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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBBB 11, 190«. 



is printed 'Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thursday morning. It 

 is earnestly requested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 "copy'' to reach us by Monday or 

 Tuesday morning at latest, instead 

 of Wednesday momingt as many 

 have done in the oast. 



CONTENTS. 



Orchids— (llluB.) 1327 



A Good Bouvardla 132« 



Coumll of Horticulture 1330 



The Headers' Corner — Hydrocyanic Acid Gas 1330 



— How Insects Breathe ISIJO 



Golden Spur Narcissus 1331 



Sou for Violets 1331 



Grass for Name 1331 



Snapdragon and Candytuft 1331 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 1332 



— Leaf Spot 1332 



Roses— Combatting GreenUy 1332 



— Scale on Kose Plants 1332 



— Clothllde Soupert Koses 1333 



Neck Cracking 1333 



The Standing Wreath (lllus.) 1333 



Funeral Flowers 1333 



Washington 1333 



Paul R. B. Plerson (portrait) 1334 



Baltimore ". 1334 



New Building of Welch Bros., Boston (illus.) 1335 



St. Louis 1335 



Detroit 1336 



Twin Cities l.SSe 



Chicago 1337 



Toledo, Ohio 1339 



Boston 1340 



Pittsburg 1341 



New York 1341 



Philadelphia 1344 



Illinois State Fair 1348 



Want Advertisements 1349 



Seed Trade News 1350 



— Nebraska Seed Notes 1351 



— J. M. Thorburn &. Co. (illus.) 1351 



— The Valley Crops 1353 



— European Seed Notes 1353 



Publications Kecelved 1354 



Looking to the Azores 1354 



Wintering Bay Trees 1355 



State of General Trade IS.W 



Vegetable Forcing 1356 



— Benches Not Advisable 1356 



— Telegraph Cucumbers 1356 



Grand Rapids, Mich 1367 



Steamer Sailings 1367 



Nursery News 1.388 



— Embellishment of Waysides 1.368 



— Origin of New Hydrangea 1369 



Pacific Coast 1370 



— To Hold Joint Session 1370 



— Profit in Outdoor PlanU 1870 



— Portland. Ore 1370 



— San Francisco 1370 



— Spokane, Wash 1371 



Kansas City 1371 



Mobile, Ala 1.372 



Denrer 1374 



Hamilton, Ont 1.376 



LouISTllle, Ky 1378 



New Bedford, Mass 1378 



Cincinnati 1388 



Scale on Kentias 1380 



Greenhouse Heating — Steam and Hot Water 1.390 



— Hints About Chimneys 1390 



Indianapolis 1,<W2 



Orange, N. J 1392 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



Business was unusually brisk last 

 week, cleaning up the market. At pres- 

 ent writing chrysanthemums have not put 

 in an appearance, but they are expected 

 momentarily. Funeral work has created 

 a demand for light-colored stock, carna;: 

 tions especially. Saturday evening it 

 was next to impossible to obtain white 

 carnations or Enchantress. 



Roses are improving rapidly, prices 

 ranging from $3 to $6 per hundred. The 



best carnations bring $2. Green is not 



plentiful. 



r Qub Meeting. 



The first meeting of the Detroit Flor- 

 ists' Club in its new quarters was well 

 attended. Cigars were passed several 

 times during the evening, it being house- 

 warming night. Secretary Sullivan was 

 absent from the city. A new entertain- 

 ment committee was appointed, as fol- 

 lows: William Brown, Robert Kahaley 

 and William Hielscher. 



At a special meeting of the officers a 

 program was arranged for the ensuing 

 year. It was approved and ordered 

 printed in pamphlet form for mailing to 

 members. It was also decided to send 

 to each member about three days before 

 a meeting a postal stating what is do- 

 ing that particular night. 



The president and his staff deserve 

 much • credit, as the program is complete, 

 containing everything from a smoker to 

 a series of essays by the club's ablest 

 speakers. It therefore is the duty of 

 each member to attend meetings as much 

 as possible, for even a theatrical troupe 

 prefers to act to a full house. 



The opening of the question box 

 brought forth some interesting discus- 

 sions on various subjects. "In spraying 

 with nicotine must it come in contact 

 with the insect?" This question was an- 

 swered with a decided yes, it being stated 

 that this insecticide emits no fumes. 

 Painting a solution of four parts water 

 to one part nicotine on the steam pipe 

 was also spoken of as being effective. 

 In doing this the operator must walk 

 rapidly so as not to inhale the fumes. 



The old question of keeping boarders 

 was again thrashed out. Breitmeyers' 

 axe building a special house for this pur- 

 pose. Bobert Watson also has one house 

 devoted to boarders. Azaleas and plants 

 in poor condition he positively refuses 

 to keep. For good plants he charges 

 $1 per square foot. 



