October 27, 1004. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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S. Hoffman's Place at Gimbridge, Mass. 



Work of the G^mmittees. 



There were two varieties before the 

 Chicago committee on October 22. Roi 

 d 'Italia, exhibited by the E. G. Hill 

 Co., Eichmond, Ind., color yellow, scored 

 commercial scale 89 points. No. 10, ex- 

 hibited by Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, 

 Mich., scored 72 points commercial scale. 



One variety was before the Cincinnati 

 committee October 22, Pink Queen, ex- 

 hibited by Nathan Smith & Son, Adrian, 

 Mich., color pink; Japanese incurved; 

 scored commercial scale 89 points. 



One variety was before the New York 

 commitee October 22, "a seedling," 

 exhibited by James Carstairs, New 

 Eochelle, N. Y., color French white; 

 Japanese reflexed ; iscored ' commercial 

 scale 64 points. 



One variety was before the Boston 

 committee for examination on October 

 15. It was Daphne, exhibited by A. Her- 

 rington, Madison, N. J.; color white, 

 Japanese reflexed, scored commercial 

 (new) scale, 86 points. In the opinion 

 of the committee the blooms were not far 

 enough advanced for accurate judgment. 



Two varieties were before the Chicago 

 committee October 15, both exhibited by 

 the E. G. Hill Co., Rfchmond, Ind. Clem- 

 entine Touset, color white, shape and 

 form on the order of the Queen, scored 

 commercial scale 88 points. Eeveil des 

 Beiges, color yellow, scored commercial 

 scale, 90 points. 



Two varieties were before the New 

 York committee October 15. Daphne, 

 exhibited by A. Herrington, Madison, N. 

 J., color white, Japanese reflexed, sport 

 of Mrs. Coombes, scored commercial 

 scale, 85 points. Clementine Touset, ex- 

 hibited by the E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, 

 Ind., color white with pearl tint, Jap- 

 anese, scored commercial scale, 85 points. 



Two varieties were before the Philadel- 

 phia committee October 15. Daphne, ex- 

 hibited by A. Herrington, Madison, N. 

 J., color white, Japanese incurved, sport 

 from Mrs. Coombes, scored commercial 

 scale, 90 points; exhibition scale, 87 

 points. Clementine Touset, exhibited by 

 the E. G. Hill Co., Eichmond, Ind., color 

 blush white, Japanese, scored commercial 

 scale, 90 points; exhibition scale, 91 

 points. Fred H. Lemon, Sec'y. 



AZALEAS FOR FORCING. 



We would like some information 

 about azaleas for forcing for Christmas. 

 Are the ones I have left over from last 

 year the best or are the newly imported 

 ones better? What temperature do they 

 require at night? 



H. J. 



This subject has been ventilated within 

 a very short time in the pages of the 

 Eeview. It would seem reasonable to 



suppose that the plants you summered 

 over and have well established in their 

 pots would be the plants to force. The 

 very opposite is the fact learned by ex- 

 perience. The newly imported plaints 

 are the ones to force for Christmas. Put 

 them in a night temperature of 50 de- 

 grees for two weeks and then give them 

 60 degrees and plenty of spraying until 

 the buds expand. Some may need high- 

 er than 60 degrees to get them well out 

 by the desired time. I hope H. J. is 

 aware of the fact that only a few varie- 

 ties can be forced out at this early date. 

 The best of all is the beautiful white, 

 Deutsche Perle, the mottled white and 

 pink, Vervajneana, and the deep rose 

 pink, Simon Mardner. These three will 

 fill the bill for Christmas. Some grow- 

 ers who have great heat at their com- 

 mand bring in that grand variety, Mme. 

 Van der Cruyssen, but you had better 

 not try it. W. S. 



PRECAUTIONS NECESSARY. 



Certainly if one wants variety in 

 weather he has not looked for it in vain 

 in our section. From one snowy, sleety, 

 raw day to the warmest of the Indian 

 tummer kind has been a common occur- 

 rence. The latter is much more to be 

 enjoyed than the former, although the 

 high temperature has not been so good 

 for violets as the colder days, and then, 

 too, it forces the blooms on too rapidly, 

 to the detriment of the crop later on. 

 Therefore give all the air that it is pos- 

 sible to keep on, and take pains to keep 

 tlie plants on the dry side in order not 

 to be caught napping with a sudden 

 change to wet, cold, raw, sloppy weather 

 when you can hardly dry out the foliage 

 if you try ever so hard. 



Tlie usual vigilance must be observed 

 from now on — yes, more than usual — 

 in keeping the crowns thoroughly clean 

 and free from dead matter, such as old 

 leaves, short-stemmed early bloom, etc. 

 Some growers advocate using grape dust 

 for the sow bugs, but we have never 

 found anything much better than grsmu 

 lated sugar and Paris green. You want 

 to hustle and exterminate all of this kind 

 of stock at once, if you have neglected 

 to do so before, as if left alone and they 

 get much of a start they will eat hun- 



dreds of blooms on short notice. Of 

 course the cleaner your house is of old 

 wood and rubbish generally the less you 

 will be troubled with vermin, still no 

 house will be without them at the very 

 best, as you can always find them in- 

 doors and out and they have to be killed. 



Violets as Pot Plants, 



If you have a nice local trade in 

 potted stuflf be sure and have some vio- 

 lets nicely established in pots to sell as 

 window plants. If they are nicely grown 

 and in full flower they prove quite at- 

 tractive and last long enough to be de- 

 sirable, even though they play out after 

 a while froip being placed in overheated 

 rooms. Another thing in their favor is 

 that they come at this time of year, when 

 we do not have a large assortment of 

 flowering plants for window decoration. 

 If you have never given them a trial, do 

 so this fall and see if it is not a good 

 plan. While nearly every place has a cer- 

 Jain "style" of trade, as I might call 

 it. and runs to certain kinds of plants^ 

 still the enterprising florist can have his 

 influence in shaping the demand if be 

 sets out to do so in the right way. Gen- 

 erally speaking, he can sell anything, 

 provided it is of good quality,^and this 

 is coming to be true more and more as the 

 years go by. Take, for instance, the car- 

 nations that we grew only a few short 

 years ago and thought very nice. Now 

 most of them would be relegated to the 

 waste box without our giving them any 

 consideration whatever. "The world do 

 move." Each grower must scramble to 

 be on top, with the best that can be pro- 

 duced, both in cut blooms and in plants, 

 even though it is hard scratching. 



E. E. Shuphelt. 



ANOTHER YOUNG FLORIST. 



S. Hoffman, of Boston, is another 

 young florist who is entitled to credit 

 for his ability to hustle. He conducts 

 two well located, busy stores in Boston, 

 and last May took over the T. W. Dee 

 place in Cambridge, which had been 

 vacant; all winter. He found the plant 

 in the shape one might expect after be* 

 ing buffeted by storms through the cold- 

 est winter on record, without care or 

 fire. Five months were spent In repip- 

 ing, reglazing and repainting. There 

 are eleven houses, now in first-class 

 shape and well filled. Pot plants will 

 be produced here for the local trade 

 and two city stores. A large quantity 

 of bedding stock will also be worked up 

 for the spring business. Mr. Hoffman 

 is only 26 years of age. For the trans- 

 formation in the Dee place, which i» 

 shown in the accompanying illustrations, 

 he gives credit to Bert Smith, who has 

 had charge of the men engaged in put- 

 ting the establishment in order. 



