May 24, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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oflSce from the second to the first floor. 

 Both these changes will facilitate their 

 work 



C. & G. L, Pennock, of Lansdowne, 

 will grow Killarney. 



The Flower Market will be strong on 

 peonies for Memorial day. Wm. K. Har- 

 ris and Alfred Burton will have good 

 crops. 



Joseph Heacock, of Wyncote, will, it 

 is said, grow Killarney. 



John A. Shellem says he will have 

 20,000 peonies. His stock is distributed 

 by the Leo Niessen Co. and by Wm. E. 

 McKissick. 



Samuel S. Pennock will be strong on 

 peonies. 



The Battles photographs published 

 last week gave great pleasure to Re- 

 view readers, who were quick to grasp 

 the idea contained in them. 



Thaddeus N. Yates & Co. are having 

 a lively run on bedding plants. Ftom 

 pre.sent indications their large stock of 

 geraniums, cannas, coleus, etc., will 

 be marketed before Decoration day. 



Answers to G>rrespondents. 



Review readers are invited to send any ques- 

 tions relating to culture or marketing of plants 

 and flowers In Philadelphia, to Phil, in care of 

 amy of the leading seed or commission houses 

 or the Flower Market. Each question will be 

 submitted to a competent person and answered 

 under number. Correct name and address must 

 always acompany Inquiry, but will not be pub- 

 lished. 



48. — ^Will the Killarney rose be large- 

 ly planted for cut flowers near Phila- 

 delphia? 



From present indications there will be 

 a good supply. 



On Filbert street: 



There Is a sign 



Upon a wall; 

 It's mighty fine. 



Exceeding tall, 

 you'll know there must 



Be no "others," 

 For it reads Just 

 \ "Berger Brothers." 



Phil. 



Peony Night. 



The next regular monthly meeting of 

 the Florists' Club of Philadelphia will 

 be held Tuesday evening, June 5, when 

 there will be an exhibition of peonies. 

 Everybody is invited to send flowers for 

 this event. All intending exhibitors will 

 please forward flowers, express charges 

 prepaid, in care of David Rust, Horti- 

 cultural hall. Broad street, above Spruce, 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Sec'y. 



NORTHERN TEXAS. 



Quiet business is the report for the 

 past week. The bedding season seems 

 to be over. A few stray customers come 

 in once in a while but purchases are 

 light. 



We have been having \msettled weather 

 for some time and field work has been 

 retarded. Cut-worms have thrived dur- 

 ing the cool T^'et season, and have de- 

 stroyed quantities of garden stuff and, 

 in some instances, nothing was exempt. 



Most of the greenhouses have sold out 

 everything of a salable nature, and things 

 are being put in shape for fall stock. 

 Carnations in the field are looking fine, 

 some growers, too timid, neglected to 

 plant early, and, the rainy season coming 

 on, they were unable to get into the 

 field. Result — plants about ten inches 

 high in 2%rinch pots, no breaks, and 

 trouble ahead for the grower. I have 

 noticed that carnations quickly go to 

 pieces here, by reason of the heat, and 

 ,it requires some fine work to hold the 



plants cool enough to get a crop for 

 commencement. 



Cut flowers have taken a drop in price ; 

 in fact, all kinds of plants are cheaper, 

 but as yet very little stock is wasted. 

 Enough orders are coming in to dispose 

 of all surplus. 



Mums are looking good, and wul soon 

 be planted. Stock for summer cutting is 

 coming on in good shape, and the variety 

 will be much larger than formerly. Not 

 enough attention has been given hereto- 

 fore to experimenting with a variety of 

 plants, in order to break the monotony of 

 sameness. But this year, I think the 

 majority of the craft are growing a few 

 of all kinds, with the idea in view of 

 having more to select from. 



I have been told that the hot winds 

 in July and August wither plants, but 

 I think that proposii-xon can be overcome 

 by judicious mulching, with sufficient 

 care in watering, so that piants looked 

 upon now with suspicion will be eagerly 

 taken up and successfully cultivated. 

 New methods are not looked upon with 

 favor, you must "show" the folks here 

 that other than the common plants can 

 be grown before you can find a purchaser. 

 But the people are learning fast and 

 when confidence can be restored in their 

 minds there will be no trouble to sell the 

 goods. Narcissus. 



ONCINNATL 



ThcMjtfket 



Business is moving along much in a 

 summer rut. The hot weather we have 

 been having has taken most of the life 

 out of it. The demand has little life, 

 and we consider it rather lucky that the 

 supply is not heavy; otherwise, there 

 would be a bad glut. As it is, the ma- 

 jority of the stock received sells fairly 

 well and at prices that are not so bad. 

 Of course, there is a lot of poor stock 

 that has to go at bargain prices, but 

 there usually are takers. 



