. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mention The Reyiew when you writ*. fine collection. These varieties can be grown in a carnation temperature, which is maintained here. Outdoor sweet peas under glass promise a wonderful crop of bloom for the early spring. A ten minutes' walk brought the party to J. Wade Gayley's houses, in which also carnations are a specialty. Matchless, Beacon, Ward, Alice and En- chantress Supreme are the favorites here, while a bench of Albert Boper looks splendid. Belle Washburn also is grown. Mr. Gayley's method of han- dling young stock is to plant the roote
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Mention The Reyiew when you writ*. fine collection. These varieties can be grown in a carnation temperature, which is maintained here. Outdoor sweet peas under glass promise a wonderful crop of bloom for the early spring. A ten minutes' walk brought the party to J. Wade Gayley's houses, in which also carnations are a specialty. Matchless, Beacon, Ward, Alice and En- chantress Supreme are the favorites here, while a bench of Albert Boper looks splendid. Belle Washburn also is grown. Mr. Gayley's method of han- dling young stock is to plant the rooted cuttings in paper bands arranged in benches, from which they are set out in the field. His blooming plants have yielded a heavy crop of extraordinarily fine blooms since October, many of them showing from 15 to 20-inch stems, with shoots yet to develop. A visit to this range is an inspiration to every grower and the Lancaster County Florists' Club congratulates Mr. Gayley on the success he has made with carnations. The next call was on our good friend, Charles B. Herr, whose establishment has for many years been the show place of Lancaster county. Matchless, Ward, Enchantress Supreme and Belle Washburn are in wonderfully fine condi- tion here and the plants promise a wealth of bloom until midsummer. Mr. Herr showed us several pots of calla lilies from stock which has been in the Herr family for forty-two years. It was a pleasure to note the vigor and quality of the blooms these plants are produc- ing today. One large house was closed last fall owing to the uncertainty of the fuel supply. In neatness and business- like management this place is not to be excelled. Club Meeting. President Elmer J. Weaver called the club to order at 7:30 p. m. in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce. On the exhibition table was a vase of Belle Washburn of superb quality shown by Amos Eohrer and some thirty varieties of new early-flowering sweet peas from the greenhouses of the Fordhook Farm of th
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