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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Januabt 16, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaqib. 



FCBUSHKD XVKBT THUBSDAT BT 



THE FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



530>ae0 Caxton BalldloKt 

 384 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



Telephone, Haubison 6129. 



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Mew Yobk Office : 



Boroujfh Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin sbaw. Manager. 



SubBcrlption 11.00 a year. To Canada, S2.00. To 

 Europe, 1*^.60. aubscriptlODB accepted only from 

 those In the trade. 



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 earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-office at Chicago, III., under the 

 act ot March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO AOVEaTISERS, PAGE 70. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail florist— McKinley Day 3 



— Odors iu Flower Store 3 



— The Broken Column (lllus.) 3 



— Galax Leaves 3 



— Artistic Arrangements (illus.) 4 



Strong Men and Calves. 4 



Ctirytsantbemums — A Beginner in Munia 4 



— Stock Plants 4 



— Mums in Lettuce Benches 4 



Floricultural Education 5 



Best StrainH of Aster 6 



Asters for Indoor Culture 5 



A Christmas Crop (lllus.) 6 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West ti 



• — The King's Carnations 7 



— Stlgmouose on Carnations 7 



— Small Blooms, Brown Leaves 7 



American Carnation Society 7 



President Kill (portrait) 7 



Roses — Richmond a Third Year 8 



— Impoverished Plauti* 8 



— Late Planted Stock 8 



— Nitrate of Soda 8 



— Rasmussen's New House (illus. ) 9 



Ipomoeas and Primulas '. 9 



Violets — Seasonable Advice 1* 



Spiraeas for Easter •. 10 



Seasonable Suggestlon-s — Adiantuin Kurleyeiise 10 



— Adlantum Cuneatum 10 



— Palms 10 



— Miscellaneous Bulbous Plants 10 



— Seed Purchases 11 



— Brief Reminders 11 



Aschmanii Plans Expansion (illus.) 11 



Council of Horticulture 12 



The Death Roll— William Cunningham 12 



— Victor Dorval 12 



— William Adams 12 



— H. M. Bunker 12 



Society of American Florists 12 



Chicago 13 



New York 17 



PhUadelphIa 22 



St. Louis 23 



Pittsburg 24 



Washington 26 



Seed Trade News 28 



— Seed Testing Laboratory 29 



— Imports 30 



— New Names 30 



— Catalogues Received 80 



Boston » 32 



ClnclnnaU 34 



Youngstown, Ohio 35 



Vegetable Forcing — Parsley 36 



— Electric Light for Lettuce 36 



— Greenhouse Vegetables 36 



— Cauliflower 36 



— Vegetables Under Glass 36 



Pacific Coast 42 



— California Nurserymen 42 



— San Francisco *2 



Victoria, B. C 42 



Flint, Mich 43 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Nursery News 46 



— New Forester at Ames 46 



— Stock Wanted 46 



— Inspection in Ohio 46 



— Trees from Cuttings 46 



— American Apple Exports 46 



New Bedford, Mass 47 



Cleveland 48 



Kansas City 50 



Bntralo 52 



Detroit M 



Denver 92 



Columbus. Ohio B6 



Greenhouse Heating 6« 



— Facts About Radiation 66 



— One House With Partition 68 



Wayside Notes^ "8 



it printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thtmday 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 momingf, as many have done 

 in the past. 



80CIITT or AHIBICAH FLOBIHTg. 



INCOBPOBATED BT AOT OF CONOBE8S MABCH ^, '01 



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

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

 Clore, Buffalo; aecretanr pro tern., WUlli N. 

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

 Beatty, Pittsburg. 



Annual convention, Niagara Falls, Aognst 18 

 to 21, 1908. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber 9 to 16, 1908; W. F. Easting, Bnffalo, 

 chairman. 



If your opinions do not agree with 

 those expressed by any contributor to the 

 Review, we shall be ple^ised to present 

 your views of the facts. 



The first to arrive of the plant cata- 

 logues of the mail-order specialists is 

 that of the Geo. H. Mellen Co., Spring- 

 field, O., mailed January 11. 



The full, bright sunlight should not 

 be allowed to fall directly on bay trees 

 that are stored in a place where there is 

 a possibility of the soil or foliage freez- 

 ing. 



The winter has been so unusually mild 

 thus far that it may have caused some 

 damping of roots stored indoors. Look 

 them over and if there is much decayed 

 matter, remove it. 



The schedule for the annual exhibi- 

 tion of the American Rose Society, to be 

 held in Chicago March 25 to 27, has 

 been issued by Secretary Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill, N. Y. The premiums are 

 those of last year, with the addition of 

 a number of special prizes which have 

 already been reported in the Review. 



COUNCIL OF HORTICULTURE, 



There will be a meeting of the Na- 

 tionril Council of Horticulture at the Au- 

 ditorium Annex, Chicago, at 10 a. m. 

