AiKii- 12, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



J497 



been iiiacle in the number or quality of 

 such flowers? 



What effect on the market has the 

 introduction of the hybrid tea and as 

 against the tea? 



The Influence of Exhibitions* 



What influence do rose shows have 

 on the market? Stimulant, depressing 

 or neutral? In what condition should 

 roses be shown? Specially prepared or 

 in such a condition as a careful grower 

 would have his shipments for the mar- 

 ket? In other words, are the exhibits 

 at the rose show any true index of the 

 roses groAvn by the exhibitor and thus 

 any criterion for forming a judgment 

 of his general ability, or are they sim- 

 ply a selected few specially prepared 

 with the view of winning prizes irre- 

 spective of the keeping qualities and 

 availability for market purposes; and as 

 .such are they good educators of the pub- 

 lie, or is this not the intention and pur- 

 pose of rose shows? 



Advice for Besfinnen. 



I presume no one has been in the 

 business for twenty years and made a 

 moderate success who has not had more 

 or less inquiry from inexperienced men 

 and women, asking how he or she may 

 make a beginning. As advice is usually 

 cheap and moralizing easy, I usually 

 give the following as a formula, premis- 

 ing it with the remark that the best way 

 is to go to some good grower and work 

 for him imtil the principle has been 

 mastered, that constant watchfulness, 

 great care, the utmost cleanliness and 

 steady work are the ' * open sesame. ' ' 

 The minutiae will only come from ex- 

 perience, and he who has pluck to suc- 

 ceed will do so in spite of failures and, 

 learning from mistakes, eventually make 

 as few as possible, having done which 

 he will have reached as near perfection 

 as any of us will ever come. 



To the grower of roses under glass, 

 problems are always coming. There are 

 no hard and fast rules that, laid down, 

 can be followed. The novice can learn 

 the general principles by an earnest 

 attention to the work as he sees it done 

 under his tutor and the brain work must 

 keep up with the manual; the reasons 

 for certain lines of treatment must be 

 understood, not blindly accepted as rules 

 invariable, but to the end that under 

 certain conditions a given treatment 

 ought to produce a certain result. The 

 endeavor to learn the cause of failure 

 may result in greater success, as well as 

 a mere correction of the error. 



There is probably no branch of agri- 

 culture that will so well repay intelli- 

 gent effort as the production of flowers 

 under glass, but the road is not all 

 smooth, the failures are as many as the 

 successes, and it is only by persistent 

 work, undaunted by failures, uncon- 

 quered by mistakes, a grim determina- 

 tion to succeed even under most adverse 

 • ircumstances, that the goal of success 

 may he reached and the satisfaction had 

 of having conquered. 



A DWARF BOLTONIA. 



The accompanying illustration shows a 

 dwarf Boltonia Latisquamsea. It is iden- 

 tical with the species except that it is a 

 stocky, sturdy plant from fifteen to eight- 

 een inches high, the parent being tall and 

 somewhat sprawling. The variety origi- 

 nated at the establishment of J. T. Lov- 

 ^tt. Little Silver, N. J., who is distrib- 

 iiting it widely. The flowers are those 

 "f the species, the color being the same 



A Pot of Good Lilies. 



shell pink with a bright yellow center, 

 and fully as large as in the tall-growing 

 variety. Mr. Lovett says it flowers with 

 even greater freedom, but its great merit 

 lies in its habit. 



A WELL-GROWN LILY. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 well-grown longiflorum lilies in a 12-inch 

 pan, such as are in demand in the better 

 class of retail stores at Easter. This 

 specimen was shown by Frank Oeschlin, 

 of the Garfield Park Flower Co., Chi- 

 cago, in 1905. It is his practice to pot 

 the bulbs separately and make up in 

 pans when the plants are a few inches 

 high, thereby securing uniformity of 

 height and flower. This pan contained 

 seven 7x9 bulbs and there were an aver- 

 age of three open flowers and one well 

 developed bud on each plant. Such a 

 specimen, with a pot cover, readily sells 

 for from $12 to $15 in the better class 

 of stores. 



LILIES FROM BERMUDA. 



The steamer Bermudian, from Hamil- 

 ton, which arrived at New York April 7, 

 brought the annual shipment of cut 

 lilies, not so large as in some previous 

 seasons. Following are the consignees 

 and the number of cases for each : E. 

 R. Brackett & Co., two; L. D. Cross- 

 mond, sixty; E. F. Downing & Co., one; 

 Furman & Page, five; Morris Express 

 Co., thirty-one; Titus Bros., seven; F. 

 B. Vandegrift & Co., 209; Wells, Fargo 

 & Co., 220; total, 528. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



Badge Book and Dues. 



In accordance with the instructions 

 voted at the convention in Washington 

 last August, the secretary will, under the 

 supervision of the executive board, pro- 

 ceed to prepare a "badge book" con- 

 taining the names of members, num- 

 bered, and- will issue correspondingly 

 numbered badges to those whose dues 

 for 1906 are paid previous to June 1. 

 Members in arrears for current year's 

 dues, as well as all persons intending to 

 take out membership this year, are 

 earnestly requested to remit now. There 

 is no advantage in waiting until the 

 convention meets, as the fiscal year be- 

 gins on January 1 and payments made 

 at any date during the year cover the 

 interim until December 31 only. 



Outdoor Exhibit at Dayton. 



Circulars and entry sheets are being 

 sent out this week to all nurserymen and 

 other? dealing in outdoor planting mate- 

 rial, tender or hardy. Plans of the beds 

 as laid out are in the secretary's office 

 and all information not given in the 

 printed circulars will be cheerfully fur- 

 nished by the secretary to all inquirers. 



It is desirable that all planting be 

 completed by May 1, if possible, and 

 the necessity for prompt response is 

 urged upon all intending exhibitors. The 

 fair grounds where the beds are to be 

 laid out is city property, used for many 



