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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



November 1, 1006. 



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it 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 morning, as many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



Miscellaneous Seasonable Hints 1535 



— The Dutch Bulbs ISa.'i 



— Paper Whites and Itumuns 1535 



— Geraniums 1535 



— Lorraine Begonias 15^^5 



— Lilies lo35 



The Autumn Exhibitions — Lenox, Mass.... 1535 



Greenhouse Foundations ]53<J 



Kstabllshuient of Kobt. Miller (lUus.) 153(5 



Shusta Daisies 1536 



Caruutlons — Ventilation , 1537 



— Dorner's Novelties 1537 



— Supports for Carnations 1537 



American Carnation Society 1537 



Uoses — AnthracnoEe 1537 



— Nitrate of Soda 153S 



— Rose Charlotte Klemm 1538 



A New Asplenl'jni (illus.) 1538 



Some New EnKllsU' Plants 153S 



Hellenthal's Housed' (Ulus.) 153!) 



Vegetable Forcing — Wgetable Markets 1330 



— Forcing Strawberries 1539 



Sweet Pea Trouble 15:i}> 



The Retail Florist— Chenille 1540 



— McConnt'U'S New Store (lllus.) 1540 



Chrysanthemum Society 15 K) 



Forcing Lilacs 1540 



The Readers' Corner — Gladioli from Seeds.. 1542 



The Mexican Popi)y 1542 



Obituary— J. L. ijlllon (ijortralt) . . : 1542 



— John Nelson (portrait) 1542 



— Lewis Ullrich (iKirtralt) 1542 



— John Summerflold 1542 



— Mrs. Joseph Kaiser 1543 



Worms on Ferns 1543 



IJllum MultiUoruui 1543 



Hyacinths 1543 



Illinois Association I544 



A Propagating Question 1544 



Verbenas Without Rust 1544 



Changing Plant Habits 1544 



Chicago 1545 



St. Louis 15J7 



Twin Cities 1518 



Columbus, Ohio 1518 



Philadelphia 1550 



New York 155O 



Buffalo is.'irn 



Cincinnati 1554 



A Pittsburg Success ]55"i 



Cleveland l.ViO 



Want Advertisements LIS? 



Boston 155S 



Seed Trade News 15(iO 



— Seed Concern's Troubles l.iCi) 



— Southern Seed Crops 1561 



— System at Fault 15«1 



— German Seed Farms 1562 



— Customs Irregularities )5«5 



Steamer Sailings 1.173 



Nursery News 1574 



— Texas Nurseries 1,574 



— Ottawa, Kan 1574 



' — The West Michigan Freeze l.';75 



— Shrubs from Seeds 1575 



Pacific Coast- Hardy Stock 1.'576 



— San Francisco I.'i76 



Washington 1578 



Pittsburg LW) 



New Orleans 1582 



Detroit 1!)!)2 



Baltimore 1504 



Indianapolis 15")6 



FUMIGATING BEGONIAS. 



Does fumigating with tobacco stems 

 injure Lorraine begoniaa? J. H. 



The fumes of tobacco do not hurt Lor- 

 raine or any other begonia, unless an ex- 

 tra dose is given them. If the begonias 

 are in a house where fumigation is nec- 

 essary, then smoke two successive nights 

 mildly and your begonias will not be 

 hurt in the least. W. S. 



ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION. 



A meeting of the executive committee 

 of the Illinois State Florists' Association 

 will be held in Chicago during the flower 

 show, on Thursday, November 8, at 2 

 p. m., in the Coliseum building. These 

 meetings are beginning to show good 

 results and all florists are requested to 

 attend. The final arrangements will be 

 made for our annual meeting to be held 

 at Bloomington on the second Tuesday 

 in February. All Illinois florists are re- 

 quested to attend this meeting. A visit 

 to the great Chicago flower show is well 

 worth your while, so come and don 't 

 miss either. J. F. Ammann, Pres. 



AZALEAS. 



I would like some information as to 

 the care of azaleas between the time of 

 arrival and starting. How long before 

 they are wanted should they be put on 

 the bench? W. H. P. 



You will find, in the last two numbers 

 of the Review, some special notes on 

 the treatment of azaleas; and in last 

 week's issue, treatment for those you 

 want in bloom at the holidays. I could 

 not improve on those hints if I tried 

 again, and will most respectfully ask you 

 to look up your recent numbers of the 

 Review. W. S. 



A PROPAGATING QUESTION. 



In tearing out an old greenhouse and 

 building a new one, I have a space GVux 

 20 feet between the new house and boiler- 

 room, that I am fitting up for a propa- 

 gating house. I wish to ask whether I 

 should put my propagating bench on 

 the north, or on the south of this space. 

