

JUNB 27, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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tion. That part of decorative art can 

 be more artistically done with singles or 

 pompons or other smaller flowered vari- 

 eties. 



That the hybridist will continue to 

 breed to larger and larger types is cer- 

 tain, but size and coarseness do not neces- 

 sarily have to go together. We have seen 

 the coarseness of Timothy Eaton, for 

 instance, eliminated and a flower equally 

 large or larger produced in Beatrice May 

 or Mrs. D, V. West without a trace of 

 coarseness in their makeup, and it is on 

 these lines that the hybridist will work. 



Some people, in decrying size, go to 

 the other extreme and condemn a flower 

 for its size alone. I say this is wrong. 

 The forest tree, when a magnificent 

 specimen, never excites anything but ad- 

 miration and if nature unlocks her store- 

 house of knowledge and permits us to 

 raise a chrysanthemum two feet across, 

 if it be perfectly proportioned, I say it 

 would be a marvelous revelation. 



Whatever the future has in store, we 

 may confidently say that the chrysanthe- 

 mum will go on increasing in popularity 

 and usefulness from year to year and 

 adding its quota to the sum total of the 

 world 's economy and human progress. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The executive committee for the an- 

 nual exhibition of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America, to be held in the 

 American Institute, New York City, No- 

 vember 6 to 8, consisting of A. Her- 

 rington, C. H. Totty and Wm. Duckham, 

 met at the Institute Wednesday, June 

 12, Mr. Herrington, as chairman, said 

 final arrangements were completed. Dr. 

 Hexamer informed the committee that 

 all efforts to secure larger accommoda- 

 tions had proved unavailing. Conse- 

 quently it was decided to make it ex- 

 clusively a chrysanthemum show, thereby 

 insuring room for the exhibits in the 

 hall of the institute. 



President A. J. Loveless presented a 

 premium list which includes four silver 

 cups, gold, silver and bronze medals and 

 many good cash prizes; and many val- 

 uable prizes are offered by the institute, 

 which should bring spirited competition 

 and insure a good show. It was found 

 necessary to make some slight changes 

 in the schedule as previously published 

 in order to avoid a duplication of classes 

 and also to make it possible for every 

 grower of chrysanthemums to participate 

 in the competition. 



The exhibition promises to be the 

 largest in the history of the society, and 

 everything points to a successful meet- 

 ing. The schedule is now in the hands 

 of the printer and will be mailed to mem- 

 bers in due course. All interested ex- 

 hibitors can obtain them by applying 

 to the secretary. 



David Frasek, Sec 'y. 



WASHINGTON. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Florists' Club will be held next Tuesday 

 evening, July 2. 



Business is down to the summer basis, 

 funeral work predominating. 



F. H. Kramer had a half-page ad. in 

 the last Sunday's paper. Looks as if he 

 was trying to force something this time 

 of the year. Last week he had the easy 

 money man at his store; certain hours in 

 the day heTiad to call for police to dis- 

 pose of the crowd. The new house just 

 finished on his place has been planted 

 with his Queen Beatrice rose. 



The florists doing landscaping report 



more business in that line than in former 

 years. 



The undertakers are taking more to 

 floral door crepes. It is hoped that it 

 will not be long before they will "be used 

 as universally as in the middle west. 



O. O. 



NEWPORT. R. I. 



Current Comment. 



The coming of hot weather has been 

 unqualifiedly welcome. It has been the 

 means of causing a rush of summer peo- 

 ple to Newport such as has been seldom 

 equaled. This has had the effect of stim- 

 ulating business in every line. Bedding 

 plants were especially in demand, be- 

 cause of the anxiety suddenly engendered 

 by the announcement of the early occu- 

 pancy of numerous residences. 



Likewise the demand for decorative 

 plants, particularly large palms and 



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ferns, increased surprisingly in a few 

 days. The florists on the avenue, who but 

 recently opened shop, had on hand but 

 a very limited supply of either palms 

 or ferns, and when the calls came in 

 thick and fast they were obliged to hurry 

 in all directions in search of them. The 

 prices asked and offered for good speci- 

 men plants of palms, especially kentias, 

 indicate conclusively that they are worth 

 more to growers than the same kind of 

 stock was worth a year ago. The ban 

 seemed to have been put on latanias for 

 a few years. This year, however, there 

 are several inquiries for plants of large 

 and small size for piazza and lawn deco- 

 ration. 



