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The Florists' Review 



Febuuaky 24, 1921 



little i.s iiiiule. However, in doiuff your 

 own propagating and grafting you have 

 the satisfaction of knowing what kind 

 of plants you are getting and that alone 

 may mean a balance on the right side 

 of your bank book and relieve you of 

 many a worry. 



It is indeed a wonder that so many of 

 us can be cheerful, knowing the liandi- 

 caps wc had, starting the season with 

 weak and diseased stock. With the 

 various diseases, such as crown-gall, 

 canker and rose midge, it surely pays 

 to know from where your stock comes. 

 It is gratifying- to know that the firms 

 that of late years sent out weak and 

 diseased j)lants are now slowly but 

 surely paying for their indifference. 



Wc have a quarantine against im])orta- 

 tion of ])lants. I look to the day when we 

 also will have a local quarantine, mak- 

 ing it unlawful to sell or ship any plant 

 affected with disease that will spread. 

 Thousands of dollars have been lost by 

 growers in the last few years through 

 diseases and jiests brought on the i)lace 

 from local firms. 



Five years ago E. G. Hill, speaking 

 before the Chicago Florists' Club, 

 stated the fact that we nearly had the 

 perfect forcing rose in Ojiludia. All we 

 needed was a white Ophelia, dark red 

 Ophelia and pink Ophelia, and the rose 

 grower would be satisfied. Now turn 

 your thoughts to the roses of today. 

 The introductions of the last few years 

 have put Ophelia on the shelf. Ojihelia 

 has heljied produce those new wonders, 

 but at the sacrifice of being crowded 

 out. 



This year may see the last of the once 

 so dominating American Beauty. In 

 passing up tlie Beauty we niay properly 

 remark that, due to its strong and long 

 stems, we have the call for long roses 

 today. Milady and Russell have in the 

 past been the best money-makers — in 

 the last eight years there have been 

 otlier red roses, but the fact remains 

 that for form and finisli, and perhaps 

 you will allow me to add beauty. Milady 

 has not been beaten since its introduc- 

 tion. 



Out with Old; in with New. 



Russell did abnormally well for some 

 growers. WHien cut at the projier time, 

 it is a marvelous rose, a good keeper 

 and ships well. When Premier appeared 

 Hnsaell went to the jnat, but it seems it 

 only took the count of nine and is coin- 

 ing back strong. I look forward to its 

 giving I'remier a close race for suprem- 

 acy for the next two years. Russell 

 as a money-maker will vindicate itself 

 and win out. 



Of Premier, with its freedom of 

 growth, its knack of recovering from 

 setbacks, its productiveness — like Kil- 

 larney, it can be pinched at a given 

 date and broutrht into crop at will — I 

 say, as Mr. Hill said of Oi)helia, "Give 

 us a dark red Premier, .-i white and yel- 

 low, and we shall not ask for more." 



Columbia is winning more and more 

 favor with the buying ])ublic, but it is 

 now a cheap rose for the grower. I look 

 to see Crusader with us for two years 

 and Pilgrim and Dunloj) to strike their 

 flags this coming season. It seems their 

 arrival was about eight years too late. 



My opinion is that we have been 

 spoiled with new roses. At the present 

 time we are apt to measure a new 

 rose with too large a rule. Wc have not 

 recovered from the surprise introduc- 

 tions of 1918 and 1919. We ask if it can 



be possible the future will bring others 

 to surpass them and we shall be in- 

 clined to answer, "Yes." 



Catch Cash in Novelties. 



It is no fun marching with a funeral 

 procession and therefore I am a believer 

 in novelties and new introductions. I 

 do not care to buy 100 or 1,000 plants. 

 1 want 5,000, 10,000 or 20,000. It means 

 money, big money. A new introduction 

 pays well for two years and brings forty 

 l)er cent more money per square foot 

 than old varieties. If a new rose worth 

 wliile would ajjpear I would replant the 

 entire place every two years and when 

 others made $3 I would make $5. 



The tremendous jiossibilities of com- 

 mercial rose growing have not been 

 nearly reached. The ensuing years will 

 witness an enormous expansion of our 

 industry and we need never fear that 

 the rose, like the carnation, will drop in 

 public favor. The rose, we all know, is 

 the backbone of the flower industry and 

 always will be. The only competitor it 

 has is the orchid. 



