■^ *J!; Wi»n"«M,»y?^.i?' "•• w.'^(M j>:??»^»p^ 



I. 'j-<0*T<niKn 5, 1005. > 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



UM 



rf^E have been very greatly disappointed at the back- 

 up wardness of our crops but we are now ready to 

 supply » and in a few days shall have quantities 

 in yellow and white. Send along your orders. 



All Other Btock in teaBon . If you are not on our mailin«r list for our wholesale cut 

 flower prices, drop us a postal. Bend for a Hat of out flower Boxas. 



VAUGH AN & SPERRY 



56-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



The Indianapolis Flower Show 



will be second io none. The best blooms In the 

 country will be seen f here 



November 14 to 18, 1905 



Groweri» you can not afford to miss it. Entertainments for Florists 

 Thursday^ November 16. For gfuaranteed premium list apply to 



IRWIN BERTERMANN, Secretary. 



Mention The Rerlew when yon wrlt». 



BUFFALO. 



Supt. John F. Cowell, of South park, 

 is preparing for one of the largest anci 

 finest chrysanthemum shows ever held in 

 this city, or probably any other city. 

 The show will begin about November 10 

 and will continue for about two or three 

 weeks. It will be held, as usual, at 

 South park, the so-called Albright con- 

 servatory having been reserved for the* 

 event this year. 



Supt. Cowell, who is ultra-conserva- 

 tive regarding anything he does, is thor- 

 oughly enthusiastic regarding this exhi- 

 bition and goes so far as to say that 

 the approaching show will be more ex- 

 tensive than ever and will include speci- 

 mens of far better quality than have ever 

 been shown before. Kot less than 1,200 

 plants will be shown. 



The first chrysanthemum show ever 

 made by the city in the municipal green- 

 houses at South park was held about 

 eight years ago. That was when the 

 flower was on the crest of the first wave 

 of its popularity, and hundreds of Buf- 

 falonians went to the greenhouses and 

 saw the display. The entire exhibit of 

 that year, however, consisted of only 100 

 plants. 



In the ensuing eight years Supt. Cowell 

 worked steadily to improve the quality, 

 and each year marked an important ad" 

 vance, with the result that this year's 

 exhibition is certain to surpass all oth- 

 ers. It is believed that thousands of 

 persons will view this year's exhibit 

 where there were oiilv hundreds in the 



first years. Within the past two or three 

 years fiorists and lovers of flowers from 

 all parts of western New York have 

 made special pilgrimages to South park 

 to see the chrysanthemum show, and this 

 year, of course, will be no exception. 



' * There is a revival of interest in 

 chrysanthemums," said Supt. Cowell in 

 discussing the proposed display with a 

 newspaper man. * ' This revival, no doubt, 

 is due to the results that have been 

 achieved in cultivating the flowers in 

 Australia. 



"Several years ago the chrysanthemum 

 apparently reached the height of its 

 development in this country and in Eu- 

 rope. The growers could not produce 

 larger flowers or get better results in 

 colors than they were getting. That 

 brought the cultivation of the chiysan- 

 themum to a standstill so far as further 

 progress was concerned. 



"Just about that time some genius 

 took up the cultivation of the flowers 

 under entirely new climatic conditions in 

 Australia. It was just an experiment, 

 but it was a happy one. The seedlings 

 sent to Australia developed beyond all 

 expectations and in due time plants were 

 returned from that country to Europe 

 and the United States, and these plants 

 did wonders when they were grown in 

 the two original chrysanthemum growing 

 countries. 



"Some of the chrysanthemums which 

 we will show at South park are these 

 Australian products. In many cases the 

 flowers, when their petals are spread out, 



measure fifteen inciies across. The col- 

 ors, too, are unusually striking, and we 

 will be able to show practically every 

 color except blue." 



"Why not blue?" 



"Well, because there are no blue 

 chrysanthemums. Growers of flowers 

 have tried for years and years to de- 

 velop a blue chrysanthemum, but they 

 have not yet met with success. Progress, 

 however, is being made in this direction 

 and we may yet see a blue chrysanthe- 

 mum, just as we may yet see a blue rose, 

 although there is none now. 



' * Very few genera of plants have red, 

 blue and yellow colors. If we have the 

 blue, the yellow is lacking, and vice versa. 

 Usually we find two of the colors but not 

 the third. Analogy leads us to believe 

 that we will yet get a blue rose and a 

 blue chrysanthemum ; for instance, we 

 now have the blue phlox, and we are get- 

 ting close to the blue carnation." 



ELECTRIC HEAT. 



Electrical heat has not yet been ap- 

 plied to commercial greenhouse estab- 

 lishments although some small private 

 conservatories have been so heated. Elee-r 

 tricity has long been used for heating 

 street cars and for other heating pur- 

 poses when conditions were extraordi- 

 nary, but the expense as compared to 

 steam or water under ordinary conditions 

 is an effectual bar. The cost of electric 

 power varies from 1 cent to 5 cents per 

 kilowatt. When electric power is sold at 

 the lower figure, electrical engineers esti- 

 mate that the cost of heating a green- 

 house by such means would be nearly six 

 times the cost of heating by steam or 

 hot water. Some day the cost of electric 

 power will be very much cheaper than 

 at present, but there is no immediate 

 prospect of any change which will bring 

 electrical heat down to an economical 

 commercial basis. 



Walden, N. Y. — Wm. Ballin has been 

 appointed receiver for the Sunnyside 

 Greenhouses. W. K. Kesteloo filed a 

 petition in bankruptcy for the firm, 

 scheduling its liabilities at $1,307 and 

 assets at $565. C. V. Bunting, the part- 

 ner, refused to join in the petition. 



