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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



December 16, 1009. 



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THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manages. 



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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 

 Btrictly 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-offlce at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISEBS, FACE 62. 



CONTENTS. 



Cliristnias— Seasonable Materials 21 



— The Ardlsla (illus.) 22 



— Plant Hampers (illus.) 22 



— Holiday Cut Flowers 22 



— 'Moderate Priced Novelties (illus.) TZ 



— Chrlstnias Greens 23 



— The Popular Poinsettla (illus.) 24 



— The Simple Life (illus.) 24 



— The Lovely Lorraine (illus.) 24 



— Display Pieces (Illus.) 25 



Opposing the Faker 2.') 



Seasonable Suggestions — Polnsettlas 20 



— Primulas 20 



— Freesias 20 



— Lilies 20 



— Lorraine Begonias 20 



— Dleentra Spectabills 27 



— Stevia 27 



— Christmas Plants 27 



— Show Pelargoniums 27 



.\bsorptive Power of Plants 27 



The Retail Florist 28 



— The Christmas Tables (Illus. ) 28 



— Vapor on Show Windows 28 



Society of American Florists 28 



Violets— Houses for Violets 29 



City of Mexico Market (illus.) 30 



Pittsburg the Mecca (illus.) 32 



orchids— Calanthe Veltchli (illus.) 34 



Florists Lead Fashions 34 



Chrysanthemums — Indiana a Winner 35 



— Smith and His Mums (illus.) 35 



— Mr. Wells on America 35 



Carnations — Mr. Hlder on Carnations .10 



— R&d Spider on Carnations 36 



— Carnation Admiration (illus.) 37 



— Six Weeks Behind 37 



.Vmerlcan Carnation Society 37 



Pittsburg 37 



Detroit 38 



Bloy's Cyclamens (iUus. ) 38 



Polygonum Baldschulnlcum (Illus.) .39 



Milwaukee 39 



New York 40 



.V. L. Miller (portrait) 41 



Obituary— William K. Harris (portrait) 42 



News Notes and Comments 43 



Chicago 44 



Boston 49 



Philadelphia •'"'2 



St. Louis •>■'> 



Providence, R. 1 5S 



Veffetable Foroinp— Cyanide In Small House.. 03 



— Aphis on Lettuoe •>^' 



— Spr.Mv Ing for Aplils 03 



— lettuce In Six Weeks 6.3 



.TnniaWa Plain. Mass 66 



Buffalo fij 



Steamer SalllnRs 08 



Seed Trade News j.0 



— Imports iij 



— Retail Prices ^i 



— Lllv Bulbs it 



— .Seed Appraisement i*> 



— Sudden Cold in Denmark <8 



— Valley Pips ■ i» 



— Sweet Pea Trials In England <9 



Pacific Coast— Los Angeles. Cal »« 



— Portland. Ore || 



— ,San Francisco ™ 



— Hevlvine Pot-prown Stock «» 



Nursery News • • • • • • • J"" 



— PIcea Punpens C.lanca (illus.) «»« 



— Berberls Silver Beauty «•« 



— Citrns Trlfolla Free f*'')' 



SprlnKfleld, Ohio iJV 



Des Moines, la T* 



New Orleans ^ 



Washincton ,;^ 



I/)uisvine. Ky {'^ 



Columbus. Ohio '"f 



Cincinnati ixJ 



Minneapolis :jV2 



Oreenhonse Heating i"' 



Lenox. Mass. .. . {'j 



Tarryfown. N. \ "^ 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FL0BI8TS. 



INCOBPOBATED BY ACT OF CONaEESS MARCH 4, '01 



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

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, B. O* GiUett, Cin- 

 cinnati, O.; secretary, WillU N. Budd, Mor- 

 gan Park, HI.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pitta- 

 burg. 



Officers for 1910: President, V. B. Plerton, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; vice-president, F. W. Vtck, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, H. B. Doroer, Ur- 

 bana. 111.1; treasurer. H. B. Beatty. Plttaborg. 

 Pa. 



Annual convention, Rochester, N. Y., Angnst 

 16 to 19, 1910. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Keview brings results. 



Milwaukee wants the Carnation So- 

 ciety's convention in 1911. 



Why is it that some men, always spick 

 and span in personal appearance, do not 

 seem to consider neatness a desirable 

 quality in their greenhouses? 



And still we grow. The white paper 

 consumed in printing this issue of the 

 Review weighed 8,642 pounds, or slightly 

 more than four and one-quarter tons. 



December usually is the month of 

 lightest supply in the cut flower mar- 

 kets; January and February frequently 

 bring the best and steadiest demand. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 the Review $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



The National Council of Horticulture 

 has begun its season's publicity campaign 

 with articles on Christmas greens. As 

 heretofore, .T. H. Burdett, who is secre- 

 tary of the Horticultural Society of Chi- 

 cago, is handling the work. 



