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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBHBER 8, 1906. 



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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 morning, as many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



The Aiitiiinii Exhibitions (lUiis.) l(iO;J 



— Chicago (illus.) ItKi.t 



— Tanytowii, N. V 1007 



— Philudelphla 1008 



— Boston Ullus.) 1608 



— Madison, N. J lOirj 



MlscellautMius .St'asonal>le Hints 1610 



— Handling Hardy I'lants on Arrival ItilO 



Concrete Greenhouses 1611 



Carnations — Soil for Carnations 1011 



— Carnations In Kngland 1611 



— I'ropajjatinK 1611 



Chrysantheniunis — Chrysanthemuui Mrs. G. A. 



I^otze ( lllus. ) 1612 



— Ontdoor Chrysanthemums 1612 



— Early Chrysanthemums 1612 



— Chrysanthemum Mrs. l.add (lllus.) 1012 



— Chrysanthemum Ungawa (lllus. ^ 1612 



— Flowers By Mall 1612 



— Chrysanthemum So<'lety 1612 



Koses — Preparing to I'ropagate 161:! 



— Uose Mrs. Uuosevelt 1613 



Obituary— Wm. t>oogue 1614 



— R. J. Mendenhal 1614 



Society of American Florists 1614 



H. N. Bruns (portrait) 1615 



The Ketall Florist— Presentation Pieces.... 161."> 



Express Kate I'etftion 1616 



Chicago 1617 



St. trails 101".> 



Twin Cities 1620 



Boston 102O 



Ito<-hester. X. Y 1621 



New York 1621 



Phlladeli(hi;i 1624 



Denver 1624 



Prizes Awarded 1625 



Marketing at Wholesale 1625 



Forcing Spini-a 1627 



A Florist s Slunvgrouiid 1627 



Air-Plants 1628 



Cleveland 162» 



Packing Plants 1029 



The Praying .Mantis UKSO 



Seed Trade News \\X.\'i 



— Catalogue Illustrations ]0;t;l 



— Colorado Seed Crops lt;:{4 



— General Seed Advertising 10:{4 



Vegetable Forcing 16:16 



— Making Hotbeds lO-lO 



Want .\dvert isenients 10:{S 



New Orleans I(i45 



Steamer Sailings Itt4.-| 



Nursery News 1(146 



— Kamsey on Pe<-ans 1(U« 



— Knibellishinent of Waysiiles 1046 



I'aclHc Coast — San Francisco l»i4S 



— Street Trees , 1648 



Alonlreal I(i4!t 



Detroit lO.'iO 



Topeka. Kan IftV* 



Kutherford, N. .1 ia52 



fincinnati ]6."i4 



The l{e<Hird Uock (iarden 1663 



New I'oppies lOO.*! 



Ixoras » 166:! 



Baltimore 1064 



Toledo. Ohio 1066 



Bk>onisburg. Pa 1(!6" 



Washington 1668 



Petoskey', Mich. — E. T. Hammond & 

 Co. have acquired the greenliouse prop- 

 erty and business of the late S. J. Long. 

 Mr, Hammond has been in the employ 

 of Mr. Loni;; for some time. 



Oranoe, N, J. — The monthly meeting 

 of the New Jersey Floricultural Society 

 was held November 2. Orchids and chrys- 

 anthemums were out in force. The topic 

 of the evening was "Our Fall Show." 

 Favorable reports were received from all 

 sources promising a successful exhibi- 

 tion. 



EXPRESS RATE PETITION. 



The following is the full text of the 

 petition filed with the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission at Washington, enti- 

 tled: 



Society of American Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists vs. United States 

 Express Co. 



The petition of the above named com- 

 plainant respectfully shows: 



I. That complainant is a corporation 

 organized and existing* under the laws 

 of the United States by virtue of an Act 

 of Congress of March 4, 1901, having its 

 principal office at the city of Washing- 

 ton, in the District of Columbia, and is 

 engaged in the development and advance- 

 ment of floriculture and horticulture 

 throughout the United States. That one 

 branch of its duties is to protect the in- 

 terests of its members in regard to 

 transportation rates and facilities; and 

 this proceeding is brought on behalf of 

 its members located at certain ])oints in 

 the states of New Jersey and Pennsyl- 

 vania who are engaged in interstate 

 shipments of flowers to the city of New 

 York, in the state of New York, over 

 defendant carrier 's express line, 



II. That the above named defendant 

 is an express company engaged in inter- 

 state commerce as a common carrier by 

 express over various lines of railroad in 

 different states of the United States, 

 more particularly between points in the 

 states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania 

 and points in the state of New York, 

 and as such common carrier is subject to 

 the provisions of the Act to Regulate 

 Commerce, approved February 4, 1887, as 

 amended by the Act of June 29, 1906, 

 entitled "An Act to Amend an Act En- 

 titled * An Act to Regulate Commerce, ' 

 approved February 4, 1887, and all acts 

 amendatory thereof, and to enlarge the 

 powers of the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, " 



