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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



August 22, 1907. 



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it printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thursday morning. It 

 if 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. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 88h 



CONTENTS. 



The Philadelphia Convention 17 



— President's Address 17 



— Frank H. Traendly (portrait) 18 



— P. J. Hauswlrth (portrait) 19 



— H. B. Beatty (portrait) 20 



— Secretary's Report 21 



— Other Rei>orts 21 



— Samuel S. Pennock (portrait) 21 



— Charles D. Ball (portrait) 22 



— The Trade Exhibition (illus.) 22 



— William Graham (portrait) 22 



— Robert Craig (portrait) 23 



— Fred Hahman (portrait) 23 



— David Rust (portrait) 24 



— A. B. Cartledge (portrait) 24 



— S. S. Skidelsky (portrait) 25 



— Joseph Heaorck (portrait) 25 



— President's Reception 20 



— Wednesday's Proceedings 20 



— Wednesday Evening's Session 27 



— Hail Association 27 



— Rose Society 27 



— Ladles' Auxiliary 27 



— A Trip to Rlverton 27 



— J. D. Elsele (portrait) 2S 



— Judges' Report 29 



— Nomination of Officers 29 



— Cliange of Name 29 



— Thursday's Proceedings 29 



— Officers Elected 29 



— Those Present 29 



— Pansy Trial Grounds ot W. Atlee Bur- 



pee & Co. (illns.) 30 



— Hardy Bulbs and Roots 31 



— Field of Phloxes at the Dreer Establish- 



ment (lllus.) 31 



Wittbold's Cement Bench (illus.) 33 



Seasonable Suggestions — Sweet Peas 34 



— Stevias 34 



— Berried Solanums 34 



— Bouvardlas 3G 



— Hydrangeas 30 



— Rambler Roses 36 



— Brief Reminders : 30 



Chicago 37 



New York 39 



Philadelphia 41 



Boston 43 



St. lyOUlS 45 



» 'inolnnati 47 



Detroit 4S 



Watering During Sunshine Bl 



The Army Worm 52 



The Readers' Corner — Denver and Colorado. . 00 



— Begonia Rubra 'Ml 



■ — Excessive Assessment 60 



— Slugs and Snails <iO 



— A Remedy for Cut Worms 00 



Want Advertisements 00 



Steamer Sailings O-'f 



Vegetable Forcing — Forcing Tomatoes 00 



— ^ Fumigating Cucumber House <><> 



Seed Trade News OS 



— California Seeds 09 



— With Carthage Seedsmen 09 



— Catalogue Building 71 



Nurser.v News 74 



-- The Future of tlie Peony 74 



— Preparation of Land 74 



— The Weeping Willow (Illus.) 74 



— Necessity for Inspection 75 



— Mark Cases Fully 7(! 



— Shrubs 77 



Pacific Coast 7S 



■ — A New Government Station 7S 



— White Fly In Orange Groves 78 



— The Japanese Situation 79 



— Portland. Ore W> 



Park Superintendents Meet St 



Montreal ^2 



Winchendon, Mass S2 



New Orleans S4 



Springfield. Ill S4 



Oxalls Ennonphylla **•} 



Aralla Mnseri S5 



Hotbeds for Propagation SC 



Kansas City RSg 



Kalamazoo, Mich SSg 



A I;«dder for Greenliouse Roofs RSh 



Verbenas ^ 



Countess Spencer Sweet Pea 00 



Greenhouse Heating — Boilers for Steam 91 



— Piping In Mas.sachusett8 91 



— Hot Water for Heating 01 



— Pilling Under Boiler 02 



Iris Longlpetala 04 



Watsonla Ardernel 04 



Piping on Pacific Coast 06 



Interest In Rocking Grate 06 



Columbus, Ohio t 100 



Newport, R. I ^ \ 102 



Thebe is pleasure and profit in clean- 

 liness and order. 



The nurserymen of Texas want their 

 inspection law so amended as to include 

 greenhouse- establishments. 



Have you bought your season's sup- 

 ply of coal? Prices will be advanced 

 another notch September 1. 



Order your printed letter heads today 

 and use them in writing for your fall 

 supplies. 



Abe there dining cars running out of 

 your town? If so, get the order to sup- 

 ply them with fresh bouquets for each 

 trip; or get the order to keep their fern 

 dishes constantly filled and fresh. 



