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The Florists^ Review 



NOVEMBEU 9, 191«. 



OiEN LETm^-A- PEADEUd 



KUNDERD DEFENDS THE IRIS. 



I always read The Review with both 

 interest and profit, but the comment on 

 C. S. Harrison 's article on the iris as 

 the national flower, bv .John J. Hitz 

 and my good friend B. C. Auten, in a 

 recftit issue, were of special interest to 

 me. While I am a great admirer of 

 the goldenrod, 1 must diflfer with Mr. 

 Auten on his severe criticism of the 

 iris. Last spring I had the- pleasure of 

 seeing Bortrand' II. Farr's wonderful 

 collection of iris in bloom at Wyomis- 

 sing. Pa., and I believe if Mr, Auten 

 had been with me he would have been 

 as enthusiastic over the marvelous 

 beauty of the newer iris as I am. Both 

 Mr. Auten and myself are great lovers 

 of the gladiolus, but if there is any 

 other one flower 1 should select it would 

 probably be the iris. Last season 1 

 had a choice collection of Mr. Fryer's 

 new iris .seedlings in bloom. 1 cer- 

 tainly believe in the newer iris, as well 

 as in the better standard kinds, and 

 believe if the general public could see 

 them in bloom their variety and beauty 

 would take the country by storm and 

 there would not be stock enough in 

 existence to half supply the enormous 

 demand. 



While writing my "oi)inion" it 

 might be helpful to some of your read- 

 ers to relate my method of handling the 

 cut blooms of the iris. As is well 

 t known, this flower when in bloom is 

 fragile and is therefore suscejttible to 

 damage from breakage in transporta- 

 tion and handling. I have found a 

 jjfood way to get the best results from 

 the iris as a cut flower, especially 

 where it is to be packed for shijtment. 

 It is to cut the spikes with the 

 best unopened buds and not the spikes 

 which show the finest blooms at the 

 time of cutting. When wanted for the 

 day following the cutting of spikes, I 

 aim to cut with as many large buds as 

 possible. I certainly believe the iris 

 will become jjopular as soon as the 

 wonderful newer varieties become bet- 

 ter known and better methods of pack- 

 ing and transportation are devised. I 

 have no flower to suggest to be adopted 

 as our national flower, but cannot see 

 how a more beautiful flower than the 

 iris can be found, nor one which is 

 80 adapted to universal culture and at 

 80 little expense. A. E. Kunderd. 



BAILEY'S CYCLOPEDIA, VOL. V. 



I "Thp StandRnl rvcIoiKMlia of Hnrticnlturo," 

 by I>. H. Rniloy. Piililislicd l)y the MiKiiiMliin 

 Co., New York'. Volitine V. containinfr jtapos 

 242.*? to .S041. fully illuxtrntod with cnfrravinps 

 in thP tfxt anil with fuH-iiacc plaIcK, scvoral of 

 thPin eolorod. To bo completed In six volumes. 

 Price per volume, strongly and neatly bound in 

 cloth, $6.1 



Five volumes of the total six — so 

 near to accomplishment is this great 

 task of book-making. And the comple- 

 tion of the work will be a notable 

 event in the horticultural world. The 

 achievement will be a landmark in 

 horticultural progress. These assertions 

 are not extravagant or fanciful, but are 



intended only as a moderate, matter-of- 

 fact statement of the high rank and 

 great value of the Standard Cyclopedia 

 of Horticulture. It is in reality, as well 

 as in name, the standard, supreme hor- 

 ticultural authority in America. 



As intimated previously by this re- 

 viewer, the value of the books to the 

 .florist depends chiefly on the use that 

 the florist makes of them. The inher- 

 ent helpfulness of the books themselves 

 is almost unbounded. The limitations 

 are principally in the user of the cyclo- 

 pedia, rather than in the cyclopedia it- 

 self. Some craftsmen have more facil- 

 ity than others in deriving knowledge 

 from the printed page. Some continu- 

 ally absorb practical information from 

 all possible sources, including books 

 and trade papers. They collect facts 

 wherever obtainable, and afterward 

 coin or transmute the facts into solid 

 money. Others, however," learn almost 

 entirely from personal experience, and 

 perhaps pay enough for the experience 

 to purchase many copies of Bailey 's 

 cyclopedia. 



With five of the six volumes now 

 available, the cyclopedia already is 

 more nearly complete than are many 

 other books that make great preten- 

 sions of covering their subject thor- 

 oughly. In how many works of refer- 

 ence, aside from an ordinary un- 

 abridged dictionary, can you find more 

 than five-sixths of the items for which 

 you look? 



For sale by The Review on the same 

 terms as are off'ered by the publishers. 



MORE AZALEAS. 



