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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JANDABX 28, 1909. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaoeb. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



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 To Europe, $2.50. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure Insertion in the issue of the 

 following day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-oflice at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVEBTISEBS, FAOE 44. 



CONTENTS. 



— The Indlanapohs Convention 13 



— President's Address 15 



— Treasurer's Keport 16 



— Secretary's Ueport 17 



— Nominations 18 



— The Awards 18 



— Certificates 19 



— Miscellaneous Exhibits 20 



— Thursday 's Session 20 



— National Flower Show iil 



— Visitors 21 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East 22 



— Sleepy Carnations 22 



— The Carnation Mite 24 



— Lack of Buds 25 



— Best White Carnation 25 



— Record of Cuts 25 



— Blooms Do Not Open 26 



— Tobacco Ashes as Fertilizer 26 



— Carnation Britannia 27 



— Disbudding 27 



— Split Calyxes 27 



Seasonable Suggestions — Palms 28 



— Ulppeastrums 28 



— Canuas 28 



— Seed Sowing 28 



— Azaleas 28 



— Dutch Bulbous Stock 29 



The Retail Florist 29 



— The Boxwood Wreath (iUus.) 29 



— Valentine's Day 29 



Geraniums — Leaf Blight on Geraniums 80 



— Paul Crampel as a Standard 30 



Imports and iCxports 30 



"Minneapolis 30 



Lexington, Ky 80 



Bed Bank, N. J 31 



Pittsburg 31 



Obituary — John W. Crane 31 



New Bedford, Mass 31 



Society of American Florists 32 



Thanks Above the Price 32 



Chicago 32 



New York 85 



Boston 36 



Providence, B. 1 88 



Erie, Pa 89 



Philadelphia 40 



St. Louis 42 



Cincinnati 42 



Louisville, Ky 43 



New Orleans 45 



Topeka, Kan 45 



Washington 46 



Lincoln, Neb 46 



Seed Trade News — Pure Culture Spawn 50 



— Seed Trade Association 61 



— Bulb Case Verdict 61 



— Catalogues Received 64 



— Killing Undergrotmd Pests 54 



— Imports , 66 



— The Holland Bulb District , 56 



— Growth of Express Business 66 



Amami 0-Sbima 67 



Oolens Tbyrsoldeus 60 



Detroit 66 



St. Paul 66 



Steamer Sailings 68 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 70 



Vegetable Forcing 71 



— The Vegetable Forcer 71 



Nursery News -72 



— Hardy Shrubs for Cutting 72 



— Warns against Moth 73 



— Tennessee Nurserymen Meet 78 



Denver 74 



Montreal 76 



Boston Growers' Show "76 



Plants for Hanging Baskets 76 



Making Tile for Benches 78 



Aster Dawn of Day 80 



ColDiftbns, 82 



Greenhouse Heating 92 



Milwaukee 94 



it printed Wednesday eveningf and 

 mailed early Thtirsday morning;. It 

 is earnestly reqttested that all 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 AMERICAN FLOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress March 4, '01 



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

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

 Cincinnati, 0.; secretary, Willis N. Rudd, Mor- 

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 19 

 to 22, 1909. 



Besults bring advertising. 



The Keview brings results. 

 The trade all will be interested in the 

 article in this issue on Amami 0-Shima, 

 its cycas and its lily crops, by Alfred 

 Unger, of the old firm of Louis Boeh- 

 mer, Yokohama. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Legislative and Tariff Committee. 



Benjamin Hammond, chairman of the 

 legislative and tariff committee, has is- 

 sued a circular letter in which he asks 

 for the assistance of members of the 

 trade in his efforts to obtain information 

 on such matters as affect the revision of 

 the tariff on horticultural products. 

 Mr. Hammond's letter contains the fol- 

 lowing set of questions, with the request 

 that they be promptly answered and re- 

 turned to him: 



1. Are you engaged in importing merchan- 

 dise known as "horticultural goods"? 



2. What class of horticultural goods do you 

 Import, and to what extent? 



3. On what articles, In your estimation.- 

 should the tariff be Increased? Why? 



4. Name any articles on which you think 

 the tariff should be reduced, and why? 



5. Name any articles In the said class on 

 which you think the tariff should not be changed, 

 and why? 



