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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVBMBBB 14, 1907. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editob aM» Mamaqib. 



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Subscription 11.00 a year. To Canada, COO. To 

 Europe, 12.50. Subscriptions accepted only from 

 those In the trade. 



Only 



Advertlslngr rates quoted upon request, 

 strictly trade advertising: accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to Insure Insertion In the Isque of the 

 toUowlnr day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered at the Chlca«ro post-ofBce as mall mat- 

 ter of the second class. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



CONTENTS. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 54. 



The Autumn Exhibitions 13 



— Chicago (tllus.) 13 



— NatioiiHl Flower Show 17 



— New York 18 



— Philadelphia 20 



— Tarrjtown, N. X 20 



— Chestnut Hill, Pa 21 



— Orange, N. J 21 



— Boston 21 



Bulbous Plants 22 



Koses— Hose Mrs. Potter Palmer (lllus.) 23 



— In Carnation House 23 



— Mildew 23 



— Uamblers for Christmas 24 



Seasonable Suggestions — Poiusettlas (iUas.). 24 



— Gardenias 24 



— Crotons and Dracaenas 24 



— Pandanus > 24 



— Bedding Geraniums 24 



— Lilies 24 



— Dutch Bulbs 24 



— Rambler Koses 24 



New Dahlia Charles Lanier ; 25 



Chrysanthemums — Notes from Merstham 25 



— Treatment for Cutworms 26 



— Best Varieties of Mums 26 



Chrysanthemum Society 26 



Orchids— Some Seasonable Orchids (illns.)... 28 



Ornamental Plants 28 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East ..' 30 



— Red Spider on Carnations 30 



— Worms on Carnation Buds 30 



— Stigmonose on Carnations 30 



The Retail Florist— Artistic Arrangements... 30 



— The EUs' Wreath (Ulus.) 30 



Boston 31 



New York 31 



In the Land of Grain (Ulus.) 33 



The Crego Aster (lllus.) 33 



St. Louis 33 



The Death Roil^ames C. Lultweller 34 



— Prank Lichtefeld 34 



— Dexter Mason Ferry (portrait) 34 



— August Loeber 34 



— Mrs. C. Held 84 



Chicago 36 



Pittsburg 30 



Philadelphia 42 



Seed Trade News 44 



— Imports 40 



— Meadow Foxtail '. . 46 



— Everltt to Move 47 



— Influence of Climate .* 48 



— Beappraisement 50 



— How Prices Compare SO 



— Grass Seed and Clover 60 



New Bedford 64 



Newport, R. 1 56 



Vegetable Forcing— The Hinckley Place 



(lllus.) 68 



— Vegetable Markets 58 



— Nitrate of Soda on Lettuce 68 



— Lettuce Under Cloth 68 



Cleveland 50 



Detroit 60 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 66 



— Marin County Flower Show 66 



Steamer Sailings 68 



Four Good Caenas « 70 



Nursery News — Hale's Interests 72 



— San Jose Scale 72 



Baltimore 74 



BufTalo 76 



St. Paul 78 



Cincinnati 80 



Washington 82 



Greenhouse Heating 84 



.West Grove, Pa^ 90 



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To print this issue of the Review 

 6,140 pounds of white paper were re- 

 quired, or more than three tons. 



it printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed eatly Thtmday morning. It 

 ii earnestly reqtiested 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. 



SOCIETT or IHIBIGAIf FLOBISTB. 



INCOBPOBATKD BY ACT OF CONGRESS MARCH 4, '01. 



Officers for 1007: President, William J. Stew- 

 art. Boston; vice-president, John Westcott, 

 Philadelphia; secretary, P. J. Hauswlrth, 232 

 Michigan avenue, Chicago; treasturer, B. B. 

 Beatty. Plttsborg. 



Officers for 1906: President, F. H. Traendly, 

 New York; vice-president, George W. Mc- 

 Clure, Buffalo; secretary, P. 3. Hauswlrth. 282 

 Michigan avenue, Chicago; treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty, Pittsburg. 



Annual convention, Niagara Falls, August 18 

 to 21. 1908. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, No- 

 vember, 1908; W. F. Kastlng, BuflTslo, chair- 

 man. 



Results bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Some men's work drives them because 

 they do not drive the work. 



John T. Temple, of Davenport, la., 

 says the pompon chrysanthemum is the 

 one that will be bringing in the money 

 five years from now. 



