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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Sbptembbb 16, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS* REVIEW 



Q. L. GRANT, Editoe and Manager. 



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Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

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 March 3. 1879. 



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INDEX TO ASVEBTISERB, FAGE 78. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 7 



— The Floral Urn (Ulus.) 7 



— Crooked Gladiolus Stems 7 



Gladioli as a Winter Crop 7 



Outdoor Lilium Auratum 7 



Seedlings Damp Off 8 



Chrysantlienmms 8 



— Seasonable Suggestions 8 



Beautify Business Buildings (Ulus.) 9 



Civic Improvement 9 



Carnations 10 



— Good Sorts for a Start 10 



— ^ Feeding Benched Plants 10 



— Holding over Stock Plants 10 



The Godfrey Calla 10 



Sweet Peas 10 



— Strings for Sweet Peas 10 



— Soaking Sweet Pea Seed ii 



George GIbbs (portrait) 11 



Stocks do not Flower n 



Propagation of Stocks 11 



Stocks not Blooming 11 



Primula Foliage Dies 12 



Seasonable Suggestions 12 



— Freesias 12 



— Lilium Harrlsii 12 



— Pansies 12 



— Polnsettlas 12 



— Stevias 12 



— Peonies 12 



— Irises " '. 12 



Hanimonton Dahlia Growers (iilus.) .'..'.' 13 



— William F. Bassett (portrait) 13 



— C. A. Wood (portrait) 13 



— .T. M Bassett's New Farm (Ulus.) 13 



Boston 14 



To Ripen Spreiigerl Seed .'.'.".*.'.'.".' 14 



'n^^lnnati 16 



V.'lksfpst Displays (Ulus.) 15 



St. ' 'iiils 18 



I'lttsbms !!.!"!.'!!.' 16 



Detroit 17 



Lenox, Mas>. ... .'.'.'.'.'.".'. 17 



Business and Otlii \' ,(•> ..'.'.'. 17 



The Reader's View Counts !!.".!..'.'.' 18 



Crensot'- in Gieenlior- .-s . ". 18 



Stopping I..eaks In (.i:tti'rs ..."..'.' 18 



The Peony Flower Mu-k -t " "" 18 



Chicago 18 



Washington .".'.'.'.'.*.'." 2.'{ 



Philadelpiiia ..!..!.'. 24 



New York !!..!!!!! 2G 



Buffalo ".!!!'.'!! 2S 



Dayton, O 29 



Iniiisvlile .'.'...'..'. 30 



New Orleans '...'.".'.'.'. :W 



Steamer Sailings ...!...'..' 38 



Seed Trade News .".'.'.*.' 40 



— fJernan Grass Seed Report .".'.'.."..'. 40 



— Imports _" ' " ' ' 40 



— French Bulbs ......'.'.'.'..'. 41 



— Great Crops .Xssnred .".'.".' 41 



— Catalojrups Received .!"...'. .48 



— Tlie Production of Seeds ...'.'.'.' 42 



Indianapolis 48 



Vegetable Forcing '.*.!!'.'. 47 



— Mushrooms '.". 47 



Pacific Coast .'..'.'.".'.' 4S 



— Portland, Ore !...!..'.' 48 



— San Francisco, Cal '.!.'.'.! 48 



New Bedford, Mass '.*.*..',.'.'. 49 



Nursery News .'.'!.".'! 54 



— A Millionaire Nurseryman !!!!'.!." 54 



Bar Harbor, Me ...'..'.'.' P4 



Providence '.".'.'..".".'.'. 58 



Maggots on Asters ...."!..* ."iS 



Orange, N. J ..".'..' 60 



Baltimore *.'.'*. gg 



Greenhouse Heating 70 



— Coal Strike Ended .■.".■.■ 70 



— GsH or Coal for Fuel " ' 70 



— Fffcot of Added Pressure " ' j 70 



— Piping In Pennsylvania \]\ 72 



— In the Canadian Northwest .',,', 72 



Milwaukee 74 



Salt* Lake City, Utah 76 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLORISTS. 



INOOBPOBATED BY AOT OF CONOBESB, MABOH 4, '01 



Officers for 1910: President, F. R. Pierson, Tarry- 

 town, N. Y.; vice-president, F. W. Vlck. Rochester, 

 N. Y.; secretary. H. B. Dorner, Urbana. 111.; treas- 

 urer. W. F. Kastlng, Buffalo. N. Y. 



Special convention and National Flower Show 

 Boston, Mass.. March 26 to April 1. 1911. 



Annual convention, Baltimore. Md.. August 16 to 

 18, 1911. 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



Take a look at the Want Ad pages. 

 There are some good opportunities there 

 — every week. 



Everyone in the trade regrets that 

 the Mayor of Detroit failed of renomina- 

 tion at this week's primaries. 



Charles D. Russell, an attorney at 

 Blakely, Ga., is preparing to exploit 

 for a client "a permanently black rose." 



