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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decbmbbb 7, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



630-560 Caxton Building, 

 508 South Dearborn St., Chicago. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. 



bkqistekbd cable addresfl, flobview, ohioaoo 



New York Office: 



1310 Forty-Ninth St Brooklyn. N. Y. 



Telephone. 2632 W. Borougli i ark. 

 J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



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

 To Kurope, $2.50. 



AdvertlslDK rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



AdTertlsoments must reach us by 6 p. ni. Tuesday, 

 to Insure insertion in the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

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

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ASVEBTISEBS, PAGE 110. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 19 



— To Keep the Windows Clear 19 



— Decorating in Texas (lllus.) 19 



— Reports of Decorations 19 



— A Thanksgiving Decoration (lllus.) 20 



— The Stork Design (lllus.) 20 



— A Fuzzy Story 20 



— TaMe Design of Single Chrysanthemums 



(lllus.) 21 



Bulbs for Easter 21 



Violets— Worms Destroying Violets 21 



— Gas on Violets 21 



Chrysanthemums — Mums in England 22 



— Mum Mrs. Hay ward (lllus. ) 22 



— Late White and Yellow 22 



— Propagating 22 



— A Soft Grower 23 



— Chrysanthemum Society 23 



— Mums In South Carolina (lllus.) 23 



Cannas at Spencer, Ind. (lllus.) 23 



Carnations — Propagating 24 



— Watering Carnations 24 



— Use of Chicken Manure 24 



— Spraying in Afternoon 25 



— Strong Plants but Few Buds 25 



— Stem-rot 25 



— Carnation Rainbow (illus. ) 25 



— That Calyx Support 25 



Roses — Eradicating Mildew 26 



— Trouble With Bride Roses 26 



— Richmond and Rhea Reid 26 



— Hot Water Heat for Roses 26 



— Hardy Roses 26 



Peonies— The Peony "Boom" 26 



Seasons hie Suggestions — Genistas 27 



— Christmas Azaleas 27 



— Lilies 27 



— Dutch Bulbous Stock .........'..'.'.'.'..'.['.'. 27 



— Amaryllis 27 



Forcing the Best Lilacs ......'.'.'.'." ^ 



H. R. Fisher (portrait) 28 



Publications Received 28 



Cincinnati 29 



Dayton, O !!!!!!!]!.' 29 



Boston 29 



Scranton ........'...,'....... 30 



Washington ....*.'". 30 



Denver, Colo 31 



Obituary 31 



Denver to Have Show in 1912..!!.!!!;!."" 32 



Chlpiiso g2 



Providence ! ^f^ 



Toronto on 



Philadelphia !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 40 



New York 43 



Rochester !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 48 



Vegetable Forcing — Parslev !!!!!! 50 



MIddlPtown. N. Y 50 



New Castle. Ind ',', 50 



Grand Rapids, Mich ! . . . .^8 



Milwaukee 59 



St. Louis ! ! 60 



Steamer Sellings ! ! ! 64 



Seed Trade News ! . 66 



— Those Fine Free Seeds 66 



— Valley Pips 6R 



— Japanese Bulb Exports 70 



Pacific Coast — Los Angeles, Cal 72 



— Victoria, B, C 72 



— Portland, Ore 73 



— San Francisco 7,3 



— California Field-Grown Roses 74 



Nursery News 76 



Pittsburgh, Pa 76 



Brandywlne Summit, Pa 78 



The Western Association 82 



Baltimore 84 



Society of American Florists !!!!!!!! 86 



New Bedford. Mass 88 



Evansvllle, Ind 90 



Greenhouse Heating 102 



Detroit 104 



Bowling ! 106 



Columbus, O 108 



Newburgh, N. Y 108 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAK FLOBUTS. 



Incorporated bj Act of Congrera, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: Presiaent, Georee Aamui, 

 Oilcage; vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md. ; secretary, H. B. Dorner, Orbana, 

 111.; treasurer, W. F. KastlBg, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1912: President, B. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md.; rlce-presidsnt, August Poehl- 

 imann, Morton Grore, 111. ; secreta^ John Young, 

 Bedford HUls, N. X.; treasurer, W. F. Kastlng, 

 Buffalo, N. T. 



Annual ccAveatloa, Cbicag*, 111., Aagust 2$ to 

 23. 1912. 



Besulta bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



The country over the Thanksgiving 

 turkey appears to have called for un- 

 usually large numbers of flowers. 



While some of the big cities may 

 have, for the present, about all the cut 

 flowers they need as a regular thing, it 

 is not by any means true of the country 

 at large. The use of flowers is increasing 

 faster than ever. 



If all the growers succeed in their 

 efforts to get a full crop of roses for 

 Christmas, will there be the usual glutted 

 market in the early days of the new 

 year and a great scarcity in late Janu- 

 ary and February? 



