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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



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OcfOBtt 12, 1811. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



G. L. GRANT, Editos and Manaqkb. 



PCBU8HKD KVEET THURSDAY BY 



The Florists* publishing Co. 



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 508 South Dearborn St., ChicaKO. 



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Subscription price, 11.00 a year. To Canada. |2U)0 

 To Europe, t2JtO. 



AdTerilsing rates quoted upon request. Only 

 strictly trade advei'tlainK acceiited. 



Advertisements must reach u» 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-office at Chicago, 111., under the act of 

 March 3, 1879. 



This paper Is a member of the Chicago Trade 

 Press Aasoclatloa. 



Index to Adrartlaem. Pace 08. 



CONTENTS.\ 



The Eetall Florist k 11 



— The New Gibbs Store (lUus.). .r<-r«-rr. . . 11 



— The Fall Campaign ^.^.,,. 11 



Convention Committees ..TT.... 12 



Hybrifl Perpetual Roses 12 



Dutch Bulbs IS 



— For Beda and Borders (lllus.) 13 



The Horticultural Outlook 15 



Slevens' Gladiolus Display (UIus.) 16 



Csmations — Stem-Rot 16 



— Bed Spider 16 



— Propagating Carnations 16 



— Too Late for Carnations 16 



— Sheep Manure for Carnations 16 



Toledo Florists at Bryan, O. (lllus.) 17 



Chicago's Silver Jubilee 17 



Chrysanthemums 18 



— The Mum Specialist's Notes 18 



— The Mum and Its Culture 18 



Elmer D. Smith (portrait) 19 



Sweet Peas — For Winter Flowering 20 



Indiana State Florists 20 



lUlnols State Fair (Ulus.) 21 



Geraniums — Geraniums for Memorial Day ... 22 



Spot on Kentlas 22 



New York 22 



New York's Show Chairman (portrait) 23 



Boston 23 



Providence 24 



Detroit 25 



Sedalia, Mo 25 



Obituary 25 



Society of American Florists 28 



He Is from Missouri 26 



Washington 26 



Chicago 26 



Dayton, 32 



Phlladetphla 34 



Rochester, N. Y 87 



New Bedford, Mass 38 



Storing Hardy Ferns 40 



St. Louis .■ 42 



Steamer Sailings 46 



Seed Trade News 48 



-V Imports 62 



-f-'Grass Seeds in New Zealand 52 



— Danish Seed Crops 54 



— Holland Bulbs 66 



Westerly, B. 1 62 



Pacific Coast News 62 



— San Francisco 62 



— Portland, Ore 68 



Nm'sery News 64 



— Imports of Plants 64 



— Westchester Nursery Hands 64 



Vegatable Forcing 66 



— Carbon on Lettuce 66 



— To Exterminate Sow Bugs 66 



Pittsburg 68 



Columbus, O v.« 70 



Sonthlngtcn, Conn. 70 



Buffalo . . . , 72 



New Haven, Conn ;-.' 74 



Helena, Mont 74 



Greenhouse Heating 86 



— Heat For Sash House 86 



— Two Illinois Houses 86 



Cincinnati 88 



Indianapolis 92 



Evansvllle, Ind 94 



Milwaukee 96 



Des Moines, la. — Three new green- 

 hoiiees, containing 12,000 square feet 

 of glass, have just been completed at 

 J.' 8. Wilson's range on Thirty-iftii 

 street, making a total of 65,000 square 

 feet for the entire establishment. Mr. 

 Wilson has spent $25,000 in improving 

 his plant in the last two years and 

 now has a range to be proud of. 



socusTT or .Awn^tiAV nuuuaxs. 



Incorporated by Act of Oongreaa. March 4, IMl. 



OBcen for 1911: President, Oeerge Asmua. 

 Chlcaco; vice-president, B. Tincent, Jr.. White 

 Marab, Md.; secretary, H. B. Domer, Urbana, 

 111.; treasurer, W. r. Kastlng, BnCalo, N. Y. 



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

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

 mann, Morton Orove, 111.; secretary, John Yonng, 

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

 Buffalo, N. X. 



Annual convention, Cbicago, 111.. AugtiBt 20 t* 

 28, 19iaL 



Besults bring advertising. 

 The Beview brings results. 



Collections have been extremely slow 

 this summer, but have improved a little 

 in the last week or ten days. 



English growers, like those in Amer- 

 ica, found the sweet pea one, of the most 

 profitable crops under glass last season 

 and there will be a large increase in the 

 output for next spring. 



Not a few subscribers save themselves 

 the bother of annual renewal by sending 

 The Eeview $2, $3, or sometimes $5, in- 

 stead of the dollar-bill that insures fifty- 

 two visits of the paper. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN F2.0BISTS. 



Nation4^'6llit>w Collbittee. 



I have appointed Charles Totty, 

 chairman; W. A. Manda, W. N. Btidd, 

 Thomas Boland, W. P. Craig and J. A. 

 Valentine members of the National 

 Flower Show Committee. 



George Asmus, President. 



Department of Begistration. 



