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The Weekly Rorists* Review. 



Decbmbbb 10, 1907. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. 6RAKT. Editor and Manaokb. 



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Subscription 11.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00. To 

 Europe, 12.50. ^Jubscrlptlons accepted only from 

 those In the triple. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in the issue of the 

 following day, and earUer will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the posi-ntHce at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 8, 187<J. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

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INDEX TO ADVEBTXSERS. FAQE 70. 



CONTENTS. 



Roses — Anything New In Roses? 5 



— Rose W. R. Smith (lllus.) S 



— Seasonable Suggestions 6 



— Yellow bollage cm Roses 6 



— Propagating Outdoors B 



Asters In Oregon (lllus. ) tt 



Forcing Lily of the Valley 7 



Shasta Daisies 8 



Carnations — Bud-rot In Carnations 8 



— Water for Carnations 8 



— Carnations Uo to Sleep 8 



— Use of Horn Dust 8 



— One Line of Ventilators 8 



Cure for MiUepeds 10 



The Retail Florist — Artistic Arrangements 



(Ulus.) T. 10 



— Temperature for Ice-Box 10 



Plant Nomenclature 10 



Crambe Cordlfolla 10 



Narcissi and Hyacinths 11 



Trouble with Sweet Peas 11 



Gladioli for Memorial Day 11 



Le Candeur as a Pot Tulip 11 



Seasonable Suggestions — Winter Protection... 12 



— Preparing Christmas Plants 12 



— Mignonette 12 



— Gladioli 12 



— Spiraea 12 



— Dlely tra Spectabills 12 



— Bouvardlas 12 



— Callas 13 



Begonia Glolre de Lorraine (lllus.) 13 



Chrysanthemums — Review of the Season 14 



— Mums for Kxhlbltlon 14 



— Mums for Pot Culture 14 



— Reflexed Chadwlck 15 



— American Mums In England 15 



In tlie Residence District (lllus.) 15 



A Question on Glazing 16 



Insects on Fuchsias 16 



Insect on Euony mus 16 



The Death Roll— James Dell 16 



— E. A. Lacy 16 



Chicago 17 



Exeter, N. H 19 



Pittsburg 20 



Columbus, Ohio 20 



Alontreal 21 



St. Louis 21 



Lexington, Ky 22 



Philadelphia 22 



Newport, R. 1 24 



Boston 25 



New York 28 



Seed Trade News 30 



— Imports 31 



— Duty on Broccoli Seed 31 



— Seed Samples 32 



— Results of Selection 32 



— Catalogues Received 35 



Calla, Ohio 35 



Vegetable Forcing — Virginia Truck Growers.. 35 



— Electricity in Greenhouses 36 



— Vegetable Markets 86 



Steamer Sailings 42 



Washington 42 



Buffalo 43 



New Bedford, Mass 44 



Nursery News — Propagating Privet 46 



— White Pine from Seed 46 



— Berberls Wilsonae 46 



— Pear and Apple Diseases 46 



St. Paul 47 



Pacific Coast— Portland, Ore 48 



— San Francisco 48 



— Best Sellers on the Coast . . . ; 49 



Denver 62 



Wayside Notes 64 



Greenhouse Heating — Two Separate Houses. . 63 



— Damage from Painted Pipes 63 



Cincinnati 64 



New Orleans 65 



Lenox. Mass 65 



Indianapolis 66 



Detroit 08 



SPECIAL NOTICE 



Christmas and New Year's 



Because Christmas and New Yearns 

 fall on Wednesday, the day the Re- 

 vie'w^ is printed, the issues for the next 

 two weeks will go to press one day 

 earlier than vsualf 



Tuesday. Dec. 24 and 31 



Advertisers and correspondents will 

 please see that their matter reaches tis 

 not later than Tuesday mornings and 

 earlier will be better. 



gOCIBTT or AMKBICAN FLOBI8T8. 



IkcokpobatedbtActofConobessMabch4, '01 



Officers for 1907: President, William J. Stew- 

 art, Boston; vice-president, John Westcott, 

 Plilladelpbia; secretary, P. J. Hauswlrth, 232 

 Michigan avenue. Chicago; treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty. Pittsburg. 



Officers for 1908: President, F. H. Traendly, 

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

 Clure, Buffalo; secretary pro tem., Willis N. 

 Rudd, Morgan Park, III.; treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty, Pittsburg. 



