



12 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Afbil 8, 1008. 



the new German variety, Tausendschon, 

 will all pay to grow. The last named 

 seems destined to become extremely popu- 

 lar, and is proving a first-class seller this 

 week at the better class stores. 



HARDY ROSES. 



While late fall is preferable to spring 

 as a planting time for hybrid perpetual 

 roses, the overwhelming majority of 

 growers do their planting in April. The 

 sooner this work is done, the better. Be 

 sure roots are not exposed to the air any 

 longer than is necessary. If budded stock 

 is used, plant deeply, so as to cover three 

 or four inches over the buds; and you 

 cannot tramp the ground too firmly. Of 

 course, generous preparation of the soil 

 will insure the best results, but do not 

 bring the manure used in direct contact 

 with the roots. Do not prune back newly 

 planted hybrid perpetuals for ten days 

 or a fortnight. 



In the case of hardy roses which have 

 wintered outdoors, any pruning should 

 be completed without delay. Cut out all 

 weak, old and dead wood entirely, leav- 

 ing the strong, clean, vigorous shoots. 

 Pruning of these will depend on the vigor 

 of the varieties. As a general rule, 

 twelve to fifteen inches will do to leave 

 on the most vigorous growths, and five to 

 eight inches on weaker ones. Do not be 

 afraid to prune hard. It wUl mean 

 stronger growths and finer flowers in 

 June. 



Hybrid teas are gaining wonderfully in 

 popularity, and deservedly so. Their per- 

 sistent flowering qualities are great 

 points in their favor. In only the more 

 favored locations are these reliably 

 hardy. Many growers lift and bury 

 their plants each fall. This stock should 

 be planted as soon as possible. Hybrid 

 teas must be pruned lightly. Remove 

 dead wood and weak shoots, shortening 

 the vigorous ones only a few inches. For 

 hybrid teas select ground which is lighter 

 than what hybrid perpetuals succeed in. 

 They do well in sandy soil, if well ma- 

 nured and mulched in summer. 



Bamblers never came through the win- 

 ter in better condition than they are now 

 in. If you forgot to cut out last year's 

 flowering wood, remove it now. You 

 probably have sufficient young bottom 

 canes of last year's growth to cover the 

 posts, or trellises. Pruning of the strong 

 canes will merely consist of removing 

 dead or weak tips. Cut out any dead or 

 weak canes. The latter will give no flow- 

 ers, as a rule. Prune Persian Yellow, 

 Austrian Copper and Harrison's Yellow 

 lightly. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Easter is now in the air and everyone 

 is anticipating splendid business. Cer- 

 tainly advance sales, if they are any cri- 

 terion, would seem to indicate a much 

 heavier volume of trade than a year ago. 

 There are no striking advances in prices, 

 but all good material seems likely to be 

 sold without trouble. In roses, Beauties 

 are none too abundant, but there is a 

 good supply of Eichmonds and Killar- 

 neys, the latter being fine. The old 

 Brides and Bridesmaids are still to be 

 reckoned with and are of exceptional 

 excellence at present. Prices had not 

 shown much advance early in the week. 

 Carnations continue to move well, and 

 while trade seems a little quiet now, they 

 will clean out at a lively gait at the end 

 of the week. 



Lilies are selling at $10 per hun- 

 dred cut and an average of $12.50 in 

 pots. A few are selling below these 

 prices, but there is a strong probability 

 of an advance late in the week, for it 

 looks as though there would be barely 

 enough lilies for the demand. As a rule, 

 plants are well flowered, but remarkably 

 dwarf. Callas are in fair supply. Vio- 

 lets are abundant, but are creeping up in 

 price. Good singles will bring $1 per 

 hundred later in the week. Sweet peas 

 are superb. I doubt if any other market 

 in America can show a finer lot. Bulbous 

 stock moves quite well. There has been 

 no glut in it, as a year ago. Marguerites, 

 both yellow and white, are plentiful, as 

 are English primroses. Some nice 

 Gladiolus The Bride, Spanish iris, ranun- 

 culus,' anemones, ixias and other popular 

 spring flowers are seen. 



Pot plant trade is brisk, particularly 

 in the case of lilies. The liext best sellers 

 are rambler roses and azaleas. A bigger 

 proportion of the ramblers than ever are 

 pink, attesting the popularity of that 



Herman D. Schilling. 



color. There is a good trade being done 

 on southern smilax, galax leaves and 

 hardy ferns. 



