jANU4nY 25, 1917. 



The Florists' Rtvkw 



Rohnert. Waldo ... 62 



Rosala Bros 58 



Itoseus, B 75 



Rosery, Tlie . . . .51-57 

 Routzahn Seed Co . . 63 



Kumbley Co 47 



Rupp, John F 68 



Kusch & Co., Gust. 73 



Rusconi, 1) 60 



Russin & Hanfling. 75 

 Rynveld & Sons ... 65 



S. 

 SaUford Fir. Shop. .'>i 



Samnelson, C. A 61 



Santa Cruz Ever- 

 green Co 77 



Sceery, Edward ... 51 



SclilUo, Adam 119 



Schlatter & Son 101 



Schling, Max 55 



Schramm Bros 54 



Schroeter, B 54 



Schroeter, Hugo ... 54 



Schultheis 52 



Schultz & Co 42 



Scliulz Co., Jacob... .''>2 



Schwake & Co 69 



Scott, Wm., Co 51 



Scrim's 56 



Sharp, Partridge ... 99 

 Shcap & Co 64 



Shellroad Canna 



Farms 12-13 



Shenandoah Nurs... 82 



Sheridan, W. F 75 



Slebrecht, Jr., H. A. 59 



Siebrecht Co 75 



Slebrecht Bros 55 



Slebrecht, Q. C 74 



Skidelsky & Co 93 



Skinner Irrigation. .103 



Skinner Co 94 



Small & Sons 55 



Smely, J. M 60 



Smith Henry .54 



Smith, H. J 47 



Smith, P. J 75 



Smith & Fetters Co. 53 

 Smith & Hemenway 98 

 Smith & Young Co.. 71 

 Smith Co., A. W. . . 61 

 Smith & Co., B. D.. 92 

 Smith Co., W. & T. 84 

 Smith Wholesale 



Floral Co 73 



Smyth, W. J 60 



So. California Flower 



Market 77 



Southern Cypress 



Mfrs.' Assn 120 



South Park Flo. Co. 10 

 Spokane Florist Co. 58 

 Springfield Clay Co. .100 



Springfield Seed Co. 56 

 St. Louis Seed Co. 63-69 

 St. Louis Wholesale 

 Cut Flower Co... 73 



Staack & Sons 59 



Stalger & Fincken.. 78 

 Standard Thermom- 

 eter Co 96 



State Nursery Co... 59 

 Steele's Pansy Gar- 

 dens 78 



Stewart, S. B 59 



Stokes Floral Co 56 



Storrs & Harrison.. 89 

 Strafford Farm .... 40 



Stroh & Sons 56 



Stuber & Richard- 

 son 78 



Stumpp, G. B. M. .. 55 

 Stumpp & Walter. . 1 

 Stuppy Floral Co... m 

 Superior Boiler .... 95 



Suzuki, Paul S 66 



Swanson's 59 



Syracuse Pottery . . 100 



T. 



Tailby & Sons 57 



Tar- Heel Evergreen 



Co 47 



Toahan Fern Co.... 47 

 Thompson Carnation 86 



Thomson & Sons 104 



Thorburn & Co..'... 70 

 Thornton Floral Co. 53 

 Throop-Martin Co.. 99 

 Tonner, O. A. & 



L ^ 32-34 



Tonsetii Floral Co.. 58 



Toole & Son 68 



Totty, C. H 93 



Traendly & Schenck 74 



Trepel, C. C 55 



Trepel, Joseph 55 



Tucson Seed Co 50 



Tunlin Paint Co 98 



Turner, H. W 78 



Turner Bros 98 



Turner & Sons 54 



V. 

 tuited Cut Fl'r Co. 74 

 U. S. Cut Fl'r Co.. 74 



V. 



Van Llndley Co 50 



Van Meter Flower 



Shop 53 



Vesey, W. J. & 



M. S I 



Vick's Sons, J 92 



Vim Motor Truck 



Co 10 



Vincent, Jr., & Sons 90 



Virgin, U. J 52 



Von Canon, J. II. . . . 45 



W. 