 If put on the south, it will be shaded by 

 a broad gutter, but if put on the north 

 side it will get good sunlight. 



W. N. T. 



Put your propagating bench on the 

 north side. If the sun is too bright on 

 it, you can easily shade it by a curtain 

 of cheese-cloth or some such material, 

 and in dull weather the curtain can be 

 rolled up. W. S. 



VERBENAS WITHOUT RUST. 



Will you kindly mention, in the col- 

 umns of your paper, the best method for 

 the propagation and care of verbenas to 

 avoid their being subject to attacks of 

 mildew and rustf E. H. 



We can tell you how to get healthy 

 cuttings of verbenas, although it is late 

 for this season. How to avoid the dread- 

 ed rust, and the less destructive mildew, 

 is beyond our power; and that is why 

 we have for years advised the raising of 

 these sweet, old flowers from seeds. 

 Seedlings are raised in halt the time, at 

 much less cost, and are perfectly healthy. 



Verbenas that have flowered abund- 

 antly during summer will not give you 

 good material for cuttings, and about 

 September 1 a few plants should be cut 

 back, or at least all the flowers cut oflF. 

 The ground beneath the spreaaing growth 

 should be lightly forked up, and a little 

 rotted manure spread on the surface. In 

 this, the plants will make a fresh and 

 vigorous growth ; and this young growth 

 will give you the right kind of wood 

 for a good start in the fall. I am in- 

 clined to believe there are two ways of 

 wintering verbenas. One is to keep the 

 plants steadily warm and growing, say 55 



degrees at night; and. the other is to 

 keep them steadily cool and almost dor- 

 mant, down to 40 degrees; but I must 

 beg of the verbena specialists to en- 

 lighten us on how to prevent rust and 

 mildew. J. L. Dillon, Bloomsburg, Pa., 

 and R. Vincent, Jr., & Son are growers 

 of named varieties of verbenas, raising 

 them in quantity; and a gentleman, who 

 used to be very successful with verbe- 

 nas, and well qualified to give his views 

 on the subject, is W. T. Bell, of Frank- 

 lin, Pa. 



I will conclude by saying that the 

 verbena, in my opinion, is coming back 

 to favor, although it seems to have lost 

 its vigor. As a child, I can rememoer 

 that beas of verbenas grew ao tall and 

 robust that they were edged with a va- 

 riegated geranium, and the white vari- 

 eties were strongly scented, without the 

 creative powers of Luther Burbank. 



W. S. 



CHANGING PLANT HABITS. 



Retardation of Growth. 



The action of continued cold upon 

 plant is to keep in check, in actual 

 suspension, the natural tendency of 

 plants to grow at root and top in spring, 

 and this suspension of the vital power 

 may be prolonged from January to June, 

 and probably for a much longer period. 

 The application of the cold process is 

 to a certain extent combined with a 

 certain cost. By the cold process lily 

 of the valley, lilac, various species of 

 lilium, hydrangeas, Ghent and Mollis 

 azaleas, Gueldres rose, prunus of species, 

 Philadelphus hybridus Lemoinei, etc., 

 may be kept till any period late in the 

 year, apd they will bloom just as well 

 and as certainly as non-retarded plants; 

 lily of the valley in about three weeks 

 and lilacs in about the same time. 



Accelerating Growth. 



Etherization produces a change in 

 plants that causes them to grow more 

 quickly and open the flowers sooner 

 when they are put into warmth. It is 

 applied in autumn and winter to plants 

 that have not had their usual length of 

 rest. The inventor of the original pro- 

 cess was Dr. Johannsen. Ether causes 

 the sleep or repose to be far deeper, and 

 according to the duration and density 

 the more easy and rapid is their re- 

 covery. The effect of ether or chloro- 

 form vapor is supposed to be due to the 

 drying up of the food juices in the 

 stems and bases of the buds. Before a 

 selected plant is put into the ether- 

 chamber, the soil, stems and foliage are 

 thoroughly dried, so much as to be pro- 

 ductive of a certain degree of withering. 

 The ether is applied by being poured 

 into a shallow vessel through a short 

 length of pipe inserted in the center of 

 the arched roof of the etherising chamber, 

 after the door has been hermetically 

 closed; the fumes, being heavier than 

 air, fall down among the plants standing 

 on the floor. The ether is applied in 

 most instances twice in forty-eight hours, 

 a twelve hours' interval being afforded 

 with the door opened. Not all species of 

 plants require two doses. — Gardeners' 

 Chronicle. 



Lyons, N. Y. — James P. Boyle, treas- 

 urer of the fire department, acted as 

 fireman and extinguished what at first 

 threatened to be a disastrous fire in his 

 greenhouse, October 22. 



