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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 14, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Managkb. 



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 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, 111., under the 

 act of March 8, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVEBTISERS, PAGE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist— A Large Design (lllus.).. 3 



— Funeral Work :i 



— Mother's Day 4 



— Ketallers' AdvertlHlug (lllus.) 4 



— Fox's Uptown Shop 4 



— A I'acltlc Coast Store (lllus.) 5 



Hardy Cut Ferns 5 



Marguerites 5 



Chrysanthennnns — Planting Young Stofk 



Scblzanthus Wlsetonensis (iUus.) U 



Best I'eas for Forcing 7 



Standard Wistarias (lllus.) 7 



Roses — Preparations for Planting 7 



— Baby Rambler Roses 8 



American Rose Society 8 



Seasonable Suggestions — I'eonies 8 



— Summer Llliums 8 



— Hardy Herbaceous Plants 8 



— Hard-wooded Plants 8 



— Poinsettias 8 



— Geraniums 8 



— Brief Reminders 1) 



The Fertilizer Market » 



Carnations — Cutworms J» 



— Deteriorated Stock !» 



— Rust on Carnations » 



Orchids — Cattleyas 10 



Bauer's Valley (lllus.) H 



The Death Roll 11 



— August L. Ehrle 11 



— Thomas (!reen 11 



— Thomas Co|>eland 11 



— James P. Ruth 11 



A Petty Swindler 12 



Its Avowed Attitude 12 



Good Drawing Cards 12 



Cement Benches 12 



Chicago 13 



St. Louis 1« 



New Orleans 17 



New York 18 



Cincinnati 20 



Washington 21 



Philadelphia 22 



Boston 24 



Dayton, Ohio 2t} 



Seed Trafle News .TO 



— Grass .Seeds' .31 



— Reappralsement of Seeds 31 



— Imports .32 



— New Names 32 



Ruffled (iladloll .32 



Springfield, 111 .34 



Society of American Florists 34 



Vegetable Forcing — Greenhouse Vegetables... .3<! 



— Beans Under (Jlass .36 



— Onions Under Glass .36 



— Mushrooms on Tomato Beds .36 



Detroit .36 



Pacific Coast 42 



— Asparagus In California 42 



— San Francisco ....'. 42 



— Oregon Cherry Fair 43 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Nursery News 46 



— Reappralsements 46 



— Shrub Jottings 46 



— Vines on Trees 46 



— P'air Ground Nurseries 47 



— PecaVis and Catalpas 47 



— Good Hedge Plants 48 



Milwaukee .V) 



Pittsburg .52 



Norwich, Conn r^i 



Denver 54 



Columbus, Ohio .W 



Buffalo .IS 



Wayside Notes 70 



Ashland, Wis 71 



Greenhouse Heating 72 



— Capacity of Boiler 72 



— Asbestos In I>etrolt 72 



— Steam for Four Houses 72 



New Bedford, Mass 74 



Cleveland 76 



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is printed 'Wednesday evening; and 

 mailed early Thursday morbing. It 

 is earnestly requested that aU adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 ^copy" to reach us by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday momins;, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAN FLOBISTS. 



INCOEPOEATED BY ACT OF CONGBBSS MaBCH 4, '01 



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

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

 Buffalo; secretary, 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 16. 1908; W. F. Kastlng, Buflalo, 

 chairman. 



Those wlio push in dull times are the 

 ones who reap the harvests when business 

 skies are bright. 



The government's May crop report, 

 which is summarized elsewhere in this 

 issue, is an exceptionally favorable docu- 

 ment. 



Not every debtor stops to reason it 

 out, but many say to themselves: "I 

 owe him too much already; I won't buy 

 anything more of him until I have 

 paid." Moral: Get your money prompt- 

 ly and hold your trade. 



Where strong effort failed to estab- 

 lish McKinley day as an occasion for 

 wearing a flower, Mothers' day has 

 caught on with almost no publicity work 

 in its behalf. Don't overlook the possi- 

 bilities of May 10 next year. 



Anton Schultheis, of College Point, 

 N. Y., states that the illustration on 

 page 11 of last week's issue was incor- 

 rectly labeled. It was not Apple Blos- 

 som, but another new rambler rose Mr. 

