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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Decembeb 14, 1011. 



INDKX TO ADVEBTISBRS. PAGE 93. 1 



CONTENTS. 



Christmas 29 



— Baskets of Plants (Illus. ) 29 



— Christmas Cut Flowers 29 



— Centerpiece of Polusettlas (lUus. ) 'iO 



— Tolling the Story :J0 



— Baskets of Greens (lUus.) ."U 



— Temperature for Store HI 



— The Christmas Greens 31 



— Christmas Trees 32 



— The Store Window (illus. ) 33 



— Vapor on Store Windows 33 



— Christmas Cemetery Wreaths (Illus.) 34 



— Storage of Ferns 34 



— Dont's for Florists 35 



— Catching" the Attention 35 



— Novelties Now Wanted 35 



Preparing Cut Polnsettlas 35 



Wilting of Cut Polnsettias 35 



To Destroy Moles 35 



National Flower Show 30 



The Coming Detroit Show 30 



A Mexlean Jar and Mixed Plants (illus.) 30 



Storing Dahlia Rinjts 30 



KUlarneys In Gold Basket (illus.) 37 



Another Concrete Bench 37 



Red Carnations In Japanese Basket (Illus.).. 37 



(ieraniuins — Seasonable Notes 38 



Seasonable Suggestions 38 



— Polnsettlas 38 



— Lorraine Begonias 38 



— Spiraea Japonlca 39 



— Rambler Roses 39 



— Euphorbia Jaequtnioeflora 39 



— Ten Weeks Stocks 39 



— Dutch Hyacinths 39 



— Ixlas 40 



— Protecting Bulb Beds 40 



Two Good Wavs of Filling the Same Basket 



(illus.) 39 



Scatter Tall Baskets Among the Wide Ones 



(lllus.> ;. 40 



lilies for Easter 40 



Chrysanthemums 41 



— Mum Mrs. Harry Turner (illus.) 41 



— Commercial Mums 41 



— Plant F'apworth Early 42 



— Twelve Good Singles 42 



Polnsettlas, Cvclamens, Farlevense, Dracrcnas 



(illus.) 42 



Hydrocyanic Acid Gas 42 



Polnsettlas and Romans in Inexpensive 



Baskets (Illus.) 43 



Good Examples of Plant Arrangements to 



Sell at Moderate Prices (illus.) 43 



Reappraisements 43 



The Hannah Store (Illus. ) 44 



Prlranla Kewensis 44 



The White Delphinium ." 44 



Swnn's Place (Illus.) 45 



In Mountain's Shadow (illus.) . .• 45 



Violets 45 



—Name of Violet 45 



Orchids — Seasonable Notes 46 



Carnation Bonfire (Illus.) 47 



Blasting Buds 47 



Cincinnati 4f 



Chicago Club Meeting 47 



Milwaukee 48 



New York 48 



Joseph A. Manda (portrait) 49 



Obituary 50 



— Frederick A. Seidlich, Jr. (portrait) 50 



— Arthur G. Greatrex 50 



— R. S. Tabb 50 



— Anthon.v Schramm 50 



News. Notes and Comments 51 



Appreciation for Mr. Esler 52 



Chicago .52 



Philadelphia 58 



Boston 62 



Prompt Returns 68 



Vegetable Forcing 70 



— Rot on Lettuce 70 



— Snails and Moles 70 



Washington 70 



St. Louis 74 



Fall River. Mass 76 



Pittsburgh 77 



Providence 79 



!5eed Trade News 84 



— New British Disclaimer 88 



— Don't All Speak nt Once 90 



— Exports of Lily Bnlbs 90 



— Government Seed Testing 90 



— Valley Pips 91 



— Imports from Holland 92 



Nursery News 98 



— Nurseryman Asks Isabel Law 98 



New Yorkers to Organize 99 



Pacific Coast 100 



— Seattle 100 



— This Department Pays 101 



— Portland. Ore 101 



— San Francisco. Cal 101 



— Roses In California 102 



Cleveland 108 



Detroit .'. lie 



Montreal. Can 1J4 



Indianapolis iiR 



BowUniT — At Cleveland 118 



— At New York 118 



— At Rutherford. N. J 122 



Greenhouso Heating 122 



— Operation of Gate Valves 122 



— Connecting Expansion Tank 123 



Brampton. Ont | 124 



Yonkcrs. N. Y 126 



Cost of Water 128 



Rochester'Jl 1 30 



Got Too Jinny Orders i 132 



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Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: President, Georce Aamua, 

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

 Marsh, Md.; secretary, H. B. Dorner, Urban*, 

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



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

 White Marsh, Md.; rice-president, August Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111.; secretai^ John Yoong, 

 Bedford HUls, N. Y.; treasurer, W. F. Kasting, 

 BulTalo, N. Y. 



