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JANUABT 7, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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work of the organization simply for the 

 reason that no call was made upon them. 

 Prof. F. L. Washburn, of Minneapolis, 

 the entomologist, contributes a list of ex- 

 periment station literature issued from 

 January 1 to August 1, 1908, bearing 

 upon insects affecting fruits or flowers. 

 The effort simplr is to make the informa- 

 tion easy of reference, but it also serves 

 to give a new idea of the volume of thi* 

 class of literature, for it is an imposing 

 array — some 105 bulletins issued in seven 

 months. Prof. L. H. Pammel, of Ames, 

 la., the botanist, in twenty printed pages, 

 discusses plant breeding and the year's 

 work on plant diseases, and the path- 

 ologist, Dr. B. M. Duggar, of Ithaca, 

 N. Y., reports on some of the fungous 

 diseases of floricultural plants. Brief re- 

 ports of the special society's doings are 

 also included in the book. 



Page 266 is one of the most interest- 

 ing in the volume ; it gives a summary of 

 the membership as of November 20,- after 

 the national flower show, as follows: 



Life members 179 



Annual members 720 



Total 



It is interesting to note the member- 

 ship by states, as follows: 



Alabama 6 



California 8 



Colorado 12 



Connecticut 17 



District of Col'bla 20 



Florida 6 



Georgia 7 



Idaho 2 



Illinois 74 



Indiana 25 



Iowa 16 



Kansas 2 



Kentocky 18 



Lonisiana 7 



Maine 2 



Maryland 22 



Massachusetts 64 



Michigan 88 



Minnesota 22 



Mississippi 2 



Missonrl 88 



Nebraska 4 



New Bampsliire .. 2 



New Jersey 47 



New York 168 



North Carolina ... S 



Ohio 88 



Oklahoma 1 



Pennsylvania IM 



Rhode Island 

 South Carolina 

 South Dakota 

 Tennessee ..... 



Texas 



Virginia 



Washington . . . 

 West Virginia 



Wisconsin 17 



Ontario 6 



Manitoba 1 



Holland 1 



Total .."^ 





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FLOWERS FOR THE SOUTH. 



Will you please tell me how to handle 

 field grown dahlias for cut flowers and 

 bulbs to obtain best results and prices 

 in the market! Should dahlias be grown 

 single-stemmed and should they be 

 bunched in bunches of twenty-five, or 

 should they be shipped separate t Would 

 it pay to grow gladiolus bulbs for mar- 

 ket, or if there are any other kinds of 

 bulbs that will pay to grow in field for 

 bulbs or cut flower stock, please inform 

 me as to the names of samef These bulbs 

 are to be grown in the state of Alabama 

 or Florida. W. A. A. 



Dahlias will not succeed so well in 

 Alabama or Florida as in the cooler and 

 more northern states. It is almost im- 

 possible to quote any market prices for 

 the cut flowers, for while we have seen 

 them sold as high as $4 to $5 per hun- 

 dred at wholesale in small fancy lots, 

 fine flowers have gone begging at one- 

 fifth that price. We very much doubt 

 if such flowers as you could produce in 

 the states named would be worth market- 

 ing in any of the big cut flower centers. 

 The singles and pompons are usually 

 bunched in dozens or twenty-fives. The 

 «how, cactus and decorative sorts are bet- 

 ter packed singly. For field culture, 

 plant in June in rows four feet apart, 

 allowing two to two and one-half feet 

 between the plants. Bemove all but one 

 strong shoot and after this has made 

 three pairs of leaves, pinch out the top. 

 It will then break and make a stocky 

 plant, which will not require staking. 



A stake to each plant secures the main 

 shoots from splitting, however. 



Gladioli wiU do much better vidth you 

 than dahlias. For spikes of approved 

 colors, there is much better summer de- 

 mand than exists for dahlias, and for 

 bulbs there is an excellent market. 



For the flowering, or French cannas 

 there is a big demand. Why not try 

 growing a good batch of the best varie- 

 ties of these? Caladium esculentum is 

 another tuber having a good sale com- 

 mercially. It would also pay to grow 

 some of the hybrid amaryUises, which 

 should make good bulbs in the section 

 named. - N. 



HYACINTHS. 



Kindly teU me why my hyacinths come 

 up flowers first, before any foliage. 



._ C. M. T. 



You should have kept your hyacinths 

 in a cellar, covered with ashes, until the 



iraVERY now and then a well 

 1L9 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of bringing a new 

 advertiser to 



m 



Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are bttying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



FLORISTS' PUBLISHING CO. 

