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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Adgdst 18, 1910. 



INDEX TO ADVEBTISEES, FAGE 84. 



CONTENTS. 



The Rochester Convention 25 



— Opening Session 25 



— George Asmus (portrait) 25 



— President's Reception 26 



— Wednesday's Session 26 



— B. Vincent, Jr. (portrait) 26 



— Baltimore Next 27 



— The Judges' Report 27 



— F. R. Pierson (portrait) 27 



— The Gladiolus Society 28 



— Meeting of Ladies' S. A. V 28 



— Wednesday Evening 28 



— Ladles' Reception - 28 



— Thursday's Session 28 



— V. W. Vlck (portrait) 28 



— Thursday Afternoon 29 



— No N. C. H. Appropriation 29 



— Friday's Program 29 



— Sectional Meetings 29 



— William F. Kasting (portrait) 29 



— Hall Association 30 



— Bowling 30 



— The Trades' Display (iUus. ) 30 



— Herman B. Dorner (portrait) 30 



— Charles H. Vlck (portrait) 36 



— The Local Management 37 



— Secretary's Report 37 



— H. B. Stringer (portrait) 38 



— Treasurer's Report ' 39 



— George B. Hart (portrait) 39 



— The Visitors 40 



— President's Address A2 



— Edward S. Osborne (portrait) 42 



— William T. Fonda (portrait) 43 



— Nathan R. Graves (portrait) 43 



— Will H. DUdine (portrait) 43 



— J. M. Keller (portrait) 43 



— C. B. Ogsten (portrait) 43 



— F. J. Keller (portrait) 44 



Canadian Florists Meet 44 



Albert F. Vlck (portrait) 45 



St. Louis 45 



Boston 46 



E. Fred Bowe (portrait) . . . ; 46 



Milwaukee 47 



Edwin P. Wilson (portrait) 47 



Lilies for Summer 47 



Gladiolus Bi'enchleyensis 47 



Miss Dolly Dollars 48 



Society of American Florists 48 



Results that Cotmt 48 



Profits in Express 48 



Chicago , 48 



Springfield. 51 



Philadelphia 52 



Bar Harbor, Me 53 



New York 56 



Pacific Coast 60 



— Portland, Ore 60 



— San Francisco, Cal 60 



Columbus, 61 



Louisville. Ky 66 



Cincinnati 68 



Steamer Sailings 70 



Seed Trade News 72 



— Commerce in Seeds 72 



— Imports 72 



— Dutch Bulbs 72 



— Salzer's Seed Shop 72 



— Growing Peas for Seed 72 



— Corn from Missouri 80 



— The Crops 81 



Cement Walls and Benches 82 



Detroit 85 



Nursery News 90 



— Evils of the Replace Policy 90 



Glen Cove, N. Y 94 



Pittsburg 96 



Omaha, Neb 98 



Greenhouse Heating 106 



— An Emergency Boiler 106 



— The Situation on Coal 106 



— Steam for Two Houses 108 



— A Pittsburg Range 110 



— Greenhouse and Residence 112 



— A House in Northern Ohio 114 



Meridian, Miss 116 



New Bedford, Mass 118 



Helena, Mont 120 



Gulf Coast Growers 122 



Albany. N. Y 124 



New Orleans 124 



Vegetable Forcing 126 



— Hardy Cabbage Plants 126 



— Vegetable Growers to Meet 126 



Quincy, Mass. — ^It is said that Percy 

 Green, the proprietor of the Monatiquot 

 Greenhouses, has made a hit with the 

 young ladies employed in the office of 

 the Fore Eiver Co. by offering to give 

 them all the sweet peas they chose to 

 pick in his houses. The offer was to be 

 good indefinitely. 



East Bridgewater, Mass. — John K. 

 Alpxander, proprietor of the East 

 Bridgewater Dahlia Gardens, has 

 twenty-five acres of dahlias and over 

 250,000 gladioli set out this season and 

 the crop is of splendid quality. He will 

 compete for prizes in the fall at all the 

 large fairs in this vicinity. Last year 

 he carried off many prizes. 



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MISS DOLLY DOLLASS. 



On the title page of this week's Ke- 

 view you will see Miss Dolly Dollars, 

 friend of many florists. In the present 

 instance Miss Dolly Dollars is giving 

 her order in the show-house of Jacob 

 Schulz, at Louisville, Ky. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



As no objections have been filed, pub- 

 lic] notice is hereby given that the regis- 

 tration of the carnation, Christmas 

 Cheer, by Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, 

 Pa., becomes complete. 



H. B. Dorner, Sec'y. 



August 15, 1910. 



