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SUFIKMBER 10, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



O. L. GRANT. Editob and Manaosb. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 

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INDEX TO ASVERTISEBS, PAGE 70. 



CONTENTS. 



Clirysanthcinums — Bud on Duckbatn 3 



— Mildew and Rust 3 



— Clirysantbeuium Golden Glow 3 



— Taking tUe Bud 3 



— A White that Shows Color 3 



— Feeding ChrysantbemuiuB 3 



The Ketail Florist— Scroll and Kibbon (lllus.) 4 



— The Iowa I'anel (lllus. ) 4 



— Some Windows 4 



The Ueaders' Corner 5 



Soil and the Florist (i 



— Sterilization of Soils (lllus.) C 



Seasonable Suggestions — Cyclamens 6 



— Primulas G 



— Lorraine Begonias 7 



— Rambler Roses 7 



— Boston Ferns 7 



— Gardenias 7 



— Chrysanthemums 7 



— Scented Geraniums 7 



— Show Pelargoniums 7 



— Ericas 7 



— Crotons and Dracaenas 7 



— Biennials and Perennials 8 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West 8 



— Preparing Carnation Soil 8 



— Best White and Pink 9 



Jung's Asters (iilus.) 9 



Sulphur Water for Plants 9 



European Notes 9 



New York 10 



Henry C. Ostertag (portrait) H 



Boston 11 



Boating on the Mississippi (lllus. ) 12 



Detroit 12 



Obituary— Robert H. Walker 13 



— Joseph D. GalTin 13 



KIrkwood, Mo 13 



State Flower Show 14 



Scott Memorial Fund 14 



Society of American Florists 14 



National Flower Show 14 



Chicago IS 



St. Louis 18 



Philadelphia 20 



Minneapolis 22 



Cincinnati 22 



Milwaukee 24 



Seed Trade News 26 



— The Corn Crop 26 



— Imports 26 



— Catalogues Received -26 



— Dutch Bulbs 27 



-French Bulbs 28 



Ludlngton, Mich 28 



Dayton, 28 



Washington 30 



Orange. N. J 30 



KTansville, Ind 30 



South Manchester, Conn 32 



Erie. Pa 33 



Pacific Coast 38 



— San Francisco 38 



— The Demand for Fruit Trees 38 



— Violets for Frisco Market 38 



Providence 39 



Steamer Sailings 40 



Nursery News 42 



— The Pecan In the Nursery 42 



Vegetable Forcing 44 



— Forcing Tomatoes 44 



Denver 46 



Baltimore 48 



West Grove, Pa 49 



Columbus, 50 



St. Paul 52 



Greenhouse Heating 61 



— The Information Is Free 61 



— Steam for Carnation House 61 



— Water in Boiler Pit 61 



— Superfluous Flow Pipes 61 



— Houses on Sloping Ground 62 



— Two Connected Houses 64 



Indianapolis 66 



New Bedford, Mass 66 



Pittsburg 68 



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80CIBTT or AHIBICIN rL0BI8T8. 



INCOBPORATED BT ACT OF CONOBESB MARCH 4, '01 



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

 New York; vice-president, (Jeorge W. McClure, 

 BufTalo; secretary, WUUs N. Rudd, Morgan 

 Park, 111.; treasurer, H, B. Beatty, Pittsburg, 



Officers for 1909: President, J. A. Valentine, 

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, B. G. GUlett, 

 Cincinnati, O.; secretary, WUUs N. Rudd, Mor- 

 gan Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pitts- 

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 19 

 to 22, 1909. 



First National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber to 15, 1908; W. F. Hasting, BufTalo, 

 chairman; J. H. Burdett, secretary, 1411 First 

 National Bank Bldg., Chicago. 



Wholesalers report collections unu- 

 sually slow during August and thus far 

 in September. 



Experienced greenhouse help is more 

 abundant than for some time, indicating 

 that the growers are holding down ex- 

 penses. 



The Eeview would like ^^ receive 

 periodical news-letters from ef^y city 

 where it now has no regular correspond- 

 ent. "Write uq about it. 



STATE FLOWER SHOW. 



