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The Florists^ Review 



August 29, 1912. 



THE FLOM STS^REV IEW 



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THE Florists* publishino Co. 



580*560 CRZton BiiUdliiK,|^ 

 tfOS South Dearborn St., Chtcivo. 



, Tkuphonk, Habbison 5429. 



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New Tobk Office: 



UOO Forty-Ninth St Brooklyn. N. Y. 



TusPHOin, 26S2 W. Borough Park. 

 J. Austin Shaw, Mamaqkb. 



Sabacrtptlon price. $1.00 a year. To Canada. $2.00 

 To Europe, $2JS0. 



AdvertMiiff rates qnoted npon reqaeai. Only 

 Mrtotly trade adverttoin^ accepted. 



AdTertisements mast reach ua by 6 p. m. TaMOay. 

 to Inaore Insertion in the issue of tliat week. 



Bntered as second class matter December S, WSH, 

 ■ft the poat-offloe at Olilcaco. 111., under the aot of 

 March S. 1819. 



This paper is a member of the Ohlcaco Tim* 

 Press Association. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 11 



— Baskets for Fuuerals 11 



— Facts and Figures 11 



— A Floral Emblem (llliis. ) 11 



— Greetings (lllus. ) 11 



— That Empire Wreath 11 



— The Lyre or Harp (lllus.) 12 



— Undertakers' Commlssious 12 



— The FIUow (lllus.).. 13 



— Be First In Your Town i:{ 



Seasonable Suggestions 14 



— Lorraine Begonias 14 



— Schizanthus 14 



— Bouvardias 14 



— Annual Larkspurs 14 



— Stevlas 14 



— Berried Solanums 14 



Employees of Berterniann Bros. C'u. (lllus.).. 14 



Charles C. Young (portraltl 15 



Show at Bruges, Belgium (lllus.) 15 



Carnation^ — Hoof -parings in Manure 16 



TreatmeTit for Bulbs 16 



Vegetable Forcing — Growers Meet 16 



Visitors at the Establishment of A. F. Aiuling 



Co. (lllus.) 16- 



Vlsltors at the Establishment of Weudland & 



Kelmel (lllus.) 17 



Drainage Over Alkali Soil 17 



Violets— Double and Single 17 



L.and for Asters 17 



Convention Aftermath 18 



— The Outing (lllus.) 18 



— Final Resolutions 18 



Tbrips on Asters 18 



Fumigating with Sulphur 18 



Use for Vacant Space 18 



Name of Flower 18 



Snapshots of the Convention (lllus.) 19 



Decorative Planting 10 



Kansas City, Mo / 20 



Birmingham, Ala 20 



News Notes .' 21 



Building Plans 21 



Removing Hard Putty 22 



English Gladiolus Show 22 



Chicago 22 



St. Louis 26 



Pniladelphia 28 



Boston 29 



New York .SI 



Dayton, 35 



Nashville, Tenn 30 



Providence 41 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Seed Trade News 46 



— Yea, Verily 46 



— An Early Harvest (illus. ) 48 



— Harrisii Bulbs 49 



— French Seed Crops 49 



— Dutch Bulbs 50 



— French Bulbs .50 



— English Seed Crops 50 



Pacific Coast Department 60 



— Tacoma, Wash 60 



— Portland, Ore 60 



— Los Angeles, Cal 60 



— San Francisco 61 



— Seattle. Wash 62 



Nursery News 04 



Columbus, 66 



Champaign, 111 68 



St. Paul 70 



Cincinnati 72 



Greenhouse Heating 84 



— Capacity 6t Boiler 84 



— A Horizontal Smoke Flue 84 



— In Southern Indiana 84 



— Three Houses and a Frame 84 



— A Colorado Range 86 



— A Pennsylvania Rose House f*7 



— Greenhouses and Residences 88 



Geraniums Dying 00 



New Britain, Conn 94 



Pittsburgh 06 



Litchfield, HI.— E. A. McPheron, of 

 the Cottage Greenhouses, has finished 

 the rebuilding of two houses. 



SOCIETY OF AMEKICAN FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, Msioh i, IflOl. 

 Officers for 1912: President, R.- ¥iamja >i J r., 

 White Marsh, Md. ; vice-president, August Poebl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111.; secretevfyx^olm Young. 

 54 W. 28th St., New York City; t»asui€r.^W. F. 

 Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y. v ^ t •%. 



Officers for 1013: President, J. K. M. L. 

 irquhar, Boston, Mass. ; vice-president, Theodore 

 Minneapcjfa; secretary, John Young, 54 

 28th St ., _]§fg r York City; treasurer, W^ E., 



liird Naf^al Flower Show, New Yox'V, MPtl 

 ' 6't« 12, 1913. y^ 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 98 



EESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both hM\Bi 'them. 



Field-grown <*arnlti5fa plants are sell- 

 ing well. A;Bi^ne'%l|^jte8 a surplus can 

 turn it into cash by^Hlfering it in The 

 Review. But don't wait too long. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Eeview $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Greenhouse building is progressing 

 at a wonderful rate in the middle west — 

 not many large plants, but an infinite 

 number of small ones. The country 

 florists are not able to keep up with the 

 demand. 



