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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



April 12, 1906. 



NOTICE 



Because of the new was:e scale which 

 die Printers' Union has enforced upon 

 those employers not willing to stafer 

 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 

 tiiat all advertisers mail their **copy^ 

 to reach us by Monday or Tuesday 

 morning, instead of Wechiesday mom- 

 iog, as many have done in the past* 



Contributors also please take heed. 



CONTENTS. 



BoBfs— For Cut Bloom 1495 



Benjamiii Dorrauce (portrait)..., 1495 



A Dwarf Boltonla (lllus.) 1497 



A Well-Grown Lily (lllus.) 1497 



Society of Aitierican Florists 1497 



Rose Soil for Carnations 1498 



At the Cream City (lllus.) 1498 



Miscellaneous Seasonable Hints 1498 



— Solanums 1498 



— Tbe Rambler Roses 1498 



— Hybrid Roses 1499 



Some Newer Easter Plants 1500 



An Easter Show (lllus.) 1501 



Rust on Verbenas 1501 



■Candytuft 1501 



a. R. Carltou (portrait) 1502 



Vegetable Forcing — A New Salad 1502 



— Grand Rapids Lettuce Seed 1502 



— Trouble With Lettuce 1502 



•Greenhouse Heating 1503 



The Gov. Herrlcli Violet (illus.) 1503 



Southern Florists to Meet 1504 



Chicago 1504 



Thomas Devoy (portrait) 1504 



Detroit 1605 



Boston 1606 



St. Louis 1607 



Washington 1607 



Philadelphia 1608 



New York 1509 



Cleveland 1512 



Situations and Wants 1514 



Seed Trade News 1515 



— Death of August Rhotert 1515 



— Death of S. 1). Woodruff (portrait) 1515 



Steamer Sailings 1527 



Birmingham, Ala 1527 



Pacific Coast— Close of Season 1528 



— San Francisco 1628 



Nursery News 1529 



— Malting Bordeaux Mixture 1530 



Indianapolis 1634 



Pittsburg 1536 



Cincinnati 1538 



Northern Texas 1640 



Elmlra, N. Y 1554 



SOUTHERN FLORISTS TO MEET. 



A committee of the New Orleans Hor- 

 ticultural JSociety has for some months 

 been at work on a plan for the organi- 

 zation of a Southern Florists' Associa- 

 tion. The committee consists of Paul 

 Abele, Joseph Steckler, J. A. Newsham, 

 O. W, Eichling and H. N. Despomier. 

 Their work has progressed to the point 

 where they have issued the following 

 call: 



"The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety, in pursuance of the intention to 

 organize a society of southern florists, 

 has decided to call a meeting of all the 

 florists of the south on May 21 at Chat- 

 tanooga, Tenn., for the purpose of or- 

 ganization. 



**We have the promise of a number of 

 representative florists to attend the meet- 

 ing, and we sincerely hope you will lend 

 Cour assistance by your presence and 

 ring your friends. The benefit from 

 «uch an organization cannot be over- 

 looked and success seems assured from 

 the present outlook. 



**Due to the fact of the Saengerfest 

 being held in Chattanooga on the above 

 mentioned date, reduced rates will be 

 given on all roads. ' ' 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market lacked strength all last 

 week, because bright, warm weather 

 brought in stock in excess of the require- 

 ments. Monday found a condition which 

 has not prevailed on a corresponding day 

 since the memory of man runneth not to 

 the contrary. It has been the experience 

 that the early part of Easter week al- 

 ways saw a stiff market, often stiffer 

 than the later days, due to the growers 

 holding stock back for the extra demand. 

 This week Monday found the market 

 badly overstocked. Much of the material 

 was of indifferent quality, for weather 

 conditions have operated to take the 

 crispness and enduring qualities out of 

 the stock. 



The principal business at the first of 

 the week was the booking of Eaater or- 

 ders. These were received in fair num- 

 ber, and there is every assurance of 

 large business. It is the general opinion 



Thomas Devoy. 



