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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Fbbbuaby 23. 1905. 



PRONOUNQNG DICTIONARY. 



(Copyright 1904. by Florists' Pu i . ii i i 



Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has lea 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 following 

 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 

 a as in fat e as in met 5 as in note 



a as in fate e as in mete o 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 



& as in Persia o as in not u as In pull 



The syllables to be accented are marked 

 thus '. 



(OONTINCXD TBOU LAST WKEK.) 



T 

 Tabemsemontana — (ta-ber-ne-mon- 



ta'nS.) . 

 Tacsonia — (tak-so'ni-i) . 

 Tagetes — (ta-je'tez) . 

 Tamarix — (tam'a-riks) . 

 Taxodium — (tak-so'di-um) . 

 Taxus — (tak'sus) . 

 Tecoma — (te-k5'm&) . 

 Tenuif olius — (ten-Q-i-f o'li-us) . 

 Tenuis — (ten'tl-is) . 

 Tessellata — (tes-e-la't&). 

 Thalictrum — (tha-lik'trum) . 

 Thrinax — (thri'naks) . 

 Thiipa— (thrips). 

 Thtinbergia — (th un-ber' j i-&) . 

 Thuya— (thQ'yi). 

 Thuyopsis — (thQ-yop'sis) . 

 Thyme — (tim). 

 Thjonus — (thi'mus) . 

 Thyrse — (thers). 

 Tiffridia — (ti-grid'i-&) . 

 Tigrinuxn — (ti-gri'num). 

 Tma— (ta'i-&). 

 Tillandsia — (ti-land'zi-&) . 

 Tinctoria — (tink-t6'ri-&) . 

 Tinus — (ti'nus). 

 Tomentosa — (to-men-t6'si) . 

 Topiary — (to'pi-a-ri) . 

 Toxicodendron — (tok-si-k6-den'dron) . 

 Tradescantia — (trad-es-kan'shi&) . 

 Tremula^ (trem' Q-1&) . 

 Trianse — (tri-a'n6) . 

 Trichomanes — (tri-kom' a-n6z) . 

 Trif olium — (tri-f 6'li-um) . 

 Trillium — (tril'i-um) . 

 Tripinnate— (tri-pin' at) . 

 Tripinnatifld — (tri-pi-n at' i-fid) . 

 Tritoma — (trit^O'ma) . 

 Tritonia— (tri-t5'ni-&) . 

 TroUiuB — (trol' i-us) . 

 TropsBoIum — (tr6-pg'6-lum) . 

 Truncate — (trung' kat) . 

 Tsuga— (tsQ'ga). 

 Tuberosa — {tQ-be-r5'8&) . 

 Tuberous — (til' ber-us) . 

 Tulipa— .(tfl'li-p&). 



U 



niiginosa — (Q-lij-i-n6-si) . 

 Ulmus — (ul'mus). 

 Umbel— (um'bel). 

 Umbellatum — (um-bel-a'tum) . 

 Urens — (tl'renz) . 

 Utilis— (a' til-is). 



(To be continued.) 



JOPLIN, Mo. — Edward Teas is plan- 

 ning the erection of glass to cover a 

 space 50x120 feet. 



Martinsville, Ind. — Mr. and Mrs. 

 Nixon H. Gano are rejoicing over the 

 arrival of a son on February 7. 



Montreal, Que. — The executive com- 

 mittee of the Canadian Horticultural 

 Association pieets here today to plan the 

 annual convention. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Activity in the cut flower trade was 

 curtailed somewhat by the cold and 

 stormy weather prior to February 18, 

 still a fair business was reported. On 

 February 14 exceptionally good trade 

 was done, especially in violets for val- 

 entines. Shipping trade is also active 

 and some orders for fancy stock had 

 to be turned down owing to scarcity. 

 A number of social events the past week 

 kept some of the west end stores quite 

 busy. Funeral work was pretty well dis- 

 tributed among the trade, everybody 

 having some of this to do, which made 

 white flowers in big demand. 



In colored roses the market is fairly 

 well supplied, but white roses were 

 very scarce. There were more red roses 

 than the demand called for. American 

 Beauties have had a good call, but there 

 were enough for all. Carnations are all 

 of good quality and plenty, except in 

 white. These sold clean every day. In 

 the colored sorts quite a few were left 

 over each day. 



Bulbous stock, such as Eomans, Paper 

 Whites, freesias, Dutch hyacinths, lily 

 of the valley and Von Sions are in abun- 

 dance. Harrisii and callas are not over- 

 plentiful at present, as the demand is 

 good. Tulips are also selling well but 

 only the light colors. White sweet peas 

 are fine, with long stems. AU greens 

 are in demand at their usual price. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Fred" C. Weber, their 

 daughter and Theo. Miller will make a 

 European trip this summer, leaving here 

 June 1. They will return in time to 

 attend the S. A. F. convention at Wash- 

 ington in August. 



