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The Florists' Review 



Septkmbek 11, 1013. 



..XONTENTS... 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



Founded. 1897, by G. L. GRANT. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 102 



The Uabliu and tlie Retailers (lllus.) 3 



— Xlie Ceiituiy L'labS ol i>ublias u'l"''')---' 1^ 



I'l'opagaiiug liedillu;; Plants 10 



VlolelB Mw • 1^ 



— Jjiseases ot the Violet 10 



U. Scliioeler (.portrait) 11 



A Oreeuuouse I'ower t*lant (.!"••»■) 1" 



baviug Stable Manures 1 j 



'liiue for J^lcotine bpray 1 i 



'Irunjpet Nai-cissus lu r lai» r: i^ 



Sea^iouable &ug!;eslions H 



— liuuvartHas 1 * 



— Ci'olaiueus 11 



— i'oiusettlus -. 1-1 



— Primula's • 1-4 



— Show 1 elai'soniums H 



(Jbrysantht-mjiuci 1-1 



— luteuted W ith Mealy Bus H 



— 'Iwo yueries ou l*af Ali.ici » H 



— Scale ou Outdoor Muius lo 



Sweet Peas 15 



— Pall SJowiug ot Sweet Peats 15 



— I'renches lor Sweet Peas „, lo 



Columbus, O r. . . . . . . la 



New York '■ 10 



New YorKers Aboard Ship (illus. ) 17 



St. Paul, Aimu 17 



Cinciaaati IS 



Cold Storage i-hies ." -iS 



Ubituary • 1* 



— VVUliam Henry Maule (portrait) IS 



— Jobu Chamoers, fcr ia 



— JoliU ii. Nuseni, fcr. (poiliult) U 



— Joun Ueorge siodtbecK Is* 



— Cliristiau iieller 1!> 



— James Biauop iJ 



Porcing Storage Valley Is* 



Gladioli iu l-lais IJ 



tyeas Not Growlug la 



lied Show Type oi uauiia lu 



.the Sale Siue 20 



Chicago -iO 



I'uilauelphia 28 



Uoston «ii 



ludiauapolis, iiid >ii 



New Urleau^ •'>< 



St. Louis 40 



Steamer Sailings 4 » 



Seed Trade News •*« 



— Dutch liulbs -iti 



— September Crop lieport 4S 



— Catalogues ueeelvea M 



Pittsburgh, i'u 50 



Washington, U. C 51 



Providence, U. 1 52 



Nashville, Teuu 5i 



ISrampton, Out 50 



PaclUe Coast Departmeui OJ 



— San Pranclsco, Cai 0- 



— Lob Angeles <j- 



— Portland, Ore OJ 



— Spoliaue, Wash 04 



— Asters at Los Angeles 04 



Porcing Spanish Iris 05 



News of the Nursery Trade 00 



— New Yorkers orguniie Wi 



— Questious of the Day 60 



— Standard Inspection 00 



— Shrubs tor suady I'orcU ~ Od 



Toledo, Ohio 70 



Newport, U. 1 72 



Kansas City 74 



Greeiiliouse Healing 8S 



— Steam Coal Prices Sagging 8» 



— To Prevent Boiler Seme 88 



— Points for Steam Users 8t> 



— Size of SmokestaclL tH) 



— Two New Jersey Houses f. 90 



— Depth of Boiler Pit 82 



Kochester, N. Y »4 



Grand Uapius, Mich 96 



Detroit, Mich 88 



Springfield, Mass 100 



Minneapolis, Minn. — Wm. F. Holmes 

 has moved from 910 Nicollet avenue to 

 8 South Seventh street. 



Bhinebeck, N. Y. — It is said that 

 neai'ly every violet grower in this dis- 

 trict, and a number no longer in the 

 business, has received a letter under a 

 Chicago date, reading: "If you want 

 small returns, ship your violets any- 

 where; if you want good returns, ship 

 to ." 



Toronto, Ont. — The two first prizes 

 for gladiolus displays at the annual 

 flower show were taken by A. Gilchrist, 

 who had also an exhibit of these flow- 

 ers not in competition, which occupied 

 a full table the length of one of the 

 wings of the building and was one of 

 the finest ever seen here. 



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Subscription price, 11.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00 

 To Europe, t2JiO. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by 5 p. m. Tuesday, 

 to Insure Insertion in the issue ot that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897. 

 at the post-office at Chicago, 111., under the act of 

 March 3. 1879. 



This paper is a* meml>er of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association, 



SOCIETY OF AMEKICAN FLORISTS. 

 Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1913: President, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, Boston, Mass. ; vice-president, Theo- 

 dore Wirth, Mluneapolis; secretary, John Young. 

 54 W. 28th St., New York City; treasurer, W. P. 

 Kasting, Buffalo. 



