Makcii 3, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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any other scarlet, I think. In white I 

 would trj- Loriia, Her Majest.y, Boston 

 Market and Glacier. Any of these may 

 be just what you want. In pink try Mrs. 

 Kelson and Floriana. The Marquis likes 

 about 50 degrees, and if it does not 

 come in too late to suit you it may be a 

 <;ood one for you. By all means try a 

 few of some of the new ones. There 

 are great improvements in all the col- 

 ors tills year over the standard varieties, 

 but you will have to lind out for your- 

 self which ones will do best for you. 

 A. F. J. Baur. 



PESTS ON PHOENIX. 



Please tell me what the pest is on my 

 phoeni.x? Will the fungus transfer itself 

 to other plants of the same or other 

 species! What will become of plants 

 so infected? The remedy of Bordeaux 

 mixture will not be applicable, as cus- 

 tomers would not like a plant so dipped. 



F. J. 



Several sections of phoenix leaves ac- 

 companied this query, and gave very 

 plain evidence of some of the troubles 

 with which this grower has to contend. 

 There are a number of colonies of the 

 phoenix fungus (Peronospora) on some 

 of the segments of leaf, a difficulty that 

 prevails to a greater or less extent wher- 

 ever these palms are grown and, as we 

 have befoie remarked, is a trouble that 

 is not easily removed, from the fact that 

 the fungus does most of its work within 

 the tissues of the leaf. 



But the fungus is not the most serious 

 trouble tliat appears on these specimens, 

 there being a worse one in the form of 

 a tremendous crop of small brown scale 

 insects, this being a scale that multiplies 

 very rapidly and soon works much injury 

 to palms. If all of the plants are so 

 badly affected as the specimen leaves 

 at hand, it would seem the part of wis- 

 dom to destroy them, for it is no easy 

 job to clean a phoenix that has so large 

 a crop of insects. 



But if this radical course .seems to 

 be inadvisable, several clippings at in- 

 tervals of one week, in a solution of 

 whale oil soap and tobacco extract will 

 probably overcome the scale, but after 

 dipping tlie plants always lay them on 

 their sides to drain off, else the insecti- 

 cide may settle in the crowns of the 

 plants and do injury to the undeveloped 

 leaves. Two ounces of whale oil soap 

 and about one-eighth of a pint of Eose 

 Leaf Extract to one gallon of water 

 makes a strong enough solution for dip- 

 ping palms safely. W. H. Taplin. 



TRADE DEALS. 



The question of "trade deals" be- 

 tween publishers and advertisers might 

 at first blush appear to be the business 

 of no other than the two parties to the 

 contract. If Publisher jones wishes to 

 swap Manufacturer Smith a page of 

 space for a peck measure full of jack 

 knives, and Mr. Smith agrees there woui.> 

 be no reason to object. But Mr. Jones 

 claims to serve all comers alike. His is 

 a strictly one-price institution, and when 

 he takes jack knives or pumpkins or 

 watered stock from Smith and demands 

 cold, hard cash from Smith 's competitor, 

 the competitor naturally feels that he 

 is not getting a fair deal. 



And he's not. 



There seems to us small room for dis- 

 cussion. — Agricultural Advertising. 



ST. LOUIS. 



TheMaikeU 



Trade the past week was first-class, 

 and from the reports of the different 

 fiorists throughout the city Lent has 

 hardly been felt. It is true that there 

 are no large weddings or receptions, yet 

 a few dinners and luncheons, with plenty 

 of funeral work, kept most of us very 

 busy last week, and everybody seems 

 well pleased with the business during 

 the first week in Lent. Wholesale men 

 also report a good shipping trade, w'hieh 

 helped to clfan up some of the surplus 

 stock. 



The weather is most beautiful and the 

 indications are that by the end of the 

 present week there will be a big glut in 

 carnations, violets and bulbous stock. 

 Roses have not been any too plentiful, 

 but of an improved qualitj-. At this 

 writing they are in heavier supply, es- 

 pecially Bride, Maid, Meteor and Perle. 

 American Beauties are still scarce, with 

 a brisk dciuaml. Those that come in are 

 off color and poor in quality and are 

 shipped in from the outside. Meteor and 

 Bridesmaid are of good color. Some good 

 Liberty are also seen, but with short 

 stems. Carnations are coming in heav- 

 ily and of very fine color. Those from 

 Henry Baer, of Peoria, 111., and Mr. Dos- 

 well, of Fort Wayne, Ind., are very 

 fine, with our Kirkwood and Clayton 

 growers not far behind. Good blooms of 

 Nelson, Lawson. Enchantress. Estelle and 

 Wolcott are offcrsd at ,$4 and $5 per 

 100 for fancy and others ran from $2 

 to $3. 



