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The Weekly Florists' Review- 



August 9, 1906. 



PHILADELPHIA 1907. 



Ai a meeting of the Florists' Club of 

 Philadelphia on Monday, August 6, it 

 was unanimously voted to invite the So- 

 ciety of American Florists to hold its 

 convention of 1907 in the City of 

 Brotherly Love. 



POTTING LILIES. 



In potting Easter lilies is it best to 

 fill ihe pot to within an inch of the top, 

 potting firmly, or is it best to fill the pot 

 one-naif or two-thirds with soil, leav- 

 ing a place for mulching when needed? 

 Would this encourage disease if not very 

 careifuUy watered? J. H. 



Some years ago we adopted the plan 

 of keeping the soil in our lily pots two 

 inches below the top of the pot, and 

 when removing to the greenhouse filling 

 up io the usual height with rich com- 

 post to feed the stem roots. "We aban- 

 doned this plan because for several weeks 

 it was difficult to tell whether you were 

 giving too much water or too little. A 

 better plan is to fill the pot to the usual 

 height, but keep the bulb two inches 

 below the surface and be rather spar- 

 ing of water for the first month after 

 potting, or until you see the leaves push- 

 ing through the soil. You will then 

 know that root action has begun. Cover 

 the surface of the soil of the newly 

 potted lilies with some light material to 

 keep the sun from parching the soil 

 daily. W. S. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Cut flower trade has not improved and 

 nothing is looked for until September 1. 

 There was considerable funeral work 

 last week and some of the florists were 

 kept quite busy during the morning 

 hours. Good cut stock continues scarce. 

 A sudden call for any quantity would 

 cause trouble in obtaining the stock at 

 home. 



Roses, as they come to the market, 

 show the effects of the hot weather, be- 

 ing soft, especially Brides and Maids. 

 It is a hard matter to get first-class 

 Beauties in this weather. Carnations, 

 too, are poor. Those in the market are 

 from the field and are small. Pink and 

 red are scarce. 



The glut is on in asters, every house 

 being loaded with them, and they are 

 sold at low prices; $1.50 is top. Tube- 

 roses and gladioli still are coming in 

 heavily. Sweet peas are about over 

 for this year. Little valley is to be 

 had. Greens as usual. 



Various Note*. 



Gus H. Kirk, formerly with Stumpp 

 & Walter Co., New York, called last 

 week. He now is advance agent for 

 Wilbur's attractions, but expects to be 

 back in the business next fall. 



W. J. Pilcher, of Kirkwood, visited 

 J. F. Ammann at Edwardsville last 

 week. He found the place in fine 

 shape. 



John Gibson, formerly in the employ 

 of the North Floral Co. and now in 

 business at Olney, 111., called on the 

 trade last week. 



George Angermueller and Charles 

 Schoenle were off on a fishing trip last 

 week. They reported good luck. 



Vincent Gorley, of Grimm & Gorley, 

 was in a smash-up while out automo- 

 biling last week. The young lady 



with him, who is in his employ, was 

 badly hurt. 



The bedding in Forest park looks well, 

 there being more of it this season than 

 ever. Superintendent Ostertag says it 

 will be increased from year to year. 



At the club meeting Thursday after- 

 noon a hot old time is expected over 

 the election of officers, there being two 

 or more candidates for each office. A 

 large attendance is expected, as the 

 younger element is out hustling to make 

 this the banner meeting of the year. At 

 least seven applications for membership 

 will be presented at this meeting. 



D. I. Bushnell, the seedsman, got back 

 from his trip abroad last week and 

 looks in the best of health. 



William Winter, of Kirkwood, who 

 spent a week visiting the different grow- 

 ers through Illinois, has returned much 

 pleased with his trip. 



Fred H. Meinhardt has not yet made 

 known how the St. Louis delegation will 



I certainly have been weH pleased 

 with 



m 



omrs 



Here is the dollar for 52 visits more* 

 I have not been disappointed in a sin- 

 gle number and do not want to miss 

 one. 



HARRY TREADWAY. 

 Dayton, O. 



July 30, 1906. 



go to Dayton. It looks as though we 

 will have a large crowd. 



BowIin£. 



