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AoousT 16, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



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Smyth, W. J...... BO 



Southern Callforala 



FIow^ Market . . OS 

 South mr* Flo. Co. 62 

 SprlngflOd Clay Co. 81 

 Springfield Seed Co. 46 

 St. Louis Wholesale 



Out Flower Co.. 36 

 St. Louis Seed Co.. 60 

 Staack & Sons..... 49 

 State Nursery Co.. 46 

 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. B. M.. 48 

 Stumpp & Walter.. 1 



Stuppy Floral"^... 46 



Superior Boiler .... 76 



Swanson's 42 



Syracuse Pottery.. 81 



T. 



Tall by & Sons 41 



Taisboen & Co 67 



Thatcher Furnace 



Co 76 



Thornton Floral Co. 49 



Thorburn & Co 68 



Throop-Martln Co. . 82 

 Tonner, O. A. & 



L. A 62 



Tonseth Floral Co.. 49 



Toole & Son 61 



Totty, O. H 76 



Tracy, B. H 63 



Traendly & Schenck 64 



Trepel, C. C 48 



Trepel, Joseph .... 43 



Turner & Sons 47 



TntwUer Flower 

 Shop 46 



TT. 



United Out Fl'r Co. B4 

 U. S. Out Fl'r Co. 66 



V. 



47 



Van Llndley Co.... 

 Van Meter Flower 



Shop 40 



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



Vick's Sons, J 69 



Vincent. Jr., & Sons 72 

 Virgin, U. J 44 



Walte, F. W 84 



Walker Co., F 44 



Walsh & Son 41 



Want Advs 87 



Warburton, 41 



Ward A Co., R. M.I-69 



Warendorff 48 



Watklns & Simpson 87 

 Watts, Mrs. J. B.. 46 



Wax Bros 41 



Weaver, A 40 



Weber, F. 61 



Weber, F. H 61 



Weber & Sons Co. 47 

 Weiland & Risch.. 62 



Welch Bros. Co 64 



VVerthelmer Bros... 12 

 Westerbeek & Klyn 67 



Western Clay Pro. 87 



White Bros 69 



Wbitted Floral Co. 42 

 Wlegand's Sons Co. 41 

 Wlenhoeber Co. ... 60 



Wletor Bros 28 



Wild, Gilbert H... 68 



Wllks Mfg. Co 76 



Williams, Mrs. 



B. A 46 



Williams, Bd 49 



Williams & Co 41 



Wilson, H. B 42 



Wilson, R. G 43 



Wilson Seed Co 68 



Wilson's Seed Store 40 

 Wiltgen & Freres.. 62 

 Windmlller Co. ... 42 

 Winterson's Seed ... 60 

 Wittbold, Geo 60 



Wof^i^ls' &Mo?^s 

 Ooldenson ...... 48 



Woodruff A Sona.%. 66 

 Woodward, A. J... 46 

 Wright's 48 



Y. 



Young, J. W 99 



Young & Co., John 56 

 Young & Co., A. L. 5S 

 Young & Co.. v.. 60 

 Young & Sons Co.. 61 



Z. 



Zech & Mann 62 



Zetlitz. B. N 40 



Ziska & Sons. J... 52 

 Zvolanek, A. C 66 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



PAGB 



"Take the Elevator and Save One-Half" (illus.) 13 



Business Embarrassments 14 



The Canadian Meeting 14 



A Self-Watering Bench 14 



Florists Answer Call of Mars (illus.) 15 



— The Trade's Part 15 



— 0. W. Eklund (portrait) 15 



Cyclamens Losing Foliage 15 



Solving Some of the Problems 16 



M. A. Bowe (portrait) 17 



Society of American Florists 18 



— The Convention Program 18 



— Where to Stop in New York 18 



— American Rose Society 18 



— Reception Committee 18 



— Committee Meetings 18 



— Wind and Hail 19 



Penn 's Producers (illus.) 19 



Tate 's Tips 19 



Cleveland 20 



Baltimore 20 



New York 21 



Mott-ly Musings 21 



Scraps from Montana 22 



Nashville, Tenn , 22 



Obituary 23 



— Joseph W. Vestal 23 



— John A. Bopp 23 



— Harry H. Youngs 23 



— Armin J. Baur 23 



— Joseph Sexton 23 



Detroit, Mich 23 



Newark, N. J 23 



The Observation Car 23 



Best Bait for Business 24 



U. S. Crop Estimates 24 



Prosperous Times Coming 24 



Credits 24 



PAGE 



When Things Are Mutual 24 



Chicago 24 



Denver, Colo 28 



Philadelphia 30 



Evansville, Ind 34 



Providence, R. 1 36 



Boston 40 



St. Louis 45 



Minneapolis, Minn 50 



Northampton, Mass 50 



Seed Trade News 56 



— The Vilmorin Management 57 



— Catalogues Not Exempted 57 



— Canners ' Crops , 58 



— Canary Island Onion Seed 58 



— U. S. July Seed Imports 60 



— Pacific Coast Seed Notes 60 



— Catalogues Received 60 



Milwaukee 62 



Reading, Pa 63 



Pacific Coast Department. 64 



— Los Angeles, Cal 64 



— San Francisco 64 



— Portland, Ore 63 



— Spokane, Wash 66 



— Tacoma, Wash 66 



Nursery News 68 



— Stark in the Reserve 68 



— How Wholesalers Could Help 68 



Fort Wayne, Ind 70 



Cincinnati 74 



Greenhouse Heating 76 



—Two Houses, With Solid Beds 76 



— Use a Downhill System 77 



Rochester, N. Y 80 



Davenport, R. Island, Moline 84 



Indianapolis, Ind 86 



