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Dkcimbbr 19, 1918. 



The Florists^ Review 



Boebrs Co 87 



Rohnert, Waldo ... 42 



Boos, Jelle 47 



Rosala Bros 67 



Rosendale Fir. Shop. 56 



RoseiT, The S6 



Ruch, D. B 64 



Rugby Oreenhousea. 68 



Rumbley Co 79 



Rusch & Co 74 



Russin & Hanfling.. 75 



Rye, George 69 



1. 



Saler, H. B 52 



Samuelson. C. A.. 57-61 

 Sander's Oarden ... 60 

 Sands, the Florist.. 72 



Sceery, Bdward 56 



SchUler'a 61 



Schlllo. Adam 92 



Schlatter ft Son 98 



Schling, Max 54 



Schloss Bros 36 



Schmelz. Victor 87 



Schmitz. F. W. O.. 46 



Schramm Broa 62 



Schulthels 63 



Schultz. Paul C 60 



Schnltz & Co 77 



Schulz Co., Jacob... 72 



Schwake & Co 46 



Scott, Wm., Co 56 



Scribner Floral Go. . 62 



Scrim's 69 



Scruggs-Vanderroort- 



Bamey 60 



Seabrlght Bulb .... 82 

 Sharp, Partridge ... 95 



Sheridan. W. F 75 



Shops, Florist 68 



Slebrecht. G. 75 



Slebrecht, Jr., H. A. 66 



Simon & Bon 43 



Skldelsky & Co 47 



Skinner Co 92 



Skinner Irrigation.. 93 



Smely, J. M 61 



Smith. B. L. 72 



Smith, Henry 62 



Sn»ltJ», P. J 75 



Smith 4b Vettem Co. 62 



Smitli * Bob 69 



Smith Co.. A. W... 63 

 Smith Co.. W. & T. 84 

 Smith Flower Shop. 58 

 Smith Wholesale 



Floral Co 78 



Smyth, W. J 61 



Southern Evergreen. 86 

 Springfield Seed Co. 60 

 St. Louis Seed Co. . 45 



St. Louis Wholesale 



Cut Fir. Co 81 



Staack A Sons 61 



State Floral Co 67 



State Nursery Co... 68 

 Steele's Pansies .... 88 

 Stein's Floral Supply 38 



Stemme & Sons 72 



Stewart. S. B 66 



Stiles, Mrs. R. B... 65 

 Stokes Floral Co... 60 

 Storrs & Harrison . . 86 



Stroh & Sons 56 



Stumpp & Walter. . 42 

 Stumpp, G. E3. M... 54 



Stuppy Flo. Co 60 



Summerfield Flo. Co. 60 

 Swanson's, Inc 68 



T. 



Tailby & Sons 59 



Tapscott 72 



Tar-Heel Evergreen. 37 



Tassano Bros 80 



Taylor. Mrs. E. M.. 50 



Thorbum & Co 46 



Thornton Floral Co. 61 

 Throop-Martin Co... 95 

 Tonner, O. A. & 



L. A 27-29 



Tonseth's 67 



Toole & Son 85 



Totty Co., C. H 88 



Tracy, B. H 46 



Traendly & Schenck 75 



Travis Co 92 



Trepel, C. C 54 



Trepel, Joseph 54 



Trimble Co., W. B.. 61 

 Turner & Sons 64 



V. 



Underwood, The ... 66 



United Cut Fir. Co. . 74 

 United Flower & 



Supply 83 



U. S. Cut Fir. Co... 74 



V. 



Van Aken Bros 52 



Van Bochove & Bro. 52 

 Van Bourgondien & 



Sons 44 



Van Lindley Co 65 



VanJIeter Flower 



Shop 62 



Vavrous Sons 63 



Vesey. W. J. & 



M. S I 



Vick's Sons. J 46 



Vincent, Jr., & Sons. 87 



Virgin, U. J 64 



Vogt's Greenhouses. 52 



W. 



