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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



October 29, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



O. L. GBAXT. Editor and Manaqeb. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-otflce at Chicago, 111., imder the 

 act of March 3. 1879. 



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INDEX TO AJDy£]%IIS£BS, PAGE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



Dutch llulbs a 



— BeUuiug xuUps uilus.^ •> 



iNOtes OU .LNUlClbSl U'll''*./ ii 



— Bulb Glowing o 



UemaiiU iii iit'i^iuui i 



SU'l'lUg LuUglUot'UUl UUlUii V 



tjtoriug \v ilu Muilax V 



Tilt Ivetuil J^ luiist !< 



— TUe txulDitiou Seasou (.Uiusw i> 



— To lucreaiie Lasu stales S 



— TUe Star ^illus. ) fci 



— Suggesiions lor \» liiUows. . ." S 



• — lieny uioot's (illus. ) 'J 



— !• loiists' uelivery (iilus. ) 10 



Caniatious lu 



— Ueuieuy tor itust 10 



— Leal &1J01 ou i.uciiautiess lO 



— lusecliciUes tor xiinijs 10 



Haruwooa Abiies 11 



Clii'ysauiupuiums 1- 



— i^xuibition uioouis iz 



— I'our t me Muuis (UIub.) 1- 



— • Carysauiiieuium Society Iii 



New OrleauB 13 



Uiguuteum Lilies i-i 



Seusouable Suggestions i-i 



— Ciueiarias H 



— Palms l-i 



— .Nepurolepis H 



— Uauibler Koses H 



— Amaryllis il 



New i;ork J 1 



George S\ . suiitb (portrait^ l.> 



Oblluuiy 10 



— U. t. I'urt 10 



— Koy E. Caipeuter 10 



— Gilbert Itoger 10 



— i reUerlck t rederlckson 10 



iseasoiiable Suggostious ^ttmtluueUj lO 



■ — Gardeuias 10 



Chicago 17 



St. I'aul iJl 



Dayton, Ohio '■il 



i-hiladelphia ''ii 



Detroit ISO 



Boston 27 



I'ittsburg '-iy 



Vegetable Forcing 32 



— in Favor of Organization '62 



— Vegetable Markets 'M 



Washington 322 



Seed Trade News 34 



— A Uaudsouie t loat (illua.) 35 



— Aster Seed Crops 30 



— Seed Warehouse Collapses 3o 



— Business in Bulbs 35 



— Garden Seed Supplies. . .' 30 



— Imports 38 



— Dutch Bulbs 3S 



— Onion Sets at Clilcago 38 



— Catalogues Itetelved 40 



I'acillc Coast 40 



— San l raiicisco 40 



— A Good Climate for Dahlias 40 



St. Louis 40 



llammouton, N. J 48 



Steamer Sailings 48 



Nursery News 50 



— Fall Planting 60 



— Name of Shrub 51 



— Privet for Shrubberies 61 



I'rovldeuce, U. 1 52 



Cleveland 54 



Little Kock, Ark 50 



Springfield, 60 



Cincinnati 58 



Milwaukee W) 



Greenhouse Heating 08 



— The Coal Trade 08 



— Insufficient Piping 68 



— Piping in Ohio 70 



— A Variety of Estimates 70 



Erie, Pa 72 



Minneapolis 74 



Omaha Jo 



Bufftlo 70 



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Is printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Tliursday morning. It 

 is earnestly requested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 **copy** to reach us by Monday op 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act or Congress Maech 4, '01 



Officers for 1008: President, F. H. Traendly, 

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

 Bufifalo; secretary, WlUls N. Rudd, Morgan 

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



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

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, E. G. Glllett, 

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

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 19 

 to 22, 1900. 



I'Mrst National Flower Show, Chicago, Novem- 

 ber to 14, 1908; W. F. Kastlng, Buffalo, 

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

 National Bank Bldg., Chicago. 



Results bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 has sent out to the daily and weekly 

 papers all over the country a set of three 

 articles on the fall planting of bulbs. 



Robert Kift, Philadelphia, says that 

 the partridge berry globes, even in the 

 days when nothing but fish globes were 

 available, made the best selling novelty 

 he ever handled. In his own store last 

 Christmas he sold over 300 at prices 

 ranging from $1 to $3. 