 Schultheis is growing, as yet unnamed, 

 but a good thing. 



With florists outside the big cities, 

 and a few manufacturing towns, business 

 is good; with the retailers in the big 

 markets the lower price of stock com- 

 pensates for the falling off in demand, 

 and the growers who look to the whole- 

 sale markets for their outlet are the only 

 ones who have suffered during the recent 

 period of widespread overproduction. 



Edward H. Roehrs, of Rutherford, 

 N. J., secretary of the committee which 

 considered the possibilities in the matter 

 of the organization of an orchid society, 

 is mailing to orchid growers a report of 

 the committee 's action in arranging, in- 

 stead, for aiHliation with the Horticul- 

 tyral Society of New York, as published 

 in the Review at the time. The report 

 concludes: "You can identify yourself 

 with this orchid section by becoming 

 a member of the Horticultural Society 

 of New York. The annual subscription 

 for active members is $5, which may be 

 sent with your application for member- 

 ship, to the office of the secretary of the 

 society. Room 60, 55 Liberty street, New 

 York City." 



Mothers' day made a hit, and it 

 caught the. trade unprepared. Next year 

 every florist should do his part in ad- 

 vertising the occasion. 



A PETTY SWINDLER. 



The Revieav still is receiving com- 

 plaints of a petty swindler who is operat- 

 ing in the east, pretending to be a sub- 

 scription agent for the Review and other 

 papers. The Review has no subscrip- 

 tion agents except the well-known mem- 

 bers of the trade who are its local corre- 

 spondents. This man signs receipts J. 

 O. Pullen. Have him arrested, if he 

 approaches you, and wire the Review. 



ITS AVOWED ATTITUDE. 



At a recent session of the executive 

 committee of the American Association 

 of Park Superintendents, the annual con- 

 vention of which is to be held at Minne- 

 apolis August 11 to 14, the committee on 

 closer relations with allied organizations 

 reported that by meeting near the time 

 of the S. A. F. "we have done all we 

 can, while the S. A. F. maintains its 

 avowed attitude of a trade orgahiza- 

 tion. ' ' 



GOOD DRAWING CARDS. 



A reader sends the following: "Here 

 are some good drawing cards and all 

 trumps: It takes a rich man to draw a 

 check, a pretty girl to draw attention, 

 a horse to draw a cart, a porous-plaster 

 to draw the skin, a toper to draw a cork, 

 a free lunch to draw a crowd and an 

 advertisement in the Review to draw 

 trade. ' ' 



CEMENT BENCHES. 



I read Mr. White's article on cement 

 benches in the Review of April 30, with 

 much interest, and would like to know 

 just how thick he makes the cement 

 slabs and at what distance apart the 

 supports are placed for five inches of 

 soil in the bench? About what is the 

 weight of a slab six inches wide and 

 five feet long? How will slabs twelve 

 inches wide answer? A. J. P. 



The cement slabs are as thick as a 

 lath is wide, or about one and one-half 

 inches. The legs of the benches are four 

 feet apart, with a crosstie. The supports 

 for the ties run across the crossties; 

 these are %-inch galvanized pipe and the 

 two outside lines carry the water for 

 watering the plants, and are placed 

 about six inches from the edgcboard. 

 The other support runs l)etween these, 

 exactly in the center; this would mean 

 two feet apart in a 5-foot bench. A 5- 

 foot slab six inches wide weighs about 

 thirty pounds. 



A 12-inch slab would answer, except 

 that the drainage vents would be wider 

 apart. The 6-inch slab spaced about an 

 inch or a little less apart gives perfect 

 drainage. 



I should tliink it would pay to use the 

 slabs even if wood supports were used, 

 as the supports could be treated with 

 some of the creosote preparations and 

 would last a good many years. It is the 

 bottom boards that need so much re- 

 newal. Thos. H. White. 



Peoria, III. — D. U. Augsi)iirger & Sons 

 report that their business for April was 

 over fifty per cent ahead of last year 

 and that their only concern is to provide 

 the stock for a growing demand. 



