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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NuvK.Miuni 2G, 1003 



prices. Plenty of greens of all kincls are 

 to be had this iveek, though fancy ferns 

 wero a little scarce the iirst part of the 

 week. Prices run as usuaK 



Various Notes. 



Martin Eeukauf, who is selling for II. 

 Bayersdorfer & Co.. was with us iTiis 

 week, talking holiday supplies to the 

 trade. 



E, W. Guy, at Belleville, suft'orod quile 

 a loss the past week. One of the boilers 

 j;ave out and frost did nmeh damage to 

 his roses, carnations and other stock, 

 which was in tlie best possible shape for 

 the holidays. This bad luck is much re- 

 gretted by Jlr. Guy's many St. Louis 

 friends. 



Theodore Klockenkemper is still cut- 

 ting some fancy chrysantliemums at his 

 place in North St. Louis. "Klock" is 

 also sending in a lot of well grown car- 

 nations. 



William AYi'ntcr. in Kirkwood, is in the 

 niarket with a tine lot of carnations and 

 violets, .which are selling well at Beru- 

 iiig's. 



William Hutchinson, of Kirkwood, had 

 a fine lot of Eaton chrysanthemums the 

 jiast week, which sold out clean at 

 Ellis'. 



At Kuehn's a fancy lot of roses, car- 

 nations and chrvsanthemums are seen 

 from Ammann, A'esey and Baer. 



Club Meeting. 



At the next club meeting, on Thurs- 

 day afternoon. Dec. 10, the new Breit- 

 meyer rose will be on exhibition and the 

 members will have a ehauee to name it. 

 This attraction alone should bring out 

 a large attendance. With this ex-Pres- 

 idf-nt Dunford will read an essay on 

 "Stem Eot." which should be of great 

 interest to all our carnation growers, and 

 Col. Max Herzog will lead a discussion 

 on heating greenhouses, which is also of 

 great importance. The president ex- 

 pects a full attendance and especially 

 the chairmen of the different commit- 

 tees. 



Bowline. 



The bowling club played its usual prac- 

 tice games on Monday night, with only 

 seven membei-s present, and some good 

 bowling was done by Kuehn and Miller. 



Plaver. 1st. 2d. Sd. 4th. T'l. 



O. A. Kuphn 159 194 1S5 194 7.S2 



Theo. MlUer 117 ISl 178 170 640 



.T. J. Beneke 158 102 167 152 037 



Carl Berpr 161 148 158 ISO 597 



F. M. Ellis 142 16S 155 132 ,197 



nsonr Beneke SS 146 131 156 520 



r: J. Meinh.iidt 89 120 127 130 466 



J. J. B, 



LILIES ON BENCH. 



I should like to know if Harrisii and 

 longiflorum lilies can be grown with good 

 success, started in 4 and .5-'Uch pots, then 

 planted on a bench in live or six inches 

 of soil? C. A. M. 



Yes. most decidedly you can plant out 

 Harrisii or the Japan longiflorum on a 

 bench. There would be no need of start- 

 ing them in any larger pots than 4-incLi 

 and five inches of soil would be more 

 than enough on the bench. Four inches 

 of soil would do just as well. There is 

 a great advantage in starting them in 

 small pots, because then, before planting 

 them on the bench, you can select tlie 

 strongest and earliest for one batch and 

 the next strongest for another, and so 

 on. as well as discard all those diseased, 

 stunts, misfits and those suffering from 

 "general debility." W. S. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



We ha\e had quite a little winter hero 

 for several days, the thermometer go- 

 ing down as low as liJ degrees, but it is 

 turning somewhat warmer. Business all 

 along the line the past week has been all 

 that could be expected; lots of good 

 chrysanthemums to be had. 



.Jacob Schulz gave a very fine chrys- 

 authtnuuu show at his store on Fourth 

 avenue, November IS to 21. The interior 

 of the store was decorated with some very 

 large bay trees and palms and ferns, 

 which made the place look very fine. In 

 the rear of the store, in his greenhouse, 

 was the show of cut chrysanthemum?. 

 Vihich were grand. His Yellow Eatons 

 were sure enough extras, some measuring 

 six inches across. The Jerome Jones, 

 Chadwi<-k and Mrs. Perriu were very fine 

 but what attracted the most attention 

 were the Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 

 The plants were growing in 6 and 7-inch 

 nots. To top it off his roses, such as 

 Sunrise and Mme. Chatenay, were won- 

 ders to everybody. Tliere were also fine 

 blooms of" carnations,' Enchantress, 

 Adonis, Xelson, Lawson and Prosperity. 

 A vase of handsome sweet peas was also 

 shown. It was a successful show. 



Jos. Coenen & Co. have as fine a bench 

 of Mrs. Lawson carnations as can be 

 seen anywhere around here. Their palms 

 and ferns are all in good shape for Christ- 

 mas. It takes John Bohrman and Mike 

 Bell to handle them. 



Wm. Mann, the good old lily king, out 

 in the souWiern ]iart of town, is alwai's 

 busy when you call on him, but he al- 

 ways has a good worel for you. 



