. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 12 The Florists' Review June 21, stalled. It is shown in tlie accompany- ing illustration. Cards with the photo- graphs designated Wasliington as the '' founder,'' Lincoln tlio '' defender,'' and "Wilson the "i)rotector" of the country. The smaller flags in the dis- play were kept waving by electric fans. It proved to be a great advertisement, as it "made tlie people come by," to use Mr. Stokes' own expression, in such numbers as to many times block the side- walk. Co., of Orleans, France, and was named George Elger,
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 12 The Florists' Review June 21, stalled. It is shown in tlie accompany- ing illustration. Cards with the photo- graphs designated Wasliington as the '' founder,'' Lincoln tlio '' defender,'' and "Wilson the "i)rotector" of the country. The smaller flags in the dis- play were kept waving by electric fans. It proved to be a great advertisement, as it "made tlie people come by," to use Mr. Stokes' own expression, in such numbers as to many times block the side- walk. Co., of Orleans, France, and was named George Elger, not Elgar. The preseiue of the two "e's" should add to the ease in remembering the spelling. Can y,,u pardon so atrocious a pun?. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. The executive committee of the Ami, - ican Rose Society will hold a meeting ;,, Philadelphia during the nurserymeu'i convention. The meeting will be hul.; June 27 at the City Club, 313 Soutl. Broad street, at 1 o'clock. Anyone in- terested in the rose society as a roh grower will be welcomed at the meetiuLr, as the American Eose Society is an e:; cellent advertising agency for growe>',i of roses and rose bushes. Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. BED RADIANCE IN MISSISSIPPI. In the month of July, 1916, I bought 500 2^/2-inch Red Radiance rese plants and planted them in a bench at once. They made wonderfully strong growth and by September were producing sal- able blooms. In October I propagated 1,000 cuttings from them, and by De- cember tlie original plants were pro- ducing first-class, long-stemmed blooms, for which I realized twirs^ as much as for Richmond. In the last part of De- cember I propagated 2,000 more cut- tings. The stock plants continued to make fine growth and produce excel- lent blooms. March 1 I used all of the wood, putting into the sand 12,000 cut- tings, of whicli nearly every one rooted. Then I lifted the plants and put them out in the open field, under a Skinner irrigating system. They are now com- men
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