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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Jdnb 24, 1909. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



O. L. ORANT, Editor and Manages. 



PUBLISHED EVEBT THURSDAY BT 



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

 To Europe, $2.50. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from tbose in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 Strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in tbe 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. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBIGAN FLOBISTS. 



IMCOBPOBATED BT ACT OF CONGRESS MARCH 4, '01 



Officers for 1009: President, J. A. Valentine, 

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, E. O. Gillett, 

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

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 17 

 to 20, 1909. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



The Uetall Florist 3 



— Egypt in a Window (lUus. ) 3 



— Dittlcultles in Design Work 3 



— The Starry Banner (iUus.) 4 



Violets — Seasonable Advice 4 



Two Good Benches 5 



In Virginia (illus.). 5 



Future of the Peony 6 



— Its Popularity not Waning 6 



— Peony Mme. Emile Galle (Ulus.) 



— Peony t^eld (illus.) 7 



— Peony Felix Crousse (illus. ) 7 



Geraniums — Geraniums for Easter 8 



A Good Phlox 8 



:8creens Against Hail (illus.) 8 



Seasonable Suggestions — Tuberous Begoniatf. . 8 



— Cinerarias 8 



— Genistas 9 



— Gladioli 9 



— Palms 9 



— Cold-storage Lilies 10 



— Primulas 10 



.Solanum Capsicastrum (illus.) 10 



Wood Lice Again 10 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — East H 



— A Beginner in Carnations 11 



BJuropean Notes 12 



Roof Ladders 12 



Business and Other Notes 12 



Obituary — Abraui V. Jackson (portrait) 13 



— Eugent W. Stark 13 



American Rose .Society 14 



Chicago 14 



St. Louis 18 



Cincinnati 20 



Sprlngfleld, Ohio 21 



Rochester. N. Y 22 



New Orleans 22 



Mount Klsco, N . Y 22 



West Grove. Pa 23 



New Bedford, Mass 23 



Philadelphia 24 



New York 26 



Boston 28 



Michigan 30 



Freeport, 111 30 



Moline, 111 31 



Evansvllle, Ind 32 



Providence, R. 1 34 



steamer Sailings 36 



Seed Trade News .SS 



— Niagara Convention 38 



— President's Address 44 



Vegetable Forcing 62 



— Vegetables for Fall Crops 52 



Pacific Coast — Mums and Carnations 62 



— Portland. Ore 52 



— San Francisco 53 



Nursery News » 54 



— The Peony President (portrait) 54 



— The Toxas Convention 64 



— Inspecting Imported Stock 54 



Indianapolis 68 



Detroit 60 



Pittsburg 62 



Denver 64 



Louisville, Ky 75 



Greenhouse Heating 70 



Ltezington, Ky 80 



Buffalo 82 



Tarrytown, N. Y 84 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



When people become well-to-do, flow- 

 ers become a necessity to them. 



How about the collections; are you 

 looking after them this month? July 

 and August are the vacation months, 

 when money is likely to come in slowly. 



George Sykes, manager of the Chi- 

 cago office of the Lord & Burnham Co., 

 asserts that experience has proven that 

 the smaller the wood members of a green- 

 house are, the longer they will remain 

 sound. 



Boston ferns are even scarcer this 

 spring than usually is the case. For 

 years it has been the regular experience 

 that the autumn saw an overstock of Bos- 

 tons, but by spring everything was 

 cleaned up and good Bostons again were 

 in strong demand. 



The United States Senate has amended 

 the paragraph providing for duty on win- 

 dow glass in such a manner as to reduce 

 the tarifl; on sizes not exceeding 16x24 

 one-eighth of a cent a pound when the 

 value of the glass is less than 1% cents 

 per pound. If the value of the glass 

 exceeds 1% cents per pound, the duty is 

 a.s before, namely 1% cents per pound. 



BUSINESS GOOD. 



There can be no question about gen- 

 eral business being good in the central 

 district that looks to Chicago as head- 

 quarters for supplies, not only in general 

 merchandise but in cut flowers and all 

 trade needs. 



Last week the bank clearings at Chi- 

 cago, the best index to the state of gen- 

 eral business conditions, exceeded those 

 of the same week in 1908 by 24.8 per 

 cent. 



When other people are handling a 

 fourth more money than a year ago, the 

 florists will unquestionably get their 

 share of the increase. 