III. That in the course of their busi- 

 ness members of complainant association 

 located at various points in New Jersey 

 and Pennsylvania make shipments of 

 flowers from such points to the city of 

 New York. That quick handling of 

 these shipments is so essential, that the 

 use of defendant's express line, even at 

 higher rates than those of railroad com- 

 ])anies, has been and is absolutely neces- 

 sary. That on or about the first day of 

 May, 1906, defendant arbitrarily and un- 

 justly increased its' express charges on 

 flowers from the points named to New 

 York city. That the following table 

 shows the places, the express charges 

 prior to May 1, 1906, and the advanced 

 express charges of defendant, in cents 

 per 100 j>ounds: 



Charges prior to Charges since 



From. May 1. IJNKi. May 1. liXMi. 



Somprvllle. N. .T .V»c fl.OO 



Chatham. N. J 5(ic 1.00 



Allentown. Pa 6<»c 1.00 



Philadelphia, Pa 7.">c 1.00 



inilside. Pa 75c l.<Kl 



l)(irran<'etown. Pa 1'n- 1.0.» 



That said advance in charges by de- 

 fendant was altogether unwarrantable 

 and unjustified by the circumstances of 

 the case, and the present charges are 

 unjust and unreasonable of themselves 

 and generally. That complainant's 

 members at said points are willing to 

 ])ay express charges largely in excess of 

 what carriers by railroad would be likely 

 to charge on such commodity between 

 the same points, but it allies that the 

 above-named advanced rates are so un- 

 just and so much in excess of what they 

 should be that their exaction is verv 



nearly ruinous. That prior to May 1, 

 1906, the empty boxes or cases which 

 contained the flowers were either re- 

 turned free or at a nominal charge by 

 defendant, from New York city to said 

 points, but that since said date defend- 

 ant unreasonably exacts the same charge 

 j)er 100 pounds for the return of the 

 •empties as it exacts for the flowers 

 themselves. That this additional burden 

 placed by defendant on such shippers is 

 unjustified and should be changed. That 

 these flower shipments are, in a major- 

 ity of cases, delivered by complainant 

 at the railroad stations, and the defend- 

 ant is not required to call for them at 

 the greenhouses. That the markets in 

 New York city are bunched in a very 

 circumscribed area, so that in cases of 

 delivery to places of business defendant 

 is not required to cart shipments long 

 distances. That the express-carriage of 

 flowers does not call for any special 

 service other tiian promptness of deliv- 

 ery, and much of the cost whicli defend- 

 ant has to assume in collecting and de- 

 livering ordinary merchandise is elimi- 

 nated. 



IV. That by reason of the premises 

 defendant has been and is subjecting 

 complainant's members at said points in 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania and their 

 shipments of flowers to the payment of 

 unjust and unreasonable express charges, 

 as above set forth, and has been and is 

 subjecting such members, the places in 

 New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and the 

 traffic in flowers, to unjust discrimina- 

 tion and unreasonable prejudice and dis- 

 advantage, in violation of the provisions 

 of the Act to Regulate Commerce, as 

 amended, and more particularly sections 

 one, two and three thereof. 



Wherefore, complainant prays that 

 the defendant be required to promptly 

 answer the charges herein ; that after 

 due hearing and investigation an order 

 be made requiring said defendant to 

 wholly cease and desist from the afore- 

 said violations of the provisions of said 

 Act to Regulate Commerce, as amended; 

 that a further order be issued fixing 

 reasonable and just rates for the trans- 

 portation of flowers by defendant be- 

 tween said points in New Jersey and 

 Pennsylvania and the city of New York, 

 N. Y, ; that the Commission also pre- 

 scribe such rules or regulations, in lieu 

 of those now existing over defendant's 

 line, as will in the future operate to 

 prevent the continuance of any unjust 

 discrimination or undue or unreasonable 

 prejudice or disadvantage to said New 

 Jersey and Pennsylvania points and to 

 complainant association's members, in 

 the matter of the transportation of flow- 

 ers from said points to New York city, 

 and that such other and further orders 

 may be entered as the Commission may 

 deem necessary in the premises and com- 

 plainant's cause may appear to require. 



Freeport. III. — John Bauschcr has 

 furnished the city council an itemized 

 proposition for planting flower beds in 

 the four parks of the city for 1907. 



Toledo, O.— A. L. Griffin, of Clyde, 

 will open a flower store at 901 Jefferson 

 avenue November 10. He is doing nicely 

 these days, having recently acquired a 

 wife. 



Toledo, O. — The Perennial Gardens 

 Co. is constructing six large green- 

 houses on its five-acre tract in Miami. 

 The company will grow hardy stock 

 roses, palms, etc. 