Fred Pantke brought some chrysanthe- 

 mum foliage, showing the disastrous 

 work of the leaf-miner. This pest in 

 the form of a maggot of a creamy color, 

 about a quarter of an inch long, could 

 plainly be seen at work in the leaves; 

 in some leaves three and four were visi- 

 ble. Mr. Unger, gardener at Belle Isle, 

 will experiment on this new trouble. 



Albert Pochelon was given a vote of 

 thanks for a design presented to the 

 club. It represented a four-leaved clover, 

 was made of cabbage and other vege- 

 tables and wild asters. A butterfly made 

 of skeleton leaves, true to life, rested 

 on one comer of the design. 



Henry Fruck showed a vase of some 

 fine flowers of cockscomb from a strain 

 of seed raised by himself. 



Beside Mr. Sullivan's paper, Harry 

 Hunter has been asked to read a paper 

 on herbaceous plants at the next meeting, 

 October 17. 



Various Notes. 



Thomas Browne, of Greenfield, slipped 

 and wrenched his knee in bad shape, lay- 

 ing him up for some time. Although 

 not yet able to work, he gets around with 

 the use of crutches. 



Henry Fruck, of Grosse Pointe, after 

 about five years' experimenting, has suc- 

 ceeded in obtaining a new seedling of a 

 cactus dahlia. The flowers measure four 

 and a half to five inches across, are sup- 

 ported on long, wiry stems, with foliage 

 similar to a rose. The color is a fine 

 cerise-red, becoming more gorgeous un- 

 der artificial light. 



The business at 245 Woodward avenue, 



known as George Leadly, has changed 

 hands. The business is to continue un- 

 der the same name, with Mrs. Allen P. 

 Cox as proprietor and manager. 



Visitors: Paul Berkowitz, Philadel- 

 phia; August Roelker, New York; John 

 T. Beyer, South Bend, Ind. H. S. 



TWIN QTIES. 



The Market 



Business started out the past week in 

 good shape on account of a few fashion- 

 able weddings, but slackened up Wednes- 

 day and Thursday, and there was not a 

 great deal doing the balance of the 

 week, with the exception of funeral work 

 orders, which were unusually heavy with 

 some of the dealers. It can be safely 

 said that the cut flower buyers are home 

 into winter quarters. Loose cut flowers 

 are selling nicely; the demand about 

 equal to the supply. The stock is now 

 the best. It is very noticeable that there 

 are a great many more roses of a sec- 

 ond grade than what there are of the 

 first; the result is that the prices are 

 lower. Good seconds ara selling for $1 

 per dozen, while firsts are easily sold at 

 $1.50 per dozen. Killarney and Moulton 

 seem to be the best pinks and good stock 

 of either variety is easily sold. Kaiserin 

 is very flne with some of the growers. 

 In fact, the good results from it have had 

 a tendency towards growing it exclusively 

 instead of the Bride. Many more Ivories 

 have been planted this season than here- 

 tofore. Perles seem to have been almost 

 entirely discarded and the yellow roses 

 on this market are shipped in. The car- 

 nations so far are not a success. Few 

 good blooms are cut. The plants look 

 well, but the flowers are small and in- 

 ferior. In consequence, prices are away 

 down. The writer has not seen any 

 stock that is worth more than 50 cents 

 a dozen. 



St Paul. 



The St. Paul Floral Co. has been cut- 

 ting some fine stock. The repairs made 

 on their houses during the summer 

 nfonths give them an entirely different 

 appearance. From the looks of the stock 

 at the present time it appears as though 

 they would be making heavy cuts in a 

 short time. Frank Gustafson, the pro- 

 prietor, reports a good trade. 



The Warrendale Floral Co. has been 

 bringing in some very nice Sichmonds. 

 The stems are not very long, but the 

 blooms are almost perfect. 



Vogt Bros, report a fair trade. The 

 opening of the Aberdeen hotel in their 

 locality will undoubtedly help them out. 



Minneapolis. 



A visit to the Minneapolis Floral Co. 

 shows some extensive improvements. 

 They have installed new boilers, built a 

 large brick boiler-house and added three 

 large greenhouses 135 feet long to their 

 plant. The Kate Moulton rose is largely 

 grown and heavy cuts are made daily. 

 Mr. Monson, the proprietor, has also 

 been successful with Bichmonds and 

 Kaiserin. He has a number of sports 

 from the Moulton, including a pure white, 

 which show up well. His chrysanthe- 

 mums are looking well. His 45,000 car- 

 nations are in good shape, but the cuts 

 so far are small. 



O. S. Swanson seems to have the de- 

 mand for Moultons, especially first grade 

 stock. He reports a fair trade and 

 fully up to expectations. Felix. 



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