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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 20, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT. Editor and Managke. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



S30.S60 Caxton Bnildingr, 



508 South I>earburn St., ChlcaKo. 



Telephone, Harbison 5429. 



bxodtxbxd cable addbk88, flobtiew, chioaqo 



New York Office: 



Borough Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



Subscription price, $1.00 a year. To Canada. $2.00 

 To Kurope. $2J50. 



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Adveriislnff rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertlslngr accepted. 



Adyertisements must reach us by 5 p. m. Tuesday, 

 to insure insertion in tlie issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897. 

 at the post-office at Ciilcafiro, III., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 82. 



CONTENTS 



The Ui'tuil Florist f) 



— Ice-boxfi< for Display (illuti.) !t 



— Store Fitting and BefittliiR !) 



— A Visit to tlie Florist 10 



— A Cool Window (lUus. ) 10 



— Forced to the Wall (illuH.) 10 



Leaf Miners ou Asters 11 



Carnations — Buildlni; a PropaKLtiiig Be<l 12 



— Carnations at Will Bro«.' (illus.) l'> 



Worms in Compost 12 



Kuropean Notes iz 



Antirrliinuins for Winter ];! 



Standard Bays i:! 



PanMes and Violas 14 



— WaxinK in Popularity 14 



— ^ Wintering Pansy Plants 14 



Sweet Peas— Sweet Peas for Winter 14 



Seasonable Suggestions — Double Daisies !.'> 



— Hollyliocks ir, 



— Koekf.ts 15 



— Coreopsis (irunditloru 1.'. 



— Honesty ] .-> 



— Asters ]-, 



t;hrysantliei>iuuis — Arsenate of Lead ir. 



— For Christmas Flowering l."i 



New York Iti 



St. Tx>ui8 1(1 



Boston \\\ 17 



Plttshm-g . IS 



Providence 1« 



Philiiott and Pyfer En Route '.'.'.'. 18 



Hotels in Baltimore l!i 



Obituary — David Kalislier 1!» 



Cincinnati 1!( 



I<on»dale Wants to Know 20 



Getting Together 20 



Chicago ao 



Morton Orove, III 24 



New Bedford, Mass 2.") 



Philadelphia . . . 2(i 



Buffalo 2N 



Dayton. O 211 



Vegetable Forcing — Stem -rot of Beans .•12 



New Orleans .•{4 



Steamer Sailings '.'.'.[ ;w 



Seed Trade News 40 



— Peas at Alpena .'..'. 42 



— Holland Seed Crops 42 



— Commerce In Seeds .'. 43 



— Imports 4,'{ 



— Clark's Additions '.'.'.'.'. 4:{ 



Rochester 4;{ 



Nursery News . . .'i2 



— Standardization of Grades ,52 



— Keappraisements ."(3 



Paciflc Coast .54 



— Pasadena, Cul . .",4 



— San Francisco .■",4 



— Tacoma . Wash .").'( 



— Portland. Ore .'iS 



Westerly. R. 1 50 



Minneapolis '_\ np 



Hhinebeok. N. Y .58 



Kalamazoo. Mich ,58 



Hail at Elkhart, Ind (V) 



Stamford, Conn (52 



Greenhouse Heatinc ~o 



— Proposed Flow is Too Small 70 



— Size of Chimney 'lO 



— Two Houses and a Frame 70 



— From Closed to Open System 72 



— Honses for General Stock 74 



Southington. Conn 7(5 



Meriden, Conn 7(5 



Baltimore 78 



Washington, D. C 80 



Princeton, 111.— The W. E. Trimble 

 Greenhouse Co. has closed its store on 

 South Main street for the season. The 

 firm is now building two more green- 

 houses and will erect a store near the 

 range as soon as possible. 



Annual Special 



Convention Number 



p9l^TS 



&E»«r 



OUT AUGUST 17 



Even larfper and finer than 

 in other years. It marks the 

 openings of the new season. 

 Reserve your space now. 



" Every one in the Trade reads 

 The Review ; the replies to my 

 small advertisement prove it." — 

 W. Bay. 



HUCIETT OF AHEBICAM FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: President, George Asmus, Chi- 

 c«go; vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr., White Marsh, 

 Md.; secretary, H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 111 ; treas- 

 urer, W. F. Easting, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Annual convention, Baltimore, Md., August li to 

 18 1911. 



Results bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Mum plants were scarce this season. 

 Even yet there is an unsatisfied demand. 