PARCELS-POST IMPORTATIONS. 



Parcels-post packages from Australia, 

 Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great Brit- 

 ain, Hongkong, Italy, Japan, the Neth- 

 erlands, and Norway must not exceed $80 

 in value nor eleven pounds in weight. 



Formal customs entry will be required 

 for parcels-post packages where the value 

 of the packages exceeds $100. Such en- 

 tries will thereupon be subject to the 

 customs laws and regulations concerning 

 regular importations. 



Parcels-post packages containing mer- 

 chandise which have been regularly en- 

 tered by addressee or his agent will be 

 forwarded by the postal authorities to 

 destination by mail, accompanied by the 

 entries, the customs charges to be col- 

 lected by the postmaster at the postoffice 

 of destination and remitted to the cus- 

 toms officer where the entries were made. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Several persons have advised that the 

 last schedule of premiums be adhered 

 to by the American Eose Society for 

 the next rose exhibition, to be held in 

 New York city in March, 1910. Presi- 

 dent Poehlmann has requested the com- 

 mittee which drew the last schedule to 

 act, and if in their judgment it seems 

 best, that the same be adopted and pub- 

 lished without delay. The committee is 

 composed of Robert Simpson, Alex. Mont- 



gomery, John N. May, Frank E. Pierson 

 and Benjamin Hammond. 



Life certificates have been issued to 

 Mrs. Gertrude M. Hubbard, who by unan- 

 imous vote at the Buffalo meeting was 

 elected the first honorary life member, 

 and to Peter Crowe, of Utica. 



Treasurer Harry O. May reports that 

 with all bills paid he has a net cash 

 balance on hand. 



There is one thing which surely should 

 be done if the American Eose Society is 

 to grow among amateurs, and that is to 

 issue a special quarterly, something 

 whereby the interest in the association 

 would be aroused in those who do not see 

 our excellent trade papers. Two propo- 

 sitions have been submitted — one from 

 the "Gardeners' Chronicle," the other 

 from the "Garden Magazine." A gen- 

 eral meeting of the Eose Society will be 

 called during the session of the S. A. F. 

 in Cincinnati. 



His Honor the Mayor of Detroit, 

 Philip Breitmeyer, offers a cash prize of 

 $100 for the best collection of hardy out- 

 door roses, in pots or tubs, to be ex- 

 hibited at the next annual exhibition. 

 The gentlemen who promised contribu- 

 tions last November toward the prize 

 fund of the society have loyally redeemed 

 their promises then made. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Changes in the market during the last 

 week have been for worse and not for 

 better. There has been a slight reduc- 

 tion in the supplies of carnations, but 

 there has been a large decrease in the 

 demand for them, so that conditions have 

 not been improved. On the other hand, 

 there has been a great increase in the re- 

 ceipts of roses, due to warm weather. 

 The result has been disastrous, but the 

 hope is the heat will quickly finish off the 

 stock from last winter and put the mar- 

 ket where the stock grown specially for 

 summer will have some value. 



The market for Beauty roses began to 

 weaken the moment the leading com- 

 mencements were over. The private 

 schools, where the good flowers are used, 

 close early. It is mainly the public in- 

 stitutions that do not close untU the last 

 week in June. There has been a big in- 

 crease in the supply of good Beauties, 

 the new stock of practically all growers 

 being fine, while several are cutting ex- 

 cellent Beauties from old plants. 



Eose growers did fairly well up to 

 June 21, when a heat wave brought in 

 immense quantities of poor stock. Kil- 

 larney and Kaiserin are the two best va- 

 rieties. Occasionally some Maids of good 

 color are seen, but these and Bride are 

 at the end of their season. The best 

 roses are now slow sale, with practically 

 no demand for the culls, a large part of 

 which find an outlet through devious 

 channels, on the curb, at amusement re- 

 sorts, etc. 



Quite a few growers are already throw- 

 ing out carnations and benching for in- 

 door culture, but supplies still are 

 greater than the market requirements and 

 prices continue low. The quality of car- 

 nations is excellent for the end of June. 



Cool weather held back the peonies, 

 and then extreme heat reached them. 

 Even with low temperatures, last week 

 saw receipts far beyond the captujity of 

 the market and large quantities went into 

 cold storage. It is figured that by the 

 end of the present week there will be 