Almost every variety of bulbous stock 

 is slow, and especially .so with valley 

 and Romans. Dutch hyacinths of the 

 lighter shades are in fair demand. Daf- 

 fodils are not overplentiful, as the}' 

 usuallv are at this time. Harrisii are 

 also limited. Callas are more plenti- 

 ful. Tulips sell very slowly, prices on 

 this stock being somewhat cheaper than 

 last reported. Violets are a glut, still 

 a great many are sold in 5,000 lots very 

 cheap; single 1,000 lots run $3.50. qual- 

 ity of the best. Smilax is somewhat 

 scarce at 15 cents. Asparagus plumosus 

 in fair dennuul. Adiantum is fine at 

 .$1.25. 



Various Notes. 



Easter lilies are reported by some of 

 our growers as coming on in fine shape ; 

 they say there is less disease this year. 

 Some of the smaller growers are a little 

 behind, but a good bottom heat will 

 bring them to the front in time. 



From present prospects quite a few 

 new greenhouses will be added this sum- 

 mer among our carnation growers around 

 Kirkwood and Clayton. Tliey all have 

 had a good season, big crops and big 

 prices. 



James S. Wilson, of Western Springs, 

 111., was with us from Saturday to Mon- 

 day, leaving here for Detroit to attend 

 the carnation meeting. 



Dr. A. S. Halstedt. of Belleville, is 

 at Detroit to attend the carnation meet- 

 ing. 



Prof. Wm, Trelease, of the Missouri 

 Botanic Gardens, will leave this week 

 on a business trip, accompanied by his 

 son. They will be gone a month or six 

 weeks. 



ilr. Brown, the English gardener, has 

 rented part of Alex Johnson's green- 

 house at Wellston, where R. J. Mohr is 

 in charge. 



H. Riemann has left the employ of 

 the Michel Plant and Bulb Co. He is 



now employed by :Mr. Brown at the Eng- 

 lish building on the World's Fair 

 grounds. 



George M. Kellogg, of Pleasant Hill, 

 Mo., was a visitor last week. He will 

 return the latter part of this week and 

 attend the executive board meeting on 

 Saturday. 



John Connon, of Webster Groves, is 

 confined to the house with a sprained 

 knee cap. the result of an accident while 

 coasting with a party of ladies near his 

 home. 



Will Smith has left the employ of F. 

 M. Ellis and is now in the pottery sup- 

 ply business. 



P. G. Gerhart, one of- the first park 

 commissioners in early St. Louis, died 

 last week at the age of 75. 



George Ostertag is now in the em- 

 ploy of the city, having been appointed 

 park overseer. A better selection could 

 not have been made and George will see 

 that things are kept right. David Banz- 

 hof has left Forest Park. 



Ed. Glenzing, of Kirkwood, lost all 

 three of his houses by fire the past week. 

 The loss of the plants was due to freez- 

 ing and smoke. 



F. Lautermilch, of Kirkwood, has a 

 few fine seedlings in carnations. A partic- 

 ularly good one is a cross between Jubi- 

 lee and Old McGowan, color a shade 

 lighter than Lawson ; it is also a great 

 producer. He also has a fine white, both 

 being good keepers. 



Everything is in readiness to receive 

 the executive board on Saturday morn- 

 ing, and from that time on we will 

 make them feel at home. The banquet, 

 which will be held on Saturday night 

 at the Missouri Athletic Club, will be 

 a hummer, and the trolley ride on Sun- 

 day a pleasant affair. All arrangements 

 are complete, which will be explained to 

 file club members at the meeting of the 

 club this week Tluirsday. 



Carew Sanders, who was operated on 

 last week, is doing nicely, and, from re- 

 ports, will soon be up and around again 

 among his friends. 



Team No. 2 won all four games Mon- 

 day night from Team No. 1, by the fol- 

 lowing score: 



Team No. 1. 1 2 3 J Total. 



Rpiiekc 155 ISJO 162 135 651 



Bever 142 19.S 194 164 693 



Meinhardt 109 133 124 140 506 



Youug 176 144 147 117 614 



582 669 627 556 2464 



T.>am No. 2. 12 3 4 Total. 



Kuehn 170 ISO 159 197 706 



Kllison 150 175 194 171 690 



Ellis 155 201 133 163 652 



Weber 126 123 144 167 560 



601 679 630 698 2608 



J. J. B. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



The tone of the market since my last 

 notes has changed materially. The Len- 

 ten sea.sou is now being felt by every- 

 one and the market in general is very 

 irregular. Weather conditions also af- 

 fected values. Prices have fallen con- 

 siderably and one can buy roses and 

 carnations in quantities at one's own 

 figure. All bulbous stock is a drug. 

 The carnation supply is very heavy and 

 lots of 1,000 are offered as low as $15 

 for fancy stock. Roses are meeting with 

 better success; while the supply is very 

 large, prices remain firmer, fancy stock 

 still selling at $10 per 100. Beauties 

 are scarce, the best bringing $5 per doz- 

 en. In greens a slight shortage exists. 



Various Notes. 



The funeral of a very prominent 



