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1458 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Makch 28, 1907. 



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if printed Vcdnetday 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 momingt m many 

 have done in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



Seasonable Suggestions — Easter Aftermath. 14 J5 



— Prepare for Decoration Day 1445 



— Planting and Pruning 1445 



— Attend to the Seedlings 1445 



A Specimen Easter Offering ( illus. ) 1445 



The Boston Spring Show ( Illus. ) 1446 



Bacteria on Geraniums 1447 



Marketing Growers' Product 1448 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West 1450 



— Carnation May (illus. ) 145<) 



— Topping Carnation Plants 1450 



Tufa Stone (illus.) 1451 



Flowers for Market 1451 



Violets — By a Grower 1451 



— Plants for Frames 1451 



Teaching Horticulture 1451 



Sweet Peas in Pots 1452 



Potting Shed Idyls — Fisherman's Luck 



(illus.) 1452 



Lathyrus Pubesceus 145.'{ 



Propagating Dracienas 1453 



Hoses — .Mulching 14,">4 



— Pruning Hardy Roses 1454 



— Rose (Jueen of Spain ( illus. ) 1454 



— Outdoor Rose Culture 14.55 



A Pittsburg Plant (illus.) 145(i 



Boston 1457 



Three of a Kind 145S 



Chrysanthemum Society 1458 



To Canadian Subscribers 1458 



Rose Society Membership 1458 



As Others See Us 1458 



The Death Roll— Peter I^ngan 1458 



Chicago 145i> 



Wood rJce 1461 



lyoose Credits 1461 



Philadelphia 1462 



New York 1465 



Want Advertisements 1468 



Seed Trade News 1472 



— Weather and Trade 1473 



— Imports 147;{ 



— New Illinois Factory Law 1473 



Best Variety of Musa 1474 



Trouble with Sweet Peas 1474 



Scranton, Pa 1475 



St. Louis 1475 



Steamer Sailings 1485 



Pacific Coast I486 



— Portland, Ore 1486 



— San Francisco 1486 



— Profit on Bulb Stock 1486 



Nursery News 1487 



— SeHs<Hiable Reminders 1487 



— California Privet 1488 



— The Silver Maple 1488 



Catalogues Received 14!K) 



Lenox, Mass ]4tW» 



Baltimore 14H2 



Pittsburg 1404 



Denver 1496 



Cincinnati ]4ft8 



Lawns l.'iO:* 



Twin Cities 1512 



Greenhouse Heating — Height of Smokestack 1514 



— Radiation 1514 



— A Powerful Heater 1514 



— House With Two Rooms 1514 



A Rajnbler's Notes 1515 



Davenport, la ]51(> 



Elberon, N. J 1516 



The Review is pleased to publish 

 brief reports of the meetings of trade 

 societies, but secretaries should forward 

 their notes the day after the meeting; 

 don't hold them until they become an- 

 cient history. 



This year the wholesale markets have 

 had many more Enchantress than any 

 other variety of carnation. From the 

 demand for cuttings it appears that next 

 season there may be pretty nearly as 

 many Enchantress as all other sorts com- 

 bined. 



Get a printed letter-head; let appear- 

 ances indicate that you really are in busi- 

 ness. 



The plant business has now reached 

 the carload stage, two such shipments 

 being reported in this week's Chicago 

 column. 



Unseasonably warm weather last 

 week glutted the cut flower i^iarkets 

 from one end of the country to the 

 other and made Easter supplies abun- 

 dant, if not of superlative quality. 



There is a big call for chrysanthe- 

 mum cuttings. Those who have good 

 varieties, w«ll rooted, for present deliv- 

 ery can sell them quickly by offering 

 them in the Review's advertising col- 

 umns. 



Geraniums from 2-inch or 2i/^-inch 

 pots are hard to find; most of those 

 who have them are holding for the profit 

 to be made by growing on into 4-inch 

 pots after Easter stock is out of the 

 way. 



C'haikman Knapp and Commissioners 

 Clements and Clark were the members 

 of the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 who heard the evidence in the case of 

 the S. A. F. against the United States 

 Express (^o. 



The New England Dahlia Society has 

 issued the first number of its monthly 

 bulletin, to be known as the Dahlia News, 

 ft contains, besides an announcement and 

 a list of members, an article by Wm. F. 

 Turner on, the various kinds of stock 

 offered for planting. Maurice Fuld, of 

 W. W. Rawson & Co., Boston, is secretary 

 of the society and editor of the bulletin. 



