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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 8, 19d9. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaokb. 



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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 

 •trictly 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 

 •Ct of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLOBISTS. 



Imoobpobated by Act of Conqbess Mabch 4, '01 



Oflacersfor 1909: President, J. A. Valentine, 

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

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

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

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, 0., August 17 

 to 20, 1909. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 74. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist — Grave Decoration (illus.) 



— Variety In Floral Work 



Show Pelargoniums (illus.) 



Seasonable Suggestions — AntirrhlniimM 



— Hydrangea Aborescens 



— Hydrangea Otaksii 



— Rambler Roses 



— Fresuias 



• — The Compost Pile 



• — Brief Reminders 



The Verdlers (illus. i 



Selection of Peonies 



Violets — Spider on V'ioU-ts 



Pecky Cypress 



Should I'arks Grow Stock 



— Plants for Bedn.nir 



An Early Hardy Daisy ( illus.) ... 



Cariiollneum in Greenbouses 



Varieties of Single Tulips 



Business and Otlier Notes 



National Sweet Pea Society 



— Meeting for Organization 



Harry A. Bunyard (portrait) 



Roses — Termites on Koses 



— Roses with Other Stock 



— The Smith Rose 



The New York Outing (illus. i 



Hail Losses In June 



Obituary 



Propagation of Hardy I'liln.x 



The S. A. F. Convention 



Chicago 



Cincinnati 



St. Louis 



New York 



St. Paul 



Detroit 



Philadelphia 



Grand Rapids 



Boston 



.V Ramble in Jersey 



Manchester, Mass 



To Grow with Sweet Peas 



Providence, R. X. 



.Steamer Sailings 



Seed Trade News-^Seed Contracts Safe 



— Field's Good Year 



— Holland Bulbs 



— Bermuda Onion Seeds 



— Trials of Sweet Peas 



Vegetable Forcing— Black Rot of Tomatoes.. 



— Asparagus Beetle 



— The Titus Greenhouses (illus.) 



I'acific Coast — San Francisco 



— Portland, Ore 



Nursery News — The Starks Elect Officers 



— Troubles with the Peach 



Umisvllle, Ky 



New Orleans 



Milwaukee 



Lexington, Ky 



K vansville, Ind 



Pittsburg 



Baltimore ' 



Greenhouse Heating ••;;••• 



— Water Under Pressure \,r> • • 



— Houses at Right Angles 



— Two Wisconsin Houses 



— Heating Pipes Below Benches 



I»erennial Phlox from Seed 



Kaster Lilies 



Indianapolis 



New Bedford, Mass 



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RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



If the {•hrysanthemums are not on their 

 benches, it is time to get them there. 



The sale for cut sprays of the ram- 

 bler roses does not seem to justify de- 

 nuding the gardens. 



Glass factories have closed for the 

 summer and the big jobbers unite in pre- 

 dicting advances in prices. 



My Maryland is coming into the cut 

 flower markets in a way to justify all 

 the nice things said of it last fall. 



John M. Good says he thinks it will 

 be many years before the prices of the 

 best varieties of peonies will be cheaper 

 than now; the demand is all for the 

 better sorts. 



Well, the Fourth of July has passed 

 again, the dullest day on the calendar 

 for the florist, the one holiday that 

 means nothing whatever of increased de- 

 mand for flowers. 



E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co. say that 

 Geranium Mme. Recamier is, they con- 

 sider, the best white they ever have seen, 

 either as a pot plant or as a bedder. It 

 is semi-double. 



It will be learned with regret that the 

 liealth of John Thorpe, first president of 

 the S. A. F., is so precarious that it is 

 extremely doubtful if he will be able to 

 attend the silver jubilee convention at 

 Cincinnati next month. 



T. RocHFORD & Sons, the big English 

 growers, have an interesting and attract- 

 ive variety of Araucaria excelsa, differ- 

 ing from the type in having the tips of 

 every growth creamy green, instead of 

 deep green. It is named Silver Star. 



CHEAP AT THE PRICE. 



There are many factors which may in- 

 fluence an advertiser part of the time, 

 but it is actual results which influence 

 him most of the time. 



