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Title: Florists' review (microform)
Identifier: 5205536_25_1 (find matches)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Febbdabt 3, 1910. The Weekly Florists^ Review* 13 Mr. Beatty and the rcsDlutions passed by the board: Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27, 1010. K. E. Plersoii, President, Society of American Florists, Fort Pitt Hotel, City. Dciu' Sir: I lieroby tender ray resignation as !ieasiiror of the Society of American Florists ;i;i(l Ornninontul Horticulturists, to take effect ■,if soon as my successor can be elected and ilualiBed. As a large majority of the directors of the -ociety are in the city, I trust that you may be :;lile to get them together today or tomorrow, III elect my successor, as I desire to turn over -11 funds of the society as soon as possible. Yours very truly, H. B. BEATTY, Whereas, The Executive Committee of (lie Society of American Florists ami Ornamental Horticulturists has received the resignation of Mr. H. B. Beatty, as treasurer of the society, Therefore, be it resolved, that in ac- cepting this resignation we desire to place on record our appreciation of his :ong and valued services to the society and his unbounded liberality with the office. We part with him with the greatest regret, which we feel sure will be shared by every member of the society. It is only our consideration for his im- paired health, which we are assured is due to overwork in his many interests, ihat compels us reluctantly to accept his resignation at this time. H. B. DORNER, Sec'y. GREENHOUSE PESTS. We have always plenty of greenhouse pests to contend with. In winter some are more destructive than in summer. Roaches are in their element when fire heat is at its maximum. They do great damage to roots, flowers and tender foliage, being especially damaging where orchids are grown. It is about impos- sible to exterminate them, but their num- bers can be reduced by trapping them in glass jars sunk in the ground to the brims and using slices of stale bacon or molasses as bait. Snails are also trouble- some where adiantums are grown. Baits, such as lettuce and cabbage leaves or slices of potato or carrot, laid where they are working and examined once or twice a day, will soon decrease their numbers. Mice are sure to appear at this season, when seed sowing commences, unless you have extra vigilant cats. Traps will ac- count for many, but some burnt shorts or meal moistened and mixed with white arsenic or potassium cyanide will make the speediest clearance. ASTERS UNDER GLASS. In the Eeview of January 6 a question was asked in regard to asters for Me- morial day and the reply by C. W. was that it is now too late to sow for that. I would like to know how early the vari- eties mentioned can be brought into bloom under glass, also whether the large branching varieties can be grown suc- cessfully indoors. How early can seed l)e sown and to what extent will they stand forcing! Scott's Manual states tliat for growing on greenhouse benches the seed should be sown in the middle of I'ebruary and gives one the impression <hat these are to be brought into bloom but little earlier than out of doors. F.H. Asters for flowering under glass can 'le sown at once. The impression you 'lave gained that they do not flower much ■ arlier than the outdoor crop is to a large stent correct. I have not succeeded in 'ctting really good flowers before the
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Vm. F. Kasting. (New Treaiurer of the Society of American Florists.) early part of July. The varieties which have done well under glass are Queen of the Market, Comet, Hohenzollern and American Branching. Greenhouse culture, it is true, does not forward the asters much over outdoor ones. The advantages to be noted, how- ever, are clean flowers at all times, the certainty of an excellent crop and the ex- cellent quality of the flowers. If extra large blooms are wanted, disbudding should be done, but for ordinary pur- poses it is just as well to allow every shoot to carry all it will. The grower who has a bench or house of nice asters is independent of long, damp, sunless spells of weather, as well as of storms of wind and rain, which speedily ruin the outdoor crop. Asters like much the same treatment as chrysanthemums and do not take kindly to forcing. They want an abundance of fresh air all the time. C.W. VISITING THE FATHERLAND. M. Stanch, formerly general manager for the Joy Floral Co., Nashville, Tenn., but now visiting his native country, Ger- many, writes interestingly as follows, un- der date of January 7: Thank you for your promptness in forwarding the Review. I arrived at my old home—KaUstadt, Rhein-Pfalz— on Christmas eve and found everything lovely. The weather here has been re- markably mild. Thus far, there has been no snow and hardly any frost. I am having a fine time; nevertheless, it does not feel like America and I am beginning to get homesick. I have seen some of the large places at Hamburg and a few at Berlin. They are nothing compared with our American greenhouse places, though there is no one in America, I suppose, who grows as much valley as Neubert, at Hamburg. I shall leave this vicinity soon and try to see some of the ranges where cut flow- ers are largely grown. Berlin and Ham- burg get practically all their roses and carnations from southern France. They make a poor show in comparison with American flowers. Yet I saw some nice begonia plants, as well as Dutch hya- cinths and some others. The Dutch hya- cinths are grown in southern France and show good spikes. There is also a con- siderable quantity of lilac forced for Christmas. NAME OF PLANT. Oan you tell me the name of the en- closed plant? W. B. The plant is Physalis Francheti, the Japanese winter cherry.

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