Annual convemtlOB, Chicago, III., Aognat'aO to 

 23, 1912. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Will all the rose growers plant Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward next season f It looks that 

 way now. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

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

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



Trade has fallen off since Thanks- 

 giving, but it is not a reason for fear- 

 ing that it will not come up to previous 

 Christmas or December records. Turn 

 back in your books, or your thoughts, 

 to last year, aiid other years, and you 

 will find that business never is rushing 

 in the first three weeks of December. 



The better pompon chrysanthemums 

 have made a marked advance in popu- 

 larity this season, having sold well all 

 through November and been in especial 

 request for Thanksgiving. Of the whites, 

 Diana was the best seller, and of the 

 yellows, Klondyke. No pink has yet 

 been found that would travel in the 

 same class with these two. 



At the meeting of the Florists' Club 

 of Philadelphia December 5, Secretary 

 David Rust read a paper on the history 

 of the organization, now 25 years old, 

 going so into detail that his manuscript 

 ran tp 8,000 words, equivalent to about 

 fourteen columns of The Review. The 

 club's records, including the papers read 

 at its meetings, constitute a splendid 

 history of the development of floriculture 

 in America. 



^ Phoenix Roebei>^^ii has proved to be 

 'iadmirably adapted to the conditions un- 

 der which Louisiana groweft operate. In 

 the vicinity of New Orleans it can be 

 grown in the open to good salable' sizes 

 in two to three years, and stocks have 



f)een workeifl up to the point where at 

 east one grower figures on producing all 

 the seed ho will need in future. With 

 him the imported seeds germinate only 

 about fifty per cent. 



APPRECIATION FOB MB. ESLEB. 



As an aftermath of the report of the 

 chairman of the tariff and legislative 

 committee of the Society of American 

 Florists, we would add our appreciation 

 of the work which Mr. Esler did for us 

 personally. We were among the vic- 

 tims of the unsatisfactory deliveries of 

 tne express companies and, as. individ- 

 uals, were unable to get satisfaction. 

 We appealed to Mr. Esler and, -thanks 

 to his interest and indefatigable efforts 

 backed by the Society of American 

 Florists, we gained our point. This 

 shows two things clearly and emphat- 

 ically: first, the great value of united 

 action ahd pulling together, as under 

 the patronage of a society like the 

 American Florists, and, second, officer- 

 ing any society with the right men in 

 the right place. To spare Mr. Esler 's 

 blushes we will let you make the infer- 

 ence here. Benjamin Dorrance. 



THEN IT'S INDISPENSABLE. 



It is a pleasure to the Editor that 

 a great many people have tried, in 

 renewing subscriptions, to tell how un- 

 handy it would be to get along without 

 The Review. Here's a new way of 

 putting it: 



As tiie year 1011 draws to an end, I enclose $1 

 for The Review for 1912. I value every issue of 

 it as necessary to the florist as are sunshine and 

 water to the plants he grows. — Michael Mendel, 

 St. Paul, Minn., December 5, 1911. 



CHICAQO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Conditions since Thanksgiving have 

 been dispiriting and the Christmas at- 

 mosphere is lacking. It probably is 

 true that every December may be ex- 

 pected to develop a calm before the 

 storm of holiday business, but this 

 year it has been more trying than usual 

 because of weather conditions. The 

 temperature has been running .much 

 above the normal and for several days 

 last week there was an unusual dura- 

 tion of bright sun. This has been fol- 

 lowed l)V. dark weather, but there has 

 not yet Been any fall in temperature 

 that was worth speaking about. The 

 warmth and the sun combined to bring 

 in an unusual supply of flowers, includ- 

 ing practically all the important items, 

 and, since demand was light, the mar- 

 4cet became weak, presenting the some- 

 what unusual spectacle of retailers 

 and wholesalers being all down in the 

 mouth at the same time. Usually 

 "what is one man's meat is another 

 man's poison," and when supplies are 

 too large to suit the wholesaler the 

 retailer is happy. 



The increase in the supply of Beau- 

 ties has not been great, but there have 

 been enough of the long stems to meet 

 every demand. Medium and short 

 Beauties continue scarce. Cattleyas 

 have shown only a moderate increase 

 in supply. A few fancy Tnanse are 

 coming in, but the bulk of the supply 

 is Percivaliana, the total being all that 

 has been required. Practically every- 

 thing else has come in heavily, so that 

 the supply has been in excess of the 

 market requirements. While the bal- 

 ance "between supply and demand has 

 been poorly maintained, the tendency 

 has been to hold prices fairly stiff, 

 "for next week is Christmas." The 

 fact is that Christmas does not come 

 until week after next and the Christ- 



