December IS, lfl(i2. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



169 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND, 



Now look at him, what have I ever 

 (lone to him? If 1 eould only get my 

 hands on him for a minute! Tliese were 

 t!ie thoughts tliat ])assed through my 

 mind when I read those rambling re- 

 marks by '"the boy tramp," or what was 

 it he called himself? Oh, yes, it was 

 the "wayfarer," but anyway what's in 

 a name? I am already beginning to 

 pity him, for when I see him again, un- 

 less I forget by that time whether it was 

 he or some one else that did tlie thing 

 that caused us to lose our equanimity. 

 It is strange, but it has so often hap- 

 pened when we were still a lad in short 

 breeches, that after deciding in our own 

 mind that the only way to appease our 

 appetite for revenge for a certain 

 wrong was to jump onto the oflending 

 party's collar the first time we met, and 

 when we did meet that party we coulrt 

 not remember just wliat the Avrong was 

 or whether it was really he or someone 

 else who perpetrated the trick. >fot that 

 our courage had ever failed us, not on 

 your life, but we just could not remem- 

 ber exactly. 



He said he caught me down on my 

 knees, but believe me, good friends, 1 

 was . only trying to coax some sweet 

 peas to climb up the golden stairs and 

 to incidentally drop a few shiners on 

 their way up. They do take a lot of 

 coa.\ing until j-ou finally get them start- 

 ed up, you know. Wliat lie said about 

 that fancy stock and those big crops, 

 etc., is all tafl^y, for it is only just good 

 commercial, stock, such as every grower 

 should be able to grow and some grow 

 better. To what he said about those 

 seedlings, of course I readily agi-ee, be- 

 cause, don't you know, that every moth- 

 er crow thinks that her baby crows are 

 the blackest? We hope that some day 

 soon you may be permitted to see for 

 yourself how black they are. 



What he said about those other fel- 

 lows is true, every word of it, and I can- 

 not understand why I was handled so 

 roughly. He seemed in a very cheerful 

 frame of mind when he was here. I 

 suspect that was because he had left 

 his Fiancee only a few hours before and 

 his thoughts still dwelt on her great 

 beauty and her bewitching smiles, etc. 

 I noticed when he came in that he was 

 breathing in short, nervous breaths and 

 seemed vei'y uneasy about something 

 until he caught sight of that pink seed- 

 ling, when he heaved a long sigh and 

 said, "It does not come in the same class 

 with Fiancee, does it?" When I assured 

 him, that it would not he could hardly 

 contain himself for joy, because he said 

 he had feared that he might have to 

 spend another small fortune to save 

 liimself. Baur. 



KANSAS CITY. 



Since writing my last notes w'c have 

 been mourning tlic loss of our old friend, 

 "Sol." For two weeks he has steadily 

 refused to show his face with the excep- 

 tion of a few hours, and consequently 

 stock is not going to be as plentiful for 

 Christmas as we fondly anticipated. 

 Kven if we should have sunshine every 

 day between now and the 25th the cut 

 would not be more thap 75 per cent of 

 what it oug!;t to be. A hea\'y snow has 

 made it inconvenient for shoppers, and 

 the tale is told when I say that there is 

 nothing doing except siiiall jobs. Of 

 course orders are beginning to come in 

 for Christmas, and everybody is get- 



ting busy on the holly wreath and rop- 

 ing, but the past week has been dull. 



Xewell had the decoration for the 

 Elks' Memorial, December 7. This, like 

 all the Elks' afl'airs, was very elaborate, 

 and the decorations of palms and wild 

 smilax were artistically arranged. 



Today Mr. Eock and I drove out to 

 the Rock-Heite Co.'s greenhouses. About 

 two-thirds of the space is devoted to 

 carnations and they are certainly cov- 

 ered with buds. They will have "a big 

 cut of nice blooms for Christmas. They 

 have all the standard varieties and also 

 many new ones, among them Prosperity, 

 Higinbotham, Norway, Lawson, Estelle 

 and Marie Louise. A seedling No. 8 

 (a cross between Maceo and Gomez) 

 seems to be something good. The flow- 

 ers I saw of it were 3i inches in diam- 

 eter, shaped very much like Mrs. Law- 

 son, but lighter in color; the plant is a 

 strong grower. 



About as fine a lot of azaleas as you 

 usually see will be in bloom for Christ- 

 mas. Fine plants of bottle brush, genis- 

 tas, araucarias and Boston ferns were 

 in evidence. In fact, most everything is 

 well done at this place. A small house 

 of violets is at present off crop but full 

 of buds. Take the trip, you western 

 florists, when you come to town, it's 

 worth the trouble. John H. Veset, 



CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. 



The coal question is of vital interest 

 here as elsewhere. My neighbor has 

 been experimenting with soft coal, but 

 found the draft not sufficient to carry 

 off the smoke, and consequently more or 

 less gas. As for myself, I have been 

 buying a few hundred pounds of anthra- 

 cite at a time, which I can get by haul- 

 ing from Springfield, but the price is 

 high — from $S to $12 per ton — and can 

 get but little at that. 



Chicopce Falls and Chicopee Center, 

 situated on the banks of the Chicopee 

 River, one and one-half miles apart, are 

 each three or four miles from Spring- 

 field, connected with that city by elec- 

 tric car lines. Chicopee Falls has one 

 wholesale flower establishment and one 

 retail ])lant grower, and Chico|:ee Cen- 



ter has two( retail plant and flower 

 growers; but there are no cut flower 

 stores in either village, consequently 

 Springfield gets a large part of the cut 

 flower trade. E. E. il. 



