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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Afbil 28, 1910. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



O. L. GRANT, Editor and Manager. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THCRSDAY BY 



The Florists* Publishing Co. 



530-560 Caxton BnildinK, 

 334 Dearborn Street, ChicBKO. 



Telephone, Harrison 5429. 



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New York Office: 



Borough Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J.Austin Shaw, Manager. 



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

 Europe, |2JS0. Subscriptions accepted only from 

 those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



AdvertlsementB must reach us by 6 p. m. Tuesday, 

 to insure insertion in the issue of that week. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 1897, 

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

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



INDEX TO ADYEBTISERS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist— Mothers' Day 5 



— A New Los Angeles Store (lUus.) 5 



— Retailers Advertising 5 



— The Power of Suggestion (lUus.) « 



— Streetcar Cards (lUus.) « 



— Carbone's Lyre (iUus.) 6 



.European Notes 7 



Baseball Brings Business (illus.) 8 



-Seasonable Suggestions — Fancy Caladiums. . . 8 



— Dahlias 8 



— Evergreens in Tubs 8 



— BedUing Geraniums 8 



— Winter Geraniums 9 



"=— Amaryllis 9 



The Twa Macs (lUus.) 



Manure Improvement 9 



Inside-Glazed Greenhouse (illus.) 10 



Plants for Edging 10 



Chrysanthemums — Propagating 11 



— Thrips on Mums 11 



Cutworms on Sbastas 11 



Roses — A Danger to the Rose 11 



— Treat Them as Dormant Roses 12 



The Taft Tax 12 



Gladioli a Second Season 12 



Storm Damage 12 



The Dahlia Boom (lUus.) 13 



Manchester, Mass 13 



Rochester 13 



Obituary— Mrs. Michael J. Lynch 13 



— John Murray 13 



— John G. Wagner 13 



Cincinnati 13 



Sunnyside Greenhouses (illus.) 14 



Boston 14 



Indianapolis 15 



Peter Fisher (portrait) 15 



American Carnation Society 16 



Conference on Outdoor Art 16 



Call to Gladiolus Growers 16 



Chicago 16 



Washington 21 



Pittsburg 22 



Grand Kapids 22 



Milwaukee 24 



Philadelphia 26 



West Grove, Pa 28 



Providence 29 



New York 30 



Cleveland 32 



Des Moines, la 34 



St. Louis 36 



Steamer Sailings 38 



Seed Trade News 40 



— Imports 42 



— Michigan Peas Escape Frost 42 



— Onion Sets at Chicago 44 



— Frost Damage at Chicago , 44 



Vegetable Forcing — Vegetable Markets 45 



— Lettuce Rot 45 



— Extra Early Cabbage 45 



— Disease and Prevention 45. 



Hail 45 



Pacific Coast — Portland, Ore 46 



— Nursery Trade in California 46 



— San Francisco 46 



— Women's Growing Project 47 



Nurseiy News 52 



— Nursery Wins at Law 62 



— Evergreen Hedges 52 



— Another Press Service 66 



— Cherry Not Fruiting 58 



Columbus, 60 



Baltimore 62 



Grand Haven, Mich 62 



New Orleans 64 



Greenhouse Heating 76 



— Capacity of Boiler 78 



— Yoking Boilers 76 



— Steam for Range 76 



Rochester, Ind 76 



EvansTllle 78 



Detroit 80 



St. Paul 82 



Minneapolis 84 



SOCIETY OF AHEBIGAN FLOBISTS. 



Inoobpobatkd bt Aot of Cokobebs, 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.; 

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



Annual convention, Rochester, N. Y., August 16 

 to 19, 1910. 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Eeview brings results. 



Hail insurance is again in fashion, for 

 reports of losses are once more coining 

 to hand. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal bj sending 

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

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



As an indication of the interest the 

 trade has in the charges of railroads, it 

 is interesting to note that when the 

 United States Express Co. ceased opera- 

 tion on the lines of the Chicago, Milwaukee 

 & St. Paul, the Wells-Fargo Express Co. 

 secured the contract by agreeing to pay 

 to the St. Paul sixty per cent of the 

 gross receipts for the privilege. 



Beyond question the big freeze last 

 week has caused the country at large 

 the loss of millions of dollars, but the 

 grower of cut flowers under glass can 

 preserve his equanimity as well as any- 

 one, for the destruction of outdoor 

 spring flowers has undoubtedly added 

 more than a little to the value of May 

 and June crops under glass. "It is an 

 ill wind that blows nobody good." 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Henry Eichholz, Waynesboro, Pa., reg- 

 isters the following carnations: 



Princess Charming, Helen Boseler x 

 Enchantress; salmon pink; three to four 

 inches; very strong, vigorous grower; 

 very free producer of first-class flowers; 

 keeping and shipping qualities excellent. 



