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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



October 27, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Makaoeb. 



PUBLISHED BVKET THtTESDAT BY 



The FLORISTS' Publishing Co. 



530-060 Caxton Bailding, 

 834 Dearborn Street, CblcaKO. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. 



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New York Office: 



Borougb Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



Subscription price, 11.00 a year. To Canada, $2.00. 

 To Kurope, (2JW. 



Advertising: rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly ti'ade adveillsliiK accepted. 



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

 to insure insertion in the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897. 

 at the post-offlce at Chicago, 111., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADVEHTISEES, PAGE 90. 



CONTENTS. 



The Itetall Florist 7 



— Dinner Work (lUus. ) 7 



— The Retailers' Troubles 8 



— Edward MacMulkin (portrait) 8 



— The Bride at the Altar (illus.) 9 



Vinca Minor 9 



Seasonable Suggestions 10 



— Erica Melantbera 10 



— Azaleas and Camellias 10 



— Dimorphotheca Aurantiaca 10 



— Pentstemons 10 



— Scbizanthus Wlsetonensis 10 



A Leavenworth Store (lUus.) 10 



Cinder Covering for Bulbs 10 



Dutch Bulbs 11 



— Hardy Bulb Bedding (illus.) 11 



— Some Bulb Beds (Illus.) 12 



Tuberoses In Winter 13 



Ink for Zinc Labels 13 



Carnations 14 



— Split Calyxes 14 



— Grub Worms In Bench Soil : . . 14 



— Tbrlps on Enchantress 14 



— A Check in Growth 14 



— Mushrooms or Toadstools 14 



Chrysanthemums 14 



— Leaf-miner on Mums 14 



— Katydids on Mums 14 



— A Sport of Touset 15 



— Lear-spot on Mums 15 



— Insects on Mums 15 



— Smith's New Mums 15 



— Chrysanthemum Unaka (illus. ) 15 



Jacksonville, Fla 16 



Indiana Florists Meet 16 



Pittsburg 16 



Milwaukee 16 



Bvansvllle, Ind 16 



News Notes and Comments 17 



Obituary 18 



— William Unser 18 



— Joseph M. Ahearn 18 



— Henry F. Scott 18 



An Advertiser's View 18 



Chicago 18 



Cincinnati 23 



Indianapolis 24 



St. Louis 25 



Philadelphia 28 



New York 31 



Boston 34 



Colorado Springs, Colo 38 



New Bedford, Mass 38 



Seed Trade News 40 



— Insecticide Law Rules 40 



— Japanese Bulbs 42 



— Commerce in Seeds 42 



— Horticultural Imports 42 



— Imports 42 



— Catalogues Received 43 



Cleveland, 44 



Vegetable Forcing 48 



— Tomatoes for Forcing 48 



— Formaldehyde Drench 48 



— Forcing Strawberries 48 



Oneco. Fin 48 



Providence 50 



Steamer Sailings 53 



Pacific Coast 60 



— Victoria. B. C 60 



— San Francisco, Cal 61 



Nursery News 62 



— Storage of Nursery Stock 62 



Dayton, 66 



Erie, Pa 68 



Columbus, 70 



Richmond, Ind 79 



Diseased Gardenia Foliage 79 



Greenhouse Heating 80 



— Computing the Horso-I'ower 80 



— The Boiler Above Ground 80 



— Steam for Ell-Shaped House 80 



— On Sloping Ground 81 



— A Small Ohio House 82 



— A Furnace and Pipe Coiis R.T 



Rochester, N. Y 84 



Detroit 86 



Baltimore 88 



SOCIETY OF AMEBICAN FL0BI8TS. 



Inoobpobated bt Act or Oonobkss. 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, III.; treas- 

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



Special convention and National Flower Show. 

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



Annual convention, Baltimore, Md., August IB to 

 18, 1911. 



Eesults bring advertising. 

 The Keview brings results. 



About all the big cut flower markets 

 of the country have been overloaded with 

 stock during the warm Indian summer 

 weather. 



The bad check still is cashable, it 

 seems, in many flower stores. The only 

 sound rule is to decline to cash checks 

 for strangers. 



The exhibit of the Washington Flo- 

 rists' Club is one of the features of the 

 Householders' show now in progress at 

 the national capital. 



"Price competition," says a close ob- 

 server, " is a squabble for the one ripe 

 apple that has dropped to the ground. 

 Quality competition, however, climbs into 

 the tree. ' ' 



Those 500 dollar premiums at St. 

 Louis will be worth watching. About 

 how many carnations should one stage in 

 a class where the one prize is $500 cash? 

 It is for the exhibitor to determine; ac- 

 cessories are not permissible. 



