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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JCLX 2, 1008. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editob and Manaqkb. 



PUBLISHED EVEBT THUBSDAT BT 



The FLORI6T8' Publishing Co. 



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 834 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



Telephone, Habbjson 6429. 



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Subscription $1.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00. 

 To Europe, $2.60. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertisiug accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 moruing' 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., imder the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 70. 



CONTENTS. 



Ctirysantbeiuuins — Seasonable Culture 3 



— Ivory to Two ijtenis 3 



Roses — Seasonable Culture 3 



Sweet Peas Dying 4 



Rawson's Sweet I'ea Trials 4 



The Uetall Horlst 4 



— Ivy Cross With OrcUlUs (illus. ) 4 



— The Storemau and Retailer 4 



— A Retailer's Suggestions 5 



Cyclamen 



Diseased Delphiniums ti 



Callas .■; 



Carnations — Plants Broken by Hall « 



— Cutworms on Carnations 



— The Semi-Solia Bed 



An Abnormal Koxglove (illus.) 7 



Names of Begonlns 7 



Wood Preservation .s 



Nagle's House (Illus. ) 8 



A Temple Show Group (illus.)..' 8 



Seasonable Suggestions — Asters 8 



— Summer Lilies 8 



— Rambler Roses ti 



— Palms and Ferns tt 



— Syringe Overhead Freely It 



— Pruning Hardy Shrubs » 



— Trimming Hedges 11 ■ 



— General Outdoor Work 10 



The Keaders' Corner 10 



Business and Other Notes 10 



Testimonial to J. S. Wilson (Illus.) 11 



A Valuable Hybrid I'eony 11 



Soil Sterilization 12 



Obituary — George T. Sanibruok 12 



— William B. Leeds 12 



— Robert Boeck 12 



— Mrs. George Williams 12 



— Mrs. Rhlnehart 12 



— John Wilkinson 12 



— Marcus Ellis 12 



— David GIndra 12 



— John W. MInott 12 



Boston ' 12 



Manchester, Mass 13 



Laurluni, Mich 13 



St. Paul 13 



Richmond, Ind 13 



Washington 13 



Wayside Notes 13 



Planting Strawlterrles 13 



Postal Receipts for May 14 



An Express Discount 14 



Chicago 14 



New York 17 



Philadelphia 20 



Detroit 23 



St. Louis 24 



Elberon, N. J 26 



Sallna, Kan 26 



Seed Trade News 28 



— President Green's Views 28 



— Watson S. Woodruff (portrait) 28 



— The Detroit Convention (Illus.) 34 



— Brunton (Joes to Wood .'«! 



— Sweet Peas In England 36 



— Imports 37 



i'lnclnnatl 37 



Paolfle Coast — Eucalyptus from Seed 44 



— Victoria, B. C 45 



— San Francisco 40 



Steamer Sailings 46 



Nursery News — State of the Market 4S 



— Distribution of Trees 50 



— Shrub Jottings 50 



Rochester, N. Y .^2 



Newark. N. Y 52 



Negaunee, Mich 52 



Baltimore 54 



Toledo, Ohio 68 



Greenhouse Heating — Deficient Radiation <52 



— Honse for Violets 63 



— Capacity of Flows ft3 



— Tank and Radiation 63 



Wayside Notes 64 



Dayton, Ohio 64 



Milwaukee 6« 



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it printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thursday morning* It 

 is earnestly reqttested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 ''copy'* to reach tts by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of "Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAN FL0BI8TS. 



IncobporaTed by Act of Conqebss 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 15, 1908; W. F. Hasting, Buffalo, 

 chairman. 



If the grofind where you intend to 

 plant peonies in September is not well 

 drained, don't fail to get at it during 

 the summer. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 concluded its season 's series of press bul- 

 letins June 24 with' the statement that it 

 is hoped to continue the service next year. 



The Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, O., 

 states that, in spite of the generally dull 

 times, it has installed more Skinner ir- 

 rigation than in any previous year. A 

 number of contracts of good size have 

 been secured and the volume of mail or- 

 ders is steadily increasing. 



How about the window-boxes you filled 

 for your customers? Are the plants in 

 need of food or water now that the roots 

 pretty well fiu the soil? Why not take a 

 look at a few of them to see how well you 

 did your work and what treatment your 

 customers are giving the plants? 



