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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Septbmbeb 21, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editor and Manaqkb. 



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CONTENTS. 



The Retail Florist 11 no attention can be naid 



iitSI' Sa\atiU'Xri8i::::::::*-:r^'"«'?iJ»'* tio° js intended especisW 



.. 12 L. B. C New Yerit^i 



Carnntlnns ^I#A 



— Cndried Blood ai Fertilizer. 



— Ulseatied V\ insor 



— Use Of Soft-wood Ashes ' 12 



— In Sduth Dakota (illus. ) 12 



Drainage in Window Boxes 12 



Annual Flower Show at Helena (illus.) 12 



Violets 18 



— The Dorset Violet 13 



Cyclone Bits Big Growers (Illus.) 14 



Angle Worms in Pansy Bed 16 



Orchids 16 



— Seasonable Notes 16 



— Saccolablum Bluntli (illus. ) 16 



— Cattleya Harrisoniana (illus.) 17 



His Own Fault 17 



Obrysantbemums 18 



— .Seasonable Suggestions 18 



— White Ants in Mum Soil 18 



New England Dahlia Society 18 



American Institute Show 19 



A Visit to E. S. Miller (portrait) 19 



Detroit 20 



Providence ' 20 



Wintering Cannas 20 



New York 21 



Milwaukee 21 



fit. Louis 22 



Boston 22 



PaxtCH, 111 23 



Cincinnati 23 



New Bedford, Mass 23 



Obituary 23 



— John E. Haines (portrait) 23 



Detroit Joint Moeting 24 



Dahlia and Gladiolus 24 



I tliloago 24 



L ICle\*land 29 



; p.a Crosse, Wis .31 



* Thilbdelphla 32 



Rochester 40 



Pacific Coast BO 



— A Florist's Climb 60 



— Portland, Ore 50 



— San Krancisco • 51 



fieed Trade News 64 



— Jaraoese Lily Bulb Exports 55 



— L'lscluimer L'pheld in Iowa 55 



— Trying to Hold White 60 



— Holland Bulbs 62 



— Imports 62 



Flowerfleld 62 



Nursery News 64 



— Texas Officers 64 



— Who Should Get Trade Lists? 64 



Vegetable Forcing 66 



— Bed or Bench for Lettuce 66 



Indianapolis 68 



Denver 70 



Kansas City, Mo 72 



Atlantic City, N. J 74 



Louisville, Ky .- 76 



Greenhouse Heating " 90 



— A Small Ohio House 90 



— Overhauling the System 90 



— Heat for General Stock 92 



Washington 94 



Pittsburgh 96 



Sprincrfield, Ohio 08 



BufTaio 100 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Incorporated by Act of Congress, March 4, 1901. 



Officers for 1911: President, George Asmus, 

 Chicago; vice-president, R. Vincent, Jr., White 

 Marsh, Md.; «ecretary, H. B. Dorner, Urbana, 

 111.; treasurer, W. F. Hasting, Buffalo, N. Y. 



Officers for 1912: President, R. Vincent, Jr., 

 White Marsh, Md. ; vice-president, August Poehl- 

 mann, Morton Grove, 111. ; secretary, John Toung, 

 Bedford Hills. N. Y.; treasurer, W. F. Kasting, 

 Buffalo, N. Y. 



Annual convention, Chicago, 111., August 20 to 

 23. 1912. 



RESULTS. 



We give them. You get them. 



We both have them. 



The New York Florists' Club' Invites 

 the S. A. F. to hold the third National 

 Flower Show at New York in the spring 

 of 1913. 



The Railroad Commission in Iowa has 

 ordered a reduction of express rates in 

 that state of approximately fifteen per 

 cent, to go into effect October 30. 



All properly signed inquiries received 

 by The Review are acknowledged prompt- 

 ly, and answered if the information 

 wanted is procurable, but where the writ- 

 er 's full name and address are not given, 

 no attention can be p^. This reitera- 



f or the eyes of 

 L. B. C, New Yerit^lity; A. G. E., 

 Buffalo, and B. W. A., Media, Pa., whose 

 initials do not correspond to those of any 

 name on thO' subscription list. 



T. Geoffrey W. Hen slow, M. A., 7 

 Victoria street, London, sends The Review 

 a "Schedule of Prizes for the Royal In- 

 ternational Horticultural Exhibition, 

 1912, London." The dates are May 22 

 to 30 and it is understood a number of 

 American members of the trade are plan- 

 ning to attend. The exhibition is to be 

 held in the grounds of the Royal hospital, 

 Chelsea. There are 428 scheduled classes. 

 Few money premiums are offered, prac- 

 tically all the awards to be cups or 

 medals. 



Great Barrington, Mass. — Dolby Bros., 

 who recently bought the Dellert green- 

 houses,** ha**' since purchased from 

 Michael Pendergast two of the large 

 greenhouge8for^eri||/iwned by the late 

 Frank Q. t!vltt. WeS* wlU be moved 

 to the Humphrey 8,treet location, where 

 they are making a cumber of improve- 

 ments to the property. 



