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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBBB 4, 1906. 



is prin|ted 'W^nesday evening; and 

 mailed early Thursday morning. It 

 is earnestly requested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail (heir 

 "copy^-to reach us by Monday or 

 Tuesday morning at latest, instead 

 of 'Wednesday mornings as many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



miscellaneous Seasonable Hints 1259 



— Pass of Polnsettlas (illus. ) 1269 



— Polnsettlas la Pots and Benches 12S9 



— Harrlsll Lilies 1269 



— Dutch Bulbs 1259 



— Boxing Dutch Bulbs 1259 



— Tulip Beds 1280 



G64irge E. McClure (portrait) 1260 



Propagating 1280 



Notes from England 1260 



Roses — A Beginning 1261 



Chrysanthemums — Seasonable Coipments 1281 < 



A Leaf-Miner ii.f 12M' 



Paris Green and Alum '.'. 1262 



An Illinois Establishment (Ulns. ) 1262 



Cbrysanthemum Society 1262 



Cyanide Fumigation : 1263 



Auto Decorated by A. C. Jennings (lUus.). 1263 



Ceapedesla Discolor (Illus.) 1264 



The Ranunculus .• . ; .-. . . ; ; 1264 



A Lath House (Illus.) 1264 



The Cyclamen 1264 



Philadelphia PlorlsU' Club (portraits) •. 1266 



Embellishment of Waysides 1266 



Carnation Plants Wanted 1268 



Large Flcuses 1268 



Mexican Tuberose 1268 



Salt as Manure 1268 



Chicago 1269 



fit. Liouls 1271 



Kew York 1272 



Cincinnati 1278 



Boston 1274 



PliUadelpbIa 1276 



Vegetable Forcing — Indict Lettuce Growers 1276 



— Cucnnbers 1276 



A New Pink Freesia 1277 



The Best Phloxes 1277 



Tbe Lnnarla 1278 



Mannres for Bulbs 1278 



Clereland 1279 



The White Fly 1280 



Want Adrertisements 1280 



Seed Trade News 1281 



— Seed League Price Estimates 1282 



— Seed Imports 1282 



— Latest on Peas and Beans 1282 



— European Seed Notes 1283 



— Sears-Roebuck to Retire 1284 



— Seed Selection 1286 



— Carter's Monarch Stock 1286 



— Exports of Grass Seeds 1286 



Toronto 1295 



Steamer Sailings 1296 



Nursery News 1296 



— Nursery Imports 1296 



— Deilth of Albert WyckofT 1296 



— Pomologlcal Sov.lety 1296 



New Orleans 1297 



Pacific Coast— Stock for Standard Roses... 1298 



— San Francisco 1298 



Columbus. Ohio 1300 



Twin Cities 1M8 



Pittsburg 1804 



Kalamazoo, Mich 1806 



Detroit 1808 



Greenhouse Heating — Capacity of Boiler... 1318 



— Violets on Tables 1818 



— Boiler and Piping 1319 



— Propagating Houses 1319 



Buffalo 1320 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



F. Dorner & Sons Co., Lafayette, Ind., 

 register Carnation Red Chief, an even, 

 clear shade of scarlet, very early and 

 exceptionally free; Bonnie Maid, edged 

 white and shaded to a pink center; Wi- 

 nona, a clear medium pink. 



Albert M. Heeb, Sec'y. 



Marion, Tnd. — Gib Jay wants the city 

 to set outside the corporation a plot 

 of land on which he says he will invest 

 at least $10,000 in building green- 

 houses. 



FIRE FROM BLISTERED GLASS. 



It is reported that a fire recently was 

 started in a peculiar manner at a green- 

 house in Corry, Pa. Rays of the sun 

 passing through a blister in the glass 

 focussed on the woodwork and caused 

 such intense heat that it ignited. Dam- 

 age to the extent of several hundreds 

 of dollars to buildings and stock resulted, 

 before the flames could be extinguished. 



SCHOOLS OF FLORICULTURE. 



Please give the names and addresses 

 of the schools at which a florist could 

 get the best all-round practical knowl- 

 edge of floriculture. ^;, . . J- F. D. 



There are several schools and colleges 

 offering courses in horticulture with more 

 or less attention to floriculture. It is 

 difficult to say which is best for any par- 

 ticular individual, as so much depends 

 upon the person himself, Cornell Uni- 

 versity, at Ithaca, N. Y. ; Ohio State 

 University, Columbus, O., and Michigan 

 Agricultural College, Lansing, Mich., are 

 at this time the three institutions offer- 

 ing most advantages along this line. 



L. C, C. 



THE PRICE OF GLASS. 



