APHIL 18, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1677 



insure a complete destruction of the lit- 

 tje fly. Buy your cyanide in little par- 

 cels of two and one-half ounces each, 

 so that they are convenient to drop into 

 rach jar, and when the last of the 

 ,-vanide is dropped get yourself out of 

 the house. Don't stop to light your 

 iiipe. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Various Notes. 



Wadley & Smythe have purchased the 

 Newport Nurseries from Capt. J. P. Cot- 

 ton. These nurseries are located on 

 Vernon avenue. The location is an ideal 

 one for the purpose of Wadley & 

 Smythe 's business. There are in these 

 uurseries a great number of hanasome 

 .specimen evergreens. Mr. Smythe was 

 desirous of holding these for use a year 

 from now, on several large estates where 

 he is doing landscape work on an ex- 

 tensive scale. 



The Fadden store, on Bellevue avenue, 

 is closed and this firm, which has carried 

 on a cut flower business in Newport for 

 over forty years, is out of existence. 



V. A. Vanicek, of the Rhode Island 

 Nursery, received a large consignment of 

 plants from Europe this week. Mr. 

 Vanicek has a number of large wholesale 

 orders booked for early delivery. 



Although there are not as many grow- 

 ing chrysanthemums in Newport as there 

 were at one time, we have in the person 

 of William Miller, assistant at the Van- 

 derbilt greenhouses, as good a grower as 

 ever there was in Newport, lur. Miller 

 has sole charge of the chrysanthemums, 

 of which he annually grows a large num- 

 ber, making a specialty of plants in 6- 

 inch pots. 



Newport dahlia growers are hard to 

 beat. The climate and soil may favor 

 them considerably, but certain it is that 

 they can produce splendid dahlias. In 

 former years the private gardeners went 

 in heavily for collections of the cactus 

 type, but many of them found that han- 

 dicapped them in their work of supply- 

 ing their employers with sufficient cut 

 blooms of the few standard varieties 

 adapted for cut flower work, and for that 

 reason they are now growing larger num- 

 bers of the best varieties of cactus and 

 decorative types. The well known deco- 

 rative dahlia, Katherine Duer, was raised 

 by William Allan, gardener for Dr. 

 Jacobs. This dahlia is unsurpassed in 

 color and form for making up; it is in 

 great demand in Newport for table deco- 

 ration. Nymphsea is another variety 

 largely made use of in Newport for the 

 same purpose. 



Mr. Dennis Leary, for over twenty 

 years in the employ of the J. M. Hodgson 

 Co., has severed his connection with that 

 firm and is now with Bruce Butterton, 

 i't the E. J. Berwind place. 



Gibson Bros, are doing a good business 

 in their new store on Washington square. 



A formal garden of the so-called Ital- 

 ian order, laid out in beds of geometrical 

 design, planted with evergreens, will be 

 something of a novelty. The garden at 

 Clarendon Court, on Bellevue avenue, the 

 residence of E. C, Knight, Jr., will be 

 planted with small evergreens. 



Daily consignments of Winsor carna- 

 tions are arriving in Newport for com- 

 mercial growers and private gardeners. 

 \Ir. Pierson is also shipping here quite 

 ^ number of his new cannas, particularly 

 Tarrytown. 



Tuberous begonia growing is reviving 

 in Newport. There are quite a number 



grown for house decoration in pots. 

 Among the many prizes in the Horticul- 

 tural Society's schedule for the June 

 show are three for tuberous begonias. 



Nephrolepis Whitmani has so far stood 

 the test as to retaining its distinctness 

 better than either of the other two of 

 the improved form of N. Bostoniensis. 

 Of all the plants I have seen in Newport, 

 I have not found one that shows revert- 

 ing. 



Hydrangeas covered with soil outdoors 

 all winter have suffered severely in many 

 places. Max Reilly. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



The weather conditions during the last 

 week could not have been worse, being 

 both cold and cloudy; in consequence all 

 stock has suffered both in quantity and 

 quality. From all reports carnations 

 seem to have fallen off the most. The 

 grower is certainly up a tree with July 

 weather in March and November weather 



Here is the dollar; we would not 

 do without 



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at twice the cost. As long as we are 

 in the business we expect to read it. 

 It s[^ts better and better as it grows 

 older; and the advertisements, a great 

 many of them, catch our coin. 



TRUETT BROS. 



Franklin, Tenn., 



April 9, 1907. 



in April, and all calculations fail with 

 such conditions. 



Spring Exhibition. 



