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308 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Decembek 29, 1904. 



varieties alba, Stella, holochila, Perci- 

 valiana, Williamsii, etc., also L. Gouldi- 

 ana, a natural hybrid between L. anceps 

 and L. auturanalis. 



Richmond rose from E'. G. Hiil Co. 

 came in superb condition and was the 

 star attraction of the meeting. A close 

 scrutiny of flowers, stems and foliage, to 

 say nothing of the delightful odor, led 

 to the unanimous verdict from all pres- 

 ent that the new western beauty was 

 "all right" and that Liberty's star 

 would soon set. The committee on awards 

 regretted that a certificate of merit was 

 the highest award in their power. 



Mr. Montgomery 's new seedling, 

 "Wellesley, showed up in fine shape and 

 also received a certificate of merit. Mr. 

 Montgomery stated that it is his son's 

 production, now in its third year and 

 almost a pure tea. He considers that new 

 roses would keep on developing charac- 

 ter up till the seventh year. He had 

 found Wellesley a thoroughly satisfac- 

 tory grower and it took remarkably well 

 at the stores. 



In regard to the Fiancee carnation, 



"William Nicholson said the custom of 

 not sending any plants to be grown in 

 the east was a bad one, for most of the 

 flowers sent on after two or three days' 

 journey went to sleep, as a rule, as soon 

 as unpacked. This was unfair to the 

 varieties. Introducers of novelties should 

 see to it that some of their stock is 

 grown in various sections to allow would- 

 be purchasers to see some plants grow- 

 ing, or at least see fresh flowers exhibited. 



Peter Fisher, who showed a fine vase 

 of Flamingo, stated his plants were 

 grown inside since May. They were very 

 slow in producing flowers until a month 

 ago, when he raised the night tempera- 

 ture to 56 degrees, since which time there 

 had been a great improvement. The tend- 

 ency of some of the flowers to come sin- 

 gle he attributed to over-propagation and 

 thought a selection of stock would give 

 much better returns another year. 



The next meeting of the club occurs 

 on January i6. Introducers of novelties, 

 which have not yet been exhibited before 

 it, should bear this fact in mind. 



W. N. Craig. 



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PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY 



COPYRIGHT, 1904, BY FLORISTS 



Wiiiiiiiiiw 



Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has led us 

 to compile the following list of names, 

 selecting those in most common use in 

 the trade, and including botanical terms 

 most frequently met with in articles upon 

 plant culture. 



In our list we have used the followmg 

 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 

 a as In fat e as in met 6 as In note 



a as in fate e as In mete 6 as in move 



a as in far e as in her 6 as In nor 



& as in fall i as in pin u as in tub 



a as in fare i as in pine u as in mute 



a as in Persia o as in not u as in pull 



The syllables to be accented are marked 

 thus '. 



(continued ntoM last week.) 



G 



Oaillardia — (gal-yar'di-&) . 

 OalanthuB — (ga-Lan'thus) . 

 Oalax — (ga'laks). 

 Oandavensis — (gan-dav-en'sis) . 

 Oardenia — (gar-de'ni-&) . 

 Gaskelliana — (gas-kel-i-a'n&) 

 Oaultheria — (gai-the'ri-&) . 

 Oaura — (g&'r&). 

 Oazania — (g&-za'ni-i). 

 Oenera — (ien'e-r&). '^ 



Generic — ( j e-ner' ik) . 

 Genista — (je-nis'ti) . 

 Gentian — (jen'shian) . 

 Genus — (je'nus). 

 Geonoma — (je-on'6-mS.) . 

 Geranium — (je-ra'ni-um) . 

 Gesnera — (jes'ne-r&) . 

 Geum— (je'um). 

 Giganteum — ( j I-gan -te' um) . 

 Gigas— (gig'as). 

 GiUa— (jU'i-i). 

 Gingko— (ging'ko). 

 Ginkgo— (gingk'go). 

 Glabra— (gla'br&). 

 Gladioli— (gla-di'6-li) . 

 Gladiolus— (gla-di'6-lus) . 

 Glauca— (gU'ki). 

 Glaucophylla— (gl&-ko-fil'&) . 

 Glechoma — (gle-k5'm&) . 



PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO. 



Oleditschia — (gle-dich'i-&) . 

 Oleichenia — (gli-ke'ni-&) . 

 Olobosa — (glo-bo'si) . 

 Gloriosa — (glo-ri-6'si) . 

 Gloxinia — (glok-sin'i-S,) . 

 Onaphalium — (na-fa'li-um) . 

 Godetia — (g6-de'shii) . 

 Ooxnphrena — (gom-fr6'n&) . 

 Gracilis — (gras'i-lis) . 

 Graminifolious — (gram-i-ni-fo'li-us) . 

 Grande — (gran'de) . 

 Graveolens — (grav'e-6-lenz) . 

 Grevillea — (gre-vil'e-S,) . 

 Guano — (gwa'no) . 

 Guava — (gwa'v&) . 

 Ounnera — (gun'e-rS.) . 

 Guttata — (gut-ta'ti) . 

 Gynmocarpa — (jim-n6-kar'p&) . 

 Gymnogramme — (jim-n6-gram'g) . 

 Gynerium — ( j i-n e'ri-um) . 

 Gypsophylla — (jip-sof'i-l&) . 



H 



Haageanum — (hag-i-S,'num) . 

 Habenaria — (hab-e-na'ri-&) . 

 Hamanthus — (he-man' thus) . 

 Halesia— (h&lz'i-a). 

 Halleana — (hai-i-a'n&) . 

 Hamamelis — (ham-am-e'lis) . 

 Hansoni — (han-so'ni) . 