Christmas Cheer, Alvina x Victory; 

 fiery scarlet; two to three inches; habit, 

 dwarf, though stems reach two and one- 

 half feet after Christmas; extremely 

 floriferous, will produce 100 or more 

 blooms per plant in a season; especially 

 fine for pot culture. Through an error 

 this name is printed "Winter Cheer in the 

 judges' report, in the annual report just 

 issued. A. F. J. Baub, Sec'y. 



CONFERENCE ON OUTDOOR ART. 



A conference to discuss outdoor im- 

 provement for the homes, towns and cities 

 of Illinois (Chicago included), is called 

 for Springfield, May 26 and 27. All or- 

 ganizations interested in any way in out- 

 door improvement are invited to send rep- 

 resentatives. Also, all persons having 

 the appearance of their homes and neigh- 

 borhoods at heart are invited to be pres- 

 ent. 



In politics a party cannot accomplish 

 its purpose without "harmony." A lo- 

 cality cannot secure a clean and beautiful 

 environment without the hearty coopera- 

 tion of its public-spirited citizens and in- 

 terested societies. 



More still can be accomplished if lo- 

 calities interested in the same things and 

 controlled by the same laws unite to se- 

 cure new ideas and to study how some of 

 their common needs can be satisfied by 

 related action, even though the object 

 aimed at be the attractive yard or street. 



This is the purpose of the conference. 

 Business men's associations and commer- 

 cial clubs, improvement clubs and wom- 

 en's clubs, among voluntary organiza- 



tions; and schools and park boards, 

 among ofi&cial bodies, are especially urged 

 to send delegates. The conference will 

 be held under the auspices of the Illinois 

 Outdoor Improvement Association. 



A. P. Wyman, Sec'y. 



CALL TO GLADIOLUS GROWERS. 



Some time ago I sent a personal ap- 

 peal to the most prominent gladiolus 

 enthusiasts in this country, for the pur- 

 pose of ascertaining if a gladiolus so- 

 ciety was reaUy wanted. Eeplies re- 

 ceived indicate clearly that a gladiolus 

 society is not only wanted, but is abso- 

 lutely necessary. I enclose with this let- 

 ter extracts from replies received, which 

 show the feeling of the American grow- 

 ers. 



For the purpose of forming such a so- 

 ciety, I now call for the first formal 

 meeting, to take place at Horticultural 

 hall, Boston, Mass., May 27, at 3 p. m. 

 All those interested in the culture of the 

 gladiolus are hereby invited to be pres- 

 ent at this meeting, and to help in the 

 formation of what no doubt will become 

 one of the most influential societies in 

 America. 



Readers are requested to kindly sug- 

 gest a suitable name for this society, and 

 such suggestions should be addressed to 

 Maueice Fuld, 

 Sec 'y Pro Tem. 



5 Union St., Boston. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The weather always is an important 

 factor in the affairs of the market, and 

 for nearly a week those who do business 

 in the wholesale cut flower section, and 

 those who frequent the wholesale houses, 

 have spent the greater part of their time 

 in discussing weather conditions and 

 their effect upon the business of the next 

 two months. 



Not within the experience of the old- 

 est men in the market has the cut flower 

 industry experienced conditions like those 

 which have prevailed this season. March 

 was like June and growth was as far ad- 

 vanced April 22 as it ordinarily is late 

 in May. The cold wave which swept 

 across the middle west at the end of last 

 week was not exceptional in its severity, 

 but it found growth much farther along 

 than the oldest gardeners can remember 

 it to have been when caught by heavy 

 frosts. What the damage has been can 

 only be conjectured. It is certain that 

 much loss has resulted, but how much 

 that loss has been, and what compensa- 

 tions will come to those who still have 

 crops for market, time alone can tell. 



The big freeze was followed by four 

 days of rain, snow and sleet. It has been 

 a period entirely unprecedented at this 

 stage of the season's work, and bad 

 weather always cuts down the retail and 

 wholesale flower business. Supplies in 

 general have been somewhat reduced, but 

 not to any appreciable extent in the rose 

 department. There continue to be plenty 

 of roses of all kinds, (^ality has been 

 first-class, but is showing some effect of 

 the dark days. Long Beauties continue 

 plentiful, but an even larger proportion 

 than heretofore are off grade. There 

 is a fair demand for all that are good. 

 Medium and shorts of fair quality are 

 scarce and sell well. Killarney and 

 White Kilarney have the lead on other 

 roses. The market regularly is supplied 

 with splendid stock. Mrs. Jardine and 

 Maryland are in limited supply, but enjoy 



