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The Weekly Florists'" Review. 



DECEMBER S. 1S9S. 



report Thursday afternoon at the club 

 meeting. It looks now as though the 

 loss will be greater than expected, and 

 according to rule 15 in our program 

 ■we will have to scale all the prizes 

 about 4 per cent. The collection of 

 prizes has been slow, and just as soon 

 as all the prizes come in the treasurer 

 will pay them. By the end of this 

 week perhaps one-half of the premi- 

 ums will be paid. Other cities who 

 encountered bad weather can readily 

 see why we can't pay our prizes in 

 full. 



Obituary. 



Christopher Young, of C. Young & 

 Sons Co., died on Sunday morning, 

 December 4, after a lingering illness. 

 This will be sad news to many a gar- 

 dener and florist throughout the Unit- 

 ed States and England. His death re- 

 moves one of the landmarks of the 

 profession of this city and he will be 

 greatly missed. Mr. Young was 79 

 years old and leaves a wife, five sons 

 and two daughters. The sons are 

 John, Harry, James, Charles and Wil- 

 liam, all of whom are married and 

 have carried on the business for years. 

 The daughters are Mrs. William Elli- 

 son, of Ellison & Tesson, and Mrs. 

 Henry Helwig, wife of Dr. Helwig. 

 The funeral was held today (Monday) 

 from his late residence, 5512 Watter- 

 man avenue, and nearly ail the florists 

 of the city attended in a body. The 

 floral designs were many and elabo- 

 rate. J. J. B. 



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Copyright 1808. 



OUR PRIZE COMPETITION. 



Following is another batch of en- 

 tries in our prize competition in labor- 

 saving devices or methods useful to 

 florists: 



No. 25. To catch "White Grubs," 

 sometimes called "Rich Worms," the 

 larvae of the "June Bug," so much 

 feared by rose-growers. 



Noticing that where they come in 

 contact -with the side of a bench or 

 frame they followed it for some dis- 

 tance, I conceived the idea that if a 

 small tin can was sunk into the 

 ground slightly below the surface and 

 touching the board on one side, the 

 grub would probably fall in and be 



unable to get out. I procured some old 

 vegetable cans and tried the experi- 

 ment. In a few days I examined the 

 cans and found in thirty-six an aver- 

 age of a little over sixteen to a can. 



Quite recently I had the same expe- 

 rience with some violet frames and 

 caught over three hundred In about 

 three nights. They seem to do their 

 traveling at night. One can contained 



No. 2"). Trap for Grubs. 



forty-six the third day after being 

 sunk in the ground. Let any one try 

 this method and the advice of "The 

 Doctors" to "hand-pick" will be 

 thrown to the winds. M. 



[The accompanying engraving is not 

 exactly in accordance with the sketch 

 sent by M. The top of the can should 

 be somewhat below the surface, and 

 the grubs promenading on the surface 

 of the soil are "improvements" made 

 by the draughtsman without orders. 

 —Ed.] 



No. 26. I have noticed in several 

 journals the advice to keep fancy ca- 

 ladium bulbs in a warm, "dry" place 

 during winter. I have seen hundreds 

 of bulbs ruined by a species of dry rot 

 when kept thus, but have never seen a 

 single bulb lost when they were kept 

 in a moist condition in a suitable tem- 

 perature. 



Put them in a box and cover with 

 sand or soil when shaken out of the 

 soil in which they were grown. Stand 

 in a warm place, keep moist at all 

 times and the bulbs will turn out when 

 wanted as plump as when put away. 

 There will be no loss it the bulbs are 

 in proper condition when stored. Try 

 a few this way if you are In doubt. 

 M. 



No. 7. This device Is one I have 

 found invaluable for syringing all 

 plants and particularly the under side 

 of the foliage of roses, etc. 



it exceedingly useful in other ways, 

 on account of the perfect control givea 

 the user through the Globe valve. By 

 this use of the valve the spray can be 

 made with the full force of the water 

 or graduated down to a gentle rain. 



With it I can distribute liquid ma- 

 nure without wasting a drop; can 

 water dry plants among a lot of oth- 

 ers that are already wet enough; can 

 water plants without wetting the foli- 

 age (such as gloxinias, tuberous root- 

 ed begonias, etc.); can water hanging 

 baskets suspended from the ridge, 

 without having to remove the baskets; 

 can water seed pans and small seed- 

 lings; can water the propagating 

 bench without washing out the cut- 

 tings. 



My first sprayer was made of tin 

 and answered very well, only the rose 

 was made solid and was difficult to 

 clean. So I had one made of brass and 

 the rose made in two parts, so I could 

 unscrew the perforated rose from the 

 cup and readily clean it. N. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The volume of business is not as 

 large as it might be, but if the demand 

 was larger it would be of no advantage 

 as the supply would then be insuffici- 

 ent. All good shipping stock seems to 

 find sale, especially in roses. Beau- 

 ties are decidedly short in supply. 

 There is also a shortage of violets. 

 In carnations the supply is generally 

 sufficient for all demands and on some 

 grades prices are rather easier. 



Trade is very irregular, as it has 

 been all this fall, keeping the dealers 

 on the jump one day and giving them 

 almost nothing to do on the next. As 

 one result of this irregularity and 

 uncertainty the returns to growers 

 have been very erratic — one day 

 good and next day poor — which has 

 been very aggravating to both grower 

 and dealer. The grower who ships to 

 market every day gets the best aver- 

 age, for if he misses it one day he hits 

 it the next, and in case of a bad day 

 good stock can genera;:y be made to 



No. 27. Sprayer and Distributor. 



It consists of a brass rose (the top 

 being screwed on to the lower part 

 and therefore removable), a piece or 

 one-fourth inch brass pipe threaded 

 at both ends, a one-fourth inch Globe 

 valve and a brass reducer to reduce 

 from the size of the hose coupling to 

 the valve. 



The device was intended primarily 

 as a sprayer to reach the under side of 

 the foliage effectively, but have found 



realize fairly well the next in case 

 there is a turn for the better. It 

 would appear that the grower who 

 now ships three times a week had bet- 

 ter reach the market four times dur- 

 ing that period, one shipping four 

 times had better shift to five, and 

 where daily shipments are possible It 

 would be wise to make them daily, 

 for the increased average in returns 

 during present conditions will make 