POSTAL RECEIPTS FOR MAY. 



Postal receipts at the fifty largest post- 

 offices in the country for May, which have 

 just been tabulated at the PostoflBce De- 

 partment at "Washington, show a loss of 

 4.79 per cent, as compared to the corre- 

 sponding month of the previous year. 

 The total postal receipts for the fifty 

 postoffices aggregate $7,072,464 for the 

 month, as compared to $7,429,007 for 

 May, 1907, a decrease of $356,542. All 

 but seventeen of the fifty offices on the 

 list show decreases. 



It is thought to be significant that 

 most of the seventeen oflSces showing in- 

 creased receipts are located in the west, 

 an indication that the business depression 

 was less severe in that section than in the 

 east. 



AN EXPRESS DISCOUNT. 



Edward Reid, the well-known whole- 

 sale florist of Philadelphia, who has 

 large shipping interests in the south, no- 

 ticed the other day that the express 

 companies allow a discount of twenty- 

 five per cent in weight on certain speci- 

 fied commodities requiring ice to keep 

 them in proper condition during transit. 

 This list includes trees for setting out. 



branches of pepper trees, bulbs, cacti, 

 celery and celery plants, cut ferns, deco- 

 rative greens, holly, cape jasmine and 

 mushroom spawn, but for some reason 

 it does not include cut flowers. The dis- 

 count is to cover the weight of ice. 



Mr. Reid asked his express agent 

 whether he would allow him a discount 

 of twenty-five per cent in weight on his 

 shipments of cut flowers. The express 

 agent at first seemed inclined to look 

 favorably on so reasonable a proposal, 

 but on consulting his classified list said 

 he found that it could not be done. Mr. 

 Reid asked for a copy of the classified 

 list to take home. This was declined, 

 but he was finally allowed to copy the 

 list in the express company's office. 



Mr. Reid believes that cut flowers 

 have been inadvertently omitted from 

 this list, because while the express 

 agent claimed that the list is made up 

 solely of necessities, and that cut flow- 

 ers, being a luxury, are not entitled to 

 be on it, a glance at the above items 

 shows that many of them are no more 

 necessities than are cut flowers. 



Mr. Reid has written to the Interstate 

 Commerce Commission at Washington 

 calling its attention to this discrimina- 

 tion against cut flowers, and asking 

 that the matter be rectified. He believes 

 that it is the duty of every wholesaler 

 and shipper in the country to protect 

 his customers, saving them any unneces- 

 sary express charges, and to this end 

 suggests that the Society of American 

 Florists take up the matter at its an- 

 nual meeting next month and appoint a 

 committee with instructions to secure 

 the admission of cut flowers to the 

 classified list on which the twenty-five 

 per cent discount in weight for icing is 

 allowed. Phil. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



At the end of last week there were 

 three days of active business, if at cheap 

 prices, but this week begins with de- 

 mand light. There was jpne, cool weather 

 for the week of the school closings and 

 an immense amount of stock was han- 

 dled, not so much locaHy as shipping. 

 The volume of sales June 24 to 26 ran 

 into a quite respectable sum of money. 

 This week the commencements are over, 

 and most of the weddings, so that the 

 market is down to the usual summer 

 basis. 



There is a brisk demand for good 

 roses, for these are scarce. Not only 

 have most of the growers started the . 

 work of getting ready for next season, 

 but there is more mildew than usual at 

 this season, probably due to widely fluc- 

 tuating weather conditions and a desire 

 for fuel economy. It seems to be the 

 same way in other cities and many are 

 the telegrams calling for good roses, 

 and intimating that nothing else will 

 do. There is an abundance of Beauties, 

 but only a few of them can be called good 

 except by comparison with the others. 

 The old crop runs largely to long stems. 

 The young crop is better in quality but 

 short in stem. Killamey is in excellent 

 phape with most of the growers and is 

 the best rose on the market today. Kai- 

 fcrin holds its place as the best sum- 

 mer white, but it is not a good shipper. 

 Bride and Maid are in many cases too 

 poor to be useful and, while the best 

 roses sell briskly at strong prices, the 

 poor Maids and Brides are difficult to sell 

 at any price. 



Carnations are remarkably good. Some 



