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The Weekly Florists' Rc\^ew. 



Apbil 29, 1909. 



THE FLORISTS' REVffiW 



Q. L. GRANT, Editor and Manageb. 



PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY BT 



The FLORISTS' PUBLISHINO CO. 



680-060 Caxton BttildlnKt 



834 Dearborn Street, Chicago. 



Telephone, Harrison 6429. 



kbgistbkbo cable address, flobvibw, chicago 



New York Office: 



Borougrh Park Brooklyn, N. Y. 



J. Austin Shaw, Manager. 



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

 To Europe, $2.50. Subscriptions accepted only 

 from those in the trade. 



Advertising rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advertising accepted. 



Advertisements must reach us by Wednesday 

 morning to insure insertiop in the issue of the 

 following day, and earlier will be better. 



Entered as second class matter December 3, 

 1897, at the post-oince at Chicago, 111., under the 

 act of March 3, 1879. 



This paper is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Association. 



SOCIETY OF AHEBICAN FLOBISTS. 



Incorporated by Act or Congress March 4, '01 



Officers for 1909: President, J. A. Valentine, 

 Denver, Colo.; vice-president, E. G. Gillett, 

 Cincinnati, O.; secretary, Willis N. Rudd, Mor- 

 gan Park, 111.; treasurer, H. B. Beatty, Pitts- 

 burg. 



Annual convention, Cincinnati, O., August 17 

 to 20. 1900. 



INDEX TO ADVEBTISEBS, PAGE 86. 



CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist— The Airships (iUus.)... 5 



— Mothers' Day 5 



— Lawsuits Over Boarders 6 



— Wreath of Pansles and Galax (lllus.).... 6 



— The Armstrong Wreath (lllus.) 6 



— An Easter Store (lllus.) 6 



Sweet Peas 6 



Spiraea Foliage Browning 7 



Lettering in Plants 7 



Chrysanthemums — An Orange Yellow 8 



— Seasonable Suggestions 8 



— Single Mums Not Profitable 8 



Geraniums — Coal Ashes on Bench 8 



— Poor Compost 8 



How Old is Ann? 9 



The Climbing Hydrangea (lllus.) 9 



Boees — Pink and White Cochet 10 



— Beauties at Grand Rapids (lllus.) 10 



— Rhea Reld In Europe 10 



Carnations — Carnation Notes — West 11 



— Ventilation 11 



— Manure for Mulching 11 



Rndd's Weed Killer 11 



Seasonable Suggestions— Peonies 11 



— Lilies 11 



— Marguerites 12 



— Gloxinias 12 



— Tuberous Begonias 12 



— Bedding Geraniums 12 



— Asparagus Seedlings 12 



— Primulas 12 



— Cattleyas 12 



Goldfish (lllus.) 13 



HlUegom Bulb Show 13 



Bnrlap Saves Crop (lllus.) 14 



Amaryllis Johnsonll 14 



Obltnary 14 



Stnppy's Bowlers (iUus.) 15 



Oryaanthemum Society 16 



Chicago 16 



Milwaukee 20 



Cleveland 20 



Boston 22 



Washington 24 



Alvin, Tex 25 



New York 25 



New Orleans 27 



Minneapolis 28 



Philadelphia 28 



Canna Roots Rotting 30 



Grand Rapids 34 



Providence, R. 1 84 



Steamer Sailing 36 



Seed Trade News — Peas in South Dakota ... 38 



— Seed Paragraph Held Up 40 



— Enforcing Iowa Seed Law 41 



— Barteldes to Build Again 42 



Vegetable Forcing — Forcing Tomatoes 44 



Nnrsery News — Two Good Andromedas 60 



— Planting Trees and Shrubs 60 



— Denver to Have Apple Show 60 



— Propagation of Clematis 61 



Pacific Coast — San Francisco 62 



Dayton, Ohio 64 



Detroit 66 



Lexington, Ky 68 



Indianapolis 62 



Greenhouse Heating — Boiler Blast Wrecks 



Bange 74 



St. Lonls n 



Pittsbnrg 78 



Cincinnati 80 



Columbus, Ohio 84 



EESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



The losses by hail have been unusually 

 heavy this month, and have occurred in 

 widely separated sections of the country. 



All the indications point to better 

 general business conditions throughout the 

 country — and the florists will unquestion- 

 ably get their share. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

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

 stead of the dollar bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



In the early part of April a great 

 international flower show was held at 

 Berlin, Germany. The United States was 

 represented by two fine plants of Neph- 

 rolepis Scholzeli, exhibited by Henry A. 

 Dreer, Philadelphia. 



The new * ' independent ' ' window glass 

 trust has been incorporated in West Vir- 

 ginia. Newspaper reports have it that 

 this concern, to be known as the Imperial 

 Window Glass Co., will include all the in- 

 dependent factories, except 204 pots, or 

 about ninety per cent of those not here- 

 tofore in the combination. 