 January 22, 1908. The members of the 

 council invite suggestions or questions on 

 any topics wnich should properly come 

 before that body. Plans for the press 

 bureau service for the coming year must 

 be worked out. It is hoped to make this 

 a stronger feature than ever before. 

 Other matters have been mentioned and 

 it is hoped that other lines of work may 

 be instituted which will be helpful to the 

 horticultural interests of the country. 

 H. C. Irish, Sec'y. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



William Cunningham. 



William Cunningham died recently at 

 his home in Clifton, Cincinnati, O. He 

 was one of the oldest florists in that 



vicinity, being over 70 years of age. He 

 was a fine grower and had held a stand 

 in the flower market ever since it was 

 built. He leaves a wife and several 

 children. 



Victor Dorval. 



Victor Dorval died January 12, at 

 Woodside, L. I., where he had been at 

 grower for many years. He was widely 

 known among the old-time florists. The 

 business will be continued by his sons. 



William Adams. 



William Adams died at Great Neck, 

 L. I., December 31, at the age of 70 

 years. He was one of the pioneer grow- 

 ers of that section. 



M. B. Btmker. 



M. B. Bunker, retail florist, Boston, 

 died Sunday, January 12, as the result 

 of the second surgical operation he has 

 undergone in a brief period. The inter- 

 ment took place January 15, a number 

 of those in the trade attending. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



President's Appointments. 



The following is a list of the appoint- 

 ments made by the president of the 

 S. A. F. W. N. EuDD, Sec'y. 



Entomologist, Prof. Frederick L. Wash- 

 burn, University of Minnesota, Minneap- 

 olis, Minn. 



Botanist, Prof. L. H. Pammel, Ames, 

 Iowa. 



Pathologist, Dr. B. M. Duggar, Colum- 

 bia, Mo. 



Legislative Committee : Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y.; L. B. 

 Coddington, Murray Hill, N. J.; Wesley 

 Greene, Des Moines, la.; E. A. Moseley, 

 Washington, D. C; Patrick Welch, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. 



State Vice-presidents. 



Alabama, H. F. P. Davis, Mobile. 



California, Sidney Clack, Menlo Park. 



Colorado, Emil Glauber, Montclair. 



Connecticut, Alex. Gumming, 188 Hawthorn 

 St., Hartford. 



District of Columbia, Geo. H. Cooke, Con- 

 necticut avenue and L street, Washingtcm. 



Florida, E. N. Reasoner, Oneco. 



Georgia, M. C. Pennock, Gainesville. 



Illinois, J. F. Ammann, Edwardsvllle; Fred 

 Lautenschlager, 2561 N. Forty-first street, Chi- 

 cago. 



Indiana, John Bertermann, 241 Massachusetts 

 avenue, Indianapolis. 



Iowa, J. A. Kramer, Cedar Rapids. 



Kansas, Oscar Roehr, 1425 Fillmore street. 

 Topeka. 



Kentucky, A. R. Baumer, 644 Fourth avenue, 

 Louisville. 



Louisiana, U. J. Virgin. 838 Canal street. New 

 Orleans. 



Maryland, R. A. Vincent, White Marsh. 



Massachusetts, F. E. Palmer, Brookline; A. 

 J. Loveless. Lenox. 



Minnesota, C. N. Ruedllnger, 2924 Aldricb 

 avenue, Minneapolis. 



Mississippi, S. W. Crowell, Rich. 



Missouri, J. Steldle, Central; W. L. Rock. 

 1116 Walnut street, Kansas City. 



Nebraska, Lewis Henderson, 1519 Famum 

 street, Omaha. 



New Hampshire, B. Chase, Derry. 



New Jersey, A. Herrington, Madison. 



New York, G. C. Perkins, Newark; J. Austin 

 Shaw, Box 545, New York City. 



North Carolina, W. Rehder, Wilmington. 



Ohio, B. G. Gillett, 113 E. Third street, Cin- 

 cinnati; C. J. Graham, 2849 Euclid avenue, 

 Cleveland. 



Pennsylvania, E. J. Fanconrt, 1612 Ludlow 

 street, Philadelphia; T. P. Langbans, 604 Lib- 

 erty street, Pittsburg. 



Rhode Island, Carl Jurgens, Newport. 



South Carolina, F. W. Weasels, Aiken. 



South Dakota, E. C. Newbery, Mitchell. 



Tennessee, C. L. Baum, KnoxviUe. 



Texas, E. H. R. Green, Dallas. 



Virginia, J. J. Cnrran, Salem. 



West Virginia, C. P. Dudley, Parkersbnrg. 



Wisconsin, C. C. Pollworth, 54 City Hall 

 square, Milwaukee; E. Amerpohl, 214 S. Main 

 Street. Janesville. 



Ontario. T. W. Duggan, Brampton. 



Manitoba, H. E. Phllpott, Winnipeg. 



