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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Mabch 10, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



G. L. GRANT, Editob and Makaoeb. 



PUBLISHED EVBBT THUBSDAT BT 



The FLORISTS' PUBLISHINO CO. 



530-560 Caxton Building. 



834 Dearborn Street, ChlcaKO. 



Telephone, Habbison 6429. 



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^ New Yobk Office: 



Borouffh Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manaqeb. 



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

 To Europe, $2.60. SubscriptionB accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising: rates quoted upon request. Only 

 ■trictly trade advertisinsr accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertion in the issue of the 

 following day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 U87, at the post-office at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 8, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Oblcago Trade 

 Press Association. 



nn)EX TO AOVESTISERS, PAGE 90. 



CONTENTS. 



The Betall Florist 



— Masonic Designs (illns.) 9 



— Problems in Decorating 



— Sharkey's Store (lllus.) 10 



— A Word for Clear Outlines (lllus.) 10 



Poblications Received 10 



Boropean Notes H 



A Diseaaed Kentla 11 



Betarding Banter Lilies 12 



Tnllps and Daffodils 12 



Primula Obconica (iUoa.) 12 



■zperiments with Primulas (Ulos.) 12 



The Fire Queen Primula 13 



Disease on Primulas 13 



Ferns — Mlllepeds in Fern House 14 



— Temperature for Bostons 14 



Best Asters for Market 14 



Northern Outdoor Flowers ". 14 



Richard Rothe (portrait) 15 



Seasonable Suggestions — Antirrhinums 16 



— Chrysanthemums 16 



— Sweet Peas 16 



— Allamandas 16 



— Gardenias 16 



— Vegetable Seeds 16 



— Hydrangeas 16 



— Pansies 17 



— Coreopsis Grandiflora 17 



Thomas Pegler (portrait) 17 



Carnations — Lime for the Bench Soil 17 



Roses — Hardy Roses 18 



— Rose Culture in Tabloid 18 



Geraniums — Diseased Geranium Leaves ' 18 



— Trouble with Geraniums 18 



Failure with Phlox 19 



Asters in Sod Land 19 



Obituary — Lawrence Newell Van Hook 19 



— Francis G. Dwigbt 19 



Society of American Florists 20 



American Rose Society 20 



Oilcago 20 



Indianapolis 26 



Detroit 27 



Philadelphia 28 



New York 81 



Boston 33 



Bnffalo 86 



Toronto 86 



Early Gladioli 87 



Milwaukee 42 



Steamer Sailings 44 



Seed Trade News 46 



— J. P. A. Guerineau (portrait) 48 



— The Situation in Seeds 60 



— Imports 62 



— Catalogues Received 62 



Pacific Coast 68 



— Portland, Ore 68 



— San Francisco 68 



— Santa Barbara, Cal 69 



Vegetable Forcing 69 



— Vegetable Markets 60 



— ApiilB on Lettuce / . 59 



— Onions In tta* Garden 69 



Nursery News 60 



— The June Convention 60 



— Willows for Hedge 60 



Providence 62 



Washington 63 



Yonkers, N. Y 63 



Kansas City 64 



Des Moines, la 66 



Baltimore) 68 



^Pittsburg .. , 70 



UrBreenbouse wating mi 80 



"r?— Two Texas.. Rosa Houses |w' 80 



— Poorly Placed Flow Plp*s. 1 . 80 



— Highest Point of System 81 



St. Lonls < 82 



New Bedford, Masa 84 



Tarrytown, N. Y 84 



Salt Lake City 88 



Montreal 88 



Louisville, Ky 88 



80CIBTT OF AHEEICAN FL0BI8TS. 



INOOBPOBATED BT AOT OF OONQBESS MABOH 4, '01 



Officers for 1010: President, F. B. Pierson, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y.; vice-president, F. W. Vlck, 

 Rochester, N. Y.; secretary, H. B. Domer, Dr- 

 bana, lU.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty. PltUborg, 

 Pa. 



Annual convention, Rochester, N. Y., Augost 

 16 to 19. 1010. 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



The next seven days will constitute an 

 extremely busy week for Frank K. Pier- 

 son. 



Inquiries must be signed . with full 

 name, and address must be given, to re- 

 ceive reply. Signatures are not used for 

 publication in the Beview, but anony- 

 mous inquiries are not answered. 



Every advertisement in the Want de- 

 partment of the Beview represents a 

 legitimate, actual need — and that the 

 needs of the trade are many a glance at 

 that section of the paper wSl show- 

 Watch the Wants — and use them. 



Arthur Herrington announces that he 

 has resigned his position as superin- 

 tendent and landscape gardener at Flor- 

 ham, the estate of the late H. McK. 

 Twombly, which position he has held for 

 over fourteen years, and April 1 will en- 

 gage in the practice of landscape garden- 

 ing, with offices at 500 Fifth avenue. New 

 York city, where is located the establish- 

 ment of Thomas Young, Jr. Those who 

 know Mr. Herrington will have every 

 confidence in the success of his undertak- 

 ing. 



