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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



AuatTBT 9, 1006. 



NOTICE 



Becatise of the new wage Kale which 

 the Printers' Union lut enforced upon 

 thote employem not willing to naUt 

 interruption of their business, especially 

 because of that part of the scale which 

 makes overtime practically prohibitive, 

 it is of first importance that the Review 

 obtain its advertising: ^copy^ earlier. 



It is therefore earnestly requested 

 that all advertisers mail their ''copy^ 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 morning, instead of Veonesday mom- 

 hig, MS many have done in the past. 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



The Itetall Florist (lllus.) 695 



— Noveiues aud Publicity tiU5 



Summer i<Uowers iiuutti OUtt 



Carnations — Carnatiou Notes — Kust 6WJ 



tiUrting Palm ijeeds 606 



Miscelluoeoua iSeasonable Uiuts 6UU 



— Sweet Peas iudours 686 



— Alteinantheras 6U7 



— Poinsettlas 607 



— Asters 6«7 



Notes from EnKlaud 6U7 



iState of General Trade 6U8 



Hoses — Hints on Cutting 698 



— Mildew on Uose Plants 6U8 



American liose Society -. 698 



Odoutioda Vuylstekew (iUus.) 699 



Xiie Use of Cyanide 689 



Uoronias 688 



Uorace M. Franii (portrait) 700 



Vegetable Forcing — Bone Flour for i«ttuce.. 700 



— Hydrocyanic (jias on Grapes 700 



— Soil Sterilization 701 



A Detroit Tea Garden (lllus.) 701 



CouTentiou Pastimes 701 



Phiiadeipiiia, 1907 702 



Potting UUes 702 



. St. Louis 702 



Cutting Lilies 702 



Obituary — James Hartsborne (i>ortralt) 702 



— Adaiii Kimbel 708 



— Mrs. B. Maltre 70S 



Chicago to Dayton 708 



Society of American Florists 704 



Day tou Hotels 704 



Chicago 706 



New York 706 



Philadelphia 707 



CleTeland 708 



Boston 708 



Detroit 710 



Want Advertisements 711 



DenTer 712 



Seed Trade News 718 



— Harris!! Bulbs 718 



— Harvest Days 714 



— German Seed Crops 714 



— Crops in Essex, England 714 



— French Bulbs 716 



— Sweet Pea Specialists 716 



— Employees' Clubs 716 



— Mall Trade 716 



BnSalo 718 



Steamer Sailings 726 



Pacific Coast— Portland, Ore 726 



— The Outlook for Fall 726 



— San Francisco 727 



Nursery News 728 



— Good Growing Season 728 



— Civic Improvement 728 



PltUburg 730 



Twin Cities 780 



Springfield, Ohio 732 



Helena, Mont 734 



Austin, Texas 736 



Greenhouse Heating — Boiler Capacity 744 



— Heating Sash House 744 



Dayton, Ohio 746 



Heating with Natural Gat 748 



CHICAGO TO DAYTON. 



The Chicago Florists' Club has con- 

 cluded arrangements for the special train 

 over the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago 

 & St. Louis R. B., leaving the Illinois 

 Central passenger station, Twelfth street, 

 Chicago, at 12:45 Monday boon, August 

 20, and due to arrive in Dayton, via 

 Kankakee, Lafayette and Indianapolis, 

 about 8:40 p. m., practically a daylight 

 ride all the way. The train will consist 

 of three or more new day coaches, one 

 combination car, one dining car to serve 

 luncheon and dinner a la carte. 



The rate by the certificate plan for the 

 round trip is only $9.70. The tickets are 

 good on all trains August 17 to 23, and 



THE ANNUAL SPECIAL 



CONVENTION NUMBER 



To be Issued August 23 



will be fully up to the previous Special Issues of this 

 journal. Enough said. 



Early Copy for special advertising is a great help in 

 turning out a well printed paper. Why not send it now? 



for the return trip the validated certifi- 

 cates will be honored up to and including 

 August 31. 



