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October 12, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



U59 



The Coliseum^ Where the Chicas;o Show will be Held Next Month. 



Yes! You will ako find some dead 

 and yellow leaves that should be re- 

 moved, but while at all of this work, for 

 t!ie coming months, you will be cheered 

 by their fragrance; it has been very no- 

 ticeable for several days past, whenever 

 we came into the houses, and as violets 

 without this are worthless, too great care 

 cannot be exercised in preventing foreign 

 odors of any kind in the houses anywhere 

 that the blooms may be placed or carried, 

 for they absorb with seeming avidity 

 «very little odor, good, bad or indifferent 

 that comes anywhere near them. As any 

 contamination makes them worthless, 

 don't even let anyone smoke while near 

 them, for if you do your customers will 

 say, as I have heard a florist friend of 

 mine say before now, * ' W-h-e-w ! I smell 

 tobacco." While some may like — yes, 

 perchance, enjoy — the same, I have yet 

 to see anybody who favored a mixture of 

 violet and tobacco odors. Now, while it 

 may seem as if I were over-insistent on 

 these matters to the beginner in growing 

 violets, still I think every old grower will 

 bear me out when I say that you cannot 

 be too particular in these points if you 

 wish to hold the best trade. 



R. E. Shuphelt. 



FINE CYCLAMENS. 



On visiting the private greenhouses of 

 Oeorge Urban, Pine Ridge, Erie county, 

 N. Y., where Theodore Venneman is 

 gardener, some time last Februrary, 1 

 was struck with the beauty and culture 

 ■of several two-j'ear-old cyclamen plants 

 and mad? a request that one or two of 

 them be photographed and now show you 

 the result. The writer does not remem- 

 ber ever having seen more perfect or b3t- 

 ter flowered plants. In the group of three 

 plants the smaller jilants are two well 

 flowered one-year-old plants in 5-inch 

 «r (J-inch pots. They were such cycla- 

 niciis as any commercial man might be 

 Proiul of, but merely figure in the pic- 

 ture to give you a more correct idea of 

 tl"' qualities of the older plant than 

 ^'ly wordy description could do. The 

 ^"igle plant was slightly handsomer than 

 the large one iu the group, having larger 

 I'ldividual flowers, 



-^Ir. Venneman said that after these 

 plants flowered in 6-inch pots they were 

 stood on ashes in cold frames, in May 

 or early June. They were given little 

 •'Ji'tt'ntion, but never allowed to get dust 

 ^''■y. In early August they showed signs 

 «i again starting into growth, both baf 

 ^"'l root. A little of the old soil was 

 carefully picked away, but the started 



roots were not disturbed and the plants 

 were shifted into 8-inch pots. They 

 were still left in the cold frams and 

 shaded during the hottest hours until 

 the end of September, when they were 

 brought into the house and shifted into 

 10-inch, the size of pot they flower in. 

 They were grown indoors on a side 

 bench of a carnation house, where the 

 temperature was probably a litth over 

 50 degrees during winter. 



As I looked at these magnificent plants 

 I remarked, "We have customers who 

 would give us $10 each for them," and 

 that is true, for their beauty was almost 

 irresistible. Surely there would be a 

 handsome profit at a little less than a 

 "ten spot." You may sell fifty of the 

 one-year-old plants to one of these beau- 

 ties, yet a few dozen would be well worth 

 growing. When the boss felt ugly and 

 fretty and out of sorts with everything, 

 a visit to these cyclamens would be 

 most cheering. Wiluam Soott. 



THE CHICAGO SHOW. 



Chicago is prone to defer action in 

 many matters until the last moment, then 

 to take off its coat and hustle and achieve 



success in a whirlwind finish. Such has 

 been the story of a number of its most 

 succesf?ful flower shows and in this par- 

 ticular history promises to again repeat 

 itself tills year. A late start was made 

 but every indication points to the best 

 sliow ever given in the west, if not in 

 the whole United States. This is not even 

 excepting the very successful World's 

 Fair show of last year. 



Those charged with the management of 

 the Chicago show have hesitated to tackle 

 so large a proposition as the Coliseum. 

 This has been talked of year after year, 

 as other halls have proved inadequate 

 to the needs of the occasion. But the 

 Coliseum is so much larger than any 

 other building in Chicago that it has 

 heretofore been considered out of the 

 question. However, last year's accom- 

 modations were so much more than ever 

 inadequate to the needs of the exhibi- 

 tion that when the Coliseum management 

 came forward with a very reasonable 

 proposition, because of an unoccupied 

 week, the deal was closed in short order 

 and everyone is glad that at length Chi- 

 cago will have room enough for all the 

 exhibits supplied. 



The accompanying illustration gives 

 an idea of the character of the building. 

 It has more than an acre and a half of 

 floor space besides galleries with seating 

 accommodations for several thousands of 

 persons. It is the building in which the 

 horse show is held each year and in the 

 spring Ringling Bros.' great circus, 

 spends a month in this building. 



The preliminary premium list for the 

 Cliicago show carries upwards of $5,000 

 in cash prizes and a number of special 

 premiums are being arranged for and 

 will be announced shortly. With the as- 

 surance of the largest attendance ever 

 known at a Chicago exhibition the big 

 growers are preparing to make larger ex- 

 hibits than ever before. M^anager Asmus 

 has already heard from a large number, 

 but there is space in plenty and every- 

 one will be more than welcome. It is 

 hoped to have every item of seasonable 

 stock represented and to make the show 

 one which will have an after effect on 



Cyclamen in 10-inch Pot, Grown by Theodore Venneman. 



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