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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



MAY 11, 1899. 



Mr. Hamburger whether it is a fact, 

 as stated in The Florists' Review, that 

 one ton of peat moss makes five tons 

 of Jadoo." (The statement in The Re- 

 view was four tons, not five. Ed. Re- 

 view). 



Mr. S. Hamburger: "No. One ton 

 of peat moss maPce.^ four tons of Ja- 

 doo." 



Mr. Lonsdale: "What makes the dif- 

 ference in weight?" 



Mr. Hamburger: "It is water and the 

 chemicals. The process of manufac- 

 ture of Jadoo is this: We take Holland 

 peat moss and hold it until it is abso- 

 lutely dry. What we are using now 

 was brought into this country in May 

 of last year. We then take a mixture 

 of soot, raw gypsum, bone-meal, phos- 

 phoric acid, potash, nitrate of soda, 

 and mix these together, with warm 

 water, just as a man would mix mor- 

 tar. Then we put these into a double 

 jacketed kettle with a false bottom, 

 which is heated by live steam. We 

 then put our peat moss into a cage 

 made of strips of steel with spaces 

 between each of the strips. We turn 

 on the steam, and the hot water passes 

 through the chemicals in the false bot- 

 tom and up through the moss, which 

 is kept in tljat boiling condition for 

 about thirty-five minutes. Then as 

 much of the excess water as possible 

 is drained off, and the cage is put un- 

 der a press of sixty tons pressure, the 

 excess water being forced out of it. 

 The Jadoo is allowed to ferment until 

 it reaches a certain temperature. This 

 takes about thirty days. At the start 

 there is an average temperature of 

 about 130 degrees. 



"The only difference in manufacture 

 between that in this country and that 

 in England consists in the fact that 

 we manufacture our Jadoo by machin- 

 ery, while in England the work is 

 done by hand. Therefore our Jadoo is 

 more even in respect to the mixture of 

 our chemicals and pressure. The moss 

 and chemicals are as accurately 

 weighed as a druggist or chemist 

 would weigh the ingredients of a phy- 

 sician's prescription." 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The supply has shortened some and 

 there is no surplus of really first class 

 roses, though there is a big lot of the 

 lower grades In the market. In car- 

 nations there is a big surplus, the 

 poorer grades suffering the worst, as is 

 usual in such cases. Harrisii have pick- 

 ed up some little in price, and all the 

 good ones coming in are finding a 

 market. Some of the fag ends, though, 

 are not good enough to sell even un- 

 der present conditions. Sweet peas 

 are coming in more freely and sell 

 fairly well. Lilac is also more abund- 

 ant and good stock meets with favor. 

 Some "Old Red" paeonies are being 

 received from Southern Illinois and 

 sell at 4 to 6. 



Outdoor bulbous flowers are not 

 much in evidence, owing to the great 



damage to bulbs the past winter. The 

 losses have been very serious. 



So far this week business has cer- 

 tainly been considerably ahead of last 

 week. 



Mildewed stock is already making 

 its appearance. Evidently some grow- 

 ers failed to keep up their fires dur- 

 ing recent cold nights. 



Various Notes. 



There was some discussion upon 

 greenhouse construction at the last 

 meeting of the Florists' Club but there 

 being no essayist for the evening it 

 seemed difficult to get the members 

 warmed up to the subject, and the at- 

 tendance was not as large as it should 

 have been. Many of those who are 

 usually regular attendants are very 

 busy at present. A fine specimen of 

 Hydangea Otaksa was exhibited by 

 Jos. Reeve. "Bedding Plants" is the 

 subject for discussion at the next 

 meeting. May 19. 



The new series of prize bowling 

 games start tomorrow evening (12th 

 inst.). The series will consist of 24 

 games and 16 must be played to be 

 considered among the prize winners. 

 These will be handicap games and ev- 

 eryone will have an equal chance. 



H. MacMichael has purchased the 

 Morton Grove greenhouses from P. 

 Kreismann. Mr. MacMichael will take 

 personal charge, and Paul Kopanka, 

 who has been foreman for Mr. Kreis- 

 mann, will be open to engagement 

 June 1. 



Branches of apple-blossoms were 

 most e'ffectively used in a recent dis- 

 play in John Mangel's window. 



