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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 7, 1907. 



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if 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. 



Orchids— Commercial Orchids (illus.) 1159 



Store of The Scboen Floral Co. (illus.).... 1160 



The Gates Ajar (Illus.) 1161 



Donlan on Exhibitions 1162 



Seasonable Suggestions 1162 



— CannaB 1162 



— Caladlum Esculentum 1162 



— Petunias 1162 



— Genistas 1162 



— Azaleas 1162 



— Ferns 1162 



— Care of Seedlings 1163 



The Glass Market 1163 



Charles Knopf (portrait) 1163 



HorUcultural Exhibitions 1163 



Carnations— Carnation Notes — West 1164 



— Soil for Carnations 1164 



— Pink Seedling LaWson x Enchantress 



(Illus.) 1164 



— Hellentbal's Carnations (illus.) 1165 



Delphiniums 1165 



Using Hand Pump 1165 



The Illinois Appropriation 1165 



Welland & Ollnger Plant (illus.).... 1166 



Roses— Green Fly and Red Spider 1168 



— Southern Roses Under Glass 1166 



Seen in Nebraska (illus.) 1168 



The Experiment Station 1168 



New York 1170 



Wayside Notes 1171 



The Death Roll — Herman C. Baartman.... 1171 



— Philip Winter 1171 



— Ferdinand Tschupp 1171 



— Isaac M. Brainard 1171 



— Sylvester Small 1171 



— Frank Yahnke 1171 



— James B. Ennls 1171 



Hardy Ferns 1172 



Ladies' Auxiliary 1172 



Chicago 1173 



St. Louis 1175 



Baltimore 1176 



Boston 1177 



Philadelphia 1180 



Washington . ; 1182 



Indianapolis 1182 



Columbus. Ohio 1182 



Want Advertisements 1186 



Seed Trade News « 1188 



— California Conditions 1180 



— The Spirit and the Letter 1189 



— Imports 1190 



— Free Seeds Not All Loss 1190 



— Help Yourself to Seeds 1192 



— Looking Forward 1192 



— Catalogue Illustration 1193 



Best New Sweet Peas 1194 



Huntington, L. 1 1194 



Vegetable Forcing — Feast or Famine 1196 



— McMlchael's Place (Illus.) 1195 



— Vegetable Markets 1105 



— Cincinnati Market Radish 1196 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 1204 



— Plant Trade at Frisco 1204 



Nursery News — Euonymus 1205 



— Another Bogie 1206 



— Hardy Ornamental Shrubs 1200 



— Insects and Plant Diseases 1207 



Kansas City 1210 



Detroit 1212 



Cincinnati 1214 



Pittsburg 1216 



Tarrytown, N. T 121S 



Greenhouse Heating— Size of Flow Pipe... 1228 



— Pipe Required 1228 



— Trouble with Heating 1228 



— Size of Boiler 1220 



Twin Cities 1230 



Ithaca, N. Y 1232 



The growers at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., 

 and vicinity use charcoal screenings in 

 their soil, with excellent results. 



The imports of window glass during 

 the week ending February 23 were 2,551 

 boxes of 100 feet each, valued at $5,499 

 in the consular invoices. 



THE ANNUAL 



SPECIAL SPRING NUMBER 



For Easter, 1907 



Will be issued on MARCH 21 



IT WILL BE IN KIBPING WITH THE BEST PREVIOUS SPECIAL 

 ISSUES OF TBK BBVIEW, AND THAT'S "ENOUOH SAID." 



AdTVrtlaars ^tao irlah to ftTmll thttina«lTe« ol tbla opportimltr 

 lor puttlnK tliolr speolaltlos botoro the WHOLB trad* should 



Get Copy to Us as Early as Possible 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



Canary birds and goldfish are two 

 suitable and profitable side lines for the 

 retail florist. 



The demand for greenhouse help again 

 has become strong. The labor question 

 will be an important one as the spring 

 planting season approaches. 



Louis Feeeman is to be superintendent 

 of the joint exhibition of the American 

 Eose Society and Florists' Club of Wash- 

 ington, March 13 to 15. His address is 

 1307 F street N. W., Washington, D. C. 



Those who are in search of novelties 

 should keep an eye on the pages of The 

 Eeview devoted to European advertise- 

 ments. Practically every new plant 

 worth trial is offered there as soon as 

 stock is ready. 



HARDY FERNS. 



Among the hardy ferns are varieties 

 greatly differing in size and form, from 

 a hair-like creeping stem bearing a few 

 simple, moss-like leaves, to the vigorous 

 growing plajits with large leaves, attain- 

 ing a height of two or three feet. The 

 varying conditions in which the different 

 species succeed is remarkable. Many of 

 them require a warm temperature, while 

 others do well in cool and shady places. 



Of the 4,000 or more species of ferns, 

 not more than about forty species are 

 suited to outdoor culture in ordinary 

 soils and situations. These species can 

 be planted in beds, borders or rockeries, 

 or in the foreground of shrubbery. As 

 most of them require a somewhat shady 

 place, they are especially useful for fill- 

 ing in places where grass and other 



light-loving plants cannot grow. Perfect 

 drainage is required. The soil should 

 have leaf -mold in it, or decayed peat or 

 well decayed sod will answer. 



Hardy ferns are best planted in the 

 spring, says the National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture, but they can be planted in the 

 summer, if the fronds or leaves are cut 

 back, making it easier for the plants to 

 establish themselves before the winter 

 sets in. In the winter the ferns should 

 be given protection, with a covering of 

 leaves, hay or straw. 



LADIES' AUXILIARY. 



Mrs. Charles H. Maynard, 219 Horton 

 avenue, Detroit, Mich., secretary of the 

 S. A. F. Ladies' Auxiliary, requests the 

 publication of the following: 



"The following states have reported 

 members of the Indies' Auxiliary to the 

 S. A. P.: Missouri, Michigan, Pennsyl- 

 vania, Illinois, Ohio, Massachusetts, In- 

 diana, New York, Connecticut, Louisiana,. 

 Wisconsin and Washington. The secre- 

 tary would like to hear from the District 

 of Columbia, New Jersey, Colorado^ 

 Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Ne- 

 braska and other states not reported. 

 Our first order for pins grows small. 

 Address the secretary." 



I*rovidence, E. I. — The new green- 

 houses of Ehode Island College, Kings- 

 ton, have been completed. There are 

 two east and west wings and one north 

 and south. At the north end of the 

 latter is the laboratory building, includ- 

 ing offices of heads of the departments 

 and the caretaker's rooms. The houses 

 are of steel frames and concrete founda- 

 tions and cost about $15,000. 



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