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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER, 27, 1900. 



son as regards the flower and it is not 

 so free a bloomer. 



He gets a good show of bloom on 

 Henderson early in the season by 

 starting the plants under glass as 

 early as January. In fact he starts all 

 his cannas rather early. He finds 

 that the varieties now grown are apt 

 to suffer if kept dormant later than 

 February. 



ROSES CARRIED OVER. 



Undoubtedly the >best roses seen on 

 the market the early part of last win- 

 ter were those cut from 3-year plants 

 rested and carried over. The writer 

 had one bench of 2-year Brides and 

 Maids that certainly gave more flow- 

 ers than strong 1-year, plants could 

 give. When we note the various meth- 

 ods pursued in resting, ripening and 

 starting the rose plants we notice also 

 the varied results; some not very en- 

 couraging and others successful be- 

 yond expectation. 



The main point is to have a good 

 foundation— well ripened wood and 

 unimpaired vitality. The resting and 

 ripening should be gradual, and when 

 not lifted and replanted, the more soil 

 taken away from the roots the better 

 the results. A gradual starting up 

 after the replenishment of soil takes 

 considerable pains and watching and 

 much depends on the time of year this 

 is done. 



Most successful gi-owers give their 

 plants a short rest immediately after 

 the first great crop. This certainly 

 is beneficial as the after results have 

 shown. 



Referring to good early planted 

 grafted stock, it certainly beats own 

 rooted plants on many varieties and 

 though it gives an immense number 

 of flowers the second year they are not 

 large and equal to 2-year own rooted 

 plants. 



And again we find where the resting 

 of own rooted roses has been too short 

 and the wood not sufliciently ripe, we 

 have an abundance of flowers, but 

 none very large, whereas those who 

 have learned the art of this part are 

 cutting nothing but the very best flow- 

 ers, that are better than their 1-year 

 stock, and 2 for 1. 



JOSEPH REEVE. 



THE GALVESTON STORM. 



Florists Killed and Property Loss. 



Editor Florists' Review: Please 

 give me a little space in your valu- 

 able paper to tell how the florists suf- 

 fered in Galveston from the terrible 

 disaster to our city. 



No doubt all in the trade have heard 

 of the terrible calamity that befell 

 our city September 8th. During the 

 afternoon and night 8,000 people were 

 killed and the damage to property 

 will exceed $20,000,000. The scenes 

 here are horrible to behold. The dead 

 are everywhere and are being cre- 



mated on the places where they are 

 found by building a fire over them. 

 No house has escaped injury. Whole 

 families have been drowned and in 

 addition to the long list of dead a 

 host of others have been bruised and 

 injured. 



Of the florists many were drowned. 

 The following are dead and their 

 property washed away: 



Thomas Keats, wife and adopted 

 daughter. 



Charles Steding, wife and two chil- 

 dren. 

 Thomas Kemp and wife. 

 Joseph Rosenkranz, wife and one 

 child. 



There may be more gone, but these 

 are all I have been able to find out 

 about positively. 



The remaining florists have lost all 

 they had, their greenhouses being de- 

 molished and the plants laying under 

 a mass of debris in salt mud, gone 

 beyond redemption. 



Thanks to the great and sympa- 

 thetic American people no one has 

 now to go hungry — all have some- 

 thing to eat and a place of shelter by 

 this time. Provisions are coming in 

 daily from all directions, and each 

 package is a token of sympathy and 

 brotherhood, for which we give thanks 

 from the bottom of our hearts and 

 with tears in our eyes. 



But what next? How shall we re- 

 build our homes? How shall the flor- 

 ists rebuild their greenhouses and 

 stock them? They need money first to 

 rebuild their houses and then plants 

 to fill them. No doubt the American 

 florists will give help to their brethren 

 in the trade as the American people 

 have done in a more general way to 

 all. The Editor of the Florists' Re- 

 view will no doubt receive any money 

 or pledge for plants that anyone is 

 willing to contribute toward repairing 

 the loss to the florists of Galveston. 



The rebuilding of their homes need 

 not be considered as that will have tu 

 come from some other source, but the 

 re-establishment of the florists in their 

 business, so they may be in a po- 

 sition to again earn a living, is most 

 important and urgent now, and on 

 behalf of all Galveston florists I ask 

 the sympathy and practical assistance 

 of the florists of America. All is gone 

 and we will have to have greenhouses, 

 plants, store fittings, bulbs and other 

 florists' requisites. 



I will see that a correct estimate of 

 the losses of the florists is sent to the 

 Editor of the Florists' Review, and 

 the Editor will, no doubt, acknowledge 

 all contributions through the paper. 

 And all contributors will have the 

 eternal gratitude of all Galveston flor- 

 ists. J. D. PRUESSNER. 

 Galveston, Texas, Sept. 17, 1900. 



(While the Review has no objection 

 to acting in the capacity indicated by 

 Mr. Pruessner and stands ready to do 

 anything in its power to assist, it 

 seemed to us the matter was one for 



united action by all the trade organi- 

 zations of America, acting through the 

 national society as largely as possible. 

 We therefore sent a copy of the com- 

 munication to the officers of the Soci- 

 ety of American Florists and of the 

 Chicago Florists' Club, suggesting ac- 

 tion on their part. 



President Hartshorne, of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, has called a special 

 meeting of the club to be held at the 

 Sherman House clubroom, at 11 a. m. 

 next Saturday, Sept. 29. He hopes to 

 see every florists' establishment in the 

 vicinity of Chicago represented at this 

 meeting. Ed.) 



CYRTOMIUM FALCATUM. 



This fern, which is now so largely 

 used in a commercial way on account 

 of its splendid staying qualities under 

 adverse conditions, also makes a fine 

 specimen for conservatory decoration, 

 as is demonstrated by the accom- 

 panying illustration from a photo- 

 graph of a plant in the palm house at 

 Lincoln Park, Chicago. 



It is planted out in a pocket in the 

 rock work surrounding a small pond 

 and seems to enjoy this situation. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Shipping demand shows some im- 

 provement, though it is inclined to be 

 spasmodic, and the percentage of ship- 

 ping stock received is very small. 

 Take an average thousand of tea roses 

 from a grower who does not grade 

 his cut there will probably be not 

 more than 200 that will command the 

 shipping price of $4 a hundred. For 

 the remaining SOU the price will grade 

 from $2 a hundred down to nothing 

 and several dealers say they consider 

 it a good sale to get $4 out of this 

 big end of the thousand, making a to- 

 tal of $12. It is certainly a lesson in 

 quality when the 200 select will bring 

 twice as much money as the 800 oth- 

 ers. Weak stuff from young plants 

 ranges much lower and sales average 

 from $2.50 to $6 per thousand, all of 

 which is not very encouraging to the 

 grower. May that much needed frost 

 put in an appearance at once. It 

 didn't look much like frost on Tues- 

 day, though, for the thermometer was 

 soaring in the eighties and straw hats 

 that had been put away for the win- 

 ter were making another farewell ap- 

 pearance. 



In carnations there is not so much 

 variation in quality of stock from the 

 same grower, but the difference in 

 that from various growers is very 

 marked. The bulk of the good flow- 

 ers go at 75 cents to $1 a hundred. 

 Some extra choice bring $1.50, but the 

 great mass of ordinary and interior 

 grade sell at 40 to 60 cents. Still any 

 respectable sort of a flower will bring 

 the lower price. Tuesday the receipts 

 were light, which was just as well, 

 as the heat cut off sales. 