The preliminary schedules have been 

 issued for the fifteenth annual flower 

 show of the Morris (Dounty Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Society, to be held at Mor- 

 ristown, N. J., November 2 to 4, 1910, in 

 conjunction with the Chrysanthemum So- 

 ciety of America. The schedule carries 

 $2,500 in prizes, including a grand sweep- 

 stakes cup valued at $150, with many 

 other special prizes. Those desiring 

 copies of the list may obtain them by 

 addressing Edward Bagan, secretary. Box 

 334, Morristown, N. J. 



RESULTS ARE VHAT COUNT. 



There are many factors which may in- 

 fluence an advertiser part of the time, 

 but it is actual results which influence 

 him most of the time. 



Please discontinue the advertisement of rooted 

 cuttings in the classified columns; sold oat.— 

 WUliam Mnrphy, Cincinnati, March 8, 1910. 



Kindly discontinue my advertisement, as I am 

 cleaned out of stock. Could have sold many 

 more if I bad them. — L. H. Klein, Towson, Md., 

 March 7, 1910. 



Please discontinue our advertisement of Prim- 

 ula obconica, as we have sold out entirely. Wo 

 are well pleased with the resnlts from the ad- 

 vertisement; had no difficulty at all In disposing 

 of over 2,000 of the plants advertised and could 

 have sold a good many more if we had had 

 them. — Schaefer's, Inc., per O. F. Chadbom, 

 Treas., Newburgh, N. Y., March 7, 1910. 



The Special Spring (Easter) Number 

 will be out next week. Copy, to be in 

 time, must reach the Beview office by 

 5 p. m. Tuesday, March 15. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



lllj Meeting of Executive Board. 



The mid-Lent meeting of the executive 

 board of the 8. A. F. will be held at the 

 Seneca hotel, Bochester, N. Y., March 12, 

 at 10 a. m., and will continue until March 

 15, inclusive. H. B. Dornee, Sec'y. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Program of Proceedings. 



The annual meeting of the American 

 Eose Society will open at 7:30 p. m., 

 sharp, on Wednesday, March 16. 



The transaction of business will be in 

 the following order: 



Calling to order, President August F. Poebl- 

 mann. 

 Address by the president. 

 Reading minutes of previoos seasion. 

 Secretary's report. 

 Treasurer's report. 

 Report of committees. 

 Selection of place for next year's meeting. 

 Miscellaneous business. 

 Election of officers. 

 Appointment of committees. 

 Adjournment, as business may require. 



A question box will be opened at the 

 secretary's desk. 



Under the order of essays and discus- 

 sions, addresses will be made as follows: 



FIRST session. 



Paper by Adolph Farenwald, Rcslyn, Pa., 

 "Roses, the Brightest of Flowers." 



Paper by S. B. Sibson. Portland, Ore., "North 

 Pacific Coast Roses." 



SECOND RBGULAR SESSION. 



Thursday afternoon at 2:80 p. m., sharp. 



Address by James Wood, Mt. Klsco, N. Y., 

 president of the Horticultural Society of New 

 York, on "The Ideals of Horticulture." 



By George V. Nash, secretary of the Horticul- 

 tural Society of New York, on "The Rose and 

 Its History." An Illustrated lecture, with col- 

 ored lantern slides. 



The American Eose Society fixed no 

 hotel headquarters in the city, as all the 

 business pertaining to the annual meeting 

 will be transacted at the American 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Another prize of $10 has been offered 

 by S. J. Eeuter & Son, Inc., Westerly, 

 B. I., fdr the best vase of My Maryland 

 roses, 50 blooms. 



Joseph A. Manda is the manager of the 

 exhibition. 



The Horticultural Society of New York 

 has issued a joint premium list with the 

 American Eose Society, and in that list 

 the value of the silver cup offered by 

 Moore, Hentz & Nash, of New York 

 city, should be placed at $50. It is listed 

 as No. 190 in Division F. 



Benjamin Hammond, Sec'y. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



Last week, with its unseasonably warm 

 weather, brought an extremely large in- 

 crease in. supplies, with the usual effect 

 upon prices. Fortunately, there was an 

 outlet for most of the stock when prices 

 were put at a point where the special 

 sales people were willing to take hold. 

 With the wholesalers the week showed a 

 fair volume of business, because so large 

 a quantity of stock, even if sold at. cheap 

 prices, could not do otherwise than run 

 into a good sum of money. Such con- 

 ditions, however, never are welcome to 

 wholesalers, because there is too much 

 difference between the prices charged to 

 those who want only a limited quantity 

 of selected stock and the prices it is pos- 

 sible to realize from the buyer who takes 

 what is left, and all of it. With so small 

 a part of the total receipts bringing the 

 higher prices, and so large a part going 

 at bargain rates in the clean-up 9^1es, the 

 averages to the growers have flieen ex- 

 tremely low. Boses have held their own 

 better than any other flowers, although 

 there has been a drop all along the line 

 of rose prices. 



Beauties once more are in good crop 

 with many growers and the supply, now 

 abundant, promises shortly to become ex- 

 ceedingly heavy. The demand has im- 



