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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Mat 81, 1906. 



NOTICE 



Because of the new wage scale which 

 the Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing to stmer 

 interruption of their buuness, especially 

 because of that part of the scale which 

 makes overtime practically prohiUtive, 

 it is of first importance that the Review 

 obtain its advertising **copy" earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 tliat all advertisers mail their ''copy^ 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 momingt instead of Vednesday mom- 

 'ng, as many have done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



Carnations — Growing Carnations Indoors 79 



— Haryey's Returns (Ulus.) V.> 



Notes from Kuglund 79 



Chrysanthemums — Comniert'lul Growing 8u 



Trimming Golden Glow 80 



Valley for Storage (lllus.) !S0 



Southern Florists' Society SI 



Miscellaneous Seasonable Hints N2 



— Saving Tulip Bulbs 82 



— Late Tulips Profitable 82 



— Planting a Bed 82 



— Hose vs. Hoe 82 



• — Plant Plenty Mums 82 



— Azaleas Outdoors 83 



Fischer's Purity Freesla 83 



Watsonia Ardernel Alba 83 



Roses — Carrying Stock Over 84 



Convention Preparations (lllus.) 84 



American Tulips (Ulus.) 84 



Greenhouse Heating — Vacuum System of 



Heating 85 



A Rhode Island Plant (lllus.) 86 



Canterbury Bells Indoors (Ulus.) 87 



The Readers' Corner 87 



Trouble with Circulation 87 



violets — Preparations for Planting 88 



John B. Nugent. Sr. (portrait) 88 



Retailers' Advertisements (lHus.) 88 



Chicago 00 



Boston 92 



St. Louis 1)4 



Cleveland ' 95 



Philadelphia 95 



Washington ....'. 06 



New York 90 



Vegetable Forcing— Vegetable Markets..!... 98 



— Rhubarb 98 



— The Ideal Employer 98 



Propagating Dahlias .,[ 100 



Want Advertisements '. loi 



Seed Trade News \] _ 102 



— Seed Trade Program ' " 103 



— Condemn Free Seed Graft 103 



— European Seed Notes 103 



• — ^ Seed Imports IO4 



— Canners' Costs '.'.'.'!!'! 104 



Steamer Sailings II3 



Hry .' ! ! ! 114 



PaclDc Coast 114 



— The Frlscan's Position 114 



— San Francisco ' 114 



— California Roses !!!!!! ll."} 



Nursery News ..'..'. ] 16 



— Conference on Hardiness .'. hb 



— Convention Plans ]] 11 g 



— St. Louis Headquarters ',\ 116 



— An English View '' ng 



Buffalo ]■ lis 



Detroit .'.'.'.'. 12b 



Rochester !!!.!] 122 



Cincinnati '.'.'.'.'. 124 



Kansas City ."!.'!!] 124 



PittKhurg . . . 126 



Indianapolis 126 



New Orleans .'..'.'.'. 138 



Northern Texas ...'...'. 140 



THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. 



I am more than pleased with the Re- 

 view.— G. C. White, Wyalusing, Pa., 

 May 23, 1906. 



T am well pleased with the Review 

 and intend to keep it as long as I am 

 in the business. — A. Clarine, Aitkin, 

 Minn., May 21, 1906. 



We could not keep (green) house 

 without the Review.— ^HiRAM Warfel, 

 Muncie, Ind., May 22, 1906. 



Next to my fanrily, the best companion 

 of evenings is the Review. — C. H. Pfeif- 

 FER, Sedalia, Mo., May 21, 1906. 



I am much pleased with the Review 

 and could not do without it any more. — 

 Karl Kuny, Altoona, Pa., May 23, 1906. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Each year Decoration day is assuming 

 greater importance in the local market. 

 It now has become one of the most im- 

 portant of holidays, taking much more 

 stock than Christmas and affording sev- 

 eral days of fine business, at a season 

 when stock is usually quite abundant. 

 This year another advance was made, 

 orders being more numerous than had 

 been expected, with prices excellent. 



The turn to cold weather Saturday 

 and Sunday checked production, and 

 Monday found a material shortage in 

 supplies, especially on carnations, of 

 which thousands more were needed to 

 fill all orders. The carnation is a pop- 

 ular flower for memorial purposes and 

 most houses were compelled to cut orders 

 severely. Prices naturally became stiflf 

 and on Monday local buyers were re- 

 fused all but supplies for the day. Qual- 

 ity was, to say the least, nothing to 

 brag about. 



The call for Beauties took everything 

 in sight, the short and medium lengths 

 being especially in demand. Few good 

 roses were to be had, but buyers were 

 glad to take small anu even mildewed 

 stock at fair prices. Richmond and Lib- 

 erty were the best of the lot and in 

 special demand. Kaiserin brought the 

 best prices, although Chatenay was also 

 in good shape and sold well. 



The peony was the one abundant 

 flower, and buyers took peonies when 

 roses and carnations were not available. 

