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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBKlt li."», li)17. 



KINGS COMING BACK. 



I'lt'tty iifiiily ixcryoiic in tlio trade 

 kiidws wliat lin|i|M'ii('il ti» A. 1 ). J\in^, 

 •if Mattddii. 111. May I'ti liis |)lacc' ol' 

 iljout nu.CDd feet <>t' i^lass Was struck liy 

 the My cyrldur wliii-li swept across the 

 state aihl what was left of it reallx' was 

 worse 'than it' tlirii' jiaii lieen iKifli 

 iii<,^; if the ^niiiiid had been clear, in 

 -tead <<]' eihiitiiiiered w it)i \\ieckajio, it 

 would iia\e lieeii casiei' to start I'ehiiihl 

 Mi<;. Ml. ixiiii^ w;is put ill the hos|dtal 

 'ly tlie Idi'W and it was ^onic tinu' lie 

 tore lie ANas in innditioii to un(k'rtake 

 eluiildin;:. .Man\ imunliers ol' t he t rade 

 >aiiie In }ii> assistance with lionatiniis of 

 ■^to(dv and in the course ef time lie ^(>{ 

 ■lis c-duraue back, with the result tliat he 

 started in to ici'staldish hinis<df; it 

 seemed a pity to let a -torin wipe eiit 

 -II L:iiiiii a liMsiuess. 



'Iiid.-iy M r. K iiii; is in pn-n ii.n t n 



take care of his trade in the good old 

 way, for seven new houses are being 

 coinjjleted for him by the John V. 

 Moiiinger Co.. Chicago. Some of these 

 already are planted. Jt was the same 

 as starting a new establishment and it 

 has been doiu' on modern lines. The 

 luuises are L'nxIlT) and the contract in- 

 (duded, besides the material and erec- 

 tion, the installation of a central heat- 

 ing plant to re])lace the antiquated sys- 

 tem of se\(M'al sej)arat(^ lioiler plants 

 that had been added fioiii time to time 

 as the original estabiishnient had been 

 added to. 



'J'he accompanying illustration will be 

 (if interest to many florists who Jiaxc 

 synipathi/ed ^vitll Mr. J\ing and wlm 

 feel a personal acquaintance with him 

 through their effort to help liini; it 

 shows that indomitable gentleman in 

 his wcuUing uniform; he is much too 

 nld for khaki. 



CLEAR ACROSS THE CONTINENT. 



-\ lluiist fiiiiii the raeilic ciiast 

 •irnj.piMl in at a widtdy kiniwu Boston 

 store the nther day and, imaeine his 

 surpirise, I'dimd them liii-\' npeniiiL; a 

 -hijinnut lit' rh ry-ant hemiiiii- t'luiii ('al 

 iliirni;i! ' lear aci-ess the eontineiit' 



His interest lieiiie ariiiisrd. the tra\ 



del' began til make iiojui lie--, lie I'oiiiid 



'hat the wlodesalers ;is ,a eiass do not 



■are tn handle the California stock, be- 



i-ause in :i scn^e it (•(impetes with that 



it' hiiiiie ^riiwi'i^v whose all tlu-year- 



•tiouiid sliipnieiits must lie rdiisidered, 



but he liiiind that retailei's in maiiv 



■itJi's where there are whulesale houses, 



Boston. Jiuffalii, <'le\ eland. ])etroit. 



' 'hicago, ail- obtainine mums direct 



from the i^rii\\t'rs (ir shijipers on tlie 



■iiast. lie was tdld that it is not .a 



(Uestidli 111 i-dst, but dlie III' sUp|ily aiid 



• f ijuality. Mums nre ready nii the 



•nast bi'tdie they are in any ether laiL;e 



prddiieine district: in early October 



they }i\;\\ be had in ipiantitv and nf ex 



• •(dient qualit\. The price is low, but 



the e.\pi^essa;.;e is liioli ciidii;^!! tn make 

 the sa\inu; nn spcidal dbject. Waste 

 l'drmerl\ w;i- an impditant item, but 

 fdi' thdse nil the iiniti's df the throuiih 

 J'ef rigeratiu ears twd d|' the e\|iress 

 ■oinjianies ndw iiin the matter dt' waste 

 has ber'i tdimiiiated; s(, \;n this season 

 The lioweis ha\i' enirie thidiiyh in goml 

 shajie. dpeiiiii:; nji a little snft but liaid- 

 eiiiii;^ up ni'-i 1\- it' a piece of stem is 

 lil'dkeli dtV .■illd the llnweis left cixer 

 nieliT ill a eiiiil baseiiient. 



