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October 14, i!,,!i. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editoe AND Manager. 



PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



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rkgisterbd cablr address, florvibw, chicago 



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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 advertisint; 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-ottice at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



litittli IJulbs .-J 



— Narcissi NatmalizeU (illus.) a 



— Ik'ddliig Tulips (illus. ) 4 



— I.ate 'i'lillp.s 5 



Chiiifse Lilies ,"> 



Lilies t'oi- Kaster '> 



The Ketail Florist— A Prize Window 



— A New Cleveland Store (illus.) 



— Uetailers' Advertisiug (Illus.) (i 



— Mums at New Orleans (i 



— A Bid for Business a 



The Seattle Kxposltlou 7 



Chrysanthemums — Seasonable Suggestions.... ,S 



— .V Vegetable Forcer's Views S 



Twii New Hydrangeas (illus. j i) 



Uosi's — s<ji 1 for Koses ] O 



— Hardy Hoses 10 



Hibiscus ]() 



Seasonable Suggestions— Sweet I'eas Jo 



— Berried Plants 11 



— I'oinsettias 11 



— Dahlias 11 



— Erica Melanthera 11 



Cattleya CTtrlna (illus.) 11 



Ferns — Spindling Ferns 12 



Illinois State Fair 12 



A New Uerauluui (illus. ^ 12 



ChrysantUemuiu Society 12 



Kansas City , , ,\ 12 



.Merely a .Suggestion /......... 13 



Wlttbold's Kdgebrook IMuce (illus. ^ 13 



New Vcirk 13 



Obituary— .Mrs. Thomas Franks .......... 14 



Amuri< an ('arnatlon Society J4 



Society of American Florists 14 



Chicago 14 



Milwaukee 20 



St. Louis 22 



Boston •>,■{ 



Buffalo 25 



Indianapolis 2)) 



Philadelphia 2V> 



Rochester 28 



Wayside Notes ?w 



Steamer SailiuKs ...........[. :>,s 



Seed Trade News 40 



— The Sltuntidu in Seeds 44 



— Onion Set s .'. . . . 44 



— Morse on Sweet Peas 4.-, 



— Dutch Dulbs ; . ; ; 4(5 



— lieneral Croj) Conditions 40 



— Rochester Seed Notes '46 



— I mports 47 



— Alfalfa Seed Crops 47 



- Catalogues Received ] 43 



Cincinnati ' ' 48 



Pacific Coast— I'ortiand, Ore..!!!.]!]]!!!!" .'-,4 



— Sau Francisco 54 



— San Francisco's Big Show. !!!!!!!!!!!!'!"' 55 

 \ egetable Forcing 55 



— Vegetable Crowers Meet ...!!!!'! 55 



-Nursery News 5g 



— Picea Nigra Pumila (illus. i ...!!!!!!!!!!! ! 56 



— Burr's .Manchester Nurseries " ' 56 



— Forestry at Blllmore 56 



Lenox, Mass 5g 



Detroit !!!!!!!!! 60 



Pittsburg 4)2 



Providence, R. I (54 



('leveland aa 



Erie, Pa !!!!!!!!!!!!!' !"" 75 



Greenhouse Heating 76 



— Capacity of Boiler !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 76 



— A Colorado Range ! ! ! ! ! 76 



— Piping Lettuce House ]]]]]!!! 70 



Denver ' _ _ 77 



.Minneapolis ]].]]]]]!!!! 78 



Dayton. Ohio ].]]]]]]]]]]]!! 78 



Palmer. Mass !!!!!]]]]]]!!! 80 



In Michigan ] ] ] ] gg 



Louisville, Ky ] 82 



Port Arthur, Te.\ " 83 



Springfield, Ohio ] ] ] ! ! 84 



New Britain, Conn ] . ] ] ] 84 



SOCIETY OF AKEBICAN FLOBINTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress March 4. '01 

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

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

 Cincinnati, C; secretary, Willis N. Budd, Mor- 

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

 burg. 



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

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; vice president, F. W. Vlck, 

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

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

 Pa. 



Annual convention, Rochester, N. Y., August 

 16 to 19. 1910. 



!ResultB bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Skimmia Japonica is a berried plant 

 which deserves more attention as a hard- 

 wooded Christmas subject. Although of 

 slow growth, it possesses great dura- 

 bility. 



Some people, who are in a position to 

 know, say that the sale for palms is not 

 what it was a few years ago; that the 

 retailers' need for kentias of the me- 

 dium and large sizes is for use in rented 

 decorations rather than for sale to his 

 customers. Be that as it may, there is 

 no surplus of good stock of fair size; 

 the big plants are hard to find. 



UNSOLICITED. 



There are many factors which may in- 

 fluence an atlvertiser part of the time, 

 but it is actual results which influence 

 him most of the time. 