MONTREAL. 



At the annual meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club officers for 

 the ensuing year were elected as fol- 

 lows: President, G. Tnissell; first vice- 

 president, R. W. Whiting; second vice- 

 president, C. Craig; secretary-ti-easurer, 

 W. H. Horobin; assistant secretary, W. 

 C. Hall ; committee, W. Aleock, J. Kirk- 

 \\ood, J. Pidduek, j. Prescott, .J. Lucke 

 and E. Hayward. 



It was decided to have the annual 

 dinner on or about the fourth ilonday 

 of Januarv. 



AriUKN. X. Y. — Trade here is limited 

 only by the supply. It is impossible 

 to fully meet the demand. Thanksgiving 

 trade was larger than ever before. A 

 floral store recently started here hag 

 greatly stimulated demand by keeping 

 flowers continually before the people. 



LooMis, Cal. — The California Carna- 

 tion Co. has bought out the Western 

 Carnation Co., also all the carnations of 

 the Knol Nursery, hoih of this city. 

 Tliis gives the California Carnation Co. 

 over half a million rooted cuttings to 

 sell this winter. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. — ilr. Geo. M. 

 Kellogg has contracted for the services 

 of a "new florist," who arrived at the 

 home of A. Larsen Sunday, December 

 7th. Mother and baby are doing well. 



Atlantic City, N. J. — D. B. Edwards 

 has incorporated his business under the 

 title Edwards Floral Hall Co. He re- 

 mains in charge as manager. 



San Francisco. Cal. — Gustave Gagne 

 has removed to his new- quarters at 

 2337-47 Lombard street. 



White Hall, III. — John T. Clierry 

 has removed to Athens, 111. 



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By WILLIAM SCOTT. 



A Complete Reference Book for 

 Coxuiuercial Florists. 



Over 200 large pages. 



Handsomely illustrated. 



Following- is a list of the buI)- 

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\butiIon 



Acicia 



Acalypha 



Aantnrophcenix 



Acer japonicum 



\chillea 



\chimines 



Xcrophyllum 



Adiantum 



Agapanthus 



.Agave 



Aeeratum 



Allamanda 



Alocaiia 



Aloysia 



Altenianthera 



Amaranthus 



Amaryllis 



Ampelopsis 



Ananas 



Annuals 



Anthericum 



Anthurium 



Antirrhinum 



Aponogeton 



Aquatics 



Araucarias 



Ardisia 



Aristolochia 



Asparagus 



Aspidistra 



Asplenium 



Aster 



Aslilbe japonica 



Azalea 



Halsam 



Bay Trees 



Bedding Plants 



Begonia 



Bellis 



Huttom Heat 



Bougainvillea 



Houvardia 



Bromeliads 



Browallia 



Bulbs 



Caladium 



Calamus 



Calceolaria 



Camellia 



Canna 



Carludovica 



Carnation 



Celosia 



Centaurea 



Cheiranthus 



Chrysanthemum 



Cineraria 



Clematis 



Cobea 



Cold-frames 



Coleus 



Cosmos 



Cotyledon 



Crinum 



Crocos 



Croton 

 Cycas 

 Cyclamen 

 Cytisus 

 Dahlia 

 Derorations 

 Decorative Pl'ts 

 Deutzia 

 Dianthus 

 Dracaena 

 Drainage 

 Easter Plants 

 Epacris 

 Erica 



Eriostemon 

 Eucharis 

 Eupatorium 

 Euphorbia 

 Ferns 

 Fertilizers 

 Ficus 

 Fittonia 

 Flfiral Arrange- 

 ments 

 Frees ia 

 Fuchsia 

 Fungicides 

 Gardenia 

 Geranium 

 Gladiolus 

 Glazing 

 Glechoma 

 Gloxinia 



Grasses 



Greenhouse Bldg 



Grevillea robusta 



HardyPerennials 



Hardy Shrubs 



Heating 



Hsdera (Ivy) 



Hedge Plants 



Heliotrope 



Hibiscus 



Hollyhock 



Hotbeds 



Hoya 



Hydrangea 



Impatiens 



Insecticides 



I resin e 



Jasmin um 



Kalmia 



Koeniga 



Lantana 



Lapageria 



Lawns 



Lib mia 



Lilium 



Lily of the Valley 



Linum irigynum 



Lobelia 



Lysimachia 



Manettia 



JManures 



Maranta 



Martinezia 



Maurandya 



Metrosideros 



Mignonette 



Mimulus 



Moon Flower 



Mulching 



Musa 



Myosotis 



Nepenthes 



Nierembergia 



Oleander 



Orchids 



Othonna 



Oxalis 



Packing Flowers 



Packing Plants 



Paeonia 



Palms 



Pandanus 



Panicum var. 



Pansy 



Pelargonium 



Peperomia 



Perilla 



Petunia 



Phlox 



Pinks 



Poinsettia 



Potting 



Primula 



RhododendroD 



Richardia 



Ricinus 



Roses 



Salvia 



Santolina 



Sedum 



Seed Sowing 



Selaginella 



Shading 



Skimmia japon^a 



Smilax 



Soils 



Solanum 



Stephanotis 



Ste\-ia 



Stocks 



Store Manage'mt 



Swainsona 



Sweet Peas 



System 



Thunbergia 

 Torenia 

 Tropaeolum 

 Tuberose 



Valotta 

 Vases 

 Ventilation 

 Veranda Boxes 

 Verbena 

 Vinca 

 Violet 

 Watering- 

 Zinnia 



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