 Then, too, the peonies were of good 

 quality, in fact, about the best flower 

 in the market. There is, however, some 

 complaint of the petals falling from the 

 stock which has been in cold storage for 

 a fortnight or so ; the late frosts seem 

 to have affected the keeping quality. 



The Bride gladiolus sold well and out- 

 door valley was picked up as rapidly as 

 boxes were opened. Fortunately it was 

 in heavy supply. Sweet peas were not 

 nearly so abundant as in the previous 

 week and brought good prices, in every 

 case in keeping with the quality. Cape 

 jasmine was not as abundant as in re- 

 cent years, but, nevertheless, if one must 

 have capes he found little diflSculty in 

 getting them. 



Green goods were equal to all require- 

 ments and common ferns cost the re- 

 tailers only half as much as a year ago. 



The bulk of the shipping trade was 

 done on Monday, but Sunday was ex- 

 ceptionally busy, many of the wholeisale 

 houses keeping open all day. Monday 

 night found the market well cleaned up 

 on everything except the odds and ends, 

 like spiraea, mignonette and snapdragons, 

 and Tuesday morning found the local 

 buyers hustling for supplies. 



Opinions vary as to whether the turn 

 in the weather was an advantage or dis- 

 advantage. Some of the wholesalers 

 who were obliged to cut orders say they 

 lost through the reduction in supplies, 

 but others consider that the additional 

 value put into the stock more than com- 

 pensated, for prices certainly were much 

 better than anyone expected a week ago. 

 Also, had it not been for the cool 

 weather the quality of everything would 

 have been much worse; it was bad 

 enough as it was. Taken all together, 

 every one has reason to be satisfi^ with 

 the business the past three days. 



New Wholesale Firm. 



Following the announcement in the 

 Review that George Reinberg would re- 



move to rooms 207 and 208 in the Atlas 

 block, the space he has occupied did not 

 remain long unengaged. The fixtures 

 and lease from June 1 are the property 

 of Kruchten & Johnson, who will be 

 ready for business in a day or two. 



The new firm is composed of John G. 

 Kruchten and O. Johnson. Each has had 

 a stand at the Flower Growers' Market, 

 Mr. Kruchten selling the cut from the 

 establishment of his father, Nic Kruch- 

 ten, and Mr. Johnson handling the 

 product of his firm, Johnson & Carlson, 

 and several other growers. Mr. Johnson 

 has now sold his interest in the green- 

 houses to his partner, F. E. Carlson, 

 who will conduct them alone hereafter. 



There is no better location in the 

 wholesale district than the one Kruchten 

 & Johnson start in. Although the rent 

 has been almost doubled since E. C. 

 Amling occupied it, there are several 

 who would like to own the lease. 



Grand Boulevard. 



Grand boulevard is one of the finest 

 residence streets in the west, and where 

 Forty-seventh street intersects, with its 

 crosstown electrics and the elevated rail- 

 road station a half block distant, is one 

 of the best business corners on the south 

 side. 



It was close to the corner of Forty- 

 seventh on Graud that John Muir built 

 his new store. The display there is one 

 hard to beat. Mr. Muir now devotes 

 most of his time to this store and will 

 eventually confine his business to it, but 

 the prestige of many years on Michigan 

 avenue makes the good will of the old 

 location almost too valuable to abandon. 



Across the street from Muir on Grand 

 boulevard Miss Charlotte Megchelsen is 

 making steady progress. She has worked 

 hard for a number of years and has en- 

 larged her store as her business grew. 

 It still cannot be classed as one of the 

 largest in town, but it is a credit to her 

 and the windows are always attractive, 

 the service good and further develop- 

 ment is in prospect. 



A Rose Nozzle. 



The rose grower needs a spray with 

 sufficient body to dislodge red spider 

 from the underside of the foliage ; a fine 

 spray will not do the work, and an up- 

 per-cut is necessary. Most rose growers 

 use the hose without a nozzle and get 

 the spray by the forefinger over the 

 opening. To supply something better 

 than this Louis Wittbold set his in- 

 ventive faculties to work, and has turned 

 out a nozzle of which rose growers who 

 have tried it speak highly. It is a solid 

 piece of brass to screw on the hose. 

 The end is cut "on the bias" instead 

 of square. A 14 -inch hole is drilled 

 through the brass to where it meets a 

 similar opening entering at an angle 

 from the slanting end. This gives an 

 upward direction to the stream without 

 effort on the part of the operator. The 

 spray is made by a sleeve which slides 

 back and forth at pressure from a 

 finger; the farther you slide it off the 

 finer the spray you get. 



VariotM Notes. 



M. Weiland, the Evanston veteran, 

 says that the way for an old man to 

 retain his grip on life is to keep right 

 on working; to quit is to invite early 

 physical decay. Mr. Weiland is 70 years 

 of age and busy as ever. He is one of 

 the early birds among the city buyers, 

 and when business is good at Evanston, 

 as in the last few days, makes two trips 



