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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JULt 25, 1007. 



it printed Vednesday 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. 



Assessment for Taxation 3 



David Uust (portrait) a 



Richard Wltterstaetter (portrait) 4 



Nephrolepls Todeaoldes (illus. ) 5 



Trouble with Auratums o 



Publications Received o 



Burned by the Sun £ 



Seasonable Suggestions — Freeslas o 



— Gypsophlla Paulculata 8 



— Perennial Phloxes (Illus.) 6 



— Palms and Ferns » 



— Brief Reminders * 



Chrysanthemums — Seasonable Culture T 



— Parasite on Mums 7 



A Harmless Insect J 



Roses — Preparing Mulch 7 



Cyprlpedlum Langwaterense (Illus.) » 



To Remove Lime Shading 8 



Wallflowers Not Blooming 8 



Quassia for Aphis 8 



Sweet Peas 8 



The Readers' Corner ° 



Thau and His Daisy » 



Wired Glass on Greenhouses » 



St. Louis ■ ,x 



A Philadelphia Salesman and His Airship 10 



Boston i? 



Charles Eble (portrait). . . : }} 



New York " 



The Death Roll J^ 



— Samuel Henshaw (portrait) 1^ 



— Frances Calvert J^ 



New Orleans • • • • • • • • • • ; • JiJ 



Establishment of Bayersdorfer & Co. (Ulus.). U 



July Crop Report Ij 



Society of American Florists 14 



— Railroad Rates 14 



— Ladies' Auxiliary 14 



Chicago J^ 



Detroit J» 



Philadelphia ^ 



It Did the Work ^ 



Want Advertisements ■ • . . • ^f 



Vegetable Forcing— Care of Vegetable Houses 24 



— Tomato Blight 24 



— Striped Cucumber Beetle 24 



— Heat Soil from Below 25 



Seed Trade News 26 



— Peas and Beans 28 



— Connecticut Crops *» 



— Aster Seed Crops 2« 



— Corn In Ohio 26 



— Dutch Bulbs Late :,•.••; SS 



— The Wood. Stubbs & Co. Fire (illus.) 28 



— Advertising 28 



— Imports : "S 



— Bedding Tulips 29 



— The American Seedsman 2» 



— Germination of Cowpeas 30 



Lily of the Valley 30 



New Bedford, Mass 32 



Indianapolis 34 



Steamer Sailings ^ 



Nursery News 40 



— Planting Evergreens 40 



— Cultivating Nursery Rows 40 



Newport, R. I *^ 



Pacific Coast 42 



— San Francisco 42 



— Sulphur-Dried Fruits 42 



Springfield, Ohio f"? 



Baltimore 44 



Buffalo 46 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y 46 



Washington 48 



Amsterdam, N. Y 48 



Erie, Pa 60 



Dayton, Ohio oO 



Greenhouse Heating — Galvanized Pipe o8 



— To Pack Hot Water Pipes 68 



— Hot Water for One House 58 



— From Steam to Hot Water 58 



— Rust In Boilers 59 



Cincinnati 59 



Send your latest catalogue to the Ee- 

 VIEW and see that it is on your regular 

 mailing list. All catalogues are filed for 

 reference. * 



There is the usual good summer de- 

 mand for Boston ferns, but the supply is 

 adequate thus far, where usually there 

 is a shortage by this date. 



J. W. Cross, Wisbech, England, is a 

 brother of Eli Cross, of Grand Kapids, 

 who is widely known in the trade as a 

 violet specialist. J. W. Cross makes a 

 specialty of bulbs and tubers. 



The attorney general of the United 

 States has filed suit in New York to 

 annul the charters of the two great tele- 

 graph compaaies, alleging that they are 

 in combination in restraint of trade. 

 Many florists have felt the effect of the 

 recent increase in tolls. 



There is no need for alarm over the 

 report in the daily papers as to the 

 heat prostrations at Philadelphia July 

 18, during the Elks' parade. The S. A. 

 F. does not parade, the heat is tempered 

 by the grateful shade on "Lovers' 

 lane," and there are plenty of cool and 

 refreshing retreats in the city. 



It has been stated that the annual out- 

 put of sweet pea seeds in the Santa Gara 

 valley of California is 350 to 400 tons, 

 and from the looks of the wholesale cut 

 flower markets in the last few weeks the 

 casual observer not only would not doubt 

 it but would suppose it all had been 

 planted this year by commercial growers. 



JULY CROP REPORT. 



All that is needed to insure a prosper- 

 ous winter and spring for all florists who 

 jf&re attentive to t^siuesa is good cro^s 

 of cerekls to put money in the hands 6f 

 the farmers. The government crop re- 

 port issued July 17 shows continued im- 

 provement in conditions. 



