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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBBB 6, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



Q. L. GRANT, Editok and Manaqeb. 



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 strictly trade advertlslnK accepted. 



Advertlseiuents must reach us by 5 p. m. Tuesday, 

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Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897. 

 at the post-office at Clilcago, 111., under the act of 

 March it, 1H79. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVERTISERS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 9 



— A Chantecler Luncheon (illus. ) 9 



— Charge Aecounts 9 



— Mrs. Fref man's Store (illus.) 10 



— Mrs. J. B. Freeman (portrait) 10 



— Western Weddings (illus. ) 10 



Operate Vents by Power 11 



Violets— Violets In Southern Texas 11 



Transplanting Hollyhocks 11 



cyclamens 11 



Roses — Cyanide on Roses 12 



— Baby Dorothy for Easter 12 



— Pot Roses for Winter 12 



— Outdoor Roses for Cutting 12 



Sweet Peas 12 



— Sensational New Sweet Pea (illus.) 12 



— Stem Rot of Sweet Peas 13 



— Sweet Peas not Branching 13 



Field-Grown Hydrangeas 13 



Name of Plant 13 



Climbing Hydrangeas 14 



"Salaam" (illus.) 14 



ScoTell's Hydrangea (illus.) I4 



Dutch Bulbs 14 



— Don't Delay Unpacking 14 



— Tulips 14 



— Hyacinths 14 



— Narcissi 15 



— Spanish Irises 15 



— Gladioli 15 



— Miscellaneous 16 



Geraniums — Propagating 16 



— Winter Bloomers 16 



Private Conservatories 16 



Cyclamens for Christmas 16 



Blberfield an Inventor (illus.) 16 



Cincinnati Florists in Camp (illus.) 17 



Illinois State Fair 17 



Detroit 18 



Boston 18 



News Notes and Comments 19 



Obituary — Mrs. Richard Witterstaetter 20 



Chicago 20 



Cincinnati 24 



Rochester, N. H 25 



Philadelphia 26 



St. Louis 28 



New York 29 



Hynrinthus and Sdllas 34 



Vlnca Minor 34 



Vegetable Forcing 35 



— VJertable Growers Meet 35 



Beetles and Caterpillars 35 



Seed Trade News 36 



— Bean Crop Not So Bad 36 



— Imports 38 



— More Dutch Bulbs 38 



— Peas and Beans 38 



— In Nebraska 40 



Helena, Mont 40 



Glen Cove. N. Y 42 



North Adams, Mass 48 



OreencastJp, Ind 49 



Steamer Sailings 50 



Zanesvllle, 52 



Nursery News 68 



— A Massachusetts Nursery 58 



— Shrubs for Shaded Location 68 



Pacific Coast 60 



— San Francisco 60 



Mlnneni>oll8 62 



Baltimore 64 



New Bedford, Mass 66 



Boston Notes •. . 76 



Franklin, Pa 75 



East Manchester, Pa 75 



Greenhouse Heating 76 



— Water Boils Over 76 



— Boiler Scale 76 



— Greenhouse and Dwelling 76 



— Three Connected Houses 78 



Providence 78 



Dayton, O 82 



Kokomo, Ind 84 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLOBI8T8. 



Incobpobatkd by Act of CORaBESs, Maboh 4 • '01 

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

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

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

 urer. W. F. Kasting. 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. 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Review brings results. 



Boxwoods will be worth real money 

 this season; Belgium cannot produce the 

 stock so fast ^s America can use up the 

 small plants at last year's prices. 



There are automobile parades by the 

 doken; almost every city has one. They 

 bring considerable business to florists, 

 but it is a mistake to try to decorate an 

 auto except where a fair sum of money 

 is to be laid out; you can't go far on a 

 few dollars. 



Growers who lean toward the use of 

 grafted roses usually prefer the English 

 Manetti stocks. Months ago it was an- 

 nounced in The Review that these would 

 be scarce this winter and later reports 

 tend to show the supply will be consid- 

 erably less than the normal demand. 



Keep your eye on the series of double 

 page spreads in the center of The Re- 

 view. You hardly could miss these im- 

 pressive ads, but the present series, the 

 first of which appeared last week, are 

 specially worth watching. There is an 

 open date for the position October 27. 

 First come first served. 



Many in this trade will subscribe to 

 the assertion that it is easier to sell 

 goods than to collect the money for 

 them. The difficulty in collection lies in 

 the failure to withhold credit from those 

 who do not appreciate its value. Why 

 not make collections easier by refusing 

 credit to those who do not meet obliga- 

 tions promptly and thus gain time to 

 seek out the buyers who know the worth 

 of a good namef The man who exacts 

 payment when due never loses by it. 



THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING. 



' ' The proof of the pudding is the eat- 

 ing thereof," and not chewing the 

 string. If you want to know just how 

 quickly Review classified ads will move 

 your surplus stock, do as this man did, 

 and try them: 



We are all sold out of primulas and had to 

 refund the money on orders that came late; one 

 Insertion of the little ad did the work. — J. J. 

 Hellenthal, Columbus, O., September 26, 1910. 



Advertising in The Review will clear 

 any salable stock. 



OBITUAKY. 



Mrs. Bichard Witterstaetter. 



Mrs. Louise Witterstaetter, wife of 

 Richard "Witterstaetter, of Cincinnati, 

 O., died at her home on Pine Hill on 

 Friday, September 30, at the age of 45. 

 Her demise was quite unexpected, even 

 to those intimate with her. It was only 

 in the last two weeks that she was 

 seriously ill. She was a great lover of 

 flowers, and took a keen interest in the 

 affairs of the trade. There gathered at 

 her home, October 3, a large number of 

 Mr. "Witterstaetter 's friends among the 

 florists and her friends and neighbors, 

 to pay their last respects to one who 

 had held their respect all through life. 

 The floral tributes were many and beau- 

 tiful. 



. omoAOOi. 



The Oreat Central Market. 



A return of summer weather hit the 

 market a body blow last week, just at a 

 time when it apparently was gathering 

 strength for the autumn campaign. The 

 heat increased the production in almost 

 all departments and as visibly cut down 

 the demand. City trade has not been 

 strong at any time this season — it never 

 is in September — and shipping trade fell 

 off to a considerable degree. It is 

 thought, however, that all that is neces- 

 sary to restore the market to a fairly 

 good basis is the return of seasonable 

 weather. Cooler conditions are pre- 

 dicted following the rain which set in 

 Monday night, October 3. 



"Warm sun for several days at the end 

 of last week affected the roses more 

 than any other flowers. In all varieties 

 the cut was hastened, without any ad- 

 vantage to the quality. Those who clung 

 with tenacity to the prices which had 

 been in force in preceding days found 

 their stock moving slowly. There was 

 considerable increase in the supply of 

 Beauties and the price was further 

 weakened by the increased supply of 

 mums, which are the principal competi- 

 tors of Beauties in their season. Not 

 all Beauties are first-class, of course, 

 but on the whole the quality of the 

 stock is excellent. 



For some days short roses have com- 

 manded relatively better sale than the 

 longer stock. A large proportion of the 

 growers are now cutting stock that will 

 grade as select and special, with com- 

 paratively few shorts, such as are in 

 demand for work. Killamey, Maryland, 

 Jardine, Richmond, Rhea Reid, Field, 

 White Killamey and even Kaiserin are 

 in excellent supply, fine long-stemmed 

 stock such as affords no room for com- 

 plaint. Killarney and Maryland have 

 the call. Houses cutting heavily of 

 Richmond have found themselves over- 

 stocked. "White Killarney, also being 

 cut in quantity by some of the largest 

 growers, is not easily moved at its true 

 value. It seems to be lost sight of that 

 a principal part of the call for white 

 roses is for funeral work. Size of flower 

 may count, but length of stem is little 

 advantage. The sale for white roses in 

 the 6, 8 and 10-cent grades is less than 

 for the same qualities of other colors. 

 A large part of the "White Killamey 

 now being cut are on stems of good 

 length. 



Carnations are coming in more freely 

 every day and stems steadily lengthen. 

 Much of the stock needs only stem to 

 be first-class. 



There is much difference in the re- 

 ports as to chrysanthemums. The sup- 

 ply is large; a part of the receipts is 

 of splendid quality, but another part is 

 poor. Some houses say mums are selling 

 slowly, where others report the oppo- 

 site; the majority say prices are below 

 those of previous years, but some say 

 they are getting as much as ever they 

 did. "White and yellow are the only 

 colors thus far available, but pink is 

 expected next week. 



The New York double violets have 

 been reinforced by the arrival of the 

 home-grown singles, but neither variety 

 is in much request. There is a marked 

 increase in the supply of orchids. Val- 

 ley is abundant. Lilies are said to be 

 scarce, but are nevertheless to be had 

 by those who will pay the price; the 

 advance to $2 per dozen made by some 



