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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuaby 1, 1906. 



NOTICE 



Because of the new wage scale which 

 the Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing to suffer 

 interruption of their business, especially 

 because of that part of the scale which 

 makes overtime practically prohibitive, 

 it is of first importance that the Review 

 obtain its advertising '^copy'* earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 tlut all advertisers mail their "copy^ 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 morning, instead of Wednesday morn- 

 ing, as many have done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



Carnations — Notes on Varieties 701 



— Carnations Run to Grass 704 



— Bothered with Moles 704 



— To Destroy Worms 704 



— Soil Lacks Strength 705 



The Convention Aftermath (Ulus.) 705 



— A Few Impressions 705 



— Some of the Seedlings 706 



— Convention Echoes 706 



— Convention Memories 707 



— Miscellaneous Exhibits 707 



— The Banquet 708 



— Mr. Shaw's Dream 708 



— Gaedelte to the Rescue 708 



A Ward House (lllus. ) 709 



Vegetable Forcing — Cucumbers 709 



A New Indiana Plant (lllus.) 710 



New Yorl£ 710 



Death of John Beck (portrait) 711 



Asparagus Plumosus 712 



Rooted Rose Cuttings 712 



Chicago 712 



St. Louis 713 



Boston 714 



Pittsburg 715 



Philadelphia 716 



Buffalo 718 



Cleveland 719 



Northern Texas 719 



Washington 720 



Trouble with a Boston 720 



Want Advertisements 720 



Twin Cities 722 



Seed Trade News 723 



— "The Inside Ways" 724 



— Duty on Valley Pips 724 



— The American Holland 724 



— Notes from England 726 



Capacity of Boiler 728 



Rating for Boiler 728 



Kansas City 735 



Baltimore 736 



Pacific Coast — Ornamental Trees 736 



— San Francisco 737 



Nursery Notes 738 



Lacks Radiation 740 



Elmlra, N. Y 7,12 



New Castle, Ind 742 



Cincinnati 744 



Newton Highlands, Mass 746 



Detroit 748 



Denver 760 



Advertising Rates 762 



Port Chester, N. Y. — Theodore 

 Searles has discontinued business on ac- 

 count of ill health. 



Toronto, Ont. — J. H. Dunlop has a 

 light pink sport of Lawson of which 

 he thinks highly. It has the color of 

 Marquis and the habit of the parent. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The Pike's 

 Peak Floral Co. has been incorporated 

 with a capital stock of $50,000. Im- 

 provements costing $3,000 will be made 

 in the greenhouse and gardens on East 

 Columbia street. A brick boiler house 

 is now under construction. Directors of 

 the company are : W. H. Evans, Charles 

 T. Lowndes and Walter Scott. 



Cedar Kapids, Ia. — Jas. G. Crozer, 

 who is one of the oldest and best known 

 florists in this part of the state, was run 

 over by a train on January 26. He was 

 taken to the hospital and his right foot 

 amputated. His collar bone was broken 

 and he sustained other injuries, but is 

 standing the shock as well as could be 

 expected and his recovery is looked for. 



ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 



Does Asparagus plumosus compactus 

 seed the same as Asparagus Sprengeri? 



C. F. M. 



Asparagus plumosus nanus is doubt- 

 less the variety referred to in this query 

 as compactus, and in reply it may be 

 stated that this plant does seed, though 

 not with the same freedom as Asparagus 

 Sprengeri. There is also a difference in 

 the seeds, from the fact that ripe seeds 

 of Asparagus plumosus are nearly, or 

 quite, black, while the berries of Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri are light red. The orig- 

 inal Asparagus plumosus seeds more free- 

 ly than the variety nanus, and it is 

 claimed that unscrupulous dealers some- 

 times mix the two. W. H. T. 



IROOTED ROSE CUTTINGS. 



The Treasury Department is not satis- 

 fied that the duty on rooted rose cut- 

 tings should not be 2% cents each, in- 

 stead of twenty-five per cent ad valorem 

 as has three times been decided by the 

 Board of General Appraisers. The first 



Here is my dollar. 



m 



sages' 



did not arrive yesterday, but I 

 have your notice. Glad to know 

 there is ONE paper in the United 

 States that will stop coming after 

 the subscription has expired. 



