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The Florists^ Review 



Septbmbeb 5, 1912. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. QRAWE, BoiTOB and Managib. 



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THE FLORISTS' PUBLISHiNO CO. 



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 J.Austin Shaw, Managib. 



Subscription price, 11.00 a joax. To Canada, $2.00 

 To Kurope. fZJM). 



AdrertlfllnK rates quoted apon request. Only 

 ■krictly trade adverttslng accepted. 



AdrertlsementB most reach ns by 5 p. m. Tneaday. 

 to Insure Insertion In the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 8, IS97, 

 Mt the post-office at Otilcaffo. XIU under the act of 

 Maroh 8. 187«. 



Tliis paper is a member of the Ohlcaco Tiada 

 Press Association. 



OONTBNTS. 



The New Hydrangea Hybrids (illus.) 9 



Oamations at Jollet 11 



Business Embarrassments 11 



Coke Ashes for Concrete 11 



Centerpieces (Ulns.) 12 



No Cause for Alarm 12 



A New Pest 12 



Seasonable Suggestions 12 



— Amaryllis 12 



— Hydrangeas 12 



— Cyclamens 13 



Stock and His Store (Illus.) 13 



Cutting Back Polnsettias 18 



Orchids — Seasonable Notes 14 



The Aster Beetle 14 



The Canadian Association (illus.) 14 



SpirKa Japonica 14 



Lily of the Valley 16 



— Under Difficulties IB 



A Typical Illinois PUnt 15 



Dutdfi Bulbs 16 



Louis Berger (portrait) 16 



Poinsettlas 16 



Propagation 16 



White Fly Outdoors 16 



A New St. Louis Firm (portraits) 17 



Lilies for Cool House 17 



Peonies — Planting Time 17 



New York 18 



Boston 18 



Obituary 10 



News Notes 19 



The Western Association 20 



Chicago 20 



Sheridan, Wyo 25 



Baltimore 26 



Philadelphia 28 



National Flower Show 30 



American Rose Society 30 



Columbus, 31 



Louisville, Ky 34 



St. Louis 36 



Steamer Sailings 41 



Seed Trade News 44 



— Duty on Celery Seed 47 



— Dutch Bulbs 48 



— The Federal Seed Bill 48 



— Catalogues Received v 50 



Providence, R. 1 50 



Pacific Coast Department 58 



— McMinnvllIe, Ore 58 



— Astoria, Ore 58 



— Los Angeles, Cal 58 



— Seattle, Wash 60 



— San Francisco, Cal 60 



— Portland, Ore 61 



Nursery News 62 



— Chill Gives Us Cold Deal 62 



— Southern Nurserymen Meet 62 



— The Onarantines Begin 63 



— Planting Evergreens 63 



Washington, D. C 64 



Cincinnati 66 



Scranton, Pa 68 



Detroit 68 



Battle Creek, Mich 70 



Denver 72 



Greenhouse Heating 84 



— Cannot Heat the Houses 84 



— Too Much Pipe in Returns 84 



— Heat for Sash Bouses 85 



— Size of Boiler 86 



— Piping In Southern Colorado 86 



— A Greenhouse and Cottage 87 



■ — One House and Lean-to 88 



Pittsburgh 90 



Vegetable Forcing 92 



— Successive Lettuce Crops 92 



Jollet, 111 94 



Indlanap*oIiB 94 



Manchester, Mass 96 



Dtduth, Minn.— Work is well ad- 

 vanced on the new greenhouses for 

 W. H. E. Jaap, at Superior street and 

 Sixty-first avenue, east. The estimated 

 cost of the houses is $10,000. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1912: President, R. Vincent, Jr., 

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

 mann, Morton Grove, 111.; secretary, John Young, 

 64 W. 28th St., New York City; treasurer, W. F. 

 Kasting, BufTalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1913: President, J. E. M. L. 

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

 Wirth, Minneapolis; secretary, John Young, 54 

 W. 28th St., New York City; treasurer, W. F. 

 Kasting, BufTalo. 



Third National Flower Show, New York, April 

 5 to 12, 1913. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 98 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



With Labor day in the paat, the au- 

 tumn season may be said to have opened. 

 It was a short summer. 



Immortelles will not ,be any more 

 plentiful this season than last. Short 

 crops and increasing demand. The first 

 shipments are in. 



Large shipments of French, German 

 and Holland baskets are coming in on 

 every steamer for the principal im- 

 porters of florists' supplies. 



