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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



January 30, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaqkb. 



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Subscription 11.00 a year. To Canada, 93.00. To 

 Europe, KM. Subscriptions accepted only from 

 (hose In the trade. 



Adyertlsln? rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



AdvertlBementB must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in the Issue Of the 

 (oUowlQc: day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-nfflce at Chicago, 111., under the 

 ftct of March 8. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVEBTISEBB, PAGE 62. 



CONTENTS. 



American Carnation Society 11 



— The Washington Convention 11 



— President'ei Address 12 



— Secretary's Ueport 15 



— Treasurer's Keport 15 



— Nominations Iti 



— The Awards Itt 



— Special Exhibits 17 



— ludlauapulis Next Year 17 



— Joint Session 17 



— Keception by the President 18 



— Among Those Present 18 



New Carnations (iUus.) 19 



Carnation Hybridizing 21 



Introducing New Carnations 22 



Culture of Carnations 24 



The BetaU Florist 2« 



— Artistic Arrangements (illus. ) 2t> 



— Funeral Work 2ti 



— Orchids in Rose House 2(i 



— Trouble With Orange Tree 20 



Seasonable Suggestions 27 



— Cannas 27 



— Lobelias 27 



— Mignonette 27 



— Sweet Peas 27 



— Antirrhinums 27 



— Cyclamens 27 



Carnations 28 



— Carnation Notes — West 28 



— Split Calyxes 28 



— Sturdy Stems, Small Blooms 29 



The Death Koll 29 



— Gustave WIttbold (portrait) 29 



— Hauswirth 29 



American Uose Society 29 



Chicago 80 



Boston 83 



New York 84 



St. Louis 87 



Cincinnati 88 



Detroit 89 



Pittsburg 40 



Philadelphia 40 



Vegetable Forcing — Markets 42 



— Culture of Green Onions 42 



— Leaf Burn on Lettuce 42 



Seed Trade News 44 



— Seed Trade Disclaimer 45 



— Imports 45 



Cliantbus Dampieri 46 



Larvee in Narcissus Bulbs 48 



The Grape-Like Fuchsias 49 



Pacific Coast 68 



— San Francisco 68 



— Annuals in California 58 



Christmas Roses in Pots 68 



New Bedford, Mass 69 



Nursery News 62 



— An Arbor- Vit« Hedge 62 



— Pruning 63 



— The Llqnldambar 64 



Adlantum Farleyense 65 



Plomosus and Other Greens 66 



Stored Dahlia Roots 66 



Smllax With Bottom Heat 68 



Porch Boxes and Large Beds 70 



Cleveland 72 



Washington 72 



Buffalo 74 



Centaurea Impcrialls 76 



Pelargoniums 76 



As Many Flows as Returns 82 



Temperature for Salesroom 83 



Toledo. Ohio 84 



New Orleans 84 



St. Paul 86 



Jamestown, N. Y 88 



Greenbonse Heating 90 



— Heat for Geranium House 90 



— Capacity of Boiler 90 



— City Water Pressure 90 



— Piping for Water Supply , 92 



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is printed Wednesday evening ai^d 

 mailed early Thursday morning. It 

 is earnestly reqtiested 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. 



80CIBTT or AHCBICAN FLOBI8T8. 



Incorporated bt Act or Congress March 4, '01 



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

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

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

 Rudd, Morgan Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. 

 Beatty, Pittsburg. 



Annual convention, Niagara Falls, August 18 

 to 21, 1908. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber 9 to 15, 1908; W. F. Kasting, Buffalo, 

 chairman. 



How about those printed letter-heads, 

 Mr. Grower? 



Drive thy business; let not that drive 

 thee. — Poor Eichard's Almanack. 



Haste makes waste; don't put it off 

 till the last moment. 



C. Betscher says cannas will be a 

 scarce item this season; tubers under- 

 sized. 



F. E. PiERSON says that there now are 

 really only three white carnations that 

 are worth the name — White Enchantress, 

 White Lawson and White Perfection. 



