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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



SKl'TKMItKK 0, 1000. 



I licy iii;iy he [ihiiiycd. 1ml aiaucaii.MS 

 slioiiJil always Ijl' plunged, to avoid tlic 

 risk of losing them when taken up in tlie 

 fall. 



Propagation of Stock. 



We aif inclined tn tiiink llie title of 

 tills paper ^varrants a few words being 

 said al)out the jiropagation of these bed- 

 ding plants. While we still propagate 

 alternantheras in August, we find that 

 they root equally well in December and 

 .lauuary and make fully as good plants. 

 For geraniums, we prefer the September 

 or October cuttings. These are ])Ut into 

 Hats of sand, watered well and then set 

 in the full sunlight, where they remain 

 until the san<l is quite <lrv before receiv- 

 ing inoic ^vater. AVith this treatment, we 

 eount on from (Ughty to ninety per cent 

 rooting. They are potte<l as soon as well 

 rooted in 2 ineh pots and shifted as they 

 need it. 



<.'ann;i roots are ciif up from .lauuary 

 -~> to I-'ebiiiary 1.") and stai'teil iu sand. 

 These we liud make strong 4-inch pot 

 jdants foi' b(>ddiug. Dahlias are cut up 

 ami put in sand about February 20 and 

 from this st;irt we tiike cuttings. And 

 just a word about these cuttings. We ar(» 

 careful to take the cutting (df Just below 

 the joint, as they then make tubers, 

 uliereas, if the cut is in.ade bef\veen the 

 joints, we find many refu.se to make more 

 than fibrous roots. 



In (dosing, let me urge strongly the 

 use of (iruss an Teplitz rose. It is a 

 never failing source of beauty in jnirk 

 work. With strong, vigorous plants 

 ready to break iiito llower as soon as 

 planted, they continue blooming through 

 sun.shine and rain, their beautifid, dark, 

 \(dvety llowcrs ;il\v;iys smiling a welcome 

 to each visitor w ho comes. 



^ BOSTON. 



The Market 



With the I'etni'u of ^■ac,•ltio7lists to tlu> 

 <'ity Jrom muuntaiu and si-ashore a little 

 more life has been galvanized into the 

 flower business, but arrivals, especially of 

 outdoor stock, are more th.'in can be as- 

 si?nilated. Asters continue to arrive in 

 multitudes and of such line quality that 

 it seeiMs a thousand pities they have to 

 be sold at such unprofitable prices; ruling 

 rates are iM cents to ot) cents per hun- 

 dred, some extra fine making 75 cents to 

 •*1. (iiadioli continue .abundant, the (diief 

 call being for the white shades. Sweet 

 peas are getting poor and do not sell as 

 well as they did. The outdoor crop is 

 nearing the end, but the new indoor croji 

 from some growers will be coming in lie 

 fore we see the hast of them, sweet peas 

 being a year around crop now. 



(!oo(l white roses are r.ather scarce and 

 sell well. Beauties are imjuoving ancl 

 the cooler w(>;ither h;is somewiiat reduced 

 the supply of small, worthless flowers of 

 other varieties. Quite a few carnations 

 arc coming in. but stems are short yet. 

 Prices vary from .$1.50 to $2 per linn 

 dred. Cattleyas and gardenias each re 

 main scarce. Lilium longiflorum and \j. 

 speciosum are both i)lentiful. Tuberoses 

 are in oversujijily, also cosmos and dah- 

 lias. Lily of the valley continues to meet 

 with a steady call. Quite a variety of 

 outdoor fall flowers are seen, but the de 

 maml for any of these is limited. 



At Horticultural Hall. 



ilorticultural hall was given over to 

 the collections of fruits, (lowers and vege- 

 tabli\s from children "s homes ami schotd 

 gar<lens S(>ptember 4 and ■">, there 1>eing 



an interesting ami extensive display, in 

 spite of the dry weather. A novel and 

 attractive feature was arranged in the 

 center of the main hall to show how a 

 small home lot can be tastefully laid out 

 and planted with comparatively little or 

 lU) expense. The ])lot was 3(*x40, one 

 fourth being occupied by the house. 

 There were flowers along the fence boun- 

 daries and about the house. There was 

 a .small but neat vegetable garden and 

 grass covered the front and most of the 

 side lawn. The house was further beauti 

 fied with window-boxes. All vegetables 

 and flowers had been grown in boxes or 

 pots and were transplanted so as to look 

 as fresh and natural iis possible. Fvery 

 thing .about the house itself was simple 

 .and easy to care for. Mrs. K. G. Shaw 

 and Miss Bradley were the originators 

 of this unique and pleasing feature. 



The Boston Park Department contrib- 

 uted a nice collection of shrubs in fruit 



The Kdltor Is pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subject treated in 



mm 



As experience Is the best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchanee of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brousht out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmaDBhip. spelling and 

 grammar, thouKb desirable, are not 

 necessary. Write as you would talk 

 when doing your best. 