 Harrisii — (har'is-i-I) . 

 HarrisonisB — (har-is-o'ne). 

 Hastata— (has-ta't4) . 

 Hedera — (hed'e-ra) . 

 Hedychium — (he-dik'i-um) . 

 Helenium — (he-le'ni-um) . 

 Helianthemum — (he-U-an'the-mum) . 

 Helianthus — (he-li-an'thus) . 

 Helichry siun — (he-li-kri'sum) . 

 Heliconia — (hel-i-ko'ni-i) . 

 Heliopsis — (hg-li-op'sis) . 

 Heliotrope — (he'li-o-trop) . 

 Helleborus — (he-leb'o-rus) . 

 Hemerocallis — (hem-e-ro-kal'is) . 

 Hendersonii — (hen-der-s6'ni-i) . 

 Henryi — ( hen 'ri-i) . 

 Heracleum — (her-a-kle'um) . 

 Herbaceous — (her-ba'shius) . 

 Herbarium — (her-ba'ri-um) . 



Heterophylla — (het-er-of-ir&) . 

 Heuchera — (hfl'ker-&) . 

 Hibiscus — (hi-bis'kus) . 

 Hippeastrum — (hip-e-as'trum) . 

 Hirta— (her'ta). 

 Hispida— (his'pid-a) . 

 Hollyhock— (hol'i-hok) . 

 Horsfieldii— (h6rs-feld'i-i) . 

 Hortensis — (hdr-ten'sis) . 

 Horticulture — (h6i;'ti-kul-tar) . 

 Hous tenia — (h6s-to'ni-S.) . 

 Hovea — (ho've-a) . 

 Howea — (hou'e-a) . 



Hoya— (hoi'a). .] 



Humea — (hu'me-a,) . 

 Hunulis — (hum'il-is) . 

 Humulus — (hu'mu-lus) . 

 Hyacinth — (hi'a-sinth) . 

 Hybrida— (hi'brid-a) . 

 Hybridist — (hi'brid-ist) . 

 Hydrangea — (hi-dran'je-&) . 

 Hymenanthera — (hl-men-an-th e'r&) . 

 Hymenophyllum — (hl-men-o-firum) . 

 Hypericum — (hi-pe-rl'kum) . 

 (To be continued ) 



NEW YORK DOINGS. 



In the issue of December 8 the Eeview 

 published a note with regard to the open- 

 ing of a retail store in New York, to be 

 known as the Flower Market, supposedly 

 a project of Jos. Fleischman. The fol- 

 lowing from the New York Sun of Decem- 

 ber 21 may throw some light on the 

 project : 



A cut rate In cut flowers was begun yester- 

 day with the opening of a flower marltet in 

 Forty-fourth street, near Delmonlco's. The mar- 

 ket purports to be the outgrowth of dictatorial 

 methods on the part of Jobbers and of over- 

 charging in the business. It is said to be 

 managed by a combination of suburban flower 

 growers, who propose to make the haughty 

 Jobbers and retailers get on the low price 

 band wagon or go out of business. 



This is a pretty good-sized Job to negotiate, 

 as the combination admits, but its members 

 say they are abundantly equipped to handle it. 

 They propose that the flowers shall go direct 

 from the grower to the buyer. There are to 

 be no middlemen to swell prices at any stage 

 of the proceeding. 



The new flower market Is to be a sort of 

 floral clearing house, where the public will be 

 able to buy flowers at about the same prices 

 which the growers haye been getting from the 

 buyers. By short circuiting the connection be- 

 tween the man who grows flowers for profit 

 and the man who buys flowers for pleasure the 

 combine expects to reduce by Just that much 

 the price of transmission. Then, again, there 

 will be no fancy rents to pay and expensively 

 equipped stores to keep up. 



"We opened at 7 o'clock this morning," said 

 Conright C. Young, manager of the new flower 

 market, last evening, "and we have been ^ing 

 excellent business all day. We undersell the 

 regular dealers by SO. 75 and even 100 or more 

 per cent, straight through on all flowers we 

 handle. FV>r instance, there are some Ameri- 

 can Beauty roses. We are selling them for 

 $3 a dozen. You would" have' to pay from 

 $7 to flO a dozen for them at any well 

 equipped retail store. There are some En- 

 chantress carnations. Our price is $1.50 a 

 dozen. The regular retailers ask $3 for them. 

 Then, again, there are some Lawson carna- 

 tions. You may possibly have heard of Law- 

 son. We get a dollar for them; the retailers 

 ask f2. 



"This trouble in the flower trade dates hack 

 some years. It began with the wholesalers 

 dipping into the retail business. They did it 

 on the sly at flrst. and then they came out 

 into the open and did it deflantly. They sold 

 flowers right and left in retail quantities at 

 wholesale prices. That and other things de- 

 moralized the trade until finally the growers 

 got disgusted and organized this company to 

 handle their own crops. It will enable a good 

 many people in New York to have fiowers on 

 their tables who never thought they could afTord 

 to have them." 



In commenting on the enterprise to a 

 reporter Alex McConnell said: 



It is more profitable for a large grower to 

 dispose of his product through a representative 

 Jobber in New York than to deal directly with 

 the retail stores. They thereby obtain better 

 prices for their goods. It is undoubtedly more 

 remunerative for the retailer to purchase from 

 the Jobber such stock as he requires each day. 

 Another advantage to the retailer is his ability 

 to thus buy the best there is in the market, as 

 each grower excels in some particular product, 

 one making a specialty of roses, another of car- 

 nations, another of violets. And by this true 

 and tried system the retailer is enabled to se- 

 lect from the best productions of horticul- 

 turists. 



