully received. 

 How would pruning them back and heel- 

 ing them in do until the house would be 

 completed? H. E. H. 



Lift and prune back the roses, heel 

 them in and keep them somewhat on the 

 dry side until you are ready to replant 

 them. Do not prune back too hard 

 now; you should leave sufficient wood 

 so that a little more heading back can 

 be done at planting time. C. W. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Enclosed you will find a flower of 

 which I should like to know the name. 

 I think it is a veronica. Please tell me 

 the full botanical name. K. D. E. 



The plant is Veronica spicata. 



C. W. 



Aberdeen, Miss.— George F. Grennor, 

 formerly with Mills the Florist, at Jack- 

 sonville, Fla., is now connected with 

 the Aberdeen Floral Co., in this citv. 