The peak of high ])rices has long since 

 been reached and, if we desire-to main- 



tain a forward pace, a direct road to 

 financial success traveled comfortably 

 and without worry, and to avoid the pit- 

 falls of the past, our future plantings 

 should have an eye for quality rather 

 than (juantity and we also must work 

 forward to better cooperation with the 

 wholesaler. 



What is the outstanding problem of 

 the grower today? What is the big, 

 fundamental thing upon which depend 

 the future growth and security of our 

 business? It is absolute confidence, 

 based on business dealing and past ex- 

 periences, in the plant producer, the 

 man on whom we. must rely for our 

 stock, and, most of all, the honesty, the 

 sincere honesty, of the originator of 

 new roses. Do we always give the 

 originators not alone the credit due, 

 but also the thanks for the work done 

 to make it possible for us to go for- 

 ward? His work is never done. It goes 

 without saying that jjerfection and 

 finality can never be reached. Were 

 such results possible, progress would 

 cease. It is the ideal not perhaps even 

 mentally visible to the originator that 

 makes him carry on. 



East St. Louis, 111. -Mrs. M. M. 

 Krumni, who is here on a visit, is mak- 

 ing plans to enter the florists' business 

 next summer. She expects to locate 

 ill Idaho. 



Galesburg, 1)1. — Mr. and Mrs. I. L. 

 Pillsbury have just returned from a trip 

 to I'lorid.-i, where they sjient several 

 weeks visiting relatives and, inci- 

 dentally, deeji-sea fishing in the Gulf of 

 Mexico. 



Akron, O. — Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. 

 Dale and f:imily have returned from 

 Cornwall, Kngland, where they have 

 been visiting for the last three months. 

 They rejiort a most enjoyable time, after 

 an absence of over fifteen years from 

 their mother country. Mr. Dale is tiie 

 head gardener for ,J. H. Andrews. 



Buffalo, N. Y.— S. A, Anderson held 

 the formal o])ening of his remodeled 

 and redecorated store, ^at 44(1 Main 

 street, February 10. Deep ivory and 

 light blue are the colors used in deco- 

 r.-iting. The store is one of the oldest 

 in Buffalo and was started by P^lias and 

 Daniel Long in 1872. Mr. Anderson 

 bought it in 1896. 



Port Allegany, Pa.— M. T. Page, of 

 the Arnold Avenue Greenhouses, is hav- 

 ing his full share of trouble this season. 

 In the first place, he lost a lot of stock 

 in a freeze-out. As the result, he turned 

 a bunch of mail orders over to another 

 florist, who failed to ship and misplaced 

 the orders. Then Mrs. Page w-as taken 

 ill and has been in a Buffalo hospital 

 for some weeks, where she has had a 

 serious operation. Mr. Page has dropped 

 everything to be at her bedside. 



Richmond, Ind. — It is understood that 

 Joseph H. Hill is contemplating estab- 

 lishing a dairy for fertilizer supply and 

 that his recent trip north was to look at 

 a herd of pure-bred cattle. 



Springfield, Mass. — Alfred B. Cope- 

 land brought an action against the town 

 of Russell, Mass., February 14, for 

 .$1,000, which he claims he suffered in 

 damages through the freezing of the 

 water suj)ply for his greenhouses. 



Dubuque, la. — A. L. Glaser & Son.> 

 have filed amendments to their articles 

 of iiicor])oration, whereby the capital 

 stock of the company is made up of $10 

 shares in place of $100 shares. The 

 amendment is effective immediately. 



Miami, Fla. — Anton Schultheis ha.s 

 been here with his wife and daughter 

 since .Tanuary 8 and i)lans to remain 

 until March 24. He has found the 

 weather beautiful since his arrival, the 

 temperature ranging from 60 to 90. de- 

 grees, with .almost no rain. 



Ocean Springs, Miss. — The Riviera 

 Gardens recently opened here. Mr. and 

 Mrs. W. S. Marshall are the owners and 

 Mr. Marshall manages the new firm. 

 They will grow cut flowers, ferns and 

 plants. Mr. Marshall has had years of 

 experience in nursery work, as well as 

 being familiar with the growing of 

 flowers under glass. The proprietors 

 also expect to grow 1 and 2-year-old 

 roses and ornamentals. They plan to 

 specialize in field-grown roses. Prepa- 

 rations for experimental work in cross- 

 pollination and hybridization will be 

 taken up during the year. 



