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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



July 1, 1909. 



VIRGIN'S VENTURE. 



Uriah J. Virgin, alderman of the city 

 of New Orleans and a leading florist in 

 the Crescent City, is exploiting the Vir- 

 gin Development Co., just organized with 

 a capital stock of $20,000, to engage in 

 the oil business in the new Caddo oil 

 field, near Shreveport, La. Mr. Virgin 

 states that the company has secured land 

 within the proven territory of the oil 

 belt, being not more than three-eighths 

 of a mile from one of the greatest wells 

 in the field. He states that the com- 

 pany has purchased and paid cash for 

 the property and will commence opera- 

 tions within the next month. Mr. Vir- 

 gin's many friends in the trade hope he 

 may become a second Rockefeller. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The Market. 



Trade remains about the same as 

 usual. Flowers are quite plentiful. Car- 

 nations retail at 35 cents per dozen. 

 Eoses are $1 to $1.50 per dozen, retail. 

 A few outdoor sweet peas are now com- 

 ing in; they retail at 50 cents per hun- 

 dred blooms. Some nice gladioli are now 

 to be seen. Funeral work is good, using 

 up lots of the surplus stock. Wedding 

 orders are also rather numerous. 



Outdoor roses are now in full bloom. 

 The weather last week was fearfully hot 

 and dry. Young carnation stock in the 

 field is looking fairly well. The bed- 

 ding-out season is about over now; it 

 has been a prosperous season, with a good 

 demand. 



Vtfiota Notes. 



E. H. Chamberlain had some nice gla- 

 diolus blooms last Saturday. 



Early closing is the general rule 

 among the uptown florists. 



The Providence Spraying Co. is doing 

 extensive work in this city, spraying and 

 caring for trees. The firm is advertis- 

 ing a great deal in the local papers. 

 Wm. S. Brown, the florist, says he has a 

 better apparatus and system than this 

 company, however. It is good work that 

 is being done, and work which is much 

 needed. 



William Livesey is busy potting up 

 smilax. He expects to have about 10,000 

 of them ready for the trade in July. 

 W. L. 



STOKESIA CYANEA. 



Within the last few years the fine 

 flower known as Stokes' aster, Stokesia 

 cyanea, has assimied greater importance 

 in the eyes of the cultivator of hardy 

 flowers, inasmuch as it has become recog- 

 nized that there are really two varieties 

 which flower at different seasons. This 

 variety of stokesia has long been known, 

 and has been rather largely cultivated in 

 certain districts for the sake of its flow- 

 ers. In most places it was found that 

 the blooms were too late in expanding, 

 and that in few seasons was it possible 

 to have it in flower before the buds were 

 pinched by early frosts, so that it waa 

 necessary to cultivate it finally under 

 glass to induce it to open its handsome 

 blossoms. Keen exhibitors of hardy flow- 

 ers at shows in the north of England 

 were therefore in the habit of cultivating 

 the stokesia in pots plunged in the open 

 in summer, and taken into a greenhouse 

 in July, so as to forward the flowers and 

 induce them to open in August or Sep- 

 tember, as the case might be. 



While this might serve the purpose of 

 the exhibitor, it was profoundly unsatis- 



factory for the cultivator of hardy plants 

 in the open, and the result was that the 

 cultivation of Stokesia cyanea was grad- 

 ually declining, save in the south. 



Fortunately, however, an early-flower- 

 ing variety, which has been called 

 Stokesia cyanea preecox, has come to be 

 known, and a fresh popularity has been 

 achieved by Stokes' aster, so-called be- 

 cause of its resemblance to the perennial 

 asters. By securing it, the difficulty of 

 having this flower in bloom, even in 

 northern gardens, has been entirely over- 

 come. It will flower in July in the south, 

 and in August and early September in 

 the north, so that it should rapidly make 

 its way into gardens where it has not yet 

 found a place. 



Stokes' aster is a handsome plant, 

 growing about two feet high, the early 

 variety being rather dwarfer, and giving 

 its fine lavender-blue flowers, each about 

 three or four inches across, in consider- 

 able numbers. Aster-like in form, they 

 are fine for the border, for cutting or for 

 exhibition purposes. 



To do justice to this handsome plant 

 it should have a good, but not too heavy 

 soil, well manured with old cowhouse 

 stable manure, and deeply dug, while the 

 situation ought to be an open and sunny 

 one. As a pot plant for the conserva- 

 tory, the Gardeners' Magazine says the 

 late-flowering variety is excellent, treated 

 as are many late-flowering plants by 

 growing it in pots plunged in ashes in 

 the open during summer, taken indoors 

 when about to flower (before danger 

 from frosts appears), and bloomed in a 

 light house. After the flowering is past, 

 the pots may be placed in a coldframe 

 until spring comes round, when they 

 should be plunged in ashes in the open 

 until required again. Plants are in- 

 creased by division, but seeds may be ob- 

 tained in the usual way. 



In addition to the two lavender-blue 

 varieties, there is a variety of S. cyanea 

 prsecox which has white flowers, and 

 which is becoming appreciated by grow- 

 ers of hardy flowers. 



The Eeview sends Scott's Florists' 

 Manual postpaid for $5. 



Please discontinue my advertisements 

 in the Review, as I am about sold out. 