The Chicago Florists' Club cordially 

 invites the florists of the northwest and 

 southwest, delegates to the convention, 

 to join this special train at Chicago Mon- 

 day noon as above stated, and see that 

 when they buy their tickets and secure 

 their certificates that these tickets read 

 via Big Four route from Chicago to Day- 

 ton. 



Delegates who can join us at any point 

 along our route are requested to do so. 

 The committee will be glad to hear as 

 early as possible from all who decide to 

 join our party, so that the necessary ar- 

 rangements can be made in time. Dele- 

 gates buyiag tickets in Chicago will se- 

 cure them at the city ticket office of the 

 Big Four, 238 South Clark street, with 

 certificates. 



J. C. Vaughan, 

 Willis N. Rudd, 

 George Asmus, 

 Committee on Transportation. 



P. J. Hauswibth, President. 



L. H. WiNTERSON, Secretary. 



WELCOME, S. A. F. 



By Bessie E. Dombtiscli. 



Comrades, come let's join together 



Ere the season passes by; 

 Let us Join our bands in friendship, 



'Neath the summer's azure sky. 

 For we Itnow you'll ne'er regret It; 



Just our city once to see. 

 In its thriving wealth and beauty, 



Is an opportunity. 



And the art of hortlcnlture 



Draws us nearer to our God, 

 For there's beauty in the blossom 



And there's rest within the sod. 

 And the heart and hand united 



Is a Joy you will admit. 

 We ask yon to come and Join us 



In the bond of friendship. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOBISTS. 



Department of Plant Registration. 



Lager & Hurrell, Summit, N. J., sub- 

 mit for registration orchid seedling Lse- 

 lio-Cattleya Lady Bemice (Cattleya gi- 

 gas atropurpurea x Lselia purpurata). 

 Flowers large, seven inches across, sepals 

 and petals lilac with numerous and deli- 

 cate mottles and veins of rosy purple 

 superimposed, these accentuating more 

 towards the tips of the petals. Lip wavy, 

 two inches across, dark purple with a 

 minute margin of rose. Lower part of 

 throat with numerous yellow and red- 

 dish-brown longitudinal veins, upper 

 part or sides of tube-orange yellow. 



The name of W. F. Gude, Washington, 

 D. C, can be added to the paper on 

 "Recent Improvements in Retailers' 

 Methods of Offering Flowers," in the 

 program of the S. A. F. convention at 

 Dayton, 0., as essayist. 



Wm. J. Stevpart, Sec'y. 



DAYTON HOTELS. 



The headquarters during the conven- 

 tion will be the Hotel Algonquin. Ail 

 hotels are within one square of all street- 

 cars, taking you to the exhibition grounds 

 witlun ten minutes. We give here a list 

 and prices of the leading hotels: 



AMEBICAN PLAN. 



The Algonquin— From |2.S0 to |6 a day; 800 

 guests. 



The Beckel— From |3 to $4 a day; 200 gnetta. 



The PhUlipa— From $2 to |2. 50 a day; ISO 

 guests. 



Hotel Day tODia— From %X to 11.50 a day; 100 

 guests. 



The Aldlne — From $1 to $1.50 a day; SS 

 guests. 



The Vendome — $1.50 a day; 25 guests. 



EDROPEAN PLAN. 



The Atlas — From |1 to |2 a day; 75 guests. 



The Wehmer — From 60 to 75 cents a day; 60 

 guests. 



The Stag Hotel — 60 cents a day; 25 guests. 



The Urban — From 60 cents to |1 a day; 00 

 gueats. 



We have also on our list a number of 

 smaller hotels and many private houses, 

 prices from 50 cents to 75 cents for sin- 

 gle rooms. If enough applications are 

 made a camp will be established, with 

 well-furnished, double roof tents, four 

 cots to a tent, at a nominal cost of from 

 50 cents to 75 cents each. Any one 

 wanting accommodations, if no individ- 

 ual arrangements are preferred, should 

 make application as soon as possible to 

 J, B. Heiss, president of the Florists' 

 Club, who will see that arrangements are 

 made to the satisfaction of all con- 

 cerned. 



