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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 3, 1908^ 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Ektob, and HANAOEa. 



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Sobscrlptlon $1.00 a year. To Canada, 92.00. 

 To Europe. $2.50. Subsciiptiona accepted only 

 dom tbose in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 ■trictiy trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in the issue ol the 

 following day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1397, at the post-office at Chicago. IlL. \mder the 

 •Ct of March 8. 1879. 



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INbEX TO ADVERTISEBS, PAGE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The nietall Florist— Wedding Bouquets 5 



— Advertising Paid 5 



— A Montreal Store Show (lllus.) 5 



— Wreath of Violets (lllus.) tf 



— Sshindler's Success (lllus.) • 6 



Deutzlas and Spiraeas 7 



Sweet Peas for April 7 



Violets — A Bad Case of Spot 8 



— • Jn a Cold House 8 



— Violets on Tile Benches (lllus.). . 8 



Stocks for Bench Culture 9 



Stocks Damping Off 9 



Southern Greens 



Keeping Dahlia Tubers , 9 



Carnations — Remedies for Rust 10 



— Thrlps on White Enchantress 10 



— Sulphur on Steam Pipes 10 



— Crockcroft's New White (lllus.) lO 



— Left-over Carnation Soil 11 



English Carnation Society 11 



American Carnation Society 11 



Seasonable Suggestions — Thanksgiving Reflec- 

 tions 12 



— (jeranlums 12 



— Cattleya Trlanae 12 



— English Primroses 12 



— Chinese Primroses 12 



— LUacs 12 



— Schlzanthus 12 



— Protecting Evergreens 12 



— Protecting Bulbs and Perennials 12 



Roses — Weber and Field 13 



— The Leaves Turn Yellow 13 



— Mildew on Roses 13 



— Outdoor Roses 13 



Society of American Florists 13 



Lacrosse, Wis 13 



New York 14 



Obituary— N. Studer 15 



— Ix>uls E. Marquisee (portrait) 16 



— William J. Beatty 15 



— John Archer 15 



— Mrs. J. J. Waaland 15 



Chrysanthemum Society 16 



National Flower SUow 16 



Course in Floriculture 16 



Chicago 17 



New Orleans 20 



Detroit 20 



St. Louis 20 



Philadelphia 22 



Boston 24 



Providence, R. 1 26 



Grand Rapids 27 



Columbus, 27 



Seed Trade News 32 



— Sure, Anyone Can 34 



— Bermuda Onion Seed 35 



— Valley Pips 30 



— Imports 36 



Rochester, N. Y 36 



Erie, Pa 38 



Vegetable Forcing 44 



— Cyanide for Green Fly 44 



— Insects in Mushroom House 44 



Steamer Sailings 46 



Pacific Coast 48 



— San Francisco 48 



Nursery News 60 



— Stock for Western Apples BO 



Toledo, Ohio 52 



Lexington, Ky 64 



Denver 68 



Washington 68 



Cleveland 52 



Cincinnati «2 



Minneapolis 4" 



Greenhouse Heating 70 



— The Use of 2Inch Pipe 70 



— Scarcely Enough Radiation 70 



— To Estimate Radiation 70 



— Not an Expert Plumber • 1 



Pittsburg 45 



Dayton, Ohio '* 



Milwaukee 4* 



Baltimore '*» 



THE ANNUAL 



CHRISTMAS NUMBER 



will be iEsued 

 DECEMBER 10, 1908. 



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Don't Forget: — 



advertising copy must reach Chicago by 

 Wednesday morning, December 9, to 

 be in time, and earher will be better. 



First forms go to press Monday, De- 

 cember 7. 



Some desirable advertisements usually 

 are received the morning after going to 

 press with a Special Edition. Send 

 today. Don't get left. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act op Congress March 4, '01 



Officer] for 1908: President, F. H. Traendly. 

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

 Buffalo; secretary, Willis N. Rodd, Morgan 

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



Officers for 1900: President, J. A. Valentine, 

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

 Cincinnati, O.; secretary, WUllB N. Radd, Mor- 

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, 0., August 19 

 to 22, 1909. 



Eesults bring advertising. The Ke- 

 VIEW brings results. 