THREE OF A KIND. 



The East. The South. The West. 



Here is my renewal; I could not be 

 without the best florists ' paper yet. — 

 C. C. Yost, Lebanon, Pa., MarcB 20, 

 1907. 



Here is a money-order for renewal; 

 I would not like to miss a number. — 

 Marie T. Greene, Mobile, Ala., March 

 20, 1907. 



I SEND you my dollar with greatest 

 pleasure, gentlemen. — R. M. Greig, Ana- 

 conda, Mont., March 20, 1907. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



At the executive committee meeting 

 of the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica, held in New York city March 14, it 

 was unanimously voted to hold the next 

 meeting of the society in New York, 

 thereby accepting the kind invitation ex- 

 tended by the American Institute 

 through Dr. Hexamer. The enthusiasm 

 with which the committee enters upon its 

 duties augurs well for a successful meet- 

 ing in November. The date is left 

 open for the present and all possible 

 care will be taken to prevent its con- 

 flicting with any dates already arranged, 

 so that a majority will be able to avail 

 themselves of the opportunity afforded 

 to exhibit at, and visit, what promises 

 to be the best chrysanthemum show ever 

 held in New York. Many valuable pre- 

 miums will be offered for commercial 

 and exhibition varieties, particulars of 

 which will be published upon comple- 

 tion of arrangements. 



The constantly increasing membership 

 is very gratifying, proving an awakened 

 interest in the important work of the 



national society. But there are still 

 many who, by their skill in producing 

 such wonderful examples of the highest 

 culture, should fall in line and lend their 

 influence to the advancement of public 

 interest in the queen of autumn, and 

 thereby become links in the chain of 

 recognized professionals in the culture 

 of the chrysanthemum. Do not under- 

 estimate the value of your accomplish- 

 ments. Identify yourself with the best 

 growers and share in the mutual ex- 

 change of advanced ideas, and so keep 

 pace with the increasing popularity of 

 the flower we love. 



David Eraser, Sec'y. 



TO CANADIAN SUBSCRIBERS. 



The present postal treaty between the 

 United States and Canada expires May 7. 

 The Canadian government has before it 

 a proposition to increase the rate of 

 postage on periodicals from the United 

 States to such an extent as to render it 

 necessary for American publishers to 

 materially raise their subscription prices 

 to Canadian subscribers. If Canadian 

 friends of the Review object to such an 

 increase of prices, it will be well for 

 them to make known their objections at 

 once to the Canadian postal authorities. 



ROSE SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP. 



Reviewing the work of the American 

 Rose Society since the Boston meeting, 

 Secretary Benjamin Hammond said: 

 * ' Our present membership extends from 

 Bellingham in northwestern Washington 

 to Schlesian, Germany. We have lost in 

 all five life members by death — E. G. 

 Asmus, E. M. Wood, H. Dale, George 

 Fancourt and J. L. Dillon, the two lat- 

 ter within the last year, and each of 

 these men was an active rose-grower. 

 Two new life members were added to 

 our list, S. S. Pennock and Robert Simp- 

 son, making forty-three active. The an- 

 nual membership who have paid up their 

 dues for this year number ninety-one, 

 divided as eighty-five active and six as- 

 sociate members. This division of asso- 

 ciate members seems as if it may bring 

 into touch with this society an extended 

 number of people interested in local so- 

 cieties. ' ' 



AS OTHERS SEE US. 



It is with great pleasure that I send 

 $2.50 to pay my subscription another 

 year. It is not only the American florists 

 who can profit by the Review, but even 

 for the florists in Denmark it is a very 

 helpful and up-to-date paper, and a 

 source of valuable information, 



I keep several Danish, German and 

 English trades papers, but the Review 

 beats them all. Chas. TSomsen. 



Denmark, Feb. 23, 1907. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Peter Lankan. 



Peter T>angan, of Astoria, N. Y., died 

 suddenly March lo at the home of a 

 friend Avhom he was visiting at 89 Flush- 

 ing avenue. Mr. Langan was about 50 

 years old. He had for some years re- 

 sided with a brother at 921 Crescent ave- 

 nue. He was a veteran florist and also a 

 member of the Veteran Firemen 's Asso- 

 ciation, of Long Island city. This or- 

 ganization in a body attended the 

 funeral services, which were held Sunday 

 afternoon, !March 17. 



