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The Florists' Review 



APaiL 3, 1913. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Adjourned Meeting. 



The adjourned meeting of the Society 

 of American Florists will be held in 

 the lecture room in the New Grand 

 Central Palace at the time of the Inter- 

 national Flower Show, as follows: Mon- 

 day, April 7, at 10:30 a. m., and Thurs- 

 day, April 10, at 10:30 a. m. 



John Young, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



On account of the flooded condition 

 of a large territory around Indianapo- 

 lis, which is making mail deliveries un- 

 certain and in some directions impos- 

 sible, it would be well for all those 

 who are entering the competition in 

 the carnation classes at New York to 

 bring a list of their entries along to 

 the show with them. Your entries may 

 reach me here, and if they do I will 

 have your entry cards made out, but 

 should they not reach me, it would be 

 a great help if you have a list with 

 you. 



Please note that Sections A, B, C, 

 D, G and classes 43 and 45 will stage 

 April 8. Classes 42, 44, 46, 47 and 48 

 will be staged April 10. Through an 

 error in printing the schedule for the 

 entire show, classes 43 and 45 were 

 included with the April 10 staging. Our 

 classes 43 and 45 appear as classes 441 

 and 443 in the National Flower Show 

 schedule. Entries in Section E may 

 be staged at any time during the car- 

 nation show. 



We are planning to leave Indianapo- 

 lis Saturday evening, April 5, and ex- 



NATIONAL BOWLING TOURNA- 

 MENT. 



Entries to the bowling tournament 

 of the National Association of Gar- 

 deners, which will be held on Thumm's 

 alleys, Broadway and Thirty-first 

 street. New York, Wednesday, April 

 9, must be filed with the secretary of 

 the association not later than 9 a. m. 

 on the day of the tournament. To 

 facilitate completion of the arrange- 

 ments, those intending to participate 

 have been requested to file their entries 

 at once, sending them to Secretary M. 

 C. Ebel at the Murray Hill hotel, Park 

 avenue and Fortieth street. New York, 

 which will be the headquarters of the 

 association during the show week. The 

 secretary will be found at the hotel 

 daily from 8 o'clock to 10 o'clock in 

 the forenoon, during the show week, 

 excepting Wednesday, when he will 

 be at Thumm's alleys. No entries will 

 be accepted after the tournament opens 

 — 9 a. m., April 9. 



Teams of three men, members of 

 local gardeners' or florists' clubs and 

 members in good standing either of 

 the N. A. G. or S. A. F., will be 

 eligible in the team tournament. One 

 team only can be entered from any 

 local club or society. 



All members in good standing of the 

 N. A. G. or S. A. F. are eligible in 

 the individual bowling tournament. 

 Team bowlers can enter by waiving 

 their team scores from counting in 

 the individual tournament. 



Rules gt)verning the tournament will 

 be posted at the N. A. G. and S. A. F. 

 headquarters in New York City April 



Patent Oifice Sketch of Carnatioo Support Invented by Pe er Hu«. 



pect to arrive in New York Sunday 

 evening at 5. Any mail which is not 

 certain to reach here by Saturday 

 morning should be addressed in care of 

 Hotel Manhattan, New York. 



In the Dorner Memorial Medal class 

 no medal will be awarded this year. 

 Only a preliminary competition will be 

 conducted this year, for which fifty 

 blooms are required. 



Bring with you the pink slip which 

 was sent you along with the receipt 

 for your dues. Without it you will be 

 unable to get your season ticket to the 

 show. A. F. J. Baur, Sec'y. 



7 and 8, and on Thumm's alleys during 

 the bowling. 



A long list of prizes, including many 

 valuable trophies, has been secured. 



Grand Rapids, Mich.— The Freyling 

 & Mendels Wealthy Street Floral Co. 

 has incorporated, with a capitalization 

 of $15,000. 



Strasburg, Pa — A. H. Eohrer has 

 given to Hitchings & Co., Elizabeth, N. 

 J., the contract to build a range of iron 

 frame greenhouses, work to begin at 

 once. The heating plant will be hot 

 water. 



NEW YORKERS PLEASE WRITE. 



I have just been advised by Wm. 

 F. Kasting that the bill authorizing an 

 appropriation of $60,000 for green- 

 houses at Cornell University, to be used 

 in experimental work in flowers and 

 vegetables, is likely to pass the senate. 

 On behalf of the legislative committee 

 of the New York Florists' Club, I 

 would urge every florist in the state 

 of New York to write to his senator 

 at once urging him to vote for the bill. 

 I would also urge them to write to His 

 Excellency, Governor Wm. Sulzer, Ex- 

 ecutive Mansion, Albany, urging that 

 he sign the bill. Stress should be laid 

 on the fact that the florists want this 

 appropriation, for the better develop- 

 ment of horticulture in the state of 

 New York, and that if the Empire State 

 is to hold her prestige as a flower 

 producer in competition with other 

 states, it is essential that this bill be 

 passed and become a law. 



Patrick O'Mara. 



March 25, 1913. 



HUS HAS NEW SUPPORT. 



A new carnation support, "an im- 

 provement designed to provide flower 

 benches or beds with simple and effect- 

 ive means for supporting the stems 

 during growth of the flowers, retaining 

 the stems straight and supporting the 

 bloom of the stems," has been invented 

 and patented by Peter Hus, formerly 

 connected with the Robert Craig Co., 

 Philadelphia, and more recently of Red 

 Oak, Iowa. Mr. Hus is in Chicago de- 

 veloping his plans to manufacture hi» 

 patent, which, he claiins, will "ma- 

 terially help the growth of long- 

 stemmed plants flowering at their up- 

 per extremities, such as carnations." 

 Inexpensive and light construction will 

 be a feature which, he believes, will 

 commend his invention to the trade. 



The patent certificate, briefly, de- 

 scribes it: "Pipe posts (1) arranged 

 within the greenhouse along the outer 

 edges of the flower boxes (2) or beds 

 and secured to the floor in any desired 

 manner, will be equipped with a plu- 

 rality of resilient clips (3) adapted to 

 surround the posts and at the same 

 time retain hooks (7) in proper posi- 

 tions to engage the longitudinally ex- 

 tending end wires (8) of flower sup- 

 porting frames (9 and 10), made of 

 lighter wires meshed and spaced to pro- 

 vide openings of various sizes to accom- 

 modate the stalks or stems, also vary- 

 ing in sizes. As many frames as de- 

 sired may be used, in tiers, the accom- 

 panying drawing showing two. ' ' 



Speaking of his improvement, Mr. 

 Hus said: "I have provided a simple,- 

 cheap and effective support for training- 

 flowers in vertical position, one which 

 will prevent the falling or breaking of 

 plants and which, also, will support thfr 

 flowers of the plants. The device wiU 

 be constructed from metal and will not 

 be susceptible to the moisture or cli- 

 matic changes of the greenhouse. By 

 constructing the end members of the- 

 support frames of heavy wires tho 

 frame will be rendered strong and pre- 

 vented from breaking." 



St. Peter, Minn. — S. C. Smith has 

 sold his greenhouses to G. H. Towley,^ 

 and, with his family, has moved to- 

 Rock Island, 111., where lie will make 

 his home. Mr. Towley has taken pos- 

 session and is arranging to place aa 

 experienced manager in charge. 



