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16 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Junk 27, 1907. 



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U printed 'Wednesday 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 at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 5 



— Funeral Work ( illus. ) 5 



— The (ilorlous Fourth (illus.) 6 



— Science of Bouquet Making 6 



liegontas for Bedding 7 



Carnations 8 



— Arrangement of Solid Beds 8 



Koses 8 



— Uo«eB in the South 8 



— Dormant Jac<ts 8 



— Pests on Outdoor Roses 9 



— Stock Planted; House Not I' p 9 



Hollyhocks 9 



Park Conimissloner Breitnie.ver Has Authority 



to Stop Automobiles (cartoon) 9 



Asparagus Si)rengeri 10 



Seasonable Suggestions 10 



— Palms and Ferns 10 



— Propagating 10 



— (>n<'idlnni Varicosum Rogersil 10 



— Oleander* 10 



— LiaKerstroemias 10 



— Vallota Purpurea 10 



— Brief Reminders 11 



The Bremurus (Illus. ) 11 



Paper White Narcissi 12 



Chrysanthemums 12 



— The Chrysanthemum 12 



— CSirysanthemura Society \'A 



Washington 13 



Newport, R. 1 13 



New York H 



Boston 14 



Columbus, Ohio 1"> 



Pittsburg 15 



Plant Bed Cloth 16 



Floricultural Crime 16 



The Readers' Corner Itt 



— To Drive Rats Away 16 



Fire Insurance 10 



Chicago 17 



Philadelphia 22 



St. I>JUlK 2.i 



Want Advertisements 24 



Seed Trade News 2« 



— Seed Trade Convention 26 



— Henry W. Wood (jmrtralt) 2t> 



— Brlnker Case Decided 27 



— Imports 29 



— Mr. Bruggerhof 's Retro»i)ect 20 



— A Tliorburn Invoice of 100 Years Ago 



(illus.) 30 



— Help for the Seed Trade 32 



Vegetable Forcing .'{4 



— Lettuce and Cucumbers 34 



Steamer Sailings 41 



Nebraska City, Neb 41 



Paclflc Coast 42 



— Summer Roses Scarce 42 



— San Francisco 42 



Nursery News 43 



— Erergreen S^Nllings 43 



— Seasonable Suggesticuis 44 



— A Bookkeeper Missing 44 



BufTalo 46 



New Orleans 48 



St. Paul 50 



Denver 52 



Classlfled Advertising 54 



Greenhouse Heating 02 



— Expansion Joints 62 



— Steam Boiler for Hot Water 62 



— Pitch of Hot Water Pipes 62 



Tarrytown, N. Y 62 



Milwaukee 63 



Cincinnati 64 



"The Cinch Bug" is the title of the 

 latest entomological bulletin of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture. It is by 

 F. M. Webster. 



Keep the weeds and the grass cut 

 around the greenhouses and save work; 

 a tangled mat of grass and weeds is a 

 splendid bree<ling place for all sorts of 

 insect troubles. 



Special Notice 



Fourth of July 



Because the Glorious Fourth, 

 when every one celebrates, falls 

 on Thursday, the day the Review 

 usually is mailed, next week's edi- 

 tion will go to press one day earlier 

 than usual— on Tuesday instead 

 of Wednesday. 



Advertisers and correspkmdents 

 will please take '♦Special Notice.** 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



E. C. LuDwiG, Allegheny, Pa., keeps 

 his retail store open all night. 



Celebrate the Fourth by getting a 

 printed letter-head — one that looks like 

 business. 



J-T is asserted that the price of box- 

 board is going up and that cut flower 

 boxes will be higher as a consequence. 



This season to date has been excep- 

 tionally favorable for those who are 

 growing tneir carnations under glass all 

 summer instead of planting them out. 

 The plants indoors are far ahead of 

 those in the nelds. 



With an early frost to cut off the 

 outdoor flowers, the early mums should 

 ao better than ever before next fall, 

 for a good crop of carnations will be 

 late unless the growing weather is ex- 

 ceptionally fav )rabie all through July. 