Roses are showing the effects of the 

 hot weather. The buds are small. 

 American Beauties are coming in in 

 pretty fair shape and they sell well, but 

 at low prices. Carnations are holding 

 out well. Peonies are beginning to ar- 

 rive in goodly quantities and they find 

 a ready market. The larger and finer 

 varieties will begin to come this week. 

 Sweet peas are selling strongly. Valley 

 also has a good call. 



Green goods continue pretty scarce, 

 especially good smilax and adiantum. 

 The common fern supply is pretty good. 



Florists' Society. 



The following members of the Cin- 

 cinnati Florists' Society were placed in 

 nomination for office for the ensuing 

 year: For president, Wm. Murphy and 

 Henry Schwarz; for vice-president, Ben 

 George and George Murphy; for secre- 

 tary, C. J. Ohmer and Gus Adrian; for 

 treasurer, D. Rusconi and J. Chas. Mur- 

 phy; and for director, R. Witterstaetter 

 and Frank Dellar. The election will be 

 held at the next meeting, Saturday, June 

 9, at 8 p. m. This will be the first tim'e 

 tliat the members have voted direct for 

 their officers. Before, they voted for 

 five directors, who in turn elected their 

 own officers. Under the new method, 

 the men elected will constitute the board 

 of directors. The change was made to 

 put more enthusiasm into the elections. 



The rapidly approaching S. A. F. con- 

 vention at Dayton is now being talked of 

 on all sides. At the last meeting of the 



Florists' Society it was decided to send 

 out a call to all florists of this city and 

 vicinity to meet with the society at its 

 club rooms, June 9, and discuss plans to 

 attend the national meeting in a body. 

 It is hoped that at least 100 persons 

 will go from here, and if such is the 

 case, they will go in a special train. At 

 said meeting committees will be ap- 

 pointed to do some tall hustling and 

 you can expect to find Cincinnati at the 

 convention with both feet. 



Various Notes. 



H. M. Altick ran down from Dayton 

 for a day. He reported that everything 

 is shaping itself in fine style, and that 

 all the Dayton boys are working tooth 

 and nail. 



John Dellar, returning from the mar- 

 ket late last Saturday night, was knocked 

 off of the wagon seat by a street-car. 

 He was picked up badly hurt, and was 

 taken to the hospital, where he is doing 

 nicely now. 



Samuel Batson, of Kalamazoo, Mich., 

 is shipping some finely-grown ten-week 

 stocks to this market. Grown the way he 

 grows them, they make a beautiful cut 

 flower and sell very well. 



Burglars entered the store of Charles 

 Young, 1420 Market street, May 16, steal- 

 ing $12 from the cash register, and some 

 roses from the ice box. 



Fred Lautenschlager, representing 

 Kroeschell Bros. Co., of Chicago, is in 

 town. He reports the sale of several 

 large boilers to Henry Varnan, Dreman 

 and Borden streets. Mr. Varnan has 

 just erected a range of 24,000 feet of 

 glass, which will be devoted to vegetable 

 growing. 



Visitors were Mr. Gregg and Mr. Win- 

 ter, of Charleston, W. Va.; also C. P. 

 Dieterich, of Maysville, Ky. 



C. J. Ohmer. 



AN EARLY BORDER OF BULBS. 



In establishments where large numbers 

 of bulbs are annually forced their dis- 

 posal after having served a turn indoors 

 is often a real problem, backgrounds of 

 shrubberies, wild gardens, grass, and 

 even the rubbish heap sometimes sharing 

 in the spoil. Instead of thus disposing 

 of the surplus, gardeners might well 

 follow the example of a veteran under 

 whom I once served. His plan was to 

 make narrow borders, eighteen inches 

 to two feet wide, under all the warm 

 fruit walls, i. e., those having a south, 

 west, or east exposure, well manure them, 

 and plant them thickly with bulbs from 

 the forcing houses. From such borders 

 we cut bushels of early flowers in spring, 

 and greatly relieved the tale exacted 

 from the houses when flowers there for 

 cutting were none too plentiful. — Gar- 

 deners' Magazine. 



Sheldon, III. — Alfred Runnion is 

 building a new house 20x110 for carna- 

 tions, which are short of the demand 

 with him. He must buy 2,000 for Me- 

 morial day. 



Orange, N. J. — At the next meeting 

 of the New Jersey Floricultural Society, 

 June 1, Harry O. May, of Summit, will 

 deliver an address upon his favorite 

 topic, "Roses and Rose Growing." 



Kansas City, Mo.- 

 assets of the Chas. A. 

 were sold at auction 

 by E. R. Durham, U. 

 on the order of T. T. 

 in bankruptcy. 



—The stock and all 

 Shaeffer Floral Co. 

 Saturday, May 19, 

 S. Marshal, acting 

 Crittenaen, referee 



