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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 21, 1907. 



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is printed Wednesday evening: and 

 mailed eariy 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. 



The Eetall I'lorlst — Easter Plant Arrange- 

 ments (lUus.) 1341 



The Valuf of System V6V1 



Never Trouble Trouble i;-!-t3 



Violets— EmsUt Hints i:', 13 



Ferns from Spores 1344 



Convention Hints 1345 



Chrysanthemums — Space tor Mums 1340 



— Chrysanthemum Notes — West 13Jii 



— Chrysanthemum Notes — East 1347 



Mosehusma Uiparlum (illus.j 1348 



Getting Together Helps 1348 



Church Decorations (illus.) 134!) 



Groff's Hybrid Gladioli 1340 



Sweet Teas 1350 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West 13o<J 



— A Million Cuttings (illus.) 1350 



Seasonable Suggestions 1351 



Seen at CllftonUale (illus.) 135:i 



American Uose Society 13."i2 



Two Days In Washington 1353 



Uoses — I'reparlng the Soil 1354 



— Too Cool for Roses 1354 



— Uose Rhea Reld (illus. ) 1354 



— Climbing and Trailing Roses 1354 



Express Rates 1350 



Packing Plants for Export 135(5 



The Death Roll— Charles W. Seeley 1350 



— James Draper 1350 



— John C. Garden ^^ 1350 



Boston 1350 



New York 13.58 



Cincinnati 1359 



Washington 13.5!) 



National Flower Show 1300 



Chicago 1300 



Indianapolis 1300 



St. Louis i.:oo 



Philadelphia 130.S 



Cold Storage Lilies 1370 



Want Advertisements 1370 



Seed Trade Notes 1373 



— Seed Shortages of 1007 1 374 



— Blnghamton Seedsmen 137.S 



— Rawson's Booklets 13S0 



Toronto 1384 



Detroit 1383 



Baltimore 1380 



Steamer Sailings 13!)3 



Manchester, Mass 1.30;*. 



Nursery News 1304 



— Seasonable Reminders 1304 



— The American Elm (illus.) 13!)4 



— Privet Cuttings 1304 



— To Regulate Sale of Plants 1394 



— Buying Trees and Shrubs L'JiK! 



Pacific Coast ]3i)S 



— San Francisco 130S 



— Carnations on the Coast 1398 



Columbus, Ohio 1398 



Hydrocyanic Acid Gas 1.390 



Vegetable Forcing 1401 



— Vegetable Markets 1401 



— Head Lettuce 14i)l 



— Seed-Time Pleasures 1401 



Pittsburg 1402 



Kansas City 1404 



Lorraine Begonias 1406 



T'wln Cities 1408 



Marguerites 1410 



Pleasant Hill. Mo 1412 



Newport, R. 1 1414 



Davenport, la 1410 



Central, Mo 1418 



Pancratium Marltlmum 1422 



Greenhouse Heating — Hot Water Heating 



(Illus.) 1424 



— Capacity of Boiler 1424 



— Factors In Heating Problem 1420 



— Steam Traps In Greenhouses . ., 1427 



Wayside Notes 1428 



Euonymus Radlcans 1439 



Hybrid Deutzlas 14.34 



Thallctrum Purpureum 1430 



Kentias are scarce, and that the short- 

 iage is likely to continue is shown by the 

 fact that those who would like to plant 

 seeds find it impossible to procure them 

 in any quantity. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Autumn Exhibition Not Postponed. 



P. J. Hauswirth, secretary of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists, states that 

 the action reputed to the e'xecutive 

 committee in last week's Eeview was 

 not correct. He states that matters 

 concerning the proposed national flower 

 show at Chicago in the autumn of 1908 

 stand just where they have stood since 

 the last meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee at Chicago last November. The 

 matter is entirely in the hands of ex- 

 President W. F. Kasting and the com- 

 mittee of fifty. Secretary Hauswirth 

 states that since the Philadelphia meet- 

 ing a week ago Mr. Kasting has been 

 steadily adding to his guarantee fund 

 until it now exceeds $9,000. 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



The spring demand for Boston ferns 

 will develop a pronounced shortage of 

 good plants. 



A FULL report of the rose show at 

 Washington was published in last week's 

 Review. 



The retailers like their Asparagus plu- 

 mosus, especially the bunched sprays, to 

 be light green instead of dark. 



No florist, even if he be a grower 

 with no business relations with the pub- 

 lic, should be without a printed letter- 

 head. 



The weight of the white paper used 

 in printing this edition of the Eeview 

 Avas 7,460 pounds, or only slightly less 

 than four tons. 