Only six bowlers braved the hot night 

 Monday; three of them were wholesalers 

 and three retailers, the store men win- 

 ning all three games by the following 

 scores : 



Retailers— 1st 2d 3d T'l 



Beneke 232 146 156 534 



Gleger 124 160 120 404 



Lohrenz 125 137 161 423 



Total 481 443 437 1361 



Wholesalers— 1st 2d 3d T'l 



Kuehn 181 173 151 465 



Schrlefer 149 136 155 440 



Gerlach 122 117 130 379 



Total 452 426 436 1284 



J. J. B. 



CUTTING LILIES. 



Kindly let me know regarding the 

 cutting of hardy lilies where they are 

 supposed to flower from year to year? 

 Should the flowers be cut short or can 

 one cut with good length of stem and 

 expect them to do fully as well another 

 year? J. H. 



You should not cut the stems of lilies 

 of any species lower than is necessary 

 for the use you have for them. The 

 more you cut of the stem, the more 

 you weaken the bulb which is to give 



you the flower next year. It is quite 

 different with a tulip, hyacinth or nar- 

 cissus. The flower of these can be cut 

 off close to the bulb because there is 

 plenty of foliage left to nourish the 

 bulb, ' but with a lily the stem is about 

 all there is left at flowering time. 



W. S. 



OBITUARY. 



James Hartshome* 



The trade has lost one of its best- 

 known, most popular and progressive men 

 in the death of James Hartshome, which 

 took place at his home at Joliet at 2 

 o'clock on the afternoon of Monday, 

 August 6. The news came as a shock 

 to the craft, for he had been ill but a 

 couple of days. He had complained, 

 but it was not until Saturday that his 

 illness took a serious turn, and a physi- 

 cian was summoned. The doctor diag- 

 nosed the trouble as appendicitis, and 

 three specialists were called from Chi- 

 cago. They considered an immediate 

 operation the only hope, and performed 

 it at midnight. It proved, however, that 

 it was too late, for the patient grew 

 steadily weaker until the end. 



James Hartshome was born at Shrop- 

 shire, England, in 1869, coming to this 

 country when only 19 years of age. He 

 had received a good training in garden- 

 ing, and, after landing at Boston, soon 

 went to Exeter, N. H., to work on the 

 estate of the late Charles Burley. Here 

 he remained until he became convinced 

 that Horace Greeley's advice was sound, 

 and, following the star of empire, west- 

 ward took his way. He came to Chicago 

 the year before the World's Fair. He 

 had intended to seek a share in the 

 gardening work at the exposition, but 

 found it expedient to enter the com- 

 mercial ranks instead, and took a posi- 

 tion with the late John C. Ure, where 

 Mr. Hartshome 's skill enhanced the al- 

 ready fine reputation of the place for 

 bedding plants, but particularly for car- 

 nations, which were grown in a not very 

 extensive way, but on a large enough 

 scale to permit him to show his especial 

 skill with this flower. It was during 

 this period that Mr. Hartshome mar- 

 ried Mr. Ure's daughter, who survives 

 him, with five children. 



In 1897 Mr. Hartshome became gar- 

 dener for Harlow N. Higinbotham, hav- 

 ing charge at his city residence on Mich- 

 igan avenue and also of the grounds at 

 the country home near Joliet, where J. 

 D. Thompson was manager of a farm of 

 1,500 acres. This was at the time when 

 the carnation was in the first flush of 

 its present popularity, and the success 

 which was attending Mr. Hartshome 's 

 work with the flower could have but one 

 result: First Mr. Thompson and then 

 Mr. Higinbotham became imbued with 

 the gardener's enthusiasm. The organ- 

 ization of the Chicago Carnation Co. was 

 the result, a fine range of glass being 

 erected on the Higinbotham estate at 

 Joliet, equipped with every facility for 

 the production of high grade stock. How 

 well it has served this purpose the en- 

 tire trade knows. The Chicago Carna- 

 tion Co. at once became one of the lead- 

 ing exhibitors of the country, carrying 

 off prizes too numerous to mention, but 

 almost always the most coveted trophies 

 of every great exhibition. It is safe to 

 say that to James Hartshome, fully as 

 much as to any other individual, is due 

 the present development of the carnation 

 as a florists' flower. By staging such 