 530-60 Caxton BIdg. Chicago 



growths were at least two inches long 

 before housing. Even then it is advis- 

 able to keep them darkened to draw up 

 the stems somewhat. Later in the Reason 

 this is unnecessary. Your trouble has 

 come from placing your plants in the 

 light before being sufficiently started. 



C. W. 



DATA ON FLORICULTURE. 



Secretary J. F. Ammann, of the Illi- 

 nois State Florists' Association, writes 

 from Edwardsville as follows: 



"We are trying to get correct data of 

 the greenhouse area for our organization 

 and I enclose herewith a notice or sort 

 of call to arms to wake the boys up. If 

 yon will kindly publish same in the 

 Bevisw I am sure it will help us get 

 results. I also enclose a copy of letter 

 I have sent out to one at least in each 

 county. So far I have lieard from about 

 forty counties. When I get a reasonably 

 complete list I shall be glad to furnish 

 you data for publication if you wish." 



The letter to county representatives is 



as follows: 



My dear Sir: — We want yon to help ns an- 

 swer this qnestion — What greenhouse area have 

 we in Illinois T 



Your leglslatlTe committee of this association 

 must go to Springfield this winter to secure an 

 appropriation to carry on experimental work for 

 the next two years. To get this, we mast be 

 able to tell Jnst what amoant of glass is de- 

 Toted to flowers and vegetables In the state. 



Your committee has done much in this line and 

 they now require your personal help In com- 

 pleting this work. Enclosed find a Ust qf the 

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florists and gardeners In your county, 

 find out from each of these — and any others yoa 

 may' know of — just how much glass area he has 

 and if devoted to flowers or vegetables, or it 

 both, name amount of each separately. Wa 

 must have this data Just as soon as possible. 

 If you cannot assist us in this valuable work, 

 please write the undersigned at ooce. We are 

 mailing a similar letter to one leading florist in 

 every county in the state and hope they all will 

 help for the best Interests of the trade. 



Trusting you will be with us in this good 

 work, I am, 



Very truly yours, 



J. F. Ammann, Sec'7. 



The ♦♦CaU to Arms." 



We are going before the legislature at 

 the next session to secure an appropria- 

 tion to have experimental work done for 

 the florists at the Experiment Station. 

 In bringing this matter before the legis- 

 lature it is highly important that wo 

 should have accurate figures regarding 

 the amount of greenhouses in this state, 

 as the legislators, many o£ them, think 

 that we are pretty small potatoes. Will 

 you be good enough to write me as early 

 as possible what is the area of your 

 greenhouse establishment f I mean by 

 this, how much ground is covered. 



This movement means much to every 

 florist iu the state and I trust that you 

 will help by promptly giving me the 

 figures asked for, so that they can be 

 footed up, and we be in a position to tell 

 the legislature how big a business the 

 florists' business of this state is. 



Don't forget the convention at Spring- 

 field February 16 and 17. Be sure and 

 come. J. F. Ammann, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Secretary B. Hammond has issued the 

 preUniinary Ust of premiums for the 

 annual exhibition to be held at Buffalo 

 March 17 to 20. The Breitmeyer-Bod- 

 dington premiums of $300 are continued 

 for the best display of bush roses in 

 bloom and effort is made to get a better 

 showing of pot roses by offering pre- 

 miums for a list of named varieties. The 

 usual cash prizes are offered for cut 

 blooms, vases of twenty-five and of 

 twelve, in all the standard forcing varie- 

 ties, the classes for twelves being open 

 only to private gardeners and amateurs. 



The special prizes will be included in 

 the final list. 



OBITUARY. 



S. S. Brenneman. 



S. S. Brenneman died last week of 

 tuberculosis, at his home in Webb City, 

 Mo., after an illness of six months. He 

 was bom in December, 1848, and was 

 married to Cathryn Haycraft, January 

 29, 1879. He went into the florists' busi- 

 ness in 1896, and built up an extensive 

 business, with one of the largest ranges 

 of greenhouses in southwest Missouri. 

 He leaves a widow and five sisters. 



J. T. Montgomery. 



J. T. Montgomery, of Toughkenamon, 

 Pa., died January 1, after a brief illness. 

 Mr. Montgomery had been in the business 

 for about six years, having taken over 

 the Isaac Larkins place at that time. He 

 was a grower of cut flowers for the 

 Philadelphia market. 



If there is a desire to move large speci- 

 men evergreens from one place to an- 

 other, the work can be done successfully 

 in hard, frosty weather if the roots are 

 left untouched in large balls of soil. 



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