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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Adoubt 27, 1008. 



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Pittsburg's New Wholesale House 



WILL OPEN SEPTEMBER 1, 1908 



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Nearly all of the best home growers are connected with this house; thus we'can assure our 

 customers of best and fresh stock. Our past experience in the wholesale trade gives us a 

 knowledge of the service required to secure and hold your patronage, and by carrying a 

 ' good line of supplies will be in a position to meet these requirements. :: :: 



Your Orders Solicited' 



■Correspondence Invited 



THE McCAUUM CO., ub.?.f *«., Msbnrg, Pa. 



TO growers: 



We are in a position to handle c onsi gnm enf of 



CHOICS CUT rLOWXRS TO ADVANTAGE 



Mention The Review when you write. 



DENVER. 



The greenhouses near "Westminster, 

 about five miles from here, were dam- 

 aged by fire August 4 to the extent of 

 about $1,000. The boiler room, cut flower 

 room, potting room, coal bins and work 

 room were destroyed and the adjoining 

 part of. several houses damaged. The 

 boilers were full of water and were not 

 damaged. Unfortunately, the insurance 

 had expired only a few hours before the 

 fire. A few days after the fire the 

 greenhouses and forty acres of ground 

 were bought by H. E. Mosnat, of this 

 city. The greenhouses are planted to car- 

 nations, and fine new stock is now being 

 cut. The new owner will replace the de- 

 stroyed buildings with concrete struc- 

 tures and will also make extensive im- 

 provements. The men did splendid work 

 in controlling the fire as well as they did. 



NEVORLEAN& 



The Market 



Since my last report the chrysanthe- 

 mum crop seems to have taken a bad 

 turn. Many complaints are heard from 

 growers who have lost some of their 

 plants, the long spell of wet weather hav- 

 ing created a soft, rank growth, which 

 does not agree with the dry, hot weather 

 we are having now. That will give an 

 advantage to the plants grown under 

 glass. 



Various Notes. 



A communication from the Society of 

 Southern Florists and Ornamental Horti- 

 culturists has been mailed by Secretary 

 Paul Abele to many florists of the south, 

 calling their attention to the importance 

 of the organization which is going to 

 have its next meeting at New Orleans in 

 November, at the same time as the show 

 of the New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety. The trade is invited to make an 

 exhibit, the price of space being fixed 

 at 20 cents per square foot; minimum, 

 ten square feet. 



The New Orleans Horticultural Society 

 had a meeting Thursday, August 20. 

 President R. P. Steekler appointed a com- 

 mittee of three to act in conjunction with 

 the Society of Southern Florists. They 

 are M. M. de Lapouyade, H. Doescher 



and R. C. Eichling. The finance commit- 

 tee for the next term will be in charge 

 of Otto AbelCi Otto Werner and Charles 

 Eble. There were three new applica- 

 tions for membership — John Hern, H. A. 

 Steekler, M. J. Gurtler. The attendance 

 at the meeting was not large, some mem- 

 bers being out of town. 



H. Papworth, Charles Eble, M. Cook 

 and a few others were at the convention. 



Please discontinue our Classified 

 Advertisements of Poinsettias and 

 Berried Planto in 



We are entirely sold out. They 



certainly brought orders from far and 



near. 



C L. BRUNSON & CO. 



Paducah, Ky., 



August 7, 1908. 



Why don't yon dispose of jronr surplus? 



Miss Catherine Rehm, having joined the 

 Ladies' Auxiliary of the society, was also 

 present at the Niagara reunion. 



E. Baker, late superintendent of Au- 

 dubon park, says he is preparing for pub- 

 lication a work which he believes is 

 badly needed in the south. It is a plant 

 culture or working handbook, especially 

 written for the southern climate. Many 

 valuable treatises of this kind, referring 

 to the north, are of no value to us, and 

 many directions published in northern 

 papers are quite erroneous when followed 

 in the south. 



Abele Bros., who not many years ago 

 started business in a small way, are now 

 coming to the front as wholesalers. 

 They are erecting four new houses to 



grow young stock in. They have to in- 

 crease their production, having formed a 

 contract with the Joseph Steekler Seed 

 Co. to furnish that firm with the plants 

 and nursery stock needed for its cata- 

 logue. Their stock is already large and 

 in fine condition. Having lately pur- 

 chased an adjoining piece of ground, 

 they have increased their place and are 

 on the way to become one of the largest 

 flower establishments around here. They 

 believe in raised outside benches for 

 the growing of roses and carnations and, 

 judging from what they have, it is cer- 

 tainly worth while to consider the ad- 

 vantages of this new system. 



P. Kaul roots Magnolia fuscata layers 

 in sphagnum moss, the same way as ficus. 

 They form roots well enough, but the 

 question is how they will stand when 

 separated from the plants. He claims 

 that they can be established in pots. 



M. M. L. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Dull trade ruled in cut flower circles 

 last week and it looks as though there 

 would be no special improvement for 

 some weeks to come. Outdoor flowers 

 continue to dominate the market. Alters 

 are at their full flood tide, prices varying 

 all the way from 25 cents for ordinary 

 stock to $2 for best blooms of Comet or 

 Ostrich Plume. Gladioli are overplenti- 

 ful and hard to dispose of; $4 per hun- 

 dred has been about an average price 

 on these. Roses are abundant but small, 

 and meet with sluggish sales. 



The old crop of carnations is now done 

 and a number of growers have started 

 with the new crop. These are rather 

 short-stemmed yet, but are making bet- 

 ter prices. Lilies are abundant, and lily 

 of the valley sells fairly well, but at low 

 rates. Among outdoor flowers. Euphor- 

 bia corollata, Veronica longifoUa sub- 

 sessilis and some varieties of the heli- 

 anthus are seen. A good many dahlias 

 come in, but always meet with a slow 

 trade. Asparagus and adiantum meet 

 with moderate sales. 



Exhibition. 



One of th< finest exhibitions of the 



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