Lycopodium, except in wreathing, cer- 

 tainly is scarce, but the demand has been 

 considerably reduced by the high prices 

 of the laat two years and general recog- 

 nition of the fact that greefl is not likely 

 ever again to sell at old time low prices. 



It is worth while bearing in mind that 

 in practically all the big wholesale cut 

 flower centers, the great bulk of the car- 

 nations are this season either white or 

 light pink. Dark pink and red are to be 

 had in only a small fraction of the quan- 

 tities of the light colors. 



If J. K., who dates his letter Newark, 

 N. J., November 27, and N. Y. E., who 

 dated his letter at !New York, but posted 

 it at Philadelphia, November 28, will 

 send their full names and addresses, the 

 inquiries will be answered promptly. 

 Anonymous inquiries cannot receive at- 

 tention. Full names never are published' 

 in replying to those who seek informa- 

 tion, but must accompany the inquiry in 

 every case. 



BUSY TIME COMINa. 



The man who looks ahead and pre- 

 pares for the future is the one who is 

 ready for the rush when it comes: 



We enclose our check for $2 for our sub- 

 scription to The Review from January 1, 

 1912, to January 1, 1914. We are paying 

 it now so that we will not forget It in the 

 rush at the new year. — Poole & Purllant, 

 Winchester, Ky., November 27, 1911. 



DENVER TO HAVE SHOW IN 1912, 



Denver is to have a flower show No- 

 vember 11 to 16, 1912, under the 

 auspices of the Colorado Morists' Club. 



A guarantee fund of $5,000 has al- 

 ready been subscribed by the florists 

 alone. 



I am sending you this communication 

 so that all the growers of the country 

 may know that the premium list will 

 include a special open class for the 

 largest chrysanthemum plant in the 

 show, without restriction as to variety, 

 and in this class the first prize will be 

 $100; second,- $75; third, $50. 



So far as I know, these are the most 

 liberal premiums of the sort ever of- 

 fered in this country, and they ought 

 to bring out a lot of entries from all 

 over the country. 



J. A. Valentine, Chairman. 



The use of boxwood for Christmas 

 this year will be much more general than 

 in any previous 'season. Boxwood and 

 ruscus are two of the articles all the 

 stores are ordering. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Eeview $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



HOW ABOUT YOUR SURPLUS? 



There is hardly anything in the way 



of surplus stock that will not find a 



ready buyer if offered in the Classified 



department of The Eeview. 



You may discontinue our advertisement of 

 chrysanthemum stock plants, as we are sold out. 

 We want to thank you for the prompt returns 

 for our surplus stock. — Scharff Bros., van Wert, 

 0., December 1, 1911. 



doubij: page spreads. 



Four double page spreads in last 

 week's Eeview, four in this. Those who 

 prefer the center position should make 

 their reservations in advance. About 

 half the issues for the next year still 

 are open to those who speak early. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Following the Thanksgiving holiday 

 it was necessary for most of the whole- 

 salers to do more or less cleaning up at 

 sacrifice prices; those who did not 

 have this work to do were the ones 

 who had seen the early signs of what 

 was going to happen in the carnation 

 market and who had put the knife in 

 prices before the holiday demand had 

 entirely subsided. No great quantities 

 of stock were left on hand except car- 

 nations, practically everyone being 

 stuck on white, with many also over- 

 loaded on Enchantress. It was the old 

 story of not being able to get enough 

 stock for the demand two or three days 

 in advance of the holiday and being 

 engulfed after the shipping orders were 

 out. 



After the accumulated carnations 

 had been cleaned up at low prices the 

 market stiffened and the close of the 

 week found things back at about the- 

 same point at which the week opened. 

 The present week began with only mod- 

 erate supplies and a fairly well main- 

 tained market. Bright weather is do- 

 ing much for the crops, but the effect 

 does not yet show in increased receipts. 

 Carnations, while fairly plentiful, are 

 bringing normal December values, and 

 roses are not in excess of the demand. 

 Some new crops coming on have in- 

 creased the available quantity of short 

 stems, but not enough to lower the 

 price. A large part of the stock now 

 being cut is the extra long grade and 

 of exceptionally fine quality. Killar- 

 ney, of course, holds the first place, but 

 White Killarney also is selling well, 

 the longer stems especially so in com- 

 parison with what they were doing 

 last season. The season of demand for 

 Eichmond has arrived. !Maryland is 

 less plentiful and the novelties cut lit- 

 tle figure, as the supply is not large 

 enough to permit taking care of more 

 than a few customers. !M!r8. Ward is 

 especially in demand. 



Chrysanthemums have practically 

 ended, though a few stragglers doubt- 

 less will be seen all through the month. 

 The pompons have gone, all except the 



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