Bouquet green can be sold fearlessly 

 this season. No chance for a fall-down 

 or the loss of profit. 



Yes, it is possible the dollar the house- 

 wife paid for the flowers for the Thanks- 

 giving table looked like 30 cents by 

 the time it reached the grower. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



New Yoek, Nov. 21. — Sport of Helen 

 Frick, white, Japanese incurved, exhibited 

 by Paul Fischer, Wood Ridge, N. J., 

 scored 85 points commercial scale. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 27. — Sport of 



Helen Frick, white, Japanese incurved, 



exhibited by Paul Fischer, Wood Ridge, 



N. J., scored 85 points commercial scale. 



David Feasek, Sec'y. 



NATIONAL PLOVER SHOW. 



Treasurer Bertennann has begun to 

 pay off the cash premiums for which the 

 national flower show committee is liable, 

 the total amounting to $5,379. Letters 

 notifying the donors of special prizes as 

 to how their prizes were awarded have 

 been prepared by the secretary and 

 mailed. Except in those cases where the 

 prize has already been placed in the 

 hands of the committee, special prizes 



will be delivered direct to the winners by 

 the donors. J. H. Btjbdett, Sec 'y. 



THANKSGIVING TRADE. 



There is much variety in the reports 

 of Thanksgiving flower business, but in 

 nearly every instance it is commented 

 upon that the unseasonably warm weather 

 was a disturbing factor, and that with 

 seasonable weather the trade would un- 

 doubtedly have been much larger than 

 it ever was before for Thanksgivi, 

 Take it all in all, the business was satis- 

 factory. At wholesale there was some 

 dissatisfaction because of oversupplies 

 and low prices, but the volume of busi- 

 ness at retail was good in most western 

 cities and in the east decidedly better 

 than a year ago. Retailers who grow 

 their own stock had abundant supplies, 

 and those who buy their material in 

 the open market found no cause for com- 

 plaint, except at the softness of stock, 

 due to the unseasonable weather. 



Evferyone now is looking forward to a 

 first-class, old-fashioned Christmas. 



COURSE IN FLORICULTURE. 



During the last few years there has 

 been an increasing demand for educa- 

 tional advantages along all lines of agri- 

 culture and horticulture. This demand 

 has been felt keenly at the Massachu- 

 setts Agricultural College and this year 

 a short course will be offered for the first 

 time by the department of floriculture. 

 That no holiday season may break into 

 the course, lectures will begin January 5, 

 ending March 10, before the Easter rush 

 begins. 



This course is outlined with the i<lea 

 of furnishing young men who have not 

 the time to devote to a longe!?: course 

 with the theoretical and practical con- 

 siderations which are essential for suc- 

 cess .in floriculture. The course will 

 cover, as thoroughly as time will permit, 

 those aspects of the work of special in- 

 terest to the growers. Greenhouse con- 

 struction, greenhouse details, such as ven- 

 tilators, gutters, benches, etc.; green- 

 house furnishings and equipment, heat- 

 ing, florists' crops and florists' trade are 

 some of the topics to be considered. 



In addition to the regular lecture work 

 of the course, which is given by Pro- 

 fessor E. A. White, it is expected that 

 talks will be given by experts in green- 

 house design and construction, green- 

 house heating, in growing special crops, 

 such as roses, carnations, violets, 

 orchids, wholesale marketing, retail mar- 

 keting, etc. The cooperation of several 

 of the most up-to-date practical florists 

 has been secured for these talks. This 

 course will consist of five exercises each 

 week. 



The work given in soils and fertilizers, 

 greenhouse insects and diseases of green- 

 house crops will also be required of men 

 electing this course. Other courses which 

 may be elected are given in market gar- 

 dening, fruits, dairying and other 

 branches of agricultural science. Be- 

 cause of lack of accommodations this 

 year the course in floriculture will be lim- 

 ited to fifteen. 



The cost of the course will be as rea- 

 sonable as possible. Tuition will be free 

 and the cost of board and rooms in pri- 

 vate families varies from $4 to $6 per 

 week. Board at the college dining-room 

 may be obtained for $3.75. A circular 

 describing fully these courses may be ob- 

 tained of Prof. J. A. Foord, Amherst, 

 Mass. 



