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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbgb 10, 1908. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



Q. It. OBANT. Editob and Manaqkb. 



rUBUSHXD BVEBT THCBSDAT BT 



The Florists* publishing Co. 



630-660 Caxton BuildlnK, 

 884 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



TxtiKPHOKK, HaBBISOM 6429. 

 ^niSTBRBO CABLB ADDRBSS, FLORVIBW, CHICAGO 



New Yosk Office: 



>ark firoo 



, AusTiH Shaw, Manaoeb. 



BorooKh Park.... ,.'...„.. .Brooklyn, N. Y. 



Snbscriptlon Sl.OO a year. To Canada, $2.00. 

 To Europe. $2.50. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising: rates quoted upon request. Only 

 ■trictly trade advertising accepted. 



AdvertLsements must reach us by Wednesday 

 moruing: to insure insertion in the issue of the 

 foUowing day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-office at Chicago, IlL, under the 

 act of March 8. 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ASVEBTISEBS, PAGE 52. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florlat— Chiistmas Preparations 

 (illus.^ 17 



— SUop Talk 18 



— CatcliiiiK an lUeu I'J 



— Christmas Wreaths (lllus.j 22 



Sylvester's Success 22 



Chrysanthemums — Some Good Single Mums 



(illus.) 24 



— Tlie Best Fifty 24 



• — Best Late Varieties 25 



— Chrysanthemum Society 2(5 



— European Notes 26 



(ireen Bamboo Sticl£s 26 



t'lnli Lupines 26 



Cliicago's Monthly Sliows 26 



Time to Sow Seeds 27 



Violets— Ij>af Curl on Violets 27 



— Violets Under Bench 27 



Bell's Windows at Mght (illus. j 27 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 28 



— Carnation Notes — West 28 



— Merrltt's Success tiUus.) 29 



— Arrangement of Benches 29 



— Carnation Edward (illus.) 29 



— Bust on Carnations 29 



— Stigmonose 29 



— Who Grows Britannia '! 30 



— American Carnation Society 30 



Boses— UootluK Boses Outdoors 30 



Geraniums — The Booted Cutting Trade 31 



Seasonable Sugjjestions — Lilies 32 



— Mr.rguerites 32 



— Asparagus .Sprengerl 32 



— Azalea Mollis 32 



— Moschosma Biparluni 32 



— Hydrangeas 32 



— Bambler Boses 32 



— Genistas 32 



— Rex Begonia!! 33 



Liliiim Candiduni 3.3 



A I'loneer's Plant (illus.) 33 



Ferns- — Scale on Ferns 33 



— Yellow Fron<is on Ferns 33 



— An Aspidiuni 33 



'Trouble with Spiraea 34 



J.ouisville. Kv 34 



Providence, B. 1 34 



St. Louis 34 



Bostoii 35 



( )bituary 35 



Chicago .HO 



Cleveland 41 



Phlla(!elphla 42 



New York 44 



Detroit 48 



Vegetable Forciug^Vegetahle Markets 51 



— Vegetable for Christmas 51 



New Bedford, Mass 51 



New Orleans 51 



Pittsburg 54 



Pacific Coast^San Francisco 54 



• — California Bed Berries .IS 



.Seed Trade News 58 



— Grass .Seeds tjl 



— Place to Buy Seeds 02 



— 0[iera Bouffet Grass 64 



— Life of Seeds 66 



.stcanipr Sailings 73 



Nursery New.s — Rhododendrons and Azaleas.. 76 



— Lead Civic Improvement 76 



Baltimore 78 



.TacK.sonville, Fla 82 



Kaljimazcio, Mich. ., 84 



Washington 86 



Milwaukee 88 



Lexlii.»ton, Kv 80 



St. Paul Ola 



Greenhfjuse Healing— Capacity of Boiler 92 



— Wn ng I ocation of Flow 02 



Cincinnati 03 



Newport, It. 1 06 



Amaryllis Belladonna 98 



Erie. Pa 100 



Kvansvillo. iml 102 



JIniiiinonton. .\. J 102 



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is printed Wednesday evextiag and 

 mailed early Thursday tnortuag. It 

 is earnestly reqtiested that aU adver' 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 ''copy'' to reach us by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest, instead of Wed- 

 nesday morning, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLOBISTS. 



Incorpokated by Act of Cokgbess Maech 4, '01 



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

 N«w York; vice-president, George W. McClure, 

 BuCralo; secretary, WlUis N. Rndd, Morgan 

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



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

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, B. O. Oillett, 

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

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 19 

 to 22, 1009. 



Results bring advertising. 

 The KevIeav brings results. 



