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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 6, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



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INDEX TO ADVEKTISERS, PAGE 74. 



CONTENTS. 



Florlcultural Educatioii 3 



— ProtoBsor Bailey's Views 3 



— Help from Horticultural Papers 3 



— Study Under Specialists 3 



— Missouri Botanical Garden 3 



The Retail Florist 4 



— Valentine's Day 4 



— Artistic Arrangements (illus. ) 4 



— A New Orleans Shower (illus. ) 4 



— Temperature for a Cooler 4 



Fumigating 5 



Asparagus Plumosus 5 



Names of Geraniums 5 



Miss Luffman Weds 5 



Adiantums Under Rose Bench 5 



Rooted Geranium Cuttings (5 



Seasonable Suggestions 



— Ventilation tt 



— Ciirysantbemums « 



— Heliotropes 



— Show Pelargoniums 



— Hydrangeas tl 



— Brief Reminders « 



— Pandanus Veitclill tt 



Carnations 7 



— Indoor Summer Culture 7 



— Ueacocl£'s No. 100 8 



— Experiments in Carnations (Illus*.) a 



— Bud Rot of Carnations 5) 



A Belated Report 10 



New Rose Growing Plant 10 



Charles C. Leedle (portrait) 10 



Lily Bulbs in the U. S 10 



Hardy Plants for Cutting 11 



Illinois Association '. lU 



Council of Horticulture 12 



Chicago 13 



St. Louis ■ 10 



New York 10 



Boston lit 



Newport, R. 1 20 



-Montrt'Hl 21 



Philadelphia 22 



The Death Roll 23 



— William Robertson 211 



— Charles Fiunker 23 



— E. P. Stannard 24 



— Mrs. Jacobinc L. Baldluger 24 



Society of American Florists 24 



No Frozen Water Pipes 20 



Want Advertisements 27 



Seed Trade News 2H 



— Cldver Law in Ohio 2!» 



— I mports ;*0 



— Catalogues Received .'tO 



— Gladiolus Bulbs 31 



Vegetable Forcing 32 



— Forcing of Cucumliors 32 



— Poor Growth of Lettuce 34 



— Larvae in Cucumber Soil 3.") 



— Culture of Olery .30 



— (ireenhouse Vegetables .30 



Pacific Coast 42 



— Portland, Ore 42 



— Sweet Peas in California 42 



— San Francisco 42 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Nursery News 4(1 



— New York Hortlcultunil Society 40 



— Maple and Peach Cuttings 40 



— Grafting Evergreens 47 



Cincinnati 48 



DeKalb. Ill Wl 



Manchester, Masp 50 



Detroit 52 



Washington 54 



Columbus, Ohio 50 



Tarrytown, N. Y 58 



Toledo, Ohio 68 



Sweet Peas 68 



Greenhouse Heating 70 



^ Position of Expansion Tank 70 



Pittsburg 72 



i» printed 'WedneBday eveniog and 

 mailed early Thursday 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 morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY or AHIBICAN FLORISTS. 



INOOBPORATBD BT ACT OF CONGBESS MARCH 4, '01 



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

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

 Clure, Buffalo; secretary pro tern.-, Willis N. 

 Budd, 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 16, 1908; W. F. Hasting, Buffalo, 

 chairman. 



Never put off till tomorrow wh.at 

 should be done today. 



NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS^ 



Correspondents of the Review are in- 

 structed to use the wires of the Postal 

 Telegraph Co., whenever possible, and 

 advertisers and others are requested to 

 do so when telegraphing to the Review. 



ILLINOIS ASSOCIATION. 



The Illinois State Florists' Association 

 will hold its third annual convention in 

 Springfield, February 18 and 19. The 

 local florists' club is making great prep- 

 arations to entertain the guests and to 

 make this convention one of the best that 

 has ever been held. The Springfield Flo- 

 rists' Club particularly requests a good 

 exhibition and calls on all who have any- 

 thing of merit to bring it; if you cannot 

 come personally, send it and it will be 

 taken care of. The public will be invited 

 to visit this exhibition on Tuesday and it 

 is expected an unusually large number of 

 the citizens of the capital city and sur- 

 rounding towns will take advantage of it. 



These open and free exhibitions are a 

 good feature, as they bring before the 

 public the newer varieties of flowers, etc., 

 and cause a demand for them, and also 

 educate the people up to a higher appre- 

 ciation of the florists' art. It is also 

 good for the florist who is not able to 

 visit the many establishments and see 

 these newer varieties growing. 