Public notice is hereby given that 

 Henry* vA. Dreer, Inc., of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., offer for registration the althaea 

 described below. Any person objecting 

 to the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed name is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive pbjection to the 

 registration, the same will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Althea Wm. R. Smith — A new single white 

 variety, an Improvement on Althaea totus 

 albus, with flowers nearly double the size 

 of this last named sort. It is a seedling 

 raised by John Clark, assistant superintend- 

 ent of the United States Botanic Gardens 

 at Washington, D. C. 



Public notice is hereby given that S. 

 J. Renter & Son, Inc., of Westerly, R. 

 I., offer for registration the rose de- 

 scribed below. Any person objecting to 

 the registration or to the use of the 

 proposed name is requested to com- 

 municate with the secretary at once. 

 Failing to receive objection to the 

 registration, the same *will be made 

 three weeks from this date. 



Double Improved White Killarney — A 

 pure white sport from the Waban strain of 

 White KillaTney. Much larger bud, double 

 the size of the ordinary White Killarney. 

 Stronger and more vigorous growth, making 

 a large plant, with heavy, deep colored 

 foliage. An excellent summer white, also 

 having the necessary body, wlLh good keep- 

 ing qualities and pure white color. Being 

 an ImiJrovement over the ordinary White 

 Killarney in growth, vigor and size, it is 

 the Ideal white for winter. 



Oct. 5, 1911. H. B. Dorner, Secy. 



HE IS FROM MISSOURI. 



A good many florists have been 



shown — by Review Classified Ads — how 



they can get away from the limita-i 



tions of a local field and have the 



whole of America for a market. This 



is how: 



Yon will have to discontinue our advertising 

 on all items; have more orders now than we can 

 fill. We shall devote more space to growing 

 »i'^\ for said throUsh The Beview, — The Engle- 

 maou vrioeuiiuuses; per Aitrea ungiemann, Mary- 

 vllle, Mo., October 2, 1911. 



WASHINaTON. 



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The Market. 



Market conditions are improving. Both 

 in wholesale and retail circles the feeling 

 is better and an actual shortage in sev- 

 eral lines was reported Monday of this 

 week, but the supply was humping to 

 overtake the demand, and by Tuesday 

 everyone was able to get practically as 

 much as he wanted of anything. Mums 

 are strong, good roses brisk, valley mov- 

 ing wfill, and lilies in good demand. 

 Cosmos is coming in well. The yellow 

 and white mums are in fair supply and 

 they make a fine showing. Dahlias are 

 plentiful and perfect as to condition. 



Various Notes. 



S. S. * Pennock-Meehan Co. gives an 

 optimistic statement of the outlook and 

 reports better demand all along the line. 

 The prospects for a good season, it is 

 stated, never were better. 



At the Florists' Exchange business ifl 

 declared to be excellent and improving;^ 

 every day. A big run is expected by th^ 

 house on ta ble ferns this fall. 



Z. DO|Bla)Sfc!sV)ne 's store -will have A 

 splendid show window spacQ. It Will 

 probably be ready to open by Novemb4< 

 10. Mr. Blackistone reports a particii- 

 larly,,gpod trade last week, due to a 

 num'bei' of ou^-of-town weddings?, the 

 Admiral Schley and Wm. E. Curtis 

 funerals, and some openings, especially 

 that of a big grocery house, which was 

 almost filled with huge floral offerings 

 from many friends. Besides this, Black- 

 istone supplied the firm with Killarney 

 roses, and one was given to every lady 

 calling at the store on the opening day. 



At Marche's there is a spick and span 

 appearance. A new floor has been laid 

 and a lattice built around the store room. 

 Mr. Marche, who still limps, on account 

 of the injury to his knee sustained when 

 his auto skidded, says that he has been 

 enjoying a fine trade. The prospects he 

 regards as excellent. This week he has a 

 special sale on of palms and ferns, which 

 has opened well. 



At Small's the arrangenfent of the 

 show window is admired by the pedes- 

 trians, although on analysis it is proven 

 to be simple. 



The store of Gnfe BAs. Co. is one of 

 the sights of fashionable F street. The 

 roses and arrangement of basket*, always 

 attract attention to the windows. 



F.- J. D. 



A movement has beeft started to have 

 the grave of Nicholas Studer, a pioneer 

 florist of the district, suitably marked 

 through the'erection of a monument. Th6 

 subject has been brought to the atten- 

 tion of the florists of the district by 

 Charles A. Stevens, of Anacostia, who has ' 

 received assurances of their cooperation. 

 It is pointed out that Mr. Studer, whose 

 plant was located on Good Hope road, 

 taught many of the leading florists of the 

 city the flower-growing business. Mr. 

 Studer died about twelve years ago, and 

 it is stated his body lies in an unmarked 

 grave. 



CHICAGO. 



The Oreat Central Market. 



Business continues to improve, but 

 the prooress is not rapid. The demand 

 is erratic. An extremely busy day will 

 be followed, by one that is extremely 

 dull. Also, since the business continues 

 to be largely shipping orders, some 



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