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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mat 24, 1006. 



CONTENTS. 



Roses — The Year-old Plants 



— Kose Columbia (lllus.) 9 



— SmuU Uose House ^^j,... 9 



Notes from England 9 



Miscellaneous Seasonable Hints 10 



— Vases and Veranda Boxes 10 



— Geraniums for Vases 10 



— Vines for Boxes 10 



— Miscellaneous Material 10 



— Veranda Boxes 10 



— Drooping Plants Needed 10 



— Build Cypress Boxes 10 



— Filling the Vases 11 



Pennlsetum for Edging (lllus.) 11 



The Building Boom. 11 



Carnations — Cultivating and Watering 12 



The Magnolia (lllus.) 12 



Flowering Trees and Shrubs 12 



Obituary— Frank B. Smith (portrait) 14 



— George H. Kowden 14 



— Wm. J. Schray (portrait) 14 



— Anthony Coolc (portrait) 15 



Greenhouse Heating — A Heating Problem 15 



— Heating with a Flue 16 



— Steam or Hot Water 16 



— Underground Conduits ; 16 



Budlong's Soil Crusher 17 



Vegetable Forcing — Forcing Lettuce 17 



Toronto 18 



Philadelphia 18 



Northern Texas 19 



Cincinnati 19 



Society of American Florists 20 



Southern Florists Organize 20 



Washington 20 



Detroit 20 



Chicago 22 



New York 26 



foston 28 

 t. Louis .- 30 



Cleyeland 31 



Want Advertisements 31 



Seed Trade News 32 



— Emerson Seeks Release 32 



— Death of Geo. W. Crosier (portrait) 33 



— European Seed Notes 33 



— Notes from Holland .34 



Twin Cities 36 



Steamer Sailings 43 



New Castle, Ind 44 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco (lllus.) 44 



Nursery News — The Season's Trade 46 



— The Dallas Convention 46 



Denver 48 



Buffalo 50 



New Orleans 52 



Pittsburg 64 



Cotumbus. Ohio 56 



Indianapolis 70 



Milwaukee 72 ■ 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Outdoor Exhibition at Daytoo. 



Growers and introducers of novelties 

 in cannas, asters, geraniums, petunias, 

 roses and other tender or hardy garden 

 material should not underestimate the 

 value of the opportunity afforded in the 

 plans as formulated by the executive 

 board of the S. A. F. for displaying 

 and introducing to the public such meri- 

 torious new things as they may have to 

 offer. 



The county fair follows directly after 

 the close of the S. A. F. convention and 

 the large local attendance should and 

 doubtless will bring good business to 

 the exhibitors. One prominent grower 

 who has taken a big space states that 

 the proposition promises better than the 

 planting exhibit at the World's Fair as 

 a business getter. The catalogue mail 

 trade houses cannot afford to overlook 

 this opportuDity- 



Planting ic now going on under the 

 supervision of skilled gardeners, and all 

 exhibits will have the best of care and 

 full protection throughout the summer. 

 The charge for space is merely nominal. 

 For rates and assignments address H. M. 

 Altick, Dayton, 0., or Wm. J. Stewart, 

 secretary, 11 Hamilton place, Boston, 

 Mass. 



To my way of thinking, by all odds 

 the best paper. — H. L. Clapp, Kipon, 

 Wis. 



ToPEKA, Kan. — The new greenhouse 

 at the Osawattomie asylum will be 

 erected by the Greenhouse Co., of Jer- 

 sey City, N. J., at a cost of $2,250. 



Special Notice 



As Decoration Day, May 30, falls 

 on Wednesday, the day the REVIEW 

 goes to press, next week's edition will 

 be printed one day earlier than usual. 



Advertisers and correspondents 

 must have "copy** in our hands not 

 later than the first mail Tuesday 

 morning, May 29, to be in time* 



SOUTHERN FLORISTS ORGANIZE. 



Chattanooga. Tenn., May 22. — The 

 Society of Southern Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists was organized 

 here today, enrolling forty-two members, 

 representing practically all the southern 

 states. E. C. Berckmans, of Augusta, 

 Ga., was elected president; C. W, Eich- 

 ling, of New Orleans, first vice-presi- 

 dent; C. O. Hunt, of Chattanooga, 

 second vice-president; Dr. J. F. Wilson, 

 of Poulan, Ga., secretary; Jos. Stockier, 

 of New Orleans, treasurer. The next con- 

 vention will bo held at New Orleans at 

 the call of the official board. 



WASHINGTON. 



State of Trade. 



