JIARCH 19, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



663 



- WHICH IS RIGHT ? 



I would be pleased to have a compe- 

 tent opinion as to the proper way to lay 

 glass in a greenhouse roof, whether witli 

 the bend of the glass up or with the bend 

 down, and why? Doubtfui,. 



In reply to Doubtful, the better way 

 to lay the glass in the greenhouse roof 

 is with the bow or Ijend up. as .shown 



in upper figure. In this drawing I have 

 exaggerated the bend somewhat in order 

 to emphasize my points. With the bow 

 up the lights form a series of arches, 

 thus presenting the strongest possible 

 surface against the pressure of wind, 

 snow or hail from the outside, whereas, 

 it these arches are inverted as in the 

 lower figure, it will readily be seen that 

 the roof is materially weakened. You 

 will also note that pressure exerted on 

 the outside of a "bow up" light has a 

 tendency to hold the glass tighter be- 

 tween the bars, whereas, in the ease with 

 the "bow down" light, the tendency is to 

 loosen the glass. With the "bow up" 

 light, the condensation on the inside is 

 carried outwards to the bar and taken 

 care of by the condensation grooves in 

 the sash bars, these grooves being made 

 for that specific purpose, but with the 

 "bow down" light the condensation is 

 carried to the center of the light, there 

 to be dropped off at the next lower lap 

 or to get between the laps, freeze and 

 break the glass. 



Henry W. Gibbons. 

 New York. 



ONCINNATL 



The Market. 



Business is very good, but stock is 

 getting scarcer every day. 



Roses are holding their own better 

 than anything else, the supply being 

 nearly equal to the demand. There is 

 quite a run on short-stemmed American 

 Beauties. Long ones, too, find a ready 

 market. Liberties still remain in short 

 supply, but the quality is fine and they 

 sell quickly. 



In carnations is where the trouble 

 lies, as they are scarce, and many more 

 could be disposed of, especially in fancy 

 varieties. 



Bulbous stock is doing very well, es- 

 pecially Harrisii lilies, which are much 

 sought after. Callas also sell well. 



The supply of violets is slacking up 

 and good ones are bringing a fairly high 

 price. As usual, single ones have the 

 call ; it is very hard to make double 

 ones move at any price. 



Smilax and asparagus are still very 

 scarce, there being hardly enough to 

 supply the demand. Easter ferns are 

 holding out very well this year. 



Various Items. 



The carnation show of the Florists' So- 

 ciety proved to be the best ever held 

 by the club. While the show was not 

 as large as it might have been, the qual- 

 ity of the stock exhibited was fine. Quite 

 a number of out-of-town florists were 

 present, including Herbert Heller, of 



Xew Castle, Ind.; Henry Weber, Oak- 

 land, Md.; Jas. Hartshorne, Chicago; 

 E. T. Grave, Kichmond, Ind., and Mr. 

 Kunzelman, Louisville, Ky. 



The judges of the show were T. W. 

 Ilardesty and Chas. Jones, and the 

 awai'ds were as follows: 



Best vase fifty white carnations — 1st, H. 

 Weber & Sons, with Gov. Lowndes; 2nd, Chi- 

 <-jigo Carnation Co., with Polar Queen; 3rd, 

 CliioaKO Carnation Co., with Her Majesty. 



Best vase fifty pinli — 1st. D. "U'itterstaetter, 

 with Enquirer; 2nd, Witterstaetter. with Law- 

 son; 3rd, H. Weber & Sons, with Lawson. 



Best vase fifty red — 1st, Chicago Carnation 

 Co.. with Mrs. Potter Palmer; 2nd. Witter- 

 staetter, with Estelle; 3rd, H. Weber & Sons, 

 with Estelle. 



Best vase fift.v crimson — 1st, Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co., with Harlowarden. 



Best vase fifty variegated — 1st, H. Weber & 

 •Sons, with Prosperity; 2ud, Chicago Carnation 

 Co.. with Marshall Field. 



Best vase any other color — 1st, H. Weber & 

 Sons, with Genevieve Lord; 2nd, W. Eodgers, 

 with Genevieve Lord. 



Best vase seedlings — 1st, R. Witterstafttter, 

 with Adonis; 2nd. H. Weber & Son.s, with Gov. 

 Ivowudes; 3rd, R. Witterstaetter, with No. 

 S22 A. 



Best general display — R. Witterstaetter. with 

 a ver.y fine collection of his own seedlings. 



The >S. A. P. O. H. silver medal was award- 

 ed to R. Witterstaetter. for Adonis, and the 

 bronze medal to H. Weber & Sons, for Gov. 

 Lowndes. 



A certificate of merit was awarded to Peter 

 Crowe, of Utica, N. Y., for two vases of 

 roses; one of Maids and one of Brides. He 

 also exhibited a variet.v of adlantura which is 

 a marlced improvement over Adiantum cunca- 

 tum. 



E. T. Grave staged a vase of Pres. McKInley, 

 which was fine. 



Huntsman & Co.. staged a pinl: seedling of 

 medium size, which they claim to be a great 

 bloomer. 



J. W. Rodgers made a display of violets. 



This is the last of the shows for this 

 season, and the society wishes to thanl'C 

 all those who so generously helped to 

 make these displays a success. 



