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The Florists' Review 



OCTOBXB 24, 19i2. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



O. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaokb. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

 at the post-office at Chicago, 111., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



CONTENTS. 



The Art of Flower Arrangement 9 



— A More Complicated Design (illus.) 9 



The Retail Florist— A Comlng-Out Tea 10 



— A Haady Blank 10 



— Don't Excuse a Fault 10 



— The Broken Wheel (illus.) 10 



— MumB in Decoration 10 



---The President's Bouquet (illus.) 12 



Northern Indiana Florists 12 



Pall Planting 12 



The Rose of New England (illus.) 13 



The White Clover 13 



Carnations — Stem Rot Again 14 



— Weak Stems and Spider 14 



— Cuttings from Old Plants 14 



Chrysanthemums — Chrysanthemum Spot 14 



— Wintering Stock Plants 14 



Dutch Bulbs — Dutch Bulbs Outdoors 15 



The Hardy Gardens— Late Perennials 16 



Chrysanthemum Society 16 



Society of American Florists 16 



Haeger's Hillside Houses (Illus. ) 17 



Providence 18 



Hartford, Conn 18 



Pittsburgh t 18 



National Flower Show 19 



Toledo, O 19 



Boston .V. 19 



Baltimore .\. 20 



Springfield, Mass .> 20 



Obituary— L. P. Walz. 21 



— R. G. Pierce 21 



— Charles W. Reimers 21 



— Henry M. Wilson 21 



Milwaukee 21 



Washington 21 



Beware •. 22 



Indies S. A. F 22 



Destroying Sow Bugs 22 



Chicago 22 



Columbus. 27 



Dayton. 28 



Springfield, 30 



Philadelphia 32 



New York 34 



Climber for Conservatory 40 



Bowling^At Chicago 42 



— At Milwaukee 42 



— N. A. G. Bowling Tournament 42 



Nashville, Tenn 44 



St. Louis 46 



Steamer Sailings 50 



Seed Trade News 52 



— Guaranteeing Seeds 54 



— As Others See Us 54 



Vegetable Forcing ."58 



— Forcing Cucumbers 58 



Pacific Coast Department 61 



— Spokane, Wash 61 



— SeatUe 61 



— Los Angeles, Cal 62 



— Portland, Ore 64 



— San Francisco, Cal 64 



Nursery News 70 



— Instructions to Importers 70 



— Hoisted by Own Petard 72 



Cincinnati 74 



New Orleans 76 



The St. Paul Flower Show 78 



Detroit 80 



Rochester, N. Y 82 



Greenhouse Heating 94 



— Heated with 4-Inch Pipes 94 



— Expansion Tank Boils Over 94 



— Two New Carnation Houses 96 



Ihdlanapolis 98 



St. Paul, Minn 100 



Bakerstown. P« 102 



Denver, Colo 102 



Kansas City 104 



Muskegon, Mich. — L. Wasserman is 

 completing two new ^eenhouses, which 

 will, in connection with his other glass, 

 give him a total of 35,000 square feet. 

 The new houses are 25x113 and 9x82. 



800IETY OF AXEBIOAK FLOKXSTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Obnsress, March 4, 1901. 

 Officers f<Nr 1912: PrMldent, B. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md.; Tice-preslaent, Aagnst Po«hl- 

 mann, Morton Qrove, IlL: Mcratary, John Young, 

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

 Kaatlng, Butralo, N. Y. 



OlBcera for 1918: President, J. K. M. L. 

 Farqnbar, Boston, Mass. ; Tice-presldent, Theodore 

 Wirth, Minneapolis: secretary, John Young, 54 

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

 Kaatlng, Boffalo. 



Tblrd National Flower Show, New York, April 

 S to 12, 1918. 



Index to Advertisers 



Page 106 



EESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



Have you noticed that the spick-and- 

 span establishments are the prosperous 

 ones? Don't make the mistake of stat- 

 ing it the other way around. 



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. 



Tale about there being no longer any 

 profit in the business! A Philadelphia 

 grower is reported to have taken $1.50 

 per plant off 2-year-old Killarneys last 

 season, while a western grower got $1.32 

 off young stock. 



The Tennessee law makes it illegal 

 for any florist to ship, sell or deliver 

 within the state any plants of whatever 

 description without having been pre- 

 viously inspected by the state entomol- 

 ogist and plant pathologist, and a cer- 

 tificate placed upon each bundle, pack- 

 age, balers box or carload shipment. 