The schedule of premiums for the ex- 

 hibition of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety to be held at Pittsburg January 26 

 and 27 has been mailed to members. 

 Others interested will be supplied if they 

 write to Secretary A. F. J. Baur, In- 

 dianapolis, Ind. 



There is a growing tendency in the 

 trade to allow trade prices on trade quan- 

 tities sold in a trade way, without stop- 

 ping to inquire into the identity of the 

 purchaser; but some of the best houses 

 still refuse trade prices to those whose 

 connection with the trade is not known. A 

 printed letterhead usually is accepted as 

 establishing the user's right to trade 

 rates. 



William H. Bowker, Boston, is the 

 author of a pamphlet of fifty-two pages, 

 neatl/ printed, on "Plant Food; Its 

 Sources, Conservation, Preparation and 

 Application," which has proved so full 

 of interest that a second edition was re- 

 quired almost at the date of publication. 

 The pamphlet deals primarily with the 

 subject from the viewpoint of the gar- 

 dener in the open field, but it contains 

 much of interest for all who are engaged 

 in horticultural pursuits. 



A PINK SHASTA ? 



A subscriber on the Pacific coast 

 writes : * ' Some time ago we saw a ref- 

 erence in the Review to a pink form of 

 the Shasta daisy. We do not find anyone 

 offering stock. Who has it? We should 

 be glad to hear of any grower who can 

 supply a Shasta daisy of a good, clear 

 pink. We think we need such a daisy in 

 our trade." 



The Review will be pleased to pass 

 along the information if someone can 

 help this reader. 



PRINTED LETTER-HBADS. 



Ting-a-ling-ling went the Review's 

 telephone bell. 



"This is So & So, the wholesale spe- 

 cialty house," said the voice. "We have 

 an order from U. B. Careful, florist at 

 Umpteeyalla; what do you know about 

 him? Good for anything he wants, you 

 say? Well, this is a pretty fair order, 

 and he isn't rated. We thought he must 

 be small potatoes, for he hasn't got a 

 printed letterhead. Good, you say? Much 

 obliged. Good-bye. ' ' 



And then, again: 



A Review man dropped into a whole- 

 sale florist's. The wholesaler had an 

 opened letter in his hand. 



"What do you know about this fel- 

 low ? ' ' — extending the letter. ' ' Never 

 heard of him? Neither did I; thought you 

 knew 'em all. He wants quite a little 

 jag of stuff. Oh! Well! Guess he's 

 good for it. See what a nice letter-head 

 he's got." 



Which doesn't always follow. 



But in these two incidents you have 

 both sides of the case. 



In this world a good many people 

 take things at face value; they accept 

 them for what they seem, without stop- 

 ping to look beneath the surface. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The Chicago market has suffered a 

 handicap for nearly a week. Following 

 the severe cold, which at the beginning 

 of last week ran 20 degrees below nor- 

 mal for the season, there came a few 

 days of pleasant weather, and business 

 began to improve, but Saturday, De- 

 cember 11, was one of those slushy days 

 that are an obstacle to the transien*, 

 trade so great a feature of the day, and 

 then sleet, rain, snow and dark skies 

 ruled for four days. The weather con- 

 ditions scarcely could have been worse 

 for the flower business. Both produc- 

 tion and demand were reduced to the 

 minimum. 



Everyone in the market feels that if 

 the weather only would settle down to 

 something seasonable, business would 

 boom. The shipping demand continues 

 fair, and local social activities and 

 funeral work are keeping the retailers 

 fairly well occupied; the sentiment is 

 that if we could have pleasant weather 

 the slackening off usually felt just be- 

 fore the holidays would be less apparent 

 this year than usual. 



It has been possible to find all the 

 long Beauties required in the last week, 

 but the price has held up well and now 

 is slowly advancing. The only shortage 

 in roses has been White Killamey. A 

 lot of buyers have come to think as well 

 of this for white as the great majority 

 of buyers now do of Killamey for pink; 

 but the growers who planted only in 

 small quantities now have begun to em- 

 ploy all their wood for propagating, so 

 that the receipts of White Killarney are 

 extremely light. Colder weather has 

 brought an improvement in the quality 

 of practically all roses. Killarney is 

 fine and there have been enough to go 

 around. Richmond also is in fine shape, 

 several growers having begun to cut on 

 their Christmas crops. Maryland, Jar- 

 dine, Cardinal and others have their 

 friends, but are not so much in evidence. 



There has been no special feature in 

 the carnation market since last report. 