The last six months have been the best In our 

 history. Large quantities of carnations and 

 tomatoes were marketed at fair prices, and 

 the biggest season ever in shipping plants. We 

 take this means to thank our long list of cus- 

 tomers, old and new, for their patronage, and 

 especially our thanks are due the Review, which 

 has made so much of our success possible. It 

 certainly is a privilege to be able to talk to 

 your many thousands of readers so cheaply 

 through its advertising columns. — Roney Bros., 

 West Grove, Pa., July 5, 1909. 



SWEET PEA SOCIETY. 



S. A. F. Appoints Delegate. 



Pursuant to a request of Secretary 

 Bunyard, of the proposed National Sweet 

 Pea Society, President Valentine has ap- 

 pointed F. H. Traendly to represent the 

 S. A. F. at the coming meeting, which it 

 is proposed to hold early in July. 



July 2, 1909. W. N. Rudd, Sec'y. 



THE S. A. F. CONVENTION. 



Transportation and Other Matters. 



It seems to be settled that no special 

 rates will be granted for the convention, 

 the traffic associations pointing out that 

 the regular rates now quite generally 

 charged, namely 2 cents per mile or 4 

 cents for the round trip, are precisely 

 the same as the special rate of a fare 

 and a third which the society used to 

 have under the old system of 3 cents a 

 mile, and they claim iiiat nothing beyond 



this can be allowed. The fact is pointed 

 out, however, that tourist rates are la 

 effect from a great many points in the 

 country to all the larger cities, and that 

 by a little inquiry most of the members 

 of the society can obtain a very low rate 

 to some large city like St. Louis, Chi- 

 cago or Buffalo, and from there join th© 

 local club and get advantage of any spe- 

 cial arrangements which they are able t» 

 make. 



This being the twenty-fifth meeting of 

 the society; Cincinnati being such a cen- 

 tral point; such great exertions being 

 made by the Cincinnati people to make 

 the reception and entertainment some- 

 thing out of the ordinary, all seem t» 

 insure a large attendance at the conven- 

 tion. Reports from all points indicate 

 great interest in the convention and that 

 an unusually large number have signified 

 their intention of attending. 



Superintendent Murpliy reports an ex- 

 traordinary demand for space, both in 

 the number of applicants and in the 

 large spaces required, which seems to in- 

 sure a phenomenally good exhibition. 

 The hall set aside for the trade exhibition 

 is perhaps the best which the society has 

 ever had, and the meeting hall, both in 

 size, comfort and convenience and also 

 in its easy access to the trade exhibition, 

 seems to be nearly ideal. In the meet- 

 ing hall is a magnificent pipe organ, and 

 Vice-President Gillett has secured the 

 services of one of the leading organists 

 in Cincinnati for organ concerts previous 

 to the opening of each session. 



The preliminary program for the con- 

 vention will be issued shortly and mailed 

 to all members. Copies will be cheer- 

 fully sent to all others on application. 

 W. N. Rudd, Sec'y. 



July 2, 1909. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Centfal Market. 



The week of July 4 is always about 

 the dullest of the year in this market, 

 but with those houses which have made 

 preparations for summer stock there has 

 been a surprisingly good shipping trade. 

 It is evident that the summer business is 

 on the increase in almost every locality 

 to which Chicago flowers find their way. 

 While there have come to be a large num- 

 ber of growers through the country who 

 cater to their local wholesale demand, 

 few of these are in position to make spe- 

 cial provision for the summer trade. 

 The result is that a number of buyers 

 who have not been heard from frequent- 

 ly this spring, have now come into the 

 market with desirable orders. The ship- 

 ping demand is largely for the better 

 grades of roses and the Beauty is the 

 leader; there is no other rose which is 

 so well liked for summer. Killarney 

 also is called for, and some Kaiserin, but 

 for other varieties there is not much 

 call. 



The shipping demand now takes few 

 carnations, and only the best, except in 

 the case of the department stores and 

 some other big buyers whose first consid- 

 eration is price and not quality. Lilies 

 now and then are ordered for funeral 

 work, but candidums won't sell. Outdoor 

 flowers cannot be shipped and this cuts 

 out sweet peas; there is a local supply 

 of almost all outdoor flowers wherever 

 there is any demand for them. The out- 

 of-town buyers are taking a fair quan- 

 tity of peonies, because they still are the 

 showiest flower for the money. The 

 city trade is down to about the lowest 

 summer level. There is a little something 