REMOVING HARD PUTTY. 



In answer to A. M. B. 's question in 

 The Eeview of August 15, page 45, 

 with reference to removing hard putty 

 from sashbars, I would say that I have 

 used concentrated lye and water, very 

 strong, and also oxalic acid and water. 

 Either of these should be applied with 

 a cloth wound around the end of a long 

 stick, or with a stiff byish. Eub it in 

 thoroughly and let it stand a short 

 time. If one application is not suffi- 

 cient, give it another. Then go at it 

 with a sharp chisel. Be careful not 

 to get the lye or acid on the hands, or 

 on any painted surface which you do 

 not intend to repaint. After the putty 

 is removed, give the sashbars a thor- 

 ough hosing, so the lye or acid will not 

 soak into the wood. 



I have also known of a hot iron being 

 used quite effectively, running it back 

 and forth along the grooves in the sash- 

 bars. Lewis H. Wise. 



In a recent issue of The Eeview I 

 noticed an inquiry as to how to remove 

 putty from sashbars. Last year we 

 had considerable of it to remove and 

 we found that we could do it much 

 faster and better by heating square 

 pieces of iron in a forge and running 

 these on the sash; another man would 

 follow with a putty knife. This 

 method of procedure requires three men 

 to do it successfully. 



W. G. Wyman. 



ENGLISH GLADIOLUS SHOW. 



At the August exhibition of the Na- 

 tional Gladiolus Society, held in Lon- 

 don, England, there were grand ex- 

 hibits from British, Canadian, Dutch, 

 German and United States growers. 

 The society made no claim to the title 

 "international," but the exhibits war- 

 ranted it. 



The gold medal and silver cup for 

 the finest group were awarded to Kel- 



way & Son, Lapgport, England. The 

 silver gilt medal, aud^aecond prize w«nt 

 to Wilhelm Pflt«*r,--^tuttgaTr, Ger- 

 many. A 8iiYiM.Ja-ophy for the best col- 

 lection of tww^e varieties went to 

 Warnaar & Co., Sassenheim, Holland. 



The silver cup for two spikes of a 

 seedling was awarded to Gold- 

 "nd%r, a splendid yellow from W. 

 Pfitzelt. ^^ jj 



E. E. Stewart, U. S. A., war awarded 

 a silver gilt medal for Michigan, bright 

 red. K. Velthuys, Hillegom, Holland, 

 received awards of merit for Empress 

 of India, very dark, and Baron Hulot, 

 purple. 



The Dutch Gladiolus Society contrib- 

 uted to the exhibition a splendid stand 

 of grand spikes. 



The awards for premier spikes 

 were as follows: Yellow — Schwaben, 

 from W. Pfitzer; Golden Measure, from 

 Kelway & Son. Pink — Panama, from 

 W. F. Banning, U. S. A.; Evolution 

 Perfection, from H. H. Groff, Canada; 

 Blue — Badenia, from K. Velthuys, Hil- 

 legom, Holland; La Nuit, from Kel- 

 way & Son, Langport, England. 



Bee. 



PERSONAL JOURNALISM. 



When people praise us overmuch 

 We do not think they flatter; 



We do not think their words are such 

 A lot of idle chatter. 



Although we know it is not true, 



'TWould not be kind to grieve them; 

 It Is a wicked thing to do, 

 , Bats we think we deceive them. 



— Chicago Post. 



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CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The last week brought about a de- 

 cided change in the local market, and 

 with the opening of business August 

 26 the counters showed a surplus in al- 

 most everything in season. Boses, 

 gladioli and asters were in such large 

 supply that the prices asked and re- 

 ceived were in direct contrast with a 

 week ag^|rM)en values held steady. 

 Boses arri'^J in large quantities, and, 

 while of excellent quality in most 

 cases, the market was so flooded that 

 it was hard to clear the tables at even 

 reasonable figures. American Beauties, 

 Killameys, White Killarneys and 

 Marylands were in big supply, and 

 other varieties were not far behind in 

 either quantity or quality. Asters also 

 flooded the market, and the improve- 

 ment shown in these during the last 

 week was notable. The warm weather 

 brought them around in fine shape, and 

 the better grades that are now being 

 cut are all that anyone could ask. 

 While the supply of the good stock is 

 large, the supply of the inferior grades 

 is even greater, and these can hardly 

 be disposed of at any price. Gladioli 

 are in about the same shape as asters, 

 there being plenty of good ones to go 

 around and a large surplus of the 

 mixed stock that does not find either 

 much favor or a profitable price. 



Carnations are being cut in small 

 lots, but not enough to have any great 

 effect on the market at the present 

 time. Indoor stock with good blooms 

 but short stems is to be seen in some 

 of the wholesale houses, with outdoor 

 stock with not so good flowers but 

 better stems, but no demand has been 

 noticed. 



Of the other items, valley is in good 

 supply, and some fine stock is being 



