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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 19, 1006. 



NOTICE 



Bcca t isc of the oew wage scale wiiich 

 the Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing; to stmer 

 interruption of their business, especially 

 because of that part of the scale wfiich 

 makes overtime practically prohibitive, 

 it is of first importance that the Review 

 obtain its advertising ^copy^ earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 tfut all advertisers mail their '^copy^ 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 mominsf, instead of 'Wednesday mom- 

 log, as many have done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 615 



— Cyanide Fumigation 515 



— Carnation Notes — West 515 



— Ke<l Spider on Carnations 516 



Fertilizers 518 



Azores Islands Lilies (lUus.) 516 



Lilies In England 517 



Koees — Beauties 518 



— Blaek Spot 518 



Cbrysantbeniums — Pinching' Specimen Plants 518 



— Planting Mums 510 



A New Hydrangea (iUus.) 519 



Achillea and Phlox 519 



Plants for Western Bedding 519 



Geranium Sycamore (iHus.) 521 



The Retail Florist— The Care of Cut Flowers 521 



Best Ued Geraniums 522 



St. Louis (lllus.) 522 



The Uayton Souvenir Boolj 523 



Boeton 524 



Pittsburg 524 



Chicago 525 



New Yorlj 526 



Philadelphia ,..., 528 



Kaoses City ■. 529 



IVln Cities 530 



Seed Trade News 532 



— The Vice-Presidents (portraits) 533 



— European Seed Notes. 534 



— Notes from Holland 534 



— Bust-Resisting Cantaloupes 535 



— Rust on Brasslcas 536 



Klmsford, N. Y 538 



Denver 538 



Indianapolis 539 



Cincinnati 545 



Steamer Sailings 545 



Pacific Coast — Portland, Ore 546 



— Nurserymen Meet 546 



— San Francisco 646 



— Pacific Coast Roses 546 



Nursery News 548 



Centralis. Ill 650 



Columbus, 552 



Faria Green for Thrlps 554 



Dmy ton Hotels 662 



Society of American Florists 662 



Greenhouse Heating — For Five Houses 664 



— Heating Two Houses 664 



— Boiler and Chimney 564 



— Piping for Four Houses 565 



— Boiler Capacity 665 



— Boiler and Piping 665 



— Store and Conservatory 566 



— Piping Separated Houses 566 



— Use of a Check Valve 667 



— A Coll Boiler, 567 



Northern Texas 668 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Supplies to the flower markets con- 

 tinue to dwindle in quantity, while the 

 demand is extremely spasmodic. Good 

 material of any sort is rather scarce but 

 enough for all requirements. In carna- 

 tions Enchantress is now almost white, 

 but Fair Maid again proves itself a use- 

 ful summer sort and holds its color well. 

 A few blooms from outdoors are already 

 arriving. These bring fair prices, but 

 many are still cleared out at low rates. 

 Sweet peas were scarce and of poor qual- 

 ity for some days, owing to heavy rains, 

 but are improving again. Those of good 

 quality sell well, but many are quite 

 poor. 



Boses are not abundant but a good 

 many poor, short-stemmed ones still 



arrive and realize little. Lily of the 

 valley continues in good supply. Gypso- 

 phila is arriving in quantity, also 

 Achillea The Pearl, and several of the 

 herbaceous phloxes. Some nice Lilium 

 speciosum is coming from one or two 

 growers. The white variety proves use- 

 ful in funeral work. There is no change 

 in green stock. 



Various Notes. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold its annual picnic on July 25 

 at Waushakum grove. South Framing- 

 ham, in lieu of Caledonian grove, West 

 Roxbury. The sports committee decided 

 that the latter place was less suitable 

 than the former, hence the change. Spe- 

 cial cars on the Boston and Worcester 

 street railway will carry members and 

 friends to the grove. There is a roomy 

 field for baseball and cricket, splendid 

 pine groves, grandstand, etc. The sports 

 committee, consisting of F. E. Palmer, 

 chairman; Edward Hatch, William Sim, 

 Peter Miller and David Lumsden, has 

 been hard at work and has secured a 

 splendid lot of prizes for the various 

 events. An attendance of 500 is expected 

 and a cordial invitation is extended to 

 any who are not members of the club to 

 join in spending an enjoyable day. 



In spite of the great fight being made 

 against the brown-tail and gypsy moths 

 by national, state and local authorities 

 this year, it would seem that the first 

 named pest is still spreading at an alarm- 

 ing rate, and will soon be found in 

 quantity outside the confines of New 

 England. The gypsy moth seems to be 

 as destructive as ever, but the strenuous 

 efforts being made to prevent its spread 

 are beginning to tell a little. 



The Halifax Garden Co., at Halifax, 

 Mass., is making large additions to its 

 already extensive area of glass. Half a 

 dozen new houses will be built this year, 

 the two largest each 600 feet long. To- 

 matoes, cucumbers and lettuce occupy a 

 number of houses at present and look 

 first-class. 



