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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 13, 1905. 



the downy mildew of America made its 

 first appearance, about 1878. The year 

 1882 was particularly favorable for the 

 disease and but few vines escaped the 

 attack. Those that escaped were situated 

 along the highways. Vineyardists in 

 these localities had suflferediconsiderable 

 losses from the stealing of their grapes 

 by children and travelers along the high- 

 ways. It had been the custom to sprin- 

 kle verdigris upon a few rows near the 

 liighway to give the appearance of hav- 

 ing been poisoned. Some years before 

 the appearance of the downy mildew, this 

 substance being too expensive, it was re- 

 placed by a mixture of the milk of lime 

 and some salt of copper. The vines, thus 

 treated were the ones which had retained 

 their foliage through the fall of 1882, 

 while others growing further from the 

 road lost their leaves. Prillieux and Mil- 

 lardet were among the first ones to note 

 the effect and they started at once to 

 work out a proper solution, in which 

 work they were assisted by U. Gayon, 

 professor of chemistry in Bordeaux. It 

 is consequently to these men that the 

 honor of having first experimented with 

 the ' * ^^ouillie Bordelaise, "as it then 

 began to be called, may be granted; and 

 to Millardet in particular may be given 

 the credit of being the first to plan and 

 publish results which showed "plainly the 

 value of the copper compounds in com- 

 mercial work. 



y^etable Forcing. 



Greenhouse cauliflowers in New York 

 are fetching 7o cents to $1 per dozen ; 

 other greenhouse vegetables are practi- 

 -cally out of the market. 



LETTUCE FOR FRAMES. 



Seeds of lettuce should be sown now 

 to give stock for planting in frames 

 later on tor fall use. The best place 

 to sow the seeds is in cold frames, as 

 they cannot be depended on to come up 

 in the open ground should dry weather 

 prevail. In frames they are perfectly 

 under control, watering is easier at- 

 tended to and shading can easily be 

 given when necessary. The chief ad- 

 vantage of shade is to prevent the dry- 

 ing out of the soil too frequently just 

 after the seed is sown and up to the 

 time tlie little plants are well over the 

 ground. Jn the open ground during 

 bright, dry weather the moisture evap- 

 orates so quickly that it does little or 

 no good as far as the seeds are con- 

 cerned, but only hardens the surface 

 and makes it hard for the seeds that 

 do germifiate to break through the 

 crust. When shade can be given this 

 •Tustation is prevented, both on ac- 

 count of kss frequent application of 

 water being necessary and by the elim- 

 inating of the baking influence of the 

 sun. 



As soon as the plants are large 

 enough to handle they should be pricked 

 out. About two inches apart each way 

 will be suflScient room to make nice, 

 stocky pl.mts. A frame is the best 

 j)lace for the plants to be pricked into, 

 though flats may be used if desired. 

 Shade, of course, will be necessary for 

 a few days after moving until the 

 plants have made enough fresh roots 

 in their new quarters to support them- 



selves un<lftr the full influence of sun- 

 light. 



When planting where the plants are 

 to mature the best distance apart is 

 eight inches each way, but this will de- 

 pend a good deal upon the size 

 of the framed used. If the plants 

 come so that there is barely room 

 enough for the rows at this dis- 

 tance they could be kept just a 

 little closer, but if kept further apart 

 it would be all the better for the devel- 

 opment of the plants. If the soil in the 

 frame is a good, friable loam in fairly 

 good condition, the addition of a good 

 dressing of well decomposed manure 

 will be all that will be needed to pro- 

 duce a good crop, but if the soil is of 

 poor quality it may pay to remove it 

 to a depth of about six inches and sub- 

 stitute with the same depth of a good 

 fresh soil. W. S. Croydon. 



STEAMER SAILINGS. 



Those who wish to post steamer sail- 

 ings in the show window as a means of 

 securing orders for telegraphic transfer 

 to a New York correspondent, or one of 

 the firms represented on the Review's 

 page of Leading Retail Florists, will find 

 here the principal sailings for the next 

 two weeks: 



July 15 — Lucania Liverpool. 



July 15 — St. Ix>uIr Southampton. 



July 15 — Vaderland Antwerp. 



July 18 — Fred'k der Gros.se. . Bremen. 



July 19 — Ryndam Kotterdum. 



July 19 — Oscar II ("oponhHgen. 



July 19 — Cedrlc Liverpool. 



July 20 — Deutschland Hamburg. 



July 20 — La Bretagne Havre. 



July 22 — Etruria Liverpool. 



July 22 — Pennsylvania Hamburg. 



July 22 — Philadelphia .Southampton. 



July 22 — Kroonlaud Antwerp. 



July 27— Cretlc Naples. 



Jul.v 27 — La Lorraine Havre. 