The season for parades of decorated 

 automobiles has again arrived. Do all 

 of this work you can, but don't take it 

 too cheaply; it costs considerable money 

 to decorate creditably so large an object 

 as an auto. 



THE SEADEB'S VIEW COUNTS. 



The best indication of a publication 's 

 value to advertisers, aside from the re- 

 turns from the use of space, is the 

 interest the publication holds for its 

 readers: 



Enclosed is $1 for a year's subscription to 

 The Review. Thought I could get along read- 

 ing my partner's copy, but we both find so much 

 Interesting reading matter that we both want It 

 to read the same evenings, so It's a case of 

 get two copies. Please start me with the 

 Convention Number. May you live long, and 

 .vour publication live forever. — W. T. Packard 

 Pittsburg, Kan., August 26, 1010. 



CREOSOTE IN OBEENHOUSES. 



We wish to know something about the 

 use of creosote, or Carbolinium, in 

 greenhouse material. Will wood for 

 benches, gutters and bars, soaked in 

 creosote, last longer than without it 

 and will the creosote cause injury to 

 the plants inside? B. M. G. C. 



I would not advise the use of creo- 

 sote in greenhouse material under any 

 circumstances. Although it will un- 

 doubtedly lengthen the life of the tim- 

 ber used in the construction, the gases 

 arising from the volatile oils in the 

 creosote are deadly to plants. Concerns 

 which have tried the experiment have 

 been put to the expense of removing 

 from the house every board which had 

 been so treated, before they could satis- 

 factorily grow carnations or roses. I 

 should expect that lettuce would be as 

 much affected as are carnations and 

 roses. L. C. C. 



STOPPING LEAKS IN GUTTEES. 



What is a good way to stop a leak 

 in a three-piece wooden gutter? It 

 leaks at the splice and also at some 

 places where the side pieces are nailed 

 to the bottom piece. The gutter is not 

 old. C. B. 



There are various ways of stopping 

 leaks in wooden gutters. If there are 

 large openings, it will be well to calk 

 them with oakum which has been 

 dipped in white lead. Small cracks can 

 often be closed by filling them with 

 putty in which about twenty per cent 

 of white lead has beeu worked. In all 



cases the gutter should be painted 

 while dry. 



It is often possible, when gutters are 

 decayed at the joints, to repair them 

 by covering the decayed portions with 

 galvanized sheet iron, after stopping 

 the openings as far as possible with 

 putty and paint. 



THE PEONY-FLOWEE MAEKET. 



I should like to know the present 

 condition of the wholesale market for 

 the peony flower. Is it fully stocked, 

 or is there chance for a new grower to 

 sell his flowers, next spring, by the 

 thousand lots to flower dealers, or get 

 them sold in such quantities by com- 

 mission merchants? Also, is it likely 

 that the profit per acre accruing to the 

 grower of the flowers would much ex- 

 ceed that from a similar sized crop of 

 tomatoes or potatoes, and if so, what 

 might the excess be? P. 0. 



This inquiry comes from the south- 

 east, where the crop might reasonably 

 be said to be sure to make the market 

 before Memorial day. That there will 

 be a profitable sale for all stock that 

 reaches the market in prime condition 

 goes without saying, though if the 

 grower does not know his business he 

 may fail to turn a profit. As to how 

 the profit would compare with the 

 profit from the same area devoted to 

 truck crops, perhaps some reader can 

 speak from experience. The space is 

 available for publication of any in- 

 formation on the subject. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There was a lull in the market the 

 latter part of last week, with prac- 

 tically all the staple lines somewhat in 

 oversupply. Roses were particularly 

 abundant. This week opened with the 

 first taste of fall weather and its effect 

 was early apparent in the market. Sup- 

 plies of stock were considerably re- 

 duced and there was a corresponding 

 increase in the demand, resulting in a 

 busy Monday. Tuesday and Wednes- 

 day almost always show a reduction as 

 compared with Monday's sales, but it 

 is now thought the market has made 

 the turn into the real flower selling 

 season. It is noticeable that the call 

 for stock is no longer so largely for 

 funeral purposes, but that flowers for 

 social activities are called for. 



The special feature is the waning 

 aster season. It has not been a good 

 .vear for the growers of this flower. 

 Weather conditions delayed the crop, 

 and now the weather is charged with 

 its early passing. The heavy storms 

 are no doubt largely responsible for 

 the condition of much of the stock now 

 coming in. There are extremely few 

 asters which really can be called good, 

 and these few are quickly taken out of 

 the market; usually they are set aside 

 on arrival, for shipment on orders al- 

 ready booked. There is considerable 

 waste of the low grade asters in spite 

 of the scarcity of good stock. 



The shortening in supply of asters has 

 naturally turned the demand toward 

 carnations and of these there are no 

 heavy receipts. Some excellent long- 

 stemmed flowers are arriving, but the 

 number is so small that they do not suf- 

 fice for the demand. Of short-stemmed 

 stock from indoors, and medium- 



