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The Florists^ Review 



'^i!^Tt^Sf}B .24, 1914. 



Twelve Soupert, in l)looiu— tiiill«>tt & Hoiis, 

 tlrst; George M. Brinkerlioff, second. 



Six Asparagus pluniosiis — George M. Urinker- 

 tioff, first; George J. Dlukel, second;' George A. 

 Ivuhl, third. 



Collection of fancy-leaved ctiladluniH, fifteen 

 plants — George A. Kiihl, first; Jansseu Seed Co., 

 second; George M. Hrinkerlioflf, third. 



One hanging basket fern — Gullett & Sons, first; 

 Itembrelker & Cole, second; George A. Kuhl, 

 third. 



One hanging basket, Sprengerl — (iiillett & Sons, 

 first; George A. Kuhl, second; Grorgt! M. Hrinker- 

 lioflai third. 



Basket of foliage plants— I'oehlmann Itros. Co., 

 first; George M. nrinkerhoff. second; George A. 

 Knhl, third. 



Two window boxes — (ieorgc .M. Brinkerhoff, 

 first; George A. Kuhl, second. — 



t'ern dish — Gullett & Sons, first ; George A. 

 Kuhl, second; A. C. Brown, tliird. 



Collection of bulbs fur fall planting — Jansseu 

 -Seed Co., first. 



Twenty Kaster lilies— Janssen Seed Co., first; 

 A. C. Brown, second; George A. Kulil, third. 



BUSCUS IS HERE. 



The dealers who rely on imported 

 dyed ruacus for the Christmas business 

 still are in doubt as to whether or not 

 they will receive their stock, although 

 it looks more and more as though some 

 of it is sure to get through by way of 

 Rotterdam or Copenhagen. The dyed 

 stock comes from Germany. The ruscus 

 that is imported in the bleached state 

 and dyed here is mostly in the hands 

 of the dyers. It comes from Italy and 

 shipment was hastened rather than de- 

 layed by the war. With the dyers, 

 however, there is the further question 

 of the proper dyes. These come from 

 Germany and are in" short supply. It 

 makes all the difference in the world 

 what dye is used. Every user of ruscus 

 knows that some of it is a much better 

 'lolor than other lots, and worth more 

 luopey. Without the right dye good 

 ruscus is an impossibility. 



Red ruscus had an enormous sale last 

 Christmas. It resulted in preparations 

 for a big season in 1914, some houses 



importing as much as twenty tons for 

 dyeing. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



President Wm. Kleinheinz announces 

 the committees to examine new chrys- 

 anthemums for the ensuing year as fol- 

 lows: 



Chicago — N. .T. W'letor, chairman; Geo. Asnius, 

 (!uy J'rench. Ship flowers to chairman, 30 East 

 Itandolph street, Chicago, III. 



CinclnjiaM — H. VVltterstnotter, chairman; Jas. 

 .\llen, Henry Scliwarz. Ship fiowers to chair- 

 <MU>» Jabez Klliott Flower Market, care Janitor. 



Boston — Wrn. Nicholson, chairman; James 

 Wheeler, •\lex. Montgomery. Ship flowers to 

 Boston Flower Kxchange, C I'ark street, care of 

 chairman. 



New York — Kugene Dallledouze, chairman; 

 Wm. n. Duckham, A. Ilerrlngton. Ship flowers 

 to New York Cut Flower Co., 55 West Twenty - 

 second street, care of chairman. 



I'hlladelpbla — A. B. Cartledge, chairman; John 

 Westcott, S. S. I'ennock. Ship flowers to A. B. 

 ('urtledge, 1514 (Chestnut street, rhiladelphia. 



Shipments should be made to arrivo 

 by 2 p. m. on examination days, to re- 

 ceive attention from the committee. 

 Shipments must be prepaid to destina- 

 tion and an entry fee of $2 should be 

 forwarded to the secretary not later 

 than Tuesday of the week they are to 

 be examined, or it may accompaiiy the 

 blooms. 



Seedlings and sports are both eligible 

 to be shown before these committees, 

 provided the raiser has given them two 

 years' trial to determine their true char- 

 acter. Special attention is called to the 

 rule that sports, to receive a certificate, 

 must ])aKs at least three of the five 

 committees. 



The committees will be in session to 

 examine such exhibits as may be sub- 

 mitted on each Saturday during October 

 and November, the dates of which will 

 be October S. 10, 17, 24 and 31, Novem- 

 ber 7, 14, 21 and 28. 



Chas. W. .Tohnson, Sec 'y. 



driest in the weather records of tMs 

 place. I know nothing of bulb gn v. 

 ing, other than to put them in i ii,. 

 ground and watch them increase. 



George Lawlei 



OiCN LETTEI^^^ READED^ 



THE HAMSUBG VERSION. 



