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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



December 6, 1900. 



paragus about, largely pli 

 in sprays. 



The week may be said to have opened 

 the season in the gay world. Wednesday 

 saw the wedding of a son of the provost 

 of our university and the daughter 

 of a St. Louis family, a great sofial 

 event, elaborately decorated. Thursday 

 (Thanksgiving Day) everyone wanted "a 

 few flowers for the dinner table" and 

 sometimes the fernery filled, too. "Jlony 

 a mickle makes a niuckle," and the re- 

 sult was a busy day. Friday the "Two- 

 year-olds" gave a ball to the debutan- 

 tes. This event, not c^iniially ini|icir- 

 tant in itself to the llori-i. ■jj\r n-. in 

 a number of dinners wlmlr , Inn. ml. .1 In- 

 greatest display of tasfr aii.l --kill. 



What an inlluence the debutante ex- 

 erts over our rose growing today! It is 

 for her benefit that the once famous Bon 



tion building at New Brunswick, N. J., 

 in which many of his investigations 

 have been carried on. The building is 



the 111 I iIm N.av .I.T-i \ . \|)rriment 



slalhiii-, .ml -1,111,1. ii|.,iii' ■_■!., uilil ad- 

 joining, lip I .iiiipii- ,,i i;,ii^. I- rol.lege. 

 T\Mi ex |ii I iini III -1,111.11- an: li.iused in 



tlir -; I.inlliiij n.iniriy, the state 



stai .-i.il.li-hi'.l 111 IssO, and the Ag- 



riculiuial ,..|l.;ji' ..i.iii.iii. which came 

 into Lieinj; by ad ul Congress in 1888. 

 Both stations have the same director, 

 who is Dr. E. B. Voorhees, professor of 

 agriculture in the college. The work of 

 llir Mate station is chiefly with fertiliz- 

 .1^ an.l ti';.ts in the field and feeding ex- 



In Uio government station there are 

 three departments maintained — namely, 

 that of entomology, of biology and bot- 

 any. The latter has four rooms on the 



Byron D. Halsted. 



Silene has been revived and appears in 

 new guise at In i . .nuirj .mi loas. It is 

 for her especial I \ timi i t.il.li- of sweet 

 briars has been i.l.iiii.l. ini. n.lcd to add 

 grace and fini.^h to In i m.^t bouquet. 

 For her, too, many new roses pretty in 

 the bud form are being tried. How our 

 florists vie with each other in artistic 

 arrangements whose sole aim is to give 

 her pleasure! Truly the debutante is 

 a great power in the floral world. I>ong 

 may her reign last! Phil, 



PROF. BYRON D. HALSTED. 



The name of Prof. Byron 1). Iljilsted 

 is now well known to the trade as that of 

 one who has done much work in the in- 

 vestigation of diseases of florists' plants, 

 especially the rose, carnation, chrysan- 

 themum, violet, etc. He has carried on 

 a great deal of experimental work in 

 this line, and his essay on the di?eases 

 of the rose at the last meeting of the 

 American Rose Society, published in 

 the Review at the time, was undoubted- 

 ly a most valuable record that will long 

 be referred to. 



We have pleasure in presenting here- 

 with a portrait of Professor Halsted, 

 and also a view of the experiment sta- 



second floor of Ibc building shown, and 

 two acres nf Ian,! ai ilio college farm, 

 which is laiL'.l> .•iii|.l..\ .•.! for testing 

 fungicides ami ,iii.l\inu the diseases of 

 plants. It i» .-oantuui^™ known as the 

 "Field hospital," and has a long list of 

 sick plants under treatment both as to 

 soil treatment and application of fungi- 

 cides as sprays and powders. 



There is also a greenhouse connected 

 with the department of botany, in which 

 the diseases of ornamental plants are 

 studied. This is a new feature, and 

 heretofore only rented houses have been 

 available. It is hoped that with a green- 

 house 24x80 feet, divided into two rooms 

 with separate heat control for each, 

 some facts of interest to the floricultur- 

 ists may be obtained. 



Some of the leading subjects being 

 now considered in the laboratory are the 

 rust of the chrysanthemum, hollyhock, 

 carnation and asparagus. Blights of 

 roses, violets and other greenhouse plants 

 are inspected as received from all parts 

 of the country. 



Help your employes to help them- 

 selves by placing our Florists' Manual 

 within their reach. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business has been only fair since 

 Thanksgiving. The demand was brisk 

 on Monday but there was a relapse on 

 Tuesday. "The supply is only moderate 

 and it would take but little increase in 

 demand to cause a shortage in most 

 lines. Good violets are about the only 

 thing that is short of demand. Chrys- 

 anthemums are still coming in and 

 there is a prospect of a scattering few 

 being with us as late as Christmas. 

 Koses and carnations are improving in 

 quality, though a good share of the re- 

 ceipts are still inferior. 



Various Items. 



A bunch of the new pink carnation 

 Irene seen at Kennicott Bros. Co.'s store 

 spoke Avell for the variety. The flower 

 is a very pretty shade of pink, well 

 formed, and borne on a good stout stem. 

 It will no doubt prove to be a gdod com- 

 mercial pink. 



McKellar & Winterson report a big 

 trade in Christmas goods and note es- 

 pecially heavy sales of ribbons of which 

 they are carrying a very full line. 

 Among their collection of Christmas sup- 

 plies we noted a low priced Christmas 

 tree stand that fills the bill to a dot. 

 A small chain and screw bolt enable one 

 to attach any size of tree to the stand 

 with but little trouble. 



Tuesday was "New Rose Day." Mr. 

 E. G. Hiil, of Richmond, Ind., was dis- 

 playing blooms of Queen of Edgely and 

 the new pink hybrid tea Robert Scott. 

 The former is well known as a pink 

 American Beauty. The latter is a pink 

 somewhat suggestive of Mme. Gabriel 

 Luizet in size and form. It seems very 

 promising. The display was supple- 

 'inented by Geo. Hoppe, of Hoppe & 

 Lemke, Grand Rapids, Mich., who 

 brought over blooms of two of his seed- 

 lings from Testout and Bridesmaid. 

 They were both pink in color, one strong- 

 ly suggesting Carnot in color effect. 



F. J. Foster, St. Louis, and O. B. 

 Stevens, Shenandoah, la., were also re- 

 cent visitors. 



E. H. Hunt has issued an unusually 

 attractive circular of Christmas greens, 

 illustrated by half-tone engravings, the 

 letterpress in green and red. 



Joseph Reeve has started in business 

 for himself at .55th and Washington ave- 

 nue and will handle cut flowers, seeds, 

 bulbs and nursery stock. 



E. R. Tauch has withdrawn from the 

 Harms Park Floral Co. The business 

 will be continued under the old title by 

 A. B. Everett and Louis Gregor. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club, 

 to be held tomorrow (Friday) evening, 

 papers on rose growing will be read by 

 Geo. Collins, Luke Collins and Paul Ko- 

 panka. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 

 Thanksgiving week. Of course, the 

 sui)position is that all the florists made 

 so much money they do not care if ecal 

 does go up a dollar or two. But this 

 idea will bear a little analyzing. Prices 

 on nearly everything shot skyward for 

 the greater part of the week "except on 

 chrysanthemums, stevia, green goods, and 

 turkey. Of these there was a sufficient 

 supply to keep figures within easy reach. 

 I have an idea, however, that many a 