Td the iM\ est iyatiir the thdllolit nc- 



'■Hired ;nid he .askeij in s|.\-|.|;( 1 (dties, 



■ • What is t he elfect dll tlie Ideal 

 ;mims.''' The reply w;is tli.at the ('ali- 

 I'diiiia si,,i k has been a\ailable each 

 \'e;ir liefdie the Ideal ihiwers weie read\ , 

 witli the result that the Ideal cut came 



•ii a market in Avhiidi the demand was 

 leduc.'d by the f.act th.at sume ol' the 

 piiiiiipal biixi'is Imd regular snpjilies 

 frtiiii diit-ide. The (dfeet A\:is not en- 



•<iiK:'L;i iiij to the growtu's, who more and 

 .'iidie e;ic h year discarded the early va- 

 ijeiies ;nid jdauted only those that conie 

 ■n .'it'tei the lieielit ot' the season on the 



ciiast has passed. This is \irtually an 

 abandoiinu'nt of the market in the eai'ly 

 part of the season, in certain cities, to 

 the I'aidlie coast shijijieis. 



Visiting a number of small cities and 

 towns on his route, the tra\cler from 

 the coast fdiind that ('alifornia mums 

 had not yet ]ieiiet r.ated, and ])robably 

 iie\'er will. In such placi's de|iendence 

 is j)nt on flowers cut in the s(dler's own 

 ■^ri'enhouses. with an occasional special 

 order filled by ordering from Chicago or 

 som(> other w holesale market. It seemeil 

 to the tra\(der that ('hicago serves the 

 regular and transient needs of a large 

 part of the country, with Philadeljihia 

 i-aiing for a considerable section and 

 Boston sujiidyiiig New J'jigland. ^\'llole 

 saling in other cities he found to be 

 l;iro(d\- Ideal. 



MUMS PLANTED TOO LATE. 



In previous years I have ]danted or 

 iiencdied Chrvsolora mums about June 



I, and the blooms have been good. This 

 year, howe\er, J put them in July ll'. 

 and at present they are all in bad and 

 extremely short stemmed. Should I 

 blame the short stems on the late plaut- 

 inif, or are there other reasons for this 



condit ion . 



S. L. L 



la. 



.Most lik(d,\' the la-ason why Cliryso- 

 lora is short stemmed is because the 

 jilants were s(!t out too late, .\aturally. 

 ('lirys(dora should be throwing buds 

 ,at this time, but the chrysanthemum, 

 in coiinnon with any other plant, must 

 have a season of growth, and if plants 

 are set out some six wct-ks later than 

 usual you cannot expect the same re- 

 sults in growth or length of stem. 



Chas. H. Tott\. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Annual Meeting at Cleveland. 



The annual meeting of the Chrysan- 

 tliemum So(dety of America will be held 

 at (irays Arnioiy. Cleveland, November 

 '^i at N p. 111., the first day of the Cleve- 

 l.aiid show. 



Work of Chicago Committee. 



The ('liica^d examiniiie committee of 



the ('. S. A. li:is submitted a report on 



the t'ldldwing new \ariety: 



At riiic.-ii;ii. (icidii.i- i:., iiiiiiiih. liirlit iiiiili- 

 |iniij|iiiii, suliiiiiltcd 111 i:iiiiir f>. Smith & (,'<>. . 

 .\ih'i:iii, .\firli.. scdiiil as IdUiius nn tflc coiil- 

 iiiep-ciMJ scale: ('(ildi-, 'M'l : furiii. IS; stem ami 

 l..li.iL:c. Is. liUlncss, !S; i,,ial. !l(r 



< 'has. W. J dhiison. Sec '\ . 



MUMS NEED FERTIUZER. 



1 am sending you some (dirvsanthe- 

 miim plants that seem to be in a weak- 

 ened condition, and 1 would like to 

 know if this troul)le is due to some- 

 thing faultv in nn- culture of the plants. 



S. L. r>.--la. 



The jdaiits submitted apparently 

 were in a healthy condition and did 

 not show any signs of trouble, excejit 

 possibly lack of nutrition. I suggest 

 that you use onequarti-r decomjiosed 

 cow maiinre with ydur soil at plant- 

 ing time; then 1 d< t think you will 



have any further trouble. The thing 

 td do at this time, sincd the sto(dc is 





5{^!l!!ll!H!i,ii.iJKy'- 



'^HWI^* a^S^I't'*— 





A. D. King and the Greenhouses H(* is Building at Mattoon, III. 