Carbone had the decorations for the 

 wedding of Senator Crane to Miss Board- 

 man at Manchester on July 10. White 

 orchids were used for the bride's bou- 

 quet. 



July 15 was the first dry Sunday we 

 had for many weeks. It being St. 

 Swithin day, the proverbial forty days 

 without precipitation was looked for, but 

 a fall of over half an inch of rain early 

 the next morning and other showers 

 since have shattered any such hopes. 



The Boston parkways are unusually 

 attractive this year, thanks to the copio«s 

 rains. At present the loniceras in fruit 

 are especially handsome. A big fight is 

 being put up against the moth pests, 

 several power sprayers being constantly 

 at work. 



It will pay florists to attend the sweet 

 pea show at Horticultural hall on July 

 21 and note the newer kinds on exhibi- 

 tion. We find that fine new orange pink 

 variety, Henry Eckford, is worthless here, 

 as the flowers burn worse than any other 

 sort we have grown, with perhaps the 

 single exception of Scarlet Gem. 



W. N. Craig. 



PITTSBUHG. 



The Market. 



We have certainly had delightful 

 weather here, and just about enough 

 business to give every one left in the 



shops a little exercise. If one will just 

 consider other seasons, he will be satis- 

 fied and then will be able to get more- 

 pleasure out of these opportunities for 

 relaxation. 



There is nothing out of the ordinary 

 about the wholesale places. A little good 

 stock and not u great deal of poor stock 

 is on hand. 



Boat Excursion. 



The florists' boat excursion was aD' 

 immense success. The steamer on which 

 we were to go met with an accident,, 

 and at the last minute we changed to- 

 the barge Beauty, which was towed by 

 a smaller steamer. But we were better 

 otf for room in the way of a larger 

 deck and a dancing saloon. The boat 

 left the wharf at 9:30 and reached the 

 grove shortly after noon, but all had 

 lunched on the boat and were ready to 

 start the sports. At the place we 

 stopped there was a good beach for 

 bathing, and all of the boys from the 

 wholesale houses took to the water for 

 an hour. They had it all to themselves, 

 as no one else joined them. The win- 

 ners of prizes in the athletic events 

 were: Boys' (6 to 8 years) 100-yard 

 dash, A. Burki; girls' (6 to 8 years) 

 100-yard dash. Bertha Walters; boys^ 

 (9 to 10 years) 100-yard dash, N. Aug- 

 ney; girls' (9 to 10 years) 100-yard 

 dash, Florence Ingham; 100-yard three- 

 legged race, 11 to 13 years, E. Mains- 

 and Ed Ludwig; girls' (11 to 13 years) 

 100-yard dash, Myrtle Kraus; men's- 

 100-yard dash, C. Stewart; 100-yard egg 

 and spoon race, Lena Ludwig; 25-yard 

 potato race, Ed McCollum; 100-yard 

 bag race (14 to 16 years), Fred Holz- 

 man; 100-yard dash (growers only), J. 

 Wyland ; men 's 100-yard dash, A. L. 

 Kiley; women's 100-yard dash, Mary 

 Boss; ladies' 100-yard dash. Miss Lease;, 

 fat men's 100-yard dash, Ed Smerchel;. 

 ladies' 100-yard dash, Carrie Jordan; 

 girls' (14 to 16 years) 100-yard dash^ 

 Josephine Henderson; 20-yard peanut 

 race, Vic Mont; fat women's 100-yard 

 dash, Mrs. Palmer; ladies' (17 to 20- 

 years) 100-yard dash, Annie Beibel;. 

 boys' (6 to 13 years) 25-yard hopping 

 race, J. Boss; running broad jump (boys- 

 15 to 18 years). Master Geer; running, 

 broad jump (men only), J. Gerwig; 

 tug-of-war, won by growers; cakewalk. 

 on boat, George Marshall and Miss Car- 

 rie Gordan. 



The ball game was a hotly contested 

 affair and was much better than the 

 average amateur team puts up. The 

 score at the end of seven innings was eight 

 to eight. When the game stopped in- 

 answer to the boat whistle, lots were 

 drawn for the prize, which was won by 

 the growers. 



The boys from the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co. won all the cash prizes. 



One of the features was the number 

 of girls and women, about three for 

 every man. 



The steamer arrived in dock at 10 p. 

 m. with everybody tired, but all of one- 

 mind that it was the best outing the 

 club has ever given. 



Various Notes. 



A. W. Smith, Jr., has gone to Den- 

 ver, Colo., on a business trip. 



Frank Siebert, of Wheeling, W. Va., 

 and William Boas, of Philadelphia, were 

 visitors last week. 



Had good results from the adv. — D. P^ 

 Smith, Flint, Mich. 



