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The WccHy Florists^ Review^ 



Februakx 25, 1009. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaqer. 



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THE FLORrSTS' PUBLISHING CO. 



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Subscription $1.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00. 

 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-office at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ASVEBTISEBS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



The Rotall Florist r, 



— The Masonic Design (lllus.) r> 



— The Retail Trade fi 



— The PUlow (Ulns.) 7 



— Fandl's Designs (lllus.) 7 



— Baskets for the Table 7 



Summer and Winter (lllus.) 8 



Violets — Practical Violet Culture 8 



Vinca Foliage Diseased 



HarrlBii Buds Turn Yellow 9 



Cement Gutters and Benches 



Decayed Pandanns 9 



Roses — A Summer Rose House 10 



— Rose Autbracnose H) 



— Blasted Rose Plants 10 



Chrysanthemums — Pompons and Singles lo 



Ferns — Adiantum Cuneatum 11 



— Growing Ferns from Spores 11 



Stocks for Seed 11 



Seasonable Suggestions — Ventilation 11 



— Shading 11 



— Lily of the Valley 12 



— Flowering Sbrnbs for Easter 12 



— Dutch Bulbous Plants 12 



— Easter Lilies 12 



— Propagation , 12 



IlUnols* Model Plant 12 



F. L. Wasbbarn (portrait) 12 



C. E. GuUctt (portrait) l.H 



George B. Franks (pertralt) 13 



Carnations— Carnation Notes— East 14 



— Fairy Ring and Thrlps 14 



— Cnttlngs Fall to Root 14 



A Denver Dinner (lllus. ) 1.". 



Obltnary — Charles Bramley, Sr. (portrait)... 15 



— Patrick J. Mella 15 



— Harvey L. Spencer la 



— William FlndUy 15 



Economical Concrete Wall 16 



From an English Grower 16 



Chicago 1 16 



Boston 20 



EvansvUle, Ind 23 



Philadelphia 24 



Newburgb, N. Y 25 



New York 26 



Buffalo 28 



Hydrangea Otaksa 29 



Baltimore 32 



Cincinnati 33 



Steamer Sailings 34 



Seed Trade News — Imports 36 



— Imports of Potatoes 36 



— Begin the Parcels Post :{8 



Providence, R. 1 40 



St. Louis 42 



Vegetable Forcing .%0 



— Vegetable Markets .TO 



— Sweet Potato Plants 50 



— Mushrooms Eaton by Insects 50 



Cleveland 50 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 51 



— Los Angeles, Cal 5] 



— Gum Cultnre in California 51 



Nursery News 52 



— State Inspectors' Doings 52 



— The Rhode Island Bill 54 



Westerly, R. 1 56 



Minneapolis 58 



West Grove, Pa 58 



Erie, Pa 60 



North Tonawanda, N. Y 60 



Washington 62 



Galesburg, 111 62 



Detroit 64 



Pittsburg 66 



Greenhouse Heating 77 



— Estimating Radiation 77 



— SIxe of Grate and Stack 77 



— Two Virginia Rose Houses 78 



— The Water "Btows Off" 78 



St. Paul 80 



Springfield, Mass 80 



Dayton, Ohio 82 



Amherst, Mass 84 



eV/IC^ 



is printed Wednesday evening and 

 mailed early Thursday morning. It 

 is earnestly reqtiested that all adver- 

 tisers and correspondents mail their 

 **copy** to reach tfs by Monday or 

 Tuesday at latest^ instead of Wed- 

 nesday taoroing, as many have done 

 in the past. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress March 4, '01 



Ofllcers 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 18 

 to 22, 1909. 



Results br^ng advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Eeports as to last week's business in 

 the principal cities are almost uniformly 

 excellent. 



Lent, which began Wednesday, is no 

 longer the important deterrent factor it 

 once was in the flower business. 



The pure food law has occasioned the 

 changing the name of Whale Oil soap to 

 Fish Oil soap. 



After May 1 the Wells Fargo & Co. 

 express will operate on all lines of the 

 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul rail- 

 road. 



GOT TOO MANY ORDERS. 