"Preliminary returns show the acre- 

 age of corn planted to be about 98,099,- 

 000 acres, an increase of about 1^61,000 

 acres, or 1.4 per cent, aa compared with 

 the toal estimate of the acreage planted 

 last year. The average condition of the 

 growing crop on July 1 was 80.2, as 

 compared with 87.5 on July 1, 1906, and 

 a ten-year average of 85.9. 



' ' The average condition on July 1 of 

 spring and winter wheat combined was 

 81.6, as compared with 87.8 on July 1, 

 1906, and 85.8 on July 1, 1905. 



"The amount of wheat remaining in 

 the hands of farmers on July 1 is esti- 

 mated at about 54,853,000 bushels, equiv- 

 alent to about 7.5 per cent of the crop 

 of last year." 



Have you the Florists' Manual, by 

 "William Scott t Its consultation when in 

 doubt will give you prompt information 

 and save you many times the cost 6r~ffie 

 book, which is $5. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Railroad Rates. 



There has been considerable uncer- 

 tainty regarding reduced railroad rates 

 for all organizations, owing to the 2-cent 

 rate agitation. In quite a number of 

 states the 2-cent rate has been made a 

 law. 



I early made application to the Trunk 

 Line Association, in whose territory Phil- 

 adelphia is situated, asking for a reduced 

 rate of a fare and a third for our ses- 

 sion. After considerable correspondence 

 the Trunk Line Association granted the 

 reduced rate and so informed the various 

 other passenger associations. I also 

 placed myself in communication with 

 these associations, but up to the time of 



the date of this letter I have received no 

 word from any of the associations, ex- 

 cepting the Central Passenger Associa- 

 tion, and this association woultv not grant 

 tl»e reduced rate of fare and a third, 

 although I was in personal communica- 

 tion with the officials of the association. 

 The only concession which I could ob- 

 tain from the Central Passenger Asso- 

 ciation is as follows: They will charge a 

 2-cent rate in all the territory under their 

 jurisdiction, but at the same time will 

 provide tickets which will cover a rate of 

 fare and a third in the territory governed 

 by the Trunk Line Association. In other 

 words, a ticket can be purchased in any 

 city covered by the Central Passenger 

 Association through to Philadelphia, but 

 the fare will be at the rate of 2 cents in 

 the territory covered by the Central Pas- 

 senger Association and at the rate of 

 fare and a third in the territory covered 

 by the Trunk Line Association. 



I would further inform you that this 

 special concession covering the selling of 

 a ticket through to Philadelphia is made 

 only on the following conditions: The 

 Central Passenger Association will pro- 

 vide a supply of standard card orders. 

 These to be furnished to me, and I will, 

 upon application to me by our members, 

 send such cards as may be necessary for 

 their use. 



You will understand that th^ reduced 

 rate covering the selling of a through 

 ticket to Philadelphia can be obtained 

 only through the use of the card order, 

 as received from me, and these card or- 

 ders cannot be used by any person except 

 members of our society or those attend- 

 ing the convention. 



If you desire to travel in the territory 

 of the Central Passenger Association — 

 and necessarily you must go through the 

 Trunk Line Association — be sure to ob- 

 tain from me in advance a card order. 



As I have stated to you above, I have 

 been able to secure a concession only 

 from the' Trunk Line Association at one 

 and one-third fare rate, and from the 

 Central Passenger Association of a 2- 

 cent rate in their territory, with a 

 through ticket covering the territory of 

 the Trunk Line Association to Philadel- 

 phia. It is possible that I may hear 

 from the other associations, and if so I 

 will furnish the information direct to 

 the papers at the earliest possible mo- 

 ment. 



I would call your attention to the re- 

 duced rates as granted by all the rail- 

 roads to the Jamestown exposition. In 

 case concessions are not made by the 

 other passenger associations, I would 

 suggest that you make inquiry at the 

 railroad office in your city as to the 

 cheapest and best way to get to the ses- 

 sion, and at the same time take in the 

 Jamestown exposition. These special 

 tickets will permit you to stop over in 

 Philadelphia and New York. 



P. J. Hauswirth, Sec 'y. 



A telephone message from Secretary 

 Hauswirth since the above letter was 

 written brings information that the New 

 England Passenger Association has 

 granted the rate of a fare and a third. 



Ladies' Auxiliary. 



The secretary of the Ladies' Auxiliary 

 of the S. A. F. would be pleased to reg- 

 ister as many members and send pins to 

 as many as possible before the date of 

 the convention, as the pins will enable 

 members to identify each other quickly. 

 Mrs. Chas. H. Maynard, Sec 'y. 



Detroit, Mich. 