Waite, F. W 98 



Waldbart, Geo. . . . .56 



Walker Co., F 52 



Want Advs 48 



Warburton, C 57 



Ward & Co., R. M.I-fi7 



Warendorff 55 



Watkins & Simpson 65 



Watson, Geo 78 



Watts, Mrs. J. E.. . 50 



Wax Bros 57 



Weaver, A 51 



Weber, F. 61 



Weber, F. H 61 



Weber & Sons Co.. 52 



Weiland & Risch. .. 71 



Welch Bros. Co 73 



Welch, Patrick ... 73 



Welch's 72 



Wertheimer Bros. . . 14 

 Western Seed & Ir- 

 rigation Co 03 



White Co 9 



Whitted Floral Co. 59 



Wiegand's Sons Co. 53 



Wlenhoeber Co 60 



Wietor Bros. . . 32 



Wilber Corp., H. R. 62 



Wilks Mfg. Co 94 



Williams, Bd 59 



Williams & Co 53 



Wilson, H. B 51 



Wilson, R. G 55 



Wilson Floral Co... .59 



Wilson Seed Co 63 



Wilson's SeiHl Store 53 



Windmlller Co 54 



Winterson's Seed. . . 70 



Wittbold, Geo 60 



Wolfskins' & Mor- 

 ris Goldenson 58 



Woodland Park Flo. 



Co 80 



Woodrow-Marketos. 74 



Wright's 58 



W. & W. Fl'r Store 53 



Y. 



Yokohama Nursery. 66 



Young, J. W 98 



Young & Co., John. 75 



Young & Co., A. L. 74 



Young & Co., V 60 



Young & Sons Co.. 56 



Young Tool Co 101 



Z. 



Zech & Mann 71 



Zetlitz, B. N 53 



Ziska & Sons, J 71 



Zvolanek, A. C 79 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 

 "A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed" (illus.) ... 15 

 Flowers for Dewey 16 



— A Notable Display (illus.) 16 



Tennesseeans to Meet 17 



Threescore Ten and Five 17 



Business Embarrassments 17 



Seasonable Suggestions 18 



— Berried Solanums 18 



— Hardy Perennials from Seed 18 



— Deciduous Shrubs for Forcing 18 



— Marguerites for Easter 18 



— Roses for Easter 18 



— Standard Heliotropes 18 



— Ten Weeks' Stocks 18 



— Show I'elargoniums 18 



Shrapnel 18 



Cannas • 1^ 



— Testing Cannas in Tennessee 19 



Giganteums Behind Time 20 



The Society Column 20 



— American Carnation Society 20 



— - American Sweet Pea Society 20 



— American Rose Society 20 



— Chrysanthemum Society 20 



— Society of American Florists 20 



Open Letters from Readers 20 



— The New Begonias 20 



— Primula Poisoning 20 



Chrysanthemums 21 



— Early Mums Better Late? 21 



— -Late Planted Mums 21 



— The Fall Beauty Mum (illus.) 21 



Xebraskans' Meeting 22 



— Good Work Under Way 22 



Want a Quarantine 22 



Prognostication 22 



Hyacinths for Easter 22 



Smilax Culture 22 



Would Stop Imports? 22 



— Board Wants Power 22 



A ' ' Mixture ' ' for Fumigating 23 



H. G. Bramm (portrait) 23 



Seasonable Suggestions for Southern Florists 24 



— Southern Easter Lilies 24 



— Carnations in the South 24 



Bulbs Before Forcing 24 



Under Sunnv Southern Skies 24 



Dutch Bulbs 25 



— Bulb Growing in Holland 25 



Pittsburgh, Pa 26 



Tarrytown, N. Y 26 



Page 



Obituary 26 



— Swain Nelson 26 



— C. W. Schwomeyer 26 



Mott-ly Musings 26 



Knoxvillians Banquet (illus.) 27 



Cincinnati 27 



Newark, N. J 27 



Detroit, Mich 27 



East or West 28 



Must Raise the Prices 28 



Collections 28 



The Labor Situation 28 



The Energetic Germans 28 



Chicago 28 



Fort Wayne, Ind 33 



Minneapolis, Minn 34 



Washington, D. C 35 



Philadelphia 38 



Scranton, Pa 39 



New York 40 



Vegetables and Fruits Department 48 



— Pollination of Tomatoes 48 



Boston 50 



St. Louis 5r) 



Seed Trade News 62 



— Impure or Misbranded Seeds 62 



■ — Raise the Embargoes 66 



— Catalogues Received 08 



Pacific Coast Department 76 



— Los Angeles 76 



— San Francisco 77 



— Spokane, Wash 7<) 



— Seattle, Wash 80 



— Portland, Ore 81 



Nursery News 82 



— Tennessee Nurserymen 82 



— - Loss of Coniferous Seedlings 82 



Rochester, N. Y 84 



Omaha, Neb 88 



Uansas City, Mo 90 



Evansville, Ind 92 



Cleveland, 92 



Greenhouse Heating 94 



— Heat for Rooting Conifers 94 



— Piping a Set of Frames 94 



— Heated with Gas Stoves 95 



Indianapolis 9f) 



Providence, R. 1 98 



Buffalo 100 



Lancaster, Pa ] 02 



New Bedford, Mass ' 104 



