APRIL 25, 1007. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1747 



riie Porrance prize trophy was carried 

 ,,11 by Robert Simpson, of Clifton, N. J. 

 rbis is the first time anyone had cap- 

 i;ired that prize. Lord & Burnham's 

 ,./ize was won twice by George Burton, 

 .'.•• Wyndmoor, and according to the 

 rims of presentation he now owns it. 



\Vm. H. Elliott, of Brighton, Mass., 

 ,,;rried off the first which was put up 

 V Moore, Hentz & Nash, of Madison, 

 \. J., of $15, to go to the man who did 

 :ic real growing. This was John Pritch- 

 ,al Madbury, N. H. The second prize, 

 ..]{) went to Wm. Ahlers, of Clifton, 

 y. J., who grows for President Robert 

 Simpson. 



The special prizes offered in divisions 

 !•■ and G numbered thirty-two, and of 

 ihose eight were not won. The W. A. 

 vfanda, Orange, N. J., prize of $25 in 

 tjold is to be won next year. John 

 Hreitmeyer & Son, Detroit, Mich., place 

 tlieir $25 in the treasury for next year. 

 Alexander Montgomery's cup remains for 

 next year also. The Hammond prize of 

 $10 for best foliage rose for dooryards 

 remains. This is as far as heard of 

 from the lay-overs. 



The Rose Society by invitation of the 

 I'liicago Florists' Club goes to that city 

 in March, 1908. We want 1,000 rose 

 growers in the big centers and in the 

 villages from the east and the west, from 

 the northland and the southland, to join 

 US as associate members and we want to 

 send to each some frequent reminder, so 

 as to keep in touch, one with the other, 

 and when we hold shows hereafter wc 

 want the people to come to see them. The 

 best card we had in Washington was to 

 invite the school children with their 

 teachers, and the little folk came in 

 flocks. Two of President Roosevelt's 

 boys were there. 



Benjamin Hammond. 



ROSE HIAWATHA. 



It is hardly necessary to say, reports 

 tiie Horticultural Advertiser, that in 

 England Rose Hiawatha has been more 

 in demand during the past season than 

 any other novelty. I find all market 

 throwers who do roses in pots want it; 

 but what I would refer to is the propa- 

 <,'ation. No doubt it will do well on the 

 Manetti stock, yet if layered from the 

 long shoots it will root freely from 

 I'very joint, and I believe plants so ob- 

 tained will do better than those grafted. 

 I ha\-e seen some cut up in short lengths 

 and put in as cuttings, and instead of 

 starting from the base they have made 

 the first roots from below the wood-bud 

 that has been close to the surface, so 

 this proves that it would hardly be nec- 

 essary to make a cut at the joint when 

 Injuring. I have not yet had any expe- 

 rionce in growing this rose, but it ap- 

 pears much like Crimson Rambler, to 

 flower it well it must be started early, 

 and well ripened off early in the autumn. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



The Review is the most compact and 

 business-like journal in the horticultural 

 field. — C. Adams, Memphis, Tenn. 



Urbana. III. — The greenhouse being 

 built by Edward Dodson on East Main 

 street is nearing completion. The place 

 "ill be open for business in a few days. 



Kankakee, III. — Faber Bros, will 

 start immediately to erect an addition 

 fo their greenhouses on the south side. 

 The new building will be 25x75 and will 

 be used for carnations. This makes the 

 ♦^ighth house the firm has in use at the 

 farm place. 



Sunday Funerals. 



About a year ago the florists of my 

 city, Wichita, Kans., succeeded in get- 

 ting a petition signed by the florists, un- 

 dertakers, ministers and prominent liv- 

 ery firms, asking that Sunday funerals 

 be done away with. This was promptly 

 approved by the cemetery association and 

 the change has been a great relief and 

 satisfaction to all concerned. The ceme- 

 tery superintendent a few weeks ago, in 

 discussing the matter, said every man in 

 his employ would quit work if Sunday 

 funerals were resumed. Let florists in 

 other cities try some similar plan and 

 they will be delighted with thp results. 

 Surely we need the day of rest as much 

 as any merchant, and if the funerals are 

 done away with other departments of the 

 business can be kept closed much more 

 easily. Personally we have always kept 

 our business closed on Sundays, except 



The Kdltor Is pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subleot treated 



tVC^ 



As ezperlenoe is the be^t 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchanffe of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brouKht out 

 by discussion. 



