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The Weekly Florists' R^view^ 



NOTXMBEB 15, 1906. 



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a printed Wednesday evenlnsf 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. 



A MARTYR TO THE PROFESSION. 



CONTENTS. 



Miscellaneous Seasouable Hints 1701 



— Roses for Spring 170I 



— Handling Hybrid Perpetuais 1701 



— Storing Outdoors 1701 



— Forcing Into Bloom 1701 



— The Uamblers 1701 



— Summer Bloomers 170I 



— Best H. P. Koses for Pots 1701 



The Twenty-flves at Boston (llius.) 1701 



The Autumn Exhibition — Chicago— (lilus.) . 1702 



— First Prize Group at Bostou (illus.) 1705 



— The Banquet at Chicago (llius.) 1707 



— Poughkeepsie, N. Y 1708 



— Philadelphia 1708 



A National Flower Show 1708 



Illinois Association 1709 



International Conference 1700 



American Rose Society 1709 



Roses — Hill's New Rose 1710 



— Care of Cut Stock 1710 



Chrysanthemums— The Mums at Merstham. 1710 



— White Sport of Wm. Duckham (lilus.).. 1711 



— Some of the Kovelties (illus.) 1712 



— Influence of Climate 1712 



E. Gurney Hill (portrait) 1713 



President Duckham's Address 1713 



The Men We Meet— Alfred J. Loveless 



(portrait) 1714 



Chrysanthemum Society 17J4 



Changing Plant Habits 1715 



Lily of the Valley— Pips for Various Pur- 



^Poses 1718 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 1717 



— Making a Beginning 1717 



— K«8t 1717 



— Thrips 1717 



— Lime for Benches 1718 



The Midlothian Pergola (Illus.) 1718 



A Question on Bulbs 1718 



Cement Benches 1710 



House of Dendrobiums (IHus.) 1719 



Boston 1710 



I'hlladelphla 1720 



Toledo, Ohio 1720 



Montreal 1720 



Thanksgiving Advertising (llius.) 1721 



Indianapolis 1722 



New York 1722 



Cincinnati 1723 



Columbus, Ohio 1723 



St. Louis 1724 



Chicago 1724 



IJetrolt 172,') 



A Martyr to the Profession 1720 



National Council 172C 



(Jrare Decorations 1720 



Obituary — Edward Littig 1720 



— Wm. Tricker, Sr 1720 



— R. W. Wilklns 1720 



— Charles Wester Ctnrk 172« 



— Bertha H. Engclmann I72(i 



Want Advertisemeuts 172!» 



New Orleans 1732 



Seed Trade News I734 



— Valley Pips Arriving I73ri 



— Ferry's Charlevoix I'lant 1735 



— 'European Seed Notes 1730 



— Onion Deliveries 17.*i8 



— German Seed Crops 173s 



— Irondequolt ( illus. ) I73i( 



— Lllluni Trade in England 1740 



— Some European Novelties 1'740 



Vegetable Forcing — Lettuce 1741 



Kansas City I744 



Nursery News 17ri2 



— Edward Y. Teas (portrait) 1752 



— Nut Growers' Convention 1763 



— Utah Inspection 17.')3 



Pacific Coast — Los Angeles, Cal 1754 



— Hard Wood Stock 1751 



— The "Review's" Portland Correspondent 

 (portrait) 1754 



— Pacific Coast Society 1754 



— San Francisco 1755 



Wayside Notes 1780 



Pittsburg 1762 



Twin Cities 1764 



Washington 1760 



Trouble With Hot Water 176S 



Water Circulation 1770 



Montgomery, Ala 1770 



Boiler Capacity 1772 



Piping a Small House 1774 



By a Constant Reader. 



Of William Scott so many boast 

 It is to him they speak the toast; 

 , His fame has spread both far and wide 

 He's known on this and "the other side." 

 The letters come from every part, 

 Each to learn the missing art. 



If something alls your valley pips 

 At once his name comes to your lips; 

 Quick you write to find your failing 

 And swift he tells where you are ailing. 



Each week yon read with eager ways 

 To find the way each flower pays. 

 And Soon the harvest begins to come. 

 Be it with fuchsia or chrysanthemum. 



Where'er you go he's on the top; 

 Be it at shows or at the shop. 

 They all seek him for kind advice 

 To find the way to kill wood-lice. 



He's not a man to create new freaks 

 Like those of which O'Mara speaks. 

 But h« knows the kind that bring the coin, 

 So others have learned with him to join. 



He's set a mark for his name to stay. 

 To be as great each of you may; 

 Just keep to the right and follow his pen 

 And you'll be the greatest of all great men. 



NATIONAL COUNCIL. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 held a meeting at the Auditorium hotel, 

 Chicago, November 9, and canvassed the 

 subject of extending the scope of the 

 press bureau. Greater funds are avail- 

 able this year than for last season's 

 successful trial, and it is proposed to 

 do more and better work. The general 

 direction will be in the hands of Prof. 