Club Field Day. 



The weather was the reverse of favor- 

 able for the fleld day of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club at Waverley, April 3, 

 a cold rain falling most of the after- 

 noon. Arriving first at the establishment 

 of the W. W. Edgar Co., the party, some 

 forty in number, was taken in iiand by 

 H. H. Bartsch, the capable manager, and 

 conducted over the various houses to see 

 the Easter stock, which was all in fine 

 shape; lilies were remarkably good, aza- 

 leas splendid and Baby Ramblers un- 

 usually well done. Lilacs, genistas, 

 (Continued on page 88.) 



HERMAN D. SCHILLING. 



Herman D. Schilling was born in 1877, 

 near Bremen, Germany. He attended the 

 public schools until he was 14 years of 

 age and then served an apprenticeship of 

 four years at the carpenter trade. At the 

 age of 18 he came to America and worked 

 at the carpenter trade in Indianapolis 

 until he was 26 years old. This was six 

 years ago. Then he began his career as 

 a florist by renting a small greenhouse 



outside of the city, but at the end of hIx 

 months he discontinued business there 

 and bought the present place of 7,f)00 

 feet of glass at 1828 Shelby street, fn- 

 dianapolis. This may seem like rapid 

 progress for a beginner, but he had a 

 natural aptitude for the trade and had 

 previously read all the books that he 

 could get hold of, besides gaining practii ai 

 kitowledge by visiting the greenhouses m 

 tne city whenever he had an opportunity. 

 So the business was not exactly new to 

 him. 



He has worked up a good retail trade. 

 Like other people in all lines of business, 

 he found the last year to be a rather dtill 

 one, but now trade is beeonaing active 

 again. He grows a general line of stock, 

 such as bedding plants, carnations, etc., 

 and has a good trade in funeral designs. 

 He sells all his output in a store con- 

 nected with the greenhouses. It is safe 

 to say that he produces stock of as high 

 a quality as do many who have been in 

 business a long time. 



OBITUARY. 



William Hagemann. 



William Hagemann, of New York, 

 widely known in the trade as an im- 

 porter of bulbs and plants, died of apo- 

 plexy Monday, April 5, and was buried 

 at his home at Bloomfield, N. J., April 7. 



Mr. Hagemann was a man in middle 

 life and had spent many years in the 

 trade. He was known to the leading 

 dealers throughout the United States 

 through the periodical business calls 

 made upon them, and his connections in- 

 cluded many of the best known European 

 houses, for the firm- of Hagemann & Co. 

 did both aft import and export business. 

 For some years Mr. Hagemann was in 

 partnership with Charles F. Meyer, the 

 firm name being Hagemann & Meyer. 

 Upon the termination of the partnership, 

 in 1903, Mr. Meyer continued in the busi- 

 ness under his own name at 99 Warren 

 street, and Mr. Hagemann carried on the 

 operations at 55 Dey street. He was a 

 man of modest, quiet disposition and 

 sterling character, and wherever men 

 grew to know him it was to give him 

 respect and friendship. 



William Freytag. 



William Freytag, a well-known florist 

 at Milwaukee, Wis., took his own life on 

 the morning of Wednesday, April 7, by 

 inhaling illuminating gas. He was 43 

 years of age and had become despondent 

 through continued ill health. He is sur- 

 vived by a wif6 and one son. The fu- 

 neral will be held on Saturday, April 10. 

 at 2 p. m., from his residence at 703 

 Twelfth avenue, where he had a rans,'o 

 of some 15,000 square feet of gla^s, 

 growing a general stock. 



J. B. Boland. 



J. B. Boland, one of the best known 

 florists in San Francisco, died at his 

 home in that city March 23, aged ''- 

 years. He was a native of CaUforuia 

 and had been in the retail trade from 

 boyhood. For many years he was assn 

 ciated in partnership with John H. Sio' - 

 ers. After the fire the firm dissolve!, 

 and Mr. Boland located on Geary street, 

 below Grant avenue. Here again he wi'* 

 burned out, over a year ago, and he thi n 

 removed to Kearney street, near Po-t. 

 Mr. Boland was very successful from i^ 

 business standpoint, and as a design'"'" 

 and artistic arranger of flowers he hml 

 no superior in San Francisco. He leav'S 