Now is as good a time as any to turn 

 over a new leaf in the matter of business 

 methods. At least see that every one 

 who owes you gets a statement Novem- 

 ber 1, and every thirty days thereafter. 

 Become a good collector and you soon 

 will have a reputation as prompt pay. 



OBITUARY. 



H. F. Port 



H. F. Port, of Maywood, 111., died Oc- 

 tober 25, after a long illness with tuber- 

 culosis. He was 45 years of age and 

 had been engaged in the florists' busi- 

 ness for a number of years, until fail- 

 ing health required his removal to th*» 

 less rigorous climate of the southwest. 

 He was called home by illness in the 

 family and achieved some celebrity by 

 securing from the Interstate Commerce 

 Commission a permit for the railroads 

 to issue him free transportation back to 

 New Mexico on the ground of "his in- 

 ability to return otherwise. But he never 

 went back. Mrs. Port and a daughter 

 survive. The funeral was held October 

 28, in charge of the Modern Woodmen, 



Roy E. Gupentec. 



Roy E. Carpenter, of Cohoes, N. Y., 

 died October 20, of spinal meningitis, at 

 the age of 32. He had appeared to be 

 in the best of health until a few days 

 before his death. 



He was born in Cohoes and lived there 



all his life. He was educated in the 

 public schools of that city and then he 

 studied the florists' business with his 

 father, Ansel D. Carpenter, and gave his 

 undivided attention to it. He was a 

 member of the Cohoes Club and the now 

 disbanded Wheelmen's Club, and the 

 members of these took appropriate ac- 

 tion on his death. He is survived by his 

 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ansel D. Car- 

 penter, and one brother. Dale S. , Car- 

 penter. The funeral was held on the 

 afternoon of October 23, at 2:30 o'clock, 

 from the late residence. Rev. George A. 

 Armstrong, of the Silliman Memorial 

 church, officiated, and the interment was 

 in Oakwood cemetery, Troy. 



Gilbert Roger. 



Gilbert Roger, head of the firm of 

 Roger & McKelvy, Meadville, Pa., was 

 instantly killed on the night of October 

 19, when he was thrown from his wagon 

 by a runaway team. The fall broke his 

 neck. 



Mr. Roger Avas 74 years of age and 

 one of the oldest florists in his section. 

 He was widely known and the funeral, 

 held October 22, was largely attended. 

 He leaves a wife and family. 



Frederick Frederickson. 



Frederick O. Frederickson died at his 

 home in Kansas City October 15 at the 

 age of 48 years. He had been a resident 

 of Kansas City since 1897. His widow 

 survives. 



SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



(Continued from page 14.) 



The plants can remain here until they are 

 overhauled for starting. Any which may 

 push flower spikes can be taken out and, 

 after the drainage is examined and a lib- 

 eral top-dressing given, can be placed in 

 heat. As a rule, there is no special ad- 

 vantage in starting amaryllis before 

 January. 



Gardenias. 



Considerable care is now necessary 

 with benches of gardenias well set with 

 buds for winter blooming, or a heavy 

 loss of buds will result. Too much water 

 at the root and overhead is usually the 

 cause of so many buds dropping. It is 

 unwise to soak gardenias as one would 

 chrysanthemums. We prefer to keep the 

 border during the dark months a little 

 on the dry side. A thorough hosing 

 twice a week, directing the water through 

 a spray nozzle, should keep mealy bug 

 in check. Give a soaking of water when 

 the surface soil is faijrly well dried out. 

 Then avoid any dribblings on the surface 

 until another thorough watering is need- 

 ed. Keep the night temperature 65 to 68 

 degrees for winter blooming plants. If 

 you want them for spring, 5 degrees 

 lower will answer. There should be no 

 yellowing of the foliage if your benches 

 contain rather coarse compost, which 

 water will pass quickly through. A fine 

 soil, producing pastiness and consequent 

 sourness, will quickly give pale foliage. 



Mount Pleasant, Mich. — John Zim- 

 merman, of the Mount Pleasant Green- 

 houses, has enlarged the capacity of his 

 place and now has over 5,000 square 

 feet of glass. 



Poughkeepsie, in. Y. — The annual ex- 

 hibition of the Dutchess County Horticul- 

 tural Society will be held at the State 

 Armory October 29 and 30. The indica- 

 tions are for one of the most successful 

 shows the society has yet held. 