WK SHALL BE GLAD 

 TO HEAR FROM TOU 



.and K. tV .1. l'an)uiiar i.V (d.. be<ls of 

 hardy lilies. 



Variouf Notes. 



So great is the demand for space at 

 the coming New England fruit show tliat 

 it has been found necessary to limit many 

 exhibits. Ilorticultural hall being found 

 (juite iuadecjuate to accommodate the 

 promised exhibits. 



A Large atteudiiuce at the (iardeners' 

 and Florists' Club's field day at the Bay 

 State Xur.series, North Abington, Sep 

 tendier 11, is assured. The party will 

 leave lioston (South Station) on the 

 12:4.'? train, arriving at North Abington 

 at 1:20. Dinner will be served imme 

 diately on arrival, after which the tmrs 

 cries will be inspected. Ladies are espe 

 cially invited to attend. 



Peirce Bros., of W.altham, are finishing 

 a new .'?()() foot house, to be used for pot 

 l>lants. 



.lames Tubs, of South Siulbnry, is 

 semling in sonu' fine Fair Maid and En- 

 chantress carnations to the nmrket at 

 present. 



A. K. Ilutson, W. H. Elliott's geni.al 

 salesman, returned August ."^l from a six 

 weeks' trip to Canada and Alaska. He 

 went as i'.ar as the Yukon Pass ami 



s|>eaks enthusiastically of the magnifi- 

 cence of the Alaskan flora, lie says vege- 

 tables and garden flowers of fine (juality 

 were seen at many places in Alaska. Mr. 

 Ilutson secured numerous photographs, 

 which he hopes to use in lantern slides 

 when developed. 



11. H. Rogers, of South Sudbury, is 

 l)icking a fine crop of carnations from 

 his new house. lie has the finest long 

 stemmed white aster.s seen in the market, 

 24-inch stems being the average. 



J. W. Duncan returned Sejiteud)er 1 

 from his western trip. San Francisco, 

 Los Angeles, Pasadena, Salt Lake City, 

 Omaha and Colorado Springs were vis- 

 ited among other places on the return 

 journey. lie will describe some of the 

 things seen at the clul> meeting Septem- 

 ber 21. 



Among visitors last week were .T. C. 

 Vanghan, Chicago, and II. 11. Battles, 

 Philadelphia. 



September has so far proved unusually 

 cool ; temperatures near freezing were re- 

 corded in the first few days. ^Ve still 

 require a lot of additional precipitation 

 to thoroughly soak the ground. 



W. N. Craig. • 



TOLEDO, OHIO. 



Club Visits Keller's. 



The Toledo Florists' Club, on invita- 

 tion of T. N. Keller, on the bay shore, 

 l)aid a visit to his ])lace last .Sumlay aft- 

 ernoon, September 5, and had an interest- 

 ing time sight-seeing. While Mr. Keller 

 has but one house of carnations and one 

 of sweet peas, he produces possibly more 

 outside cut flowers than anybody in this 

 neighborhood. The asters seem to be 

 about done ami quite a bit of di.sease 

 nmde the crop rather snmll. Mr. Keller's 

 two sons, who stay with him at the home 

 place, are largely interested in market 

 gardening, especially in asparagus, of 

 which they have a number of acres, also 

 cauliflower and, last but not least, onions. 

 Of the latter they produce nuistly pickling 

 sizes and sets. In their well ventilated 

 storehouse they have thousands of bush- 

 els of both sizes ]iartly ready for market 

 .ami ))artly awaiting the ])lanting season 

 next sjiring. ISIr. Keller owns on« of the 

 prettiest places along the ^laumee l)ay, 

 and a view from his beach through a jtair 

 of good glasses is a jucture not soon for- 

 got ten. 



Mr. Keller was kin<l enough to invite 

 the Florists' Club to have its lU'xt year's 

 picnic on his beach and if the writer 

 knows anything about it they will go. 



After inspecting the fields the party 

 was piloted to the house, where Mrs. 

 Keller and her daughter served luncheon. 

 A ummimous vote of thanks partly p.aid 

 them for their labor, after which one of 

 the sons conveyed the entire party to the 

 end of the Tronville car lim>. Everybody 

 enjoyed the tri|i. The writer got so home- 

 sick for fh(^ water that he went out to 

 Niles l)each next 'lay and caught .about 

 100 lake i)erch. " E. A. K. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The Market. 



liusiness. on the whole, is fair, with 

 funeral work good, .\sters are plentiful 

 just now; they are the hate ones. The 

 flowers are firm ami the stems are long; 

 ?>^) cents per dozen, retail, is the juace. 



A few carnation.s are to be seen; these 

 are of fair (|uality and bring :','> cents 

 l>er dozen. Koses are good, though some 

 of the stems are rather short; .$1 .and 