The following letter was dated at 

 Hamburg, Germany, August 28: 



We just received your paper for gar- 

 iJeners, the Florists' Review, where you 

 say Hamburg will be effectually sealed 

 by the English fleet, and where you 

 talk about an P^nglisli Idockade on Ilam- 

 l»urg. We are Itoiind to believe that 

 these remarks are the result of false 

 reports from England and France to 

 America and we therefore have the 

 pleasure of enclosing a German morning 

 paper where you can see the jiresent 

 actual standing of all forces. Our navy 

 lias a lot of times tried to challenge 

 the English fleet, l)ut tiie Englisli in 

 all cases preferred to retire to tlioir 

 own mainland much better tlian to fight 

 with us! They are too afraid of our 

 strong navy and of our large fleet of 

 Zeppelins! Russia is just about asleep 

 in the middle of this war. They are 

 supplying their soldiers f.i. with cans 

 (hat should contain vegetables and 

 which really contain sand!!! Some of 

 the French soldiers fight with ])atent 

 leather shoes and cardboard cases for 

 cartridges tied to their belts with 

 stringt! We hope over here to .ibow 

 our American frionds onlv too soon 



what it means to attack (Jerinany in 

 the manner pointed out in the German 

 White-Book, which we sent you under 

 separate cover! 



We hope to be able to send out some 

 of our orders for lilies of the valley 

 some other way as over Hamburg and 

 hope you will be kind enough to tell 

 this to the .American trade through your 

 paper. -Ang. Hohmaiin & Sohnc. 



BULB GROWING AT PUGET SOUND. 



The soil and climatic conditions of the 

 Puget Sound country, especially the tide 

 lands in the neighborliood of this city, 

 Tacoma. are peculiarly fitted for the suc- 

 cessful growing of bulbs and such other 

 tilings as Holland has grown for us. 



It would be quite timely if a shij) 

 load of Hollanders could be landed at 

 Puget Sound and set at work growing 

 bulbs and plants for the American mar- 

 kets, especially for the Pacific coast, 

 .where the great new development of the 

 near future will require immense quan- 

 tities of Holland bulbs and shrubs. 



T have demonstrated on my own 

 grounds that Holland bulbs will thrive 

 and multiply amazingly and without ex- 

 pensive irrigation. Not a drop of water 

 was used on mv liulbs this vear, the 



BULB GROWING IN WASHINGTC?^. 



; During the fall of 1913, having a li w 

 surplus bulbs, of narcissi, tulips ;; td 

 hyacinths, I offered to the schools of 

 Whatcom county, Washington, to domte 

 aboiit four or five pounds of bulbs if 

 they would fence and: prepare a squmo 

 rod of land and care for-them under liie 

 direction of Miss Delia- Keeler, county 

 superintendent' of schools; and myself. 

 Twemty-three schools' responded, haviuf/ 

 enrolled over 1,500 children. I am nrtw 

 preparing an- application, to the Burc.iu 

 of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C, for a few 

 hundred bedding and forcing sin<;](> 

 tulips for^this fall, so the children cmi 

 offer samples; of Whatcom county grown 

 bulbs to the Amerieaii trade as soon as 

 possible. These bulbs all bloom two to 

 three weeks earlier than Dutch bullis 

 planted the same day on the same latid, 

 indoors or outside. We want the flo- 

 rists' world to know we have the groat 

 est bulb climate in America or Europe. 

 It is right now one great opportunity to 

 grow them. Geo. Gibbs 



MILWAUKEE. 



The Market. 



Business in general has not improved, 

 though, fioe, sunshiny weather has pre- 

 vailed nearly all the week. The bright, 

 warm weather brought in lots of stock, 

 . but, while the cut moved well, the prices 

 showed a downward trend. Asters, 

 from being scarce, have glutted the mar 

 ket to a great extent. New carnation.s 

 liave iini>roved wonderfully under tlie 

 favorable weather and are coming in a 

 little more heavily. The rose supply is 

 increasing and the quality is better than 

 ever. The Milwaukee market has not 

 seen such excellent roses for some time. 

 Some extra fine Russells and Prima 

 Donna are in the market and are bring- 

 ing good prices. Gladioli are plentiful, 

 but the quality of the stock demon 

 strates cletirly that the crop is on the 

 wane and will soon be out of the mar- 

 ket. The supply of chrysanthemums i>^ 

 about equal to the demand and the qual 

 ity of the stock is better than usual tor 

 this time of year. 



Lilios are still plentiful and are ni'iv 

 ing fairly well. It is understood fliat 

 v.alley is not scarce in Milwaukee, at 

 one place at least, but the general lii^ 

 jiosition seems to be to hold the supjil.^ 

 down somewhat. There seems to h"' 

 more than a possibility that some "" 

 ports may come in and the situation 

 may not be nearly so bad as it \'i^ 

 originally supposed to be. 



The State Fair. 



There was a horticultural display at 

 the Wisconsin state fair September l-* 

 to 18, which outdid all previous ye irf'- 

 While the exhibit was beautiful, i' 

 should have been much larger, but h'' 

 florists, with a few exceptions, did lot 

 take the interest necessary to make il"' 

 display the size it should be. It is to li'' 

 hoped that next year the stay-at-hoiaos 

 will turn out as they should, for Hy 

 benefit of the profession. Fpllowinj: i^ 

 a list of the M-inners among the tr.wh' 

 exhibitors: 