Now comes the season of the state 

 and county fairs, and in nearly every 

 instance they are giving flowers greater 

 prominence than ever before. 



It was a hard season, almost every- 

 where, on the carnation plants in the 

 field. Consequently, many who usually 

 have a surplus have nothing to offer this 

 year. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

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

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Peonies are being dug, divided and 

 delivered. There is little call this season 

 for the commoner kinds, but the finer 

 sorts are in even stronger request than 

 when the peony boom was at its height. 



All over the country the latter part of 

 August was made memorable by the heav- 

 iest supplies of cut flowers ever known at 

 this time of year. September has opened 

 with badly overloaded wholesale markets. 

 The condition is general. 



Some people would rather talk politics 

 than do business. Let them. For those 

 who go after it and keep after it there 

 will be plenty of trade the next two 

 months. No presidential year ever cut 

 80 little figure with business. 



One of the most successful growers of 

 carnations for the Chicago market, a 

 man who keeps close account of his busi- 

 ness, says that on an average cut of 

 about 400,000 blooms per season his re- 

 turns last season show an average price 

 about twenty per cent less than in the 

 season before. He charges it to gener- 

 ally increased production. 



When the Telegraph Delivery Asso- 

 ciation was in session at Chicago last 

 month the discussion turned to automo- 

 bile delivery. It was the general opinion 

 that the retailer who has had his car 

 only one year is in no position to make 

 comparisons with the cost of the older 

 methods of delivery. Practically every 

 retailer present is operating one or more 

 cars and all agreed that the automobile 

 comes under the head of the necessary 

 evils. Necessary, because not one of 

 them would think of going back to the 

 wagon. 



In observing the growth and care of 

 home dooryards during the last several 

 weeks, it is noticeable the number of 

 single rose bushes and climbers that are 

 to be found. — Benj. Hammond, secretary 

 American Eose Society. 



NOTHING UNUSUAI..^ 



It always is a pleasure to hear that 



an advertisement in The Beview has 



fulfilled its purpose — but letters like 



the following are quite the regular 



thing: 



Please discontinue our advertisement of car- 

 nation plants, as our stock is all sold. The 

 Beview did It. — Miami Floral Co., Dayton, O.. 

 August 28, 1912. 



Carnation plants will sell well until 

 everybody gets planted up. Then there 

 will be a lull, after which small lots 

 will be in demand to take the place of 

 plants that have failed. It is the yearly 

 experience. 



THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION. 



The Western Dahlia and Gladiolus 

 Association is preparing for a big show 

 to be held in connection with the state 

 fair at Milwaukee, September 11 to 14. 

 A good list of premiums is offered for 

 both dahlias and gladioli, and the pros- 

 pect is that there will be a large num- 

 ber of exhibits. E. S. Thompson, Benton 

 Harbor, Mich., is the secretary of the 

 association. H. W. Koerner, of Mil- 

 waukee, is vice-president, and has been 

 appointed manager of the show, being 

 on the ground. 



All exhibits should be sent in the care 

 of the association, West Allis, Wis., 

 State Fair grounds, all charges prepaid, 

 to H. W. Koerner, Supt. 



OHIOAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



An abundance, or rather overabun- 

 dance, of almost every seasonable 

 flower has brought prices on the local 

 market down with a smash. The trou- 

 ble has been aggravated by the fact 

 that August went out and September 

 came in with the heat at a record mark. 

 Stock was never so abundant during the 

 first week of September as it is at the 

 present writing. After long continued 

 stretches of cool weather through July 

 and August, the slowly grown stock has 

 been rushed to the cutting point and, as 

 long as the heat continues, the supply 

 will be tremendous. There is an unman- 

 ageable supply of American Beauties of 

 all lengths and the quality is varied, a 

 part being tight, while the heat has 

 popped open the bulk of the receipts. 

 As a whole, however, the stock is hold- 

 ing up rather well under the conditions. 

 Killarney and White Killarney are, of 

 course, received in greater quantity 

 than before. Although the quality is 

 first-class, it is impossible to move them 

 at any legitimate price. Marylands are 

 increasing, while Brides are becoming 

 more plentiful. Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Melody and Sunburst are coming along 

 faster than heretofore. Mrs. Taft or 

 Prince de Bulgarie is in moderate 

 supply. 



Asters are more than overabundant; 

 there is a flood of all kinds and all 

 grades. The best can be had at a rea- 

 sonable figure and the poor stock is 

 filling up the waste barrels,- for it can- 

 not be sold at any price. The later va- 

 rieties are coming now and show good 

 quality. 