Annual coDventlon, Niagara Falls, August 18 

 to 21, ieo8. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber, 1908; W. F. Kastlng, Buffalo, chairman. 



Saturday of this week will be the 

 shortest day of the year, but to the aver- 

 age florist the next three days will seem 

 still shorter, because of the large amount 

 of business to be crowded into them. 



NAME OF PLANT. 



Please tell me the name of the inclosed 

 specimen. J. J. O. 



The leaves are those of an acacia, 

 either A. armata or one with very similar 

 foliage. C. W. 



A QUESTION ON GLAZING. 



Do you know whether glass not bedded, 

 but with the putty run on top, has proved 

 satisfactory? E. C. B. 



We putty all our houses in this way, 

 and six years of trial have given us 

 good satisfaction. If the glass does not 

 fit too tightly, so that a portion of the 

 putty can get between the glass and the 

 bar, it will, of course, stick on better. 

 This is well worth considering. We use 

 Twemlow's putty in preference to any 

 others we have tried. A. F. J, Baur. 



D^SECTS ON FUCHSIAS. 



I am much troubled with a white mite, 

 exactly like the black mite. I have 

 found it on fuchsias several times. I 

 would like to know of some way of get- 

 ting them off, other than by hand-pick- 

 ing. A. E. P. 



I am not acquainted with any white 

 mite on fuchsias, but possibly the white 

 fly is the pest referred to. Syringing 

 freely with soap and water will keep it 

 in check, but the only way to extermi- 

 nate it is to fumigate with hydrocyanic 

 acid gas, directions for the use of which 

 have frequently been given in the col- 

 umns of the Eeview. The white fly is 

 partial to fuchsias, pelargoniums of the 

 show type, marguerites, calceolarias and 



some other greenhouse plants. Fumiga- 

 tion with gas can be done with perfect 

 safety, especially during cool weather, if 

 directions frequently given in the Re- 

 view are followed. C. W. 



INSECTS ON EUONYMUS. 



Please tell the remedy for the insect 

 found on the enclosed leaves of Euony- 

 mus Japonica. The bushes are covered 

 with them. W. J. H. 



The leaves enclosed were covered with 

 San Jose scale. This pest is a difficult 

 one to combat, but can be overcome if 

 fought persistently. There are several 

 remedies recommended for this scale. 

 The Ume and sulphur wash would make 

 your plants, which are evergreens, very 

 unsightly; Try spraying with Scalecide, 

 sold by many seedsmen and manufac- 

 tured by the Pratt Mfg. Co., New York. 

 I have found this remedy effective and 

 can confidently recommend its use. Full 

 directions on all cans. An article on San 

 Jose scale appeared in a recent number 

 of the Review, which ^may contain some 

 points of interest. C. W. 



THE READERS' CORNER. 



A File of the Review. 



Here is one way of keeping the Re- 

 view for reference. Cut two covers of 

 heavy pasteboard. Take all the issues 

 for the month, place them between the 

 covers, punch three holes through them 

 all and tie loosely with cord. Cut out 

 the table of contents from each enclosed 

 copy and paste them in order on the 

 cover. 



There is so much useful information 

 in the Review that no florist can afford 

 to lose even one copy. 



F. D. Hartshorn. 



One Possible Improvement. 



I am extending my subscription to the 

 Review for two years, hoping to add 

 that many to my present seventy-two 

 years and enjoy your excellent periodical 

 as in the past. I can see only one way 

 by which, the paper could be improved, 

 and that would be by more persons ask- 

 ing questions. F. P. Avery. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



James Dell. 



James Dell; whose death occurred this 

 week, came to Pittsburg about twenty 

 years ago as a cut flower artist for John 

 R. & S. Murdoch, and worked for them 

 until that firm quit business, when he 

 took their store, but things not going 

 right he closed out the business and has 

 since been employed by the various 

 florists of that city. He has had the 

 management of H. L. Blind & Bros.' 

 south side store and had not been away 

 more than a week when his death oc- 

 curred. 



Mr. Dell was qf a kind and genial dis- 

 position and was well liked by every one 

 who knew him. He leaves one son. The 

 remains will be taken to New York and 

 laid in the family lot in that city. 



E. Al Lacy. 



E. A. Lacy, of Rochester, N. Y., died 

 December 3, after a brief illness with 

 typhoid fever. He was 30 years of age 

 and the only support of his mother and 

 sister. 