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: 



We are sorry we ordered our geranium adv. 

 to appear two weeks In the Beylew, as the 

 orders came In such numbers Monday and Tues- 

 day that the several thousand we bad to sell 

 were sold, but too late to stop the adv. from 

 appearing again. If they keep up ordering as 

 they have done It will consume much titne in 

 returning checks. 



PORT ALLEGANY GREENHOUSES. 



Port Allegany, Pa., Feb. 18, 1909. 



ECONOMICAL CONCRETE WALL. 



In tlie Review of January 21 I no- 

 ticed an article on the use of cinders 

 in making a concrete wall. I have ex- 

 perimented a good deal with concrete 

 made from cinders and cement, and find 

 that it does not give good satisfaction, 

 and in the long run is more expensive 

 than when made of gravel and cement, as 

 the gravel concrete can be made up into 

 a wall much lighter than the cinder con- 

 crete and still be equaUy strong. 



The economical florist, in constructing 

 a concrete wall, should try to save his 

 cement without sacrificing strength, as 

 the cement is the most expensive part of 

 his wall. 



I have found that a very economical 

 wall can be constructed of concrete and 

 old bricks. My method is to mix the 

 gravel and cement in proportions of six 

 to one. Then one side of the frame is 

 built complete. The other side is brought 

 up one board at a time. A layer of con- 



crete is thrown into the frame and then 

 a layer of bricks is placed on the con- 

 crete. The bricks are followed by an- 

 other layer of concrete, which is firmly 

 tamped on to the bricks, and so on until 

 the wall is complete. The layers of brick 

 have about one inch of concrete between 

 them, and the bricks are placed about one 

 inch apart in the layer. The concrete is 

 mixed soft, so that it readily fills all 

 cracks between the bricks. Care must 

 be taken to keep the edges of the bricks 

 from touching the sides of the frame, so 

 that the concrete will fill in on both 

 sides. Thus, when the frame is taken 

 away, the wall has all the appearance of 

 a solid concrete wall, and I believe is 

 just about as strong. 



I have a boiler pit, 16x75x12 feet deep, 

 the walls of which are constructed in the 

 described manner and are only six inches 

 thick. The walls are only about fifty per 

 cent concrete. The bricks used were old 

 bats and culls, which can be procured by 

 any florist for just hauling them away. 



V. Kangley. 



FROM AN ENGLISH GROWER. 



The early mums here get more popular 

 each year, as do all sections of the chrys- 

 anthemums, in spite of a class of our 

 writers to the gardening press telling the 

 country they are on the decline. 



It will no doubt interest readers of the 

 Review to know ' thtit we have arranged 

 with C. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., to 

 give him sole control in America of the 

 Wells-Pockett novelties in future. This 

 will bring the American growers as up- 

 to-date with the new Australian varieties 

 as we are here, and will insure only those 

 that do well in the United States being 

 sent out to commerce. 



We have had good results each time 

 we have advertised in the Review, and 

 even now we are getting replies from the 

 one in the issue of November 14 last. 



Merstham, England. W. Wells. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There were no special events last week 

 to stimulate demand, but it nevertheless 

 was one of the best weeks this market 

 has seen in a long time. Almost all lines 

 of stock were in fair supply, but the 

 demand was sufficient to clean out nearly 

 everything at satisfactory prices. Beau- 

 ties were scarce, but the rose supply in- 

 creased considerably. Carnations . were 

 abundant and brought excellent figures, 

 considering the large supply. Violets did 

 first rate, but bulbous stock in nearly all 

 lines was sold at low prices. 



The current week opened with a holi- 

 day and one which did little for the 

 trade, but business continues good. Prices 

 are just a little bit weaker than they 

 have been, for supplies have been some- 

 what increased as a result of two bright, 

 springlike days at the beginning of the 

 week. Beauties, however, continue scarce 

 and this is possibly the one item on which 

 the market cannot fill all orders. Not 

 only are the Beauties scarce, but the 

 quality is nothing to brag about. There 

 is fine, long stock of Richmond and Kil- 

 larney that is bringing first-class prices, 

 possibly some of the extra value being 

 given by the scarcity of Beauties. For 

 several weeks short roses have been par- 

 ticularly good property. Bride especially 

 so. The increased production of short 

 stock has made it a little less brisk sale 



