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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 12, 1906. 



HYDRANGEAS 



rOR SUMMER 

 BLOOMING : : : 



rffflE have a magnificent lot of Hydrangea Otaksa grown especially for July and 

 "■^ August Flowering. Plants are just coming into bloom, just beginning to 

 show color, and will be in perfection during July and August, when they are in great 

 demand at watering places and other summer resorts. There is nothing showier or 

 more satisfactory for lawn decoration. We make a specialty of them, and find an 

 increasing demand for them from year to year. They can be shipped anywhere 

 safely by freight. Large plants in tubs, $2.00 and $3*00 each, according to 

 size; very large specimens in half-barrels, $S*00 and $7.SO each. 



F. R. PIERSON CO.,Tarrytowfl=on=Hudson,N.Y. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



WASHINGTON. 



The Market 



Though business is dull there is a 

 great scarcity of roses and carnations 

 when these flowers are required in any 

 quantity. The local growers are throw- 

 ing out many old rose plants in the 

 process of replanting, and though carna- 

 tions have not all been thrown out, most 

 of them have been damaged by heat. 

 American Beauties, from as far north as 

 Tarrytown, N. Y., are on the market 

 in small quantities. Several local grow- 

 ers continue to send in very good stock 

 of La France. 



It has dawned on several growers here 

 that the Killarney is a good rose both 

 for summer and winter, and there are in- 

 dications that it will, in the future, be 

 extensively grown here. Among the 

 growers who have taken it up are the 

 Oude Brothers Co., A. B. Garden and 

 George Field. 



Various Notes. 



W. F. Gude has returned from Phila- 

 delphia, where on the evening of July 6 

 he was a guest at the banquet given 

 by the Philadelphia Florists' Club in 

 honor of Mr. Dickson, of Belfast, Ire- 

 land. It will be recalled that the 

 Kiiiarney rose originated with the Dick- 

 sons. Mr. Gude thoroughly enjoyed the 

 hospitality of the Quakers, anu believes 

 with many others here in Washington 

 that anybody who calls Philadelphia 

 slow should be prosecuted for libel. 



Both J. L. Carberry and Harry Sum- 

 mers have been drawn as jurors in Judge 

 Kimball 's court. That is a better July 

 job than filling greenhouse benches. 



The chairman of the outing committee 

 would like to have all of the return 

 postals in by July 20; and please state 

 how many friends you will bring. 

 Tickets for the banquet can be procured 

 at any of the retail stores. There is a 

 good time in store, so don't fail to be 

 present. Scotty. 



MOLINE, ILL. 



Members of the Tri-City Florists' 

 Association of Moline, Bock Island and 

 Davenport, la., their families and in- 

 vited friends, held their annual picnic on 



the north bank of the Kock river, a half 

 mile from the Watch Tower, on June 28. 

 About sixty members and invited guests 

 were present, and in spite of the torrid 

 weather, the day was heartily enjoyed 

 by all. 



The annual quoits contest developed 

 keen rivalry between the three cities. 

 Messrs. Temple and Pauli were entered 

 for Davenport, Messrs. Staff and 

 Gaethje for Bock Island and Messrs. 

 Staack and Knees for Moline, and the 

 umpire was Mr. Boehm of Davenport. 

 The quoit men from Davenport were 

 victorious, Moline came second and Bock 

 Island was last. There is a chance that 

 Rock Island will protest the decision, as 

 the pins mysteriously disappeared when 

 Messrs. Staff and Gaethje were getting 

 ready to win the event. 



Messrs. Pauli, Knees and Gaethje 

 were the entries in the running race, 

 and again the Iowa representative 

 carried off the honors. Davenport also 

 captured the boys' and girls' races, and 

 the fat men 's race. Colonel Gaethje, of 

 Rock Island, made a sensational slide 

 for the tape in the last event, and came 

 out of the cloud of dust minus a large 

 patch on (or off) his nose. 



The baseball game and the sleight-of- 

 hand work of Mr. Boehm, of Davenport, 

 were other events adding to the interest 

 in the program. Refreshments were 

 served during the day, dinner at 12:30, 

 ice cream and cake at 3:30, and supper 

 at 6 'clock, and a dance was held in 

 the evening. 



The next regular meeting of the asso- 

 ciation will be held with Henry Pauli in 

 Davenport, July 12. 



PACIFIC COAST. 



PAanc COAST bulb market. 



From several of the growers of Dutch 

 bulbs for flowers, and from a few deal- 

 ers as well, I have heard that there will 

 be but comparatively few hyacinths, 

 tulips, daffodils and other stock of that 

 class used in this portion of California 

 during the coming season. Our whole- 

 sale jobbers were so completely burned 



out that they have cancelled their 

 foreign orders, and the growers have 

 figured that it will be too much of a 

 gamble to spend money for the bulbs 

 when there may be little or no demand 

 for the flowers. They argue that in 

 the best of times there is but little 

 money to be made from hyacinths, tulips, 

 etc., as they are used principally as a 

 means to fill in when the other crops 

 are not blooming very well, or during ex- 

 cessively dark weather, when it is not 

 possible to get a good supply of other 

 flowers. It seems to be a general opinion 

 that there will be no shortage whatever 

 during the coming season, and that buy- 

 ing bulbs will be a waste of good money. 



There is really little to encourage 

 the planting of bulbs for forcing under 

 any conditions, when the miserable prices 

 that have been received by the growers 

 during the past two seasons are taken 

 into consideration. With the possible 

 exception of valley, prices have been 

 away down below par. 



The fickle taste of the public is to 

 blame, of -course, but the dear public, 

 unfortunately for the grower, does not 

 take him into its confidence until it 

 is too late, and much unprofitable stock 

 is handled in consequence. 



Dutch hyacinths have been a positive 

 drug on the market for several seasons. 

 Roman hyacinths are not profitable to 

 handle for the florist in most instances, 

 and it is only when a particular order 

 for a wedding bouquet is received for 

 this particular flower that a good price 

 can be charged. Ordinarily they are 

 used in funeral designs with a mixture 

 of other flowers. But as I mentioned 

 before, they help the grower out when he 

 is short of other stock and they make 

 his visit to the retailer at least worth 

 his while. 



Tulips, unless some very early or very 

 late sorts, have not proven to be money 

 makers for the last two seasons. The 

 same fickle public of which I spoke be- 

 fore decided that it did not care for 

 them, and so that ended it. Unfortun- 

 ately they are flowers that cannot be 

 used to advantage in funeral work, dnd 

 only in a few instances are they suit- 

 able for other kinds of work. 



The country here is overflowing with 

 narcissi. They multiply so rapidly, 