The week's press service of the Na- 

 tional Council of Horticulture consists of 

 articles on ' ' Easy Plants for the Aquatic 

 Garden," "The Elephant's Ear," and 

 "Making an Asparagus Bed." Watch 

 for these in your local paper. If they 

 do not appear, ask the editor why. The 

 service is free to all newspapers reaching 

 the public and your editor can get the 

 articles regularly by addressing J. H. 

 Burdett, 1720 West One-hundred-and- 

 fourth place, Chicago. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



It is the earnest desire of those inter- 

 ested in the Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America to increase its membership. 



It should be understood the secretary 

 is the only oflBcer receiving a salary, and 

 he only a nominal sum, much less than 

 the work involved deserves. 



The other oflScers, including the execu- 

 tive committee, and the members of the 

 committees who judge the varieties each 

 year, perform their duties solely for the 

 welfare of the society. 



The work of the committees deserves 

 unlimited endorsement from all persons 

 interested in this branch of floriculture. 



There was a time when new varieties 

 were sent out in large numbers upon the 

 merits as they appeared to the origin- 

 ator, and in many cases they did not sus- 

 tain the glowing description applied. 



Today all new-comers must be en- 

 dorsed by the society's committees to 

 interest the public to any great degree. 



Some may say all the certified varieties 

 do not come up to the standard. 



I know from experience there is no 

 favoritism shown in the awards. 



The members of these committees are 

 not superhuman and can not discern 

 from the six blooms submitted certain 

 defects that are either constitutional or 

 controlled by cultural conditions. 



I refer to those susceptible to disease, 

 diflScult of propagation, insufl&cient 

 petalage, etc. 



They give their unbiased opinion of 

 the six blooms before them, and that is 

 all any mortal man can do. 



These gentlemen are certainly entitled 

 to the hearty support and praise of every 

 grower for the unselfish zeal they have 



manifested in devoting time and money 

 to this work. 



Their benevolence enables the society 

 to protect the buying public against 

 worthless sorts. 



I feel there are too few commercial 

 and exhibition growers interested in this 

 charitable work. 



I say charitable, because we save dol- 

 lars for every grower by indicating the 

 best kinds for his purpose, and do this 

 without compensation. 



Am I asking too much of any grower, 

 either private or commercial, to send C. 

 W. Johnson, secretary, Rockford, HI., $2, 

 the annual membership fee? 



All of us spend this small amount in 

 some foolish way without benefit. 



Some may say it is unnecessary to join 

 the society, as its important matters are 

 made public through the trade papers 

 without additional cost. 



This is true, but we all have a moral 

 obligation which should not be lost sight 

 of. 



The florists of this country are like 

 one large family, whose interests are in 

 sympathy. One grower's failure with a 

 certain crop prevents him meeting his 

 obligations, and thus his misfortune 

 bounds and rebounds to others in the 

 trade. 



If this organization through its efforts 

 has pointed out the best sorts and has 

 thus been a benefactor, it is up to those 

 receiving such service to join hands and 

 assist. Let us hope every one in the 

 trade has interest in the welfare of all, 

 and has pride enough to support this 

 worthy cause by giving liberally of moral 

 and a small amount of financial support. 

 Elmer D. Smith, Pres. 



ADVERTISED STOCK SELLS. 



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. 



I shall have to ask you to cancel my adver- 

 tisement in the Review, as I have sold out of 

 the stock listed in it and have nothing else 

 to wholesale. Please send me your bill and I 

 will send you my check by return mall. 



CARLMAN RIBSAM. 



Trenton, N. J., April 19, 1909. 



I want to say that your paper covers con- 

 siderable territory. We received an order from 

 New Zealand for seeds and the firm said they 

 saw our adv. in the Florists' Review. 



JOHN J. PEBBY. 

 Mgr. Baltimore Florists' Exchange. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



The market was weak up to April 23, 

 when there was a good clean-up, although 

 at exceedingly low rates. This week 

 started out with conditions somewhat 

 improved. Supply has been considerably 

 reduced, so that prices, while there has 

 been no change in quoted rates for se- 

 lected stock, are averaging better than 

 they were in the corresponding days last 

 week, when it was impossible to clean 

 out at any price. 



The weather has had a great deal t6 

 do with the market conditions. The 

 week has been cold, unseasonable and 

 rainy. The result has been that produc- 

 tion has not been as great as might rea- 

 sonably be expected for this time of the 

 year. There is now an abundant supply 

 of Beauties and the quality is especi^ly 

 good. Several growers have run part of 

 their Beauty houses for summer flowers, 

 and these are just coming into crop with 

 splendid buds on medium stems. Kil- 



