NOTEHBBR 24, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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At Gimbel Bros'., Philadelphia, During Fall Opening. 



(Showlngr amount of stock used by Hu^h Graaam, the decorator.) 



planted them, but they continued to get 

 worse all the time. L. F. C. 



The plant you sent showed plainly the 

 trouble you complain of. While the 

 plant showed several leaf spots, yet there 

 were not enough of them to cause this 

 drying of the foliage. I am inclined to 

 think the primary cause is the late plant- 

 ing. Mrs. Lawson is a variety that is 

 very partial to extra early planting. It 

 does not seem to take hold and recover as 

 readily as most varieties when it is 

 planted late. The plants do not die out- 

 right, but they dry up like yours and 

 possibly break at the bottom later on. 

 These breaks, if husbanded carefully, 

 might make strong shoots after a time, 

 but it wouiu be very late in the season 

 and it would hardly pay you to trouble 

 with them. If the beds are as bad all 

 over as this plant I would advise you to 

 throw them out at once and make use 

 of the room as best you can until next 

 April or May. 



If you want to grow Lawson next sea- 

 son, buy strong cuttings from some grow- 

 er who you feel sure will give you 

 healthy stock about the middle of Jan- 

 uary. Pot these in thumb pots and 

 repot into 2 1^ -inch or 3-inch pots early 

 in March. Between April 20 and May 

 10 plant them in the beds and you will 

 be starting in to grow Ijawson right. 



I have repeated several times in these 

 notes that Lawson seems to enjoy indoor 

 culture better than any other method, I 

 know full well that there are many grow- 

 ers who plant it in the field with good 

 success, but you will find that those who 

 do it successfully plant it very early, be- 

 fore August 1. It requires more care 

 pven then than naost varieties during the 

 first month to persuade it to start into 

 strong growth. I am convniced that the 

 best way for the average grower to grow 

 Lawson is to plant it inside in May from 

 ])ots and^ on a bed that gets plenty of air. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



ToPEKA, Kan. — C. E. Hubbard is 

 building another house 16x60 feet. 



Pueblo, Colo. — Mrs. J. M. Johnson, of 

 Boulder, and 8. R. Lundy, who has been 

 ornployed in the trade here, have orga- 

 nized the Johnson-Lundy Floral Co., and 

 liave opened a ne^t store at 306 N. Main 

 stieet. 



WORLD'S FAIR FLOWER SHOW. 



While all accounts for the World's 

 Fair flower show are not yet in the hands 

 of the executive committee, the book- 

 keeping has progressed sufficiently far 

 to show that the exhibition was a most 

 pronounced success, financially as well 

 as otherwise. Not only will the first 

 assessment be returned to guarantors, 

 but it will be accompanied by a dividend 

 of possibly as much as the amount paid 

 on the assessment. The best feature of 

 this is the effect it will have when it 

 again becomes desirable to secure the 

 united support of the trade for another 

 undertaking of this character. 



CURRENT COMMENT. 



John Bertermann, of Indianapolis, who 

 was at the World 's Fair flower show and 

 was one of those who followed the troupe 

 to the Chicago stand, advocates a na- 

 tional circuit of flower shows. The only 

 objection seems to be the short season. 



C. C. PoUworth, of Milwaukee, says 

 that he notes considerable increase in 

 the demand for palms of sizes for grow- 

 ing on. He says the Boston fern is 



a better seller this fall than ever before. 

 Next year he will grow a big lot of 

 Scottii. 



At the annual convention of the Ameri- 

 can Federation of Labor, which opened 

 at San Francisco last week, there was a 

 hot fight over seating John Mangan, who 

 had credentials of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Union, of Chicago. It was not 

 contended, however, that the gardeners 

 were not entitled to representation, but 

 that Mangan is a steamfitter, not a 

 florist, and works for the City of Chicago. 



E. G. Hill has renamed his red rose, 

 Etna, which he has decided to send out 

 next spring under the name of Eich- 

 mond. It won the silver cup at the 

 World's Fair show as the best new rose, 

 but was debarred from entry for the cup 

 at Chicago by the clause in the premium 

 list, which limited the class to varieties 

 ' ' never before exhibited. ' ' Obviously 

 the interest would have been much 

 greater if the list read "open to va- 

 rieties not in American commerce." A 

 fine vase was set up for the delectation 

 of the growers. Mr. Hill states that 

 his first order for stock was from his 

 neighbors, the South Park Floral Co., 

 New Castle, for 5,000 plants. 



Peter Eeinberg has two roses not 

 known in this country. Both were^rom 

 Peter Lambert. Perle von Godesberg 

 was a Schneider introduction of 1902 and 

 Lambert catalogues it in 1904 as "a 

 sport from Kaiserin, blooms somewhat 

 looser filled, center golden yellow, edge 

 lighter; growth good, bushy; good 

 climber and cut rose; variegates and re- 

 turns to original form. ' ' The identity 

 of the other. No. 61, pink, which was 

 given a silver cup at the Chicago show, 

 has been lost. Weiland & Kisch are 

 also growing Perle von Godesberg. 



Late reports from London indicate 

 that never before have chrysanthemum 

 blooms sold at such low prices at Covent 

 Garden. It is on record that exhibition 

 flowers have sold for sixpence per dozen! 



One of Wm. Duckham's greatest dis- 

 appointments on his trip to St. Louis and 

 Chicago was at the way the chrysanthe- 

 mum which bears his name is grown 

 in the west. He says that western 

 growers of the variety would not recog- 

 nize it as the same if they were to see 



At Gimbel Bros'., Philadelphia, During Fall Opening. 

 CShowing amount of stock used by Hugli Graham, the decorator.) 