There was a meeting of the manufac- 

 turers of window glass at Pittsburg 

 on Tuesday, October 2, for the pur- 

 pose of discussing the prospects for the 

 present season's fire. The glassmakers 

 ..are careful to avoid any semblance of a 

 trust, but it is understood the Ameri- 

 can Window Glass Co. will this season 

 work in harmony with the independents 

 and it was tacitly agreed to postpone the 

 general resumption of glass production 

 for thirty days. The manufacturers dis- 

 play an inclination to retain control of 

 the market and hold prices firm by cur- 

 tailing production. 



CARNATION PLANTS WANTED. 



Early in the season there was a slow 

 sale for field-grown carnation plants, but 

 in the last fortnight the demand has be- 

 come exceptionally strong. It takes but 

 a brief announcement of a surplus to 

 clean out any grower who has desirable 

 varieties. It appears that in many sec- 

 tions the plants did not do as well in the 

 field as had been anticipated, and grow- 

 ers who had contemplated a surplus find 

 themselves with insufficient stock for their 

 own requirements. Also in many cases 

 stem-rot has developed since the plants 

 were benched and it is necessary for the 

 growers to purchase stock to fill the va- 

 cancies. There is considerable good stock 

 still to be had, for the frost has held off, 

 and especially around Chicago the latter 

 end of the season has been especially fa- 

 vorable for the growth of the plants. 



LARGE nCUSES. 



How will a person propagate Ficus 

 elastica in a hot, dry house, where the 

 plants are about eighteen feet higfat I 

 have girdled and .wrapped theni, with 

 moss, etc., as I do small plants, but be- 

 cause of the lack of humidity in the 

 atmosphere they failed to root. If I 

 shade the house much they grow long 

 and weak; when I give sun the moss 

 dries off too rapidly. I fttU to root more 

 than one out of twenty-five or more. My 

 trees are full of side shoots and should 

 produce at once 300 or 400 plants. The 

 trees I refer to are full of fruit and 

 of course are not desirable for young 



plants, but I could cut off the limbs with ■ 

 the fruit, and then have plenty to propa- 

 gate from. The fruit and trees are get- 

 ting troublesome, so I am forced to cut 

 them back. J. A. L. 



At this season of the year there should 

 not be any great difficulty in keeping the 

 moss moist, even though the house is en- 

 tirely unshaded. It would perhaps be 

 better to use rather more moss on each 

 cutting than would be used on small 

 plants, making the finished lump of moss 

 as large as a base ball, or thereabouts, 

 and then sprinkling the moss with a hose 

 three times a day, or four times, if 

 necessary. It is naturally inconvenient 

 to water the cuttings when they are so 

 high up, and possibly they have not re- 

 ceived their full quota. 



I would prune the ficus quite hard in 

 the spring, in order to bring them within 

 bounds, keeping them rather dry for a 

 few weeks prior to pruning, and then 

 give the usual liberal watering, after 

 which the plants would break freely. 



W. H. Taplin. 



MEXICAN TUBEROSE. 



We are growing Mexican tuberoses 

 in a field. Most of the spikes come per- 

 fectly healthy and green, opening nicely, 

 but a few have little pimples on the 

 flower stalks. The buds are small and 

 drawn. The small green leaves among 

 buds turn brown, and they never make 

 perfect spikes of flowers. Can you tell 

 me what this is and what to do for 

 themf The foliage, bulbs and roots of 

 these look all right. C. k C. 



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This is the first time I have heard of 

 any disease bothering the Mexican tube- 

 rose. The double variety, I might say, 

 never opens with me here at JiB. The 

 flowers seem to get some kind of a set- 

 fast habit and stop growing just before 

 they are ready to open and sometimes 

 turn brown. Perhaps the disease is con- 

 tagious in the more humid atmosphere 

 of the region from which this query 

 comes, and I cannot help but wonder 

 if they have the genuine Mexican tube- 

 rose. F. T. Ramsey. 



SALT AS MANURE. 



Will you please tell me whether sul- 

 phate of soda, commonly called salt- 

 cake, such as glass factories use In 

 making glass, is beneficial to the ground 

 and if so, how much of it should be used 

 to an acret I can get this saltcake from 

 a glass plant here that has been de- 

 stroyed by fire and has got wet, but I 

 do not care to go to the expense of haul- 

 ing it unless I am positive it is useful 

 on land. C. W. E. 



Sulphate of soda is known chemically 

 as giauber salt, a saline laxative much 

 used by veterinary surgeons. Silicate 

 of soda is sold by druggists under the 

 name of liquid glass. This in crystal 

 form would be, in my opinion, utterly 

 useless as a stimulant to any plant or 

 vegetable crop. Magnesium sulphate, 

 the common name or which is Epsom 

 sftlts, has for years been used as a fer- 

 tilize? for house plants and your local 

 druggist should be able to tell you if 

 this IS the article you can get from the 

 destroyed glass factory. You might use 

 half a ton to the acre, but not on a 

 growing crop. Sow it broadcast after 

 crops are lifted in the fall, or early in 

 the spring. W. S. 