Fred Haupt 's store is very attractive. 

 His show windows are always done up in 

 fine style. His new delivery wagon is a 

 beauty; you may call it the American 

 Beauty. 



Wni. Walker, the good old smiling 

 Scotchman, always has a kind word for 

 the writer when he calls on him. His 

 Bride roses and chrysanthemums are 

 verv fine. 



Hy. Fuchs has made quite an improve- 

 ment in his houses and now has his place 

 in fine shape; 



The writer made a visit to jVanz & 

 N"euner. at St. Mathews, and took a stroll 

 ihrough the different greenhouses and 

 found everything in apple pie order. 

 Geo. Eeneisen took me through the Amer- 

 ican Beauty house, which was in fine 

 shape, with a heavy crop in sight for 

 Christmas. The carnation houses were 

 all that could be desired, healthy plants 

 md lots of buds. George is taken with 

 Enchantress. Their chrysanthemums were 

 very fine this season. 



Ed Heitz's place, opposite St. Louis 

 cemetery, is in fine shape. His roses are 

 all looking fine. 



C. H. Kunzman. the carnation kinp; 

 of this city, is .iubilant over the crop of 

 carnations which he will cut for Christ- 

 mas. H. L. 



M.iRIOX. IXD. — P. W. Herleman has 

 built a proi5a?ating house 6x100 and ex 

 tended his boiler room fifty feet. He is 

 now gettine ready to erect a carnation 

 house ISxlOO. 



6-*.LEX.\. III. — Ben Vandervate is al- 

 ways flushing for trade. Xow it is a suc- 

 cessful chrysanthemum show he has been 

 holding in a down-town store. 



C.MRO. III. — AVm. Davidson has moved 

 his flower store to the Lamport building 

 on Eighth street, where lie has a nicely 

 fitted up place. 



GARDENlNGrLSII 



RHUBARB FORCING. 



As with many other subjects used for 

 forcing, one of the first essential con- 

 ditions in rluibarb is to have the roots 

 subjected to freezing before placing them 

 in the forcing quarters. At the present, 

 time the frost is not likely to be strong- 

 enough to penetrate so deep as to give 

 the desired results, but the roots can be 

 thrown out on the surface of the ground, 

 and subjected therer to 10 or 15 degrees, 

 of frost without hurt. It is well to' 

 watch the temperature closely when the 

 roots are exposed like this, and if there- 

 is a likelihood of it running more than' 

 1.5 degrees below the freezing point, to 

 be prepared to cover the roots with loose- 

 litter and prevent their being damaged. 



Wherever the forcing is to be done, 

 the place should be darkened. This dark- 

 ening not only hastens growth but ren- 

 ders the product much more tender. A, 

 mushroom house is the ideal place for 

 forcing rhubarb, but it can be done un- 

 der greenhouse benches by shading with 

 curtains of burlap or some such material, 

 though as a rule the space under the 

 greenhouse benches does not allow head 

 room enough. It should have space 

 enough from the top of the crowns to- 

 allow the stalks to attain a length of 

 at least two feet.. 



The roots should be lifted with enough, 

 soil adhering so that no other covering 

 will be necessary. Then the clumps can 

 be packed as closely together as they 

 will stand. We put them up in rows 

 about three feet wide, leaving space be- 

 tween the rows for a passageway for 

 watering and gathering. 



A plentiful supply of water is neces- 

 sary, ami if it can be given about the 

 same temperature as that of the house, 

 so much the better. After growth is 

 well started frequent waterings with weak 

 liquid manure will help to strengthen the 

 stalks. Atmospheric moisture is neces- , 

 sary to keep the stalks crisp; a dry heat 

 tends to make the product tough and 

 tasteless. Our experience is that a tem- 

 perature of .5.5 degrees is. all things con- 

 sidered, the best. Growth will be ouicker 

 at a higher temnerature, but quality is 

 apt to be sacrificed, where at a much 

 lower temperature growth would be too 

 slow to be profitable. W. S. Croydon. , 



PROPAGATING THE POTATO. 



I saw a note in a recent issue of the 

 Eeview about propagating the potato anef ' 

 will give you my experience in raising , 

 the New Gold Coin potato. I got on© 

 pound of the tubers about March 1, 1903, 

 and put them in a box in the green- 

 house. "When sprouted about two inches 

 I took the sprouts out and put them in 

 jiots. When about four inches high I cut. 

 the tops off three or four leaves above 

 tlie soil. These cuttings I potted in a 

 compost of equal parts sand and soil. 

 Xearl.v every one rooted and when four 

 or five inches higli I, took the tops off 

 as before. This was continued until I 

 had 46.5 plants from the one pound of 

 tubers. These were set in the field at ' 

 the proper time and about September 20 

 T dug 934 pounels of potatoes. Had I 

 left them in the ground another thirty , 

 days I would have had 100 to 200 pounds 

 miire. for many of tlie tubers were not 

 fullv matured. ' J. B.\lbivin. 