All growers of outdoor stock in this 

 vicinity are now confronted with grave 

 conditions. There has been no Tain 

 worthy of mention for a month. The 

 carnations had not all been planted in 

 the fields; it would have been better, 

 probably, if they had all remained in 

 reach of the hose, as "dust and ashes" 

 about expresses the condition of the 

 fields. It is only by vigorous watering 

 that peonies, so far as the writer has 

 observed, can be made to bloom. If rain 

 does not come soon the crops of the mar- 

 ket gardener will be ruined, and the 

 same will be true of the farmers. Under 

 glass, there has been intense heat, and 

 watering has become a burden. On Sun- 

 day and Monday there was a slight re- 

 lief — cooler weather, but no rain. 



All this is depressing the market. 

 Saturday, usually the best day of the 

 week, was so hot that few buyers ven- 

 tured out. In addition, it is the cause 

 of many departures for the summer re- 

 sorts, a month earlier than usual. How- 

 ever, those who have to stay are making 

 the best of the situation. The Masonic 

 May Festival opened on Monday in Con- 

 vention hall, with elaborate decorations. 

 A number of the senators are still giving 

 dinners, which call for good decorations. 



Masonic Festival. 



Several of the leading florists are 

 actively ndentified with the Masonic May 

 Festival, which opened in Convention 

 hall. May 21, and continues for five 

 days. The decorations are handsome and 

 interesting. One end of the hall repre- 

 sents the arctic regions, the other the 

 tropics; while between are representa- 

 tives of other climes. 



The flower booth is in charge of Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. F. Gude, assisted by a 

 charming array of femininity. The booth 

 is well stocked with American Beauty 

 roses and other seasonable blooms, which 

 are selling at much higher prices than 



in the stores. Both Mr. and Mrs. Gude 

 are prominent members of the fraternity, 

 and pre-eminently past masters in sell- 

 ing flowers. ScoTTY. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Commencements, weddings, receptions, 

 funerals, etc., are keeping the retailers 

 busy these days. Some also are rushed 

 with outside work. Carnations are more 

 in evidence than the previous week, but 

 there are not enough to meet the de- 

 mand. They range in price from $1.50 

 to $3 per hundred. Brides and Maids 

 are quite plentiful, but the stock is 

 nothing to brag about. They bring from 

 $4 to $8 per hundred. Fine Kaiserins 

 are obtainable at $5 to $6 per hundred. 

 Fairly good snapdragon sells at $3 per 

 hundred. Sweet peas bring from 50 

 cents to 75 cents per hundred. Lilies 

 are plentiful, as also are smilaz and 

 other greens. At this writing peonies 

 have not put in their appearance. 



Qub Meeting. 



Owing to its being an unusually warm 

 evening, the attendance at the Detroit 

 Florists' Club's last meeting was very 

 light. Considerable interest was shown 

 in the coming convention at Dayton. As 

 a large number of Detroiters mean to 

 attend, it was thought advisable to char- 

 ter a private car. 



The club's next meeting, June 6, will 

 be in the form of a smoker. A discus- 

 sion on * •' Decoration Day ' ' has also been 

 assigned for the evening. 



Asparagus plumosus Crawshawii, 

 shown by James Crawshaw, of Provi- 

 dence, E. I., received honorable mention. 



Varioiit Notes. 



Harry Pickworth, gardener to Oren 

 Scotten, will leave about June 1 for a 

 few months' sojourn in Europe. 



A very unique idea was carried out 

 by Albert Pochelon last week, in the 

 shape of an ordinary hod filled with an 

 assortment of vegetables, and carnations 

 to add color, the whole making an im- 

 mense bouquet. It was presented to 

 FreJ Nash at the Temple theater. 



Wm. Dilger was slightly injured by 

 coming into close proximity with an 

 automobile. H. S. 



EASTON, PA. 



A. L. Eaub & Co. were overtaxed with 

 funeral work last Monday. They sup- 

 plied four wagon-loads in the one day. 

 One piece was composed of 500 American 

 Beauty roses and 3,000 lilies of the val- 

 ley. All the work was designed and 

 made by Paul Kaffke. It was the finest 

 lot of work seen here in many years- 

 Arthur Kleinhans has bought one of 

 the 40x300 hothouses which H. P. Klein- 

 hans owned at one time, and is building 

 an addition 10x300. 



John Stone, of Bethlehem township, is 

 contemplating building a greenhouse 

 18x120. 



Paul Kaffke, manager of the A. L. 

 Eaub & Co.'s plant, recently was tend- 

 ered a surprise party by some of his Ma- 

 sonic friends. 



Hamburg, Pa. — Stephen Sousley re- 

 ports a fine season. He built a green- 

 house on Franklin street about a year 

 ago and finds himself with more business 

 than he can handle, so that new glass will 

 be added before fall. 



