MAY 1. 1902 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



8U 



A German Idea of the way Flowers are Worn in New York. 



growths back, but I must confess that, 

 after a trial of the two methods, I find 

 the former practice yields the better re- 

 sult. I do not want to criticise other 

 grower's methods, nor, on the other 

 luind, do I want anyone whose plants do 

 well to follow my rules; but for those 

 who fail to get a maximum quantity of 

 flower, mv method of procedure will be 

 found beneficial. Let the plants be 

 syringed daily until the new growths 

 break" afterwards let the treatment be 

 that previously advised. 



To recapitulate, the following rules 

 should be carefully followed: — 



1. In propagating, employ layering in- 

 stead of propagation by means of cut- 

 tings. 



2. Do not shift into larger pots until 

 the plants are i>ot-lKiund. 



3. Afford an abundance of air, but 

 fire-heat only when the weather is ex- 

 treinelv cold. 



4. Water witli great care. 



5 Cut back only the stronger shoots 

 after flowering, but leave the others at 



full length. n , 4- +■ 



The following is a good selection ot 

 varieties:— Autumnalis, red and white; 

 Devoniana, scarUH ; Eclipse, crimson and 

 white; Mont Blanc, white-lemon; Ihe 

 Bride white; Sunset, pink; Vesuvius, 

 .-rirnsin and scarlet; alba odorata, white, 

 fragrant; pulchela major, white.— John 

 Denman in Ciardeners' f'hrouicle. 



New York ladies. Thoy are certainly 

 amusing and we believe they will appeal 

 to our readers' sense of humor. 



GERMAN FUN. 

 Each year in its first April issue 

 Moeller's Deutsche Gaertner Zeitung 

 prints many Inimorous pictures on hor- 

 ticultural subjects, and this year it at- 

 tempted to poke a little fun at American 

 noral decoration. We reproduce two of 

 the pictures herewith, one showing the 

 artist's dream of a dinner decoration m 

 New York and the other depicting his 

 eonception of the bouquets carried by 



END OF THE SUBURBAN FLORIST. 



Is it not a fact that the tendency of 

 the times is slowly, but surely, against 

 the existence of the suburban retail flor- 

 ist? Not the country florist— twenty or 

 more miles from a big city, but the 

 one located within ten or fifteen miles of 

 such cities as Boston, Philadelphia, Bal- 

 timore, etc. 



Ease and cheapness, of transit are of 

 course a factor in the drawing of trade 

 to the large centers. And then the con- 

 ditions in the city have entirely changed 

 in a decade. Fully one half of the pro- 

 duct of greenhouses is now sold by 

 street fakirs. And it is this compcti 

 tion that the suburban man has to meet, 

 not that of the legitimate city stores. 

 Mrs. Thirty Thousand comes in and 

 quotes you prices from Boston, but the 

 prices are street prices, though she will 

 seldom admit it. 



In the city of Boston I do not think 

 the number of legitimate stores has in- 

 creased in ten years. There are, how- 

 ever, twenty street men where there was 

 not one ten years ago. There is food 

 for thought liere, for both growers and 

 dealers. Wipe out the stores and how 

 long can the grower afli'ord to run his 

 houses at fakir's prices? 



It is a general complaint among the 

 florists in the suburbs of Boston that 

 the best trade— those with money and 

 large grounds — now buy most of their 

 outdoor plants at our local auction 

 room, which caters for retail trade. 

 There the Boston business man, who 

 lives in the suburbs, can step in and buy 

 in quantity to suit, anything from a 

 pansy jilant to a rhododendron or shade 

 tree' Where does the suburVian florist 



come in, unless he ships his product to 

 the auction room? 



Mr. Editor, this is not a whine. I de- 

 spise a man who can not stand up and 

 "take his medicine." But it is i^enned 

 with the idea that it may awaken dis- 

 cussion. Are the conditions which pre- 

 vail here general in the suburbs of all 

 the large cities? If so, the suburban 

 retail florist (and there is a lot of him) 

 must change with the changing condi- 

 tions. 



Another point I' had almost forgotten. 

 The mainstay of the retail florist has 

 always been his funeral work. Now, 

 there are in Boston, at least two large 

 retail firms who employ men to follow 

 up the death announcement, and solicit 

 orders from the bereaved famihes. 

 Strange to say they meet with more suc- 

 cess than would seem possible. Sooii I 

 expect thev will make up a combination 

 with the doctors and when a death oc- 

 curs we will see waiting on the door 

 steps representatives of these enterpris- 

 ing firms, ready to battle for the privi- 

 leo-e of furnishing the tributes of love 

 ami respect. Middlesex. 



RAILROAD FARES TO ASHEVILLE. 



The railroads represeuted in the 

 Southeastern Passenger Association 

 have agreed to a special rate of one fare 

 for the round trip to Ashoville and re- 

 turn from all points in their territory for 

 the S. A. F. convention next August. 

 Tills covers all the territory east of the 

 Mississippi and south of the Ohio river, 

 to Cincinnati and a line drawn there- 

 from through White Sulphur Springs 

 and Washington. 



This is the lowest rate of transporta- 

 tion ever conceded to the society and 

 should insure a very large attendance 

 from that section of the country. The 

 railroads participating in this agreement 

 are the following: 



Alatama Great Southern Railroad. 

 Alabama & VlcksburK Railway. 

 Atliiitic Coast Line Railrc.acl. 

 A anta' iSioxville & Northern Railway. 

 Atlantic, Valdosta & Western Railway. 

 Atlantic & Birmingham Railroad. 

 BalHmore & Ohio Sonthwe.stern Railroad. 

 Central of Georgia Railway 



■h rleiton & Western Carolina Railway. 

 Cinci^nnati & New Orleans and Texas Pac.nc 

 Rnilwav. „ ., 



Florida East Coast Rmlwa.v. „ , 



Frisco System (K. C. M. *i B. R. R.) 



Georgia Railroad. „ ., 



Georu'ia Sonthern & Florida Railway. 



Illinois Central Railroad. . 



.Va'lisonville & Sonthwestern Railroad. 



Louisville & Nashville «"■ '«",' ir,>,d 



Macon, Dublin & Savannah Railroad. 



Macon & Birmingham Railway. 



Mobile & Ohio Railroad RoMwav 



Nashville. Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway. 



New Orleans & Northeastern Railroad. 



Norfolk & Western Railway. 



Plant System of Railways. 



Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Rail- 

 road. 



Southern Railway. . w l> R R & 



The West Point Route (A. & W. I . K. «■ 'V 

 W. Rv. of Ala.l 



Tifton & Northeastern Railroad. 



Tifton Thomasville and Gulf Railway. 



Washington Southern Railwa.y. 



Western & Atlantic Railroad. 



Wrightsville & TenniUe Railroad. 

 Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad. 

 For the Trunk Line, New England, 

 Central and Western Committees' terri- 

 tories rates have not yet been fixed, but 

 for such part of the journey as comes 

 As-ithin Southeastern control passengers- 

 from other jurisdictions are assured ot 

 a fare based upon the rate above given 

 and as soon as anytliing more definite 

 has been agreed upon, prompt announce- 

 ment of same will be made. 



Wm. J. Stewakt, Secretary. 



Oneida, N. Y.— J. C. Grems is adding 

 a new house 40x14 for roses. 



