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The Florists' Review 



SJOKTHMBWI S, lttl4 



VIOLETS A SECOND YEAS. 



Can Princess of Wales violets be car- 

 ried over a second year with good re- 

 sults? I have a bed that was used for 

 cuttings in June and is looking fine 

 uow. The plants have no runners. Can 

 this bed be fertjlUzed anfj, grown fcir 

 blooms this winter with good results.? 

 I can let the bed freeze if that will 

 help. C. W. R. 



and varieties are arriving in fine coi)- 

 dition; some especially good Kaiserin 

 are seen. Gladioir are plentiful; the 

 best sellers are America and Rochester 

 White. Carnations are not good or 

 plentiful. Asters, of which we have re- 

 ceived large shipments, are not what 

 they should be and have to be cleared 

 at low prices. Sweet peas are still quite 

 scarce. Good Boston, Whitmani and 

 Piersoni ferns are seen in many of the 

 stores. 



Various Notes. 



E. R. Fry is kept fairly busy these 

 days at his fruit farm. The florists' 

 business is not overbrisk. 



Miss B. Bossier, of the Lord & Burn- 

 ham Co., commenced her vacation Sep- 

 tember 1 and is visiting friends in 

 Schenectady and New York. 



Salter Bros, displayed a beautiful 

 vase of yellow chrysanthemums last 

 week at their East Main Street store. 



Henry P. Neim's window, Avhich 'W^ 

 chitjiy of palnis and fertfs prettily air- 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Princess of Wales violets will 

 not do nearly so well a second year. 

 The flowers will run smaller, and the 

 I'olor, also, will be palej*. If you have ■ 

 no other plants, I would use them, bul^'' 

 you will find the young stock will pro^ 

 duce much finer blooms. If your cli- 

 mate is not too severe, keep the violets 

 outdoors all winter, protected with 

 leaves, meadow hay or straw, laying 

 some brush or light boards on top to 

 keep the covering in place. If the 

 ground is free from stagnant water, 

 the plants should winter all right and 

 give a good spring crop to follow the 

 greenhouse stock. C. W. 



PHCENIX FBOM SEED. 



Please inform us where we may ob- 

 tain Phoenix Canariensis seeds and also 

 tell us the right way to plant them for 

 best results. B. & H. 



Seeds of Phoenix Canariensis are of- 

 fisred by several of the large seedsmen, 

 though it is possible that there may be 

 some shortages in palm seeds, owing 

 to the irregularity of transatlantic ship- 

 ments during the war in Europe. 



These seeds may be sown either in 6- 

 inch pots or in flats, in light soil, the 

 seeds being covered to a depth of half 

 an inch. Water them in thoroughly 

 and keep them moist, placing the pots 

 or flats in a partly shaded greenhouse. 

 If the seeds are fresh they will ger- 

 minate in a few weeks, and may re- 

 main in the seed pots until the second 

 leaf begins to push up, when they should 

 be potted off. W. H. T. 



EOCHESTEE, N. Y. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions seem to be much 

 the same as at last writing; the weather 

 has improved, but business is prac- 

 tically dead. Outdoor flowers have re- 

 covered somewhat since the heavy rains 

 of a week ago, but the growers say the 

 asters are much later this year; that is, 

 of course, the later varieties. Quanti- 

 ties of hardy phlox, verbenas, gladioli 

 and candytuft are shipped in and are 

 sold quite readily. Good cosmos is on 

 the market and the first chrysanthe- 

 mums have arrived. Roses in all grades 



], Berg and Milton Alexander. 



ranged, was brightened by an artistic 

 basket of zinnias of many colors. 



At a flower carnival held at Spencer- 

 port, N. Y., the judges were George 

 Arnold, manager of the seed depart- 

 ment of James Vick's Sons, at Greece, 

 N. Y., and vice-president of the Roches- 

 ter Florists' Association; J. M. Dickin- 

 son, local nurseryman, and H. E. Rog- 

 ers, local florist. 



James Vick's Sous held their annual 

 picnic Saturday, August 29, which was 

 quite successful. Good weather pre- 

 vailed. About 100 were present and 

 spent the day in games, rifle shooting, 

 etc. After a hearty dinner most of the 

 crowd went around in autos and trucks 

 visiting and inspecting the trial 

 grounds, which are coming along in 

 good shape. The flrm expects a much 

 larger average than in any previous 

 year. The store business is rather dull, 

 as is expected at this season. Bulbs 

 are arriving and catalogues are being 

 mailed. H. J. H. 



The Market. 



Business has not been iquite bo guoc) 

 during the last week. In the previous 

 week there was a little spurt in funeral 

 work, but when that ceased, the lull in 

 business became more apparent tlian 

 ever. New carnations, though shown 

 on the market, were not of sufficient 

 quantity to make any change in n^ar 

 ket conditions. Asters are still scarce 

 but their quality is improving and this 

 makes it possible to clean up every 

 day's cut. Roses are still shortening 

 up, on account of the recent cool 

 nights. The supply, while not nearly 

 so large as in the last month, is still 

 large enough to take care of the (le 

 mand. Snapdragons are coming in, 

 but the supply is inadequate. Gladioli 

 have shortened up considerably and 

 are moving satisfactorily. They are of 

 fine quality for this tit6k of year. 



The demand for bot& Easter lilies 

 and rubrums has increased to a marked 

 degree and, although the supply is not 

 noticeably diminishing, the entire out 

 is being cleaned up daily. Valley is 

 scarce. Owing to the doubt as to next 

 year's supply, the trade seems deter- 

 mined to use all it can while it can 

 obtain a supply. As growers are hold 

 ing back to some extent, this has a 

 tendency to clean up the cut as soon as 

 it appears on the market. 



Various Notes. 



The Heitman-Oestreicher Co. is now 

 cutting some extra fine asters. These 

 are greenhouse-grown and are finding; 

 favor with the trade wherever seen 



Patrick Cudahy, whose new green 

 house plant is just about finished, is 

 already cutting some fine roses for the 

 market. 



•Gustave Totske, the north side florist, 

 is busy remodeling his greenhouses. 



Miss Schneider, with the Holton & 

 Hunkel Co., returned August 24 froni 

 a two weeks' vacation. Albert Hare, 

 with the same firm, returned to his 

 duties August 31, after being away 

 for three weeks. 



Milwaukee will have the annual Wis 

 cousin state fair again this year. 

 although there was some talk of locat 

 ing it in some other city. The faot 

 that the buildings are already in our 

 city helped to keep the fair with us 

 The fair grounds were visited by a 

 tornado about two months ago, and the 

 result was that a number of buildings, 

 fences, etc., were demolished, with a 

 loss of about $100,000. The grounds 

 were also devastated recently by a fire. 

 Among the buildings destroyed was the 

 Agricultural building, in which the 

 horticultural exhibitions have been 

 held. It is hoped that the fair board 

 will be able to provide a suitable place 

 for a horticultural display. H. J. S. 



TEAVELEES ASE SNAPSHOT 



The accompanying illustration ^vas 

 reproduced from a snapshot made at 

 the Boston convention by Oscar Lion 

 and many of the trade will recognize 

 two of the travelers of Lion & ^'O" 

 Milton Alexander and J. Berg. 



Clinton, Conn. — Nelson Anderson is 

 erecting several new houses at his 

 range on John street. 



Howell, MiclL— R. F. Clark has pur 

 chased the vegetable greenhouses which 

 have been under the management o' 

 Walter Hubbell for the last year and " 

 continuing the business. 



