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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOVBMBBE 22, 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 

 qI Wednesday morning, as many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



Roses — Preparations for Grafting 5 



— Climbing Rose Tausendschon 5 



— Place for Thermometer 5 



— Spider and Mildew 5 



— Trouble with KUlaruey 5 



— How to Bud Roses (lllus.) 6 



Chrysanthemums — Mums Outdoors 6 



— Thrlps 6 



— New Chrysanthemums 6 



— The Extremes 7 



— A House of Ivory (lllus. ) 7 



— Another Case of Thrlps 7 



G. W. Renard (portrait) ; 7 



Chrysanthemum Society 7 



Carnations— Carnation Notes — West 8 



— Syringed on Wet Day 8 



— Bacterlosls 8 



— Feeding , 9 



— American Carnation Society 9 



— Carnation Wlnsor (lllus.) 9 



Notes from England 9 



The Retail Florist— Presentation Pieces (lllus.) 10 



— Decorators' Aids 10 



— A Bridal Bouquet (lllus.) . 10 



— The Art of Salesmanship 10 



The Autumn Exhibitions — Providence 12 



— Baltimore 12 



Store of Myer, New York (lllus.) 12 



Houston, Tex 13 



Columbus 13 



Laurel Wreathing (lllus.) 13 



C. H. Roney (portrait) 14 



Utlca, N. Y 14 



Boston 15 



Society of American Florists 16 



— Express Company Files Answer 16 



— Department of Registration 16 



Chicago 16 



Denver 20 



St. Louis 21 



Philadelphia 22 



New York 24 



Cleveland 26 



Buffalo 27 



Detroit 27 



Davenport, la 29 



Toledo, 30 



Wan,t Advertisements 30 



Seed Trade News 31 



— Valley Pips Arriving 32 



— Mr. Henry Assumes 32 



— European Seed Trade Notes 32 



— Imports 33 



— Cucumbers in Iowa 33 



Rochester, N. Y 34 



Vegetable Forcing — The Markets 34 



— Trouble with Lettuce 34 



— Tomatoes 36 



New Orleans 38 



Steamer Sailings 45 



Pittsburg 45 



Nursery News 46 



— Tree Seeds in Germany 46 



— Embellishment of Waysides 46 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 48 



— Carnations Outdoors 48 



— Apples in the Northwest 4S 



Austin, Tex 49 



Indianapolis 50 



Baltimore 50 



Washington 52 



Cincinnati 54 



Twin Cities 56 



Greenhouse Heating ^ 66 



Providence, R. 1 68 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — The trade here 

 is suffering from an over-production of 

 chrysanthemums. The greenhouses are 

 filled with mums and, despite the fact 

 that they are selling fast, there is a big 

 surplus. 



SPEQAL CHRISTMAS ISSUE. 



The Special Christmas Number of the 

 Review will be issued as usual, being 

 mailed to the trade on the morning of 

 December 13. The special issues of the 

 Eeview are of such great interest to the 

 whole trade that the advertising in them 

 is increasing not only steadily but rap- 

 idly. Advertisers will give us much as- 

 sistance in turning out a well printed 

 Christmas Number by sending advertis- 

 ing copy early. 



with the request that the complaint of 

 the S. A. F. be dismissed. 



GOOD PACKING. 



A man does not require a college edu- 

 cation to be able to pack plants so that 

 they will ship safely; rather does he re- 

 quire a little of) that genius which has 

 been defined as the ability to do small 

 things well. Almost anyone may learn 

 how plants should be packed, and also 

 how they should not be packed, by not- 

 ing the packing of the various shipments 

 which he receives. There is no detail of 

 the plantsman's business which is of 

 greater importance than the packing. 

 No matter how good stock may be when 

 it is sent out, if it is not well packed it 

 is more or less valueless when it reaches 

 its destination some hundreds of miles 

 away. Any man who hopes to build up 

 a wholesale business in plants, or who 

 even expects to maintain an outlet for 

 his surplus stock, cannot afford the big 

 little detail of packing his stock well. 



SOQETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS 



Express Company Answers. 



The United States Express Co. has 

 made answer to the complaint of the 

 Society of American Florists, which was 

 filed against it a short time ago, with 

 the Interstate Commerce Commission at 

 "Washington, 



It will be remembered that the com- 

 plaint was based on the raising of rates 

 by the express company on flowers car- 

 ried from points in Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey to New York City. In its 

 answer, by its attorneys, Boardman, 

 Piatt & Dunning, of 35 Wall street. 

