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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



August 29, 1907. 



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is 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 Mondajr, or 

 Tuesday at latest^ instead of Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



CONTENTS. 



Society of American Florists — Convention 



Aftermath 3 



— National Flower Sliow 3 



— Plant Registration 3 



— Business Methods 3 



— George W. McClure (portrait) 3 



— Final Sessions 4 



>- Trade Exhibit 4 



— Presentations 4 



— Willow Grove 4 



— Bayersdorfer's Luncheon 4 



— Harry A. Bunyard (portrait) 4 



— At B'elmont Mansion (lllus.) 5 



— Bice's Kathskeller 5 



— Park People 111 5 



— Notes 6 



— The Bowling 6 



— Dreer's Crested Nephrolepis (lllus.) 7 



— American Carnation Society 7 



Premium List for the National Flower Show. 8 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West 9 



— Carnation Early Vienna 9 



Cleanliness In Greenhouses 9 



Mealy Bug on I'^oliage Plants 9 



Seasonable Suggestions — Propagation of Gera- 

 niums 10 



— German Iris ." 10 



— Peonies 11 



— Brief Reminders 11 



Nephrolepis Superbissima (lllus.) 11 



A Florists' Window Washer (lllus.) 12 



Horticulture In Colleges 12 



Hardy Shruhs 13 



W. H. Taplin (portrait) 13 



North Side of Main Hall at the Philadelphia 



Trade* Display (lllus. ) 14 



South Side of Main Hall at the Philadelphia 



Trades Display (lllus.) 15 



Horticultural Education 15 



Canadian Horticulturists 16 



The Cost of Production 16 



Dreer's Crotons (lllus. ) 16 



Cactus Dahlias for Cutting 17 



Was This Elmer D. ? 17 



Display at H. A. Dreer's (lllus.) 17 



I'ublications Received 18 



The Death Roll— James Shackell 18 



— Thomas J. .Tohnson 18 



— Benjamin M. Bacon 18 



— Martin Neukert 18 



Chicago 19 



New York 21 



Philadelphia 24 



White Fly on Mums 26 



Yellow Spots on Foliage 26 



Effect of Excessive Heat 26 



Want Advertisements 26 



Newport, R. 1 28 



.Seed Trade News 29 



— Catalogue Building 30 



— Catalogues Received 30 



Boston 31 



Vegetable Forcing — Best Cucumbers for Forc- 

 ing .32 



— Forcing Rhubarb S4 



New Bedford, Mass 38 



Steamer Sailings 43 



Nursery News 44 



— Two New Roses 44 



— German Nurserymen 44 



— Gooseberries 44 



— Nurserymen of Texas ^ 4.'> 



Pacific Coast— Hanging Basket Demand 46 



— Victoria, B. C 46 



— San Francisco 47 



Cincinnati 48 



Detroit 50 



Reversion of Plersonl Ferns 52 



Best Natural Fertilizers 52 



Baltimore 54 



Greenhouse Heating — Heat for Propagating 



House 63 



— Piping in Michigan O."} 



— Heat for Bedding Stock 63 



— Unsatisfactory Piping 64 



— City Pressure for Hot Water 6.5 



— Painting Steam Pipes 6.') 



Pittsburg 68 



Pronouncing Dictionary sent by the 

 Review for 25 cents. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Eevibw brings results. 



The call for choice varieties of peo- 

 nies will not slacken. 



And next week will be September, 

 with all it means in the way of increas- 

 ing business. 



Don't lose sight of the fact that the 

 best profit always is to be had through 

 the producing of a good article. 



Have you the carnations housed? In 

 days of old this date would not have been 

 considered late, but now — well, better get 

 busy! 



Send your latest catalogue to the Re- 

 view and see that it is on your regular 

 mailing list. All catalogues are filed for 

 reference. 



Is your boiler ready for an early fire? 

 Most rose growers will be needing a lit- 

 tle night heat from now on, or are likely 

 to need it badly any night. 



The executive committee of the 

 American Association of Farmers' Insti- 

 tute Workers has announced that the 

 next meeting of the association will be 

 held at "Washington, D. C, October 23 

 to 25, 1907. 



There are instances where a florist has 

 obtained credit on no other showing than 

 the business-like appearance of his sta- 

 tionery, but there still are those who han- 

 dicap themselves by sending out inquiries 

 and orders without a printed letterhead. 