Cut flowers have become scarce all over 

 the eastern half of the United States, 

 the section aflfected by the recent heat 

 and present drought. 



When you telegraph an order add the 

 code word * ' Transmit, ' ' which means 

 "Mentioned in your advertisement in the 

 Florists' Review." 



The dry weather is costing the trade a 

 great deal of money. Asters and gladioli 

 are suffering severely and in most locali- 

 ties sweet peas were quickly finished off. 



If the dry weather keeps up, carnations 

 will go into the houses under none too 

 favorable conditions and a little later 

 there will be a scarcity of field-grown 

 plants. 



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. 



President Asmus says the campaign 

 for new members of the S. A. F. is pro- 

 ducing good results and that there will 

 be a large addition to the roll before the 

 opening day of the convention. 



The man who has to be shown before 

 he will grant credit, and the one who 

 wants his money the day it is due, are 

 taking their summer vacations together, 

 while the men of lax methods swelter on 

 the job. 



The express companies are being at- 

 tacked in Congress by the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission, by the parcels post 

 people, by the States, and from many 

 other angles. Pity 'tis the pressure can 

 not all be put on one spot — then some- 

 thing would give way at once. 



Not always, but nearly always, you 

 can tell which houses are most strict on 

 credits and collections by noting which 

 do the largest business. The firm that 

 is lax ou credits seldom gains a place at 

 the head, and still less frequently holds 

 a lead for -any length of time unless 

 methods change. 



LONSDAItE WANTS TO KNOW. 



If the National Educational Associa- 

 tion can hold a convention in San Fran- 

 cisco in 1911, which is now in session, 

 15,000 strong, why can not the Society 

 of American Florists hold its conven- 

 tion in the same city in 1915? It would 

 be educational to the fullest extent, if 

 only the members could see what is 

 being done horticulturally on the Pa- 

 cific coast. It would be beneficial to 

 all concerned, no doubt about that. 

 Edwin Lotisdale. 



OETTINa TOQETHEB. 



One of the pleasantest features of 

 the S. A. F. convention is the getting 

 together in parties at the principal cen- 

 ters for the journey to the convention 

 city. Whenever these parties fore- 

 gather everyone who can do so always 

 is expected to join in. Here are the 

 routes of the principal parties for the 

 trip to Baltimore: 



New York to Baltimore. 



Via B. & O. R. R., leaving West 

 Twenty-third street. New York, at 11:50 

 a. m., Monday, August 14, arriving at 

 Baltimore 4:15 p. m. Address F. H. 

 Traendly, 131 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. 



Boston to Baltimore. 



Via Fall River line to New York, 

 leaving south terminal at 6 p. m. Au- 

 gust 13, joining the New York special 

 train via the B. & O. Fare $8.65 round 

 trip. Address W. A. Hastings, C Park 

 street, Boston. 



Chicago to Baltimore. 



Via Monou railroad to Cincinnati, 

 and via B. & O. Cincinnati to Balti- 

 more. Leave Chicago 11:30 p. ni. Au- 

 gust 13; leave Cincinnati 8 a. m. Au- 

 gust 14, arriving at Baltimore at 11 

 p. m. This will be the President's Spe- 

 cial. Low fares ou summer excursion 

 tickets. Address Herbert Wiley, G. A., 

 104 South Clark street, Chicago. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business is taking a modest little 

 boom. The oldest inhabitants never 

 have seen a better July market than 

 the one Chicago has been having since 

 July 14; indeed, the demand is just a 

 little too good, for it has been neces- 

 sary for some wholesalers to turn down 

 orders, while many other orders have 

 been cut. 



The change in the strength of the 

 market appears to be the result of 

 weather conditions. The extreme heat 

 earlier in the season put a lot of crops 

 to the bad, and the cooler weather 

 which prevailed early this week had the 

 effect of retarding the crops under 

 glass. The result has been a light sup- 

 ply, not only in Chicago, but apparently 

 all through the central west. Whole- 

 salers in other cities have been wiring 

 to Chicago for stock, where a few weeks 

 ago they were shipping their surplus 

 here. The orders are as numerous as 

 in winter, though naturally they are not 

 so large. Practically everything is sell- 

 ing. Quality cuts little figure; every- 

 thing goes, and at prices which should 

 be thoroughly satisfactory to the pro- 

 ducers. 



The Beauty crops are lighter and 

 there has been an advance in prices. 

 Not a great deal can be said for the 

 quality, as in most cases it is hardly up 

 to standard. Still, the buyers are not 



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