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The Weekly Florists' Re vie w^ 



FEBRUAUY 14, ie07. 



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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 op 

 Tuesday morning at latest, instead 

 of Wednesday morning, as many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



Seasonable Suggestions 923 



— Geraniums 1)23 



— Pelargoniums 923 



— Heliotropes 923 



— Lemon Verbena 923 



— Jerusalem Cherries 923 



— Coleus and Alternantheras 923 



— Salvia Splendens 923 



— Easter Lilies 923 



— Hybrid Roses 923 



Wreath of Orchids and Adlantum (illus.).-- 923 



The American Kose Society 924 



Germination of Seeds 923 



The Ketall Florist — Profitable Advertising 



(illus.) 925 



— A Canadian Design (illus.) 926 



— A Decorator's Aid (Illus.) 926 



Mr. Wilcox Visits Texas 926 



violets— Trouble With Violets 927 



— Too High Temperature 927 



— Good Place for Violets 928 



Carnations — Some Chicago Seedlings (illus.) 92.S 



— Mr. Stroud's Opinion 929 



— Carnation Notes — West 930 



— For Similar Treatment 931 



— Carnations on Solid Bench 1»31 



— Carnation White Perfection 931 



— Leaf-Spot Again 931 



Roses— Repotting 932 



— The Hybridization of Roses 932 



— Food for Teas 933 



Boston 933 



Gladiolus America 934 



The Death Roll— Albert Helnl 934 



Illinois Association 934 



Chicago 935 



Pittsburg • 938 



Baltimore 939 



Philadelphia 939 



New York 942 



St. Louis 946 



Beatrice, Neb 948 



Want Advertisements 948 



Vegetable Forcing 950 



— Vegetable Markets 9.50 



— Starting Spring Plants 050 



— The Gloomiest Ever 951 



Seed Trade News 9.52 



— Lillum Longiflorum 954 



— Imiwrts 9.56 



— Toledo Grass Seed Market 9.56 



— Clover and Grass Report 956 



— Dutch Bulb Prospects 957 



— Catalogues Received 957 



Detroit 958 



Watering Primulas 959 



Milwaukee 960 



Trouble With Bursas 067 



Steamer Sailings 967 



Nursery News 968 



— Planting Evergreens 968 



— Premium Berries 968 



— Texans Unite Forces 968 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 970 



— Spokane, Wash 970 



— Evergreen Hedges 970 



Indianapolis 972 



Springfield. Ohio 972 



Twin Cities 974 



Cincinnati 976 



Washington 978 



Grand Rapids 988 



Paper White Narcissi 988 



Wayside Notes 989 



Greenhouse Heating — To Heat Six Houses.. 990 



— Four-Inch Pipe 990 



— Piping for Steam 991 



Newport, R. 1 992 



An importer at Philadelphia, Alex. 

 Murphy & Co., protested at the duty 

 assessed on cycas stems, claiming they 

 were to be admitted free as palm leaves 

 in their natural state, but the Board of 

 General Appraisers reaffirmed the old 

 classification as nursery stock and the 

 usual rate of duty. 



Before ordering stock for import, con- 

 sult . the Review 's page for European 

 advertisers. 



The imports of window glass for the 

 week ending February 2 were 3,252 

 boxes of 100 feet, valued at $21,104. 



The National Council of Horticulture, 

 to make its press service attractive to 

 editors, does not send the same articles 

 for publication to competing papers. 



At Boston a city ordinance is pro- 

 posed which will make greenhouse own- 

 ers liable to arrest and fine if they em- 

 ploy any other than licensed firemen. 



Heretofore young stock of carna- 

 tions has all gone in one direction, 

 from America to Europe, but now there 

 will be reciprocal relations; all the 

 growers here will want to try Britannia, 

 the scarlet that eclipsed Victory and 

 Robert Craig at London. 



The east had heavy snow and cold 

 weather the first of this week, but all 

 the rest of the country has much im- 

 proved growing conditions, including 

 bright skies. In the Mississippi valley it 

 was springlike February 13, while it was 

 10 degrees below zero at Boston. 



GLADIOLUS AMERICA. 



Referring to Mr. Childs' article, page 

 862, of the Review for February 7, I 

 beg to state that the facts of the case 

 were discussed between us in correspond- 

 ence before I prepared my address to 

 the American Breeders' Association last 

 month, and as Mr. Childs was unable 

 to meet my statement of facts, he dis- 

 continued the correspondence. 



Although he could not meet my proof 

 at that time, he evidently did not be- 

 lieve me, for he now says that he with- 

 drew owing to my absurd contentions at 

 that time. He now repeats his views 

 in the Review, and its readers will be 

 able to distinguish where the absurdity 

 lies. 



