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The Florists^ Review 



JUNB 9, lOlil 



\i'\\ ;i ciirniit oi iiir to ciiciilat c .'uiidii},' 

 the |ll;^ll1^.. < 'vclailiciis j^rowii in colil- 

 t'raiiics ai'c likely to lia\(' the a(l\aiitaj;r 

 111' lii'iny' cNiii'i-ia lly 'itocky. I'lir ]ilaiits 

 iiiax' ri'inaiii in llic t'raiin's as late as 

 • 'hristinas wlicii well prol c(ti'(|, liut if 

 wanted for Tlianks^ix inj; anil Cluisl- 

 irjas sales lliey sIkiuUI lie luniseil at the 

 end of .Sept i inber. 



Destroy Pests. 



All moths and Itntterllies niusi he 

 eauglit and killed. Cvi'lann^ns are also 

 snliject to mite, tlirijis and red sjiider; 

 to destroy these jiests Hammond's Thrip 

 . I nice No. 12 lias been used siHcessfully, 

 following; the instructions on the can or 

 container. The use of Thrip Juice 

 should be coiitimied until about Octo- 

 ber; after that it is better to si)ray with 

 a ni<'otine extract once a week luitil No- 

 \ fuiber 1, or until the blooms bejjin to 

 ap)iear. Then the s]>rayinij with insec- 

 ticides should l)e discontinued, as it dis- 

 colors the flowers and foliage, ("ontinue 

 sprayiiifi with clear water at least 

 twice every day, weather ]>ermitting'. 



It is necessary at all times t(j use 

 ijrcat care in waterinj; cyclamen ])lants. 

 Water only when moderately dry; do 

 not be overliberal with water, since 

 tlicre is little hope for jilaiits when once 

 overwatered. When the jilants are stron<; 

 and sturdy and full of roots, a weekly 

 focdinji with li<piid fertilizer is greatly 

 beneficial; fresh cow or horse manure 

 is jirefcrable, but it should be used with 

 great care. 



SUPER-CYCLAMEN. 



To a busy man seldom comes the oji- 

 port unity to look upon specimen plants 

 of wondrous colors in the j>rocess of 

 seed-forniinjr evolution. The casual ob- 

 server does not realize the great amount 

 of persistence and care necessary to 

 gain the coveted goal. Many years of 

 careful sidection of the specimen ]>laiits. 

 themselves the result of the finest Bel- 

 gian, English and Hamburg strains, 

 alone could bring the results as seen at 

 I. A. I'eterson & tSons, Westwoo<l, Cin- 

 cinnati. Perfect plants in 5-inch ])Ots. 

 with seed ])ods in the process of devcd- 

 ojuiient, jierfect jdants by the thou- 

 sand.'iftp A specimen in a "i-inch pot, 



showing the vigorous, healthy and free- 

 flowering habit of a superior strain, 

 ajijtears nn the pri'ceding page. 



Wo find all the staiidaril colors at 

 Westwood. Clory of Wandsbek, i)er- 

 ha]is the most jxipwlar and tlie most 

 sought, is closely fcdlowed l»y the per- 

 fect whites and daybreak shades. 

 Christmas Cheer, a' wonderful red, is 

 also worthy of mention. 



The latest noV(dty, J'ride of Cincin- 

 nati, with semi-double salmon-colored 

 flowers, is a picture to behold. 



Jiiijiroved rococo tyi)es, until recently 

 ]iroduci)ig only ten per cent salable 

 flowering j)lants, are now good for 

 eighty per cent jirodiiction of fine flow- 

 ering stock. 



The shortage of seed of the Peterson 

 strain last year has prompted this lirm 

 to redouble its efforts, so that, in s]ute 

 of the enormous demand from all points 

 of tlie com])ass, there will be enough 

 for a great many new cyclamen growers 

 this year. The prevailing dark and 

 cloudy weather abroad permits the seed 

 grown on this side of the Atlantic to 

 be ready for market about thirty days 

 sooner. 



What prompted coninient more than 

 anything else was the "piece de re- 

 sistance," the white-flowering orchid 

 cyclamen, most suitably named by Mr. 