At St. Louis November 12 the show 

 gold medal for new American plant was 

 awarded to W. A. Manda, for Dracaena 

 Mandaiana. 



The scarcity of help of some experi- 

 ence is not so great as a month ago, for 

 the season is at hand when many large 

 growers lay off men who have been em- 

 ployed since spring. 



W. J. Godfrey, the sweet pea grower 

 ak Exmouth, England, says that the 

 American variety Phenomenal seems to 

 be unnoticed in England, although it is 

 "a most beautiful variety and well 

 worth a trial, for it is distinct." 



Wm. F. Kasting was candidate for 

 city treasurer at the election in Buffalo 

 November 5. He An 6,000 votes ahead 

 of the Democratic ticket, but failed of 

 election. To win in Buffalo, it looks as 

 though the Democrats needed a florist at 

 the head of the ticket. 



By hundreds the florists, who d6 pros- 

 perous local business in country towns, 

 are finding that they can make more 

 money by using their space for other 

 crops and depending on the nearest 

 wholesale grower for their supplies of 

 roses. 



Present indications are that in that 

 part of the country west of the Al- 

 leghenies, the approaching season will 

 break all records in the matter of green- 

 house building. Not only will the local 

 plants be added to, but the big establish- 

 ments will be largely increased, for all 

 are prosperous. 



OUR TENTH ANNIVERSARY. 



It had been our intention to felicitate 

 ourselves a bit upon this occasion, the 

 present issue completing the tenth yqar 

 of the publication of the Review, but 

 several patrons have arisen nobly to the 

 occasion and patted us on the back much 

 more gracefully than we could perform 

 the operation for ourselves. Not having 

 space in this issue for all the letters, 

 that of 'William L. Kroeschell, on page 

 35, is offered as an evidence, if any were 

 needed, that the Review has not been 

 idle during its first decade. If we have 

 failed of taking full advantage of our 

 opportunities we only can say, in the 

 words of the story as told of the cow- 

 boy's epitaph inscribed by admiring 

 friends: "He done his damndest; an- 

 gels couldn't a did no more.." 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market was quiet last week and 

 a clearance on Friday and Saturday was 

 only effected by cheap offers of the our 

 selection grade. This week started off 

 better, Monday producing its usual run 

 of shipping and local buying being bet- 

 ter than at any time last week. Receipts 

 also were reduced by weather condi- 

 tions, which, though bright, have become 

 cold. 



The chrysanthemum still doqiinates. 

 Receipts continue large, but quality has 

 improved, for the good late sorts are now 

 being cut. However, prices are not high. 

 In fact, the growers called them low, and 

 there is little prospect of anything much 

 better being realized this season. It 

 may have the effect of reducing the quan- 

 tity grown next year, this year's supply 

 of the catch-crop grade having been con- 

 siderably greater tnan that of last season. 



There are some superb roses to be had. 

 Long Beauties are equal to all require- 

 ments and shorts are more abundant, but 

 medium lengths, as usual, are scarce and 

 command a premium. Fancy long Rich- 

 mond and Killarney seem possibly more 

 abundant than they really are because 

 the buyers are not anxious to pay the 

 price for the special grades. Bride, 

 Maid, Kaiserin, Chatenay and the spec- 

 ialty roses also arc fine and equal to 

 market requirements. 



The receipts of carnations do not in- 

 crease as rapidly as usual at this season. 

 There is some fine stock and it brings 

 good returns, but even with the short 

 supply, bargain sales to clear out the 

 lower grades have been necessary. 



There is variety in the reports on vio- 

 lets. Some houses speak well of the de- 

 mand and prices received, but others say 

 these must be easily satisfied, as their 

 own supply exceeds the demand and prices 

 realized are less than a year ago. Qual- 

 ity is fine. Easter lilies, valley, etc., are 

 abundant. A few short sweet peas have 

 arrived. Green goods of all kinds are 

 plentiful. 



Thanksgiving Prospects. 



The wholesalers are mindful of last 

 year's experience at Thanksgiving and 

 are not advancing quotations to any spe- 

 cial degree in their search for advance 

 orders for Thanksgiving. Last year we 

 had a brisk market in the middle of No- 

 vember and Thanksgi\dng rates were run 

 qa to a peiat whererthey shut off buying. 

 We shall have a large supply in Chicago 

 around November 25 and 26 and the ef- 

 fort will be to make prices so attractive 

 that big orders will be the result. The re- 