DETROIT JOINT MEETING. 



At the convention of the S. A. F. 

 held at Baltimore, a joint conference 

 meeting was held by the American Rose 

 Society, the American' CarnatioiXi'So- 

 ciety and the National Sweet Pe^ So- 

 ciety. The sul^J£!Ct un^er discussion 

 was an early Spring show of all these 

 societies. It was determined to' tr^ to 

 unite the Carnation Society and Rose 

 Society in one exhibition, to be held 

 January 10, 1912. At its rfegular meet- 

 ing the American Rose Society rati- 

 fied this action. The Carnation Society, 

 having set a date later in the month, 

 awaited final action by its board of di- 

 rectors, which is given. So that the 

 dal^s of January 10 to 12, 1912, are 

 fixed for the annual exhibition of the 

 two societies, to be held in Detroit. 

 Philip Breitmeyer has given assurance 

 that everything possible will be done 

 locally to make the exhibition success- 

 ful. The prize schedule of the Rose 

 Society will be prepared and published 

 without delay. 



The two medals of the American Rose 

 Society, awarded to the Minneapolis 

 Rose Society, and at the Annandale 

 Rose Show, have been properly in- 

 scribed, cased and delivered. The gold 

 medal voted to M. H. Walsh, Woods 

 Hole, Mass., in recognition of the 

 work done by him in the develop- 

 ment of the climbing rose, is under way. 

 ■''Trlui,4s the second gold medal awarded" 

 in the history of the American Rose 

 Society. 



Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 







DAHLIA AND GLADIOLUS. 



At the meeting organizing the West- 

 ern Dahlia and Gladiolus Association it 

 was resolved that an adjourned oue 

 should be held in Indianapolis, Septem- 

 ber 26, for the purpose of perfecting 

 plans for the future of the associatiou 

 and of making a first exhibition of 

 flowers. To accomplish this purposi,', 

 every arrangement is being made to 

 make a Success of that meeting. 



The exhibition of flowers will be 

 made at the store of A. Wiegand & 

 Sons, 1610 North Illinois street. Ex- 

 hibits sent to that address will be 

 properly taken care of and placed iu 

 position by them. 



Arrangements have been made with 

 the Denison hotel as headquarters for 

 the meeting, with accommodations 

 ranging from $1 to $4 per day. 



No premiums will be offered this 

 year. This meeting, however, will be 

 preliminary to one to be held in Chi- 

 cago next 5'ear, at which the society 

 will offer a full premium list. The as- 

 sociation hopes to have a large display 

 of flowers at this meeting and will 

 much^Opreciate an exhibit from any 

 read a^t \ rhose interested in growing 

 dahilflPShd gladioli are ^icited to l^e- 

 come members of the association. 



W. W. Woollen, Secy. 



CHICAGO. 



The Great Central Market. 



There has been a rather considerable 

 change in the market situation since 

 last report, due almost entirely to au 

 interruption of the cut of asters. The 

 heavy storm, September 18, resulted in 

 reducing the local aster supply to a 

 mere fraction of what it has been in 

 recent weeks and the following days 

 saw the market only lightly supplied 

 with asters that were good enough to 

 meet the requirements of the trade. The 

 same factor also curtailed the rapidly 

 diminishing receipts of gladioli. As 

 one wholesaler expressed it, "the 

 asters and gladioli were buried in the 

 same grave." Sincfe bright, warm 

 weajher followed the storm, asters 

 W{ere. again arriving in steadily increas- 

 ing quantity by the middle of the week, 

 so that unless the predicted oha'hge in 

 weather conditions materializes soon 

 there will be plenty of asters again 

 within a few days. 



Business shows a steady, though not 

 rapid improvement. The number of 

 buyers heard from has increased no- 

 tably within the last week. Pretty 

 nearly everyone is now calling for stock, 

 but not in large quantities as yet. 



The supplies of American Beauties 

 have decreased and thui, „coupled with 

 some increase in the demand, has re- 

 sulted in "some hardening of prices. 

 Most of th»«^rders call for the better 

 grades of roses. There is only light de- 

 mand for short roses and these con- 

 tinue to sell at prices that are extreme- 

 ly low. The bulk of the buyers want 

 the medium length. Although warm 

 weather has resulted in considerable 

 open stock, the quality of most of the 

 roses is unusually good for this date. 

 Maryland, in particular, has come to t^e 

 front strongly in the last few daj^s. 

 Bulgarie also shows much improvemeat. 

 Killarney and White Killarney leave 

 nothing to be desired. Moderate quan- 

 tities are seen of DWftle Pink Killarney 

 and Deep p^tiTt Trnimm y.^he latter 

 being among tile mOBt popular roses at 