(See Obituary Notes, published last week.) 



that lilies will be in ample supply, and 

 dealers other than those marketing the 

 cream of the stock are reported taking 

 orders at slight concessions from advance 

 quotations. There will be an abundant 

 supply of roses unless conditions have 

 been decidedly misjudged. The general 

 opinion is that stock will be equal to all 

 requirements in every line, save that car- 

 nations may run a little short. This is 

 the department in which there is least 

 anxiety to book orders, and in fact a 

 number of wholesalers have declined the 

 largest orders offered them. Prices are 

 held firmly. 



Already the Easter violets are enroute 

 from Rhinebeck and word has come that 

 the shipments are large. The quality, 

 however, is far from good. Orders have 

 been booked at lower rates than last 

 year and are sufficient to take up all the 

 receipts, providing the quality upon ar- 

 rival is found to meet requirements. 



Greens are abundant, except smilax, 

 which is difficult to procure. 



Various Notes. 



April 5 cards were received announcing 

 the marriage of Miss Blanche Hastings 

 and Edwin K. Kanst. The ceremony 

 took place at the home of the bride's 

 parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hast- 

 ings, at Owatonna, Minn., Wednesday, 

 March 28. Mr. and Mrs. Kanst will be 

 at home after June 15 at 6110 Drexel 

 avenue. 



The leading retailers report business 

 quite slow the past fortnight. Many of 

 their best customers are in New York, 

 and some even have gone to Europe for 

 the summer. It is likely to affect their 

 Easter trade. Stores catering to a less 

 wealthy class have done proportionately 

 much better the past two weeks. 



On April 7 the secretary of state 

 licensed the incorporation of the Retail 

 Florists' Association of Cook County, 

 Chicago; object, mutual protection; in- 

 corporators, G. J. Walthers, Wm. H. Kid- 

 well and Chas. Schneider. This is the 

 organization formed about Christmas 

 time and of which much has since been 

 heard in connection with "red violets," 

 "crepe chasing" and donations to 

 charity. 



Azaleas are always Wienhoeber's 

 "long suit" for Easter. He has this 

 year an unusually fine lot, but none of 

 the very large plants of a few years ago. 

 Possibly the most numerous variety is 

 Haerensiana, the light pink double vari- 

 ety sent out a few years ago by Aug. 

 Haerens, Somergem, Belgium, from 

 whom Mr. Wienhoeber's stock came. 

 Niobe, deep pink, is shown in quantity. 

 Among the handsomest specimens are 

 some naturally grown plants of the 

 perennially popular variety, Mme. Van- 

 der Cruyssen. 



The Martin Grate Co. reports a num- 

 ber of reorders from growers who last 

 summer installed their rocking grate; 

 among others repeat orders from Emil 

 Buettner and Sinner Bros. Poehlmann 

 Bros. Co. is installing a big watertube 

 boiler for its new glass and is fitting it 

 with the Martin grate. 



John Assa, on Bowmanville avenue, is 

 sending the A. L. Randall Co. some very 

 good roses. He has about 30,000 feet of 

 well kept glass. 



A Greek temporarily has taken a Dear- 

 born street store vacated by a shoe 

 dealer, and the window of roses and car- 

 nations bears the bold inscription, 

 ' ' Style and Durability. ' ' 



The attendance at the club meeting to- 

 night is likely to suffer because of the 

 proximity of Easter. 



Andrew Miller, who purloined the 

 "roll" of Fred Keading, one of Poehl- 

 mann 's growers, pleaded guilty and was 

 sentenced to the penitentiary on Satur- 

 day. 



What was said to be the largest dog 

 in Evanston bit a young lady and then 

 took refuge in the flower store of Fred 

 C. Fisher. The police dislodged him 

 and ended his career. 



Edward Hickman, a grower residing 

 on North Clark street, was attacked by 

 thieves while riding on a Halsted street 

 electric car Saturday night. He fought 

 them off. 



The J. B. Deamud Co. is receiving a 

 big lot of lilies this week. 



P. J. Hauswirth had the decoration 

 for the Hamilton Club's banquet at the 

 Auditorium Monday evening and also 

 the apartments of Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas 

 Longworth. 



The Poehlmann Bros. Co. believes it 

 has established a new record for the 

 long distance shipment of lilies in pots; 