Walte, F. W 92 



Walker Co., F 58 



Walsh & Son 69 



Walther, H. 62 



Want Advs 38-39 



Warburton, C 59 



Ward & Co.. R. M.. I 

 Warden Floral Co.. 68 



Warendorff, A 54 



Watkins & Simp- 

 son 41-45 



Watts, Mrs. J. E... 72 

 VTayside Gardens. . . 85 



Wax Bios 59 



Weaver. A 62 



Weber. F. O . . . 53 



Weber, F. H 60-69 



Weber & Sons Co... 65 

 Weiland-Rlsch Co... 73 

 Weir, Inc., James.. 54 

 Welch the Florist.. 59 

 Werthelmer Bros... 10 



Wertz 65 



Westerbeek & Klyn. 45 

 Western Seed & Ir- 

 rigation Co 48 



Wettlin Flo. Co 86 



Wiegand's Sons Co. 60 



Wlenhoeber Co 61 



Wletor Bros 27 



Wilcox & Sons 68 



Wilks Mfg. Co 91 



Williams, Mrs. B. A. 68 



Williams. Ed 6< 



Williams & Co 66 



Wilson, H. B 56 



Wilson, R. O...... 54 



Wilson's 62 



Wilson Floral Co... 74 



Windmiller Co 68 



Winterson's Seed... 46 

 Wintzer. N. Leon . . 44 

 Wittbold. Geo. ...61-87 



Wolf. John 65 



Wolfskins' & Morris 



Goldenson 72 



Wonder Irrigator Co. 31 

 Woodruff dc Sons. . . 42 



Woodward, A. J 69 



Wylie, Thomas 88 



T. 



Yokohama Nursery. 42 



Young, J. W 88 



Young & Co., A. L. 75 



Young A Co.. John. . 76 



Young & Sons Co.. 60 



Z. 



Zech Sc Mann 73 



Zetlltz. B. N 62 



Zvolanek, A. C 82 



TABLEOF CONTENTS 



Page 



Growing Adiantum Fronds for Cutting (illus.) 11 



Seasonable Suggestions 12 



— Lilium Candidum 12 



— French Hydrangeas. .;. 12 



— Bedding Carnations 12 



— Propagation 12 



— For Empty Greenhouses 12 



— Genistas 12 



Growers at Ghent 13 



— What War Wrought 13 



Heart-to-Heart 14 



— New Yorkers Talk It Over 14 



PoUworth's Annual Hunt 14 



Begonias Drop Leaves 14 



The Boys Who Did the Trick 15 



— Hurrying Home 15 



— Walter H. Gronbeck (portrait) 15 



— Sergeant J. M. Deutscher (portrait) 15 



— Paul C. Gronbeck (portrait) 15 



Eoses 16 



— Roses for Easter 16 



— Scott Key a Summer Rose 16 



— Roses Losing Foliage 16 



Business Embarrassments 16 



Announces Quarantine 16 



Primula Obconica 16 



Open Letters from Readers 17 



— Red Spider on Carnations 17 



— Our Good Government 17 



— Against Heavy Odds 17 



Solanums Not Fruiting 17 



Buckeye Bull 's-eyes 17 



— An Editorial Bouquet 17 



— Conservation of Flowers 17 



— The Absent Ones! 18 



"Every Little Helps" 18 



— Publicity for Flowers 18 



— Business Booming 18 



— For a Charge Account 18 



That Road Through Heaven 's 18 



Ask Mel Ask Me! ! 18 



New York 19 



James McHutchison (portrait) 19 



Cleveland 20 



Detroit 20 



Bridgeport, Conn 21 



Cincinnati 21 



Page 

 Fruits and Vegetables 21 



— Forcing Asparagus 21 



Working or Buzzingf 22 



"Only" 22 



Everything in Request 22 



Chicago 22 



Indianapolis 30 



Louisville, Ky 31 



Philadelphia 32 



Nashville, Tenn 35 



Seed Trade News 40 



— Red Clover Embargo 40 



— Free Seed Distribution 40 



— U. S. Seed Tests 40 



— May Legalize Fixed Prices 42 



— Plans for Canners' Meeting 44 



— Forage-plant Seed Imports 46 



— Catalogues Received 46 



Secretary Young's Corner 50 



— S. A. F. Publicity Campaign 50 



Christmas Conditions 52 



F. T. D. Warning 54 



Rochester, N. Y 56 



Boston 58 



St. Louis 65 



Newport, R. 1 69 



Providence 72 



Pittsburgh 76 



Buffalo, N. Y 78 



Pacific Coast Department 80 



— Los Angeles 80 



— San Francisco 81 



— Portland, Ore 83 



— Seattle, Wash 83 



Nurserv News 84 



— ' ' Oiie Grand Bush ' ' in South 84 



— Must Change Their Methods 84 



— Conditions and Prospects 84 



— Weber & Sons Get Big Order 86 



— Coast Nursery Notes 86 



Evansville, Ind 88 



Lancaster, Pa 88 



Greenhouse Heating 90 



— The Fuel Situation 90 



Baltimore 90 



"Words Fitly Spoken" " 92 



Knoxville, Tenn 94 



Westerly, R. I 94 