The apple-pie order of every one of 

 the Philadelphia cut flower and plant- 

 growing establishments, a cleanliness and 

 order it was easy to see is habitual and 

 not put on for the occasion, was one of 

 the most valuable lessons of the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



Killarney, which has been described 

 as "the Irish beauty," will be queen of 

 the American cut flower markets if all 

 the rose growers who have planted it this 

 season have the same measure of success 

 with it that a few growers had last sea- 

 son. 



With their pumping and power plants 

 many of the big growers now require 

 steam every day in the year, and the con- 

 stant availability of a little heat to dry 

 out the rose houses on cool summer nights 

 is reflected in the quality of the rose 

 stock, particularly in the absence of mil- 

 dew. 



When you receive a telegram from a 

 florist who instructs you to "deliver ten- 

 dollar wreath to funeral of Mr. So-and-so, 

 card John Smith," the florist expects 

 you to send a wreath you charge the pub- 

 lic $10 for, and he expects you to allow 

 him a commission of 20 per cent. Insert 

 a card on one of the Review's pages for 

 leading retail florists and you will receive 

 manv such orders. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



[How to Lay Out Suburban Home Grounds, 

 by Herbert J. Kellaway, 112 pages, profusely 

 illustrated. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 

 publishers, price |2.] 



' The retail florist who does a general 

 trade in a residence community has in- 

 numerable calls from people who wish 

 advice as to embellishing their home 

 grounds. To answer these questions ful- 

 ly and satisfactorily a florist would need 

 a training in the landscape art. No 

 great number possess this, and to those 

 who do not Mr. Kellaway 's volume will 

 be of special interest and value. It is 

 written, not for the trade, but for those 



with moderate incomes wishing to secure 

 beautiful surroundings for their homes. 

 The drawings and suggestions are not 

 intended to deal with the treatment of 

 large estates, nor to explain in complex 

 language the many principles of land- 

 scape architecture, but only to give an 

 idea as to Avhat is good taste in the 

 treatment of home grounds. The florist 

 will profit, not only by the reading of 

 this book, but he can refer his inquirers 

 to it and save himself much time. Doubt- 

 less many florists will find it worth while 

 to keep copies on hand for sale to their 

 customers. The price is $2, at which 

 the Review will supply the volume post- 

 paid. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



James ShackelL 



James Shackell died at Bayside, N. 

 Y.,, August 13, at the age of 68. He 

 was born at Bath, England, came to 

 America about forty-seven years ago 

 and was employed as foreman in dif- 

 ferent Long Island greenhouses. He 

 spent the last fifteen years of his life 

 as head gardener on private estates. He 

 is survived by his wife and also leaves 

 two daughters, one of whom is the wife 

 of Joseph Millang, manager of the New 

 York Cut Flower Co. ' 



Thomas J. Johnston. 



Thomas J. Johnston died at his home, 

 145 Cypress street, Providence, R. I., 

 August 15, from an attack of appendi- 

 citis which culminated suddenly and un- 

 expectedly in heart trouble. Though he 

 had not been entirely well since last 

 fall, when he was seriously afflicted with 

 rheumatism, yet he had attended to busi- 

 ness until a day or two before he died, 

 and on the day preceding his death he 

 was confidently believed to be recovering. 



Mr. Johnston was one of the most 

 prominent florists of his city and was a 

 member of a family which had been con- 

 nected with the trade for generations. 

 He was the seventh son of Robert John- 

 ston, who conducted a greenhouse on 

 Blackstone boulevard, near Swan Point 

 cemetery, was 42 years old and had con- 

 ducted a store on Weybosset street for 

 some years. His brothers are all in the 

 same business in different parts of the 

 city and his grandfather and uncles were 

 all florists. He was a charter member of 

 the Florists' and Gardeners' Club and 

 had served as its president. In addi- 

 tion to this, he was actively interested 

 in practically every horticultural exhibit 

 which was held anywhere in his part of 

 the United States and had taken many 

 prizes. He married about twenty years 

 ago and is survived by his widow an<1 

 two sons. 



Benjamin M. Bacon. 



Benjamin M. Bacon, who for many 

 years conducted a nursery and green- 

 house at Danville, 111., died at the Sol- 

 diers' Home hospital in that place, 

 August 9. He was 65 years old. 



Martin Neukert. 



Martin Neukert died August 18, at 

 -Ws home at Crescent and Etna streets, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. For more than fifty 

 years he had been engaged in the flo- 

 rists' business, with his greenhouses at 

 Cypress Hills. He was born in Germany, 

 February 20, 1832. He leaves two daugh- 

 ters, Sophie and Mrs. Elizabeth Leslie, 

 and three sons, Joseph, Lewis and 

 Martin. 



