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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEUBEB 15, 1006. 



garden," which to the commercial 

 grower meant a standing and expanding 

 interest in outdoor flonU decorjitions of 

 all kinds. 



Letters wdre read from P. A. Lynch, 

 West Grove, Pa. ; Jas. J. Curran, Salem, 

 Va., t»nd Patrick Welch, Boston, Maas., 

 encoufaging the best efforts pojaible to 

 make the show at the capital of th^ 

 nation a great success. 



Since the committee meeting in Au- 

 gust, S. S. Pennock, of Philadelphia, had 

 sent in an application for life member- 

 ship, with the full fee of $50. 



A special prize of $10 was reported 

 for an exhibit of three good roses, suit- 

 able for dooryard planting, that hold the 

 foUage to the best advantage. Kobert 

 Simpson, Gifton, N. J., offered a silver 



cup valued at $50 for the best collection 

 of crimson rosee. H. O. May, Summit, 

 N. J., offered a silver cup valued at $25 

 for American seedling roses not yet in- 

 troduced. F. E. Pierson, Tarry town, N. 

 Y., offered a silver cup valued at $25 

 for the best collection of hybrid Wich- 

 uraiana, and ex-President W. C. Barry 

 advised that his firm would be pleased to 

 offer a suitable prize, to be designated 

 later. 



It was moved by Mr. May and second- 

 ed by Mr. Farenwald that the chair 

 appoint a committee to prepare a synop- 

 sis of the organization and doings of the 

 American Rose Society up to the present 

 time. The chair appointed the secretary 

 and vice-president, Mr. Pierson, as such 

 committee. Benj. Hammond, 



Sec'y. 



HILL'S NEW ROSE. 



To the general florist there probably, 

 was nothing at the Chicago show which 

 compared in interest to Hill's new rose. 

 This is a seedling raised by the E. G. 

 Hill Co., at Bichmond, Ind., and is the 

 result of a number of crosses, so that 

 the parentage is somewhat involved. 

 The color is the red of the American 

 Beauty, and the variety will be not at 

 all a competitor of Liberty or Eich- 

 mond; rather it will be a rival of 

 Beauty, although the character of 

 growth is quite different. The flower is 

 about the shape of Bride or Bridesmaid 

 at their best, and it has about the same 

 fullness, the size being possibly a little 

 larger than in these standard sorts when 

 in their best shape. It is stated by 

 members of the Hill firm that the va- 

 riety is as free a bloomer as either Bride 

 or Bridesmaid, and consequently it is 

 expected to prove a profitable sort for 

 everyone to grow. At present the stock 

 consists of a bench 200 feet long. The 

 present plan is to disseminate the va- 

 riety January 1, 1908. 



CASE OF CUT STOCK. 



The care of stock after the cut is 

 taken and until it is sold should, if we 

 desire to add to our reputation, receive a 

 great deal of attention. The cut, imme- 

 diately after being taken and before the 

 wound has had time to dry, should be 

 immersed in water. The water should 

 be at a temperature not to exceed that 

 of the house from which the cut was 

 taken, nor below 42 degrees. The stock 

 should then be placed in a room which 

 should be at a temperature of from 48 

 to 52 degrees. 



By allowing the cut to remain at that 

 temperature for eight or ten hours be- 

 fore shipping, the most satisfactory re- 

 sults are obtained. If they remain any 

 longer in the stock room the water ought 

 to be changed. After being kept in the 

 cooler for thirty-six hours the conscien- 

 tious grower will refuse to ship them to 

 his customers. 



As we approach the holidays there is 

 always an inclination on the part of some 

 growers to resort to pickling, and year 

 after year the same complaints are heard 

 from retailers and commission-men who 

 receive consignments for these occasions 

 which are simply rubbish when received. 

 The damage done to the trade by these 

 transactions is incalculable, giving the 

 trade an unsavory reputation with the 

 public and destroying the confidence and 

 friendship which ought to exist amongst 

 the cratt. 



Packing. 



In packing the greatest care should be 



taken to place each individual bloom in 

 such a manner that the petals may not 

 be injured nor the necks broken. A 

 small roll of tissue-paper or cotton-bat- 

 ting under the necks of each row of 

 blooms will prevent this. The whole con- 

 tents of the box should then be kept in 

 place by cleats neatly placed across the 

 box and nailed in position. These cleats 

 must not be near the necks of the buds, 

 else they are apt to do the very injury 

 they are intended to prevent. 



The paper next the blooms always 

 should be clean and new. This gives the 

 flowers a much fresher appearance than 

 if newspapers or soiled paper be the 

 material used. The wrapping should 

 always be abundant and sufficient to 

 withstand severe frost. 



Bouting instructions ought to be plain 

 and legible and addresses written plainly 

 so that the expressman may be under no 

 misapprehension as to the destination of 

 the parcel. 



By attending carefully to these condi- 

 tions, which we will do if we consider 

 the best interests of our customers, which 

 are identical with our own, we will avoid 

 many complaints. Bibes. 



A JOURNALISTIC FEATURE. 



The Herald, at Grand Eapids, Mich., 

 on November 4 published an eight-page 

 section devoted entirely to the florists 

 of that city. The front page bore a 

 reproduction in colors of the flower 

 show poster used at Chicago this year. 

 There was a general write-up of the 

 greenhouse industry, which is such an 

 important feature of the business life 

 of Grand Eapids, and there were write- 

 ups of the various individual establish- 

 ments. In addition, many of those in 

 the trade advertised in the flower sup- 

 plement, the publisher affording assist- 

 ance in the preparation of attractive 

 and interesting advertising, each adver- 

 tisement being illustrated. It was a 

 feature which must have given Grand 

 Eapids people a new idea of the magni- 

 tude of the greenhouse business, and one 

 which might well be patronized by 

 florists in other towns where publishers 

 have the enterprise to issue « similar 

 supplements. 



Lexington, Ky. — Anderson & White 

 have had an unusually busy summer and 

 fall. 



Portsmouth, O. — The Herms Co. has 

 opened a branch flower store on Chil- 

 licothe street. 



THE MUMS AT MERSTHAM 



Reason for Not Showiti£ at Chicago. 



Since the inability to send blooms of 

 new chrysanthemums as usual this year, 

 growers in America will no doubt be 

 greatly interested with descriptions of 

 the plants that in a year or two hence 

 will be household words among all mum 

 lovers in the States. We have been 



given to understand that our blooms 

 are greatly appreciated by gardeners 

 and florists when sent from here, and 

 not until within forty-eight hours or the 

 sailing of the boat were we forced to 

 abandon the idea of sending to the Chi- 

 cago exhibition. 



We have been treated by nature to 7 

 degree? of frost, heavy rain and fog 

 within one night, and the next day the 