 Peterson Ida Emilie, as a mark of ap- 

 preciation of a daughter's effective as- 

 sistance in the perfection of tlie crown- 

 ing achievement of this eminent grow- 

 er's career. The flowers are more hand 

 some than the white phala'iiopsis orchid 

 and of such wonderful texture and grace 

 that one does not hesitate in saj'ing 

 the}' fill the long-felt want for the white 

 orchid for wedding and other high class 

 work. H. E. K. 



AN AUTOMATIC STOKER. 



The Moclianicville fuel burner, de- 

 scribed by .roliu Lawrance in The Ke 

 view for May 2(i, is similar to the 

 I'almer burner system manufactured by 

 the Gunn P.uschow Burner Co., Kansas 

 City, Mo., which we liavi- installed 07i 

 our place. We are using the Swift 

 stoker in connection with it, which 

 probably would be the identical thing 

 M)'. Iiav\raiice is looking for, .\fter 



tilling till' hop])ers of this stoker, the 

 boilers can be left to take care of them- 

 sidves for an hour or more, while tlur 

 lireman looks after the temperature in 

 the greenhouses. 



The stoker can be regul.ated to feed 

 lightly or heavily, and spreads the coal 

 e\-enly over the grate. It practically 

 eliminates till smoke, as it continually 

 feeds a small (juantity of coal, which 

 starts to Inirn as soon as it leaves th(^ 

 hopjier and keeps a clean, white fire at 

 all times. This stoker is manufactured 

 by the Swift Stoker Co., Chicago. A 

 similar one is made by the Automatic 

 Furnace Co., Davton, O. 



' W. J. Keimel. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Cyclamens in California, in Greenhouses of H. Hayashi & Co. 



The Market. 



With the passing of Memorial day, 

 the florists begin to look forward to the 

 final elean-iip of the season. June brings 

 a, number of weddings, but this year 

 these events are all small ones in this 

 <-ity and, while furnishing some demand 

 for cut flowers, baskets, bouquets and 

 small decorations, they are so dis- 

 tributed as not to make any material 

 flurry. Business last week was good, 

 comparing favorably with other after- 

 holiday weeks. 



("ommencement exercises, at the Lin- 

 <-oln and Wheeler schools, private in- 

 stitutions for young women, and at the 

 Hhodo Island College of Pharmacy last 

 week, were the biggest factors in the 

 stimulation of business and called for 

 many baskets and bouquets. Eugene 

 McCarron, T. J. Johnston & Co., Johns- 

 ton Bros., Timothy O'Connor, Ellen 

 O'Connor and the (Colonial Flower 

 Shoppe caught most of those. 



Prices last week ruled about normal, 

 carnations bringing $2 to $4 per hun- 

 dred; roses, $2 to $15; peonies, .$8 to 

 $10; sweet peas, 50 cents to $1; mar- 

 guerites, 50 cents to $1.50; calla and 

 Kaster lilies, $1.50 to $3 per doz«n, and 

 gladioli, $1 to $3 per dozen. 



Memorial Day Notes. 



Everybody enjoyed a good business 

 Memorial dav', with a general clean-up 

 for everyone. The department stores 

 handled thousands of artificial designs 

 at cut prices, but the pot trade was 

 more exclusively left to the florists, and 

 all did well. The quality of potted 

 stock was rather superior to that for 

 several years and was also in good 

 quantity. 



P. A. Conley reports a big business in 

 j»otted plants. 



Cohen Bros, had a good trade at their 

 temjiorary store on Westminster street. 



T. J. Johnston & Co. had one of the 

 best holidays on potted goods in its 

 history. 



Johnston Bros, established a record 

 on the number of plants they handled. 

 Sin-eral extra clerks were iinployed. 



Macn;iir says business was slightly 

 under last year with him, although the 

 demand was for better goods, so that 

 his receipts averaged well. 



Eugene McCarron had his hands full 

 .'ind kept two extra delivery automo- 

 biles on the jump. 



Westminster ( ireenhotises had an un- 

 usually large ami fine lot of potted 

 plants ;ni(l moved them rajiidly. 



O'Connor did a tremendous business, 

 snpfdying large pots of blooming plants 

 for jirivate cemetery lots. His store 

 trade was also large. 