The State Florists' Society held its 

 spring show April 11 at the State House. 

 There was a good attendance and many 

 were here from out of town. The cut 

 flowers were extra good, those attracting 

 special notice being a fine lot of After- 

 glow and Aristocrat, and a white rose, 

 Frau Karl Druschki. Potted plants were 

 scarce, owing to the hot weather ex- 

 perienced two weeks ago. In the even- 

 ing a short meeting was held and it was 

 decided to hold a fall show, and as there 

 will be no chrysanthemum show here, the 

 society's effort should be a success, as 

 it will fill up the gap. It was the gen- 

 eral opinion of all present that these 

 shows tend to keep the public interested. 

 The following awards were made by the 

 judges, Messrs. Junge, Eieman and Hat- 

 field: 



Two pans tulips, M. Nelson, Indian- 

 apolis, second; no first. 



Two spiraeas, M. Nelson, first. 



Display of plants, twenty-four square 

 feet, J. Grande, Indianapolis, first. 



Twelve white roses, the E. G. Hill Co., 

 Richmond, Ind., first, with Frau Karl 



Druschki; Smith & Young Co., Indian- 

 apolis, second, with Bride. 



Twelve pink roses. Smith & Young Co., 

 first, with Bridesmaid ; P. O. Tauer, Leb- 

 anon, Ind., second, with Bridesmaid. 



Twelve red roses, B. K. & B. Floral 

 Co., Richmond, Ind., first, with Rich- 

 mond; Smith & Young Co., second, with 

 Liberty. 



Twenty-five white carnations, B. K. & 

 B. Floral Co., first, with White Perfec- 

 tion; Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, sec- 

 ond, with Lady Bountiful. 



Twenty-five pink carnations, Chicago 

 Carnation Co., Joliet, 111., first, with 

 Aristocrat; Bertermann Bros. Co., In- 

 dianapolis, second, with Lawson. 



Twenty-five light pink carnations, Stu- 

 art & Haugh, Anderson, Ind., second; no 

 first. 



Twenty-five red carnations, J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Co., Joliet, 111., 

 first, with Robert Craig. 



Twenty-five any other color carnations, 

 Bertermann Bros. Co., first, with Harlo- 

 warden; B. K. & B. Floral Co., second, 

 with Ruby. 



One hundred double violets, J. Grande, 

 second; no first. 



Six plants lilies, M, Nelson, second ; no 

 first. 



Twenty-five daffodils, J. Grande, first; 

 M. Nelson, second. 



One hundred sweet peas, Baur & 

 Smith, first. 



Certificates of merit: R. Witterstaet- 

 ter, Sedamsville, O., with Afterglow, 

 scored 91 points; B. K. & B. Floral Co., 

 with Purity, scored 86 points. S. 



DAVENPORT, lA. 



The annual installation of officers of 

 the Tri-City Florists' Association was 

 held Thursday evening, April 11, at 

 Fejervary park, and one of the most 

 successful and enjoyable meetings of the 

 year was held. It was ladies ' night and 

 a large number were present. John T. 

 Temple, retiring president of the asso- 

 ciation, was the installing officer and the 

 following were seated: President, Wil- 

 liam Knees, of Moline; vice-presidents, 

 Henry Pauli, of Davenport; Henry 

 Meyer, of Rock Island, and Julius 

 Staack, of Moline; secretary, John 

 Staack, of Moline; treasurer, Adolph 

 Arp, of Davenport; financial secretary, 

 Theo. Ewoldt, of Davenport; trustees, 

 Peter Becker, Frank Wolz and Henry 

 Gaethje. 



After the new officers took their 

 places John Temple gave an address and 

 William Knees responded. Five-minute 

 talks were given by the other new offi- 

 cers. The discussion during the evening 

 was on ' ' The Most Profitable Plants for 

 the Spring Trade." Following this sup- 

 per was served. The next meeting will 

 be with Henry Meyer, of Rock Island. 

 The topic for discussion will be ' * Peony 

 Culture. ' ' 



Sharon, Pa. — C. B. Service will dis- 

 continue growing and henceforth will buy 

 all stock for his store. 



Do without the Review? No! Not on 

 your life! It is one of my best friends. 

 — Jesse P. King, Mt. Airy, Md. 



East Liverpool, O. — The Lake Newell 

 Floral Co. will double its capacity. Two 

 more houses are to be erected this spring. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — Wm. Clark 

 has a string of agents all through liie 

 western country and has recently been 

 visiting some of them in Kansas. 