Phil. Hauswirth was in Blooming- 

 ton this week attending the Great 

 Council of the Order of Red Men of 

 Illinois, In which order he is an ofiicial 

 of high degree. 



John J. Mitchell is adding to his con- 

 servatory and building a rose house 

 32x18, a violet house 32x12 and a gen- 

 eral plant house 30x10. George Wood- 

 ward is the gardener here. 



The American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen will hold its annual conven- 

 tion at the Chicago Beach Hotel in 

 this city June 14 and 15. 



Mr. A. W. Nelson, representing F. 

 R. Pierson Co., Tarry town, N. Y., was 

 a recent visitor. 



Bassett & Washburn reported every- 

 thing sold out clean on Tuesday. 



C. W. Northrup Is now cashier of 

 the La Grange State Bank. He still 

 keeps his greenhouses but is not very 

 cheerful over results the past winter. 

 Nearly all of his "hardy" lily bulbs 

 were winter killed, including 3,000 

 longiflorums. 

 ^We hear that Klehm Bros, estimate 

 their losses from winter-killing among 

 supposedly hardy stuff at ?10,000. 



G. Swenson, at Elmhurst, suffered 

 badly. Campanulas, paeonies. Irises, 

 and even Mme. Plantier roses were 

 badly killed out. 



Walter Heffron reports that at 

 Washington Heights hardy grape- vines 

 of considerable age were killed, and 



a hedge of Harrison's Yellow roses 

 that was many years old was entirely 

 killed out. 



The least damage seems to have 

 been done where there is a sandy sub- 

 soil, or where the plants stood in an 

 elevated position and had "dry feet." 



McKellar & Winterson report large 

 sales of shrubbery, hardy roses and 

 clematis as well as pot plants. They 

 are showing samples of a round metal 

 rimmed tag for florists to attach to 

 plants that seems an excellent thing. 

 One large local florist has bought 5,000 

 of them. He will print his card on 

 one side and instructions as to care 

 of the plant on the other. 



W. B. Lynch has some dwarf dagger 

 ferns from the south that will no 

 doubt be popular. They are very 

 pretty and not so coarse as the large 

 ones. 



Lloyd Vaughan started on another 

 trip last Monday. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Again I have to report another week 

 of summer dullness, although during 

 the last day or two the improvement 

 over the previous part of the week has 

 been quite noted — in fact, the prices 

 on roses have stiffened very percepti- 

 bly and so good a grade can't be se- 

 cured for the same money as a week 

 ago. 



Carnations of a.i kinds are in over- 

 abundance. 'Violets, owing to the sud- 

 den let-up of the Mayflower supply, 

 have again been an item, and some 

 very fair blooms are to be seen. Lilies 

 and bulbous stock are in good supply, 

 but at low figures. Quotations are 

 variable and depend a good deal on 

 the ability of the seller. Roses, with 

 the advent of warm weather, have 

 rather depreciated in quality. Brides 

 and Maids are in fair demand at from 

 $1 to $8 per 100. Carnations from 50 

 cents to $3 per 100; a few bring a dol- 

 lar more, but the greater portion of 

 them are selling at from 50 cents to 

 $1 per 100. Violets rather scarce; from 

 25 to 75 cents per 100. Valley, from 

 frames, at $2 to $3 per 100; lilies, 50 

 cents to $1 per dozen; Jack roses are 

 not much in evidence, giving Beauties 

 a show; quotable from 50 cents to $3 

 per dozen. 



The Pknt Trade. 



The plant season has been inaugu- 

 rated with the advent of a few pleas- 

 ant days, and the fakirs' teams, with 

 pansies, geraniums and the more 

 hardy plants, are to be seen in all of 

 the suburban towns. At the market 

 trade is still very light, and of those 

 who have annually been prominent 

 among the dispensers of bedding 

 plants, J. Newman & Son, of Winches- 

 ter, and A. Leuthy, of Roslindale, are 

 the only ones who have had the cour- 

 age to face the cold, raw weather that 

 has prevailed up to date. They report 

 very little doing as yet. At McCar- 

 thy's auction room the stock up to the 

 present time has been mostly of a 



