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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Jolt 16, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



6. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaoeb. 



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Entered as second class matter December S, 

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

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INDEX TO ADVESTISERS, PAGE 62. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 3 



— Sheaf of Wheat with Roses (lUus.) 3 



— The Storeman and Retailer 8 



— The Galax Horsehead (Ulus.) 4 



House-Cleaniug 4 



Mastlca for Leaky Roofs 6 



Ereinurus Eobustus (lUas.) S 



Freight ClaBslflcation 6 



Asters Willing 6 



Soap Solution for Spider 6 



Carnations— Thrips in the Field 6 



— Topping 



Cyclamen for Christmas 6 



Chrysanthemums— Seasonable Culture 7 



— Wet Compost 7 



— Rapid Growth 7 



Pansies for Indoors 7 



Roses — Seasonable Culture 8 



— Dwarf Roses for Beds 8 



Lord & Burnbam's Latest 8 



Callas in Solid Beds 8 



Sweet Peas In California (Ulus.) 8 



Seasonable Suggestions — HarrlsU Lilies 9 



— Callas ; 9 



— Geraniums 9 



— Hollyhocks 9 



— General Repairing 9 



— Brief Reminders 10 



State Study for Florists 10 



— Foreign Experimental Work 10 



PltUburg 10 



St. Louis 10 



Kansas City 11 



Detroit 12 



New York 12 



Clnchinatl 13 



Obituary 18 



— Rudolph Reynders 18 



— Carl R. Pfennig 13 



— Mrs. Alfred Pabad 13 



Council of Horticulture 14 



The Discount for Ice 14 



Society of American Florists 14 



Ladies' Society of Florists 14 



Chicago 16 



Boston 17 



Philadelphia 18 



Seed Trade News 24 



— Need for Preparedness 26 



— Parcels-Post to Holland 26 



— Imports 26 



— The First Harrlsll 26 



— Lily Bulbs 26 



— Cumberland Seed Co 27 



— Harris Stirs Tempest 28 



— Catalogues Received 29 



— Wholesale Seedsmen's League 29 



Milwaukee 80 



Washington 81 



New Bedford 81 



Vegetable Forcing 82 



— Mushrooms (illus.) 82 



Omaha 83 



New Orleans 83 



Buffalo 83 



Pacific Coast 88 



— Pansies in California 88 



— San Francisco 38 



— Chlco, Cal 89 



Steamer Sailings 40 



Nursery News 42 



— Suitable Low Hedge Plant 42 



— Western Nurserymen Meet 42 



Dayton, Ohio 44 



Rockford, 111 44 



Denver 46 



Minneapolis . . . , 48 



Peoria 48 



Greenhouse Heating 66 



— The Coal Market 66 



— Overhaul the Plant 66 



Toledo. Ohio 68 



Syracuse, N. T 68 



Indianapolis 80 



Evansville, Ind , 60 



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is printed "Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thtirsday momins;. It 

 is earnestly reqtiested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 **copy** to reach os by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of "Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLORISTS. 



Incoepobated by Act or Congeess 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. Kasting, Buffalo, 

 chairman. 



The early birds, who want to catch 

 the nice fat worm this fall, are well 

 along with the benching of carnation 

 plants. 



A aoiETiNO of window-glass manufac- 

 turers was held at Cleveland July 9, at 

 which it was decided to advance the price 

 of their product ten and twenty per cent. 

 The president of the manufacturers' as- 

 sociation said : * * The price dropped thir- 

 ty-three per cent the last eight months. 

 Manufacturing practically has ceased. 

 The raise is to take care of increased 

 demand. ' ' 



The John C. Moninger Co. calls atten- 

 tion to the fact that a number of grow- 

 ers who have ordered pecky cypress for 

 bench material do not appear to under- 

 stand the character of the wood and ob- 

 ject to it because of its appearance. 

 From other sources there are similar re- 

 ports, and it has occurred that shipments 

 have been refused because of the mis- 

 taken idea that the lumber was not good. 