The Illinois State Fair opens Septem- 

 ber 25 and closes October 2, The Board 

 of Agriculture has made ample provision 

 for a handsome display of plants and 

 flowers by an appropriation of $2,500 for 

 premiums. More than 100,000 people a 

 day visit this department during the fair 

 season. It seems to us that this is a 

 splendid opportunity for the florists to 

 display their stock to the agricultural 

 classes, who have taste for this class of 

 refinement and money to gratify their 

 tastes, as well as to the people of the 

 towns outside of Chicago. More people _ 

 see the flower exhibit at the fair in a day 

 than at the annu^ flower show in the 

 Coliseum in the whoje season, yet grow- 

 ers heretofore have spent thousands of 

 dollars exhibiting at the Coliseum to the 

 hundreds spent at the State Fair. It 

 would seem to us that the country out- 

 side of Chicago, which needs the infor- 

 mation most, is a good field to exhibit to. 

 "We hope the growers will turn out in 

 a manner worthy of their vocation this 

 year. "Write to J. K. Dickirson, secre- 

 tary, Springfield, immediately for pre- 

 mium list, if you have not done so al- 

 ready. All entries will positively close 

 Wednesday, September 23. Make your 

 entries with the secretary in time. 



Illinois Florists' Association 

 State Fair Committee, 



J. F. Ammann, 

 Geo. Asmus, 

 A. T. Pyfer. 



SCOTT MEMORIAL FUND. 



At the Niagara Falls convention the 

 undersigned were appointed a committee 

 to receive funds for a memorial to the 

 late William Scott. The movement met 

 with hearty response and the committee 

 is still receiving the checks of those who 

 wish to participate. As it ia desired to 

 conclude the matter without delay, the 

 committee hopes that all those who have 

 not contributed to the fund and wish 

 to do so, or who hold moneys collected 

 for the fund, will at once forward their 

 checks, payable to Fred Breitmeyer, 

 treasurer, Mount Clemens, Mich. 



Fred Breitmeyer, 



E. F. WiNTEESON, 

 A. GUDE, 



John Birnie, 



H. H. RiTTER, 



Committee. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Notice of Error in Awards. 



The notice of withdrawal of the award 

 to the Altimo Culture Co., read at the 

 recent convention of this society, was 

 an error. 



The original award of a certificate of 

 merit, for the chrysanthemum aster, was 

 correct and will stand. 



W. N. KuDD, Sec'y. 



September 4, 1908. 



NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW. 



Chairman W. F. Kasting announces 

 the appointment of A. T. De La Mare 

 and Edgar F. Winterson to fill va- 

 cancies on the committee of fifty caused 

 by the death of Alexander Wallace and 

 William Scott. 



The executive committee, at its meet- 

 ing at the Cataract house, Niagara Falls, 

 August 20, approved of a call for an 

 additional assessment of thirty per cent 

 of the sums guaranteed, for which notices 

 will be sent to guarantors at once. An 

 appropriation for the advertising of the 

 show was made upon an estimate sub- 

 mitted by Chairman George Asmus. Rule 

 1 was amended to require an entry fee of 

 $1 for each entry in all classes where 

 the first prize is $5 br more, except in 

 the private gardeners' classes and ex- 

 cept for foreign exhibitors. Those ex- 

 cused from an entry fee will be charged 

 a $2 fine for failure to stage an entry. 

 Rule 3 was amended to make 11 a. m. 

 the last hour for staging plants and 12 

 m. for cut flowers. 



On motion of S. S. Skidelsky, it was 

 decided that trade tickets should be is- 

 sued at a reduced rate and sold under 

 restrictions imposed by the local man- 

 agement committee. Chairman Koenig, 

 of the special features committee, re- 

 ported and was requested to continue his 

 good work in trying to provide drawing 

 attractions for the show, an appropria- 

 tion being made for his expenses. 



On motion of W. N. Rudd, it was de- 

 cided to allow no salary or expense ac- 

 count to judges at the national flower 

 show, and that judges be appointed by 

 the following: For Division A, Chrysan- 

 themum Society of America; Division B, 

 American Rose Society; Division C, 

 American Carnation Society; Division D, 

 New York Florists' Club; Division E, 

 Illinois State Florists' Association; Di- 

 vision F, Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago; Division G, Chicago Florists' Club, 

 each of these societies to nominate three 

 judges. J. H. Burdett, Sec'y. 