In the evening the regular meeting 

 of the club took place. The principal 

 business was the formation of a schedule 

 for two fiower shows, to be held during 

 the fall festival this coming September. 

 The fall festival committee has offered 

 .$1,000 as prize money, provided a suita- 

 ble schedule can be formulated. After 

 considerable discussion it was decided to 

 call a special meeting for Saturday, 

 March 2L at 9 p. m., at the club room. 



Jas. Hartshorne was unanimously 

 elected a member of the society. 



.J. O'Malley has just returned from 

 Pittsburg, where he was visiting a sick 

 brother. 



Ben Glins is about again after a three 

 weeks' siege of the grippe. 



Frank Huntsman is confined to his 



home with the grippe. 



C. J. OHMEB. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Hartford Florists' Club held its 

 annual meeting on the evening of March 

 10. Officers for the ensuing year were 

 elected as follows: President, Theo. 

 Wirth; vice president, J. F. Huss; sec- 

 retary, Alois Frey; treasurer, Kobert 

 Scrivner; trustees, T. J. McRonald, .J. 

 P. Coombs, Geo. S. Oshorn. The re- 

 tiring officers presented to the club a 

 block and gavel, suitably engraved, made 

 from the historic Wadsworth elm. 



Hon. A. C. Sternberg gave an inter- 

 esting history of the fruit growing in- 

 dustry in Connecticut, pointing out the 

 various steps in its development during 

 the pa.st fifty years. Prof. G. A. Parker 

 in taking up the subject dwelt on the 

 peculiar adv.antages in the soil and cli- 

 mate of Connecticut as being peculiarly 

 adapted to the industry. Tlie club voted 

 to present the retiring secretary, J. F. 

 Coombs, some token in recognition of 

 his two years' service. 



Visitors: Mr. Ruppert, representing 



H. A. Dreer; also Mr. Henry W. Gib- 

 bons, of New York, who is engaged in 

 making exhaustive tests at the Heublein 

 Conservatories to determine the cause 

 of plants contained therein dying off at 

 such an alarming rate. 0, 



RAMBLINGS. 



Albany, N. Y. — John Dingwall has a 

 fine lot of hydrangeas for Easter. From 

 what I have seen good forcing stock 

 will not be superabundant this year. 

 Lilacs and azaleas are plentiful. Lilies, 

 Crimson Ramblers and hybrid roses are 

 on the scarce list. 



At Slingerlands Fred Goldring has 

 a good crop of roses and carnations in 

 sight for Easter. There is a demand for 

 fine specimen Boston ferns. Fred says 

 small ferns for dishes have had a big 

 run this season. 



At Utica I found Frank Baker pack- 

 ing a big order for small ferns. This is 

 one of his specialties. He grows them as 

 he raises carnations — prime. Witness Red 

 Jacket, for example, one of the parents 

 of Flamingo, the scarlet "bird" of Syra- 

 cuse. Whilst speaking of ferns you 

 should see Peter Crowe's adiantum. It's 

 a gem of the first water. Wm. Mathews 

 is an orchidist of the old school. I 

 do not believe any other flower could 

 induce him to forsake his first love. His 

 cattleyas are immense — Backhousianum, 

 Corningii, Tri.inae in its varied forms, 

 alba— all very beautiful. They bring 

 a good figure right along and are sent 

 all over the Union. In carnations Mar- 

 quis, Fisher and Prosperity are among 

 the fancies. A new Chadborn automat- 

 ic ventilator has just been installed in 

 a large rose house. J. C. Spencer is an 

 advocate of the solid bed principle. He 

 has some plants of the old Mermet rose 

 that yield heavy and continuous crops, 

 the roots of which have penetrated under 

 the walks and entered another house. 

 Peter Crowe's stock grows in a similar 

 way. Must be something exceedingly 

 nourishing in the soil. Utica 'is famed 

 for its immense tea roses. Wm. . Row- 

 lands has just returned from attending 

 his first carnation convention. The boys 

 stand ready to pay his car fare if he will 

 only tell them what new varieties 1,'e con- 

 sidered most suitable to grow in the 

 home of Red Jacket and Oneida. 



Amsterdam, N. Y.— J. C. Hatcher is 

 negotiating for a ten acre lot upon which 

 to erect a new range of glass. He wants 

 to get farther away from town. George, 

 the junior member of the firm, has a 

 whole budget of new ideas in decorations 

 and the like. 



Little Falls, N. Y.— J. O. Graham 

 reports a very good season. He has a 

 nice stock for Easter. He is one of a 

 trio, the other two being W. H., of 

 Binghamton, and G. L., of Bradford. 

 The latter gentleman, by the way, was 

 recently presented with a bouncing 

 daughter, which, he says, knocks Mrs. 

 Lawson carnation sky high, and he is a 

 successful raiser of carnations at that. 



Olean, N. Y. — Mrs. F. H. Johnson re- 

 ports the busiest season on record. She 

 had the contract for putting up the most 

 elaborate decoration ever seen here. Her 

 able assistant, Mr. Johnson, had the mis- 

 fortune to strain his right knee, which 

 has kept him in the house for several 

 weeks. D. Herron is picking fine car- 

 nations. Those new houses are produc- 

 ing some excellent stock. 



Bradford, Pa. — W. Rockwell returned 

 from the convention filled with the good 



