May 17, 1917. 



The Florists' Review 



Schwake & Co 73 



Scott, Wm.. Co 00 



Scrim's 64 



Sharp, Partridge ..101 



Sheffield, E. J 40 



Sheridan, W. P.... 83 

 Slebrecht, Jr., H. A. 66 



Slebrecht Co 83 



Slebrecht Bros. ... 61 



Slebrecht, G. C 82 



Sim, William 4 



Skldelsky & Co 91 



Skinner Irrigation. 105 



Skinner Co 94 



Small & Sons 61 



Smely, J. M 67 



Smith, Henry 64 



Smith, H. J 55 



Smith, P. J 83 



Smith & Fetters Co. 58 

 Smith & Hemenway 101 

 Smith & Young Co. 80 

 Smith Co., A. W... 63 

 Smith Co., W. & T. 84 

 Smith Wholesale 

 Floral Co 81 



Smyth, W. J 68 



Southern California 



Flower Market. . . 76 

 Southern Cypress 



Mfrs.' Ass'n. ...127 

 South Park Flo. Co. 79 

 Spokane Florist Co. 66 

 Springfield Clay Co. 09 

 Springfield Seed Co. 64 

 St. Louis Seed Co.. 73 

 St. Louis Wholesale 

 Cut Flower Co. . . 81 



Staack & Sons 67 



State Nursery Co. . . 64 

 Steele's Pansy Gar- 

 dens 78 



Stevens & Stevens. 40 



Stewart, S. B 67 



Stokes Floral Co... 64 

 Storrs & Harrison.. 85 

 Strafford Flower 



Farms 92 



Stroh & Sons 60 



Stuber «& Richardson 77 

 Stumpp, G. E. M.. 61 

 Stumpp & Walter. . 5 



Stuppy Floral Co. . 64 

 Superior Boiler .... 96 

 Swain Nelson & 



Sons Co 80 



Swanson's 00 



Syracuse Pottery... 99 



T. 



Tabor Paint Co 100 



Tallby & Sons 59 



Thompson Carnation 



Co 93 



Thorburn & Co 71 



Thornton Floral Co. 67 

 Throop-Martin Co.. 101 

 Tonner, O. A. & 



L. A 34 



Tonseth Floral Co. 07 



Toole & Son 73 



Totty, C. H 92 



Traendly & Schenck 82 



Trepel, C. C 61 



Trepel, Joseph 61 



Trimble Grnhse. Co. 41 



Turner, H. W 70 



Turner & Sons 05 



U. 



TTnited Cut Fir. Co. 82 

 U. S. Cut Fir. Co.. 83 



V. 



Van Lindley Co 65 



Vnn Meter Flower 



Shop 58 



Vesey, W. J. & M. S. 1 



Vick's Sons, J 71 



Vincent, Jr., & Sons 92 

 Virgin, U. J 62 



W. 



Walte, F. W 96 



Walker Co., F 62 



Want Advs 56 



AVarburton, C 59 



Ward & Co., R. M.1-45 



W^arendorff 61 



Watklns & Simpson 71 

 Watts, Mrs. J. E... 62 



Wax Bros 59 



Weaver, A 58 



Weber, F. C 09 



Weber, F. H 69 



W^eber & Sons Co.. 65 



Weiland & Uisch.. 79 

 Welch Bros. Co... 4-81 



Welch, Patrick 81 



Wertheimer Bros. . . 14 

 AVesterbeek & Klyn 71 

 Western Seed & Irri- 

 gation Co 70 



White Bros 92 



Whitted Floral Co. 60 



Wiegand's Sons Co. 59 



Wienhoeber Co 68 



AVietor Bros 9 



AVilks Mfg. Co 96 



AVilllams, Mrs. E. A. 63 



AVilliams, Ed 67 



AVilllams & Co 59 



AVllson, H. B 60 



AVilson, U. G 61 



AVllson, Crout & 



Gehr 78 



AVilson Seed Co 72 



AVilson's Seed Store 58 



AViltgen & Freres.. 79 



AVindmiller Co. ... 60 



AVintersou's Seed.. 72 

 Wlttbold, Geo. . .08-86 

 AVolfsklUs' & Mon-is 



Goldenson 66 



Woodland Park Co. 78 



AVoodrulf & Son 70 



AVoodward, A. J. . . 04 



Wright's 06 



AV. & AV. Fl'r. Store 03 



y. 