Mrs. Frank M. Ellis left Sunday morn- 

 ing for Milwaukee with a party of lady 

 bowlers to take part in the games there 

 this week in the National Bowling Con- 

 gress. Mrs. Ellis has hopes of brmging 

 back one of the many prizes offered to 

 lady bowlers. Arthur Ellison is on one 

 of the strongest teams which represent 

 St. Louis at Milwaukee this week. 



Frank M. Ellis is handling extra fine 

 California violets by the tens of thou- 

 sands. These are cleaned out fairly well 

 each day. 



Charles Kuehn is receiving an extra 

 fine supply of Dutch hyacinths and La 

 Beine tulips, which have a big demaml. 



Mrs. M. M. Ayers has been very busy 

 the past week with all kinds of floral 

 work and decorations. No wonder 

 Charlie is sporting a new gold watch. 



George Waldbart is making an extra 

 fine display of blooming plants, also 

 fancy cut carnations. Whenever we 

 call, Mr. Waldbart is always busy. 



The Riessen Floral Co. had an extra 

 busy week with funeral work. Mr. 

 Buechel, the manager, is still confined 

 to his room, nursing his broken limb. 

 He expects to be back to work by March 

 15. 



Fred Foster has renovated his store 

 the past week. The improvement gives 

 him more room, of which he was very 

 much in need. 



John Burke, at Grand and Finney 

 avenues, reports a good trade in fruit 

 and cut flowers. 



J. F. Winut, on Bayard avenue, is 

 making a great display of fancy cut 

 stock and blooming plants in his attrac- 

 tive conservatory. 



John G. Knoll, in South St. Louis, 



was doing jury duty the past week. He 

 surprised the jury, judge and the attor- 

 neys by decorating everybody in the court 

 room, including the defendant, with a 

 carnation. The daily press made quite 

 a story of it. 



George M. Kessler, the landscape ar- 

 tist, proposed to the city council a gir- 

 dle of parks from Carondelet to the 

 Chain of Bocks. Mr. Kessler also de- 

 clared that St. Louis appropriated far 

 too little money for its parks. 



George Windier, on Delore avenue, is 

 making preparations for an extra fine 

 lot of blooming plants for Easter sales. 

 He put in his first appearance at the 

 Florists' Club meeting since his marriage 

 and his many friends in the trade were 

 delighted to meet him. 



A number of very important ques- 

 tions on roses are already in to be an- 

 swered at the next Florists' Club meet- 

 ing, which will be March 9. A big dis- 

 play of cut roses will be on exhibition, 

 also new varieties. Fifty dollars in 

 prizes are being offered. A very in- 

 teresting and instructive meeting for 

 both grower and retailer is lookea for. 



Fred C. Weber, Theo. Miller and E. 

 W. Guy, trustees of the Florists' Club, 

 and Otto Koenig met on Saturday at 

 Ellis' place. A full report of this meet- 

 ing wUl be read at the club meetine. 

 This will be of interest to all the mem- 

 bers. 



Fred Meinhardt left for Fort Wayne, 

 Ind., on Sunday to attend the funeral of 

 Mr. Vesey's brother. 



Visitor: B. Eschner, of M. Rice & 

 Co., Philadelphia. 



Bowling. 



The Lady Florists' Bowling Club 

 rolled on last Thursday at the Cass ave- 

 nue alleys. The scores were as follows: 



Player. ist 2d 3d 4th 



Mrs. Fred Meinhardt 108 100 174 140 



Miss B. Meinhardt 105 99 64 59 



Miss Kllr 102 112 T8 72 



Mrs. HasHbrock 110 04 75 97 



Miss B. Hassbrock 114 102 87 45 



Mrs. F. C. Weber 55 44 63 65 



J. J. B. 



CORRUGATED GLASS. 



In answer to S. C. T., in last week's 

 issue of the Review, in which he asks 

 as to the practical benefit derived from 

 corrugated glass, I will state that I 

 had one year's experience with that 

 variety of glass and want no more. I 

 had one house under my care, 18x50, in 

 which I planted carnations and was so 

 thoroughly disgusted with my experi- 

 ment that I threw them out and filled 

 mv benches with begonias and ferns, 

 which did first rate. In my endeavors 

 to see what would grow thriftily there 

 I tried a great many varieties of plants 

 and found it a failure with the ex- 

 ception of the two named above. 



F. A. B. 



A STRONGER ASPARAGUS. 



In my large house of Asparagus plu- 

 mosus nanus I have one plant entirely 

 different from all others, the growth be- 

 ing verv robust and the plant branch- 

 ing, and each branch making regular 

 fronds or plumes, the branches being 

 three and four feet in length. My plant 

 has been out about eight months and has 

 filled four strings fourteen feet in length 

 and extends on the roof several feet, 

 foliage rich dark green. Could this be 

 the so-called robustust The original 

 seed came from Henry A. Dreer, of 

 Philadelphia. E. B. Meserve. 



