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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_14 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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586 The Weekly Florists^ Review* August 18, 1904.
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Part of the Display of M. Rice & Co^ Philadelphia, Pa. under proper culture for a shift into a larger pot. The root action must be such as to hold the soil firmly and on the other hand should not be pot-bound. Such plants as petunias, salvias, coleus, chrysanthemums, heliotropes, verbenas, ge- raniums, dahlias and flowering begonias, in 21^-inch pots, the stem should be not less than three nor more than six inches above the soil, with not less than four leaves. Such stock should be short- jointed, and any undue forcing to ob- tain specified height would greatly im- pair their value. The same class of plants in 4-inch pots should be well branched, with the possible exception 3f chrysanthemums and dahlias, in as much as these are often grown to single stem. They should be not less than six inches in height and of symmetrical form. Fuchsias and abutilons, the same as the foregoing, in a 2%-inch pot, but in the 4-inch size they should not be less than eight inches in height. Carnations and roses in 2i^-inch pots should bo not less than four inches in height and in 4-inch pots should be well branched and not less than five inches in height. Siiiilax, Asparagus plumosus and As- paragus Sprengeri in 2^4-inch pots should not have less than five growths nor less than five inches in height, with the possible exception of smilax which has been headed back to induce strong root growth, for which three inches in height would suffice. In 4-inch pots not less than ten growths nor less than se^-en inches in height, except smilax which has been headed back. Primroses in 21/^-inch pots, not less than three inches high and with six to eight leaves. In 4-inch pots, five inches high with twelve to fifteen leaves. Begonia Eex in 2%-inch pots, not less than three well developed leaves; not less than four nor more than six inches in height. Cannas, 2%-inch pots, not less than four inches in height, and in 4-inch pots, not less than six inches in height with three well developed leaves. Ferns in variety, such as are gener- ally used for filling small dishes, vary so in height and style of growth that it is very difficult to define them. In 2%- inch pots, they should average from two and one-half inches in height to five inches, according to the variety. In 4- inch pots, from four inches to eight inches in height. Boston ferns, in 2^>■ inch pots, not less than three leaves, and in 4-inch pots, not less than eight leaves. It is impossible to make definite sizes, inasmuch as there is such a wide differ- ence in the habit of growth of many plants ocf the same species. The individ- uality is very well marked in such plants as chrysanthemums, begonias and ferns. In mentioning 2i^-inch pots, the stand- ard size is the size referred to, namely, two and one-half inches wide and two and one-half inthes deep, and not a 2-inch rose pot. Henry Eichholz, Elmer D. Smith, Jas. S. Wilson, EiCHARD Vincent, Jr., Committee. Mr. Scott said that, with all due re- spect to the committee, he considered its work of no value, as sizes required vary so widely in the different sections of the country and because mere size and height bear no relation to health and value. The report was laid on the table. Mr. Stewart read a report from J. B. Nugent on a standard scale of sizes for roses, but on objection of E. H. Cush- man it was referred back to the com- mittee, it developing that Mr. Nugent had prepared the scale at the commit- tee's request but that the other mem- bers, Mir. Cushman and Walter Mott, had never seen it. In his report Mr. Nu- gent pointed out the wide variation in grades now employed and said that all cut flower growers and buyers agree on the desirability of standard grades. He proposed that on all roses other than Beauties the standard grades be adopted as follows: Specials 30 Incheg and np Fancy 24 to 30 Inches Extra 18 to 24 Inches No. 1 1...14 to 18 Inches No. 2 12 Inches and under On Beauties as follows: Specials 40 Inches and ap Fancy 30 to 40 Inches Extra 24 to 30 Inches No. 1 18 to 24 Inches No. 2 12 to 18 Inches No. 3 12 Inches and down Mr. Gude asked why Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc., would not do as well as extra, dou- ble extra and extra special! Several invitations of various sorts were in the hands of the secretary. The only one the society cared to have read' was from the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. It was referred to the entertainment committee with applause. A request for the endorsement of G. F. Thompson for appointment as assist- ant secretary of agriculture was tabled. A letter was presented from C. S. Sargent, asking subscriptions for the Vilmorin memorial fund. This provoked the liveliest debate of the day, not as to the worthiness of the movement, for that all recognize, but as to the man-

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