Yard & Yard 38 



Young, J. AV 90 



Young & Co., John. 83 



Young & Co., A. L. 82 



Young & Co., V V>S 



Young & Sons Co. . 09 



Young Tool Co 40 



Z. 



Zech & Mann... 34-79 



Zetlitz, E. N 58 



Ziska & Sons, J... 79 

 Zvolanek, A. C 75 



TABLE OF 



Page 



Plauning a Drive for Memorial Day (illus.) 15 



A Memorial Day Tip 17 



Taking Our Own Medicine (illus.) 17 



Open Letters from Readers 18 



— From the Slioulder 18 



— Brown 's Sowbug Warfare 18 



— Finds Business Good . , , 18 



Here's a Good Start! 18 



— Plan for Trade Adjustments 18 



Hanging Out the Starry Banner 19 



— Patriotic Displays (illus.) 19 



I'roblem of Getting a Fuel Sulkily 20 



— The Scarcity of Coal 20 



Doings of the Florists' Clul's 21 



— Chicago Club Discusses Coal . . . . > 21 



— New York Club Meeting 21 



Mothers' Day Echoes 22 



— For the Next Mothers ' Day 22 



— No Wonder It Grew 22 



The St. Louis Coliseum 22 



Too Much Mustard 22 



Our Alibi Is Established 23 



Seasonable Suggestions ^ 24 



— Memorial Day Crops 24 



— Aquatic Plants 24 



— Winter-Flowering Be<;uiiiah 24 



— Stevias 24 



— Bouvardias 24 



Eoses 25 



— American Rose Society 25 



— Mr. Buettner 's Seedlings 25 



— Beauty Cuttings Turn Black 25 



— Sport of Tausendschon (illus.) 25 



Blue Laws in Iowa 26 



American Dahlia Society 26 



New York 26 



Early Outdoor Vegetables (illus.) 27 



Vegetable Seedlings Dying 27 



Indianapolis 28 



Rochester, N. Y 28 



Jottings from Jersey 28 



' ' Some ' ' Salesman ! 29 



Under Sunny Southern Skies 29 



CONTENTS 



Page 

 Obituary 29 



— Francis P. South 29 



— Horace Lloyd 29 



Mott-ly Musings 29 



Retiulfcs J Ufitify the Means 30 



' ' Business as Usual " .30 



A Memorial Day Thought 30 



Chicago 30 



Philadelphia 42 



Fort Wayne, Ind 46 



Baltimore 49 



Kansas Git^-, Mo 54 



Wheat, $3.18 ! Corn, $1.50 ! 56 



Boston 58 



St. Louis 64 



Seed Trade News 70 



— Conference at Washington 72 



— Canary Island Onion Seed 72 



Pacific Coast Department 74 



— Los Angeles, Cal 74 



— - San Francisco 74 



— Tacoma, Wash 76 



— Spokane, Wash 77 



— Portland, Ore 77 



— Bellingham, Wash 78 



Nursery News 84 



— Varieties Must Come True 84 



Buffalo 88 



Evansville, Ind 90 



Newport, R. 1 90 



Westerly, R. 1 90 



Pittsburgh, Pa 92 



Sewickley, Pa 90 



Greenhouse Heating 94 



— Piping Two Houses 94 



Minneapolis 95 



Milwaukee 93 



Cleveland iQO 



Newark, N. J i02 



Painesville, O i02 



Usinger 's Utterances 104 



Providence, R. 1 106 