GEO. W. PERKINS. 

 Fulton, N. Y., 

 January 27, 1906. 



time the question came up it was on a 

 protest by the American Express Co., 

 which was clearing at Buffalo a ship- 

 ment for Heller Bros., New Castle, Ind. 

 That appeal is still pending in the cir- 

 cuit court for the southern district of 

 New York, In the Eeview of January 

 18 two similar cases were reported, 

 where the collector of customs had as- 

 sessed duty on rooted rose cuttings at 

 2% cents each, only to be promptly re- 

 versed by Board of General Appraisers. 

 Under date of January 19 the Assistant 

 »*^ecretary of the Treasury directed the 

 collector to file an appeal to the courts. 



TO MAKE MUSLIN WATERPROOF. 



Can ordinary muslin be prepared in 

 any way so that it will shed water? 



E. B. 



I do not know of any special way to 

 prepare muslin so that it will shed water 

 except a thin solution of linseed oil and 

 white lead. That may not answer for 

 what you want to use it, which you do 

 not say. Perhaps some one else can tell. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



We have had a week of very bright, 

 warm weather and the effect has been 

 apparent in all departments of the 

 trade. The receipts are larger; city 

 business is not so brisk as it would be 

 with crisp, wintry weather; country cus- 

 tomers who have some glass of their 

 own have also inereased cuts as well as 

 we and are buying lightly. The result 

 has been a considerable weakening in 

 prices, although quality has been on the 

 up grade ever since the sun came out. 

 Beauties are in splendid shape. The 

 cuts are large and prices have taken a 

 drop. Best Brides and Maids still com- 

 mand the figure which has prevailed for 

 the past two or three weeks, but there is 

 a more critical selection. Maids again 

 have good color. Bed roses are not 

 abundant and Chatenay is not so large 

 a factor as it was earlier in the season. 



The carnation receipts have increased 

 materially. McKinley day did not make 

 a ripple; in fact, the market was weaker 

 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday than 

 at any time in weeks past. Quite al 

 few growers expected something would 

 be doing for McKinley day, as did a 

 number of the wholesalers, and prepara- 

 tions were made accordingly, with the 

 result that some stock received on Friday 

 was still on hand Monday morning. 

 Quality is excellent in all varieties. 



Bulbous stock is becoming very abun- 

 dant. There are more callas than the 

 market needs and the price on Harrisii 

 is weakening. Tulips are also lower 

 because of large supplies and Paper 

 Whites, Eomans and daffodils are equal 

 to all requirements. Stevia is disap- 

 pearing. Violets are not coming in as 

 heavily as usual, but there are, never- 

 theless, all the market can consume. 

 Grand Eapids is beginning to ship Lady 

 Campbell. The very best of each variety 

 sell, but the poorer stock makes the aver- 

 age very low. 



The green goods market has been a 

 little slow, but is picking up. 



Various Notes. 



If the month of January has in any 

 way disappointed growers as to returns, 

 which it probably has not, the difference 

 is very much more than made up by the 

 saving in fuel. The weather bureau does 

 not record a January which has been 

 so mild, 60 bright or with such light 

 winds. In the month the difference be- 

 tween the daily mean temperature and 

 the normal has been an excess of 296 

 degrees, showing each day to have been 

 about 10 degrees warmer than usual. 



The mild weather may have its effect 

 on the wholesalers next summer. The 

 large ice companies have not yet stored 

 a pound and high prices are likely to 

 result. Weather-sharps say it will be a 

 hot summer, at that. 



The Eetailers' Association held a 

 regular meeting at the Heyworth build- 

 ing Monday evening. The board of di- 

 rectors presented a set of resolutions 

 put in circulation that afternoon, set- 

 ting forth the principal aim of the body. 

 There was discussion as to the attitude 

 toward donating flowers, commissions 

 to undertakers and other topics of inter- 

 est to the retail trade. Andrew Mc- 

 Adams, treasurer of the retailers' organ- 

 ization of 1902, turned over a balance 

 of $31.31. 



H. E. Klunder is laid up this week 

 with rheumatism. 