July 29 — Zceland Antwerp. 



July 29 — Caledonia Glasgow . 



July 29 — Campania Liverpool. 



PHILADELPfflA. 



The Market 



The cut flower market is dull now. 

 It has, in fact, reached the summer 

 level. The principal demand is for 

 funeral flotvers. Offerings for these oc- 

 casions appear to be more general than 

 in the past. Additions to the list con- 

 sist in a few nice cattleyas at S. S. 

 Pennock's, some fine Lilium auratum 

 at the Leo Niessen Co. 's and plenty 

 of sweet peas of improved quality from 

 late sown seed. 



At the Flower Market. 



It was a quiet afternoon in July. 

 Business was about over for the day, 

 when half a dozen of the best known men 

 in our profession gathered at the Flower 

 Market. While they were waiting to dis- 

 pose of the matter that had brought them 

 together, the Commodore enlivened the 

 time. 



"I do not believe," he said, "in doing 

 a cheap, nasty business. Anyone who 

 wants to do that kind of thing can do 

 it and welcome. He will get no benefit 

 from it. It is far better to grow plants 

 or flowers of good quality and sell a mod- 

 erate number at a remunerative price, 

 and throw the rest away, if necessary, 

 than to sell them all at less than 

 cost. I remember well," he continued, 

 "how in the old days we used to get $10 

 for a bouquet of mixed flowers. That 

 was the regular price. One day a man 

 asked mo to make him a bouquet entirely 

 of rose buds. I told him it would cost 



$20. The man asked why it was so ex- 

 pensive. Could not the carnations and 

 violets be used in borne other way? I 

 told him yes, but that the roses were de- 

 sirable flowers and worth more alone. He 

 agreed to pay the price. My partner 

 thought I had made a mistake, but that 

 man bought four more bouquets of rose 

 buds at the same price that week. He 

 liked the lady who received them to have 

 something choice. 



' ' I once made up a bouquet of Jacqs, ' ' 

 the Commodore continued, "worth $54, 

 thirty-six flowers at $1.50 each. ' ' 



"Hold on. Commodore," one of the 

 group exclaimed; "this will all be pub- 

 lished." But the Commodore knew that 

 it wasn't everybody who could tell 

 things worth publishing and kept right 

 on: 



"Yes, that man was pleased, too. He 

 came in afterwards and asked for another 

 bouquet like it, only handsomer. So he 

 got three dozen more Jacqs, with a broad 

 band of lily of the valley around it, price 

 $60. . I believe in educating the public up 

 to knowing a good article and then mak- 

 ing them pay for it." 



Verbum sapienti. 



Various Notes. 



Joseph Kift & Son, florists, 1725 

 Chestnut street, filed papers in bank- 

 ruptcy last Saturday. It is said the lia- 

 bilities amount to $20,000, the assets to 

 between $3,000 and $4,000. 



Mrs. E. A. Williams, of Pittsburg, 

 was a visitor recently. 



Johnson & Stokes have a very hand- 

 some pair of bay trees before their 

 Market street seed store. 



George A. Strohlein sailed for Europe 

 on the Staatendam last week to secure 

 all the finest azaleas for the Dreer col- 

 lection at Riverton. 



Paul Richter, the hustling manager 

 of the Henry F. Michell Co., reports an 

 unusually good July demand for mis- 

 cellaneous stock. 



Eugene Bernheimer enjoyed a brief 

 fishing trip with a few friends at Beach 

 Haven this week. 



J. Liddon Pennock is spending his 

 vacation at Ocean City. 



A. E. Wohlert, of Bala, has a nice 

 house of adiantum and asparagus. 



M. Rice & Co. are busily engaged re- 

 ceiving and storing their fresh impor- 

 tations, working overtime to keep pace 

 with the incoming stock. 



Fred Berger has returned from his 

 trip to Washington. 



Charles P. Poryzees is planning some 

 improvements in his store, 295 Fif- 

 teenth street. 



Berger Bros, continue to receive a nice 

 assortment of well-grown roses from the' 

 United States Cut Flower Co. 



J. J. Habermehl's Sons have had some 

 large funeral orders recently. John Wil- 

 son made up one bunch of 100 fine Beau- 

 ties for a notable suburban funeral. 



The Florists' Club meeting on Tues- 

 day was uevoted to S. A. F. conven- 

 tion matters and introspection. Presi- 

 dent Westcott is planning something 

 very nice for those who will go with 

 us to Washington. The bowling con- 

 test for places on the team to represent 

 Philadelphia has commenced. Phil. 



lOLA, Kan. — A. L. Harmon has suc- 

 ceeded the firm of Harmon & Henderson 

 and expects to greatly enlarge his glass 

 during the summer. 