Benjamin Hammond is getting action 

 for the American Rose Society. Spurred 

 by his interest and industry, the society 

 is heard from frequently in a way that 

 will count in results for the rose. 



The exchange of orders between re- 

 tail florists in different cities is increas- 

 ing rapidly as the public finds out that 

 the fl9rists have facilities for delivering 

 quickljf in distant places by means of 

 telegraphic orders. A card in the Ee- 

 viEw will help you to get your share of 

 these orders. 



The John C. Moninger Co., Chicago, 

 reports that a grower is contemplating 

 the erection of carnation houses 1,500 

 feet long, running 750 feet in each 

 direction from a central heating plant. 

 The firm predicts that in the next few 

 years there will be a marked increase in 

 the length of greenhouses. 



WILLIAM PENN. 

 William Penn, proprietary governor of 

 Pennsylvania, was founder of Philadel- 

 phia, the City of Brotherly Love. The 

 statue of William Penn, by Mc Arthur, 

 was placed on the tower of the city hall 

 in his honor. It expresses toleration. 



William Penn not only looks down this 

 week upon the members of the Society 

 of American Florists in convention as- 

 sembled, but he looks out upon the 

 whole trade from the title page of the 

 Eeview. 



SEASONABLE 



SUGGESTIONS 



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Sweet Peas. 



It will take from twelve to fourteen 

 weeks to have the early forcing varieties 

 of sweet peas in bloom from sowing the 

 seeds. We are constantly receiving in- 

 quiries as to the best sorts to grow, and 

 in reply can only state that only one or 

 two named varieties are suitable for this 

 purpose. The numerous kinds now flow- 

 ering outdoors are not adapted for in- 

 door culture, unless sown after Christ- 

 mas for spring blooming. The two most 

 popular sorts are Mont Blanc, white, and 

 Earliest of All or Christmas Pink, pink 

 and white. The first named usually 

 starts to flower first. 



For winter forcing, sweet peas may be 

 grown in pots, boxes or benches, the lat- 

 ter being superior to beds during the 

 dark months, but inferior for spring 

 flowering. They may be used to follow 

 chrysanthemums, particularly early sorts, 

 but care must be taken to allow them 

 liead room. Seed may now be sown either 

 in small pots or in flats, from which they 

 can be planted directly into the rows 

 where they are to bloom. Be careful, 

 in buying seed, to get pure strains only, 

 and do not accept any substitutions of 

 "just as good" sorts. It will be many 

 dollars out of your pocket if they per- 

 sist in growing instead of flowering un- 

 til spring. Use a light, sandy compost 

 to start the seeds in and they will ger- 

 minate as well in a coldframe as any- 

 where at this season. If you intend to 

 grow them in boxes, let them be at least 

 six inches deep and of any convenient 

 width and length. These may be grown 

 outdoors for at least another month. If 

 housed early in October it will be suffi- 

 ciently early. Do not make the common 

 error of sowing too thickly. Allow the 



plants two or three inches of space each 

 way and they will give you stronger 

 staJks and finer sprays of bloom. Sweet 

 peas need comparatively cool culture, but 

 this will be referred to in later notes. 



Stevias. 



We are now past the middle of August. 

 The days are shortening very percepti- 

 bly, and while very hot days may be ex- 

 pected for a week or two, the nights are 

 growing appreciably cooler. If stevias 

 were planted out in May and have been 

 pinched from time to time, they will now 

 be nice, bushy plants and should be lift- 

 ed and potted without delay. Get, if you 

 can, a little ball of earth on the roots 

 and lift while the ground is moist. The 

 size of pots to be used will depend on 

 the quality of the plants. Keep the roots 

 from drying. Pot firmly, using any good 

 compost. Keep shaded and freely 

 syringed for a few days. If you have 

 lath shadings, stand these over them and 

 gradually inure to full sunshine. Stevias 

 grow like weeds now and are perhaps a 

 common, everyday plant, but no florist 

 will go far wrong in having a large 

 batch of them, for they can be had in 

 bloom over a long season. They are 

 delicate and the lightest frost will ruin 

 the foliage, but they grow well in any 

 house from which frost is exclucied. 



Berried Solanums. 



These plants are particularly useful 

 at Christmas. They .can be cheap- 

 ly grown and are of the easiest possible 

 culture. Plants in the open ground now 

 will be shapely, well berried little bushes 

 and ought to be lifted and potted up by 

 the beginning of September. Large pots 

 aro not required; 5-inch will hold good 