RESULTS THAT COUNT. 



Many factors have influenced adver- 

 tisers, but they steadily are coming to 

 buy advertising on the same basis that 

 they buy other commodities — on the 

 basis of worth. 



We were more than pleased with our ad. In 

 The Review. We had more orders from It than 

 we had stock. The Review is certainly a hum- 

 dinger to get business. — W. J. Miller & Son, 

 Pontlac, HI., August 8, 1910. 



I am completely sold out of stock, thanks to 

 your efficient advertising medium. — R. H. Mc- 

 Kerr, Canandaigua, N. Y., August 8, 1910. 



Practically everyone whose trade is 



worth going after reads The Keview. 



PROFITS IN EXPRESS. 



That the four great express companies 

 get net returns of from forty-three to 

 115 per cent or more on the capital em- 

 ployed in actual express operation is 

 stated in a report issued by the Mer- 

 chants' Association of New York. The 

 report, prepared by Frederick B. De 

 Berard, deals in detail with the resources 

 and operations of the Adams, American, 

 United States, and Wells-Fargo compa- 

 nies. The conclusion is reached that the 

 greater part of the assets of express com- 

 panies are devoted to investment and that 

 the capital actually employed in the ex- 

 press business is little more than the Talue 

 of the equipment plus a moderate work- 

 ing fund. Some idea of the operations 

 of express companies may be gained from 

 the following figures: 



Total Assets Net Income 



assets. In express, all sources 



Adams |20,455,587 $3,886,035 $2,661,243 



American ... 45,864,667 1,716,004 8,276,852 



United States. 15,345,027 1,894,802 898,035 



Wells-Fargo . 87,888,662 4,488,462 4,664,879 I 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Last week's market did not fulfill its 

 earlier promise. The week having start- 

 ed off excellently, it was hoped that 

 the business iiad taken a permanent up- 

 turn, but the latter part of the period 

 covered by the Knights Templar con- 

 clave saw a considerable reduction in 

 the local demand, some falling off iu 

 shipping orders, and a considerable in- 

 crease in the supply of stock, particu- 

 larly asters and gladioli. Probably the 

 decrease in demand from out of town 

 was due to the local crops of the same 

 flowers, which began to pile up in Chi- 

 cago. The opening of the present week 

 has brought no special activity. Con- 

 vention week never is better than quiet. 

 Too many people are away from home; 

 the hustlers for business among the re- 

 tailers are the ones who attend con- 

 ventions, in a great majority of cases. 

 The market is now well supplied with 

 all seasonable flowers. Asters are com- 

 ing in heavily in all the colors. The 

 increase in supplies has made it possi- 

 ble to fill all orders with a fair grade 

 of stock, though the greater part of the 

 asters still run poor. The demand con- 

 tinues to be for the best grades. The 

 extra fancies are bringing good prices, 

 with fair values for the medium grades, 

 but scarcely any value for the open- 

 centered, short-stemmed, small and gen- 

 erally unsalable flowers. 



The receipts of gladioli have in- 

 creased almost as rapidly as the re- 

 ceipts of asters. It is not possible to 

 do much with the common run of glads, 

 but America is selling well, with such 

 bright reds as Mrs. King also moving 

 satisfactorily. Augusta continues in 

 too large supply to bring the price it 

 otherwise would command. It does not 

 pay to ship anything but the three self 

 colors to this market. 



Some reduction in the demand for 

 Beauties is apparent, but the best stock 

 still cleans up promptly at average sum- 

 mer prices. Supplies of My Maryland 

 are larger than heretofore and some of 

 the stock has stems of good length. The 

 variety is now competing successfully 

 with Killarney, and White Killarney 

 does not sell so long as Kaiserin is ob- 

 tainable. There is little call for Eich- 

 mond. The varieties mentioned are the 

 principal stock in trade today, though 

 smaller quantities of some half dozen 

 other roses can be supplied on orders. 

 There are now enough roses for all de- 

 mands. Short stock from new plant.s 

 is overabundant; the good stems come 

 from houses run especially for summer. 

 Both Easter lilies and auratums are 

 abundant. There is sufficient valley. 

 Cattleyas are scarce. A few Shasta 

 daisies still come in and sell fairly 

 well. The summer flowers meet with 

 the usual sale. 



There are considerable receipts of 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemums and the 

 quality in several instances is extreme- 

 ly good, but the same cannot be said 

 for the demand. It really looks a^ 

 though there is little use for mums in 

 hot weather and the prediction is free- 

 ly made in the market that not so 

 many will be grown for summer an- 

 other season. 