Those who propagate carnations for 

 the trade report that there is a big 

 call for rooted cuttings of White Per- 

 fection and that the probabilities are 

 that the demand for this variety cannot 

 be met this season. 



Some observers say that Aristocrat 

 carnation pleases the growers better than 

 it does the buyers. They say all grow- 

 ers think highly of it because it opens 

 its buds so qmckly, but that some buy- 

 ers prefer some other shade of pink. 



The telegraph companies would lose 

 quite a bit of business if the florists 

 would order in season, or as soon as the 

 need for ordering becomes apparent — 

 and the florists would gain many times 

 the saving in tolls by the better satis- 

 faction it often is possible to give when 

 a little time is afforded on orders. 



FRA ELBERTUS SAYS: 



"Most anybody can do business fairly 

 well. Many men can do business very 

 well. A few can do business superbly 

 well. But the man who not only does 

 his work superbly well but adds to it a 

 touch of personality through great zeal, 

 patience and persistence, malung it pe- 

 culiar, unique, individual, distinct and 

 unforgettable, is an artist. And this 

 applies to all and every field of human 

 endeavor — managing a hotel, a bank, a 

 factory — writing, speaking, modeling, 

 paintiog. It is that last indefinable 



touch that counts; the last three seconds 

 he knocks off the record that proves the 

 man a genius." 



The man who complains that opportu- 

 nities are no longer what they once were 

 in the flower business has wholly lost 

 sight of the fact that the field has broad- 

 ened and is broadening every day. Dif- 

 ferent methods may be required, but th© 

 opportunities are better than ever. The 

 fact is that when things are too close to 

 them, some people overlook them alto- 

 gether. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



A week of cold weather has had its ef- 

 fect on the market. Prices have stif- 

 fened under the influence of reduced re- 

 ceipts, particularly in the rose depart- 

 ment, other crops being less affected and 

 the supply adequate to all requirements. 



The receipts of roses are materially 

 reduced, Brides and Maids being spe- 

 cially shortened. But top prices have not 

 advanced, except perhaps on some special 

 fancy stock; the advance has been, as it 

 usually is under such circumstances, in 

 the lower grades, such as are used for 

 funeral work. The local demand, al- 

 though there is an occasional fair wed- 

 ding decoration, is largely confined to 

 funeral work, of which there has been a 

 heavy run for several weeks. It is th© 

 out-of-town demand which gives the mar- 

 ket its strength these days. 



Carnations continue in fairly large 

 supply. While the weather has been sea- 

 sonably cold, the skies have been bright 

 and carnations are not only plentiful but 

 of fine quality. Prices continue consid- 

 erably below what they were on this date 

 last year, but carnation growers are re- 

 ceiving about as much money as ever, be- 

 cause crops are heavier. While some 

 houses have been short on white, others 

 have large receipts in this color and stock 

 can be bought for orders, if quality and 

 price are right. 



There continue to be too great receipts 

 of violets and quality is not high. Prices 

 are extremely low. Valley is another 

 item on which the market is weak; there 

 is much new valley of low grade offered. 

 All bulbous stock is abundant and meet- 

 ing with but indifferent sales. Sweet peas 

 of good quality go well. There are heavy 

 receipts of callas. Orchids continue in 

 large supply, principally cattleyas. 



The market for hardy green stock con- 

 tinues good, much of this class of ma- 

 terial entering into the funeral work. 



St. Valentine's day comes February 

 14. It is a day which has shown great 

 increase in the flower business in the last 

 few years. Violets sell especially well 

 that d^y. 



Mardi gras, in New Orleans, March 6, 

 will mean larger southern shipments. 



January Business. 



While January business has not been 

 as satisfactory to the wholesalers as it 

 might have been, the fault is found with 

 other things than the total of sales. The 

 volume of business in the market has 

 not been far from what it was last year, 

 but the prices of stock have been much 

 cheaper; the volume of sales has been 

 made from the greatly increased produc- 

 tion. 



From the grower's standpoint, he has 

 shipped more flowers than usual in Jan- 

 uary, because of bright, mild weather, 

 and received about the usual amount of 



