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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



July 4, 1007. 



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U printed Wednesday evening; and 

 mailed early Thursday mornin£. It 

 is earnestly requested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 "copy" to reach us by Monday, or 

 Tueaday at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday morniof, as many have done 

 in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



The Peony Convention (lllus. ) 5 



— InHpecthiK the Test I'lats (lllns.) ."i 



— .1. Eliot ("olt (llhis.) 6 



— (ieneral View of Kxhlbitlou (IUuh.) 7 



Peony Delk'HtlMslma (illus.) 8 



Uedemptlon of the HoKlmckM S 



Seasonable .SiiKKestlons 10 



— Sweet Peas 10 



— ARtPi-!* 10 



— (iladloU 11 



■ — Ceneral Outdoor Work 11 



— Potting Ketnnled Llllen 11 



Nephrolepls Anierimhlll ( lUiis. ) 11 



Koses 12 



— Baby Uauiblerx 12 



— Temijerature for Cut Hloonis 12 



Boston 12 



Grand Rapids i:{ 



St. I^uls Florists" Club (lUus.) i:{ 



Koof Ladder 14 



The Readers' Corner 14 



— Sweet Peas and Lettuce 14 



Stunted Ferns 14 



Chicago 14 



St. Louis 17 



New York 18 



Philadelphia 21 



Want Advertisements 22 



Seed Trade News 24 



— George S. Green (portrait) 24 



— Seed Ti-ade Convention 24 



— The Seed Trade Raniuet ( illus. ) 27 



— Helps for the Seed 'lYade 27 



— M. H. Duryeii (portrait) 2S 



— F. W. Rolgiano ( portrait ) 2S 



— "Fradarrow :J0 



• — H. Frank Dari-ow ( iHirtrait i :{ i 



— Imports ru 



■ — Krfiirt Seed Crop .'U 



— Ihit.v on ("yens Stems :!1 



— Improving the Seed Supply Wi 



Vegetable Forcing .'14 



— Vegetable Markets :!4 



— • lettuce anil Ciicumt)ers :!4 



— The Meanest Man :;4 



Baltimore .'{s 



Newport. R. 1 4ii 



Steamer Sailings 4r> 



Washington 4.'i 



Pacllle Coast 4<! 



— Labor on the Coast K> 



— San Francisco 4(5 



Nursery News 4S 



■ — Kvergre«'n Cuttings 4S 



— Budding 4'» 



— Seedling .Vjiples of Maine 50 



Crimson Riiinbler Rose .'1 



DaveniK^rt, la r>2 



Montreal 52 



St. Paul 54 



Painesvllle. Oliio 54 



In<lianapolis .'((5 



Manchester. Mass ."i; 



BulTalo <!." 



(ireenhouse Heating tii! 



— Care of I'nused Boiler <>ii 



■ — Fewer Returns than Flows fiii 



— Steam from a Pumping Plant »{(> 



— Don't I'se Steam ('«! 



Cincinnati 07 



Detroit OS 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



John Halliday. 



Jolin Hallitlay, aged 88, a well-known 

 florist, of Lynchburg, Va., was instant- 

 ly killed by a fast passenger train on 

 the Southern railway in South Lynch- 

 burg June 26. He was a native of Scot- 

 lanrl, coming to America when 13 years 

 of age. He lived first in Baltimore, 

 where he now has many relatives, some 

 of whom are florists. He came to Lynch- 

 burg about 1850. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Henry A. Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia, 

 calls its new wholesale list the "Con- 

 vention Number. ' ' 



The Bapid Addressing Machine Co., 

 Chicago and New York, makes a business 

 of supplying lists of addresses, or ad- 

 dressing envelopes, in any department of 

 the business world. Having what it 

 claims to be superior facilities through 

 its connection with R. G. Dun & Co., for 

 securing all the new names and getting 

 rid of the dead ones, it is interesting to 

 note that its list of florists, seedsmen 

 and nurserymen includes just 10,862 

 names. This is especially worthy of note 

 as showing how thoroughly the Review's 

 8,000 weekly edition covers the whole 

 trade. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



Sweet Peas and Lettuce. 



I find here a peculiar state of affairs. 

