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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



September t. 1009. 



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THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



O. L. ORANT, Editor and Manaqkb. 



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

 To Europe, $2.50. .Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 Strictly trade advertising accepted. 



■Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in the issue of the 

 following day. and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-oflice at Chicago, 111., under the 

 BCt of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVEKTISEBS, PAGE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The lletall Florist ' ;! 



— Basket of My Maryland (lllus.) li 



— Autumn Color StudieB 3 



— Florists Build Tower (illus. ) 4 



Iowa Florists Meet 4 



LllieH for Early Forcing 4 



Winter Sweet I'eas (lllus.) 5 



CbryBautbemums 6 



— Seasonable Suggestions . . . .' 6 



— Pompons for Sprays 6 



Carnations 6 



— Leaf -spot and Stem-rot 6 



— For Different Temperatures 7 



— Potting Instead of Benching 'v . . . . 7 



The Lamberts Branching Out (illus.) 7 



Rbode Island's Hydrangeas (lllus.) 7 



Roses — Preparing for Cold Weather 8 



— Worms In Rose Bed 8 



Hybrid Delphiniums S 



.Miltonia Candida (lllus. ) 9 



.\8ter8 Coming Green 9 



Seasonable Suggestions 9 



— Bouvardias 9 



— BougainvlUeas 9 



— Myosotlas 9 



— Geraniums 9 



— Heliotropes .' 9 



— Cannas 10 



— Lilium Candidum 10 



— Peonies 10 



Business and Other Notes 10 



A Course In Floriculture (illus.) 11 



Plants for a Wardian Case 11 



Obituary— F. E. Rawllngs 11 



Society of American Florists 12 



Chicago 12 



Manchester, Mass 18 



Philadelphia 20 



Boston 22 



New York 24 



Toledo, 26 



Providence, R. 1 28 



Dayton, 29 



Steamer Sailings 30 



Seed Trade News 32 



— Free Seeds 34 



— Dutch Bulbs 34 



— Imports 34 



— Honor to E. L. C!oy (portrait) 34 



— Gladioli 34 



— Weather and Crops 36 



— Streak in Sweet Peas 36 



— Catalogues Received 37 



St. Louis 38 



Vegetable Forcing 40 



— Grapes with Cucumbers 4ft 



— Scarlet Globe Radish 40 



Cure for White Ants 40 



Name of Plant 40 



Tile for Edging Paths 40 



A Texas Query 41 



Nursery News 40 



— Rotting Plums 46 



— The Champion Pcacli 46 



Pacific Coast — Hardj- Summer Flowers 48 



— San Francisco 48 



— Portland, Ore 48 



New Orleans 50 



In Michigan 50 



Pittsburg 52 



St. Pan! 52 



Louisville, Ky 54 



Indianapolis 56 



Coal Soot as Fertilizer 64 



Greenhouse Heating 66 



— Heat for Small House 66 



— Old Boiler Tubes 66 



— A Sick System 66 



— What's Worth Having (lllus. ) 68 



— Slow Circulation 68 



— Boiler In Damp Spot 68 



Buffalo 72 



Detroit 74 



New Bedford. Mass 70 



SOCIETY OF AHGBICAN FLOBIftTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress March 4, '01 

 Officers for 1909: President, J. A. Valentine, 

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, E. G. Glllett, 

 Cincinnati, O.; secretary, Willis N. Bndd, Mor- 

 gan Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pitts- 

 burg. 



Officers for 1910: President, F. K. Plerson, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. ; vice-president, F. W. Vick, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, H. B. Dorner, 

 Urbana, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pittsburg, 

 Pa. 



Annual convention, Rochester, N. Y., August 

 16 to 10, 1910. 



Results bring adverlisinji. 

 The Review brings results. 



Give credit where credit is due, but be 

 a good collector. 



It is reported quite generally in the 

 trade that the business for July and 

 August was notably better than in any 

 previous summer. 



The sweet peas will be one of the lead- 

 ing market flowers this winter and early 

 spring, if the quantity of seed sold of 

 the early-flowering sorts is any indica- 

 tion. 



Many subscribers save the bother of 

 renewal, and at the same time insure not 

 missing a copy, by sending $2, $3 or 

 occasionally $5 instead of the $1 that 

 pays for a single year's subscription. 



A. L. Glazeb, Dubuque, Iowa, says 

 July showed a larger total of sales than 

 any month in the many years he has been 

 in the business. Not so many years ago 

 retail florists used to say that it would 

 be cheaper for them if they could shut 

 up shop in summer. 



The Colorado conventionites presented 

 to President Valentine, on arrival at 

 Cincinnati, a handsome cut glass vase, 

 in testimony of their personal apprecia- 

 tion of President Valentine and the many 

 ways in which he had added pleasure to 

 their journey of 1,500 miles. 



JUST A FEW REASONS. 