See that wholesale lists go only to 

 those entitled to them; it is an injustice 

 to those in the trade to fill orders for 

 outsiders at other than retail prices. 



John S. Schleider, Owosso, Mich., 

 has a seedling carnation, pinK in color 

 and of good form, which for size out- 

 classes every variety now grown com- 

 mercially. 



The date of Easter, 1908, is April 19. 

 It does not come on so late a date 

 again until 1916, when it falls on April 

 23. In 1910 Easter falls on March 27, 

 and in 1913 on March 23. 



The selection of Benjamin Hammond 

 as secretary of the American Eose So- 

 ciety a year ago was a most happy one. 

 His work has been such that his re- 

 election at Washington was a foregone 

 conclusion. 



John G. Esler reports that the first 

 hail losses of the season were reported 

 from College Hill, Ohio, and Shelby- 

 ville, Ind. George Corbett, Henry Cor- 

 bett, Joseph Linfoot and Walter J. Gray 

 are the sufferers at College Hill, and 

 Mrs. E. H. Martin at Shelbyville. 



William Feniger, manager of the 

 Youngstown Floral Co., is quoted in Ohio 

 papers as stating that "The green car- 

 nation was first grown about five years 

 ago. Luther Burbank, the wizard of hor- 

 ticulture, raised the first green carnation 

 on his ranch at Santa Eosa, Cal. Since 

 then others have tried to grow green 

 carnations, with varying success." Poor 

 Mr. Burbank ! ' ' Some men are born great, 

 some achieve greatness, while others have 

 greatness thrust upon them." 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business has been good in the last 

 seven days, in the sense that a large 

 quantity of stock has been handled. 

 Warm, bright weather has done much 

 to increase the crops and the supplies 

 in all lines have been the heaviest 

 so far this season. White has had the 

 call. Prices on everything but white 

 roses and white carnations have had to 

 be shaded heavily to affect any sort of 

 a clearing. Shipping trade has been ex- 

 cellent, many large orders going out. 

 Local trade also was good last week but 

 this week the principal local buying is 

 by the cheap-sales people. 



The Bride has led the rose market. 

 Maid has been accumulating in a way 

 that has afforded wholesalers some con- 

 cern. Eichmond sells fairly well, but 

 of course the quantity on the market is 

 small compared with the quantities of 

 Maid and Bride. The promised increase 

 in the supply of American Beauty is 

 only just beginning to materialize. Kil- 

 larney is abundant and not making the 

 average prices it did a short time ago. 

 It must be cut right and sold right to 

 retain its value. It opens quickly and 

 then is not wanted. Other roses are 

 grown in such small numbers that the 

 cut does not figure in the market. 



Were it not for the near approach of 

 Easter the carnation market would be 

 in a bad way. Last week white was in 

 special demand, but other sorts were 

 abundant and dragging. This week, 

 while white still sells best, it has retro- 

 graded to a normal position and all col- 

 ors are plentiful. Enchantress has no 

 special value because of its abundance. 

 Were it not for the thousand-lot orders 

 it would be impossible to clear the mar- 

 ket at any time. Nothing more could 

 be asked as to quality. 



There , are plenty of violets but not 

 nearly so many as in recent weeks, and 

 growers evidently are holding for Eas- 

 ter. It does not speak for superlative 

 quality at that time. 



Bulbous stock of all kinds is abun- 

 dant. The supply of Easter lilies has 

 multiplied many fold within a week. 

 Those handled now are the ones the 

 growers have forced out too early for 

 Easter. They are not bringing special 

 prices. Callas, too, are in oversupply 

 and mora or less are wasted. Tulips 

 are not especially abundant, but equal 

 to all requirements. Daffodils and jon- 

 quils are accumulating at all the whole- 

 sale houses and the growers are doing 

 nothing to bring on more stock, for the 

 market cannot be cleared at anything 

 like a price which will pay the growers. 



Such special items as sweet peas and 

 mignonette are equal to all requirements. 

 Some fancy mignonette is bringing as 

 much as $1.25 a dozen. A few pansies 

 are seen. 



There is the usual demand for green 

 goods. All requirements can be supplied 

 if made known the day before. Some- 

 times the market is bare of an after- 

 noon. 



Winterson's Plans. 



It has for some time been known in 

 the market that the E. F. Winterson Co. 

 has leased the tliree stores on the street 

 floor, immediately above its establish- 

 ment. Mr. Winterson now authorizes 

 the following statement of his plans: 



*'The E. F. Winterson Co. has taken 

 a long term lease on the stores at 45, 





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