Dbcember 12, 1912. 



The Florists' Review 



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Splendidly Located Establishment of R. L. Warson, of Harper^ ^asii., near Seattle. 



young plants. Sometimes plants are 

 seen with white-streaked or yellow- 

 streaked foliage. From experience at 

 this station it appears that such a con- 

 dition may follow the use of any soil 

 that is not sweet. An instance occurred 

 when a mold growing over the ashes of 

 a bench entered the bottom of some 

 pots of peas, causing the soil to become 

 stale and musty. All the plants where 

 this occurred showed streaked foliage 

 later. The disease is undoubtedly 

 physiological in its nature and is 

 thought by practical growers to occur 

 sometimes from the use of too much or 

 too fresh manure on young plants. 



The dropping of flower buds is often 

 a cause of complaint from growers. The 

 first flower buds frequently do not set 

 on vigorous, thrifty plants. Usually 

 this condition soon disappears, but 

 sometimes it is necessary to keep the 

 plants a little dry and to abstain from 

 the use of fertilizers until the plants 

 are blooming freely. The loss of the 

 buds will follow a sudden fall in the 

 temperature or will result from over- 

 watering. Another cause is growing 

 the plants in too cool an atmosphere. 

 Plants that are grown in the proper 

 temperature, with careful attention to 

 watering, ventilation and feeding, do 

 not fail to give an abundance of flowers. 



Mildew sometimes attacks sweet peas 

 during the autumn, unless the tempera- 

 ture and ventilation receive attention. 

 It has been found at this station that 

 mildew yields readily to applications of 

 sulphur to the pipes, and to the use of 

 flour of sulphur dusted on the infected 

 leaves. As soon as the fires are started 

 in the fall, some sulphiir should be ap- 

 plied to the pipes as a preventive. This 

 should be used judiciously, however, for 

 an interesting case came under observa- 

 tion at this station during the last win- 

 ter, of the danger of using sulphur too 

 strong. An application had been made, 

 and on a cold night the pipe covered 

 with the sulphur was turned on, the 

 result being that every flower which 

 was well advanced or open was scorched 

 so that most of the flowers had to be 

 thrown away. No injury to the plants 

 occurred. 



FLOEIOULTUBE AT SAN DIEGO. 



The San Diego exposition in 1915 

 promises to have no greater or more in- 



teresting exhibit to the visitor than the 

 possibilities of all-the-year-around flori- 

 culture. Paul G. Thiene is superin- 

 tendent of nurseries and planting. 

 Thiene was born in Thueringen, Ger- 

 many, served a three years' apprentice- 

 ship in that country and came to the 

 United States in 1903. 



The exposition site consists of 615 

 acres in the center of San Diego's 

 1,400-acre park, itself in the heart of 

 the city. All trees, shrubs and many 

 of the flowers planted by the exposition 

 forces will remain as permanent park 

 improvements. 



The site chosen gives the landscape 

 architect an enormous range for play 

 of imagination. Plateau, slope, canyon, 

 valleys and lakes offer many sorts of 

 soils, altitudes and exposures. Dense 

 growths of flowering and evergreen 

 shrubs will mingle with the gray-green 

 of the native wild sage, buckwheat and 

 mesquite on the hillsides, forming a 

 background for glowing masses of 

 flowers. 



The majority of trees and plants 

 being used on the grounds are grown in 

 the exposition 's own nurseries, cover- 

 ing more than 100 acres. The lath 

 houses alone, equipped with the most 

 improved overhead irrigation system, 

 cover more than four acres of ground. 

 Botanical gardens and the biggest lath 

 house ever erected will be a part of 

 the exposition exhibits. The illustra- 

 tion shows the transplanting of a palm 

 sixty-five feet high at the west entrance 

 to the exposition grounds. 



FAB NORTHWEST. 



Can you imagine a more delightful 

 situation than that shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration! It is the es- 

 tablishment of R. L. Warson, of Har- 

 per, Wash. The location is eleven 

 miles from Seattle and the water shown 

 in the picture is a branch of Admir- 

 alty Inlet, an arm extending inland 

 from Puget Sound, the same water on 

 which Seattle is located. 



Mr. Warson 's establishment covers 

 108x192 feet. The houses run north 

 and south. Hot water is used for heat- 

 ing. The stack showing in the picture 

 is forty feet high, which gives one an 

 idea of the size of the conifers in the 

 background. The crops grown are 



principally tomatoes alternating with 

 chrysanthemums, all finding their way 

 to the Seattle market. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The meeting December 9 was a ban- 

 ner night for the New York Florists' 

 Club. The attendance was nearly 200 

 and there were felicitations and com- 

 radeship in abundance until the small 

 hours. After the first ballot for presi- 

 dent Wm. Duckham withdrew his name, 

 the vote then standing: W. Duckham, 

 37; H. A. Bunyard, 44; W. H. Sie- 

 brecht, 58. A majority being neces- 

 sary, another ballot resulted as follows: 

 Bunyard, 57; Siebrecht, 61. Mr. Bun- 

 yard, in a generous and eloquent ad- 

 dress, moved the vote unanimous, to 

 which Mr. Siebrecht gracefully and feel- 

 ingly responded, also assuring his best 

 efforts for the club's welfare in 1913. 



The others elected, and the records, 

 were : 



For vice-president — John Donaldson, 

 76; I. S. Hendrickson, 42; J. H. Fies- 

 ser, 19. 



For secretary — John Young, 132. 



For treasurer— W. C. Rickards, 76; 

 P. F. Kessler, 61. 



Trustees, to serve two years — C. B. 

 Weathered, 85; W. F. Sheridan, 83; 

 John Miesem, 72, Traendly, Turner, 

 Boddington, Pierson, Froment, Horn- 

 ecker and Langjahr also receiving a 

 scattering vote. 



The exhibits were superb. They in- 

 cluded: Northport carnations, accom- 

 panied by the silver cups won at Cleve- 

 land, by Jas. D. Cockcroft; Milady rose 

 in splendid condition, by A. N. Pierson; 

 Salmon Beauty carnation, by Traendly 

 & Schenck; pink poinsettias, by Julius 

 Roehrs Co. ; Mrs. Shawyer rose, by Chas. 

 H. Totty; a vase of pink roses, by Mr. 

 Brozat. The two latter were subjected 

 to the criticism of the award committee 

 for decision as to their distinctness or 

 similarity. The unanimous verdict was 

 that the two roses are distinct varieties. 



J. B. Nugent 'g report as to the de- 

 livery of flowers on the steamships in- 

 dicates that if each florist, when send- 

 ing boxes aboard, will send proper re- 

 ceipts they will hereafter be officially 

 signed and so an end put to the wide- 

 spread dissatisfaction of the past. 



C. B. Weathered reported a liberal 