Officers for 1914: President, Theodore Wlrth, 

 Minneapolis; vice-president, Patrick Welch, Bos- 

 ton; secretary, John Young, 64 W. 28th St.. New 

 York City; treasurer, VV. K. Kasting, Buffalo. 



Thirtieth annual couveutlou, Boston, Mass., 

 August 18 to 21, 1914. 



RESULT* 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



At Abilene, Kan., September 6 was 

 the fifty-third day this summer that the 

 mercury climbed above 100 degrees. 



Collections never are otherwise than 

 poor in August. Probably they were as 

 good this year as ever. Improvement 

 naturally will be shown during the pres- 

 ent month. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Eeview $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Cleveland plans to hold a flower show 

 in November that will measure up to the 

 description "a big trade show." It will 

 be under the auspices of the Ohio Hor- 

 ticultural Society and the Cleveland 

 Florists' Club. 



This is the season of state and county 

 fairs and the florists are taking advan- 

 tage of the advertising opportunities in 

 a way that indicates an awakening ap- 

 preciation of their value. While each 

 fair sees two or three exhibiting heavily, 

 the wonder is that a greater number do 

 not go in on at least a few of the classes. 



In a letter to The Review, dated Sep- 

 tember 4, Theodore Wirth, oresident-elect 

 of the S. A. F., says: "I am confined 

 to my bed at the present time with a 

 fractured leg because of an automobile 

 accident of which I was the victim last 

 Friday. I am getting along nicely, how- 

 ever, and expect to be back to work as 

 good as ever within two or three weeks." 



Taking the country as a whole, this 

 has not been a specially good summer 

 for the trade; there has not been the 

 increase in business that has marked re- 

 cent summers. The prospect for the new 

 season now opening is excellent, how- 

 ever, except for the slight slowing up in 

 other lines that generally is charged up 

 either to tariff tinkering or the crop 

 damage in the west. 



J. A. Peterson is working up stock i 

 of another new begonia, one that he 

 thinks will prove as much better than 

 Cincinnati as most growers think Cincin- 

 nati better than Lorraine. • 



The Bostonians are planning a con- ' 

 vention with business sessions in the 

 mornings only, to give the visitors op- 

 portunity to do their duty by the S. A. 

 F. and at the same time see the inter- 

 esting things in the vicinity. 



The trade in the southwest has had a 

 hard summer and the prospect for fali 

 and winter in Kansas and contiguous 

 states is none too good. Not only have 

 the florists lost a great deal of stock 

 through drought, but the purchasing 

 power of their communities has been im- 

 paired by the same cause. However* 

 things seldom turn out as bad as they 

 seem. , 



Leading manufacturers of greenhouse 

 building material, while they report an 

 excellent season, admit that the erection 

 of new glass in 1913 will not equal the 

 record year of 1912. While .the number 

 of small jobs has increased, there are » 

 not so many big ranges going up, and 

 the number of con*berns actively engaged 

 in the manufacture of greenhouse mate- 

 rial has been reduced. 



THE SAFE SIDE.* 



To be on a sound footing a florist 

 should take in enough money: 



To clean up his indebtedness monthly. 



To insure his property. 



To keeD it in repair. 



To live'. 



And to lay away enough cash each 

 year so that when the greenhouses are 

 worn out he can rebuild them without 

 going into debt. 



After that it will be time enough to 

 talk about profits. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Cooler weather, a less abundant sup- 

 ply and a steady improvement in the 

 demand are among the things that 

 might be mentioned in the report at 

 this writing. Autumn undoubtedly has 

 gained a foothold, as is evidenced by 

 the decrease in asters, gladioli and 

 straw hats. They all start to go at the 

 same time and the total eclipse of these ' 

 summer specialties is only a matter of 

 a few days. At present the market af- 

 fords almost everythmg; but not in the 

 great quantities that ^ve been on hand 

 in some lines. Goo(i'^gncy asters are 

 more in demand and ^js«'s abundant, al- 

 though the number of poor asters nevei* 

 seems to decrease. The inability of the 

 wholesaler to find buyers for the lower 

 grades is probably the r^son. They 

 can hardly be sold at any price, even ^ 

 in job lots. Gladioli are not so nu- 

 merous, but they appear to be holding 

 up well in quality. They make no 

 great flurry and the prices are reason- 

 able. 



Beauties evidently have worked off to 

 some extent, for the huge cuts have 

 decreased and there is a more steady 

 market, with the prices holding firm 

 but not advancing to any great extent. 

 There are plenty to satisfy the demands 

 at the present, but the cool weather, if 

 it continues, may put a second check on 

 the supply. Longer stems are coming 

 into the market, but the greater quan- 

 tities still are of the medium and short 

 lengths. 



The two early mums are sees in 