There is no doubt that of all palms 

 Latania Borbonica is the most enduring 

 for use in exposed places. Until a few 

 years ago there were but few places in 

 Newport where one or more of these 

 could not be seen. Kentias, to some ex- 

 tent, took their place, but it must be 

 acknowledged that they are not sufficient- 

 ly adaptable for outdoor work, and the 

 same may be said, and with still more 

 force, of arecas, which were also used, 

 though sparingly. There are large num- 

 bers of large kentias and arecas called 



for here every season for house decora- 

 tion permanently, and still larger num- 

 bers for frequent use in decoration for 

 dinners, etc. 



There seems to be an increasing de- 

 mand for choice foliage plants of other 

 kinds this season, and florists are mak- 

 ing the most of it. They are showing 

 choice crotons and dracsenas in their win- 

 dow displays, and that with good effect. 

 Ziegler, who has just opened a store in a 

 splendid location on the avenue, has sev- 

 eral beautiful specimens of dracajnas 

 prominently displayed in his window. 

 Leikens has crotons of superb quality in 

 front of his store and indoors. Wadley 

 & Smythe and Siebrecht are also using 

 these and many other kinds of choice 

 foliage plants in their opening displays. 



Orchids, according to indications, will 

 be in larger demand this year than for- 

 merly. The few Cattleya gigas now iu 

 bloom are quickly picked up. 



William Jurgens, following the ex- 

 ample shown him by his uncle, Carl 

 Jurgens, in whose employment he once 

 was, has decided to make a special feat- 

 ure of the growing of roses for summer 

 cutting, and in order to be the better 

 enabled to fill the bill he is having an- 

 other house built. It is noteworthy that 

 William Jurgens, who is comparatively 

 a young man, has succeeded beyond ex- 

 pectations in building up a business in 

 the last few years. 



Oscar Schultz is also a young man who 

 has made rapid progress in a few years. 

 The bulk of Mr. Schultz 's business con- 

 sists of furnishing greenhouse room for 

 those who do not care to be burdened 

 with greenhouses of their own but still 

 own large numbers of plants. Those 

 persons keep and care for the plants in 

 Mr. Schultz 's houses, paying him a good 

 rental for the use of the houses. 



V. A. Vanicek, of the Khode Island 

 Nurseries, has cleaned out nearly every- 

 thing salable in his nursery, as well as 

 all the bedding plants in his greenhouses, 

 and he even found that of the latter he 

 had not nearly enoilgh for the filling of 

 orders already on hand. 



Carl Jurgens is cutting fine roses, es 

 pecially Beauties and Kaiserins, for all 

 of which he finds a ready market at 

 good prices. This was graduation week 

 in all the schools in the city, and the 

 occasion gave rise to an almost unprece- 

 dented demand for roses and carnations. 



A number of Newporters are much in- 

 terested in the constitution of the firm 

 of T. J. Grey & Co., of Boston, as re- 

 organized. Mr. Grey, the senior mem- 

 ber of the firm, is well known and high- 

 ly respected in Newport, and Mr. Guer- 

 ineau, the manager, has made many 

 friends here in the course of his trips to 

 Newport while in the employ of Schlegel 

 & Fottler. Mr. Miller, the secretary, is 

 also favorably known to many Newport 

 gardeners. 



F. W. Spaulding, of the J. M. Hodg- 

 son Co., arrived early in the week and 

 immediately took up the work of open- 

 ing the firm 's premises on the avenue, 

 which was this year rather unusually de- 

 layed on account of the pressure of New 

 York -business. 



Bruce Butterton, president of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society, who has been 

 seriously ill, is now well on the road to a 

 recovery. 



At a recent meeting of the Horticul- 

 tural Society it was decided to postpone 

 the rose exhibition to July 9 and 10 on 

 account of the extreme lateness of the 

 season. Max Reilly. 