 New York City, the company practically 

 denies knowledge of the existence of the 

 Society of American Florists and its 

 work. It admits that "certain individ- 

 uals and companies made shipments of 

 flowers from the points mentioned in the 

 complaint" to New York City. It de- 

 nies that the present rates on flowers 

 are unjust or unreasonable, and further 

 denies that prior to May 1, 1906, empty 

 boxes were returned free of charge from 

 New York City, but that prior to May 1, 

 1906, the rates on empty boxes returned 

 from New York City to the points men- 

 tioned were: "Under fifteen pounds, 5 

 cents each; over fifteen pounds, 10 cents 

 each ; refrigerator boxes, 25 cents each. ' ' 

 It denies that since May 1, 1906, it has 

 unreasonably exacted the same charges 

 per 100 pounds for the return of emp- 

 ties as it exacts for flowers. 



The answer states that at Somerville 

 and Chatham, N. J; Philadelphia, Allen- 

 town and Dorranceton, Pa., the company 

 maintains, "at great expense," wagon 

 service which is available to all shippers 

 of flowers, "without charge other than 

 the said express rates," It says that 

 the shippers of flowers at these places 

 bring their shipments to the stations at 

 an unreasonably short time before the 

 departure of trains, causing serious in- 

 convenience to express agents. It closes 



Department of Plant Registration. 



The H. Weber & Sons Co., Oakland,. 

 Md., submits for registration the fol- 

 lowing : 



Carnation Toreador, white, overlaid 

 with deep pink, after the style of Pros- 

 perity, but showing more and deeper 

 color, particularly the inner portion of 

 the flower, bounded on the outer edge of 

 petals by a distinct white zone. Flowers 

 fully as large as Prosperity at its best. 

 A strong grower, stems long and extra 

 strong. 



Chrysanthemum Weber's Chadwick, a 

 yellow sport of Golden Chadwick, much 

 deeper in color than its parent and sev- 

 eral shades deeper than Major Bonnaf- 

 fon. Wm. J. Stewart, See'y- 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



The market was exceedingly dull all 

 last week, local demand being light and 

 shipping trade nothing to brag about in 

 the later days of the period. This week 

 opened with three days of dark, stormy 

 weather, such as is not favorable to tran- 

 sient trade, and those houses which do 

 not cater specially to the shipping de- 

 mand noted little improvement. Lighter 

 receipts have in a measure improved the 

 tone of the market, but there is not the 

 activity which is to be expected in the 

 latter half of November. 



Chrysanthemums became a serious glut 

 last week and first-class stock sold at 

 prices which looked insignificant as com- 

 pared with the values realized earlier in 

 the season. The best grade has sold 

 fairly well, although at reduced prices. 

 It has been the small, weak-stemmed 

 stuff which has piled up. The receipts 

 have been far ahead of the market re- 

 quirements and clean-up sales have been 

 made at little or nothing after the stock 

 got stale. It looks as though the end of 

 the chrysanthemum season is not far off. 

 Doubtless there will be small supplies up 

 to Christmas, but a few days -• after 

 Thanksgiving will see the mums pretty 

 well out of the way. 



Even Beauties have been rather more 

 than equal to the demand in the last 

 week. First-class Brides and Maids 

 have failed to hold up to quotations, 

 there being larger receipts than the daily 

 requirements, and short and weak- 

 stemmed roses have sold very low. There 

 are large crops of both Liberty and 

 Richmond. The quality of all roses 

 averages excellent. 



The carnation crops have been retard- 

 ed by unfavorable weather, but there are 

 enough to go the rounds. First-class 

 stock is to be had in all the wholesale 

 houses and prices have been fairly well 

 maintained. It looks as though growers 

 are holding back for Thanksgiving, and 

 if this is the case they will have occasion 

 to regret their action, for the big ship- 

 ping orders for carnations which have 

 usually been a feature of the market are 

 lacking this year; recent prices have 

 scared off the big buyers. 



Supplies of Harrisii and callas have 

 been light and orders diflScult to fill. 

 True to the prediction of H. N. Bruns, 

 quoted in the "Review five or six weeks 

 ago, valley has become quite scarce and 

 prices on the best stock have advanced 

 to $5 per hundred, which is about the 

 limit. Buyers usually turn to something 