Inclosed find ?1 to pay my subscription for 

 another year. The Review is a good paper, full 

 of good advertising and with plenty of practical 

 advice relative to growing plants. I have had 

 many times Its cost from each year's snbscrp- 

 tion. I am only a small country florist, but I 

 find the paper a welcome visitor. — A. H. Fason, 

 Southbrldge, .Mass., October 5, 1900. 



We could not get along without the Review; 

 our adv. in it brings us orders from all parts 

 of the country. — Addems, Morgan & Co., Pax- 

 ton, 111., October 4, 1909. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Thomas Franks. 



]Mrs. Thomas Franks, wife of the well- 

 known florist at Champaign, 111., died Oc- 

 tober 8, the funeral being held ]Monday, 

 October 11. Mr. Franks and a son, 

 George, who is well known in the trade 

 throughout Illinois, survive and have the 

 sympathy of the trade. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Section C of the Preaiium List. 



A few words regarding the new section 

 (Section C) added to our premium list 

 may not be out of place, inasmuch as it 

 may not be altogether clear to all of the 

 Review's readers. 



In section B there are separate classes 

 for each of the leading varieties, so that 

 no variety is obliged to compete with 

 other varieties. None of the new-comers 

 was included in this list, for obvious rea- 

 sons, and if one of them was aHowed to 

 compete, it had to compete in the classes 

 provided for any variety in its color, not 

 named in the list. This put the new va- 

 rieties in exactly the position which was 

 considered unjust to the older standbys. 



Now, there is no denying the fact that 

 the new varieties are the most interesting 

 part of the whole exhibition, and they 

 should be encouraged in every way pos- 

 sible. The only relief from the above 

 conditions was for the disseminator to 

 offer a special prize for his variety, which 

 was frequently done, though not always. 

 So now, in order to bring the matter 

 down to mora of a system, and to give 

 the new varieties the prominence they 

 deserve, we have made a separate section 



for them, and a separate class t . 

 variety. 



The premiums will be uniform 

 first, $4 for second, fifty bloom 

 shown, as in Section B. It is sti, 

 however, that the disseminator 11; 

 for the two premiums, and he mu- 

 to do so before his variety is inci 

 the list. This seems to us to be j). 

 just, because any man who dissenii 

 variety ought to be willing to ba< 

 to that extent the first year it is 

 market. If the variety makes g()( 

 put into Section B the next year. 



Several of the novelties of last 

 have already been put into this li 

 it is hoped that all those who si 

 varieties last year will come forwa 

 stick in their pets. 



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SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS, 



Registration of Caona. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Vaughan's Seed Store, 84 Ramlolph 

 street, Chicago, 111., offers for rcjiistra- 

 tion the plant described below. Any per- 

 son objecting to the registration or to the 

 use of the proposed name is requested to 

 communicate with the undersigned at 

 once. Failing to receive objections to the 

 registration, the same will be made three 

 weeks from this date. 



Description — Seedling ; deoj) V( Ivety 

 green foliage; very free and robust 

 grower, extra free bloomer, carrying three 

 and four perfect flower spikes at one 

 time; color, bright vermilion, with nar- 

 row golden yellow border; four toot. 

 Name — Multiflora. * 



October 8, 1909. W. N. Rudd, Sec ' y. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The weather has been the controlling 

 factor in the market since last rciiort. 

 The latter part of last week was im-ca 

 sonably warm, and it caused a deiided 

 weakening in the market. Cuts wen ac- 

 celerated to the point where roses be- 

 came almost a glut, and there amis m 

 sutficiency in practically all lines. S.iine 

 houses found themselves short of cl yt' 

 anthemums, and more had their troi. iles 

 to supply white carnations, but o'lirs 

 had a suflSciency of both these its nis. 

 Sunday was not a pleasant day, and 'iiii< 

 always has an effect on Monday's b 'si- 

 ness, the city buyers who stock uji 1"' 

 Sunday failing to clear out. Follov ng 

 the storm of Sunday night the tenii' 

 ture went down as far below normal 

 was above that mark last week. Tli' 

 suit was a checking of both produc 

 and demand, the latter fully as muc 

 the former, but the general feelin. 

 that the cooler weather is greatly ti '• 

 preferred to a temperature of 76 deg' • 

 such as was recorded October 9. ^\ '' 

 the business was inactive at the bc- '• 

 ning of this week, the sentiment is ' 

 continued cold weather will bring || 

 early revival, which will put things b ■[ 

 on the extremely satisfactory basis f 

 two weeks ago. 



While the change in weather " ' 

 checked production all along the I ' • 

 there is yet no shortage of roses. Be; ' 

 ties are not as abundant as they w<' ; • 

 but the arrival of chrysanthemums :" 

 quantity has had its usual effect "I"" 

 the call for long Beauties, and these i'le 

 slower sale than the medium and shcit 

 grades. Biehmond in all lengths has been 

 slower sale than other roses, but it '^ 



