May 27. 1915. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



ill l;tr;;i' uiiilifls. Thcy aio sweetly 

 scciitcil, .iii'l [)iir(i \vliit(! in color. Tho 

 il'h-t ioiiMiics th:it <|Uotc stevias refer to 

 tlK'iii .-IS j;r(M'iili()iis(' licrbaeeoiis peren 

 ni.ils, liut S. serruta is jfrovvii in tho 

 i;iiit('(| States as an annual (the trade 

 proj. aviates hy cuttinj^'s taken in spring 

 from uM stools. — Kil.). Some twenty 

 yc.'trs ;i-io 1 tried tlie plant, and was 

 niiK h (diarnied with it, \<at 1 recall that 

 it (lowcre(l rather late in the year, tlue 

 to the fact that it was not hustled 

 aioii^r in lieat at the start. It can, I 

 bolicve, he flowered under <;lass in the 

 winter, and 1 would urge soni(> to make 

 e.xperi merits with it. (Considering it 

 was found in Mexico, as far hack aa 

 ITlt'.t, it is sniprisin^ tiiat it has h<'en 

 o\('rlo(d<('d. ■ ' 



Establishment of Grover G. Gilbert, Streator, III., After Cyclone Passed Over. 



soon rcsunit their natural dark green, 

 glossy foliage. This variety takes less 

 water than any other variety of which 

 I know. L. 



CYCLONE HITS ILLINOIS RANGE. 



The storm that passed over central Illi- 

 nois on the afternoon and evening of 

 May IT) di()|iped hail on many a grower, 

 hut at Streator it assumed cyclonic pro- 

 portion.s and not only destroyed glass 

 hut broke bars. Tho accompanying il- 

 lustration shows the establishment of 

 Grover G. Gilbert after the storm had 

 passed. The range consisted of three 

 houses. In the picture there are but 

 two. The south house, narrower than 

 the rest, bore the brunt of the storm 

 and was practically blown away. The 

 second house was badly broken up, 

 while the north house was not damaged 

 except for the breaking of considerable 

 glass on the south slope; on the north 

 side there was scarcely any breakage. 

 The three houses were each 2.")0 feet 

 long. In all about ."i.OOO lights of glass 

 were broken. Repairs are already Avell 

 along. 



AS OTHERS SEE US. 



A column of comment in one of the 

 British trade pajiers contains jottings 

 of interest to those on this side of tho 

 water because of its reference to things 

 originating here: 



"Carnation Pink Sensation was 

 shown at the R. Tl. 8. by Wm. Wells & 

 Co. Mr. Wells, adornecl with one gigan- 

 tk" flower, was also on the spot, and 

 while neuritis still renders his left arm 

 almost useless, it certainly does not 

 affect him otiierwise. Many of tiie 

 flowers were well over four inches, and 

 of a beautiful color. Good Cheer, an- 

 other of the rose-jiinks, which gained 

 an A. M.. was certaiidy good, hut it 

 was Pink Sensation that held everyone. 



''The fact that hardy flowers are 

 raj)i(lly gaining favor in the United 

 States jirompts the thought that wo 

 shall in tlie near fntun^ i>e looking to 

 America for novelties other than car- 

 nations. A glance through any list of 

 hardy plants (iisrlos(>s the fact that 

 many are natives of various parts of 

 America, so that one may reasonably 

 expect Americans to do something in 

 the novelty line. Ileleniums Riverton 

 Beauty and Riverton .lewel are items 

 we are all familiar with. These hail 

 from Dreer's, wlier(> they have in re- 

 cent years pushed hardy flowers for all 

 they are worth. Last year this con- 

 cern sent out a phlox named W. C. 

 Egan, a '■(\'il tip toppei'. and this sea- 



son I am trying out :inotlier' addition 

 named Riverton .Jewel, said to he an 

 iinpioved Asia. Thoi', a dtM>p salmon, is 

 another. 



"Hardy saUias -AVi' attrarting the at- 

 tention of the Americans. A new foiiii 

 nanu'd uliginosa is being rerommended. 

 It grows like_:jizurea, but is nion' husiiy 

 and taller. S. Greggii, the red form, 

 alieady is making headway oxer here, 

 hut so far 1 ha\e not seen S. I'itclieri 

 listed. I ;nn trying out this \ariet_\'. 

 whiidi hears gentian blue llowers. It is 

 curious that the Texas species, S. 

 Greggii. should have been neglected. 

 Fully forty years ago it was tested un- 

 der glass, with ]»oor r<>sults, and not un- 

 til its merits as a border plant were 

 discovered tlid it make headway. 



"It has always been a matter of sur- 

 prise to me that Stevi.a serrata is ig- 

 nored in most seed lists. I ha\t' no 

 recollection of seeing it mcutionecj in 

 any I'nglish seed list, whereas in the 

 United States it is not only listed, hut 

 is grcjwn on a large scale for market 

 woik. In some w.ays the llowers resetn 

 hie gy|isopliil;i, being small and Ikhiio 



FREIGHT RATES ON MOSS 



The Intei'state (.'(iniinei cc • '(uiiin issiort" 

 has icndered ;i deci^nni in the com 

 plaint of \V. W. l'>aniaid < u., Chicago, 

 \ s. the Chicago & Noi t liw estein rail- 

 road, inxohing the t'reii^ht rates on 

 moss. The complaint asked reparation 

 for alleged unreasonable c liarges on 

 moss from points in Wiscinisin to Chi- 

 cago. The commission IhpMs that jea- 

 sonahl(» charges should not have exceeil- 

 ed those which would lia\e accrued had 

 the I'ourth-class iat<'s, ha~-ed un a mini- 

 mum carload weight <if I."),iiimi poumls 

 in cars thirty-six feet long, subject to 

 rule () (b) of the western i lassification 

 now in effect, been applied. .\s the 

 total (diarges colliM-te<l mi the ship- 

 ments of the complainant diil not ex- 

 ceed those whicli would li;i\e accrued 

 on the basis found reasonahle, the com- 

 mi'-sion dismisses the complaint. 



K. II, V. 



Springfield, N. J. liic()i[ioration pu- 

 llers have been tiled hv the .l;)kohsen 

 I'h.ral Co. 1'lie cajdtal stock is .f."iO,0()0. 

 The iiicorporatoi> ;ire Wat^mi .1. Morris 

 and .1. Xiel .lakohseii. of Spii nglield , and 

 r. ( alter I'.ell. of Millhuiii. 



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