 H. C. Irish, president of the St. Louis 

 Florists' Club, and the details in charge 

 of Jas. H. Burdett, of Chicago. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Smith's Chrysanthemum Manual, revised edi- 

 tion, by Elmer D. Smith, published by Nathan 

 Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich., 40 cents. 



The first edition of Smith's Chrysan- 

 themum Manual sold so well that its 

 author was encouraged to undertake its 

 revision and expansion to the total of 

 98 pages found in the present volume, 

 which is a distinct improvement over the 

 first book, not only in cultural matter 

 but in mechanical execution. Many of 

 the important chapters have been re- 

 written, giving more complete details, 

 with additional illustrations. It is a 

 book which every chrysanthemum grower 

 will want. It will be sent postpaid if 40 

 cents is mailed to the Beview. 



GRAVE DECORATION. 



Could you give me any information or 

 instruction as regards decorating a 

 grave. Our undertaker saw a grave dec- 

 orated in California that, when the cas- 

 ket was placed on the lowering machine, 

 the decoration gave way and after the 

 casket passed down the decoration 

 sprang back in place again; in other 

 words, the grave was covered entirely. 



W. M. N. 



The grave referred to probably was 

 decorated with spruce or evergreen 

 boughs held in place over the open grave 

 by having their stem ends placed under 

 planks around the edges of the grave, 

 and these in turn were hidden by placing 

 other evergreen boughs over the planks. 

 When the bearers stand at the grave- 

 side lowering the casket their weight 

 tends to hold the boughs rigid across the 

 opening, so that the boughs spring back 

 into place after the casket has passed 

 through them. The boughs should be 

 long enough to meet at the center of 

 the grave. When desired, loose flowers 



may be laid on or at the edge of the 

 grave. R. J. Haiqht. 



OBITUARY. 



Edward Littig. 



While returning from a football game 

 November 3 Edward Littig, Davenport, 

 la., tried to climb into a buggy, became 

 entangled in the wheels, and before the 

 horse could be stopped was dragged some 

 little distance and had sustained fata] 

 injuries. His left foot was literally torn 

 off at th^ ankle, he sustained a fracture 

 of the skull, his knee cap was fractured 

 and his body was considerably bruised. 

 He was removed to St. Luke's hospital, 

 where he died the next morning. Mr. 

 Littig was about 25 years of age. He 

 was a graduate of Harvard University, 

 and until recently was a member of the 

 firm of Littig Bros. He is survived by 

 his parents and several brothers and sis- 

 ters. 



William Tricker, Sr. 



William Tricker, Sr., one of the best 

 known residents of Media, Pa., died Oc- 

 tober 27 at the home of his daughter,. 

 Mrs. Garrett Bond, at Village View, near 

 Media. Mr. Tricker was 74 years of age. 

 About three months ago he suffered a 

 stroke of paralysis from which he never 

 fully recovered. Deceased was a florist 

 and for many years conducted the only 

 greenhouses in Media. Mr. Tricker is 

 survived by three sons and two daugh- 

 ters: William H., John and Edward, 

 Margaret and Eliza. Mrs. Tricker died 

 about a year and a half ago. 



R. V. WUkins. 



K. W, Wilkins, a well known florist, 

 died November 8 at his home a £e^ 

 miles from Tampa, Fla., death occur- 

 ring at the age of 58 years. Deceased 

 leaves a wife and four children. 



Charles Webster Clark. 



Charles W. Clark, who was born in 

 Brooklyn, N. Y., May 9, 1861, died at 

 his home in that city November 3. He 

 was a member of the New York avenue 

 M. E. church. He leaves a wife, Cassie, 

 a son and two daughters. 



Bertha H. Engelmano. 



After an illness of several months. 

 Bertha Henrietta Engelmann, wife of 

 F. A. Engelmann, entered into rest at 

 6:30 p. m. November 8, aged 48 years 

 and 5 months. Deceased was born at 

 Leipzig, Germany, and was always of a 

 loving and kind disposition, making 

 friends wherever she went. She is sur- 

 vived by her husband, F. A. Engelmann, 

 florist and gardener to E. C. Dameron, 

 of Clarksville, Mo.; two sons, Wm. A. 

 Engelmann and Alfred Engelmann, for- 

 merly with the Berno Floral Co., Mans- 

 field, O., and a daughter, who will take 

 her mother's place in the home. 



Eldora, Ia. — Chas. F. Vorbeck, gar- 

 dener at the State Industrial School, re- 

 cently returned from a trip to Germany. 



Des Moines, Ia. — The Iowa Seed Co. 

 celebrated its thirty-sixth anniversary 

 November 9 and 10 and issued a neat 

 souvenir containing a history of the 

 house. 



Salem, O. — John Miller has purchased 

 the greenhouse on the Baelz property. 

 He will dismantle it, and use what ma- 

 terial is available for an addition to his 

 other greenhouses. 