There will be more really big flower 

 shows this season than in any previous 

 year and it is interesting to note that in 

 most cases they are managed by commer- 

 cial men, with dependence for success 

 placed on commercial growers. 



The complete list of premiums has 

 been issued for the flower show to be 

 held in Minneapolis November 9 to 13 by 

 the Minnesota State Florists' A-ssociation. 

 Copies may be had by addressing J. P. 

 Jorgensen, secretary, 3501 Portland ave- 

 nue, Minneapolis. 



OBITUAEY. 



William Unser. 



William Unser, a florist of Green- 

 spring, O., died suddenly Monday even- 

 ing, October 17. The funeral was held 

 on the following Wednesday, and among 

 those who attended were several rela- 

 tives from Tiffin, O. 



Joseph M. Ahearn. 



Joseph M. Ahearn, who had been gar- 

 dener for Henry Clews on his estate. 

 The Eocks, at Newport, E. I., for sev- 

 eral years, died suddenly at his home 

 in that city, in the thirty-first year of 

 his age. He was a member of the New- 

 port Horticultural Society. He was fol- 

 lowing l^is usual duties up to within a 

 few hours preceding his death, which 

 followed an acute attack of indigestion. 

 He leaves a widow and three small 

 children. 



Henry F. Scott. 



Henry F. Scott, one of the oldest resi- 

 dents of the city of Pawtucket, E. I., 

 died October 12, at the home of his 

 daughter in that city, at the age of 82 

 years. He was retired, but for many 

 years was engaged in market gardening 

 and later operated a range of green- 

 houses for carnations and violets. He 

 is survived by a son and daughter. 



AN ADVERTISER'S VIEW. 



Not all men buy advertising with t le 



same discrimination, and applying t^e 



same tests used in the purchase of oth r 



necessities of business — but gradually 



they are beginning to weigh values: 



We sold our entire lot by telegraph the vc y 

 next day after the paper came out. We tlii k 

 The Review can not be beat for advertising _ 

 Adgate & Son, Warren, O., Oct. 24, 1910. 



The annual Special Autumn Numbi;, 



to be issued November 10, will be in 



exceptionally strong edition for adve;- 



tising. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Not one word is to be said in favor 

 of last week. The spirit of those upon 

 whom responsibilities sit lightly was 

 crushed by the fact that our pitchers 

 blew at the critical moment, while 

 those whose motto is "Business first' 

 were depressed by the impossibility of 

 doing anything at all satisfactory with 

 the enormous receipts of flowers. It is 

 quite certain that chrysanthemums 

 never before have sold so cheaply in 

 this market. Practically all stock was 

 in oversupply, but all the blame was 

 laid to the door of the autumn flower, 

 receipts of other stock not having in 

 creased in proportion. But with gladi 

 oli, dahlias, cosmos and other outdoor 

 stock still doing a part to overload the 

 market, there were more flowers re- 

 ceived than there was any possible use 

 for at any prices. Some of the class 

 of stores that handle quantity at a 

 price bought by the wagon-load, but in 

 many instances found they would have 

 been as well off had they not gorged 

 themselves, for they lost a considerable 

 part of their purchases. Wholesalers 

 admit having sold accumulated odd lots 

 of mums for as little as $25 and even 

 $20 per thousand, but of course good 

 stock was not sold at any such prices, 

 except when a few good flowers were 

 put in to sweeten a job. The best 

 blooms brought $3 a dozen in limited 

 number, but it was such stock as would 

 have commanded $4 to $5 in previous 

 years. 



All other flowers felt the oppression 

 of the mum glut. The best selection 

 could command a fair price, but the 

 culls sold at great sacrifice, if at all. 

 Eoses fared rather better than carna- 

 tions, but cosmos was worse than any- 

 thing else. There is an unprecedented 

 quantity of the latter, and a large 

 part of it spoils. Violets were almost 

 lost sight of in the crowd, though some 

 are now fine. Valley held up, in demand 

 and price better than almost any other 

 item. 



Local demand, from the first-class 

 stores, was light, possibly because the 

 other kind were so busy, and shipping 

 trade fell away to half its usual volume, 

 showing that the condition is quite gen- 

 eral, but at the opening of this week 

 there was some improvement in the out- 

 of-town business, and an upturn is 

 looked for as soon as the weather gets 

 down to normal. It is almost Noveni 

 ber 1, and no frost yet. 



Wholesale Employees' Dance. 



In spite of the fact that the Whole- 

 sale Florists' Employees' Club gave its 

 annual ball on short notice this year, 

 the success achieved was rather greater 

 than in any previous year. The ball oc- 

 curred October 25 at Columbia hall, with 