Let me urge upon all who possibly can. 

 to attend our convention; whether mem- 

 bers or not. all will be welcome. Our 

 association stands for Illinois as the na- 

 tional society stands for the United 

 States, and through its combined efforts* 

 in legislature and other ways can do 

 more to advance the cause of floriculture 

 than anything I know. 



"We shall be pleased to welcome, and do 

 cordially invite, delegates from other 

 state florists' societies and florists' clubs 

 to be with us and participate in the work 

 of our society. It Avill give me great 

 pleasure to answer any correspondence 

 in regard to our as.sociation and its work. 



Our association, through its members, 



has^'done good work in gaining recogni- 

 tion from the state, for floriculture and 

 establishing an experiment station. This 

 is only the beginning. Better things are 

 in store for us. The association is full 

 of practical, energetic and patriotic work- 

 men who are willing to give of their best 

 for the advancement of our cause. The 

 day is not far distant when we will see 

 a practical course for florists at our State 

 University. Illinois is big enough, broad 

 enough and rich enough, and it is for this 

 association to work without ceasing to 

 attain that higher recognition to which 

 we are entitled as a science and one of 

 the arts. 



The state association will take an ac- 

 tive part in our national flower show, and 

 many things of interest will be presented 

 for your consideration, and I would say 

 to you one and all, be with us. 



Albert T. Hey, President. 



COUNCIL OF HORTICULTURE, 



As reported in the Review of January 

 23, a meeting of the National Council 

 of Horticulture was held at the Audi- 

 torium Annex, Chicago, January 22. 



In accordance with the original stated 

 composition of the council, the term of 

 service of the delegates at large was 

 arranged so that one-third, or three of 

 the number, should expire at the end of 

 each calendar year. The delegates were 

 accordingly divided into groups as fol- 

 lows: 



Terms expiring December 31, 1907: 

 J. H. Hale, H. C. Irish, Prof. E. J. 

 Wickson. Terms expiring December 31,. 

 1908: J. Horace McFarland, Prof. L. 

 R. Taft, Prof. W. W. Tracy. Terms 

 expiring December 31, 1909: Prof. W. 

 B. Alwood, Prof. S. A. Beach, Prof. S. 



B. Green. 



By unanimous vote, the following were 

 elected to succeed those whose terms ex- 

 pired December 31, 1907; Prof. R. S. 

 Mackintosh, Auburn, Ala., to succeed H. 



C. Irish; Prof. W. T. Maeoun, Ottawa, 

 Ont., to succeed J. H. Hale; Prof. E. J. 

 Wickson, Berkeley, Cal., to succeed him- 

 self. 



It was voted to request the national 

 organizations represented in the council, 

 if agreeable to them, to take neces- 

 sary action authorizing the secretary of 

 such organizations to be one of the dele- 

 gates to the council. 



After full and free discussion the fol- 

 lowing plan was arranged for the Press 

 Bureau service for the coming year: 



(n That at least sixty-eight articles be used 

 or four for each week for a period of seventeen 

 weeks. 



(2) That those nrflclps he sent on each of 

 the fifteen weeks from February l.T to March 31. 

 nnd the Inst week In September and first week 

 In October. 



(H) That the secretary be authorized to ex- 

 pend not more than $,''> for the preparation of 

 fifty articles, which with twenty already In 

 hand will give the desired number. 



(4) That these articles be prepared at the 

 earliest practicable time, nnd copies made nnd 

 submitted to the delegates from the contributing 

 orgnnlzntlons for their approval. 



<5> That the matter be sent to about 50O 

 newspapers nnd newspaper syndicates (through 

 whom It coes to several tlmusand publications), 

 which will cost S.W per week for four articles. 



(C>) That a schedule be prepared elvlng the 

 title of eafh article to be used, and the date 

 when It Is to be sent ont: this schedule to also 

 include a list of the newspapers and newspaper 

 syndicates to which the articles are to be sent. 



The secretary reported funds on hand 

 of $114.28. and he has been advised that 

 the Society of American Florists have 

 set aside .$1.^0; the American Associa- 

 tion of Nurserymen $200; the American 

 Seed Trade Association $200, or a total 

 of $.').')0 for the purpo.se of the council, 

 which together with the funds actually 

 in the hands of the secretary make a 



