JOLY 12, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



St. liouls Wholesale 



Cut Flower Co.. 61 



St. Louis Seed Co. 58 



Staack & Sons 49 



State Nursery Co... 40 

 Steele's Pansy Gar- 

 dens 67 



Stewart, S. B 49 



Stokes Floral Co... 46 



Storrs & Harrison. 68 



Stroh & Sons 42 



Stuber & Richardson 67 



Stumpp, G. E. M... 43 



Stumpp & Walter.. 1 



Stuppy Floral Co.. 46 



Superior Boiler .... 79 



Swanson's 42 



Syracuse Pottery... 81 



T. 



Tailby & Sons 41 



Tliorburn & Co 52 



Thornton Floral Co. 49 

 Throop-Martin Co.. 82 

 Tonner, O. A. & 



L. A 27 



Tonseth Floral Co.. 49 



Toole & Son 56 



Totty, C. H 75 



Traendly & Schenck 62 



Trepel, C. C 43 



Trepel, Joseph 43 



Turner & Sons 47 



Tutwiler Flower 



Shop 45 



TT. 

 United Cut Fl'r Co. 62 

 U. S. Cut Fl'r Co.. 63 



V. 



Van Lindley Co 47 



Van Meter Flower 



Shop 40 



Vesey, W. J. & M. S. I 



Vick's Sons, J 57 



Vincent, Jr., & Sons 74 

 Virgin, U. J 44 



W. 



Waite, F. W 86 



Walker Co., F 44 



Want Advs 38 



Warburton, C 41 



Ward & Co., 11. M. I 



WarendorfC 43 



Watkins & Simpson 53 

 Watts, Mrs. J. E... 45 



Wax Bros 41 



Weaver, A 40 



Weber, F. C 51 



Weber, F. U 51 



Weber & Sons Co.. . 47 

 Weiland & Risch... 59 



Welch Bros. Co 61 



Wertheimer Bros... 10 

 Westerbeek & Klyn 53 

 Western Clay Pro.. 67 

 Whitted Floral Co.. 42 



Wiegand's Sons Co. 41 



Wienhoeber Co 50 



Wietor Bros 26 



Wilks Mfg. Co 80 



Williams, Mrs. E. A. 45 



Williams, Ed 49 



Williams & Co 41 



Wilson, H. E 42 



Wilson, R. G 43 



Wilson Seed Co... 58 

 Wilson's Seed Store 40 

 Wiltgen & Freres.. 59 



Windmiller Co 42 



Winterson's Seed... 5^^ 

 Wittbold, Geo. ..50-7^ 

 Wolfskins' & Morris 

 Goldenson 48 



Woodland Park Co. 67 

 Woodrufe & Sons... 02 



Woodward, A. J 40 



Wright's 48 



Y. 



Young, J. W 8.5 



Young & Co., John. 63 



Young & Co., A. li. 62 



Young & Co., V 50 



Young & Sons Co... 51 



Z. 



Zcch & Mann 59 



Zetlltz, E. N 40 



Ziska & Sons, J 59 



Zvolanek, A. (J 67 



TABLE OF 



Page 

 Sweet Pea Society Meets at Boston (illus.> 11 



— George W. Kerr (portrait) 11 



— President Kerr 's Address 13 



The Eetail Florist 14 



— Preventing Express Loss (illus.) 14 



— Fast Work at Uniontown, Pa. (illus.) 14 



— Eeasons for Consolidating 14 



Rotary Florists Convene (illus.) 15 



R. Irving Gresham (portrait) 15 



Illinois Florists to Meet 15 



Florists and the Draft 15 



Brief Answers 15 



Coal Cost Not Cut 16 



— Flimflamming the Public 16 



Stop Manure Waste 16 



Carnations 16 



— • Irrigation and Benching 16 



— Green Aphis on Carnations 17 



— Zoe Leads Them All (illus.) 17 



— Badly Infested with Thrips 17 



Culture of Smilax 17 



S. A. F. for New Insurance 18 



Col. Green Weds 18 



Insurance for Employees 18 



Florist Has Own Coal Mine 18 



Open Letters from Readers 18 



— Rot of Iris Roots 18 



Roses 19 



— When Roses Must Move 19 



— Spider on Outdoor Roses 19 



— Roses a Second Season 19 



— American Rose Society 19 



Seasonable Suggestions for Southern Florists 19 



— Roses in the South 19 



Chrysanthemums 20 



— When to Take the Buds 20 



— Time to Bench Mums 20 



— Mum Stock from Field 20 



Albany, N. Y 20 



Obituary 21 



— Philippe de Vilmorin 21 



— George W. Hillman 21 



— William Webber 21 



Westerly, R. 1 21 



Detroit, Mich 21 



Omaha, Neb 21 



News Notes 21 



• Mott-ly Musings 21 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Wonderful Crops 22 



The S. A. F. Convention '. 22 



Please Note 22 



They Have the Pull 22 



Chicago 22 



Buffalo, N. Y 28 



Philadelphia 30 



New York 32 



Rochester, N. Y 35 



Cincinnati 38 



Boston 40 



Milwaukee 43 



Baltimore 44 



St. Louis 47 



Seed Trade News 52 



— Wisconsin Peas Poor 52 



— The Burpee Organization 53 



— The Harrisii Crop 56 



— Pacific Coast Seed Notes 56 



— Catalogues Received 58 



Pacific Coast Department 64 



— Palms on the Pacific (illus.) 64 



— San Francisco 64 



— Los Angeles, Cal 65 



— Portland, Ore 66 



— Tacoma, Wash 66 



Methods of Propagation 66 



Nursery News 68 



— The New Vice-president 68 



— J. R. Mayhew (portrait) 68 



— A. R. N. P. A. Election 68 



— A. N. P. A. Elects Officers 68 



— Cemetery Men 's Convention 69 



— White Pine Blister Rust 69 



Newport, R. 1 70 



Kansas City, Mo 72 



Washington, D. C 72 



Greenhouse Heating 76 



— Heat from Exhaust Steam 76 



— A Small Carnation House 76 



— Coal or Fuel Oil— Which? 78 



— The Piping and the Stack 78 



Fort Wayne, Ind 79 



Pittsburgh, Pa 82 



Newark, N. J ' 84 



Providence, R. 1 84 



Indianapolis, Ind 86 



Flowers to Follow Mums 99 