 Your paper certainly sells the stuff. — 

 G. E. Fink, Roselle, N. J. 



Enclosed you will find a check for the 

 renewal of my subscription to the Re- 

 view. I let it run out a few weeks ago 

 and I have missed the paper very much. 

 I think it is the best trade paper pub- 

 lished. — H. C. Holmes, Morristown, N. J. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Adyertisements under this head one cent a 

 word CASH WITH ORDER. When answers 

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SITUATION WANTED-By competent florist 

 and gardener; single: private place preferred. 

 Address No. 68, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-Aug. 1: florist and 

 gardener to take charge of retail green- 

 houseo or institution. Address No. 61, care 

 Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED- Young man would like 

 a situation as assistant or general green- 

 house man on commercial place. Address F. J. 

 Taney. 132 Gaemsey St., Biooklyn. N. Y. 



SITUATION WANTED-As head growe* on 

 roses and carnations; can take entire charge 

 and grow general stock; best of references; last 



glace 4 years. Address Florist, 284 E. Hnron St., 

 bicago. 111. 



SITUATION WANTED-To take charge of pri- 

 vate place or greenhouse, by sober young 

 man who understands his business; had many 

 years' experience and can furnish reference. 

 Address No. 67, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By a young married 

 man as manager or working foreman of a 

 plant where good carnations, mums, vegetables 

 and a neneral line of bedding plants are grown; 



good references. Address No. 74, care Florists' 

 eview, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED-By an all-round florist, 

 especially up in roses; 14 years' experience; 

 strictly temperate, honest ana lndustrl< us; com- 

 petent to take position of working foreman; able 

 to fill responsible position: west preferred. Ad- 

 dress No. 58, care tlorists' Review, Chicago. 



SITUATION WANTED— As landscape superin- 

 tendent: imderstands land development in 

 all its details: can draw the plans and complete 

 the entire work: an expert on planting; thor- 

 oughly familiar with nursery stock of every de- 

 scription; 26 years' experience; would take en- 

 tire charge of laying out new place or would ac- 

 cept position with responsible firm. Address 

 No. 76, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A rose grower to work under 

 foreman; wages, $14.00 per week. William 

 Dittmann, New Castle. Ind. 



HELP WANTED— A good rose grower; steady 

 place for the right man; state experience 

 and give reference. 0. Loverldge, Peoria, 111. 



HELP WANTED-Rellable, competent florist; 

 married preferred; permanent position; 

 reference; state experience. Address No. 78, 

 care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A man for general green- 

 house work; must have experience in pot 

 plants, mums and bedding stock. Address No. 

 56, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-A good, reliable man to tfAe 

 charge and care of range of violet and'sev- 

 eral houses of carnations; send referencea^ and 

 state wages wanted. Capital City GreenMouse 

 Co., Madison, Wis. T 



HELP WANTED-Man for general greenhouse 

 work; experienced in growing carnations 

 and mums; permanent potiition and best of 

 wages to right man. Address No. 73, care Flo- 

 rists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-An experienced man or girl 

 for retail flower store; must be A No. 1 de- 

 signer and sales person; no other need apply: 

 good wages to right party. Address Atlas Floral 

 o., 35 Randolph St., Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-Experienced seedsman, es- 

 pecially for bouse work on garden seed and 

 packet seed department; also to travel on the 

 road 3 to 4 months during the season. Address 

 No. $rao, care Florists' Review, Chicago. 



HELP WANTED-Rellable man to grow roses, 

 carnations, mums and general stock, also 

 good designer; one who is a bustler and can pro- 

 uce results; permanent position to the right 

 man. Kearney Floral Co., Kearney, Neb. 



HELP WANTED-A general greenhouse man, 

 must be temperate and a good worker and 

 take an interest in his work; a good place for 

 the right man; state wages in first letter. Ad- 

 dress Parkside Greenhouses, 746 E. 70th St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



HELP WANTED- Vegetable gardener and flo- 

 rist for lawn flowers; single man preferred; 

 to take complete charge of garden and lawn; 

 will pay good wages. Call up Franklin 1062 or 

 call at 110-114 8. Clintou St., Chicago, and ask 

 for E. N. Hurley. 



WANTED TO RENT- By Oct. I; retail place in 

 or near Chicago: must be in good repair. 

 Address Geo. Jung, 1220 N. Rockwell St., Chi- 

 cago, 111. 



WANTED-A secondhand set of Bailey's Dic- 

 tionary of Gardening; must be in good 

 condition: give price- Address No. 65, care 

 Florists' Review, Obicago. 



WANTED TO RECOMMEND - A sober and 

 trustworthy greenhouse man; single. Any 

 firm wishing a man they can rely on address The 

 Minge Floral Co., W. M. Bailey, Mobile. Ala. 



WANTED-To correspond with young florist 

 who understands the bnsiness; small place, 

 1000 ft. glass, 300 ft. cold frame: town of 2600; no 

 greenhouse in 50 miles; no landscape gardener 

 or florist in town; will give half interest in busi- 

 ness to right man; must come well recom- 

 mended. S. D. Swope, Deming, N. M. 



SALESMEN^. WANTED-If you call on florists, 

 wholesale or retail, write for the best side 

 line ever offered; sale and commissi n large and 

 sure; state Und of trade and territory covered 

 in first letter, and references, if possible: confi- 

 dential if deured. Geo. S. Brush, Zanesvine, O. 



