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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 2, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



Roses 3 



— Hybridization of Roses 3 



Cyclamens in Summer 4 



Sweet Peas Rotting Off 5 



Ask yourself 5 



Refrigeration for tlie Florist (lllus.) 6 



A Flying I'rip to Chicago 8 



Seasonable Suggestions 10 



— Hotbeds 10 



T— Planting Hardy Shrubs 10 



— Propagating 10 



— Show Pelargoniums 10 



Funeral tlowers (illus.) 11 



The Readers' Corner 11 



— Yucca Gloriosa from Texas 11 



Carnations 11 



— Rust on Carnations 11 



— Leaf Spot on Carnations 12 



Soil and the Florist 12 



Violets and Cyclamen (illus.) 13 



Call the Police 14 



Chicago 14 



St. Louis 18 



New York 19 



Boston 22 



Columbus, Ohio 24 



Wayside Notes 24 



Philadelphia 24 



Cinerarias 28 



Plants and Electric Light 30 



Visitors to Kew 80 



Seed Trade News SC 



— Burt Gets Retraction 83 



— The Pure Seed Bill 83 



— Imports 84 



— Formosa LongiQorum 84 



— Bulbs at Belllngbam 84 



The Death Roll 88 



— E. D. Darlington 86 



— Samuel Gass 88 



— William F. Gloede 88 



— Mrs. Bernard Beer 88 



— Simeon Swindells 89 



— Mrs. E. S. Amory 88 



Tragedy at Cleveland 39 



Dahlia Society 88 



Vegetable Forcing 40 



— Greenhouse Vegetables 40 



— Modern Irrigation 40 



Pacific Coast 46 



— Los Angeles 46 



— Portland, Ore 46 



— San Francisco 46 



New Bedford, Mass 46 



Steamer Sailings 48 



Nursery News SO 



— Reorganization at Salem 60 



Catalogues Received 62 



Cincinnati 64 



Tarrytown, N. Y 66 



Fort Wayne, Ind 66 



Washington 68 



Montreal 68 



Buffalo 60 



Cleveland 62 



Grand Raplda 62 



Detroit 64 



Indianapolis 77 



Greenhouse Heating 78 



— Hot Water for Single House 78 



— Boiler Too Large 78 



— From Boiler to Orates 79 



— Heating Tables 79 



— Pressure Regulation (illus.) 80 



Pittsburg 82 



Toledo, Ohio 84 



Dn> you ever note that the cleanest, 

 neatest, best kept greenhouses are the 

 ones that turn out the best stockt 



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

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

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Annual convention, Niagara Falls, August 18 

 to 21, 1908. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber 9 to 15, 1808; W. F. Hasting, Buffalo, 

 chairman. 



Late ramblers intended for Memorial 

 day should now be breaking freely. 



Do not forget to pot off the little bou- 

 vardias propagated from root cuttings. 



_, Pot off the seedling Salvia splendens 

 ' before they become crowded and lanky. 



If the first buds on your Easter lilies 

 are now showing white, they will be all 

 right. 



Do not be in a hurry about pruning 

 hardy roses. A week hence will be time 

 enough. 



Make a first planting of gladioli out- 

 doors as soon as the ground is free from 

 frost and dry. 



Get in a good batch of gardenias. 

 Keep them hot and moist and they will 

 soon make roots. 



Remo\'E the covering from the Dutch 

 bulb beds now. Be careful not to break 

 the brittle shoots. 



The present is sufficiently early to sow 

 cosmos. If started too soon it becomes 

 of unwieldy stature. 



Bedding geraniums are growing fast 

 and will need spreading out frequently. 

 Pot along any still requiring it. 



Are there any annuals you have for- 

 gotten to sow? Look over your list and, 

 if any are forgotten, sow at once. 



The town of Wellesley, Mass., will be 

 able to show a rose house 1,000 feet long 

 next iseason, at the Waban Conserva- 

 tories. 



Watch closely the Dutch bulbous stock 

 for Easter. A few warm days may ne- 

 cessitate its removal to a cold shed or 

 cellar. 



The king of the Belgians has consented 

 to open the great exhibition of the Eoyal 

 Agricultural and Botanical Society of 

 Ghent, April 25. 



Memorial day lilies should now be 

 three or four inches high. Give them a 

 sunny bench and drop some tobacco dust 

 on the tops of the shoots. 



Just prior to the adjournment of 

 the ninth annual meeting of the Ameri- 

 can Rose Society, at Chicago, March 27, 

 a paper was received from Alex Dick- 

 son, Newtownards, Ireland, dealing with 

 his many years of experience in hybrid- 

 izing the rose. It is said to be the first 

 time this noted grower, raiser of Kil- 

 larney. Liberty and many of our best 

 garden roses, has accepted an invitation 

 from any horticultural body to set forth 

 his thoughts on the subject, and the 

 paper, which will be found on page 3 

 of this issue of the Review, will be read 

 with much interest, both in-feis country 

 and in Europe. 



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CHICAGO. 



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The Great Central Market 



The improvement in the market noted 

 last week was not of permanent char- 

 acter. A few days of renewed activity 

 gave hope of a permanent return to nor- 

 mal conditions, but the latter part of 

 last week saw the market back to the 

 state in which it has been for several 

 weeks. The relapse was possibly not 

 quite so bad as the first attack, but 

 it extinguished the hopes of the whole- 

 salers and growers. It appears that the 

 weather is playing a large part just now. 

 Bright, warm days have brought in in- 

 creased supply in all lines, but a change 

 to dark weather may make a radical 

 difference, as it did a week ago. 



The Beauty market is not undergoing 

 the pressure that was anticipated. There 

 are enough Beauties for all require- 

 ments and the buyers refuse to counte- 

 nance any stiffening in prices, but the 

 supply does not demand slaughter sales. 

 Quality is excellent and prices, while 

 low, are not out of harmony with other 

 lines. 



While there are plenty of roses ef all 

 varieties and every grade, including a 

 large percentage of select stock, the rose 

 market would not be overburdened if 

 demand were up to the mark. 



It is in carnations that the most 

 trouble is experienced in cleaning out 

 without sacrifice sales. Also, the quality 

 of carnations is not as good as it was. 

 Violets are seldom cleaned up and prices 

 seem to have reached the point where 

 they can go no lower. The bulk of the 

 receipts are sold at from $1.50 to $2.50 

 per thousand. Some fine sweet peas go 

 well, and there are quite a good many 

 of them. Shorter stock is little wanted. 



Calla lilies are immovable, the quantity 

 is so great. Easter lilies are more than 

 equal to the requirements and as April 

 19 approaches will become more plenti- 

 ful. All bulbous stock is abundant and 



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