6. Please give your views as to the advan- 

 tage to importers of a specific rather than ad 

 valorem duty on horticultural goods. 



7. Have you made an appeal from the decis- 

 ion of the appraisers at any of the ports of 

 entry? If so, when and where and with what 

 results? 



Registration of Cypripedium. 



Public notice is hereby given that Al- 

 fred J. Loveless, of Lenox, Mass., offers 

 for registration the plant described be- 

 low. Any person objecting to the regis- 

 tration of this plant or to the use of 

 the proposed name is requested to com- 

 municate with the undersigned at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the regis- 

 tration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Date— January 25, 1909. Name — 

 Ursula. Kind of plant — cypripedium. 

 Parentage — Leeanum Clinkaberryanum x 

 Niobe Shorthillense. Description — Up- 

 per dorsal, round pointed at the apex, 

 two anfl one-fourth inches wide and the 

 same in depth, upper half pure white, 

 base yellowish green with numerous 

 dark spots; a bright reddish purple line 



one-quarter inch wide runs through cen- 

 ter to apex, and the dorsal is also flushed 

 with the same color, on each side of cen- 

 tral line radiating from the base, until 

 lost in the white above. Lower dorsal, 

 pale green, keeping well forward, giving 

 the flower a round, full effect. Petals, 

 deeply corrugated, brownish on upper 

 half, with a margin of pale green, ter- 

 minating with numerous minute spots at 

 base; dark brown line runs through cen- 

 ter; lower half, light yellowish green 

 splashed with chocolate. Pouch, one and 

 one-half inches wide at top, differing 

 from either parent by almost touching 

 the petals on either side and being of a 

 bright, glossy reddish brown in front, 

 shading back to yellowish green. Foliage, 

 similar to Leeanum. 



W. N. EuDD, Sec'y. 



'^THANKS ABOVE THE PRICE." 



There are many factors which may 

 influence an advertiser part of the time, 

 but it is actual results which influence 

 him most of the time: 



If this reaches you in time, drop my adver- 

 tisement for lettuce plants from this week's 

 issue, as I am deluged with orders from the one 

 insertion. An order this morning for 10,000 

 from seed bed takes everything that is left. 1 

 have shipped this week to Ohio, Indiana, Penn- 

 sylvania and Kansas. With many thanks above 

 the price of the advertisement, 1 am, yours, 



W. L. LEEK A. 



Fairmount, 111., January 19, 1909. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There are widely varying reports on 

 last week's business. Early in the week 

 demand was brisk, supply light and 

 prices strong, but spring-like weather 

 marked the close of the week. Saturday, 

 January 23, the temperature was 65 de- 

 grees, breaking all records for January 

 in the history of the weather bureau. 

 There was hardly a glimpse of the sun 

 throughout the week, else the supply 

 would have increased much more than it 

 did. Such unseasonable heat could not 

 but bring in a lot of soft, unsatisfactory 

 stock. Some houses say the business fell 

 off the latter part of the week, but others 

 say January 23 was the best Saturday of 

 the winter, the sales running to a higher 

 total than on any other one day outside 

 the Christmas season. 



The present week started off with con- 

 siderably increased supply, deteriorated 

 quality and weaker prices, but good busi- 

 ness suflficed to clean the market out in 

 fair shape. Hoses show the effect of the 

 bad weather more than do any othet 

 flowers, but they hold their prices more 

 firmly than anything else. Pink roses 

 have lost their color and Maid is the 

 weakest of the roses. In weather such 

 as we have had, Killarney comes strongly 

 to the front. There are good supplies 

 of Richmond, excellent in quality. Sev- 

 eral houses are cutting heavily of Beau- 

 ties, and especially of long stems, but 

 there is considerable difference in qual- 

 ity. Bride is and has for some time been 

 the shortest item in the list and has com- 

 manded a little extra price* 



Carnations have come in heavily and 

 prices have weakened. A good deal of 

 the stock is soft as a result of the heat, 

 and both growers and wholesalers were 

 glad to see cooler weather again, with a 

 little sun. There was a large sale for 

 violets during the warm days of last 

 week, but home-grown singles are now 

 coming in so heavily that the prices have 

 gone down, at the same time affecting the 

 salability of the Hudson river stock. 



Harrisii lilies are again in large sup- 



