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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J0NB 6, 1907. 



WINDOW GARDENING. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 does not recommend the extensive use 

 of window-boxes, except in crowded, 

 downtown districts, or on apartment 

 houses and hotels, where they are ef- 

 fective in relieving the monotony of 

 otherwise bare windows and verandas. 

 Where it is possible, however, to grow 

 the hardy types of climbers in the 

 ground, they will be found far superior 

 to boxes planted in the window or on 

 the veranda. 



A window-box should never be less 

 than six inches deep. It should be made 

 of %-inch lumber and should conform 

 in shape to the window or veranda to 

 which it is attached. It is important to 

 see that the box has good drainage. 

 Holes of good size should be drilled in 

 the bottom, about eighteen inches apart, 

 and these covered with some loose mate- 

 rial before putting in the soil. Use 

 rather light soil, and preferably that 

 which has been made open with plenty 

 of cow manure. Heavy clay soil has a 

 tendency to become hard and unfit for 

 plants if allowed to become at all dry. 



Two excellent fertilizers for window- 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



John A. Keller. 



John A. Keller, one of the foremost 

 business men of Lexington, Ky., died 

 June 1 at his residence, 123 E. Sixth 

 street. He was born at Island Kichi- 

 neau. Lake Constance, Germany, in the 

 year 1837. He came to America in 1868 

 and immediately went to Nicholasville, 

 Jessamine county, where he stayed until 

 removing to Lexington in 1877. He was 

 an ardent lover of nature and spent his 

 life among flowers, but his love was not 

 confined alone to flowers, as he was one 

 of the most charitable men in this city. 

 For twenty-five years he was one of the 

 most prominent florists in his city, and 

 is survived by a wife and eight children, 

 as follows: James C. Keller and Ford 

 J. Keller, and Misses Mary, Lena, Jose- 

 phine, Louise, Theodore and Mrs. Ed. 

 Norton, all of whom were present at the 

 time of his death. 



Peter Pontrich. 



Peter Pontrich, of Louisville, Ky., 

 died last week of consumption and 

 funeral services were held at the home 



Teilmann's Idea of a Good 4-iQch Ger aniutn. 



boxes are bone meal and bone shavings, 

 especially the latter, which should be 

 placed in the bottom of the box and 

 thoroughly mixed with the soil. It will 

 fit the plants later in the season when 

 they most need it. 



Crookston, Minn. — J. F. Hetler, who 

 started in business here in January, has 

 a fine lot of vegetable plants and also 

 has indoor vegetables ready for local 

 trade. 



of his brother, Frank Pontrich, at St. 

 Matthews, Ky., and later at the Holy 

 Trinity church. The burial was in St. 

 Mary's cemetery at New Albany, Ind. 

 Mr. Pontrich was 45 years old and is 

 survived by his wife and several chil- 

 dren. 



Jofan Spiess, Sr. 



John Spiess, Sr., died at the home of 

 his daughter, Mrs. Frederick Fox, 611 

 South Park avenue, Buffalo, on Satur- 



day afternoon, May 25, after a brief ill- 

 ness. Mr. Spiess was born in Aschen- 

 field, Sulzbach Landgericht Bieran, Ger- 

 many, seventy-four years ago. He came 

 to this country in 1853 and made his 

 home in Buffalo. Two years later he 

 married Anna Eupprecht, the eldest 

 daughter of Andrew Eupprecht, whom 

 he survived. For fifteen years he suc- 

 cessfully conducted a florists' business 

 on Peach street, retiring in 1886 and 

 turning the business over to his son, 

 John Spiess, Jr. 



He is survived by one daughter, Mrs. 

 Frederick Fox, and two sons, John, Jr., 

 and Andrew Spiess. 



TEILMANN'S IDEALS. 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 what is Gunnar Teilmann's idea of well- 

 grown geraniums. The single specimen 

 is a 4-inch plant and is an average sam- 

 ple of those he is using in his bedding 

 out this season. The house shown in 

 the other illustration contains about 

 2,500 plants in 4-inch and 5-inch pots. 

 The majority are S. A. Nutt, for he 

 finds red in much the greatest demand 

 for bedding. Altogether he has grown 

 about 7,000 3-inch, 4-inch and 5-ineh 

 geraniums for the season's business and 

 reports the local demand better than 

 ever. The 4-inch stuff is stocky and 

 vigorous and carries from one to four 

 trusses of bloom or buds. 



BOSTON. 



Memorial Day Trade. 



Never has Boston seen such a Memo- 

 rial day demand for flowers. The back- 

 ward season made outdoor flowers, which 

 are the main reliance of many, unusu- 

 ally scarce, and the cold, cloudy weath- 

 er prevented any glut of indoor stock. 

 At the commission dealers' and the 

 markets a veritable famine existed on 

 May 28 and 29 and not nearly enough 

 flowers were forthcoming for the de- 

 mands. 



Roses did not advance much, from $1 

 to $2 per hundred extra being asked. 

 Short and medium-stemmed stock was in 

 heavy demand, Beauty, Richmond, Maid 

 and anything with color having first call, 

 but everything went with a rush. 



Carnations had a veritable boom and 

 realized better prices on the whole than 

 at Easter. From $4 to $8 per hundred 

 were current prices; a few sold higher 

 and thousands more could have been dis- 

 posed of. Some growers who had prom- 

 ised to deliver flowers at $5 per hundred 

 were caught short and had to give $6 

 and $7 for stock to fill their orders. 

 Very ordinary Queen made $6 May 29 

 at the wholesale markets. Far less flow- 

 ers were forthcoming than had been ex- 

 pected, all growers having heavy local 

 calls to satisfy. 



Sweet peas made 75 cents per hun- 

 dred. Spiraea Japonica was abundant at 

 50 cents a bunch, but much more could 

 have been sold. Stock of all colors 

 sold well, as did feverfew, marguerites, 

 antirrhinums, candytuft and similar 

 stock. Narcissus poeticus was in good 

 supply, but tulips were rather scarce. 

 Anyone who could have come in with a 

 big lot of late flowering tulips, like 

 Gesneriana, could have got big money 

 for them. Lilium longiflorum made $2 

 per dozen. Gladioli, of the Gandaven- 

 sis type, were not plentiful at $2 per 

 dozen. Bride and Blushing Bride were 