A steamer from Rotterdam last week 

 discharged the following consignments 

 of plants, shrubs and trees, most of 

 which undoubtedly are of Belgian 

 origin, including the much-discussed 

 azaleas. This shipment, together with 

 a larger one two weeks previously, 

 confirms last week's statement of the 

 foreign trade adviser that the German 

 authorities have no objection to the 

 exportation to the United States of Bel- 

 gian horticultural products, and that a 

 belief to the contrary on the part of 

 some is due to a misunderstanding. 



McHutchison & Co., 177 cases plants. 



Julius Roehrs Co., 8.1 cases trees. 



H. Langeler, 63 cases plants. 



C. Schwalce & Co., 5 cases trees. 



P. C. Kuyper & Co., 34 cases plants; .S3 cases 

 shrubs. 



American Express Co., 15 cases plants. 



American Shipping Co., 3 cases roots; 13 cases 

 shrubs; 3 cases trees. 



Maltus & Ware, 395 cases shrubs; 121 cases 

 plants; 36 cases trees: 8 cases roots. 



I.unham & Moore, 72 cases shrubs. ■ 



(;. W. Sheldon>& Co., 8 cases roots. 



(). G. Hempstead & Son, 51 cases shrubs. 



Another fair-sized batch of azaleas 

 and other products "via Rotterdam" 

 arrived at New York October 30, by 

 steamer Noordam. The following con- 

 signees were given in the New York 

 manifest of the vessel: 



MacNlff Horticultural Co., 30 cases plants;' 148 

 cases shrubs. 



R. M. Ward & Co., 1.34 cases plants. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., 2 cases trees. 



.lohnson & Mi Hang, 35 cases shrubs. 



.]. B Keller Sons, 22 cases plants. 



American Shipping <?o., 11 cases shrubs; .3ii 

 cases plants; 10(5 cases trees., 



Luuhani & Moore, 34 cases shrubs; 2 cases 

 l)lant«. 



C. F. Smith, 56 cases shrubs; 30 cases plants. 



International Forwarding Co., 52 cases trees. 



P. Oiiwerkerk, .32 cases plants. 



A. Rolker & Sons, 22 cases shrubs. 



K. J. Bauer, 81 cases trees. 



H. Langeler, 50 cases plants. 



Downing & Co., 18,'! cases plants. 



Maltus & Ware, 255 cases plants: H37 cases 

 shrubs. 



K. F. I.ang, 64 cases shrubs. 



P. C. Kuyper & Co., 502 cases shrubs; 22 cases 

 plants. 



Richard & Co., 540 cases i)lants, 225 cases 

 shrubs. 



.McHutchison & Co., 364 cases shrubs. 



Sheldon & Co., 30 cases shrubs. 



(). (}. Hempstead & Son, 12 cases trees. 



.]. AV. Hampton, Jr., & Co., 57 cases ]>lants; 

 11 c'ases shrubs. 



F. B. Vandegrift & Co., .30 cases trees. 



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.1. F. Wilcox & Sons, of Council 

 Bluff's, la., are in line with their spe- 

 cials. Roses and chrysanthemums are 

 clean, thrifty stock. "The shipping 

 trade is good and prosjiects are bright," 

 said Roy Wilcox. 



Lon Foster, of Furrow & Co., of Okla- 

 homa City, Okla., was showing a pros- 

 jiective bride one of the company *s 

 most expensive bride's bouquets, as il- 

 lustrated in an album. Following her 

 selection and departure, I commented 

 on her liberal taste. "It is the rule 

 rather than the exception nowadays," 

 observed Mr. Foster. "The best is 

 none too good, and it is so with all our 

 jiatrons — a most encouraging thing." 



Stiles & Co., of Oklahoma City, are 

 cramped for room,, but said that they 

 are unable to obtain an equally desir- 

 able location nearby. "It is one of the 

 best locations and must suffice for the 

 present," commented Mr. S^tiles, add- 

 ing: "Business was never better than 

 now. ' ' 



A jdank in the platform of S. S. 



Butterfield, of Oklahoma City, who is a 

 likely winning candidate for the leg- 

 islature, is the f)romise of a bill to 

 beautify the spacious grounds surround- 

 ing the beautiful capitol building near- 

 ing comj)letion. 



Otto Lang,. of Dallas, Tex., says that 

 he has received compliments from "all 

 over," following the illustration of his 

 unique landscape advertisement in The 

 Review. The mural advertisement cer- 

 tainly shows up strikingly and illus- 

 trates what can be done on what would 

 otherwise be a bare wall. 



"Business is humming in Texas," 

 says R. C. Kerr, of Houston. "I am 

 engaging a night storeman for the bet- 

 ter care of out-of-town orders. This 

 will avoid confusion in the morning and 

 will be, I believe, a plan- adopted by 

 all who cater to the country trade," 

 Mr. Kerr predicts that a delegation of 

 fifty or more will accompany him when 

 he sails from New Orleans for Man- 

 hattan next August to preside at the 

 convention of the S. A. F. W. M. 