Ouod penmanship, spelling and gram- 

 mar, thousrh desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HKAR FROM TOU. 



for funeral work, and since the publish- 

 ing of this matter in our daily papers 

 people do not bother us nearly so much 

 as formerly and we really get a rest 

 when the day comes. Of course, work for 

 Monday funerals in other towns has to 

 be made up and sent out, but that is a 

 very different matter from three or four 

 local funerals, each calling for a good 

 many orders, and the help mostly away. 

 In conclusion, we would say that we 

 consider Sunday closing, and the keeping 

 of reasonable business hours on week 

 days, one of the important steps toward 

 elevating the florists' trade, or profes- 

 sion, in the minds of the people. The 

 very fact that a florist 's place is open 

 from early morn till late at night, and 

 on Sundays, will of itself unconsciously 

 develop in the average mind an impres- 

 sion that it is a class of business where 

 drudgery and long hours count for more 

 than artistic or professional skill towards 

 success. L. M. C. 



A Fight With Frost. 



The interest in flowers is growing fast 

 here, in Ogden, Utah, anc" business is 



good. I built one house eighty feet long 

 last year and hope, if everything turns 

 out well, to build a house 21x100 for car- 

 nations only. And I will have it built 

 in the east. The one I have was built 

 here, but contractors here don't know 

 how to build a greenhouse. The freight 

 is high from Chicago, but I think the 

 improved construction will pay for the 

 extra cost in time. The weather here has 

 been splendid; roses are in full leaf, 

 also the trees, etc. But last night, April 

 19, there was a heavy frost, which 1 

 think will do much damage, as fruit 

 trees are in full bloom. I had all my 

 young carnations planted outside by 

 Arbor day, but do not know as yet what 

 the outcome will be. I put pans and 

 buckets full of water between the rows, 

 and the ice was two inches thick at 

 2:45 a. ni., but the water draws the 

 frost toward it. I also started at once 

 to cover as many carnations as possible 

 with empty pots. We had a snow storm 

 all day, but at night the weather cleare<l 

 off, with such a lowering of the tem- 

 perature as I have described. 



The Review has been to me the best 

 instructor I ever had. No one should 

 fail to read it every week. There is al- 

 ways something new in it, besides the 

 different advertisements to select from 

 in buying. B, Van der Schuit. 



A Florist or a Milliner ? 



1 am one of the many self-made flo- 

 rists, living out on the frontier, who find 

 great benefit in the "How To" articles 

 in the Review. Since the florist, to be 

 up to date, must use chiffon, gauze, net 

 and ribbons galore, I often wonder 

 whether I am a florist or a milliner. I 

 used to think I did pretty well when a 

 young man paid me $1.50 for a wedding 

 bouquet. Now that I have learned the 

 millinery business, with the help of the 

 Retail Florist department and the pic- 

 tures vou give, I get from $5 to $20. 



H. L. N. 



Not Myers. 



Some jiarty, as yet unknown to me, 

 has been calling upon florists in Blair 

 and adjoining counties in Pennsylvania, 

 representing himself as John H. Myers, 

 the florist, of Altoona, Pa. As he has 

 in several cases borrowed money, stat- 

 ing that he would return same upon ar- 

 rival home, he may do considerable in- 

 jury to others as well as myself, and I 

 would in this way warn those upon whom 

 he may call. I learned first of his doings 

 in Lewistown, Pa., and later in .Johns- 

 town, Pa. .T. 11. Myers. 



I CONSIDER the Review the most prac- 

 tical paper printed. — E. Tretheway, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



Denison, Ti.:x.— T. P. (Jorman, of 

 Majors & Gorman, gave an address April 

 19 before the Civic Improvement League 

 on how to grow chrysanthemums for the 

 fall flower show. 



New Castle, I.nd. — Weiland & dinger 

 say business has been brisk in the last 

 fortnight; so good, in fact, that they 

 have not been able to fill all the orders 

 received. 



PoNTiAC, Mich.— Chauncey A. Harris 

 has disposed of his interests in the Pon- 

 tiac Floral Co. to W. J. Pearce, who will 

 conduct the business hereafter, together 

 with his two sons, Herbert and Harry. 

 Mr. Harris is taking charge of the Lin- 

 den bank for a few days, while the 

 cashier is in Flint on business. 