The United States Express Co. has 

 notified the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission that it has complied with the 

 order of the commission in the case of 

 the Society of American Florists and 

 reduced its rates on cut flowers to New 

 York City. 



The daily papers are reporting that 

 the Northwestern railroad Will after this 

 season discontinue planting flower beds 

 on the station lawns as a retaliation 

 against the 2-cent fare bills! But it 

 isn't true. Simply less soft-wooded 

 stock will be used, and more shrubs, in 

 accordance with the general trend of the 

 times in railroad gardening. 



PLANT BED CLOTH. 



To what extent can plant bed cloth 

 be used in spring, summer, fall or win- 

 ter? J. L. J. 



Plant bed cloths have two special 

 uses, first to protect from frost, second 

 to protect from the sun's rays. In 

 spring they are invaluable for covering 

 batches of plants which are a little ten- 

 der and which, ha.ving no glass protec- 

 tion, might otherwise be frozen during a 

 sudden and late cold spell. In summer 

 they are ideal for protecting newly sown 

 seed of biennials and perennials during 

 bright sunshine, especially prior to ger- 

 mination; also for giving shade to such 

 greenhouse plants as gloxinias, tydaeas, 

 tuberous begonias, aehimines and ges- 



neras, none of which will withstand the 

 full sun's rays. Primulas, calceolarias, 

 cyclamen and cinerarias are all benefited 

 by such shading. In fall the cloths are 

 still useful for warding off frost and giv- 

 ing some shade, still needed by shade- 

 loving plants. They are not much needed 

 in winter, but in the case of severe 

 weather would assist in keeping up 

 warmth in greenhouses, were they tacked 

 along the cold and windy side. 



For covering young evergreens they 

 are a good deal used, not only unrooted 

 cuttings, but rooted ones and seedlings 

 which need some covering from our hot 

 summer sun until of sufiicient size to 

 go into nursery rows. 



FLORICULTURAL CRIME. 



In the twentieth century we have be- 

 come so sophisticated as to dye real 

 flowers, and horrible possibilities are 

 opened up by the announcement that even 

 the innocent daffodil is being treated in 

 this fashion and offered for sale in Lon- 

 don shops in a flaming scarlet tint. Once 

 begin a horticultural career of crime, and 

 where will the thing end? — Ladies' Pic- 

 torial. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



To Drive Rats Away. 



I have a suggestion to make in con- 

 nection with the subject discussed in last 

 week's Eeview, under the heading, "To 

 Destroy Eats." In years past I have 

 used oil of peppermint with good suc- 

 cess. Dropped in their runs and where 

 they have holes, it drives them away. The 

 process may have to be repeated after a 

 time, but usually they remain away. 

 Sometimes they get under floors in build- 

 ings; then I have bored holes in several 

 places and put a few drops down, and 

 they have disappeared. 



L. C. Porter. 



FIRE INSURANCE. 



Where can I get insurance on my 

 greenhouses and at what rate? I would 

 like to insure in some good company, but 

 most of the companies refuse greenhouse 

 business. W, T. E. 



Consult your local agents. Practically 

 all companies are guided by membership 

 in the board of underwriters having juris- 

 diction over any given territory in which 

 they operate. Ask your agent to show 

 the rules of the board; they doubtless 

 will tell you why it is you cannot get 

 insurance, and they may show how, by 

 making a few changes, you can < make 

 your place a fair risk. The old days, 

 when greenhouses were noninsurable, are 

 passing. With modern construction and 

 by the obser\'ance of ordinary safe- 

 guards in locating and building the boiler- 

 iiouse, most boards of underwriters ac- 

 cept greenhouse risks. Of course the rate 

 varies with the character of the houses 

 and the location as regards fire protec- 

 tion. 



Pbophetstoavn, III. — George Hilger 

 has completed a 50-foot addition to his 

 vegetable house. 



Edwardsville, III. — J. F. Ammann is 

 adding 10,000 feet of glass this season, 

 giving him a total of 40,000 feet, de- 

 voted principally to roses and carnations 

 for the St. Louis market, where they 

 are handled by C. A. Kuehn. 