This season is sure to be the big sea- 

 son for florists. There may be some con- 

 gestion at times in the wholesale cut 

 flower markets, but with the great body 

 of the trade outside the big cities the 

 demand is certain to be the best ever. 

 The spring plant trade, the big item 

 with those who are the backbone of 

 the business, will be the heaviest ever 

 known. Those who are not so situated 

 that they can participate in the retail de- 

 mand can nevertheless share in the busi- 

 ness by working up a big stock to whole- 

 sale — there are many hundreds of florists 

 who can sell much more than they have 

 facilities for growing. 



BEWARE! 



The Subscription Swindler. 



Once more The Beview warns the 

 trade against traveling subscription 

 agents. The Beview agents all are 

 well-known men, permanently located 

 in the territory they represent. Don't 

 pay money to strangers. 



A petty swindler is traveling through 

 the country collecting subscriptions 

 where he can, sometimes signing the 

 name M. B. Cook, sometimes Thomas, 

 Clark, Bnier, etc. He has thus far al- 

 ways used the same initials, M. B. 

 With him it is anything to get the 

 money, for he is a swindler. He has 

 been through New England, New York 

 and Pennsylvania. When last heard of 

 he was in Oincinnati, but that was two 

 weeks ago. 



Don't pay money to strangers. Mail 

 your subscriptions direct to ^e Review 

 office and be safe. 



Tell your friends. 



IiADIES & A. F. 



The address of the secretary of the 

 Ladies S. A. F. will be 260 Bosedale 

 court, Detroit, Mich. 



Mrs. C. H. Maynard, Sec'y. 



DESTBOYING SOW BUOS. 



Having with interest read at various 

 intervals complaints and remedies about 

 sow bugs in carnation houses, I wish,^ 

 without meaning to discredit any of the 

 commonly known remedies, namely, 

 sugar and Paris green, and because 

 probably our experience can help some- 

 one else, to tell how we handle this 

 pest. 



We have been bothered with sow 

 bugs for several years. They seem to 

 come into the houses with the new soil, 

 breeding in the decayed manure. We 

 tried sugar and Paris green, using more 

 and less of one or the other, also mixing 

 same with rye flour, but always with 

 unsatisfactory results, never finding 

 enough dead bugs, although at night 

 plenty would be in sight. 



After many trials with various reme- 

 dies we now clear the pest in the fol- 

 lowing way: We apply molasses with 

 a paint brush to the sides of the 

 benches. This will bring the bugs there 

 to feed, for this smells sweet and so 

 attracts them. Then, after dark, we 

 proceed with an ordinary empty water 

 pail and scrubbing brush and go along 

 and brush them into the bucket, after 

 which they can easily be destroyed. 



When we mix Paris green with the 

 molasses they will go back to feed on 

 the plants. This anyone will find a 

 really sure way and with us it is the 

 most satisfactory. B. S. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market 



Favored by clear and slightly warmer 

 weather, stock has been coming in more 

 freely than for some time and, with the 

 opening of business for the week, the 

 market was easier than for several 

 weeks. Prices weakened only slightly, 

 however, as the demand continued ex- 

 cellent and no stock has gone a-begging 

 for the want of a buyer. In the cases 

 of the better quality stock the prices 

 held firm. There are more mums coming 

 in at the present than has been the 

 case and, while the best are bringing 

 good prices, there are those of poor 

 quality that the wholesalers are selling 

 for whatever they will net. Those of 

 medium grade are also finding an excel' 

 lent market. The full range of colors 

 is available, but white is a great deal 

 more plentiful than good yellow. 



Boses also are more plentiful than for 

 some time and, although there is no 

 oversupply as yet, prices are hardly so 

 strong as a week ago except on the 

 best grades. Beauties in the long 

 lengths are of excellent quality and 

 in good supply, but short Beauties are 

 extremely scarce and not enough can be 

 had to supply the demand. Killarneys 

 are rather light in color with most grow- 

 ers, but, with larger cuts being made, 

 the supply is equal to the call without 

 seriously affecting the prices. Bich- 

 mond is in first-class shape and sells 

 well as a substitute for medium and 

 short Beauties. Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 Badiance, Lady Hillingdon and Mrs. 

 Taft are enjoying their usual good de- 

 mand and some of the wholesalers assert 

 that the novelties are evidencing a 