 Sweet peas live out over winter and form 

 clumps, and can be transplanted just like 

 the hardy variety. Now, it occurs to me 



Our returns from the aidvettising 

 we have done in 



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this spring; have been very satisfactory 

 and we will probably be doing more 

 with you another season. 



FRANK SHEARER & SON. 

 Binghamton, N. Y. 

 June 22, 1907. 



that I could pot them in the fall and 

 ship to some greenhouse in the east in 

 January. Why not? 



Also I can grow lettuce in the fall, 

 have it in 2-inch pots and ship in Janu- 

 ary to some grower under glass, and he 

 ought to be able to grow three crops 

 where he grows one ordinarily. This 

 could be done after cleaning off a bench. 



Will you please refer this to some 

 grower for me, who might be interested? 



Ashland. Ore. Chas. H. Bartow. 



STUNTED FERNS. 



Inclosed find some of my fern leaves. 

 Will you please state what is the matter 

 with my ferns and what I ought to do 

 with them? J. W. 



The ferns in question are apparently 

 Bostons, and the specimens show signs 

 of a sudden check in growth, the tips 

 of the fronds being stunted. This con- 

 dition might be brought about by either 

 one of two or three causes, the most 

 likely cause having been dryness at the 

 root on some bright day. Too much 



feeding with strong manure before the 

 plants are well rooted will also cause 

 trouble of this kind. The plants will 

 probably outgrow this condition in a few 

 weeks' time, and the stunted fronds may 

 then be gradually cut out, if they dis- 

 figure the plants at that time. 



Do not get the plants sodden before 

 they are well rooted, but water more 

 freely as they become established, also 

 giving plenty of light and air all the 

 time. W. H. Taplin. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Both demand and supply have been 

 steadily receding in the last week, but 

 have maintained about the same relative 

 proportions as a week ago. The receipts 

 are now down nearly to the ordinary 

 summer level and demand is, if any- 

 thing, a little better than usual for the 

 first part of July. There are abundant 

 supplies for all requirements, although 

 the projwrtion of low grade stock is now 

 high and it takes some skirmishes to get 

 material which will stand shipment and 

 give satisfaction. 



The item most in demand is the Ameri- 

 can Beauty rose. Supplies are rather 

 larger than usual at this season of the 

 year, for a number of growers have 

 planned summer crops. Quality is noth- 

 ing to brag about, being on the usual hot 

 weather basis; small buds and not much 

 color. Prices hold fairly firm. Of other 

 roses, the best demand is for Kaiserin 

 and the best grades are selling well. 

 There has been a good supply of this 

 rose up to this week, but now cuts are 

 off with several growers; and when 

 Kaiserin is off, it is away off. There are 

 some fine Richmond. Killarney is now 

 being cut by only a few growers, but it 

 holds its color excellently and is selling 

 as well, relatively, as at any time this 

 season. Brides and Maids are soft and 

 the color of the latter is poor. 



The receipts of carnations continue 

 ahead of market requirements. The flow- 

 ers are growing smaller day by day and 

 the pink varieties are losing color. Some 

 good Genevieve Lord sell fairly well, but 

 it is impossible to clean out the daily re- 

 ceipts at prices that are profitable to 

 the growers. Rather than spending their 

 time cutting and bunching the soft stock 

 many of them now are sending in, they 

 would better be devoting their attention 

 to preparing for the approaching season. 



The indoor sweet peas are about at an 

 end and outdoor ones are taking their 

 place. Quality, therefore, is not so good 

 as it has been. There are now practically 

 no peonies except those from cold storage 

 and the quality of these is generally not 

 up to what it usually is. Easter lilies 

 are still received in considerable quantity 

 in some of the houses, and in some there 

 are quantities of auratums. Each sells 

 slowly. The demand for valley is past. 



There are now moderate receipts of 

 outdoor summer flowers, including gladi- 

 oli and irises. There is no great demand 

 for this stock, although the retailers use 

 thefn to keep up window display. There 

 is an abundance of all green stuff for 

 the existing demand. 



Remember that the wholesale houses 

 now close at 5 p. m., and get your orders 

 in early. 



Peonies. 



A look into the cool rooms of the two 

 big storage houses just over the river 