As the corms of America (as such) 

 were first offered last season, that was 

 my first opportunity to see the blo»m, 

 as I never leave home at that season 

 of the year. I recognized it as my No. 

 119, which I had grown and sold in 

 collections for years, and which, accord- 

 ing to my practice, for purposes of ob- 

 servation, I ^ow a few corms under 

 number. Purchasers of my collections 

 also wrote voluntarily that they, too, 

 had first received it in my stock. 



My reasons for not introducing Amer- 

 ica under name have been public prop- 

 erty for years, and it is well known that 

 I have never sold any of my hybrids in 

 this way alone. I am an originator, 

 not a grower, and my practice has al- 

 ways been to select, if at all, in collec- 

 tions of a certain standard, and that 

 containing America contains hundreds 

 of others equally desirable. Hence the 

 popularity of my introductions. I also 

 sold some of the original seedlings as 

 such. 



As Mr. Childs has indicated the limit 

 of his knowledge of the extent and char- 

 acter of my work, I beg to confirm his 

 statement, as I also wrote him that it is 

 exceedingly small. 



In reply to his statement that Amer- 

 ica is largely of Childsi blood, I chal- 

 lenge him to prove this by a single char- 

 acteristic, assuming that he refers to 

 the reputed parentage of Gandavensis 

 X Saundersii, which should bear the 

 name of Prof. Max Leitchlin, and not 



the aggregation of purchase now 

 masquerading upder the present title as 

 a distinct strain. 



The statement as to my remarks on 

 the maturing habit of the cormels is 

 sufficient to stultify the writer of the 

 whole article, as 1 nev^r said anything 

 of the kind, but this is on a par with 

 his ignoring other facts, submitted by 

 me in direct correspondence. 



Immediately after digging the corms 

 and applying the last possible test of 

 comparison, I advised Mr. Childs of the 

 result; therefore there was no delay in 

 advancing my claims, as he has stated, 

 but these are facts that he considers ab- 

 surd. To some truth is always absurd, 

 but the intelligent public can distin- 

 guish wheat from tares. 



H. H. Grofp. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Albert Heinl. 



Albert Heinl, secretary of the Webb 

 Banking Co., Peoria, 111., died January 

 28, after an attack of the grip followed 

 by congestion of the brain. He was the 

 son of Joseph Heinl, of the firm of Heinl 

 & Sons, Jacksonville, 111., but Albert did 

 not engage in business with his father 

 and brothers. He followed the jewelry 

 business for a number of years, but 

 about two years ago entered the employ 

 of the Weblj Banking Co. Being a 

 member of the Knights Templars and 

 the Mystic Shriners, the burial was con- 

 ducted by the Masonic fraternity. 



ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION. 



The second annual meeting of the Illi- 

 nois State Florists' Association will be 

 held at Bloomington, 111., February 19 

 and 20. The following is the program: 



February 19 — Afternoon Session. 



Report of the Secretary. 



President's address. 



Business of the association. 



Evening Session. 



Banquet given by the Bloomington Florists' 

 Club. 



Februwry 20 — Morning Session. 



A paper, "The Florists and the Experiment 

 Station," by A. C. Beal, Instructor In Floricul- 

 ture, University of Illinois. 



A paper, "Carnations at the Toronto Show," 

 by W. N. Rudd, President Mt. Greenwood Ceme- 

 tery Association. 



A paper, "Effect of Light and Shade on 

 Plants," by H. Hasselbring, University of Chl- 

 eago. 



A paper, "The Development of Floriculture In 

 Illinois," by J. C. Blair, Professor of Horticul- 

 ture, University of Illinois. 



Election of officers. 



The meeting promises to be a grand 

 success, and it will be worth the while of 

 every florist in the state to attend. Be- 

 sides the regular speakers, it is expected 

 men of prominence in the profession out- 

 side of the state will attend and help to 

 make the discussions lively. The officers 

 are: President, J. F. Ammann, Ed- 

 wardsville, 111.; secretary, H. Hassel- 

 bring, Chicago, 111.; treasurer, Geo. A. 

 Kuhl, Pekin, 111. 



The following are the hotels of Bloom- 

 ington with their rates, American plan: 



Illinois hotel, rates |2.50 to |3.00 per day 



Hills house, rates 2.00 to 2.50 per day 



Folsome hotel, rates 1.25 per day 



Clifton house, rates 1.00 to 1.25 per day 



Arnold hotel, rates 1.25 per day 



The Illinois hotel will be headquar- 

 ters. Any one wishing rooms engaged will 

 be provided for if he writes to P. L. 

 Washburn, Bloomington, 111. There is 

 every prospect of a large attendance and 

 an excellent exhibition, the best ever 

 seen in the state outside of Chicago. The 

 committee invites every florist to come 

 and bring his competitor. 