 The Eeview has for some years urged 

 growers to use pecky cypress instead of 

 hemlock for benches. While the "worm 

 holes" in pecky make it look bad, it 

 really outlasts the best hemlock by sev- 

 eral times. 



COUNCIL OF HORTICULTURE. 



H. C. Irish, who has been the leader in 

 the work of the National Council of Hor- 

 ticulture, has the following letter from 

 F. W. Taylor, who was Chief of Horticul- 

 ture at the St. Louis World's Fair and 

 who is now engaged in irrigation work 

 at Denver: 



"I have been much pleased to note 

 the progress being made by the National 

 Council of Horticulture and particularly 

 that it has maintained the position which 

 it assumed at the start, of separating it- 

 self entirely from any organizations 

 which deal purely with commercial ques- 

 tions. 



"I was extremely pleased that the 

 National Council of Horticulture was or- 

 ganized at the St. Louis exposition and 

 I have been watching its movements with 

 a good deal of interest to see if it could 

 maintain its original high aims. I feel 

 that it is doing so and I trust that in the 



future it will interest itself particularly 

 in looking after those questions of a gen- 

 eral nature which can scarcely be treated 

 properly by any other single organization. 



"If, in organizing the Department of 

 Horticulture at the St. Louis Universal 

 Exposition, I had been able to receive ad- 

 vice, suggestions and support of such an 

 organization, many phases of my work 

 might have been much easier and I have 

 no doubt that in certain respects better 

 results could have been secured. 



"I wish to particularly suggest that 

 whenever it is learned that plans for 

 large expositions are under way, the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture should 

 place itself in communication with the 

 officers of such organizations and do 

 everything in its power to see that hor- 

 ticulture in all its phases is properly ar- 

 ranged for. This means in the construc- 

 tion and arrangement of buildings, in the 

 making up of the lists of awards; and in 

 many other ways a more or less uniform 

 method should be followed. No organi- 

 zation should be so well equipped to sup- 

 ply all such information as this, as the 

 National Council of Horticulture. 



"If at any time there is any way in 

 which I can render any service in any 

 branch of the work in which it is believed 

 that I can be helpful, I shall be ex- 

 tremely glad to have you call upon me." 



THE DISCOUNT FOR ICE. 



Eegarding your article, "An Express 

 Discount," it seems to me that Mr. Reid 

 is perfectly right in his claim that ship- 

 pers of cut flowers, who have to use ice 

 m order to keep their stock in good con- 

 dition, are entitled to the same rate of 

 discount as are shippers of cut ferns or 

 cape jasmine. 



Mr. Beid seems to have done the right 

 thing in bringing this matter to the at- 

 tention of the Interstate Commerce Com- 

 mission, although I thxnk it might have 

 been as well to have brought this matter 

 to the attention of the S. A. F. and have 

 the society take the same course as it did 

 in the matter of excessive express rates. 

 Frank H. Traendly. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. ' 



Department of Plant Registration* 



Peter Henderson & Co., New Yorit, 

 submit for registration the roses listed 

 below. Public notice of such registra- 

 tion is hereby given and any persons 

 knowing of the previous use of the names 

 selected, or of any other reason why 

 registration should not be made, are re- 

 quested to forward their objections to 

 the undersigned. 



Silver Moon, Cherokee by Wichuraiana, 

 soft white, semi-double, flowers four 

 inches across. Climbing habit. 



Garnet Climber, Lucullus by Wichu- 

 raiana, deep garnet red, double flowers 

 in clusters. Climbing habit. 



Dr. W. Van Fleet, Souvenir du Pres. 

 Camot by Wichuraiana, light rosy pink, 

 double flowers. Climbing habit. 



Badiance, Cardinal by an unnamed 

 seedling, brilliant rosy carmine, flne buds, 

 splendid habit and foliage. 



July 10, 1908, W. N. Budd, Sec 'y. 



LADIES' SOCIETY OF FLORISTS. 



The secretary of the Ladies* Society 

 of American Florists congratulates the 

 members upon their prompt payment of 

 dues. It shows her that all wish to vote 

 and expect to be at Niagara Falls in 

 August. Mrs. C. H. Maynaed, Sec'y. 



