June n, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



View in Store of Mr. Samuel Murray, Kansas City, at Easter. 



While the rose and carnation men are 

 struggling with their problem let us look 

 over the field and see what other tlowers 

 may come up in the future for summer 

 work, that are not so much affected by 

 the heat. Cold storage is going to be a 

 great factor in the future. By this means 

 all kinds of bulbous stock and flowering 

 shrubs can be retarded and brought in 

 at the will of the operator. The possi- 

 bilities in this direction are boundless, 

 and undoubtedly some of our wide-awake 

 florists will shortly take up this line ex- 

 tensively. Experiments will be neces- 

 sary to determine just the right temper- 

 ature for different plants in a cold stor- 

 age, but those are only details that will 

 be quickly worked out. The man with 

 ample cold storage facilities will soon 

 know no season, but will bring in crops 

 just when they are needed. 



Another large source of supply for 

 summer flowers that has yet been hardly 

 touched in America is the orchid family. 

 There are many varieties flowering in 

 midsummer which can be grown exten- 

 sively when the orchid growers are satis- 

 fied that the market will be remuner- 

 ative, and present experience with such 

 varieties as Cattleyas gigas and Oaskell- 

 iana, seems to show that it will be. 



In looking over what has been ac- 

 complished in the last 25 years the pos- 

 sibilities of the next quarter century are 

 boundless. Combinations of capital will 

 appear as in every other business, much 

 of the waste now manifest in fuel will 

 bo eliminated and many things now done 

 by hand, such as stoking, filling benches, 

 etc., will be done autonmtically and in 

 many ways the wheels will revolve 

 smoother in "Life's demnilion grind," 

 as the only William, or some other fel- 

 low, puts it. Meaiiwliile wo most of us 

 take our time in adopting new ideas and 

 are content to follow some one else's 

 lead. C. T. 



Editor Florists ' Review : Your arti- 

 cle on ' ' The Future, ' ' in the Review of 

 May 22, makes me think that you are 

 a bold man to look so far into it. The 

 great changes that will undoubtedly take 

 place will be likely to be on quite dif- 

 ferent lines than any of us would ex- 

 pect. The progress that will be made 

 will evolve from our present experience. 



If there is a demand for better flowers 

 through the summer (when nature is do- 

 ing so much for us out of doors) they 

 will be produced, and it will be done so 

 simply that we will all wonder why it 

 was not done before. I do not look 

 for refrigerating plants, fans and filters 

 as part of the equipment of the future 

 florist, and insects and fungus diseases 

 will be kept in subjection or conquered 

 by the skillful florist in the future much 

 the same as at present (by the applica- 

 tion of common sense). 



The idea of using alum as a shad- 

 ing may be a good one and is worth 

 experimenting with, but I fear it will 

 be found too thin. So far the best 

 shading that I have found is white lead 

 mixed with gasoline or benzine and ap- 

 plied with a whitewash brush. Be care- 

 ful not to use when there is any fire 

 near or serious loss may occur. 



Joseph Heacock. 



Wyncote, Pa. 



BUFFALO. 



From all accounts the trade at Dec- 

 oration Day, as we usually designate 

 what is called Memorial Day in other 

 parts, was very satisfactory. We are 

 sure for the week that it was 30 per 

 cent ahead of last year with some peo- 

 ple, and when we find ourselves busy 

 the same conditions invariably will be 

 found to have been the same all along 

 the line. The demand at that time is 

 not for high-priced flowers, but that does 



not make the business any the less profit- 

 able. We never get the common herba- 

 ceous pjeouies in by the first of June 

 except the otEcinalis type, and hardly 

 those, but there are plenty sent in from 

 earlier districts. Outside valley was at 

 its best. Carnations were plentiful. 

 There is a great temptation to cut the 

 flowers of the good double zonal gerani- 

 ums on that day of big demand and you 

 can rob the plants of a flower here and 

 there, if judiciously done, for if you 

 leave one truss showing flower for each 

 plant surely that is good enough for the 

 plants that are going to be bedded out. 



How many of you know the wonderful 

 type of candytuft that is grown in im- 

 mense quantities by Mr. William Sim, of 

 Cliftondale, Mass.? He! plants several 

 houses of it to succeed violets, in solid 

 beds. It comes in just right for Mem- 

 orial Day. I don't suppose I grew the 

 few plants he so kindly sent me as per- 

 fectly as he does his 50,000, but I had 

 heads of bloom 12 inches across and 

 stems 2 feet high, of the purest white 

 but not so dense that it looks heavy. 

 I trust Mr. Sim will excuse me giving 

 his Candytuft what notoriety I am able 

 to. It is a truly great flower. 



The Pan-American, of happy memory 

 to some but not to all, was assuredly a 

 benefit to all local florists and we had 

 an idea it added at least 10 per cent to 

 our normal spring and summer trade, 

 and that in its absence we should drop 

 back again. Not so up to date, or more 

 strictly speaking the month of May was 

 considerably better than last year. This 

 is very delightful and in a measure 

 compensates for the loss of the matchless 

 illiiniiuations and fairyland iu general. 



There has been quite a little craze 

 the past three or four years for the resi- 

 dents of our beautiful Delaware avenue 

 to plant privet hedges along their prop- 

 erty line facing the street. Although 