Successful business men like to do 

 business with successful men. It kee])S 

 them in the atmosphere of success. 



National flower show guarantors re- 

 ceived, December 7, the checks for the 

 return of the sums advanced for the 

 preliminary expenses of the exhibition. 



There is $35.39 currency in circulation 

 for each of the 88,090,000 persons com- 

 prising the population of the United 

 States. It is a sum never before equaled 

 and it looks as if quite a few would be 

 able to buy a few flowers for Christmas. 



The United States and Germany have 

 arranged for a postal rate on letters be< 

 tween the two countries of 2 cents, in- 

 stead of the existing rate of 5 cents. 

 The new rates will go into effect on 

 January 1. We already have a 2-cent 

 rate to England. 



F. H. Kramer, Washington, D. C, has 

 a new salmon pink rose that he agreed 

 to name for the young lady who should 

 poll the most votes during the recent 

 flower show. The successful contestant 

 was Miss Eva Cooke, daughter of George 

 H. Cooke, another Washington florist. 



Subscribers who receive expiration 

 notices should renew promptly if they 

 do not want to miss one or more copies 

 of the Review. Nearly every mail brings 

 a request to ' ' Pardon my neglect ; re- 

 new and send the copies I have missed. ' ' 

 But it seldom can be done. Each issue 

 is exhausted, usually within a few days 

 of publication. 



John H. Dunlop, Toronto, has issued 

 a neat folder of eight pages and cover, 

 entitled, "Gifts." In it he points out 

 the utility of flowers and plants as 

 Christmas gifts. Prices are quoted on a 

 good line of Christmas cut flowers and 

 plants. Such a folder, neatly printed 

 and distributed among good people, can- 

 not help but increase the use of florists ' 

 stock at the holiday season. 



In addition to a carnation, a chrysan- 

 themum, and a begonia named for Presi- 

 dent Wm. H. Taft, it develops that the 

 president's name also has been given to 

 a dahlia, by J. K. Alexander, East 

 Bridgewater, Mass. 



The committee of nurserymen who 

 recently appeared before the Ways and 

 Means Committee at Washington, asked 

 that in the new tariff law azaleas, Dutch 

 bulbs, French bulbs, lily bulbs, valley 

 pips and one or two other items be 

 placed on the free list for "the reason 

 that "they . are not propagated in 

 this country." The present rate on rose 

 plants, 21/4 cents each, they asked to be 

 increased to 4 cents, and a number of 

 other increases in the way of additional 

 protection on nursery stock were a.sked. 



DON'T SAVE UP WHITE. 



The man who saves up white flowers 

 for Christmas ought to take a tumble to 

 himself — now, before he repeats his folly 

 for yet another year. Don't do it. Re- 

 strain yourself. Remember that Santa 

 Glaus only will take white so you also 

 will let him have some red. 



Of all the poor propositions at this 

 season, the worst is the sleepy white car- 

 nation. Don't let 'em accumulate. 



Only fresh stock of any color is salable 

 for gifts. 



THE GLASS MARKET. 



There is prospect of more labor trouble 

 in the glass industry, with a certainty 

 that if the workmen force the issue it 

 will mean a sudden shutdown on the part 

 of many factories. For this reason all 

 quotations for quantities of window glass 

 are only for immediate acceptance and 

 there is a disposition to hold the stocks 

 now on hand in anticipation of the higher 

 prices that will come with labor troubles 

 at the factories. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



In the last week Ave have had our 

 first taste of winter. For the first 

 few days no appreciable difference was 

 made in the market, but this week the 

 cooler conditions, with a few dark days, 

 have caused something of a reduction in 

 crops. The bright, frosty days have 

 made a great difference in quality 

 throughout the market. There still are 

 too many short, weak roses, and especial- 

 ly pale Bridesmaid, but almost every- 

 thing has been toned up to midwinter 

 grade. Beauties are excellent in every 

 respect, although not in large supply. 

 There have been a number of social 

 events, and December 7 Beauties were 

 called for to be used at the installation 

 of the new county officers, so that the 

 market has had about a twenty per cent 

 advance in the price of Beauties, with 

 still further advances in early prospect. 

 The best grades of other roses also have 

 firmed up in price, but it is more due 

 to better quality than demand. Rich- 

 mond now has the call in preference to 

 Killarnoy, which is a strong second 

 choice. 



While the prices on roses and some 

 other flowers have firmed up to where 

 l^hey are seasonable, or more nearly so 

 than in recent weeks, the carnation has 

 not shared in the prosperity. All grades 

 of carnations still are selling much be- 

 low what they brought at this date last 

 year. It is true growers are cutting more 