There are jnany factors which may in- 

 fluence an advertiser part of the time, 

 but it is actual results which influence 

 him most of the time. 



Please stop our adv. for carnation plants, as 

 It has done its work all right. — Johnson Floral 

 Co., Kendallvllle, Ind., August 31, 1909. 



Cut out the Boston Market from my classified 

 adv. : could have sold four times as many if I 

 had had them. The Review certainly sells stock, 

 and quicker than I ever expected. — B. P. At- 

 well, Fort Dodge, la., August 30, 1909. 



Please stop our fern adv.; the orders follow 

 me Into the mountains.— C. W. Eichling, of 

 Avenue Floral Co.. of New Orleans, Waynes- 

 villc, N. C. August 30, 1909. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Greeting from Edwin Lonsdale. 



Below is a telegram from Edwin Lons- 

 dale, president of the society in 1895, 

 which should have been read at the open- 

 ing session at Cincinnati, but failed to 

 come to the seeretary's hands until after 

 the convention was over: 



Greeting: Sincerely regretting enforced ab- 

 sence from quarter-century anniversary. Heart- 

 felt desire is lierewitli e.xtended for an instruct- 

 ive and profitable meeting of the greatest organi- 

 zation ever Instituted in America, and may the 

 great work started In Cincinnati still continue 

 and increase more tBan a hundredfold within 

 the next quarter of n century. Is the earnest 

 desire of EDWIN LONSDALE. 



Registiation of Ferns. 



Public notice is hereby given that J. 

 D. Pruessner, of 1705 Avenue K, Gal- 

 veston, Tex., offers for registration the 

 plants described below. Any person ol) 

 jecting to the registration of these 

 plants, or to the use of the proposed 



names, is requested to communicate with 

 the undersigned at once. Failing to re- 

 ceive objection to the registration, the 

 same will be made three week* from this 

 date. 



Name — Nephrolepis Prueslineri. De- 

 scription — This fern originated with us 

 four years ago and is a sport from Ne- 

 phrolepis elegantissima. It is entirely 

 distinct from its parent variety. The 

 fronds are only about half aa long, but 

 very double and tripinnate in form. The 

 true character is developed by age only, 

 but extra fine specimens are grown in 4- 

 inch-pots. They will show their true 

 character in 3-inch pots, too. The fern 

 inclines to form specimens and each 

 frond presents itself as such. It be- 

 longs to the table class of ferns and loves 

 shade. . 



Name — Nephrolepis Galvestoni. De- 

 scription — This fern originated with us 

 last January among a lot of Nephrolepis 

 Pruessneri and must be a sport of that 

 variety. The fronds are very fluffy, dou- 

 ble and tripinnate in make-up, much 

 shorter than in N. Pruessneri and much 

 finer grained and fuller, resembling a 

 very curly ostrich feather. . The groove 

 running through each frond is very dis- 

 tinct. It forms useful specimens in 3- 

 inch pots. .-.The center fronds stand up, 

 others form a curve to hang, and the en- 

 tire pot is covered with them, making it 

 a very distinct character. No pot cover 

 is needed, as it hides the entire pot. It 

 is of easy culture and loves shade. 



Registration of Geranium. 



Public notice is hereby given that F. 

 H. De Witt & Co., of Wooster, "Wayne 

 county, Ohio, offer for registration the 

 plant described below. Any person ob- 

 jecting to the registration of this plant, 

 or to the use of the proposed name, is 

 requested to communicate with the un- 

 dersigned at once. Failing to receive 

 objection to the registration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this date. 



Name — Red-Wing. Description — Red- 

 Wing is a geranium plant of strong 

 growth, stocky, symmetrical. Its leaf 

 is medium size, with deep green color ; 

 smooth surface and slight zone. Makes 

 an ideal pot plant or bedder, as it stands 

 the sun well. Its flower is a deep cardi- 

 *ial red, with a velvety sheen; the floret 

 averages one and seven-eighth inches, of 

 good substance. Trusses are large and 

 verv floriferous. 



W. N. RuDD, Sec'y. 



August 27, 1909. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Business was quite fair last week, with 

 ample supplies in practically all lines 

 of stock, but August 29 was an unsea- 

 sonably cool day, followed by others that 

 were not hot, and the present week 

 opened with a flurry such as is common 

 during the active season, but seldom seen 

 in summer. The effect of the cool weather 

 was most apparent on the roses and all 

 varieties shortened up to such an extent 

 that a good many houses had to shi)> 

 orders short August 30. 



Shipping business is excellent for the 

 season and city traae has begun to show 

 slight signs of revival. It is to be ex- 

 pected that, with periodical relapses, 

 business will show improvement from this 

 time forward. 



Save for the setback occasioned by the 

 few cool days. Beauties are on the in- 

 crease. Quite a number of growers who 



